Endgame Earth

[Luke White-Heart]

Luke, still in shock from the finding of the file, wasn't listening to anything going on around him. Vaguely, he was aware of two other furs entering the humvee, and Nova saying something to everyone. It sounded like a question. He didn't want to answer. Luke didn't want to do anything but find a hole, crawl in it and cry. He put up a tough, cold exterior to fol everyone. Sometimes, he even fooled himseld, but sometimes his true self broke through. The sensitive, caring side that Daniel must have loved. Vaguely, he could see his vision was sclouding with tears.

[FurryJunky]

Heaving her new bag into the Humvee she climbed in shortly after. Placing her bag with her newest addition at her feet she couldn't help but start to feel a bit bad for what they where doing, but there was no time for such thought as everyone started getting in the vehicles. The sound of starting engines and closing  car doors was everywhere. "Ready as ill ever be." She said with a sigh.

[Ventus Fall]

Himawari limped after Nova. After holding the fox over her shoulder for some time now she was beginnning to feel it in her shoulders. She moaned a bit and opened the door of the humvee Nova was standing next to. She gently threw the fox creature in the back seat and then looked at Nova after giving a quick glance at Katelyn, making sure she was sitting comfortably.
"Well, I guess we're good to go. What do you think Nova? And which one of these cars do you think shall I bring along?" She had a faint smile on her face.

[NovaAurora]

    Nova glanced around the garage. There was a small SUV with some extra plating bolted on it that a bunch of others had climbed in, but still lacked a driver. "Why don't you take that," he said, gesturing to the vehicle. "Not the most intimidating of rides, but I'm sure it will do." He made one last visual sweep of the space and saw that almost everyone was in place. "Alright, time to roll out!" Walking around to the driver's side of the humvee once again, he climbed in and started the engine. "It's all or nothing now..." he whispered. With a satisfying growl the humvee soon began to move, leading the convoy out of the compound and into the night.

[Ventus Fall]

Himawari shrugged. "Alright." And proceeded to the vehicle Nova pointed out.
She took place in the driver's seat and followed Nova, but suddenly a question knawed at the back of her head.
"Nova?" She spoke over the radio, "May I ask where we're going exactly?"

[NovaAurora]

    Nova heard Himawari just as he pulled out of the compound and started heading west out of the city. "Well, according to this map that Ip found in the settlement, there's an abandoned military base, called Fort Peregrine, about 150 miles northwest of here. It's surrounded by good land, land we can use for agriculture and resources, and protected by mountains on the north and west. Who knows, it might even still have some operational equipment we can use." He paused for a moment as he looked around at the wrecked landscape passing by the windows of his humvee. "The tricky part," he said slowly, "Is going to be getting there intact and defending ourselves long enough to get established. The countryside is of course crawling with consumers, there's a constant threat once you're outside urbanized areas. Which reminds me-" he said to his vehicle as well as Himawari and Jared over the radio, "be ready to fight at any moment. Have your weapons handy. We could face a consumer swarm at any time. And stick together, follow me on the road and don't break off when we're not." He clicked off his mic with a heavy sigh and focussed on driving the long road ahead.

[Takamei Edevane]

Ip stood back as Nova examined the map, watching curiously to see what us he would put it too. As soon as Nova had finished with the map, he started to give out another command. It was time to leave, and the sound of engines were getting louder. Ip walked away from the Humvee, looking for a free vehicle to claim. Right in front of him was a green jeep, but mostly brown from the dry dirt that covered the majority of the body. Ip walked over to the drivers side of the vehicle, and opened the door to get in. "Keys... the keys..." Ip said to himself whilst surveying the jeeps interior, but then something caught his eye the keyhole. The keys had been left in the ignition. Turning the key the engine started growling.

The others had already started to leave, and Ip joined in the convoy behind an SUV. Ip concentrating, all of a sudden the car radio blasted out static. Ip smacked the radio with his paw "bloody radio!" But then to his surprise he found himself tuned into Nova's radio channel as he was speaking. There was no way of communicating back, but it wasn't as if Ip would want to. Ip back concentrating on the road he sighed. "Another long journey.."

[FurryJunky]

Sitting in the back of the Humvee it soon became cramp. There where four seats in the back and two of them were occupied by the unconscious furs. At her feet she had her bag and her newest bag full of gun parts ontop. To her left was her rifle, the but of the gun on the floor and the barrel reaching past her shoulder. It has been about ten minutes sense they been on the road now and to pass the time she decided to sort thought the pieces she picked out, and due to her lack of time, she mostly picked them out of hast. Bending forward some she opened the flaps to the bag and reached in, sorting through pieces of various shape and condition making small clinking noises. Through all this she made mental notes of what she could of made with them, but there was something else nagging at her. Sitting up she looked about her seeing the other two unconscious furs slacked over in the humvee, and this concerned her. Speaking over the roar of the engine she said, "Hey Nova... What do we do if these two wake up... fighting?"

