[IC] The Ruins of Time

[DriveEMOut]

Xavier

He looked at the room before him, taking it all in. There were two dead ferals, whose brains he had just blown against the wall. He looted the kitchen cabinet, finding two cans of beans(that hadn't expired), and a chocolate bar. He shoved the delicacy into his bag, already thinking how much he should draw it out. He heard a thump against the kitchen door, and approached it with his knife in hand. Before he could get there, a feral burst out, knocking him down. He barely had enough strength to keep the feral above him, and he gave a last ditch effort. He plunged the hunting knife into the feral's head, killing it. He stood up abruptly, looking in the bathroom, finding a gas mask. He strapped it onto his face, put his cloak's hood up, and strode out of the house, looking at the street of a suburban neighborhood. Except, the weeds were overgrown, the roads were cracked, and bodies littered the street.

[Patient 43Delta]

Off in the distance, X heard a scream, a human scream. Followed by the scream of A feral and a few gun shots. It came from down the street towards the old market.

[DriveEMOut]

X turned towards the sound, pulling his rifle from his shoulder into his hands, and dashed into the market, gun raised. "Who's there? I will shoot if you threaten me! If this is an ambush, your brains will be against the wall in a second. I'm just here to help, if you're friendly. If not, then someone gets hurt. End of story." He scanned the aisles, looking for a living person that wasn't a feral.

[Cam]

@DriveEMOut

"Put that damn rifle down before you hurt yourself, kid." Cameron shouted as he slid around the corner to face this new Challenger.

"You know, I had this damn store locked down pretty nicely before you blundered in, all those animials after you. Who the hell do you think you are?"

[DriveEMOut]

"X. And I heard a scream, so I came to investigate. You are?" He slung the rifle back on his shoulder, examining the man. He slowly pulled out the hunting knife, letting the man know he wasn't unarmed. He started strolling the aisles, looking for additional food the man had left behind. He picked up a rotted banana, and threw it behind him. He sighed. No food left?

[Patient 43Delta]

Just then feral burst from under a bread stand and grabbed X pinning him to the ground and whent for his neck.

[Cam]

@DriveEMOut

"Cameron Bose. Resident pest control specialist." He said with a smile, pulling back the slide on his 9mm to chamber a fresh round. "Been here two days. There wasn't much left then, and there's less now. Where did you come from?"

[DriveEMOut]

He struggled to keep the feral off of him. "Kill it, are you blind? It's gonna bite me!" He tried to maneuver to grab his hunting knife, but doing so the feral got very close to his neck. Before it could do damage he kicked it off, unslung his rifle, and shot it in the head, effectively killing it. He panted, tired after the work out, but he surveyed the area, checking for others.

[Patient 43Delta]

After a few seconds its clear that they have passed and all is calm.

[Cam]

Two more barged in from behind, snarling and growling as they did so. Cameron stepped over to the right slightly, allowing the first to trip over itself and fall to the floor in front of X. Meanwhile, the seconded was rapidly closing the gap between it and the barrel of Cam's pistol. Waiting for the last possible moment, Cameron pulled the trigger, painting the wall behind them with blood and bits of bone.

Turning quickly on his heel, he dispatched the first on with another coup de gras head shot as it was still struggling to regain its footing.

"Fun as this is," he said laughing, "we had better move on. We're attracting a lot of attention here."

[DriveEMOut]

I don't care about where I came. I don't need to linger on that information. Because I know the world will never be the same. We can never stay the same. So I'm just going to keep fighting. And I'll never stop. "Yeah. I have a safe house nearby. Follow me."

[Cam]

With a merry pep in his step, Cameron followed, and the two men exited what remained of the convince store.

There was a certain comedy to the scene, this college boy warily making way through this desolate, god forsaken town followed by the rathe brutal looking man dressed in full combat haz-mat gear, almost skipping he was having such fun.

"This safe house," Cam chimed, "how far is it?"

[DriveEMOut]

"Not very far. We can make it before nightfall." He walked through the town, a high schooler in the apocalypse, followed by someone he thought insane. Wow, the world has changed. He strolled through the town, eventually stopping at a small motel. "Here." He opened the room he resided in, which he kept very tidy, and through his stuff into a corner, lying down on the bed he had stolen so he could be more comfortable. The room was surprisingly big, with a small kitchenette, a bed, and a TV. (He could use it due to the gas powered generator and his VHS tapes.) "Home sweet home."

[Cam]

Cam wandered around the suite, possibly analyzing the defenceability of the position, or perhaps looking for snacks. It was difficult to tell from an outside perspective. Finally, however, he found himself a seat in the main room and plopped himself down comfortably and said, "It'll do."

He slid his rucksack of of his back and rummaged around for a moment before withdrawing a couple bottles of water, a wraped package of meat, and a small aluminum can with some wires dangling off its end.

He tossed the water and meat over to his new comrade. "Its some squirrel I killed earlier this morning. You look hungry, and it looks like you've got a stove. Do the math."

Meanwhile, taking a drink from his own bottle, He walked over to the room's door and began rigging the can to the entry. "Homemade anti-personnel mine." he explained. "I don't want anything walking in here unless I let it." He smiled wide and reclaimed his seat beside the TV.

[DriveEMOut]

X already had beans, but he didn't want the extra meal to go to waste, cooking and seasoning it as he went. He played the food evenly, and added a small amount of beans on the side. "Not the best, but it tastes good, and it's sustenance." He also dug through his bag and pulled out two apples, handing one to Cam. "There you go." He didn't want his rabbit and beans to get cold, so he ate them first. He then polished off his apple, taking a swig of his canteen of water.

[Patient 43Delta]

A shreak came from outside, followed by gunshots and more shreaks. They could hear screaming. From the sounds of the voices 2 women and a small child. The shots continued for several seconds with shreaks periodically. Then all whent quiet.

[DriveEMOut]

X grabbed his gun from the corner and slung it across his shoulder, grabbing his hunting knife from the table. He ran outside, knife ready. "Hello?!"

[Cam]

Having no time to stop his comrade from running wildly into the night, Cameron quietly poked his head out of the threshold, pistol raised. Ready to cover his ally if needed, but unwilling to reveal his position just yet.

[Patient 43Delta]

All was quite, too quite. Over by an old car there were streaks of blood on the ground. A lone pistol lay on the ground next to the car. Spent casings littered the ground. All was quite.

[DriveEMOut]

"What? I could've sworn someone should be here. Damn! We could've helped them!" He examined the pistol, rifle raised, and took it.
He shoved it in his pocket, sighing. He turned around to go inside.