[IC] The Walking Dead - Among the Ruined - Season 3

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Charles - Plaza

Charles switched the car up a gear and drove down the long, crowded streets. he looked at the walkers grabbing at his door, he signed as he remembered all the civilians who tried to get in when he last made a break for freedom. he looked up at the skyline, he hadn't seen anybody for at-least a month now, they always bolted when the car pulled up. he could never be sure if it was him or the fact that the car had military logos and marking on it, and that they thought that a quarantine was being set up near by, he was driving past all manner of houses and shops whizzing past, he hoped that the new truck horn he had fitted would work, or at a push create enough noise so he could test out his guns.

with a flick of the wrist the loud horn filled the streets, bouncing off shops and houses alike.

[Rithas]

Matt

He was close, he could feel it. he would keep on walking, eventually they would find him. He could hear something, a truck? He couldn't tell. Through the alleyway, and the sight he saw was indeed a truck. Now where were they? "Ahem....Hello?" He wondered if he would be shot right there and then, a fitting sudden end. Disappointing to say the least.

Suddenly he was grabbed, and rather forcefully thrown into the back of some vehicle , he couldn't tell whether it was the truck or not. Whoever grabbed him was certainly sneaky, and strong. Soon they were off, he hoped it would end soon enough. He was uncomfortable.

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Rob-Cabin-People

Rob rolled his eyes as Enrique talked, "Perhaps you shouldn't burst in with a fucking shotgun then!?" Rob looked around. "Go Shannon!" He pushed her along, to wherever they were going. It had dawned on him that he hadn't really checked the place out. just burst through the door and took a nap. He was silly sometimes.

Now most likely at this moment, the man (he had forgotten the person's name and at this point didn't really care) probably knew Rob was there. however, even if they were surrounded (which they probably were) at this very moment, only crazy axe wielding guy was actually in the cabin. so it was a very good idea to deal with him first. Rob's face scrunched up, he could never think at the right moment. Right now they needed to think, the most important thing was to think.

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Liam-Baton rogue-People

Liam head turned, and grimaced. Katie was gone, he felt sick? where could she be? He hoped they found her before her dad came back, He already didn't like Liam, and also the Dad had a feeling of "I could snap at any moment and kill you". Maybe that was just for him though. but, just like when he was a tiny little thing. He was left behind to be kept safe with a Kitten and a old lady.

"B-bu......I want to come...." They had treated him nice (well most of them anyway) If they didn't find her it would all end. He needed to help, what if she was kidnapped by someone crazy? He needed to help. He needed to show he was a valuable member? or something along those lines.

He had his knife, he didn't need to grab anything, and if he said anything she would not let him go. but he was young, she wouldn't notice? well, not until he left anyway. So, he ran. He ran quite fast to the exit. Avoiding, the other people of course. They would send him back up, "Katie? Katie? You.....anywhere?....what if you are kidnapped? then that won't help. what if you were eaten by the monsters...would that be worse....I guess it would....need to find you" Liam was afraid to go back if they didn't find her. He felt somehow that the Parent would blame him....and kill him. The last thing he wanted was that.

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[Atomyk]

Tyler - Plaza - Jacob

He nodded along with Jacob's plan, though he wasn't sure how easy it would be to scare off a group of raiders. "We're going to need to get a look at them then." He looked toward Jace and Caleb. "That okay with you two? We can't risk you guys getting seen, so, you create a bunch of noise while Jacob and I get close to them. If it's a big group, we'll hurry back into this store and assist with the noise. If it's just one guy, Jacob can do some confronting."

Jace frowned at this. "I haven't been practising my moaning. Not sure I can pull it off."

"We're on it." Caleb said, smirking despite the situation.

The pair then left to go make some noise. Tyler figured there had to be a bunch of stuff in here that still ran on batteries. He gestured for Jacob to follow him and led him back toward the entrance to the electronics store. The unknown group were still making a bunch of noise, but it was soon contested by a crashing noise from behind Tyler. He then heard someone let out a loud guttural scream, which he figured had to have been Jace. He was right, that was the worst moaning Tyler had ever heard.

"Can't see anything," Tyler muttered, trying to look through the gap in the automatic doors. "Maybe we should just make some noise." Then, the noise in the department store stopped and laughter was heard.

Before Tyler could discern the meaning behind this, a man called out: "Katie's here! You filthy filthy--"

Tyler didn't listen to the rest. He abandoned Jacob's plan entirely once he heard Katie's name. Just about everything dropped from his awareness beyond the fact that someone was using Katie to taunt him. He jumped off the ground and ran into the department store. "Katie?!" he yelled, but he was answered by gunfire slamming into the floor tiles beside him. Tyler stumbled to the left and fell into a crouch beside one of the department store racks. In the electronics store, another crash was heard.

"There, there..."

Tyler thought he could hear mumbling coming from in front of him. He placed his flashlight down on the ground and turned it on. It illuminated Katie, tied, gagged, and sporting cuts on her legs. A grimy dirty man wearing what looked to be night vision goggles was hunched over her, his right hand holding a knife to her throat and his left gripping a gun over Katie's shoulder, aiming at Tyler's position. Tyler's mind reeled at the revelation. Voices screamed inside his head, but all he could focus on was the fact that this man was Berk, once a prisoner in the catacombs.

