Fitness Center and Gymnasium

Rin was beating on a hanging punching bag with her fighting gloves, hopping in place as she struck the swaying sand filled bag! Sweat rolled off her muscular body, slinging off her swaying hair as she continued to give it her all! Her medium small breasts bounced behind her light grey tank, the taught fabric covered her nipples which were just a pair of small pebbles behind the bobbing orbs. The edges of her red thong protruded from her black short shorts, pumping her knees, and slammed one of them into the bag!



She was alone, as usual. Many of the jocks were playing in that football game, others were girlfriends of said players...

WHAM!

Her next punch was a bit more forceful than her last, as she switched arms with a left hook to the bag. She didn't have many friends, she kept to herself mostly anyway. She found it somewhat a hassle, and blamed it mostly on her inability to talk to people... when it came to dealing with people, real living breathing people? She'd freeze up, feel a burn in her face and just couldn't talk. Shyness.

WHAM!

On the one hand, this left her with the entire gymnasium and fitness center for herself, but her sore body was just about spent now. With a final kick to the bag she stopped, huffing and puffing. She grabbed her dwindling bottle of water and drank the contents before tossing the plastic bottle into a nearby recycling bin. Outside it was dark, almost foreboding. "Looks like rain..." she says, her voice attractive and cool, but people rarely heard it. As she was a woman of a few words.

She walked back to the locker room, heading down a flight of stairs into the basement, pulling her towel from one of the weight machines around her neck, her pale skin dripping wet from perspiration, her breasts jiggling as she walked out of the fitness center, heading to her locker. She removed her light grey top, her pink nipples exposing themselves as the fleshy orbs bobbled and settled. She slowly pulled down her black spandex shorts from her thick curvy legs, soon followed by her high leg red tong. Naked, she walks into the shower room and turned the faucet on high heat. The steamy water cascaded across her toned, muscular frame. Her hair matting against her skull and the sides of her face, her long pretty lashes closed as she felt the relaxing waters run down her face, neck, chest and pelvis. She began to lather her body with soap, suds sliding down all her curves including her well rounded and jiggly ass.

Rin Kendo was alone and able to do her own thing, oblivious to the horror happening in the nearby dorms, administrator building and city at a large. She was so deep underground right now, she wouldn't have been able to hear any of the sounds of chaos regardless. She was more concerned about making friends and perhaps meet a good looking guy? Somebody who doesn't stare or feel frightened of me... She sighed inwardly. She  shampooed her hair and once finished she walks back to her locker, dripping wet and shiny with her hair covering her beautiful brown eyes.

She dried herself off with her spare towel inside the locker, slipping on her bikini top like bra and her cropped tank top, followed by her red high leg thong, and a pair of denim cutoffs. She walks into the bathroom, coming her short black and red hair. She saw the mirror vibrating violently as she tried to comb her hair... feeling a slight rumbling as well around her. "Huh... thats odd." She says out loud, before continuing. She sprayed some generic perfume that made her smell like strawberries before walking back to her locker for her toeless heelless socks she used in the gym. She had to wear these for now, since she neglected to bring her clothes to the laundromat earlier that week, something she'd have to do later today she supposed. No classes... Dad's out of town. Should have a party...sounds good... She smiled... then after a moment hung her head and sighed. "...good if I had friends!" She moaned.



She slipped the socks on, then her sneakers. Collecting her bag, she decided it was best to head back home and started back up the steps to the first floor. She checked the sky again through the fitness room's large glass windows, and paused for a moment. She thought she saw a cloud of orange... like a fire ball in the distance, in the direction of where the city was. What...was that? She walked briskly to the side door and exited to the parking lot. The air was oddly warm, and a breeze blew across her gleaming, muscular form as she stood on the short pathway to the parking lot.

The security officer, Ethan was sheperding a trio of students ahead of him, they were frantic, and he had a look of both cold determination, and apprehension on his face, but it wasn't until he spun around, wielding a large handgun and fired three times at some unseen foe that Rin would truly be frightened and confused.

Ethan's bullets definitely sounded like the hit something... as the sound that followed was chilling...

