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Why did i ever think traveling in such a big group was a good idea? Matt thinks to himself as he sits in the corner of the safe house, the moans and screams of the infected horde right outside filling his ears. He looks around at the others in the room seven people including me, He thinks as he scans the small group. out of a militia caravan of one hundred, only seven made it. His gaze settles on a young child he guesses is somewhere between eight and ten years of age. My god... Im not sure if this kid is really lucky or badly cursed. Matt heaves a sigh. "If only they had been more careful." He mumbles, speaking about the person who bumped into the car hard enough to make the alarm go off.

"Well, i suppose the first thing to do is ask if anyone got bit while trying to run?" He says as he looks around, after studying the faces he gets the feeling no one did, but they could be hiding their pain well, it's their response that would alert him. "And if you're not bit, did you get hurt in any other way?" Just as he finished asking there was a terrible scream from outside, someone must have tried to hide somewhere else and had been found. Matt closes his eyes and rubs his face. Why did it have to happen like this? He thinks.

Li-Na clutched her knees as she listened to the screams reverberate outside the little safe house they had managed to find. Out of the many people they had traveled with, there was only a handful left. The people that had been lost, she had made friends with some of those people. There were even a few Korean people she could actually converse with. But that didn't matter now, those people were dead, eaten alive by things that had once been human. She shuddered as the screams sank into her skin, burning into her very soul. She had never thought she could be so scared of anything, so terrified. "Na nomu musowo."

To take her mind off of what was going on outside, she studied the people stuck in this hellhole with her. The most noticeable one was a child. Though he looked a little strange with his hair, there was no denying he was a child. As she scanned the small room, she saw two similar looking girls. One of them had blue highlights in her hair. Not seated very far from one of the girls was a blonde headed girl. Another noticeable person was a very tall man that had a blue mohawk. He seemed very intimidating. She snapped her head to a man who was sighing and mumbling. He seemed normal enough. He then spoke up asking if anybody had gotten bit or hurt. She tugged at her shirt sleeve, pulling it down over her forearm. She wasn't bitten, but a woman who had tried to drag her down with her scratched her arm pretty badly. It was bleeding quite a bit, but she didn't want to draw any unnecessary attention to her self and stayed quiet, glancing around at the other inhabitants of this hell.

Izzy was sitting with her eyes closed and legs crossed, almost like she was meditating. She sighed heavily and looked around. There were seven people. The youngest was a boy about nine or so. Izzy stared at him for a moment then snapped out of it, she then saw a Korean girl not to far away, a girl that kinda resembled herself, and two boys, she didn't pay much attention to them. Well this should be interesting. she thought to herself with a little smirk.

Izzy kept her eyes closed so she wouldn't psycho analyze anybody. She had a bad habit of doing that. Then one of the guys spoke asking if anyone had been bitten or hurt. She sighed and said "No i haven't been bitten." And to prove it she rolled up her sleeves she sighed and looked down. "And i suppose we should get introductions out of the way, I'm Izzy Ladore..... Hello" she said to everyone with a little smile and half wave.

Tegan looked around at the rag tag group of survivors. She was hesitant to trust any of them, even the kid. All of them were equipped with at least a knife, though they were too shaken to use it right now due to their mad dash for the safe house. Would it have been better if they would've been taken down too? She knew the answer to that.

"I'm fine," she told the dark haired young man, who had seemed to assume the role of leader. She looked at the others, hoping that if any were bitten they would confess and save them all another thing to worry about. Another young man pacing back and forth replied soon after her. "Nope," was his answer. She guessed that he wasn't the talkative type and couldn't blame him. This whole situation made even her want to curl up in a ball and melt away.

Just then a high scream pierced the air, making both the blonde and introvert cringe. Nobody wanted to think about what was happening outside right now. A deep sigh escaped the male's lips as he continued to pace, not responding to much else. He had no idea what the one girl had said and doubted that anybody did. Another girl introduced herself as Izzy. James wasn't sure how he was supposed to tell her apart from the other dark haired girl with a similar wardrobe/style.

"James," he replied, finally sitting down and hoping that it would calm his nerves.

