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Axel Leeves

Surviving is success.

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a character in “Life: After Plague”, originally authored by aurban16, as played by RolePlayGateway

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FC: Aaron Paul

Full Name: Axel Rio Leeves
Age: 27
Gender: Male

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Occupation: Coroner
Personality: When the world wasn't in ruins, Axel was
a very outgoing guy. He was alwasy easy to get along with, and it wasn't
hard for him to make new friends. He was, and still is, always very smart. He knows
what a bad decision looks like. Even now, he's laid back. He is very caring, and he always
wants to help anyone in need. Once in a while, he can even be spontaneous.

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Looks: Axel is on the shorter side, only 5'7". He is very fit, though, from playing
soccer in high school and college. He has two tattoos, the chinese symbol for electricity
on his right wrist, and an eagle on his back. He has a long, dark scar across his stomach from
having intestinal surgery as a teenager.

Background: Axel was born to a rich family, and grew up well. He went to University of
Massachusetts on a football scholarships. He graduated an moved to California, where
he met his fiancee, Rachel. They had a daughter, Nina, together. His life was perfect.

Then, his parents both caught the plague, and passed it on to his sister. Everyone he
knew was dying, including his daughter, who was only three. After she passed,
Axel and Rachel left California in their SUV, not having a clue where they were headed.

So begins...

Axel Leeves's Story

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"You know, Rach," Axel said, with a smirk on his face. "You've managed to look pretty good in an apocalypse." He kept his left hand on the steering wheel of the old Dodger Ram, while he turned down the music with his right. There was no radio anymore, just the country tunes from his old iPod, which was almost dead. "If they ever turn our story into a movie, they better find a real hot actress to play you."

Rachel lifted her head from the cool window. "It might be tough," she said jokingly. "Stop the car. I gotta take a piss." Axel pulled over off the road. Not that it was necessary; there weren't any other cars around. They both hopped out, and while Rachel was emptying her bladder, Axel checked the tailgate to see how much food they had left. They sure were running low. It had been about a week since they had left California.

"Where are we at?" Rachel asked, hopping into the cab again. Axel walked over to the passenger side and leaned against the open door.

"We're in Kansas. I think there may be a little town up ahead. We better stop and see if there's a little market or something that no one has raided yet." Rachel nodded, and he kissed her on the forehead. He climbed back into the driver's seat, and they were on there way yet again.

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Axel pulled the truck up in front of a small grocery store. "Where are we, Ax?" asked Rachel. She looked around, but there was really nothing to be seen. It was what some would call a ghost town, taken right out of a Wild West film.

"I don't really know what town this is," Axel replied. "A small one? Besides, we're just here for the food." He pulled his pistol out of the holster he had around his waist. He has stolen it from the first grocery store they raided in California. He was happy he hadn't had to use it yet. "Let's just get in and get out. Grab any nonperishable food and water bottles you can carry." He kicked the front door open, and couldn't see squat.

Rachel pulled her flashlight out of her backpack and clicked it on. "Put that thing away. There's no one here." It took them about ten minutes to go through the whole store. After collecting as much as they could, they laid a blanket out on the dusty road for a late lunch of ham sandwiches and warm beers. "You think anyone will catch us?" Rachel asked Axel.

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Axel took a swig of his beer and turned to look at Rachel. "Couldn't tell you, Rach," he sighed. He wasn't sure if anyone was alive within a hundred mile radius of them. "Doesn't it feel like we're kids again? Going on a road-trip without parent consent. Man, those were the good days." He looked up into the sky and could see vultures soaring above. Wouldn't it be nice to be a bird, he thought. No wondering if you'd be alive the next day.

Rachel finished her sandwich. "It's so weird," she said. "We go from having a big family, great jobs, the American Dream, to nothing. I haven't even thought about it very much. I can't cry over it. I feel like it's not right to have emotions, when so many people are-"

Axel cut her off. "Don't get sappy, Rachel. This isn't the time or place." He stood, holding out his hand to help her up. She hopped back in the car while he folded the blanket. Then they were driving again. They didn't know where, or why. Just that they would need to find a place before dark.

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With Carrie Underwood blasting through the speakers, using up the last of the iPod battery, the couple drove down the dirt road. Rachel noticed Axel squinting his eyes, trying to look far into the distance. "Is that a school bus?" he said, partially to himself. He chuckled quietly. "Maybe there's some survivors after all."

