[IC] HotD: Hunter and the Dark (Otaku95 & themadhatter420)

[Jurassic Weeb]

The rain came down in sheets, and luckily it masked Mason's footsteps. He had his rifle in hand, backpack slung over his shoulder. The neighboring school was just up ahead now. Odds were that there were still supplies there, or even non-hostile survivors. It had been almost a week since the EMP, and people were getting desperate now; already he'd seen a kid no older than thirteen get gunned down by gang members. He got the front gate open. There were a few corpses-- most thoroughly eaten, none alive or zombified. He made his way to the front door.

[themadhatter420]

Yami had her dads M4 in her arms with all her other weapons tied to her with her old sheets tore up. She could not believe that all this was happening. She was standing in the main hall of the school looking over at all the dead students trying to see if they had anything on them. She suddenly raised her M4 up as she heard the door open up seeing a somewhat familiar face but was not so trusting at first. "Are you bitten?" She said watching him carefully. "Answer the question." She said louder not moving an inch.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason raised his rifle as well, finger on the trigger. He kept his eyes downrange, finger on the trigger. He most certainly did not want to die today. "No, I'm not," he growled. "And keep your damn voice down. I don't wanna attract any more of those Zulu Bravos, then I will be bitten, and you will be too. Definitely a lose-lose situation.

"Let's make a deal. I'll put my gun away if you do. Then we can either talk this out, or kill each other like civilized human beings. You know, with knives and bare hands."

[themadhatter420]

Yami thought about it for a brief moment as she lowered her gun. "Sorry...my dad is in the military. He trained me not to trust people at first glance at situations like this." She said in a low voice to not draw anything close to them. "I am Yami...I think we were in class together?" She said tilting her head trying to figure out how he was familiar to him.

[Jurassic Weeb]

"Mason," he introduced himself. "Mason Crosby. My father is... was... a US Airman. I suppose the 'shoot first and ask questions later' approach can help in the apocalypse." He lowered his rifle, but kept it in his hands, finger off the trigger. "Are there other survivors here? Or are they all...?" He nudged a corpse with the toe of his boot.

[themadhatter420]

Yami looked around shaking her head. "I haven't checked the whole school yet but I haven't found much luck yet." She said looking around more and more. "If you want to come with me...we can check? I am not willing to risk my life getting ambushed. If you want to help it would be a lot easier." She said wondering what his reaction would be.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason slung his rifle over his shoulder, drawing a revolver. "I was sent out on a scavenging run," he explained. "We didn't hit this place because we got shot at from the roof. We finally took a chance now. I suppose whoever was shooting got eaten... or put themselves down. It's not surprising nowadays..."

[themadhatter420]

Yami shrugged. "Anything is a possibility." She said with a sigh. She put the rifle on her sling holding it steady as she went back to looking around the bodies. "These have been here recently." She said pointing to a few of them with bullet holes in the head. "Maybe the school was sealed off below until recently." She said having a little hope.

[Jurassic Weeb]

"I'm just interested in supplies," Mason said. "Cafeteria would be a good place to start." He started looking. "Yami? Have you been by yourself all this time?"

[themadhatter420]

Yami smiled as he asked. "Yes. I have been waiting for my dad come back eating MRE's trying to out what happened to him."

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason frowned. "My dad... I went back to Yokota Air Force Base after shit hit the fan," he said. "They were overwhelmed. It's a wonder I made it back to Murakami alive."

[themadhatter420]

Yami's heart instantly sank. "Oh...that's where my dad was heading to help." She said with a cough. "Lets keep moving." She said desperate to fight off tears in front of a stranger.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason bit his lip. He knew what it felt like to lose your parents. Once they reached the cafeteria he took a breath. "I'm sorry," he said. "My parents always told me, 'Honor and remember the dead, fight like hell for the living'."

[themadhatter420]

Yami smiled over at him as he tried to encourage her. "If there was more people than me and you alive I would find hope in that. But I will fight for as long as I can." She said to him as she wiped away a tear.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason checked the vending machines. Most were empty, broken into, and the ones that weren't had bad food. "Damn," he growled. "Looks like the kitchen is our only bet."

[themadhatter420]

Yami looked into the windows in the cafeateria. "We may have some issues with that. We got about ten zeke's in there." She said showing him. "Do you want to do this silently or loudly?" She asked pulling on her strap holding her baseball bat and machete.

[Jurassic Weeb]

"Quiet first," Mason whispered. He holstered his .44 and drew a combat knife and military-grade tomahawk.

[themadhatter420]

(Will have to edit last post)

Yami drew her katana standing in front of the door counting down from three. "3....2....1...", she said before pushing the door open carefully.

[Jurassic Weeb]

Mason took a handful of coins from his pocket and tossed them at the far wall. The creatures were drawn to the noise, since They were technically blind. Mason varied his knife in one head, cleaved another in two with his combat ax.

((For the record, Mason's tomahawk is based on the one from Call of Duty Black Ops II.))

[themadhatter420]

Yami charged past the two he was killing throwing two knives at two right in the ba k of there rotting skulls and used her blade to sloce through anothers head clean off.