"Call me Tegan," the blonde told the group, eying them up again. If there was any hope for them, she figured she should get to know their basic personalities and how they fought. If they could fight that is. If they couldn't, they were practically a dead weight to manage. She guessed that the kid wouldn't be much help, and though fierce looking, the guy named James wasn't doing much at the moment. Outside she could hear the zombies pounding and steady moan of the infected. It was unsettling and she looked at the ceiling in hopes of drowning it all out.

Viper was Looking at the Ground Right Next to The Corner of the Safe House as the Screams and Moans of the Horrid Undead Pierced his Ear Drums without End until Everyone it seemed began To Become Talkative. A man From the Other Side of the "Safe House" Seemed to had Ask if everyone was Fine. This Caught his Attention Slightly As he Checked Himself for and Wounds. He Finally Gave up looking Through the Blood of a Kid who Hated him, He Couldn't See any Wounds and as a Reaction to Demonstrate so he Whipped Some of the Blood on the Ground Beside him Shaking his Cranium a Silent "No" His Sleeves Were Rolled Up and the Main Concentration of the Shade "White" was Located on his Sleeves.

The Cold Steel touched his Neck Down to His Chest, The Necklace He was Gifted For Absolutely no, Existing Reason Hung Around his Neck. The Concealed Sort of Switch Blade Attachment of his Remained Attached to the Necklace and Touched, Where the Peak of his Rib Cage was, About 3/4's Of the Way Up his Torso.
Some Lady who was Also Playing with her Arm and or Sleeve Finally Spoke up. " No i haven't been bitten. And to prove it." Her Blood Touched Sleeve was Then Rolled up and Reviled No Injuries or Blood, It Seemed Fairly Normal seeing as how it looked like a Heavy Fabric and was Only Just Barley Touched by Such Liquids.

"And I suppose we should get introductions out of the way, I'm Izzy Ladore..... Hello" She Should had Said Acquainted..I suppose we should get Acquainted...... Not To Menti- Viper Flinched From Izzy's Half Wave and his Hair Parted Left Reveling his Right Eye Momentarily as he Slowly trying to Move Back to the way he Was Unnoticed. He didn't notice it Before but there seemed to be a Man Pacing. He needs to calm down.... Honestly if he's not bitten then he needs to calm down and be Grateful he's Alive. "James"
The Now siting Man Said. Did I miss Something? "Call me Tegan" Everyone Seems so Worried..... Like My Oh My, the Worse Case Scenario We Either Kill our Selves or Get Killed....Maybe Even Survive some time But Really? Whats to Fear? Does this Honestly Turn Your Brain inside out? There has to be Something After this and If there's not then It's Just a Dream he Awaken From, Not Remembering The Next Minute. I Suppose that Is a Long Shot or Possibly a False Assumption but Honestly They Shouldn't be so Shaken Up about this... I honestly need to stop judging people... They Probably made Friends there that were lost in that Struggle...And.......Family... Vipers Mood Suddenly became More Dark, Sad, Angry, Just so many Overwhelming Emotions inside that all Spawned from the Same Memory of Words Written in Blood on the Wall outside his Bedroom.

"Viper Faye~." He Spoke Fairly Quickly And Loud Enough to be Heard with a Tint to his Voice Making it Seem as Though he's Annoyed. Wanting to Look like he Barley Cares about the Living Dead or Flesh Eaters outside Viper Began Wiping the Blood Off his Arms and onto the Bottom of His Jogging Pants. He Honestly Though Waned to Go Lay in the Corner with his Silk Scarf Covering him like a Blanket and Cry Himself to Sleep Silently. Knowing this Wouldn't Help anything What So Ever he Fought back his Urge and Continued his Almost Meaningless Task.
It's Not like he could be Afraid of Blood, He only Helped People and People are Full of Blood. Including Himself which is no Difference from anyone Ells, his Heart Still Pumps Blood Around his Body and To get Oxygen and Become Enriched with it.
A Total of Seven People Including myself

Little Did Viper Acknowledge he Probably had Expressions On his Face through out the Entire Conversations that All were happening. He didn't notice Until Now when Two Tears Snuck there ways From the Tear Ducts that belonged to him Sad Memories and Dramatic Stress that they'd Just Barley Escaped from. He'd Felt the Tears only when they'd Made their way down to his Checks, From there he Quickly Wiped them Away with his Scarf Hopping no one would Notice.

