The Animus

[Gabag]

"Alright everyone LISTEN UP! Since we're ordered to escort you, I say let's make this a bit interesting... I saw we find nearest clothing store, and get the best dang clothes we can!" Felix said, addressing his group.

The others gave a savage whoop as they stormed a nearby Kohl's. Felix and Rocher both shot the lock off, and the civvies began tearing the place apart, looking for better clothes. Felix himself was busy eying some sports sunglasses that protected against UV rays. Like he needed it, he just liked 'em cause they reflected blue in light.
Rocher was busy helping a woman find her perfect match in sweater.

When the 30 minute mark came around, Felix left with a trash bag full of clothes, and almost laughed as he saw the others look incredibly ridiculous in their 'outfits'.

[Entaru]

Elsewhere in the Macys, a small group of women huddled around a dress rack still trying to find a garment that was to their liking, unaware that they were being watched.  One of the women, finding a little red dress, ran off to find a dressing room. 

The woman, after a short walk spotted what she thought to be another survivor huddled in a corner, his back to her.  From where she stood he looked like a nude black wolf Ze-ite.  He seemed to be writhing in pain.  "Oh my God!"  She turned to where she had left her group. "Hey!  I found another survivor!"  Turning back to the man she slowly approached him.  "Sir?  Are you alright?"

No response...

The woman stepped closer.  "I have friends coming, don't worry.  Are you alone?"

No response...

The woman's group came around the corner.  "Oh jeez...finally someone alive."

"I think he's hurt.  We have to help him."  The woman and her friends walked over to the man.  One of the women knelt down in front of the man and touched his shoulder.  Suddenly the man turned his head...a full 180 degrees.  The woman at his shoulder shrieked as his shoulder stretched and enveloped the woman's handd.  Standing up to his...it's full height, it stared at the women with empty eye sockets, it's fake mouth dripping with black ooze.  The creature grabbed one of the free women by the neck and twisted it in imitation of its own.   It didn't bother with the one at it's shoulder as she was slowly getting sucked into the creature's body.  Grabbing another by the hair, it ripped off the woman's scalp before impaling her on a 'Caution: Wet Floor' sign.  The remaining women ran screaming, leaving  their trapped friend to a slow and agonizing suffocation inside the creature's viscous body.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White tapped Kitt on the shoulder as they were walking along* "Where are we going anyways?" *The wolgon looked around hoping to see something of interest, but was more interested in his party at the moment* "Also who are you?" *White pointed to the female wolf that had never spoken to him before* "It would be nice to know who I'm dying with in the case that this is our last day on the planet, never know what's gonna happen, even if it's 5 minutes from now or 2 hours. An unpredictable world we live in these days..."

[KittKat chunky~]

Kitt jumped as White tapped him on the shoulder, he spun round to face the wolgon, weapon raised, and then stopped....
"Jeezus ya scared me buddy.... and i dont know, like miss... uh.... miss wolfy here said, we look for food supplies, but not in the supermarkets... chances are theyre cleared out.... all we need is one good.... "
He stopped as they approached a large articulated lorry... the paint on it's sides had long been worn off, and it was covered in rust... but was still locked at the back... aiming his Ak at the lock Kitt unleashed a burst, blowing the lock to smithereens...

With a loud screech of metal he pulled open the rusted doors to reveal palletes of boxes... jumping inside he tore open the first box with his ice-pick and rifled through the contents...
"We got some packaged dry foods here... looks like it hasnt gone off... looking good people!"

[Dtannings]

Jumping to look at the contents of the box, Tori uttered apathetically, ""People just call me Tori. I'm a mechanic." Grabbing at one of the packages, she checked the expiration date, "3 months bad - sounds like it's still good." Tori began to check the other boxes, reading what they contained off the side labels.
"Corn Pops...Fritos...Lays...Cracker Jacks...Sounds like this truck was on it's way to a grocery store." the wolf sneered as she came across a box filled with bags of rotten baby carrots.
"I say we take everything that's good back to the Hilton. Finding a way to carry it all might be an issue," She looked to Kitt for any thoughts.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White smacked his fists together* "I might be quite large, but I am quite strong Tori." *He grinned greedily upon seeing the food supply* "I can carry anything ya got for me." *The wolgon said in perhaps an overly confident manner* "I've been carrying like six 20lb bags of uncooked fries together all the time back when I still worked in Anchorage, I think I can handle a few bags of chips and junk food." *White turned back to Kitt* "I believe I shouldn't be telling you this, but let's not get too far apart." *White moves over to Tori to await instruction*

