Cole kelt next to Barker and checked his pulse which seemed strong enough then opened one of his eyes which seemed glazed and staring into nothing. He shined a small light into it and found Barker's pupils unresponsive. Kay had a point about the lightning, it seemed to strike them out of almost cloudless skies.<br/>"You're right about that Kay, we need to put distance between us and the tranport and get out of the open. There was something unnatural about a lightning strike on an almost cloudless day." Jasper exited the transport about the middle of Cole's reply to Kay and was covered in the rank black liquid that passed for zombie blood.. "Me and Kay were just discussing that and don't worry about Barker, the grunts will take care of him. I want you and the other Agents with me. Damn Jasper, did you bathe in that shit?"<br/>Cole turned and spoke up to everyone. "Okay here's what we're going to do. Agents your on me, we're going to move in on that structure and get out of the open. Good chance that's where the 'zombies' were held up so no telling what we'll find in there. Ash I want you to run point and recon the building, if you can spot any type of transport it would definitely be a plus. Do not engage the enemy alone if it can be avoided, scope it out, report back. We will engage them as a group, and with any luck the building is empty and we've already killed them. Lets try not to destroy the building, we plan on making use of it for the time being. You grunts(non-infected soldiers) follow in behind us and drag Barker's ass with you."<br/>Cole was bringing the Agents in first because they could move at a much greater speed than the grunts and the advantage of their augumented abilities should make short work of anyone inside. The Agents would most likely have the building secured before the grunts even arrived. Cole brought the Agents within a hundred yards of the building and awaited Ash's report. There was no way to hide in the fucking dessert but at least with Ash's recon they would have an idea of the numbers.