Random NPCs wrote:The security officer, Ethan was sheperding a trio of students ahead of him, they were frantic, and he had a look of both cold determination, and apprehension on his face, but it wasn't until he spun around, wielding a large handgun and fired three times at some unseen foe that Rin would truly be frightened and confused.

Ethan's bullets definitely sounded like the hit something... as the sound that followed was chilling...

She heard the sound of gunfire somewhere to her left, and ducked low, her attention no longer on the darkened skies. Gunfire... Glock, I think from the report. Campus security? They're off duty Sheriff's Department guys for the most part... should stay away, but I have to wonder what they're shooting at? She didn't know, and didn't want to find out. It was bad news, and she wasn't going to get involved. She heard a car speed off somewhere(link), then more gunfire. She didn't hear anything whiz her way, but the shots were definitely getting closer! She looked for cover, running to a nearby parked car, her gym bag hitting her hip as she crouched ran to the vehicle. She carefully peered around the corner, hearing some wet impacts. Moaning...? She felt a little sick to her stomach, as whoever was being shot at moaned horridly. Damn... just kill them already, they're suffering! She thought, yet unaware of the trouble, waiting for whoever it was to come around the corner... curious to why the shooter was running?

Unless its not a cop... Oh fuck, I shouldn't be out here then! What the hell's wrong with you?! She mentally screamed at herself, thinking if it was some sort of sicko with a gun going trigger happy- she may wanna get inside the gym again! At least there she could surprise them if they decided to follow! She shot up and ran back for the fitness center's glass double doors, sprinting and bracing herself to impact the glass with her shoulder!

Rin Kendo wrote:She heard the sound of gunfire somewhere to her left, and ducked low, her attention no longer on the darkened skies. Gunfire... Glock, I think from the report. Campus security? They're off duty Sheriff's Department guys for the most part... should stay away, but I have to wonder what they're shooting at? She didn't know, and didn't want to find out. It was bad news, and she wasn't going to get involved. She heard a car speed off somewhere(link), then more gunfire. She didn't hear anything whiz her way, but the shots were definitely getting closer! She looked for cover, running to a nearby parked car, her gym bag hitting her hip as she crouched ran to the vehicle. She carefully peered around the corner, hearing some wet impacts. Moaning...? She felt a little sick to her stomach, as whoever was being shot at moaned horridly. Damn... just kill them already, they're suffering! She thought, yet unaware of the trouble, waiting for whoever it was to come around the corner... curious to why the shooter was running?

Unless its not a cop... Oh fuck, I shouldn't be out here then! What the hell's wrong with you?! She mentally screamed at herself, thinking if it was some sort of sicko with a gun going trigger happy- she may wanna get inside the gym again! At least there she could surprise them if they decided to follow! She shot up and ran back for the fitness center's glass double doors, sprinting and bracing herself to impact the glass with her shoulder!

As Rin smashed through the glass of the front doors, several voices suddenly turned towards her direction. And that was of the moans that sounded tormented.

The gunfire redrew the attention of most, but not all, as the shuffling of feet on gravel and concrete soon started their slide on polished floorboards and tiles.

Random Mobs wrote:

As Rin smashed through the glass of the front doors, several voices suddenly turned towards her direction. And that was of the moans that sounded tormented.

The gunfire redrew the attention of most, but not all, as the shuffling of feet on gravel and concrete soon started their slide on polished floorboards and tiles.

Rin could hear the door behind her lock open, accidentally snapping them to their magnetic locks as she passed through! "Aw crap!" She spat, hearing the electromagnetic hum of the locks as she hits the brick wall interior with her outstretched hands. She pressed against the wall, half turns around when she spots the campus officer, bleeding from the neck, pale and shooting his issued handgun at a large group of moderately walk-running students! Her mouth hung agape at the appalling act, taking a few steps forward when her eyes land upon the shuffling shapes that were crawling from under the vehicles, and stumbling towards her direction from the parking lot!

