Zombie Slayers - IC

[Damo021]

Amanda Hocke.

"Not exactly the people person," Nathan stated at her, drying of the blood from his split lip with the back off his hand, Amanda glanced at Nathan for a moment seeing that she busted his lip, Didn't didn't seem to want to react good or bad to his comment and kept the pleasure of kicking his head of nearly to herself before putting her attention back on Aden.

"but will you cut it with the kicks? I'm not an RA, or whatever you Council people call it. You want to help that kid" There was a pause before the man spoke once more "Well be my guest. Just know that I've been helping him too, meaning we're on the same side." the very thought of them being on the same side was amusing to her even if she wanted to reply she did not get the chance "Now it seems like you both have questions, so how about you council guys talk?" He was right although she knew the one doing most of the talking would be Aden.

all of a sudden a girl came out of..... Somewhere and "Nathan" She shrieked. God that was enough for Amanda to want to sellotape the girls mouth. < So that's his name.. Cute, And now thanks to her shrieking I would be surprise if a horde was incoming, Stupid girl > She thought to herself as she then saw the girl attention to Nathan."What is your name? I order you to stand down and leave these people alone! They haven't done anything to you and Nathan was just trying to be friendly!" Aden then take a defensive stance between Sarah and Amanda after yelling for Amanda to stop what she was doing.

Amanda Smiled at the young boy barking orders at her. " You don't get to make orders of an Advent of the Council, I agreed to abide to your request of a protector, Not your subordinate" She analyzed the way Aden was taking a protective stance to the girl he called Sarah. "Is she an advent to? She does not even look old enough to be categorized" Even if it was an odd way of putting it, it was Amanda's way of saying that Sarah would not be attacked by her.

"This is a new world. There's no such thing as an RA. Look around. And there's no more council." This time Amanda did let out a quiet chuckle as she folded her arms. If there was no council she wouldn't be parading around on her outfit wearing the insignia that Aden had recognized. " I wouldn't be so sure of that" She calmly replied. " Your right this is a new world.. Well what's left of it. But the American Advent Council still exists" Amanda then added, she tended not to show much emotion to the others, she was good at hiding it.

She reluctantly decided to give out her name at the boys request. " I am Amanda Locke, Council Advent under the jurisdiction of the American Advent Council. But you may call my Amanda, Aden."

[Apollo Solaris]

Narrator

The last days of the old world had ended quickly. This new world of anarchy and blood has taken its toll on the world and its remaining peoples. Small groups of survivors scattered here and there throughout the world try to stay alive and keep from becoming a "Walker," a zombie with no soul or mind except for a desire for flesh and blood.

Chary, California is about to enter its own final days. The protective barrier the military had once created has been breached, and only a handful of soldiers are left, but they too will soon meet their end.

At the center of the city, in the midst of al the chaos, a small group of survivors have converged upon a large mall full of supplies they need. They have their differences, and will have to learn to work together to get out of the nightmare about to reach them.



It saw the jeep. Short memories of fast moving things on wheels flooded Its mind, but were gone in a second. Irrelevant. It didn't need those things. It could smell something in that jeep, that is what It wanted. Warm blood, fresh and alive, not like that of the shambling bodies around it. The jeep passed It and was gone, but the windows had been open and It had caught their scent.

They broke into a run, as best as dead bodies could run. They tried to keep up with the fast moving thing with fresh live bodies, but it was too fast and was out of sight. The Walkers slowed, their attention diverted to new sounds that were closer and promised warm flesh and blood. But while the others lost their focus, It was still thinking about the fast moving thing. There was flesh there and It wanted them. It let out a screetch, bringing the Walkers to attention. It started to move forward, quick and strong. They didn't follow at first, but It somehow drew them and made them follow.

It ran for a long time, filthy and broken Walker trailing behind him, more joining at every block. The mall was ahead and It saw the jeep, the broken glass and It could smell what it was looking for. There was a lot going on in this place.

The horde shambled forward, some quick and others too slow to keep up. It was at the entrance, not even noticing the glass crunching under its bare feet. Its red eyes glowed in the darkness of the mall and Its snarl echoed up and down the walls as if searching for someone. Then It though of something, rare, but pure. Quiet, It must be quiet so the prey won't hear.