[NovaAurora]

    Nova glanced in his rearview mirror at the two sleeping furs. "Well..." he said, eyeing them, "They'll still be a bit woozy and weak when they wake up. Hopefully they'll be coherent enough though that we can explain to them what's going on before they have a chance to overreact." He shifted in his seat. "I suppose if they immediately try to strangle you back there or something you can just smack 'em unconscious again with your rifle." He had a slight chuckle at this. "But I highly doubt that's gonna happen. I mean, waking up in a car with three other furs has gotta be better than waking up in that disgusting cell behind bars..." The mere thought of that basement nearly sent him into a rage again. He growled softly and gripped the wheel tighter, once again trying only to focus on the road ahead.

[Luke White-Heart]

The humvee fell silent except for thedull roar of the engine. Luke was glad for it. It gave him a chance to but his wall back around hi emotions. It also made it hard to do anything without drawing attention. He didn't want to be asked about the file, at least not with so many furs around.
The file stared blankly back at him, almost mocking him. Luke didn't want to look at it, but he couldn't take his eyes off it.

[Ventus Fall]

Himawari let Nova know over the radio that she understood him and after she turned off her microphone, she sighed.
More consumers, she thought.
Hopefully she wouldn't have to fight, fighting would only mean more trouble, especially for her. She knew her weaknesses, but would give it her best shot if it would ever come to that.
She rubbed her eyelids. "Ah, at least this went well. Kind of..." And followed Nova's vehicle.

[NovaAurora]

    After about 30 minutes of driving, the city was but a broken outline in the distance. The road had become more treacherous, though, with large cracks and holes where plants stuck up through the pavement. Rusting debris and wreckage was strewn about randomly, and in places every surface seemed stained with a dark blotchiness, the telltale sign that consumers were active and hunting. Throughout the night so far, however, Luke had remained strangely quiet next to Nova. He seemed enthralled by whatever he had found, and Nova had been kind enough not to inquire, but now his curiosity was getting the best of him. He decided to say something. "So Luke. If you don't mind me asking, what did you find back there? You've been staring at those papers the whole time. Honestly I'm getting a little worried about you."

[Byracka]

Sarah felt divided.


In the first hundred meters of pavement crossed she felt calm and flowing, like a ray of light suspended in equilibrium. Then the car hit a pothole and a mix of raw adrenaline roared through her entire being. She couldn’t even begin to imagine what happened this last hour, or recall what actually did. It was another moment in her life that had been so overwhelming that she simply could not grasp it immediately. It was another one of those moments that just had to sink in, but unlike many before this was not filled with anguish and torment; this was filled with nothing more than pure joy.


Anyone of the strangers sitting in the car around her could sense the delight; they could actually see it, surfacing as an ear to ear grin. Every muscle twitched, they were waiting to defend themselves, kill in combat and flee at the same time. Maybe they did, Sarah couldn’t recall what happened in the compound, and it must have been exciting.


The hollow skulls of the city lied far behind. Thankfully someone had planned a route that wasn’t blocked by debris and cars; maybe it was Nova or some other of the furs. (Maybe I should ask someone instead of keeping all questions to myself).

Post Merge: December 26, 2012, 11:56:45 PMIt had been a long time since Jave got a massage.


The inflexible swizz cheese that was the road made the car skip and leap, massaging his tender back with violent affection. “hehe… swizz cheese” Jave chuckled almost inaudibly. His tongue hanged loose, swaying back and forth in motion with the car, quite beautiful clockwork actually. His runny nose, dazed eyes and floppy limbs was reminiscent of a puppet hanging on a lonely string, all beautiful words that describe an embarrassing image.


Time passed, as it always does. Jave could feel his toes wiggle, first without his consent and at last in full motion. He struggled to move his fingers, they followed command far easier and with some effort Jave managed to wave leisurely to Katelyn.

[Luke White-Heart]

    After about 30 minutes of driving, the city was but a broken outline in the distance. The road had become more treacherous, though, with large cracks and holes where plants stuck up through the pavement. Rusting debris and wreckage was strewn about randomly, and in places every surface seemed stained with a dark blotchiness, the telltale sign that consumers were active and hunting. Throughout the night so far, however, Luke had remained strangely quiet next to Nova. He seemed enthralled by whatever he had found, and Nova had been kind enough not to inquire, but now his curiosity was getting the best of him. He decided to say something. "So Luke. If you don't mind me asking, what did you find back there? You've been staring at those papers the whole time. Honestly I'm getting a little worried about you."

Luke barely heard Nova. But he looked over to him, his sore neck muscles screeching as they were moved. The pain was dull to Luke. He knew Nova meant well. He was probably the closest thing to a friend Luke had had in a long time. But he never shared his emotions; in this world, you had to put everything aside if you wanted to survive. However, Luke was tired of hiding. He had to tell SOMEONE!
"This...this is a file on...someone important to me. He's the only one who knows who i am. I can't remember my past, and he's the only connection i've got. But, to be honest, i'd never had any leads until now. I have something to follow..."
He wanted to say something about the note he had found with his sword, how it had said my love, but a lump lhad formed in his throat.

[Cifero Windtail]

Jared nodded. "Roger, Nova... now focus on driving." Chuckling gently, he looked down at the fur girl who had been in the human settlement. "Seems like she's still asleep," he said to Katelyn. "Think maybe she recieved some other sedative before the place was gassed?"