"Oh crap, I'll get you guys some help, oka-" She paused, her mouth hung open, and her chocolate brown eyes dilate at the sight as the 'injured' students came into view of the outside lamps. Blood dripping from horrid wounds, not caused by gunfire alone. Exposed teeth, missing limbs, gray, flaking skin! Most notable were their eyes... some were an impossible icy blue, others were more noticeably milky white, while others a pulsating red! They didn't look human... and either she took the longest shower in history or Halloween came early, or this was some campus wide horror film and she wasn't in the know; she was damn sure she was dealing with something completely impossible! "-kay, I think you'll do just fine without me." she pointed towards the gym. "I'ma.... gonna catch you all later, kay?" She says, feeling her heart skip a few beats. She was so put off by their appearances, she didn't realize how many words she actually said to another student out loud! Granted, she knew better. Something wasn't right with them, they didn't seem to even flinch at her appearance which was something she wasn't used to. It was like... they were all blind and oblivious! Her sneakers clapped against the polished tile, gym bag bouncing against her hip as she fled deeper into the campus gymnasium to escape these odd people! If it was a costume of sorts, they were very good at the visual effects, they even smelled like they were rotting! That sick, sweet and underlying rancid stench seemed to get stronger the closer they got to her, she had to cover her mouth with her forearm to keep herself from gagging!

Rin Kendo wrote:Rin could hear the door behind her lock open, accidentally snapping them to their magnetic locks as she passed through! "Aw crap!" She spat, hearing the electromagnetic hum of the locks as she hits the brick wall interior with her outstretched hands. She pressed against the wall, half turns around when she spots the campus officer, bleeding from the neck, pale and shooting his issued handgun at a large group of moderately walk-running students! Her mouth hung agape at the appalling act, taking a few steps forward when her eyes land upon the shuffling shapes that were crawling from under the vehicles, and stumbling towards her direction from the parking lot!

"Oh crap, I'll get you guys some help, oka-" She paused, her mouth hung open, and her chocolate brown eyes dilate at the sight as the 'injured' students came into view of the outside lamps. Blood dripping from horrid wounds, not caused by gunfire alone. Exposed teeth, missing limbs, gray, flaking skin! Most notable were their eyes... some were an impossible icy blue, others were more noticeably milky white, while others a pulsating red! They didn't look human... and either she took the longest shower in history or Halloween came early, or this was some campus wide horror film and she wasn't in the know; she was damn sure she was dealing with something completely impossible! "-kay, I think you'll do just fine without me." she pointed towards the gym. "I'ma.... gonna catch you all later, kay?" She says, feeling her heart skip a few beats. She was so put off by their appearances, she didn't realize how many words she actually said to another student out loud! Granted, she knew better. Something wasn't right with them, they didn't seem to even flinch at her appearance which was something she wasn't used to. It was like... they were all blind and oblivious! Her sneakers clapped against the polished tile, gym bag bouncing against her hip as she fled deeper into the campus gymnasium to escape these odd people! If it was a costume of sorts, they were very good at the visual effects, they even smelled like they were rotting! That sick, sweet and underlying rancid stench seemed to get stronger the closer they got to her, she had to cover her mouth with her forearm to keep herself from gagging!

The monsterous infected continued to follow Rin until sight and sound left their field of detection when they slowed down, then stopped. with nothing to detect, the zombies resumed their usual roaming patterns, looking for more food.

Rin continued to run till she no longer could hear the moans and snarls behind her, and slowly came to a sudden pause herself. The 5'5 woman looked around, looking back at where she ran from. They were somewhere down the corridors, but out of sight. She backed up, thinking of her next move. She didn't have a car, nor did she live in the dorms here, she lived in West Raccoon City, and took the bus or subway to get to the campus! How was she supposed to get out of here? She wasn't sure if those things were... real, but that gun didn't sound like some pussy blank pistol prop gun! She was also sure she'd seen that Campus Guard before and they couldn't afford to goof around, even if they're not on the clock. She had to put that idea that this was some sort of movie shoot aside, and think...

She remembered, just before he vanished, her father and uncle's best friend, Barry Burton, a bear of a man with a thick beard to boot had told them something in confidence. That he had seen some fucked up shit at the Spencer Mansion, that he needed to tell someone about it or he felt he'd go insane. She was eavesdropping... she thought she heard something about an infection, and that he had fought 'zombies' up in the manor. She just laughed it off, thinking it was another one of Barry's lame jokes, even her father thought it was a little funny but... she noticed that the shop increased its stock nearly three-fold since the conversation with the S.T.A.R.S. member...

