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Chris, Nikki & Roger

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Chris was halfway to his room when Nikki got out all dressed in karate gear and told him to follow her to the gym. He wrapped his hair in a bun himself as they were heading there. Once in the gym Chris decided to speak. "First of all i'd like to thank you for accepting me here. I was kinda wandering around aimlessly before I discovered this place." He said as he watched her beat the hell out of those punching bags.

Nikki was focussed pretty well on the bags but she was listening. "No problem. Is that all you had on your mind?" She said wondering why he picked now to tell her that. She decided not to beat around the bush. She stopped and looked at him.

"Look, I don't mean to sound bitchy but I am probably suffering from a slight case of PTSD or something right now. I need to work it out so I can get back to normal. I lost someone I cared a lot about in that battle and I appreciate your gratitude but unless you are going to help me fight or make me laugh or something that will help me I just really need to...I don't even know."

Nikki stopped and leaned up against the bag shaking so hard she didn't know what to say. She looked up at him and said. "Can you hold me a minute? It will go away but I shake so hard I can't walk."

Chris quickly put his arms around her, helping her stand still. "I know how it's like to lose someone you love. I used to have two brothers, plus a mother all gone. My younger brother, I lost him just 6 days ago during a raid at a Walmart. The place turned out to be crawling with walkers and as we were trying to escape he got bit. Knowing that he'll probably become one of them he took the shotgun I gave him when this mess started and distracted the attention of the walkers from us to just him while I ran away like a coward. I should've died there together with him." Said Chris as he was holding Nikki tight,

"Yesterday I tried to shoot myself over it. But then I realized that I was just throwing away my brother's sacrifice." Continued Chris as his eyes got watery. This was a sensitive subject for him, talking about the grim fates of his family members.

Nikki's body was starting to stop shaking as hard. The spot in her low back was really starting to hurt. She sat forwards a bit "Can you lift up the back of my guy and tell me how bad is the bruise on my lower right back. I got hit hard there during the battle." When he looked he saw that it was black and blue. It was a very deep bruise that would take a while to heal.

Nikki's walkie blared out. "Nikki? there is some older man here asking about Chris, the new guy. Do I let him in or no?" asked Darius.

Nikki looked at him and raised her eyebrow. "We'll be right there." She looked at Chris. "Got anything to tell me about this guy before I meet him?"

Chris complied and looked at Nikki's bruise. "Black and blue and about the size of my fist." He said. "It's pretty deep and it should take a while to heal." He continued. "Well I ain't no expert but that's how it looks like to me." Chris didn't get the chance to hear a reaction from Nikki regarding the bruise because her walkie started beeping. When she picked it up the voice on the other side mentioned something about an older guy asking about him?

Chris's face turned pale. He didn't knew any older guys and the only family he had left was his father but he hasn't spoken to him in 12 years. When Nikki asked him if he has anything to tell her about this guy, Chris thought for a second about what might tell her. "I swear I have no idea who it is. Well there is only one possible solution. That it might be my father but last we saw each other we argued like hell and I haven't seen him since. And that was like 12 years ago." He said gesturing with his hands.

"Okay well let's go see who it is." Nikki was still shaking a little and they started out to the front. She was a little slower than normal since the muscles were tightened and spasming on her. When they got up front Nikki saw an older man carrying a gun of course. He was wearing biker gear. She figured he was a pretty tough old bird. "Is that your Dad?" She asked Chris.

Chris followed Nikki up to the school's main entrance. When the doors opened he saw his old man. As tough looking as he always was. He put his hands on his head as he looked at her. "Yeah that's him." He said as he looked at his father. "DAAAAD! OVER HERE!" He shouted to his father who was still investigating Chris's truck. Roger startled by the shouting of a familiar voice headed towards the entrance. "Hello young lady. I'm Roger! The father of that bastard sitting behind you!" He said with a calm tone while looking at Nikki.

"Well come on in. You'll have to excuse the mess outside. We had a bit of a battle in the last few hours. Cleanup will start tomorrow." She turned to Chris. "I'll leave you to your Dad now, thanks Chris." She turned and started walking to the kitchen.

"Don't worry about the mess!" Said Roger. "I've seen worse." He continued as he stared at Chris, who was in turn staring at Nikki who just left for the kitchen leaving him with his father. Twelve years of silence, he didn't even knew where to start. "Come on dad! I'll show you to my room." Said Chris as he started walking back to his room with Roger following behind him.

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Chris Greenberg

The outside was declared safe just as Chris was headed towards it. He opens the doors and gets out as he looks around. So many dead bodies. Dead bodies that were going to have to be disposed of. He would do that, but maybe later. Right now he was too tired. He headed back to his room as he took off his revolve, swinged out the cylinder and used the ejector rod to eliminate all the spent cartridges, putting them on the desk as he reached out to his backpack and took out his ammo box, taking 6 rounds from it, reloading the revolver with them and swinging the cylinder back into place. Then he put the revolver together with the holster on the desk but kept his knife unto him like he did yesterday.

