Rabid

[Blaiiine]

Tyler opened the back door of the truck and climbed inside, pulling Kai in. He kept the rifle aimed at the door, ready to hold any unwanted visitors off. "I gotcha, man." He said to Kai, wiping the blood off her face with his free hand.


Blaine blared on the horn, waiting for the others. The nearby walkers were dwindling but the distant moaning grew even louder, attracted by the noise. "Damn it, hurry the hell up!" Blaine yelled, cigarette clenched in his fist.

[cuzyeahboi]

Kai nodded slowly, "Th-thanks Tyler" Holly pulled her knife out with her other hand, leaving the shotgun slung across her shoulder, with the knife she gutted what ever came towards her then made a break for the Blazer, " START DRIVING BLAINE! TYLER, LEAVE THE BACK OPEN!"

[Blaiiine]

((Victor and Alan, just catch up in your replies))


Blaine hit the gas once the others were in, keeping at decent speed. He kept a pistol in case of any surprises at his window.


Tyler kept the door open, still holding onto Kai with his arm. "No worries." He responded, watching the door. Firing a shot at a sprinting walker, Tyler yelled to Holly, "Let's speed this up!"

[cuzyeahboi]

Holly sprinted after the Blazer and jumped into the back, Kai then took a position with her shotgun, firing at the few that were keeping pace with the Blazer.

[Blaiiine]

Blaine hit the gas and sped past the incoming horde, turning sharply onto the main road. Laughing loudly, Blaine hit the steering wheel with his palms and smiled. "Hell yeah! We got the hell outta there!" He said, turning the radio up and relighting his cigarette.


Looking in the rearview mirror, he checked head count. Alan and the new guy in the very back, the twins and Tyler in bench seat. "Yo, dude. Hop on up here, help me navigate." Blaine asked Holly, popping the glove box open to reveal a road map.


Tyler adjusted himself in his seat, taking his coat off and laying it with his rifle in the floorboard. He checked his arms and hands for bites but couldn't find any. It didn't help that the adrenaline rush was making him shake uncontrollably.

[cuzyeahboi]

Holly climbed into the passenger seat and started looking at the map. Kai was apprehensive to but wasn't shaking as bad. She oulled off her hoodie and looked up and down her arms and legs, there was nothing serious and she sighed in relief

[Blaiiine]

Tyler took out his pack of cigarettes and lit one, sighing happily as he blew out smoke. "Y'know, my dad always said these helped with stress. Always thought he was full of crap until now.." He said, looking to Kai and laughing slightly. Looking back down, he took another drag and sighed.


Blaine leaned back in his seat, one hand holding the wheel and the other holding the stick shift. He listened to the radio, occasionally glancing over at the map which was useless in the dark cab of the truck.

[cuzyeahboi]

Holly gave directions, her eyes were almost as acute in the dark as in the light. Kai snorted quietly and laughed a bit. Smiling warmly she leaned against the wall of the truck.

[Inb4Cloaker]

Was standing at the bottom of the steps queen his eyes went wide, his memory returning to him. He had forgotten to tell them about the horde he saw while crossing the mountain. However, Victor had no time to ponder this as two rabid came through the windows. Quickly switching his weapon off safety, Victor was forced to simply spray his weapon twoards them due to being so innacurate. Only a few rounds struck, but that was enough to take them down.


Seconds later, the wolf heard Alan and Blaine fly down the stairs, unleashing a shotgun blast and hitting another rabid in the process.


Without hesitation, Victor scrambled for the backpack full of food and water, picking it up and slinging it over his shoulder. Before following the crocodile out the back door.


"Oh my..." He said, glaring at the rest of the horde as he felt for Alan's shoulder, pushing slightly as he pointed to the truck.


"Time to go!" He said as he sprinted off the back steps, still holding onto Alan as they barreled to the truck, narrowly missing some of the rabid. In the haste, Victor stumbled and his sunglasses slipped off his face and into the grass around him.


Letting out a small sigh of anguish, the canine pondered going back, but instead simply threw his weapon and bag into the back of the truck before hopping in himself, giving the bird to the approaching horde. At that point, the wolf was pretty angry. Not because they nearly died, or that they had to leave their refuge.


But because they took his sunglasses.

[Blaiiine]

Tyler stretched out and yawned loudly, rubbing his eyes. "So no bites?" He asked Kai, eyes still closed.


Blaine changed the CD in the radio, swapping it out for some punk demo. "So, it's a few hours until we get there, huh?" He asked, looking to Holly.

[cuzyeahboi]

She looked up at no-one in particular "Yeah, maybe four hours at most." Kai shook her head, "Lucky enough to have only been nicked by glass."

[Blue Fox]

"Get your asses in here!!"

Alan heard the bear roar over the mess of Rabids screaming from the trees.

Victor rushed past him, pointing to the truck.

"I know!! I'll meet you there!"

Two more raging furs fell through the front door, and still more approached in the distance from the back.

"Damn!!" He couldn't afford to waste his ammo on this! He had to go!

No-one else waited another moment; they were all already in the truck. He didn't have time to think.

As the truck's engine revved and began to speed away, Alan hustled and grabbed onto the back, with just barely enough grip to pull himself in. He rolled over the tailgate and fell into the bed, really testing the truck's suspension. He panted heavily, and tried to find his breath.

Good thing I did well as a quarterback, he thought. Come to think of it, this almost feels like a football game itself. Crowd creaming... Rushing the ball... Working with the team... and heavy impacts.

Alan wiped the sweat from his brow, only seeming to replace the sweat with the blood from a wound he attained from pushing on the nail-riddled side of the curio cabinet to block off that window.

But this is no easy game. We lose this one, the stakes are our lives. We can't lose.

He wiped his palms on his sleeveless white tee.

"-four hours at the most," He'd picked up from one of the sisters.

"Four hours till what," Alan asked. "Where to now?"

[Inb4Cloaker]

Victor was panting lightly as he watched the horde fade behind the truck, speeding down the road and off into the distance. The canine held his beret down on his head and leaned against the wall of the truck. As everybody gradually calmed down, Victor unzipped his black backpack and revealed the various non-perishables and water, taking inventory. The supplies would easily last until they reached the next destination. Looking over at Alan, the wolf said.


"Straight to hell, that's where." The canine huffed and adjusted his plate carrier, still agitated about his eyewear.


Spotting the black AR Blaine gave him, Victor looked over and asked the others that were in the back of the truck with him;


"Anybody want to trade?" The canine figured there wasn't enough ammunition in the world to compensate for how many times he would miss with a shouldered rifle.

[cuzyeahboi]

Holly nodded. "Can't do shit with this" She handed him the shotgun,

[Blue Fox]

Alan scowled. Holly's comment almost felt personal.

"I'll have you know shotguns are very handy for short-to-mid-ranged targets." He kicked back against the wheel well and toyed with the safety on his own shotgun. "And that's exactly what we'll be dealing with."

He then eyed Victor curiously.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked the wolf. "I thought that's what we were leaving behind us."