Axel sped up until he was about one hundred feet away from the bus. He noticed two people standing by it, a man and a woman. He honked his horn as he drove up. "Need some help?" he called out the window. This wasn't like a movie or TV show. You could trust people in the real world... or so they hoped.

"Maybe this isn't such a good idea," Rachel muttered. "Maybe you should just drive by. They might be dangerous." Axel wasn't listening though, and he cut the engine on the Ram, and stood up, sticking his head through the sunroof.

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Drat, she thought. So I do get to look like a complete idiot...

The blush on her face was pretty red. "Well, that sounds pretty bad." She shrugged. "Not like it was mine to begin with, and no one's going to be missing it..."

She peeked into one of the windows, checking on all of the boxes and crates she had piled in there. He hadn't quite answered her about whose house that was up ahead, and she didn't want to seem desperate for a place to stay. She did have quite a lot of supplies though - crates of clean water in 2 gallon cartons, non perishable food, clothes, batteries, all the first aid kits she could find at the school where she had worked, even a spare gas powered generator from one of the maintenance sheds.

Hearing a car pull up next to them, she turned around and looked up to see a guy poking his through the sunroof of his car, asking if they needed help. Again, she tensed up, and wondered how she was running into so many people within a span of minutes, relaxing only when she noticed a woman with him in the car. So, probably not dangerous.

Bridget shrugged. "Unless you have a whole new engine with you, chances are no," she said, trying not to look embarrassed.

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"Not good at all." He brought the rag back over his head. "Oh, and no, it ain't my house. Some girl lives there, I just got there a little while ago, actually." Grant hadn't meant to ignore her question, he was just busy looking at the bus. "I'm sure she'll letcha' in, though. She's pretty friendly."

His attention was grabbed when another car came roaming down the road; apparently a popular route today. His eyes shot up to the man that stuck his head out of the roof. "We're fine, thanks. Unless ya' got anything to trade, then maybe we can make it worth each other's while."

Grant had been traveling a lot in the last few weeks, and had actually run into a few people that he had successfully bartered with. Of course, since money was practically tinder now, trade was the only way to go. And given Grant's former profession as a 'botanist', he had what many people were seeking.

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The other side of the street echoed with the sound of a shaking backpack, the thing about apocalypses was that noise attracted more than animals, and Vlad had ran in enough groups to know better than to run towards them. They could be bandits, psychos or worse... He'd certainly met a few colorful types on his way to Kansas.

Vlad saw the car, and the group of people around it and lowered his hunting rifle, raising his hands in a surrendering gesture and letting the rifle hang from its strap on his shoulder. If they knew he was friendly, they wouldn't kill him, right? Then again, if they made a move for guns, he could probably bolt back off down the road.

"Opa! Ya druzhelyubnyy!" Vlad shouted, hands above his head. "I friendly! Amerikanskiy."

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Grant's eyebrows went up as yet another person approached. "You people followin' me? This is weird." He looked the newcomer up and down; the guy looked kind of dirty, with an unshaven face and worn clothes. "Yeah, we friendly too...Russianinsky." He flashed the guy a thumbs up.

He took a step back and took a wide look at everyone that had gathered. "Well we can probably head up to the house. I was planning on heading up to Fort Yates soon, since me n' the chick that lives there are out of food. Maybe we can head up there together, watch each other's backs, gather more supplies that way. C'mon."

Once they got up to the house, Grant slowly went in, looking for Abby. "Mom? I found some dogs, can I keep them?" He joked.

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Abby tousled her hair dry as she made her way back to the small house. She smiled as she saw Grant wondering how he had been so fast. Her face soon turned to confusion at his remark.

'What are you talking abo-' she peered through the open front door inspecting not only two vehicles but a small group of people, slowly she turned around to face grant smirking 'You went for food and you come back with this?' She laughed 'Unless of course THIS' she gestured outside to the strangers 'is your idea of food, in which case i am not game my friend' she tried to hide her laughter. She couldn't believe it, she hadn't spoke to anyone in weeks and within a hour of meeting this guy another four people turn up.

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Grant chuckled at Abby's remark. "More like I went down the street and found this. Apparently your house is where all the cool kids are hanging out these days." Grant turned around to face everybody. "With that, though, I should head into town to go grab food. Anyone wanna tag along?"

