BACK ALLEY. NORTH 21st STREET. PHILADELPHIA, PA. DAWN
CRACK
That was the sound of a skull being split in two, the thin metal blade of a climbing axe smashing through skin and bone as it burrowed its way to its gooey, pink destination. Jeremy Cooper pulled the tool back from the zombie's corpse with a smile as he rounded on his companion Ryan.
"That's five for me"
"Yeah, maybe if we're counting lifetime kills, kiddo" Ryan taunted "Even if we were counting the one you kicked off the bridge 4 blocks back, I'm still leading by two"
"Whatever Ryan. Day's still young yet" Jeremy replied as he waved the rest of their group forward and knelt down.
Andrew Connors led the way down the still-dark alley to regroup with the two young scouts.
"Ok everyone, we're finally inside the city. Eyes open and on alert from here on in. Shawn, you wanna run us down the plan?"
"Sure" He knelt down alongside Jeremy and unfolded a small penknife, which he used to scratch a map into the dirt.
"We're here" he began "There was a pharmacy here, just down this street, might be something useful still around. Gas station over here, couple more places like a pawn shop here, and a self-storage place back here. But the real target, the garage, is over here, on Pennsylvania"
"Ok, Mabel, take Fred and John, and hit the pharmacy and the pawn shop" Andrew said "Rest of us will move on the garage. We'll meet up at the gas station, and if we've got time, we could try the storage place before heading back to camp, any questions?"
CRACK
That was the sound of a skull being split in two, the thin metal blade of a climbing axe smashing through skin and bone as it burrowed its way to its gooey, pink destination. Jeremy Cooper pulled the tool back from the zombie's corpse with a smile as he rounded on his companion Ryan.
"That's five for me"
"Yeah, maybe if we're counting lifetime kills, kiddo" Ryan taunted "Even if we were counting the one you kicked off the bridge 4 blocks back, I'm still leading by two"
"Whatever Ryan. Day's still young yet" Jeremy replied as he waved the rest of their group forward and knelt down.
Andrew Connors led the way down the still-dark alley to regroup with the two young scouts.
"Ok everyone, we're finally inside the city. Eyes open and on alert from here on in. Shawn, you wanna run us down the plan?"
"Sure" He knelt down alongside Jeremy and unfolded a small penknife, which he used to scratch a map into the dirt.
"We're here" he began "There was a pharmacy here, just down this street, might be something useful still around. Gas station over here, couple more places like a pawn shop here, and a self-storage place back here. But the real target, the garage, is over here, on Pennsylvania"
"Ok, Mabel, take Fred and John, and hit the pharmacy and the pawn shop" Andrew said "Rest of us will move on the garage. We'll meet up at the gas station, and if we've got time, we could try the storage place before heading back to camp, any questions?"