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Berk

He stared at Katie for a moment, tied and gagged before him. He took in the sight warily. It was dirty... just filthy. He didn't want to be at this any longer than he had to. He'd savour Tyler's anguish, but that was all he could afford. He moved away from her and rummaged through a nearby pile of dirty rags. He fished out an assault rifle and showed it to the girl. "You like it?" he asked in a raspy voice, before laughing. He then rummaged through the pile a second time and pulled out night vision goggles. He hooked the item around his elbow and moved about the store, pushing racks in front of the girl so that she wouldn't be seen by anyone lurking outside. He then crossed the threshold into the next store over, practically skipping as his shoes crunched over broken glass.

At the door into the plaza, he raised his weapon into the air and fired on the ceiling. There weren't that many corpses walking around, but drawing them wasn't the man's main intention. He stepped up to the door and put his ear to it. A loud horn started blowing somewhere in the streets behind him and the man figured he must have got the attention of someone living. Shrugging, he fired once more into the ceiling and moved back to where he'd hidden Katie. "Time to see your filthy daddy," he muttered, grabbing and pulling her. He carried her long enough so that they were in the clothing store, but dropped her amidst the broken glass on the floor. He didn't much care if she was wounded; She'd be dead soon enough anyway.

They stepped into the hallway and the man dragged Katie over the dead bodies. He stopped to put on the goggles before stepping into the department store. Berk then stepped forward and roughly kicked at the rack in front of him. Kitchen utensils fell to the ground, making a large clatter. He waited a few moments for a response, but when none came, he continued to knock things off their shelves. Eventually, thuds and shouts answered him, and Berk figured they had the same idea as he did. Of course, he knew they were just four. He'd watched them enter the plaza, after all.

He looked down the aisle and stared at the entrance to the electronics store. He was about to move Katie forward when two men crowded around the door. Even in the green haze of his headgear, Berk instantly saw one of the men to be Tyler, the filthy leader himself. He laughed out loud and said, ""Katie's here! You filthy filthy man!"

Tyler shot up like a rocket once he heard Katie's name. Berk aimed his weapon near Tyler's feet and fired, forcing the man to take cover. He then crouched low behind Katie and pulled his knife from his back pocket. He held it to Katie's throat and aimed his rifle in Tyler's direction. "There, there..." Berk cooed, watching as Tyler turned on his flashlight.

"Berk!" the man whispered. Berk felt like laughing.

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Tyler - Plaza - Jacob

Tyler couldn't see Berk's expression under the goggles, but the man was smiling. He was fucking smiling. Tyler felt his body flood with anger and warmth, his adrenaline soaring just at the sight before him. His body urged him to scream and jump at this man, but Tyler recognised that as a hopeless idea. Berk had Katie. Berk was going to kill Katie. There was nothing Tyler could do about it.

"You know who I am," Berk said, the gun in his hand shaking. "I know who you are. We both know why this needs to be done."

"Wait," Tyler pleaded, licking his lips. "Please wait. She's just a little girl. She hasn't done anything."

Berk seemingly paused at this. "She's your filthy daughter."

"No, no--"

"A lot of men died just because they didn't want to be filthy like you." Berk's knife was repositioned, and he began to slowly push it into Katie's shoulder, the tip just about breaking skin. A sudden bile rose in Tyler's throat and he felt himself growing light headed. His entire body screamed at him, but he stayed put, unmoving. He couldn't keep it up for much longer. "I need this," Berk said. "I need you to go away."

"Jacob!" Tyler moaned. "I-- I don't know what to do!"

Berk's gun fired, slamming a bullet into the rack beside Tyler. "No one fucking moves!" he yelled.

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Tina - Near The Plaza - Scarlett/HORN

She was rushing down the stairs with a pack of equipment when Liam slid by her, running downstairs. Tina's mind boggled at this and she called out to him, but he proceeded to ignore her. She hit the bottom stair to see him dodge everyone and run out the front door. Tina swore at this and dropped her pack between Adam and George. "Guys, get your shit out of there and get moving!" She then handed Scarlett a pistol and gestured her out the door. "Change of plans for us, we have to grab Liam!"

They started sprinting up the side walk, Liam's small frame disappearing down the street. As they ran, Tina asked, "Do you know how to shoot?" Without really waiting for a response, she simply followed with, "Just be careful!"

The crossed on to the next street but couldn't see Liam anywhere. Tina groaned and pointed to the end of the road. "That's where the guys will be, but-but--" Tina's free hand balled into a fist repeatedly. "Two fucking kids. You have to be joking." Avoiding the chained undead, Tina and Scarlett cleared two blocks before they heard a loud horn emit from somewhere nearby. "What in the world is happening?!" Tina cried, putting one hand to her face. She looked up at Scarlett, her face pleading at the other woman for some idea what to do.

"Do you-- Do you think the horn will draw Liam to it? Or, damn, it could scare him... I don't know, I just don't know what to do."