She didn't want to accept that stupid idea, but she was gonna find a way out and around these smelly things. She was close to where the archery team stored their equipment, so if they weren't intimidated by her physique, she could always threaten them with a bow and arrow. She had some bow hunting experience, so she knew how to use them well enough. Plus they were normally fun to shoot, not that she'd shoot one of these people... God forbid if it came to that!

She decided to have a look around, trying the doors for the equipment rooms.

(OOC: Edit from Darkstorm Zero - Continued Here)

THWACK!

The wooden back smacked the side of the zombie's head, knocking it into some bleachers. Tyrone King was glad somebody broke into the storage during all this panic, he couldn't fit his thick ass through that tiny ass window outside! "Shit, you were an ugly mother fucker before, but damn son, you jus look nasty!" He spat, swinging the bat again, cringing as it connected to the creature's face again. The person in question was a teacher, emphasis on was. He was a deplorable old man who had these huge ass moles on his leathery face. He'd just about yell at anyone or anything that walked by him like some modern day Scrooge, but Ty supposed that fate had a funnier way of dealing with old, miserable bastards like him- now he was wandering the halls trying to make lunch outa everybody!

"Damn, man, just... die again? I ain't got the constitution for this shit!" Tyrone barked, swinging the bat a third time. He was bummed out for missing the big football game this morning, on the account he got called in by the city contractors to help with a main rupture on Ema street. But, from what he heard, he dodged a bullet as a big riot broke out. Still, it sucked. So he gets to the dorms to hang with his homies when the fucking place gets crazy! Then his friends started eating each other like all you can eat, and he was just running, running his fat black ass out of there! He felt bad, but he couldn't do anything back there? He wasn't Chuck Norris, nor was he the God damn A-team either. Shit, he was lucky to still be alive. Now, he was at least properly armed with a baseball bat, and these zombie mother fuckers just wouldn't. Stay. DOWN!

THWACK!

He swung a fourth time, putting some strength into his swing!

SMASH!

The former professor's head caved in, blood gushing from the wound and Tyrone covered his mouth with his forearm and looked away. "Ugh... aww man... that shit's gonna haunt me... I need a Goddamn gun. Phew." Tyrone says, wiping his brow and fanning his face with his cap. He wanted to leave, but, after ditching his boys back in the dorms he was feeling pretty guilty about leaving. He wanted to help, anyone he could come across, before he'd bail this place. He took a towel used to clean the bowling balls and wiped the blood and grit from the Louisville Slugger, tossing the bloodied towel over the corpse's head. "Shit man... I need to find a better weapon than this. Smashing skulls with this thing's a workout..." he says to himself, and realized if he just simply went all out with his swing before- he may have had enough force to kill the former human in one blow. Things to note, he supposed.

He wandered the hallway next to the gymnasium and saw a zombified member of the Campus Police, a gun still in his holster. It turned to him, pale faced, one eye completely bloody- face covered in gore. It shambled to him, bloodied fingers outstretched, walking slowly upon him. There was another further down the hall, a woman with a denim skirt and floral shirt. "Okay asshole," he says as he waves the bat behind his head, readying his stance. "C'mon! Lets do this FUCKER!!" He screamed as it got closer and closer!
THWACK!
THWACK!
THWACK!

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He stood over the fallen corpses of the two zombies. Blood splattering his clothes, his face grim as he pats the former security guard down. He got his prize, the Glock 19, still had 15 rounds in the magazine, and he had two spare mags as well. He also got a flashlight, a radio, but it seemed to be on the fritz. He tucked the G19 behind his waistband and slid the magazines into his pockets, then slid the Maglite in the loop of his carpenter jeans. "Okay, you got this Tyrone... you're the King, remember? Shit..." he sighed, clapping his face and stood up again. He was decently armed now, and ready to take on whatever the night brought on him.

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He wandered the Gymnasium, light in one hand, bat in the other. "Hello? Anybody alive in here?" He called out, voice echoing in the darkness. He was finding handmade signs that said that survivors should show up in the Gym, but... there wasn't any power, and people here. "Unless they've all become ghosts, ain't nobody here..." he says to himself, as he looked around with the flashlight.

