Samantha – Neighborhood in BR
Samantha had been glad that Abram agreed with her. She knew what she was taking about most of the time, but the small altercation that her previous group had ran in to had made her second guess herself in every way. She had fallen into a deep hole of depression and anger. It was time she stepped up and tried to be more productive. Especially with a group as small as theirs. She needed them for her survival until she found Scarlett.
As they neared the city, Samantha’s stomach began to do flips of kind as she began to think of what they could possibly run into. She looked up as Abram took an exit and began to make mental notes of the things they passed. “I hope we don’t run into those trucks here….. The last thing we need is some unnecessary confrontation.”
Once they stopped in a cul-de-sac, Sam looked over her shoulder, towards the backseat and grabbed the closest blade to her. The less noise the better.
The blonde girl followed Abrams lead as they neared the house, nodding at him once when he motioned for her to stay still. It made her want to smirk at how he doubted her, but she didn’t argue. Not at a time like this. She pushed her old, arrogant thoughts away and reminded herself that it was all about strategy. If they wanted to stay alive for the moment, they needed to take things step by step rather than to barge into things. Her impulsive ways were now in the past.
Samantha’s eyes followed Abrams every move as well as sweeping the area around them every few seconds. Once he had taken care of the lone biter, she made her way over to the steps of the back porch. “Shall we?” The words made Sam smile slightly as she looked at the man and she nodded, walking up as quietly as she could to the door.
The house wasn’t too bad, and the doors looked sturdy enough to withstand any biters from either outside or inside. Sam reached down to open it and frowned as she heard the familiar clicking sound of a locked door. “No problem.” Her voice was a hushed whisper, barely loud enough for Abram to hear.
From her left boot, she slid out two slender metal sticks. “Lock picks.” She bit her lip as she stuck them inside the lock and played around with it as quietly as she could. It had been a while since she last picked a lock, so she feared that maybe this time she wouldn’t be able to get it. Her troubled thoughts were quickly eased as the click of the door unlocking rang in her ears. She slid the lock picks back into her left boot and looked up at Abram, giving him the heads up that she was going to open the door.
Grabbing the blade with her right hand, Samantha took a deep breath and opened the door. She let it swing open, hoping Abram would catch it before it slammed into the outside wall, and made her way into the house. She hardly every took the lead in the supply runs that her former group would make. She was fast, but she was small, so they’d always have her in the middle.
Once she made sure the room was cleared, she waited for Abram to walk in and from then she’d follow him, choosing to watch over his back than to leave hers vulnerable to a stranger.
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Scarlett – Baton Rouge – Tyler, Katie, Liam
Scarlett sighed of relief when she saw that George had been outvoted. Of course she was sad to see someone go but at the same time, she didn’t know these people. The less people that were there, the easier she could sleep at night. It didn’t matter though. No matter how well she knew these people it wouldn’t help her sleep. She needed to find her sister.
Katie had begun talking with everyone else about playing, and as everyone moved towards the couches and chairs, Scarlett took the opportunity to slip away from the group.
She quietly made her way towards the stairs and down to the first floor. She didn’t dare go past the last step though. Instead, she sat down on the second to last one and leaned against the railing, watching the sun begin to set in the outside world. Her mind began to drift back to the days where she would have killed to be outside. When she’d sit in class and stare out the window wanting to feel the sunlight on her skin. Now, all she wanted was to be indoors. To never see what was beyond the front doors.
She’d have to leave soon. She’d have to set off and find Sam. In all honesty, she could have been in another state by now. All she could hope for was that Sam had either escaped, or was already dead. Either of those two was a better option than being man handled and passed around like a rag doll.
Scarlett’s eyes began to fill with water as she thought about her sister. The tears spilled and ran slowly down her cheeks as she thought about what fate her family had been given in Arizona. Hopefully they were somewhere safe. Just like there had been massive sanctuaries in other areas, there had to be some in her home state. All she could do was pray that they had gotten to one in time.