Maria had only been remotely listening to the others as she was lost in the memory of her mother being ripped from her by the infected dam she felt uncomfortable that's when everyone seemed to get talkative she looked around and glanced at the faces of the others some looked sad others withdrawn then a man asked 'Has anyone been bitten or hurt?' She thought for a moment then replied "No I haven't been hurt" she listened and heard a few of the others introduce themselves so far she had heard from Tegan,a blonde,James,the man with a blue mohawk,Viper,the little boy, and Izzy, the girl with blue tips. Maria could still here the moans and screams from outside but she blocked it out and said "I'm Maria..."while staring the floor and putting up her hood and pulling her hands inside her hoodie for warmth.

"My name is Matt." He said after everyone had introduced themselves. Matt stands up and walks over to a metal box placed on the table and opens it, inside were cans of vegetables and bags of jerky and a few small water bottles. He takes everything out of the box and places it on the table. "May as well eat now while you can." He takes a water bottle and takes a drink from it. "So, i guess i'll be the first to say it. We need to get out of here. The way i see it, we have to distract them enough so we can slip out the back or we can wait it out till they decide they can't get to us and they get wind of easier..... well you know." He looks around at the group. " I don't suppose anyone has anything better than a knife?"

Viper Nodded At Matt as he Introduced Himself, Seeming as If The 'Leader'. "It would Seem no one has anything better than a Bladed Weapon." Viper Spoke once more as he Reached Back down his Shirt to Grab Hold on the Chained Switchblade/Make Shift Scalpel. It seemed to be Before anyone Ells Moved other than Matt, Viper Stood Up and Grabbed a Bottle of H2o from the Box Quickly and Returned to His Corner. A tear Dripped down His Cheek as He Laid Down Under his Scarf, Back to the Group. He Managed to Take a Odd Side ways Sip of the Water. Liquids had Always For a Reason unknown to himself Caused him to Stop Tearing and Just look Sad. All that would matter oh so Little though as he Spoke Once more Obviously More Upset than Before. "If anyone Just Happens to Bump into another Car, Maybe we could get away.... Or even Spot a Car with a Alarm so we can Trigger it with Something, wouldn't that Be nice? I think it would just be ENCHANTING!"

Vipers head Rested on his Arm with the Water Bottle in his Left hand uncapped.

Maria nodded at Matt he was obviously the 'leader' type and would be taking over. Getting up to take some water and jerky ,making it there moments after Viper, "No nothing better" she said on her way back to her 'spot' in time to hear "If anyone Just Happens to Bump into another Car, Maybe we could get away .... Or even Spot a Car with a Alarm so we can Trigger it with Something, wouldn't that Be nice? I think it would just be ENCHANTING!" In his voice was the tinge of hysteria he seemed overly upset at least to her, everything was numb she started to think aha! She remembered seeing a car a few blocks away from the house but should she tell them...this she would contemplate.

Izzy realized pretty much right away Matt was the "leader'. Now Izzy didnt have an issue with this she was just curious as to why he instantly wanted to be in charge. Maybe before all this happened he was just a natural leader? She didn't know quite yet, but she stood and grabbed some jerky and water. The little boy named Viper was already getting on her nerves. Even though he was young he was very sarcastic. Izzy closed her eyes and whispered to herself "He probaly has issues Izzy, dont be judgmental towards him." she said this quietly so noone would hear her. She sat back and waited for what was to come next.

Matt, their assumed leader of the group, introduced himself. He then proceeded to open the food storage, presenting a few water bottles and some preserved food. While not the most appetizing, food was food. Tegan helped herself to a water bottle and a can of peas. Dying wasn't on her list of things to do.

Sitting back down, she opened the water bottle and took a gulp from it. While not cool, the liquid felt good after booking it into the safehouse and stressing over life and death. She had commandeered the only can opener and used it to open her peas. She looked at them and grimaced a bit. She really didn't want to eat this, but she needed food now before she turned into Godzilla and tried to rip everyone's heads off without reason so much as wanting their brains. She slid the can opener into the middle of the room in case anyone else needed it.

