Rabid

[Blaiiine]

Tyler quietly followed her and set the bag down, loading the cans into it.


Once it was full, he zipped it up and slung it onto his back. "Okay, let's-"


"HEY!" A loud voice roared, making Tyler turn around. It was another masked anthro, his dark attire making it hard to tell his species. Regardless, he charged at them with a knife.


Tyler mentally checked himself, feeling his pistol in his right hand. The rifle was tied to the bag, his reasoning being to keep him less cluttered.


"You pric-!" Tyler yelled, being cut off by the blast of his gun. The man collapsed, bleeding from his cheek. A few more voices and car doors slamming could be heard up front.


Tyler turned to Kai and pointed to the stock room entrance as he yelled, "Run! GO!"

[cuzyeahboi]

She stayed, stony faced. "Either we're both going or neither." She said, checking the shotgun's chamber.

[Blaiiine]

"You think I'm as crazy as Blaine? Let's just go!" Tyler loudly whispered, grabbing her and running to the doors.


Once they got through the other side, he took a breath and said, "There's more of them than us...and we can't help the others if we're dead."


"Let's get out of here.." He continued, walking to the nearest exit door. It took them to an alley with a wall running parallel to them, windows of house peeking over. One was open, the curtain flapping in the breeze.


The sounds of a truck came from the end of the alley along with yelling and screaming. "Go, through the window. I'll be right behind you." He said.

[cuzyeahboi]

"Oh god, more windows." She climbed the wall swiftly and dropped into the room, surprisingly silent. Brandishing her knife, shotgun slung across her back, she waited for Tyler.

[Blaiiine]

Tyler stepped back and got a running start, jumping off the wall and throwing himself through the window.


He came down with a thud and quickly recovered, pulling Kai down and leaning against the wall. He slid down, arms wrapped around the fox. "Shhh..." He whispered as the yelling got louder.


The truck slowly crept by, a voice loud enough to be made out. "Let's go around the block, we'll flush 'em out!" The voice yelled as it diminished in the distance.

[cuzyeahboi]

"Let's get going to find a hiding place." She whispered, barely loud enough for the sound to reach Tyler's ears.

[Blaiiine]

"Give me a minute, my arm..." Tyler groaned, checking his bandage. More blood, which made Tyler groan a little louder but he caught himself.


In an attempt to take his mind off the pain, he nuzzled Kai's shoulder. Occasionally a small whimper could be heard from him.

[cuzyeahboi]

She wrapped an arm around him. "Let's go. I'll check it soon." She said soothingly.

[Blaiiine]

Tyler grunted in agreement and let her help him stand up. He checked the bag, still okay, and put his pistol in his waistband.


"My face can't take another fall like that," He groaned, rubbing his cheek. "I guess you lead the way, miss." He added, managing to muster up a smile.

[cuzyeahboi]

She helped him stumble towards a hallway, it looked like it lead to the bedrooms.

[Blaiiine]

Tyler opened one of the doors, leading to what used to be a bedroom. The bed frame was leaned against the wall, a dresser and nightstand parallel to it. The windows were mostly boarded up, a break in the boards allowing sunlight to illuminate the room.


He shut the door behind them and moved the frame to barricade the door. Panting as he leaned against it, Tyler pulled his flannel shirt off and checked the bandage. More blood was staining the once clean, white gauze Kai had applied.


"At least..we're hidden," He stumbled saying before half-collapsing to the floor. He tossed the backpack to the side along with his gun and groaned for a minute before going quiet.

[cuzyeahboi]

Kai bit her lip and kneeled next to him and undid the bandage, checking the wound it was torn open once again. Was it ever going to actually finish healing? She wrung out as much blood as possible before re-applying it tighter.

[Blaiiine]

"I'm sorry.." Tyler mumbled, laying his hand over hers and looking up at her. He looked like he was on the verge of tears, turning his gaze to the ceiling.


"If I hadn't come up with this idea...we wouldn't be in this mess.." He continued, his voice cracking around the end.

[cuzyeahboi]

"Tyler. It isn't you're fault but you need to stop talking." She pulled the gauze tight and sighed.

[Blaiiine]

"Okay." He quietly responded, going back to silence and staring at the ceiling. Even as the gauze hurt from constriction, he held in any grunt or whimper with a neutral face.