Afterwards he gets out of the room, heading to Mikki's room, wanting to finally have a 1-on-1 chat with her and saw a blonde guy guarding the entrance to her room. Chris sits in front of the sleeping guy with his arms crossed for several seconds. Then he proceeds to kick his chair so hard that the guy nearly fell off after he got awake. "Wake up Goldy Locks! I wanna talk to Nikki. Is she inside?" Asked Chris. "Nope, sorry! She just had a shower and now she's resting. In case you haven't noticed she's had a busy night, and besides that she just lost her boyfriend Eric." Said James scratching his right eye and getting up on his feet. "Fine! I'll come back later then." Said Chris as he uncrossed his arms and walked back to his room.

Roger

4:45 AM, Day 12

Roger stops his motorcycle about a quarter mile away from what looked like a high school. He grabs his rifle and looks through the scope to see what's in the distance. Looks like a real battle took place there. By the looks of things there were 3 parties involved. The defenders, most likely a group of survivors that live in the high school and two attacking parties, one of them seemed to be some bandits and the second were the ever present walkers who were just there for their usual "all you can eat buffet". It seems that the high school's defenders have won this one, at least for the time being. They might have used slingshots, bows and arrows, an occasional firearm and magazines and football equipment for armor but at least they were still alive.

Roger was impressed. It was good to see that at least some people still had fighting spirit, and for the good reasons, not for the bad reasons. As he was about to lower the rifle, Roger looks into the scope again as he saw a familiar car in the parking lot. A black Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 truck with California license plates number 6BRI696. "Oh my God, that's Chris's truck!" Said Roger as he quickly slinged the rifle back on his back and rode to the high school entrance. He got out of the bike, opened the gate, got back on the bike and rode inside, got off again to close the gate and got back on as he headed to the parking lot, stopping next to his son's truck as he stopped the motorcycle and got off of it and started looking at Chris's truck, to make sure is the exact same one and that he didn't make a mistake.

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Chris Greenberg

There were a lot of people on the roof. Besides Chris there was also Matt and his potato cannon, Jenna, Haru, the two new kids and other people. Things got really hairy really fast as the bad guys started appearing, which was obvious from their part. They probably thought the place was empty and defenseless. Chris picked up the bow, leaned down on his left knee and aimed it at one of the guys as he let go of the string. The arrow flew right past his target! "Fuck!" He said as he took another arrow and aimed it at the same guy, this time hitting his target. Not long after the battle started the walkers started to appear. It was close to midnight now and the darkness was at it's prime. Chris could barely see anything as he fired another arrow hitting a walker in the chest.

"Goddamn bows!" Said Chris slightly upset as he put the bow down and grabbed his revolver as he pulled down the hammer and aimed it at a walker, shooting it in the head. Not long after that Nikki and the other guys came back and joined in on the action too and the whole place became one huge battleground. For Chris the situation became very complicated as he couldn't tell friend from foe anymore, especially since he didn't knew everyone in the high school just yet. He decided to concentrate on the walkers, since they were the one's that were the most easily recognizeable. He aimed his revolver at another one, cocking the hammer and shooting it down.

Then he finally noticed Nikki! "Oh my God!" He said to himself as he took off his helmet to look at her better. The chick looked like she was straight out of a martial arts movie. This distraction almost got him killed as a bullet flew right past his left ear. Chris snapped out of it and pointed his Ruger at the guy who tried to kill him, cocking the hammer and shooting him dead right in the chest. Then he shot him again, this time in the head, to make sure he dosen't come back as a walker. Proud of himself he took one more look at Nikki, as gracious as a bird. She was making those moves look so easy.

4:45 AM, Day 12

The battle was almost over. The sun was beginning to rise and the night making way for day. Chris has emptied the 6 rounds of the revolver's cylinder a long time ago and unfortunately for him he forgot to take extra rounds when he left his room. Anyway, he used a slingshot for the remainder of the night. Then Chris let down the slingshot, took off his football helmet and armor and climbed down from the roof with the intent of getting outside.

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Roger

5:43 PM

Roger was in the suburbs of Ramona. He arrived this morning, stopping his motorcycle in front of a random house that seemed clear of walkers. Unfortunately for him he was ambushed by a group of 3 bandits that were also taking shelter inside. Now he was all tied up in a chair and attempting to release himself. His weapons and gear were on an armchair while the 3 bandits were at a table playing cards. All of a sudden the one that seemed to be in charge rises up and heads to Roger. "You know what old man? That's one hell of a bike you got there. Classic! I think i'll keep it. Along with the rest of your stuff." Said the bandit leader as he started laughing and his two partners quickly started doing the same thing. "If you put one hand on my motorcycle i'll make sure you lose it." Said Roger still calm and with a threatening tone.