It was big and strong. Bigger than It had been when in life. It had been an Advent, though It didn't know what that meant now. Once, It could fly. Clouds and birds invaded Its mind for a second.

It saw its reflection in the broken glass. Matted black hair, and a bloody face. large veins were bulging all over Its forehead, the virus mutating Advent blood in a different way than it did to human blood.

Walkers were impatient. They pushed past It and entered the mall, making snarling noises and not knowing enough to be quiet.

It would be quiet though, and It would pounce the first chance it got. It could hear noises, could hear voices with its acute hearing. And It could smell the scent that had brought it here. It moved forward, paying no attention to the insignificant Walkers shambling around.

It moved towards the sounds and could see them. A girl and a guy, though that didn't matter to It, It wanted them both. It moved closer while they were occupied and struggling against a meaningless Walker. It was inide the shop with pointy things everywhere. It waited for Its moment.

"That was really loud. I think we should be quick about getting to the supermarket."

[Adjectives]

Jenny lifted her bloodied sword in front of her as she waited for Delton to lead her out of the shop. She cringed as she looked at the blood roll down her blade towards the hilt.
"I think I'm starting to get used to all this blood. On my hands, my car, swor-" Jenny froze as she saw the reflection of something moving through her sword.

She spun instantly on her heels, looking around the store. Between her and Delton there were multiple aisles and the store was bathed in darkness. These were one of the few times where being a normal human was an advantage. Speech.
"Delton, I think there's something in h--" Jenny's voice was cut off with a gasp. She wasn't sure what had just happened, but she seen a shadow fly towards her. Something slammed into her stomach, sending ripples of energy through her body and before she knew it, the store grew distant as the air parted behind her.

She crashed into the far wall with a cry of pain, dropping down into the ground and losing her sword somewhere along the way. As she saw the shadow lurch towards her from the store - a walker but clearly with a much fiercer kick than the others - she realised what had just happened and what was about to happen.

She had a second to react before the walker would crash on top of her, so Jenny kicked her legs into the air in some form of defence. If nothing else, it meant that the walker wouldn't be biting her in the face.
The walker had shot towards her as quickly as he had done before, but now Jenny was ready for him. Her feet hit it squarely in the chest as it's arms reached forward to grip her, it's nails ready to rip through her delicate skin - then it catapulted backwards.

The walker shot through the air, crashing into the wall above the store before it descended to the ground with a screech. Jenny was still reeling in disbelief as it screeched at her, grabbing at it's chest like a wounded ape and turning towards Delton.
Jenny wrapped a had around her tender stomach, crawling towards her bloodied sword.

We still have a chance. Delton can take care of himself. Jenny thought, willing herself on. But as she heard the all too familiar sound of shuffling feet behind her and hungry groans, her stomach sank. She grabbed the hilt of her sword and looked over her shoulder as the horde moved like an army, filling up the mall, ready to devour them whole.

Jenny grabbed hold of a metal trash can, pulling herself up to her feet as pain ran through her abdomen with every movement. She looked ahead to the store. She could go in for Delton or crawl from the horde. "Delton! Delton!" Jenny screamed, looking between the odious horde and the store.

[Traveler]

Nathan Rivers
***

Nathan watched as Aden and Amanda spoke, the plot thickening even more. There was obviously more to the Aden kid than met the eye, as he seemed to have some sort of background with the council. And even though the B-word, whose name was Amanda, couldn't possibly be stranger than what met the eye, that obviously meant something to her. She backed down, although not showing much warmth towards him or Sarah.

"You're right this is a new world.. Well what's left of it. But the American Advent Council still exists" Amanda revealed, and even though Nathan knew very little of the council this was big news to him. A large group of organized Advents, still functioning. The thought of meeting them and finally learning more about his powers was intriguin, although he cared not for the CAs he'd met so far.
" I am Amanda Locke, Council Advent under the jurisdiction of the American Advent Council. But you may call my Amanda, Aden."
<Guess I'll stick to B-word.>

Nathan looked down towards Sarah, who also was watching the events unfolding. She'd blown her cover when he'd been attacked, something he truly appreciated seeing as how they'd just met each other.