James meanwhile just stayed sitting. He didn't have much of an appetite at the moment. He hated seeing people being ripped open and killed in front of him, hated that he didn't know what to do, didn't know any of these people. He was used to living by his brother's side, performing at small gigs and experimenting in other media such as filmmaking. Now, that was all behind him and he was stuck with a group of people who seemed as different from each other as a duck is from an elephant.

Everybody seemed to noticed Viper's sarcastic comment after Matt asked about weapons and stated that they needed to leave. Tegan currently had no more than her fist and her foot, both of which could fend off a zombie, but not destroy it. The man with the blue hair also had no weapon and thus, no means of protection other than anything they could find here.

James kept his mouth shut, knowing the kid was as freaked out as he was. But Teagan, who could be equally as sarcastic, decided to speak up. "Cool the sarcasm, kid," she told him flatly. His idea wasn't half bad, but it still required them to go and find a car first. She wasn't risking her butt to find one.

Maria smiled at Teagan's comment it was time she thought to tell them about the car, Maria stands up and sighs then she looks at everyone and says "I know where we can find a car!" With a squeak to her voice that sounded nervous and uncomfortable she then quickly looked to the ground waiting for the others to respond as she stood there she thought about the last time she had heard a car alarm and a tear slipped down her cheek.

Li-na sat quietly in her corner, a little overwhelmed by everyone's sudden actin. The boy, Viper, was strange and and she found she didn't have much liking for him. She stood after everyone had introduced themselves, better late than never. "Ex-cuse me," she said in broken English, "My name is Li-na." She gave a small bow in no particular direction, more out of habit than anything.

She walked over to where the de facto leader, Matt, had opened a container filled with food and water. She grabbed for a bottle of water which pulled her sleeve up just enough to show the bleeding wound. Realizing, she quickly jerked the sleeve down, grabbed a piece of jerky with her other hand, and prayed that nobody took notice of the blood steadily seeping down onto the floor.

She went back to her corner and sat, though not as far away as from the others as before. She was closest to the girl with blond hair who had grabbed a can of peas. She revealed a face as she opened her peas that clearly said she hated them. She watched as one of the girls, Maria she thought, mention she knew where they could find a car. Setting a car alarm would be difficult, especially if the military had deployed EMP's and Li-Na thought it best to mention this fact saying, "Do you know what E.M.P's are? It will be more difficult to find an older car that does not operate solely from electricity that has a car alarm, don't you think?" Her words didn't come as smoothly as she had wished them, but at least they were understandable. She looked around seeking someone who would agree with her.

The young boy named viper said that they should set off another car alarm or wait for someone to do it for us, Matt ignored how the boy said this and began to think about it. It wouldn't be easy but the other choice is waiting, and if we wait too long we wont have any food. Matt choose to also ignore what Teagan said to Viper, he could understand it because everyone was very much on edge. Then the girl named Maria spoke up and said she knew where to find a car, but that meant going out while the horde was still lingering. Next a girl introduced her self as Li-na in broken english and bow before taking some food and water but he also saw blood on her arm when her sleeve got pulled up.

Matt let the girl go back to her spot before turning around and looking into a small cabinet that had a red cross on it. He hears Li-na begin to ask about EMP's. "Well, lets think about that. If by some chance an EMP did go off, the car wouldn't have gone off in the first place. Most cars on the street are newer models now so it would be rare to find a car that wouldn't have been affected. Secondly, that would be mess up ways for people to communicate. Without communication people wouldn't know what to do and be able to find safety." To prove his point he takes a small radio out of the cabinet and begins to fiddle with it until he gets the station that is repeating a message of safe zones still in operation, luckily Chicago is still active but nothing closer. "So there you have it, no Electromagnetic pulses." He grabs a first aid kit and then very quickly crosses the room to Li-na. "I can understand that you are scared," He says as crouches in front of her. "But I saw the fresh blood on your arm. Let me see it and tell me what happened, but since you haven't turned yet I am going to assume that it isn't a bite, people turn rather quickly." Matt says this loud enough so everyone knows that it isn't a bite.