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Danny - Cabin - Enrique/Rob

Like he'd hoped, Shannon managed to get clear before Enrique's gun fired. The slugs slammed into the wood in front of Rob, sending wood splinters flying. Danny then dropped to the side, hitting the ground hard and banging his head against the ground. His ears rang and splinters from Enrique's second shot showered over him. He managed to crawl down the hall and duck into the next room, beckoning Rob to follow him as he did so. He looked down at the end of the hall to see Shannon crouched there, but the sudden onslaught of gunfire sent her moving.

In the room, Danny crawled over to the fireplace, swearing every time a shot slammed through the cabin. He manoeuvred himself so that he was facing Rob and shook his head. "We might die," he said, strangely calmly. Maybe it was the fact that all of this was starting to feel unreal. "Rob, you need to go. Follow Shannon and Finch and sneak out back. I'll stay in here and make sure they focus on the cabin." For that to happen, Danny figured he'd have to start firing back, though he probably wouldn't live long beyond that. "Please, there's no need for us to both die here."

[wolverbells]

Scarlett - Near the Plaza - Tina/HORN

Scarlett turned as she heard Liam's name and groaned when Tina suddenly changed the plan of action. "Liam! Liam, damn it get back here!!" Scarlett ran after Tina as they chased down Liam, but they weren't a match for him.

"Being young has its advantages." Scarlett breathed out as they slowed down, her hands working on the pistol in her hands. "I've loaded and made ready. I can work with plenty of weapons. My parents were in the military once upon a time." She answered Tina's question from back before they had began running.

The sound of a sudden horn made Scarlett jump slightly, bringing the pistol up to the alert carry. The longer it rang, the angrier she grew. Angry because she didn't know where Katie was, because she had also managed to lose Liam, and angry because she was afraid of what Tyler was going to do. "The horn might attract him, but I don't know if he'll show himself that easily. He's a little older than Katie, I doubt he'll be as naive." Scarlett turned towards where Tina had pointed where the guys should be and bit her lip, trying to sort out her thoughts and think of a plan. "I think we should go get the guys. Once we have them, we'll have more people to look for both Katie and Liam." 'If Tyler doesn't kill us' she thought as she finished her sentence.

[Damo021]

Turisa - The Road - Driving.

A little bit of time passed, The thoughts of the woman that Turi almost hit still fresh on her mind, After losing control of the vehicles she remembered seeing a load of people come out that were able to get out of her way and out of sight while her vehicle was stationary there. But since she drove off fearing they might not take to kindly to her nearly killing one of there group, It was still raining a little but nothing like earlier, but it was still on the chilly side and of course the surface was still pretty much wet.

With everything that had happened to the Latina woman, she could not knock that group from her mind, Even if the thoughts of her situation from her house was still cemented in her mind which made her cry once more, She was driving more careful now she went from a person an officer that simply did not care any more to wanting to go back and check on that group, She didn't care if they decided to harm or kill her for her truck or something, After all she was at a all time low. Slowing down some more she turned her Ford Explorer round and drove back towards where she last saw the group of people.

After a little bit of driving back towards this group, driving slower and more carefully looking for them in case they may of been using the trees at the side of the road for some kind of cover from the light rain. It was then when she saw them just slightly up ahead and brought her vehicle to a halt a little up the road from them not to be so close to them and putting her vehicle in park. She sat looking over at them for moment letting the engine tick over, Maybe it was a good idea to get out of her vehicle to show that it was not some mad max or something in the vehicle that now doubt that group was looking at.

Taking a deep breath she undid her belt and slowly opened the door and cautiously stepped out of the vehicle remaining by the driver door. The last thing that group probably expected to see was the uniformed police officer step out of the vehicle. One of her hands was placed on her now unclipped holster just in case as Turisa raised her other hand up and motioned using two fingers for them to come over to her, they could probably see that the Latina had been crying.

Aaliyah and Imogen - Hank's group.

Well what the hell happened? that was one of the biggest questions in this group, everything had simply fell apart, Sure they were all still together but for how long? Never had it been so silent within the group, some where still looking out for the odd one or the other but now it had just simply deteriorated and where simply survivors that knew and looked out for each other, no longer the family that had been built up so strongly through all the trials and tribulations.

Imogen was sat in the truck with Hank, Floyd, herself and Heather. Hanks was no longer himself after everything that happened to Heather and those out there with him, Deep inside Imogen was happy to see him back though maybe he could possibly keep this group together? But she still sat there silent in the truck, keeping an eye on heather. Floyd was one guy she never really had interaction with feeling uneasy having him in the group and had been nothing but a pain in his ass voicing her opinions and thoughts, but he stood there by Hank, he saved Heather and brought Hank back.

Part of Imogen felt guilty for how she had been acting and treating Floyd, Not that she would admit it but still she still had more respect for him now and felt he earned his place within the group. Heather was the one that came of worse and Imogen was being highly protective of her and even fought alongside her when they were abandoned and then caught Heather when she collapsed earlier when the group stopped for a break, She noticed that thinks didn't look to great between DeSean and Jennifer and Imogen felt like a right bitch for blasting at Jen earlier.