He was about to thank her, when he discovered a noise. A noise they should have noticed before if it hadn't been for the commotion.

Moaning

"Walkers!" Nathan burst out in a hushed voice, but he didn't need to warn the group. The horrible wailing boomed through the hall as the hordes shambled into the mall, echoing in the vast empty space. They seemed to be coming from every direction.
<What the f*ck is going on?> There shouldn't have been such a compact crowd suddenly attacking. By now the wails were almost deafening. In these magnitudes the Walkers could overrun Chary.

"We've gotta break out before we're surrounded! Nathan told the others, bringing forth the sawed-off shotgun from his bag. He checked the Ammo.
<Not good enough.>

He looked at Sarah and Aden, then reluctantly at Amanda.
"You guys coming with me?"

[Olehdoit]

Sarah Brent

categorized into what? The girl-Amanda was her name, was incredibly intriguing. It seemed like she only did things if she deemed it absolutely necessary. An advent council seemed... Interesting, to say the least. Amanda only seemed to be addressing herself to Aden. He was probably something really special, then. Sarah scrutinized his face for any "royal" qualities but only saw a normal boy just a few years younger than her. Well this is awkward. She saw Nathan turn to address her, but he got interrupted by an almost sickening noise. Sarah looked around her, and what she saw was very, very frightening.

Zombies were coming in from all sides. Their collective moans sounded like hell itself. It was a nightmare. She had nowhere to go and no way to protect herself. Why the hell are all these zombies here right at this moment? Sarah stood still, in shock of it all. Nathan addressed them, but Sarah could still only hear and see the horde of zombies-walkers coming at them. She looked at Nathan, and he was carrying a shotgun.

"You guys coming with me?"

Sarah snapped out of it. "o-of course." she remembered the dull knife she kept in her backpack. The one that she left at the sporting goods store. Why must I be such an idiot! Now I'm unarmed and weak. She searched all around her for a potential weapon, but nothing was in sight. Sarah made a quick decision and smashed one of the coconut oil jars from her backpack onto the ground. It shattered, creating shards of glass. Sarah picked up the biggest she could find, carefully avoiding the spill he had just made. It would make do for now.

[Apollo Solaris]

Aden pondered over the many questions he wanted to ask Amanda. His parents, could they still be alive? He couldn't ponder for much longer, however. The sounds of moans reached his ears and his heart begin to beat hard in his chest.

Walkers, everywhere. He could hear them, snarling and screeching. It was sudden. Where had so many of them come from all at once?

"You guys coming with me?"

Aden nodded at Nathan, "I've got your back." Aden turned to look at Amanda. "I assume you're coming to?" Aden still wasn't sure he should trust her, but she had responded to the code.

Aden unholstered his handgun. He was ready for anything.

[BertramVZedler]

Zacharie

Being rather unobservant at the time being, he went under the desk as Amanda went around him completely unnoticed to cut around a different path. He had noticed a small issue which may be why the crossbow was tucked under there in the first place, the hook that grabs the string was cracked and he was looking for a replacement part. He tested everything else while he was at it and did in fact notice the string was frail as well.

Sighing under the desk he pulled out a proper string from underneath and his Swiss Army knife with a hexagonal tool, unscrewing the bolts to expose the interior and get inside to find where the hook connects too. Gun shots got his attention though and he hurriedly looked at the entire assembly, fixing the hook and popping the two halves together. No after screams, good sign. Startled a fired upon a couple zom- Another scream came and an unfamiliar name was called, he grumbled and roughly undid the string, replacing that quickly as well and getting to his feet with his rifle.