Maria had heard the responses from Matt and Li-na and listened glad Matt was so intelligent she sat down and heard 'But I saw the fresh on your arm. Let me see it and tell me what happened, but since you haven't turned yet I am going to assume that it isn't a bite, people turn rather quickly.' She was slightly alarmed by the fact of the injury but settled that she wasn't turned yet because Matt was right this infection spreads exceedingly fast, this she new it only took a few hours to take her brother. Maria looks over and calmly says "I realize the horde is still out there, but from the looks of it we don't have enough supplies to last us very long we need to try something or risk starvation..anyone have a better idea?" As she says the last part she looks around with her eyes.

Izzy just sat there listening . Well not really listening she was in her own little world, she looked at Maria who said she knew where a car was, then Li-name who said something about EMPS but to Izzy it was obvious that that wasnt possible since e the car alarm went off. But Matt made it clear with radio. Then Maria said something about making a move and starvation "She's right, we cant stay here forever, we'll have to make a plan or something, and try to find some sorta weapon better then just knife." Izzy knew they would all likely die if they just went out with knifes, and not mention incredibly stupid. And what to do with water? They defiantly needed that she didn't know how Mich they had left. But she was fairly certain it wasn't much, and she doubted that any lake water or anything would be clean. She decided to go over to the Maria girl, she seemed fairly smart, she sat down next to her and said " Do you know anything about more water? Like if the water in the lakes and shit is clean?" She said this so only Maria would hear.

Maria was happy someone agreed with her the girl Izzy she also knew enough about this to know knives are not suitable weaponery,Maria liked her she was calm and seemed like she'd be a good friend while Maria was lost in thought that very person had walked over and asked if she knew about getting more water hmmmm she thought where was clean water " Well the lake is to far away and isn't very clean, but if we could make it to the water center we could get enough to sustain us for awhile we do need better weapons we should probably check if there is a basement and see what we find do you want to go look with me?"

Izzy thought for a moment, she hated basements, bad things happen in basements. She looked at this Maria girl and shrugged "Sure, i guess." She said in a slow hestitent voice, she stood up and looked around the place. Izzy was thinking that this is a safe house there should be some sort of.... Ah there, she walked and found a metal pole in the corner under some debris. She walked back to Maria smiled and said "I'll go first since i have the weapon." Please lord dont let me die today Izzy thought to herself. She usualy never brings the lord into anything but right now she thought it was the right time, cause she honestly didnt wanna die and come back to life and have a horrible hunger for human flesh, she shivered at the thought.

Maria looked at Izzy as she talked and noticed she looked a little scared she watched her go grab a pole and say she would go first "Alright you may go first..." Maria looked at the others before standing up and thought I wonder if we would have all met if the hordes hadn't started...probably not she looked at Izzy and said " Let's go I really don't like basements they tend to be where bad things happen.." She tensed and grabbed her knife and walked over to a closed door she assumed was the basement door and waited for Izzy.

Viper Immediately Jumped to his Feet without a Drop of Water Spilling as He Fixed his Scarf. "I'm Coming." His Voiced Seemed To Loop Itself inside his Head with What he Said as He Swiftly Moved to Beside Maria, Capping the Bottled Water and Drawing his Small Blade Clenched Tightly In his Hand. He Swallowed Hard Thought there Weren't Any lights Down there But his Mind was Quickly set to Ease By a Song he Hummed to Himself. It was An Eerie Song Somehow managing to Contain a Happy Tinge. Oh My Queen you have me As your Faithful Servant Alone, We Were Twins torn apart when Our Fates Should have Shown... He Hummed only Along to that Part Before He Remembered there were others around and He Swiftly Re-Prioritized And Was Focused Awaiting the Door to Be Opened and Izzy to Lead the Way.