"Oh really!" Said the leader as he headed to the door, opened it and after a couple of steps outside he touches Roger's motorcycle and steppes back inside. "Well i'm waiting!" He said with his hands stretched as he headed towards Roger, who in the meantime managed to free himself. He kicked him hard in the genitals, making him fall on the floor in pain. Roger imidieatly reacted, getting up from the chair and grabbing his machete. The two bandits from the table got up as well and started heading towards Roger who sliced the neck of one of them with a swing, making him fall on the floor as a pool of blood was forming beneath his sliced neck. The last standing bandit pulled out a knife and started slashing away at Roger who was dodging the attacks with his machete.

The two men abandoned weapons and got into a clinch, but Roger kicked this guy in the genitals as well and after e fell on his knees in front of him, Roger took his machete from the floor and sliced his chest open. Then he proceeded to clean the weapon's blade with the clothes of one of the two dead guys and proceeded to equip himself back with his backpack and leather gloves. Then he looks at the leader of the other two bandits who was still struggling with the pain that he got from Roger's kick in the genitals as he lifts him up and places his right hand on the table which they used to play cards. "When I make a promise I like to keep it." Said Roger while taking out his machete and slamming it hard on the table, cutting off his hand plus a part of his arm clean.

As the man fell on the floor squirming and screaming in pain, Roger once again cleans the machete's blade and puts it back in the sheath, grabs his Springfield M1A Socom 16 rifle with an added scope and with the rifle on his right hand he heads back to the guy who's right hand he just chopped off, grabbing him by his shirt and pulling him outside. Once outside he throws him out on the street. "I think the walkers are gonna have a delicious meal tonight." He said smiling as he grabbed the rifle with both hands and fired a shot in the air. The noise attracted all the walkers in the vicinity, but then again, that was Roger's point as he slings the rifle on his back and heads to his motorcycle, starting it and leaving the scene as he took one more look behind, as he saw the walkers getting closer and closer on the bandit with his hand cut off who was now screaming in terror much to Roger's delight.

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@Wick My mother went from work straight to the hospital to check on her. I'll see how she is when mom gets home.

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@Wick I don't know! Those things are kind of expensive around here and we are not exactly rich! I posted btw!

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Chris Greenberg

9:18 PM

Chris woke up in his room. For the first time in two days he slept like a baby and it felt good to be rested again. Now he was ready for guard duty. He looks at the window and sees that nighttime already came. "What the hell? How long have I been sleeping." He says as he springs out of the couch and goes to the desk, grabbing his wristwatch. "Hmmm, 9:18 PM, damn, I slept a little over 5 hours. Shit! Nikki's probably gone by now. And so is her birthday celebration. I'll talk to her after she returns, provided she's in a good mood." He said as he put his wristwatch back around his wrist and sat on the chair as he drew his journal closer and started writing down on the same page where he wrote the previous content.

"Later that day...

"I'm beginning to think life is trying to punish me for all the bad things I've done in it. I've found this girl here, Jenna, she's the first woman I felt attracted to ever since I broke up with Michelle 7 years ago. As I was peeling those damn potatoes for her in the kitchen I was thinking about what could I do to win her over. And then I saw that in fact, she already has someone in her life. Some dude named Jon. He went off together with our leader, Nikki, and others to assault those bandits that attacked this place yesterday. What if he would die in the attack against those bandits? Wouldn't that be convenient? I'm pretty sure Jenna would have plenty of shoulders to cry on, especially mine. At any rate these people must not find out who I really am and what I used to do for a living. Otherwise it's back on the streets for me. If i'm lucky!"

Just as he finished writing for this day, Chris could hear the comotion outside. He grabbed his revolver and the holster, attached the latter to his belt, swinged out the cylinder, checking the rounds, then swings it back, puts it in the holster and gets up from the chair, getting out of his room. As he was looking around he saw all the comotion unveiling before him. Apparently everyone was busy while he was sleeping. He went to the kitchen along with others and helped Jenna put stones in buckets for some kind of slingshots, and also doing the best he could to ignore her. Once he was finished he took a football helmet and some football armor, together with a bow and some arrows and went up on the roof. And now, he and the others were playing the waiting game.

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@Belle Thank you very much sweetheart! *hugs*

@Wick If you're talking about the apartment she and my grandfather live in then no.

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@Cruallassar I'm sorry! I wasn't intentionally trying to screw up your surprise. I did read everything in the opening post when it first came out but for some reason I totally forgot about that detail a couple of hours ago when I asked you. And I don't have Skype. You could've send me those instructions through PM if it was really that much of a surprise.

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@LPfan

How's your Grandmother?
I keep seeing you in here. Can't you write now? I know it's late but if you are up to it you could.

@Wick

She's gonna stay in the hospital a couple of days. She's feeling awful. For someone who's 82 and with beart issues this extreme heat only causes harm. I'm home now, but i'm on my phone. Just checking things out. It's over 11 PM. I'm tired and i just wanna rest. I'll try to pull off something tomorow when I get home from work.