Moans and squeals emerged with fighting outside also was heard. He pulled the string back to the hook and cycled a few times to make sure everything felt consistent and orderly, perfect as he made sure that each nut was in it's right place once more. Putting an arrow on and using the old shoulder strap to his older rifle, fitting it to his shoulder. Outside has a horde and possibly more survivors, my new group is in the back giving a few disheartening screams. Priorities... the door is breached... uhg I'm so sorry if you guys die but... As I always have said, I must do what is necessary then what is right. A frown went about his face as he pulled out from under the desk, a zombie was mere feet from him as if he was about to ask for some assistance. Zach's face turned from a frown to a stunned face.

The roof cracked and a lighting unit beside the zombie swung down and cracked the zombie beside the head, just as he was reaching for him. Zach looked up to the bullet holes that caused it, reminded of his dumb luck. "Yeah... we're closed. But I can give you a free sample of our product." He said jokingly, firing the crossbow at the zombie's head which the arrow then vibrated half buried in it's temple. "If you're unsatisfied, please speak to one of representatives for a full refund."

He hopped over the counter and was chuckling, yanking the arrow out and cleaning it, resetting the bow. "Now to field test." Zach ran down the steps, pocketing his Swiss Army knife as he did. He rushed for the door and stepped next to the shutter, looking outside to see the two brawling with zombies. "Oye! Inside...-the fu-..." He saw the horde behind them and the brute taking it's time, obviously aimed either for mowing the two or at this rate the mall. "IN!-IN!-IN! We got a tank of a zombie after your arses, now IN!" He labeled the beast he saw as a tank, something out of a video game which was once an addiction of his.

He pulled up his main rifle, put in the full powder loads and worked at unfitting the silencer. No point in it being there if the hoard already knew they were here. Zack pocketed the silencer too and readied another clip, even now he only wanted to start firing once the gate was closed behind the new duo. "ADEN! SARAH! GET TO THE ENTRANCE AND SET YOURSELVES UP, WE'RE LOCKING DOWN THE MALL!" Zacharie shouted behind him, hoping that they would hear.

[Traveler]

Nathan Rivers
***

A moment of confusion set upon the group as the roars of the Walker hordes filled the mall. Then serious a serious look came over them as they prepared for battle.
"I've got your back." Aden responded, before turning to look at Amanda. "I assume you're coming to?" To be honest Nathan didn't really care.

"o-of course." Sarah answered, fumbling about herself, seemingly looking for a weapon. In the end she grabbed a large piece of glass from the ground. It looked pitiful though. Nathan thought about the handgun he had holstered to his leg. It would come in handy in a pinch.
<Don't be a d*ck Nathan.>
With a sigh he tore the gun of and threw it to her.
"It's only got about seven shots, so use them carefully."

Then a shout broke through the undead rumbling:
"ADEN! SARAH! GET TO THE ENTRANCE AND SET YOURSELVES UP, WE'RE LOCKING DOWN THE MALL!"
<Fine by me Nathan thought, not caring who was behind the voice. He took of at a sprint towards the entrance.

They were everywhere. As he reached the end of the aisle, three of them rounded the corner. Using his momentum, Nahan brought the butt of the gun forward. Slam. Without stopping to look, Nathan kicked hard at the other zombies knee, shattering it, just as another one grabbed his shoulder. He Jumped, appearing behind it and gave it a slam.
He spun around to see a wave of walkers, a thick crowd, coming from the right. He aimed his gun at chest level and fired a round which sent several of them sprawling, although he doubted he'd killed them.
The Walkers were now coming from every direction, but as he fought ferociously, Jumping from location to location with merciless swings, he noticed a slightly less crowded aisle down which he could see the entrance.

He could Jump there. He'd be long gone in a matter of seconds.

Instead, he fired another round, clearing the way towards the aisle.
"Come on you guys!"