Izzy was taken by surprise when the boy, Viper said he was coming along. At first she thought it was a bad idea because he was so young . Bit dhe quickly rejected that thought since he's already gotten this far. She smiled when he started to hum and grinned when he stopped like he almost forgot people were there. Izzy took a deep breath getting her nerves straight. Her hand tighten on the metal pole as she slowly opened the door" Be ready in case anything pops out." As she slowly went down the steps the dark suddenly ?ade her very scared but she just closed her eyes and breathed. She looked to her right and there was no switch but to her left there was she flicked it on with deft fingers. Suddenly a light went on down there and it creeped her out because it just stuttered to and from life. As they reached the bottom Izzy turned left and suddenly there was zombie coming at her. She breathed deeply and the zombie came running she used his momentum against putting up the pole the zombie basically killed itself. Blood squirted from where the pole jutted out between his eyes. She turned around and smiled at Maria and Viper "One down millions more to go" she said with forced humor in her voice. She pushed the zombie downdown and took the pole out. She sighed and said "poor man" under breath. If you took away all the right he was very handsome. She looked back and said in a stern voice "Maria go to the far right nd Viper come with me to the back."

Viper Nodded, Sticking Close To Izzy without Hesitation, His Eyes Darting around. "Millions To A Billion Or So Actually....." He Said Soft But Uneasy. Should I...? Be Bites His Tongue and Starts Hitting his Blade off a Nearby Metal Bar, a Ringing Filling the Air. The Ringing Cuts the Air and Groans Could Be Heard, Echoing down After them. Him Stopping and Having Counted the Groans and Pitches. Four Maybe Five Different Zombies.. Lovely.... His Thought Cut Itself Short as A Zombie Staggers out into Clear Sight In front Of Maria. It's Eyes Were no Longer in the Sockets as It Staggered About, No Bigger than a Little Girl.

Maria was surprised when viper offered to come but thought he looked tough she liked the song he was humming it calmed her they all went downstairs and Izzy took out a zombie then told her to go right she heard clanking as viper hit the pole and heard groans accompany them she looked around and saw a zombie stagger in front of her its eyes missing no bigger than a four year old girl she took a silent breath and stabbed the zombie in the head with one fluid movement blood running down its face she yanked hard on her knife to free it and let a tear slip 'poor little girl..' She thought and remembered her little sister but quickly snapped out of it and looked at Viper and said "Smart kid we might get along after all" then started to walk towards a shelf cautiously she looked on it and found a small pipe 'better than a crappy knife I guess' Maria picked up the pipe and put her knife back in her pocket as she slowly walked toward a back room with a closed door she stopped and listened at the door, but heard nothing so she pushed the door it was stuck she turned back towards Izzy and Viper and said "Hey I found a room, but I think its stuck I need some help."

"Kid has a Name And He Doesn't Like Being Called Kid. If You'd Still Like to Get Along With Viper He Suggests You don't Call Him Kid again.....Fair Warning Given." Viper Sighed Softly. "I Say we Kill all the Infected In here before Trying to Take on the Task of another Room." A Zombie Drawn By the Talking, Walks out infront of Izzy and Turns to Her Letting out a Small Howl, Starting forward at her. She Can Handle the Zombie.... I'm Sure She Can... Right? Doubt started to Fill his mind Quickly as he Watched From Nearly Beside Her, actually a Little Concerned. For an Instant the Room Changed In His Eyes and He Saw Blood Covered Walls and a Flickering Light, His Sister was Lying on the Ground Infront of him Being Devoured By One of the Infected. "D-Damn it all To Hell...." He Murmured The World Snapping back into Reality, Not a Moment Having Passed.

Matt waited long enough for the Li-na to answer and lifts up the sleeve to reveal a gash, as if she had cut her self on some glass or something and goes to work cleaning it. "Luckily you don't need to get stitched up." He says as he puts a bandage on the wound. He stands and turns in time to see a part of the group walk into the basement of the safe house. He looks around at the rest of the group, James hasn't moved much since they got here and Tegan was still eating peas. Maybe searching around isn't a bad idea. He thinks as he walks around and finds a staircase going up and he looks up into the darkness at the top.

"Well maybe being able to see more would help with planning our escape." He climbs the stairs and cautiously steps onto the second floor and from the dim light coming from the first floor he sees a door on his right. When he opens it the room is messy but a window is letting light in he walks in and looks out the window at looks at the zombies outside. The horde is still around the house, and although he didn't expect anything different, Matt still sighs at the sight of the undead. "I like a good puzzle, but not ones that will kill me if I fail it" He looks past the horde and looks at the area but doesn't see much that could help them right now and the cars in the street are to close to be set off.