Aaliyah on the other hand was broken, inside that was. The young nurse in training was just simply shattered and spent mentally and emotionally, All she cared about more than anything was taking care of Heather and Seth, She cared about them both dearly and put them before herself since burning herself out, she took it upon herself for it to be her responsibility, neither of them were well or themselves. Aaliyah had been nothing but on edge and panic stations since Heather collapsed she had to use guess work and what little experience she had to figure out what was wrong with her friend. With supplies so low that didn't help matters. The last of the dry blankets where used on Heather and Seth as the others got wet from earlier and needed to dry out, She gave up hers for Seth and left it on him when he feel asleep with his face planted on the window, It did bring a little smile to her tired features on her face.

To tired to drive the car she was thankful of Aiden taking the wheel, although what was he thinking? the guy had not spoken what so ever or reacted to the chaos that was happening to the group, well at least that was what Aaliyah saw or missed she couldn't tell, She just wanted it to go back to the way it was, but no matter what she would not leave Heathers side if the group split, she was like the carer of the group.. Not that Aaliyah never really thought of herself that useful right now. As the journey went she quietly cried herself to sleep with her feet curled up underneath her she never bothered to wipe away her tears and didn't want to wake Seth even if she wanted to rest her head on him. Only time will tell what the hell will happen next.

[Rithas]

Rob-Cabin-Danny,Enrique

Rob dropped to the ground with a bit of a smack. It hurt him but right now wasn't exactly the time to be moaning. He followed Danny as they crawled through the Cabin. When Danny told him to escape, Rob sighed. "No...That's silly. You should go, I mean look. You have a girlfriend out there! A real friend. This is also the third time this dick has been shooting at me. You should go, seriously...go...now. I would say how I have nothing left to live for, but that would be a lie. but, shit...Don't make me feel guilty. Haunt my dreams and all that...not that staying here is a deathwis- Just go! Unless you have some ace up your sleeve...but you don't so go!"

Rob wondered if Danny would listen to him, or if he was being stupid not going. Weren't they surrounded anyway?

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Liam

She could be anywhere! Then people would understand that he was useful! He kept on running, their were a few walkers around the place. standing in one place mindless. But they weren't paying attention to him. Too sluggish even if they were. Sudden sounds of a gun firing alerted him. Was Katie there? Maybe she was back and he had stupidly ran. But it wouldn't hurt to check would it?...

He ran till he heard voices. Muffled by him being outside the building. but holes allowed him to hear. He had to enter where they were. But he couldn't be seen. Adults could always see you it seems. Unless you were behind walls. That tended to make most things not see you. He snuck, his small frame easily gliding between the many things clotted about.

What he saw....disturbed him, there was Katie at least...just not, in a good situation. A man, most likely crazy had her. He had night vision goggles on. He hoped he didn't see him in the background. Behind the shelves. on the ground crawling, he certainly die if a walker came. He kept talking about filth, he looked like filth.

He seemed to have something against the parent....tyler...whatever. He dashed to another corner. Closer. He couldn't be seen, mostly because the crazy filthy man seemed to threaten to kill Katie if he saw anyone move. Certainly Tyler would kill him then. In the background...hiding....must be the way.

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Jacob- The plaza, Tyler,Katie,Liam

Things turned into a shit storm and as Jacob was going to follow Tyler to help shit devolved when they ran into another mad man who knew Tyler, though this man had Katie hostage and wasn't exactly offering him a place to stay. He was mentally unstable speaking of filth and pestilence, Jacob guessed this man has spent a long time alone and his mind was broken, but that meant this man could be deceived pretty easily by someone pretending to be on his side.

"What If i killer Tyler for you." He said aloud, "Will you let the girl go then?" He continued pulling the clip out of his gun and removing two bullets and putting them in his hand and slapping the clip back inside "She didn't do whatever Tyler did to you. That makes her clean and pure. Pure people are hard to find right?" He asked trying to keep his voice absolutely calm.

[Myst]

Heather - Hank's group

It had been a long time since anyone had spoken easily to each other.
During her fever Heather had had quite a few nightmares about her tramatic experience. Each time she had fought and fought and screamed against a never-ending chain of brutal men. When the fever had finally broken and she had regained conciousness Imogen had told her that she had screamed for both for Imogen and Hank, but mostly for Hank.

Things hadn't just changed between them. Heather herself had changed. She was quiet and stared off into space quite a bit. If any of the male members of their group came up to her she flinched. And forget about letting anyone touch her. She only really spoke to Imogen and Hank and sometimes Floyd. She felt the others were silently judging her, thinking that she was broken or damaged in some way.
Perhaps she was...

Once they stopped for a rest and to eat some food Heather took Hank's hand. "I need to talk to you," she said, pulling him off to the side away from the others but still within sight of them in case anything happened.