(from here)

She reenters the fitness center, barring the double doors with a bench press bar before backing away. "Okay... guess going that way isn't going to work..." she huffed, somehow escaping death from the apparently zombified bear! She didn't think the door would hold if she remained, and didn't care to test the theory either. She made her way back through the tiled hallways, and headed towards the gym.

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Rin quietly, like a ninja, slipped into the dark gymnasium. It was off... this was supposed to be where survivors on campus were supposed to meet up, so why weren't there people? Supplies? Aid? She found it all too bizarre, and it was then she saw someone wandering with a flashlight. She kept her distance, and kept to the shadows as he called out, slowly creeping closer.

Tyrone King wrote:
He wandered the Gymnasium, light in one hand, bat in the other. "Hello? Anybody alive in here?" He called out, voice echoing in the darkness. He was finding handmade signs that said that survivors should show up in the Gym, but... there wasn't any power, and people here. "Unless they've all become ghosts, ain't nobody here..." he says to himself, as he looked around with the flashlight.

The light fell upon her bored, placid face as he turned to her suddenly. She was only about a foot or so away, and given she was now blinded by the light, felt cheeky enough to reply with: "Boo." in response to his ghost comment!

Rin Kendo wrote:
The light fell upon her bored, placid face as he turned to her suddenly. She was only about a foot or so away, and given she was now blinded by the light, felt cheeky enough to reply with: "Boo." in response to his ghost comment!

"HUAAAH!!" Tyrone jumped, his otherwise low pitched voice becoming shrill and girl like upon lighting up Rin's face! He had actually tossed the light up upon her being revealed to him, and he took massive steps back holding his chest as he sighed. "N-naw, girl you did not just... Jesus, I'm a big guy! Don't scare the bejezus out of me girl, its bad for my heart!" He complained, shaking his head. Rin Kendo. Everyone knew her for one reason or another; mainly due to the fact she was built like Mr. and Ms. Universe combined. "The hell you still doin' here? I'd have thought you'd take off when all this shit came down!" he asked, as he grabbed the light rolling upon the gym floor, and lowered it to her deadly abs as opposed to her face. "Shit, I'm surprised you didn't just sprint to Canada when this shit went down... that a... that bow?" He asked, training the light on the item in her hand.

Bianca could hear voices from the Gymnasium as she enters the dark room with the maglight in one hand, the revolver she bought at Maclead's a year ago for self defense in her right hand:



"Hello?" she called out cautiously, turning the beam onto a pair of students who didn't seem to show any signs of cannibalism, or at least, looked like they were still sane relatively speaking. "Wait, is it just you two? I heard the man on the loudspeaker that anyone alive should come here and aid would be provided. What's going on?" She asked, entering the room and approached the two. One was a short, very muscular Asian woman- she was likely Rin Kendo, everyone knew her. The other was an African American man, who didn't look too familiar to her. Apparently he was frightened by whom she suspected was Rin Kendo's appearance or something. "Bianca Rodriguez," she introduced herself. "Sorry for the 20 questions, but where is everyone? I thought the guards were providing safety and aid here? What the hell is going on?" She repeated.

Tyrone King wrote:

Rin Kendo wrote:
The light fell upon her bored, placid face as he turned to her suddenly. She was only about a foot or so away, and given she was now blinded by the light, felt cheeky enough to reply with: "Boo." in response to his ghost comment!

"HUAAAH!!" Tyrone jumped, his otherwise low pitched voice becoming shrill and girl like upon lighting up Rin's face! He had actually tossed the light up upon her being revealed to him, and he took massive steps back holding his chest as he sighed. "N-naw, girl you did not just... Jesus, I'm a big guy! Don't scare the bejezus out of me girl, its bad for my heart!" He complained, shaking his head. Rin Kendo. Everyone knew her for one reason or another; mainly due to the fact she was built like Mr. and Ms. Universe combined. "The hell you still doin' here? I'd have thought you'd take off when all this shit came down!" he asked, as he grabbed the light rolling upon the gym floor, and lowered it to her deadly abs as opposed to her face. "Shit, I'm surprised you didn't just sprint to Canada when this shit went down... that a... that bow?" He asked, training the light on the item in her hand.