[Dtannings]

Tori's eyebrows raised slowly, "It's not your strength I doubt. It's your ability to hold on to so many boxes at once. A mule can carry a pounds upon pounds of sticks on his back, but remove the strings to hold them together, and he can hardly carry one." She gazed up at the boxes again, trying to think of a way to haul them back all at once.
"We need to minimize how many trips it takes to get these back."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu heard the screams and ran towards the women's section and watched as the one woman got impaled while the other got sucked into the creature's body. "Private! Get these people out of here, now! Fire a flare when you get outside!" Shinzuu took out his katana and unsheathed it. "Alright, you sick bastard. You're going to be tangoing with me now."

[Entaru]

The creature bubbled in amusement.  It waited for Shinzuu to make the first move, seeming to grin at the absurdity of such an insignificant creature trying to take it on.  It pulled the woman out of it's body and threw her to the floor.  Her body and clothes had partially dissolved, and black ooze came pouring out of every orifice to join back with its master. 

The woman was very much so dead. 

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu snarled and charged the creature, feinted a cut and ran past, kicking the clothes rack into the monster. Quickly, with one arm, he picked up a smaller rack and began to beat the creature in the back 3 times before throwing the whole rack at the creatures head. From there, Shinzuu charged from behind, aiming to cut it in half at the torso.

[Entaru]

The creature was mildly surprised by it's opponents speed...but only mildly.  The creature allowed Shinzuu to bash it a few times, recovering easily from each attack.  As Shinzuu slashed into the creature, his blade stopped halfway.  The creature let out a triumphant cackle as it's wound closed in around the sword.

Now it was it's turn...

The creature's torso stretched and darted around behind Shinzuu.  Grabbing him from behind, it hurled Shinzuu up into the air.  Slamming into the ceiling, Shinzuu dropped back down to be met with the creature's fists.  The creature seemed to juggle Shinzuu as each punch kept him airborne.  Finally, with a resounding crack, the creature slammed both fists into Shinzuu's back slamming him into the floor.  The creature stood over Shinzuu, laughing in it's own alien tongue.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica ran in the direction that she had seen Shinzuu run after the screams. When she got to where he was, he had just been slammed on the floor by the creature and now the creature was standing over him. She waited until she was close enough for her to do what she needed to to get Shinzuu out of there. Aiming her P-90 at the creature's face, she shot quite a few times, mainly just for a distraction. While the creature was distracted, she quickly grabbed hold of Shinzuu and hefted him up, slinging his arm around her neck. She then made a beeline for the exit with Shinzuu in tow.

[x]

Gavin, as well, heard all the screaming and commotion....and after a few minutes of pointless deliberation he was about to return inside the building to investigate. He shoved open the doors and stepped inside, feeling chills run through his very veins. Then he stopped---- Veronica was running out, with Shinzuu in tow. And if Shinzuu, the leader of his group, was down...then....then this was no place for Gavin to be. Certainly no place for him to interfere. He held open the door for them, trying to help in some way.

[Entaru]

The creature screeched in rage at being interuptted and slithered after Vee.  Fortunately for her, it's attention span was incredibly short and was distracted by another group of people running away.  It let out a gutteral howl as it chased down and overcame the other group.  More creatures seemed to come out of the woodwork and began to corral more civilians into the center of the room.  Their screams seemed to chase Vee and Gavin as they ran.

It was too late for them now.

((In other words....time to cut your losses and run!))

[Gabag]

Felix heard the screams and counted himself and his group lucky, but it wouldn't last.
"EVERYONE OUT!" he yelled and a few people freaked out and ran, but were quickly destroyed by the things.

Felix opened fire on them with Rocher, but it didn't seem to be making any bit of difference. The two glanced at each other and began to run back, firing as they went, pulling goo off of a few creatures, but never enough for a kill.