She turned and faced him. "Hank? Hank, please talk to me. I know I've been a bitch. I've treated you badly and I'm sorry. If what... what happened has taught me anything it's that we... well, we need each other Hank. I can't keep on like this, with us so distant. Even if you don't want what we had before, I want to at least be friends."
Stepping closer, she hugged him tightly. "What happened to me wasn't your fault. I never blamed you. Please come back. Be the Hank I love. The one I never stopped loving."

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Katie - Baton Rouge - Berk, Tyler, Liam, Jacob

Katie flinched and more tears came when she felt a sting on her arm. The man had cut her. Her daddy was there, she could hear him but she couldn't call out to him because of the gag. All she could do was sit there whimper. The little girl was shaking like a leaf. She was cold and the ropes were so tight they hurt her. It made her even more terrified when she heard her daddy say he didn't know what to do.

He didn't know what to do? No... he always knew what to do... he always came for her, always saved her. He had to know what to do. He just had to!

The man from before, Jacob, started saying that he was going to kill her daddy. She screamed through the gag and shook her head back and forth. She had to do something! She couldn't lose him! Not her daddy!
The child started to thrash violently. She jerked her legs and slung her arms around and tried to roll out of the dirty man's arms. She continued to scream through the gag, a long muffled high-pitched scream until finally it stopped suddenly. Her head slumped to the side and her body went limp. To anyone it would look like she had fainted.
Maybe if she pretended she was asleep maybe the dirty man would be surprised and drop her. Then her daddy would be able to go after him without worrying that Katie would be hurt.

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Jessalyn and Ben - Road to Baton Rouge - Abram, Turisa, Samantha, Leah

Jess cradled Ben as he whimpered. He really didn't like all of this commotion and he really didn't like the rain. But now that they were under cover and his mommy was drying him off he had stopped making noise and was just frowning.

"Yes my little man I know you are grouchy when wet," she said, kissing his forehead. "But thank you for not crying any more."
He bunched up his little fists by his face, looking like a boxer about to enter the ring. But his face smoothed out as things calmed down. He even yawned a little. Good. After she fed him he would go to sleep for a while.

Jess turned back to smile at the three new faces. "It is nice to meet all of you," she said and looked at the girl who had been driving. "Are you alright?" she asked, the mother in her coming out and being concerned. "Ben and I are fine. Don't worry. But are you okay? Are you hurt?"

[Atomyk]

Tyler - Plaza - Liam/Jacob

Berk looked to Jacob, his night vision goggles staring in the man's direction. Tyler swallowed a lump in his throat and said, "But-- But Katie needs me." She needed him to protect her from people like Berk. Tyler couldn't die now, especially not before he could ensure Katie's safety. Even if Jacob was bluffing, Tyler couldn't stand for-- "Ah..." Maybe he was wrong. It was entirely Tyler's fault that this man had gone mad. Tyler had always been the one putting his daughter in danger, no matter how loud he preached about protecting her.

"That's no good," Berk finally replied. "He has to see this." He repositioned the knife at Katie's neck, but was surprised when she fainted in his arms. He managed to keep a hold of her, but as if on cue, music started blasting from the electronics store, playing some sort of pop song from before the world went to hell. Berk froze at this, completely confused at what he was hearing. His hold on Katie loosened, but Tyler was still afraid to take a shot. In the corner of his eyes, he managed to see Liam lurking behind Berk.

In the precious seconds it took Berk to recover, Tyler grabbed the flashlight off the ground and put it directly in Berk's eyes. The man fired his gun in response, but the shot went wide. As Berk attempted to rip off the night vision goggles, Tyler rushed forward with the flashlight. "Liam! Grab Katie!" he yelled, running with the intention of bowling Berk over. He desperately hoped Jacob would cover him if this plan went badly.

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Tina - Plaza - Scarlett

She nodded eagerly, desperate to get off the street. "We can check out what's causing that racket later!" Or, well, never, as it probably was no one sane bringing the dead toward them. They ran down the road and burst into the clothing store. Tina heard a gunshot over the horn echoing from behind her. She led Scarlett through the bloodstained hallway and into the department store, where they were forced to witness the start of Tyler rushing toward a man holding Katie. Tina stood in place, frozen, unable to even comprehend what was happening.

[Rithas]

Liam-Baton rouge

Liam eyed the situation carefully, his breath shaky. He needed a opportunity to do something. And like magic. It appeared, he was running before Tyler even shouted at him to do what he was going to do. He ducked beneath the mans arms, not that he needed to do. "Let's go!" He grabbed Katie and start running as fast as he could with an person not that younger then him.

"I hope your still awake, WE NEED TO RUN!" He spotted the others and ran towards them. He kept going, "Help for god sake!"

[wolverbells]

Scarlett - Baton Rouge - Katie/Tina/Liam

Scarlett had followed Tina in to the store as quietly as possible, her eyes blocking out the blood that stained the tile and walls. She had zeroed in on the sound of gun fire and headed straight for it, as did Tina. When they stopped at the door, Scarlett turned pale white at the sight of Tyler fighting off a strange man and Liam running over with an unconscious Katie. "Liam! Here!" She was quick to snap out of her shocked daze and quickly reached out for the young girl, placing her weapon's safety on and hiding the weapon on her back. "Come on, kids. I got her, Liam." With a quiet huff, Scarlett took Katie from the young boy's arms and wrapped her own arms tightly around the child, letting the little girl's face nestle in the crook of her neck, her hair hiding her face. "It's okay baby." Scarlett murmured quietly as she turned on her heel and began running towards the exit of the store. "Tina, try and find the others! I'll keep Liam and Katie safe!"

