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"Hidden in plain sight."
~ G H O S T ~
A vicious snarl emitted from Ghost's right, who's glowing eyes glanced over at the young giant feline who crouched beside her. Ghost hissed, the sound completely nonhuman. The hiss silenced the mountain lion, who Ghost had named Leo causing the large docile cat to curl into Ghost's side, warming the area. Leo purred as Ghost stroked his head as she continued to look through the scope of her sniper, watching the action that had caused Leo to snarl. Two heavily armed men had just killed a fleeing couple and were now stringing up the carcasses.
'Cannibals' Ghost thought bitterly as she watched the scene. The coppery scent of blood mixed with the fresh scent of rain, both scents twirling together and making a rather unpleasant odor attack Ghost's sensitive nose. Her stomach flipped, making her feel sick as she glared through the scope at the backs of the receding men.
"Disgusting men" Ghost growled once the men completely disappeared. Slowly she crawled out from her hiding place she and Leo had slept in overnight. It was only two old dumpsters with a cardboard box over top of them and a trashcan in front of her, but with Ghost's senses and Leo warmth it wasn't such a bad night. But the wake up call was rather disturbing, the screams of the couple had been rather heart wrecking and gut twisting.
Leo followed loyally beside Ghost as they wander around the abandoned, decrepit city. The city was surprisingly bare no more humans and no zombies, Ghost couldn't even hear anything but the cheery chirp of morning birds and the random caws of a raven. Yet even in this state of stillness Ghost was ridge and ready to pounce.
They walked through the city for a while, looking for anything of use. There was one building with a high density of spores and Ghost signaled the cougar to stay put while she venture forward. Fungal growth covered the walls of the foggy room, the only scents in the room was death and the rank smell of trash. Ghost sighed and started to head out of the building when she heard Leo's snarl. Ghost sniffed in worry and rushed out, leaving the building just in time. A V2 zombie was readying itself to pounce on the stiffened feline. The bony, hollow looking creature gurgled and hissed, its lengthened claws pointing hazardously at Leo. Ghost's thundering growl made the V2 swiftly look at her, giving Leo the moment to hide behind Ghost who was now positioned to attack. Removing her hood and mask Ghost's glowing icy eyes met the dull glowing crimson of the zombies. The white haired woman pulled back her lips in a snarl, flashing her lengthy canines in a threatening manner. With pinky length canines, white hair, glowing eyes and retraceable lengthening claws Ghost looked bit terrifying then the zombie in front of her. The zombie tried to step closer but Ghost snarled and stood her ground, swiping her claws at the monster. The zombie hissed and stepped back but Ghost didn't give it a chance to flee. She pounced, elbowing the zombie in the throat and pushed it to the ground, the hybrid woman landing on top of it. Without hesitation Ghost ripped the zombies throat up and took off its head, throwing it on the ground before crashing it under her boot.
Ghost hissed one last time before grabbing and putting back on her cloak and mask before patting Leo and on the head. Leaving the decapitated body of the dead zombie behind Ghost and Leo continued to wander around.
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Kat Johnson can't remember the last time she saw her family, but she knew it'd been awhile. They split up at the beginning of this... living hell.. to find supplies. But that night, she swore there was a lack of zombies around her. She almost wished she hadn't of left them, her mother and father, but they made her leave.
"We'll be fine." They said with their usual happy, glowing faces of pride, and love for their only daughter. She sighed at the memories, but quickly snapped out of it as she continued on her lone journey through some awkwards woods kinda outside the city.
Entirely thankful for her supplies, and medical skills, she almost wished she had someone to work on, or just help period. Sighing, her tan complexion seemed to only absorb the hot sun during the day, and she grew darker by the second. Her back was starting to get heavy with her bag, and if only she sat.
Sitting for one minute. It couldn't hurt anything.... right?
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A second memory came but it was three years into the academy and it was a silly one. She can still remember it till this day, Skye had fell asleep and missed one of her training classes. When she woke up from her nap outside in the grass during that summer afternoon, she found Carmen next to her, sitting up as she watched the clouds roll by. The warm glow from the setting sun hit Carmen at the right angle making her glow when she smiled at Skye. Even now that memory still makes her heart race because that was the day she realized she was in-love with this woman in front of her. The woman couldn't help but to let a soft smile cross her lips as she let out a chuckle and messed with the ring that she now wore as a necklace around her neck. She lifted the silver band that was engraved and now a bit dirty to her lips, pressed her lips to it and whispered something inaudible before tucking it back into her shirt.
From where she sat, it was almost like the world stood still and there were no zombies, no crazed people or suffering anywhere, just her sitting here. These little moments were rare to her, just yesterday she killed about half a dozen of zombies, two scavengers that after many times of telling them to leave her be they still attacked and she ended them and a wild rabid dog that she felt bad for killing. Animals and children always hit a soft spot with her, like most but in this world now it was either kill yourself, get killed, turn into one of them, get eaten alive or survive. None of them sounded too good to Skye so she stuck with survive, she wanted to live, live for her and Carmen both and one day get back her love.
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