"We are not trying to kill them, we are trying to save them. This is a mission for the sanity and sanctity of man." He addressed the new man as they walked past the sixth gate into the residential area, the barracks for the young and old, for those that refused to serve the community, the perpetual poor and down trodden. Past that was the fifth gate into the industrial zone, tanners, metal workers, gun smiths, jobs that produced heavy toxins and noxious gases. The land was dead, the buildings cement and steal. "The gas is a diversion, but the wind wont carry it far, it loses its potency after a couple miles, no matter how much we use. Even if we were trying to kill them all, it would take years to make sure we routed them out." They passed the fourth gate into the green and luscious farming land. Plots of what ever they could grow, foods, cottons, tobacco, plants for medicine. They continued on as he talked. "We do not have enough gas to carry out that campaign, we need the gas for our generators and other equipment to keep haven alive. If we cant save the infected, we must be sure we can protect the living."
The small squad headed on their way silently. Their boots kicking up dust as they ventured through the third gate into the motor pool and armory, the shadows of heavy artillery. "We could fire the gas through artillery but we wouldn't be able to see there affect, for all we know we could just be wasting all of our rounds on barren land, or on a small group of the infected with little to no avail. Remember, its all about economy of force, using the smallest possible force to get the job done." They passed through the thick wall called the 2nd gate, thick like a castle's fortifications. In all reality Haven ended at the 2nd gate, the last guard towers were on the second gate, the patrols stopped patrolling inside the second gate, the gate had no door, just a series of ladders that allowed the squad to get up and over the wall.
As there boots hit the dirt they saw the first gate. The trenches filled with dead bodies, charred earth and feeble sand bag barriers, the dead burned, never buried. The first gate was the only testament to the brave men and women that died protecting Haven's workers as they built the 2nd gate. "This is how Haven celebrates her heroes. No parades, no statues, just burned bodies spread across the field. Haven has Six Gates, the military has seven." His hand worked up to his neck, tracing the bite wound, "They sealed the gate behind us and burned the ground under us. I was the last soldier they pulled out, said they needed the immune. I was saved because of a mutation in my blood. Some of the others were not bitten, they were just undesirables. I should have died but they stitched me back together and burned the heroes that watched there backs." He charged his gun and put it on semi. "From here on out We're going hot boys."