She turned to make sure that Liam was right behind her before stopping at the front of the store, remembering the loud horn they had heard outside. So far, there were no biters inside, so she decided to not leave the building at the moment. "Liam, come here." Her voice came out in a rushed whisper, almost like a hiss as she gestured for him to turn the corner. "Behind that rack of clothes right there, go!" She urged him to get under and knelt down herself, crawling under the clothes and placing Katie down next to Liam. "I'm not going anywhere. Stay put. Don't let Katie leave or make loud noises either. The others are helping her dad." She gave Liam a quick once over as she made sure nothing was wrong and no blood was spouting out of him. Afterwards, she quietly stepped out from under the rack of clothes and stood up into a crouch, unsheathing her blade as she waited.

Samantha - The Road - Jess and Ben/Abram/Turisa/Leah

Samantha had smiled at Jessalyn as she calmed her baby and cooed at him. It felt as if the young girl had tugged a string at her heart as it brought back memories of her baby brother and for a brief second, Samantha thought she could feel tears building up in her eyes. "I know it might sound weird, given the situation we're in, but you're very lucky." She motioned towards the baby and gave the girl a warm smile, the first in probably months. Her head snapped up as the sound of a car door opening caught her attention, immediately making her turn around and a hand instinctively reach for her weapon. She didn't draw it, but the sight of the young woman keeping her own hand on her pistol was enough to put Samantha on edge. "No one here will shoot, so I suggest if you're friendly, to push the thoughts of using that aside." Samantha briefly pointed to the police officer's own weapon and then let her hand fall back to her side.

[SheriffLlama]

Abram - The Road - Sam/Jess/Leah/Turisa

Abram nodded and listened as Sam spoke, noting her tone of voice. He could tell she was leaving things out, but he didn't press her for more information. He'd been a military cop for almost eight years and if he'd learned one thing, it was that people loved their privacy and often became hostile in sake of it. He'd also learned that people totally despised MP's, but that was beside the point. He turned and walked beside Sam as they travelled down the road.

As Abram glanced at the three girls, a thought occured to him that he didn't want to acknowledge; Sam looked like she was tough, and she held her gun with relative confiden; Leah was very small and she was injured, but she had to be at least a little bit tough. He knew Jess was confident, but how would it end if they really got into the thick of it? He knew Jess had survived labor during a gunfight, but they'd had O'Connor there. A certified physician really helped things.... He was just uneasy about the security of the group.

Abram's uneasiness was only increased as the SUV appeared; the same one that had speeded down the road. Abram drew his pistol as the car stopped, and a woman stepped out. She motioned them over, and Abram took an cautious step forward, his pistol ready to fire. "Ma'am? Are you alright?"

Sylar - The Cabin - The Scouts VS The Pack

Sylar had been driving for almost two hours before he came near the Outpost cabin. He'd only been there once; the first time he and Meghan had been found by Reggie. Both of them had been on the brink of death, but Sylar remembered it fine. Charlie sat in the front seat guiding him on the roads with a map in her lap. "Turn up this off-ramp." She instructed, and Sylar obeyed. "We're about ten minutes away, if the map is right."

When the ten minutes hit their end, Sylar pulled to the side of the road. He could see the cabin off in the distance. Just as everyone piled out, a gunshout sounded. Instantly, Sylar pulled out his pistol. "Cody! What the heck is going on down there?!" The boy lifted his rifle and peered down his scope. He swore aloud and looked at Sylar.

"Enrique's boys!" He swore. "I'm trying to look at the cabin- Oh sh-"

"What?!" Sylar barked.

"I-It's Danny..." He informed. Sylar's brow creased, even though it didn't surprise him that Enrique and his boys were shooting at Danny. After what had happened in Haywood and Outpost combined, Sylar wouldn't be surprised if Enrique started killing babies. As Enrique's scouts raised there weapons, Cody fired a shot at them. A guttural scream reverberated back to Cody. "What the heck, Cody?!" Sylar demanded. "You didn't kill him?!"

"Sylar- It's Gerald! I just shot him in the leg." Cody objected. Sylar seized the rifle from the boy's grip, planting the barrel on the hood of the SUV. Sylar took aim and fired a second shot at Gerald, only this time hitting him in the chest. He was prepared to gun down that entire group if it meant getting to Enrique.

[Roran Hawkins]

Alex Clark - Scouts VS The Pack

Once the car grinded to a halt not far from a small outpost of the Outpost. However ironical it sounded, he was in a grim mood today. For the second time in his short life he was on his way on a mission with the clear purpose to kill other human beings. This time however, he felt a cold anger directed towards those he was on his way to kill. He knew what they had done to deserve being hunted, but it didn't make him feel any better. He personally knew most of their targets, and didn't make things any easier. Then came the problem of the balance of pwoer between both parties. The pack was armed to the teeth while the Scouts were armed with whatever the pack left behind as they raced out of the Outpost. Alex himself carried nothing but a pitchfork and his survival knife along with a single pistol.