[Olehdoit]

Sarah Brent

Sarah clumsily caught the gun, dropping her glass shard. She was eternally grateful. "I'll try to be a frugal with these bullets as possible" she replied. That meant using only when she absolutely needed to. She heard Zach talk about making their way to the entrance so she started to it, seeing Nathan make his way fiercely. Of course she was gifted with a power that was useless with walkers. It probably was because the walkers only will was to eat, and that will was so overbearing that Sarah can't go through to it. A walker grabbed her arm. Sarah let out a squeak of shock and punched the zombie in its face as hard as she could. It's brittle bones fractured, causing bones and blood to seep through its paper-like skin. The walker was still not dead

Sarah almost vomited at the sigt of its battered face, so she punched it again and again and again until it was finally down. She started running towards the aisle. A walker came out of nowhere and bumped into her. Sarah fell down, almost dropping Nathan's gun. Shaking, Sarah quickly shot at the zombie, getting its left leg. Sarah remembered going to a firing range once in her life. She never went again. The zombie collapsed but still ran towards her. She hurriedly got up and jumped over the zombie, deciding that leaving the zombie there would be easier than killing it. She looked back at Aden and Amanda and motioned for them to hurry

[Lord Seth Cross]

Delton

Things seemed to slow down as Delton watching a walker fly past him with great speed. He could feel the energy of it, the walker was not like the rest of them, it was more powerful. Delton knew not how this was possible how could a walker have this kind of power, the power that was similar to his it just wasn't possible.

"Delton! Delton!"

Delton snapped back to attention as things started to speed up again. Delton quickly surveyed his surroundings. The walkers were pouring in like rain from a hole in the roof. There were to many, looking back Delton saw Jenny she was struggling just to get up, that walker had taken a lot out of her. No.. no this couldn't be happening he had been reckless he had been stupid. He would not let this end here, not this damn time, no it wasn't going to end here.

"This isn't over.. no I wont allow this not now"

Delton's body began to glow as his anger was beginning to rise. Seeing Jenny hurt like she was had for some reason clicked a switch of rage inside of him to on. It was like he had known her his whole life, he couldn't let her die he would not. Delton cracked his head up as his hands glowed golden, with his arms extended out Delton screamed as the a shock wave spiraled out of him, glass shattered around him, shelves fell down as the ground shook violently like and earth quake. Delton turned to face the walker that had attack Jenny as his eye's were hard and lifeless.

"Do it I dare you to bitch"

The walker seemed to cock its head sideways as it let out a massive shriek as if it was angry. It leap from it's spot and flew for Delton teeth baring to bite him on impact. Delton brought his hands out in front of him as another shock wave erupted, the walker surprised in the air was hit head on with great force, the wave threw it back hard as it crashed through the back wall and hit the brick wall and went through that to. Delton turned as he faced the horde they had seemed to stop for a split second like they were watching the events unfold. A if an alarm had been set off the walkers went crazy and ran for Delton and Jenny.

"No!"

The word was like a death note as Delton extended his hands again, two large balls of red and gold energy formed. The balls were roughly the size of a bowling ball, sweat poured down Deltons head, with a swish of his hands Delton threw both of the attacks. Time seemed to slow down once again, as Delton flew back to Jenny with all his speed, the blast was to close in range, it was almost certain to harm them both. Reaching Jenny Delton put his palms together and lifted them up as a gold veil was formed, it surrounded both him and Jenny as the blasts meant the walkers head on.

There was a bright emit of light as the pure energy exploded, at the same time as a shock wave that felt like a great earthquake erupted in every direction. Delton shielded his eye's as debris and glass flew in every direction, ceiling caved in violently around the blast. Delton could hear the screams of walkers as they were blown to pieces incinerated by the blast. Delton held the shield as he could feel his body weakening, he was using to much energy. The light subsided as Delton could open his eye's again, the entire front of the store was gone or in ragged shambles, the horde of walkers were gone at least until more came, and he hope they would not. Delton lowered the shield as he felt to his knee's. His breathing was sharp and quick as sweat poured down his head.

Delton slammed his eye's closed as he was in some what of a bit of pain. His chest hurt like it had never hurt before, as Delton attempted to keep conscious he heard the shriek from behind both of them. The first walker it had regained its composure, turning Delton saw it exit the hole it had formed as it was bleeding quite profoundly. How the hell had it survived such and attack?!?! Delton stood up as he cringed, he had not choice, he had to keep going. Reaching down Delton pulled his Beretta and aimed it at the Walker. It seemed to not fear him as he started to pull the trigger, as the Walker flew, Delton shot, this walker was different and Delton was in a shit storm of trouble.