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Bridget couldn't help but hold back a smile at the amount of people gathering, and how nice Abby seemed to be. As Grant was asking about going into town, she cleared her throat and spoke up. "Well, if I could get some help moving it all, that bus I rode in on has quite a few boxes of bottled water and cans of food, chips, even some bread that's not stale yet. I'm happy to share it if I can stay here for a few days or a while," she said, watching people for their reactions.

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The couple had followed the rest of the crowd back to the house in their truck. On the way, Rachel said, "Is this a good idea? We haven't seen people in weeks, and now we just happen to stumble upon three others?"

When the brunette lady spoke up about her food and other items, Axel did too. "I've got lots of canned goods and water bottles in the bed of my truck. And I'd be happy to go the Fort Yates with you. We were just there; it looks deserted."

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"Opa! Hahaha!" Vlad replied, he hadn't understood a single word except 'tag along' and 'food' and he bumbled in his own language as he followed them like a lost puppy. They hadn't shot him, robbed him or yelled at him yet and that was enough for him to do his best to befriend them.

"Privet. Ya ostavlyu svoye snaryazheniye zdes' ty ne protiv?" Vlad asked Abby, pulling his camping backpack off his shoulders and dumping it by the house of the door and pointed at it. "I sleep outside, I no bandit, I friendly." The russian nodded a few times to make sure she got the point and turned around, smiling stupidly at Bridget & Grant. "Privet!"

Then finally, he turned around to face Grant and moved to pat him on the shoulder. "Tag along?"

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Abby smiled at Bridget 'Sure you can stay! I'm Abby by the way'

The house was small with only one bedroom, a living room, bathroom and a small kitchen/dining area, still she could make room for everyone to camp down. She was just glad for the company.

'Ican help you move everything'

Stepping onto the porch she could get a better view of the obviously foreign guy, she couldn't really talk she was was from England but she definatly couldn't speak Russian. Her face turned to confusion as she tried to interpret what he was saying before he turned to face Grant and Bridgett. She leant around the Russian so they could see her and raised her hands questionably 'Privet?' She mouthed at the pair.

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Grant simply gave Abby a shrug, he didn't understand a word the guy was saying. "Alright. How about you guys get to work movin' stuff up from the bus, meanwhile Putin and I head into town and grab what we can find. Sound like a plan?" He realized he didn't even know the guy's name, so when he asked to tag along Grant nodded and held out his hand. "Grant. You?"

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Axel grabbed Grant's hand and shook it. "I'm Axel, and this is my fiancee, Rachel." Rachel smiled and waved at Grant. "We can take my truck to Fort if you want. It's faster than walking," Axel stated. He turned to Rachel. "I think you should stay here, Rach. Help unpack."

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Grant returned the handshake firmly. "I'm Grant, in case ya' haven't heard me say." He gave a friendly wave back to Rachel in the back. "I've actually got my motorcycle parked out back, maybe I'll just follow you on that." He turned around to face Vlad (who he still didn't know the name of), the biker patches on the back of his jacket more obvious now. "Maybe Gorbachev here can ride with you," he hoped he didn't take offense to the name-calling, as it was meant in jest. "Whaddya say, pal? Head into town, get some food? You game?" He hoped that he would understand him.

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Vlad shook his head. "Vlad, not those russian." The man grinned again, showing his yellowed teeth and put his rifle down by his bag and rummaged around in his backpack until he pulled a lengthy lead pipe out of it and rubbed the sweat from the stylized S tattooed on the side of his neck. "I ready, biker man."

"Where truck?" Vlad asked the group. "Broom broom?"

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Rachel waved at Abby. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Rachel." She looked around. "Where are you guys from? I'm from California."

"This is my truck, man," Axel said to Vlad, chuckling to himself. This guy was really something. He wondered where he was from. "Where are you from, foreigner?" he asked him.

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Grant headed outside along with Vlad and Axel. Straddling his bike, he turned around to them. "Alright boys, let's hope there's some good shit layin' around in Fort Yates. I'll see ya' there." He got a small head start on his bike as he zoomed off down the road.

The ride there was pretty peaceful for him; but he couldn't help but wonder how Axel was doing with Vlad in the truck. It wasn't that he didn't trust the foreigner, it was just that it was harder to form an immediate bond with someone you had trouble communicating with. One way or another, he thought they'd be fine. In his mirror, he could see the truck close behind him as he pulled into the small town.

It wasn't long before he pulled up to a grocery store. The place was probably picked clean, but then again, it wouldn't hurt to check. After cutting his engine, he stood the bike up and stretched his legs outside of the store.