The Scouts were rapidly spotted by Enrique's men, and during the short moment of time where the pack stared at them in confusion as a gunshot echoed from within the small house where Alex had seen Danny, much to his relief still alive, Cody fired at one of them. During the following surprised silence, Sylar finished off the incapacitated ex-scout with a coldblooded merciless shot, that seemed to slap the pack awake.

[Myst]

Katie - Clothing Store - Scarlett, Liam

'It's okay baby, I've got you,'

Those words... Her daddy usually said that to her. Katie looked at who had her. It was that lady, Scarlett. Katie teared up and hugged the woman tightly. People were still yelling and there were shots going off and running feet.
She hated this. She hated all of it. Why did everything have to happen like this? Whenever they were somewhere safe something bad happened.
And it was her fault. If she had just held it til her daddy got back that man would never had taken her. Daddy would have never let that dirty smelly man touch her.
"Daddy..." Katie whimpered as she cried.

Then she was stuffed under some clothes with Liam. It felt almost like her blanket fort at Haywood had felt, dark and closed in and warm. But Katie didn't want a blanket fort. She wanted everything to stop. She curled into a ball toward Liam and covered her eyes, rocking as she whimpered softly. Her arm hurt where the man had cut her and her legs were cut and bloody from the broken glass he had dropped her on.
"Daddy..." she whispered, trying to stay as quiet as she could but it was hard when you were a traumatized seven year old girl.

[QT]

Hank - Resting Period - Heather

The leader had been dragged away from the vehicles by the victim Heather. As he pulled her away, he could feel her grasp weaken and weaken as they moved away form the group. They reached a distance where they were still at eye's view, but not where the others could hear. As she spoke, he couldn't build up the courage to look at her. Instead he turned to the side, letting her speak to his right cheek. His eyes gazed in the direction of the ground, as though he was being scolded instead of nurtured by his ex.

When she started talking about the event not being his fault, Hank just didn't believe that. She was saying it to be nice, not because she meant it. And when she started to embrace him, he quickly reacted by placing his hands to her shoulders and slowly pushing her back to where she first stood. "No Heather" he started, now facing her for the first time since that day. "You want to talk, talk to Imogen. I'm doing things Heather, tryin' to get all this figured out. I don't have time to argue either, just.........just get some rest, something to eat and let's get back on the road. This isn't about us anymore. It's about them. It's about the group. I'm trying to keep these people alive!" Hank urged in a whisper. He then removed his hands from her and started to back away. He scratched the back of his head and returned to the vehicle, taking the map from his back pocket and reading up on it.

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Floyd - Scouting the Area - DeSean

"Thank you" DeSean said silently as he walked aside Floyd through the nearby woods. "For what?" Floyd responded in question. DeSean never liked him, so he didn't understand the man's sudden gratitude. "You brought him back. My brother. Thank you" DeSean responded, this time explaining his reason for thanking the man. Floyd just nodded, but didn't show any form of contempt. Inside he felt a little better, as though he was becoming more of a reliable source in the group. He never had the chance of feeling that way, never really had anyone other than Jess who felt that way towards him - as though he was necessary.

"The group is broken" DeSean continued to speak. "After what happened to Heather....." he paused, nodded in a wrathful way. "It'll get better" Floyd responded. "You people have this unbreakable bond. It's just a phase" he continued as suddenly he signaled DeSean to be quiet and stop, crouching towards the ground. He then signaled again, pointing left at a bird on a low branch. DeSean turned his gun and fired - the silencer they got from the cannibals actually coming in handy. Floyd then retreated their future meal and later returned back to camp with DeSean. The two men finally seemingly no longer in odds. But for how long?

[Atomyk]

Tyler - Plaza

With Katie out of the way, Tyler slammed into Berk, sending the man's gun flying away from him. It fired as it skidded across the ground, thankfully hitting no one. Tyler tried to wrestle the knife from Berk's grip, but the man pulled him to the ground as a result. There they grappled, Berk trying desperately to bury the knife into Tyler's chest. The night vision goggles that jutted out from Berk's face slammed into Tyler's face multiple times, bruising his eye and causing blood to leak out his nose. Tyler managed to shove Berk so that they were both on their side, but still Berk tried to plant the knife. Tyler cried out wordlessly, unable to hold out much longer. His vision blurred and he thought of Lynn moments before her death. Just when she was about to kill him, Tyler had been saved by Brad. Of course, Brad wasn't around to save him this time.

