Quinn nodded approval of the plan.
"If it gets to that. The key now is distance. We left a lot of bodies back in town. The blood army won't just let that go."
Gainsville wasn't a terribly large town, but it was close, if they could reach it before nightfall they would have to get indoors as quickly as possible. Otherwise they'd have to take their chances roughing it in the field. The night shamblers didn't really do much outside of the cities or other populated areas, which was something.
Quinn frowned, anxious for the group to be on their way. He knew they Blood Army would begin closing in soon, and he had no desire to see them again.
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The squad of soldiers stood before the still burning ruins in the city. Colonel Vex stood expressionless as he gazed down at the shredded bodies of the dead. His troops stood passively behind him, tensely waiting for his next order.
In a sudden blur of motion, Vex charged forward with a roar, grabbing a mutilated cadaver with one hand and hurling it effortlessly into the rubble where it splattered sickeningly, and blood sizzled as it hit the fires.
"I'm not letting you get away again, Quinn!" He roared to the empty streets of the city.
He stomped away, back to their convoy, "Fall in! We're going hunting!"
The Blood Army soldiers piled into their vehicles and thundered through the city streets. Vex looked on ahead through a veil of crimson rage.