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Danny - Cabin

Danny felt like screaming "She's not my girlfriend!" even if was completely unnecessary considering the circumstances. Still, Rob's words were getting to him, and Danny felt that he couldn't say no. He simply did not wish to die. Not today, not any day soon. Before Danny could respond however, the bullets firing upon them slowed in frequency. This allowed Danny a moment to think, where he came to a conclusion that he figured he should have done originally. Adjusting to a crouch, Danny placed a hand on Rob's shoulder. "Neither of us are staying. Fuck this." A loud cry erupted from the scouts, which seemed odd to Danny. As he and Rob made their way into the hall, he stole a glance through the broken doorway to find another group engaging them from behind. "It's fuckin' civil war for Outpost," he muttered. He then led Rob to the back of the cabin, where Shannon and Finch were still waiting. Finch began to explain that she wouldn't go without Danny, but Shannon only threw her arms around him.

"Thanks for not being an idiot," she whispered.

The group then wiggled through the opening in the wall and found themselves alone. "There's no doubt they got a perimeter around this place, but I'm hoping Sylar can keep them busy." With that, Danny rushed for the tree line. "Spread out!" he cried, slamming into the bushes.

[Rithas]

Liam- Baton rogue

Liam was uncomfortable in the pile of clothes. With a quick glance, Katie seemed to be having a breakdown. He could hear the fight. He should stay hidden, if at least not to let Katie be seen. But he could hear, and he wanted to see. It wouldn't hurt if he just checked would it? Liam peaked out, and gasped. The filthy man had the upper hand and was going to kill Tyler. He had to do something. He looked at his knife for a second, And before he could even think he felt himself running.

This was stupid, so very stupid. But he couldn't just do nothing. Had to help....must help. He jumped at the filthy man, while the man was obviously bigger then him. Thankfully Liam had some motion to him, so he didn't just bounce off. He grabbed the man the best he could, and tried stab him.

Then they would accept him....

Rob-Cabin

Rob waited for Danny to say something, He noticed something was happening outside. Rob smiled when Danny answered "That is a very good idea" Rob followed Danny to the back. When they found Shannon and Finch. Rob flailed his arms at the two when they hugged, "I mean come on!".

He paused for a second, "This outpost seems to be very messed up, then again. So is everything" Rob shrugged as Danny suddenly sprinted for the tree line. Rob looked at the others for a second, "Ah....rrrright...good luck" Rob then sprinted for the tree line as well.

[Atomyk]

Tyler - To the Apartment

"Kid! Get back!"

The pop music ended and a shot rang out, deafening the plaza in silence. Berk went limp on top of Tyler, who retched before throwing the man off of him. His body shaking, Tyler then grabbed Berk's knife and tossed it as far as he could across the store with a yell. Caleb, who had made the shot that killed Berk, lowered his gun and shook his head. Beside him, Jace crossed his arms. "Who the hell was that?" he asked.

Tyler turned to him, his hands shaking and balling into fists. Without a word, he stepped around Liam and made his way to the clothing store to see Katie. He found her in the fetal position next to Scarlett, prompting Tyler's legs gave out beneath him. He stared at the both of them, his mouth unable to form words. Instead, he brought a hand to his face and groaned. "Guh... Katie--" Suddenly, Tyler vomited. He tried to stand up to vomit elsewhere, but it came too quickly on him, spilling the meagre food he'd eaten in the morning on the floor and on his pants. He fell forward on to all fours, coughing and sputtering.

Tina and the others entered through the hallway then, Caleb rushing forward to see if Tyler was all right. "I'm fine," he said, whispering. "We just need to go back."

Tina agreed, handing off the items she'd taken off of Berk to Jace. She warned the others of the horn blaring nearby before leading them back to the apartment. Adam and George met the group at the entrance, relieved Katie was alive. George offered to help Tyler clean up while Caleb took Katie so that he could see to her wounds. Tyler looked about ready to argue, but he ended up thanking George before heading to the washroom with him. Everyone else went upstairs to inform Elyse about what happened and to sort through their supplies. In the hallway, Caleb stopped Scarlett and asked her if she wanted to help him.

"You took care of Katie back there. Tyler would be happier with you watching her."

[wolverbells]

Scarlett - Baton Rouge/ The apartment

Scarlett ad stayed quiet since after the gunshot, watching in horror as Tyler went into shock right in front of her and Katie, throwing up on the floor. She had knelt down and picked up the little girl so that they could leave.

Once they had gotten to the apartment, Scarlett let go of Katie's hand so that she could go upstairs to get her wounds seen. She'd felt guilty for the entire thing, feeling as if it would have never happened if she had just stuck with Katie. She'd have to apologize to Tyler once they all got settled back into the apartment and calmed down. "You took care of Katie back there." Scarlett looked up as she heard Caleb's voice in front of her and looked at him for a bit before she could get her thoughts back together. "Oh, yeah....I'm sure he'll want to stay by her side as much as possible from now on." She smiled at Caleb and walked in to the room, looking for Katie immediately. Once she found her, Scarlett sat down somewhere near by, but giving her some space. "Katie, how are you feeling sweetie?" She couldn't imagine how scared the little girl was feeling, probably only wanting her dad by her side. She remembered that Liam had been involved too and looked around the room for him, wanting to make sure if he was alright as well and to thank him for being so brave, and of course get in a good scolding for leaving her, twice; Once at the apartment and the other time when she had told them to stay hidden.