"Then watch where you point that thing, you might regret it." She ignored his banter as he pulled the light from her eyes, and she continued walking into the center of the dark room, trying to get a feel of the location, her surroundings. "Nonsense, I'm a human being, not a monster. But monsters are all that are out there, I got chased inside by a giant bear with half its jaw hanging off." She explained, before turning to him. "More reliable than a gun, so long as the arrows don't snap. But in all honesty, I'd rather be equipped with my father's AR-15 right now..." She sighed. "Are you the only one here? I think your name was Tyrone, right? I see you about the place, and you work nearby my Uncle's and Dad's gunshop." She states matter of factly.

Bianca Rodriguez wrote:Bianca could hear voices from the Gymnasium as she enters the dark room with the maglight in one hand, the revolver she bought at Maclead's a year ago for self defense in her right hand:



"Hello?" she called out cautiously, turning the beam onto a pair of students who didn't seem to show any signs of cannibalism, or at least, looked like they were still sane relatively speaking. "Wait, is it just you two? I heard the man on the loudspeaker that anyone alive should come here and aid would be provided. What's going on?" She asked, entering the room and approached the two. One was a short, very muscular Asian woman- she was likely Rin Kendo, everyone knew her. The other was an African American man, who didn't look too familiar to her. Apparently he was frightened by whom she suspected was Rin Kendo's appearance or something. "Bianca Rodriguez," she introduced herself. "Sorry for the 20 questions, but where is everyone? I thought the guards were providing safety and aid here? What the hell is going on?" She repeated.

Another blinding light, which Rin shielded her eyes from as she got to see her before she shined it upon them. "Can you please put that thing down? I swear people are tying to intentionally blind me." Sighed the muscular Rin. She opened her arms wide and shrugged though. "I haven't a clue. By the time I noticed something was wrong zombies were crawling all over the place. But given the sturdy walls and doors of this Gymnasium, we should be safe if we keep our cool." She replied, and turned towards the sound of automatic fire and the loud piercing screams. "...at least, on the surface of it. Still, we should be fine if we don't make too much noise." She quietly added, but was now curious what the hell the automatic fire was about. Military? No... maybe the RPD? But that sounds heavier, like an assault rifle, the RPD isn't equipped with those... She pondered to herself, and felt just a little more tense given the evil sounding shrieks piercing the night air!

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Chris covered the ladies asses as they all sprinted for the Gymnasium, and felt a chill run down his spine as he heard howling! "Oh Jesus Christ, even the dogs?!"

A trio of rather worse for wear doberman pincers began gunning for them through the soccer field! They looked just like the other infected, missing chunks of fur and flesh, white cataract eyes, the works! And also, a craving for human flesh! "Keep running!!" He screamed, shooting the handgun at the prancing trio of dogs, clipping one in the leg, but missing his second and third shots! He noticed the dog that fell over was quickly recovering and said 'to hell with it' and turned his back on them and started legging it!

The blonde was at one of the Gymnasium's side entrances first, ushering the brunette carrying the unconscious woman and the woman with red flannel inside, then him! He fired blindly back at the monsters, two more reports from his weapon before he dove inside and pulled on the doors to keep the dogs from getting in with a SLAM!

BANG-BANG-BANG-THUD-BANG-SCRATCH-BANG!

The sound of the dogs trying to claw their way inside as they slammed onto the heavy metal door, Chris pulling the bar back with him, to keep it from moving before letting go... realizing he didn't need to do anything given they were dogs. "Hah...hah...hah..." He gasped, wiping sweat from his brow, ejecting his magazine in his Glock 19 to check the remaining ammo in it. 4 rounds left in this mag... He said to himself, and glanced up at the four women in front of him. He swapped the mag for a fresh magazine, slapping it into the well.

16/15

"Seems the dogs are also afflicted... with whatever this is." Sighed Chris, who leaned on the wall beside the door, wiping sweat off his brow with his forearm. "Chris Wood, Weekend Warrior and future Deputy Sheriff... well, before this shit happened anyway." He introduced himself, stuffing the Glock back into the security guard belt on his hip. He looked at their gear, and raised a brow. "...was there a clearance on AK's somewhere? Please, I want one so bad." He chuckled. He then took a long look at the woman who wasn't conscious. "Is she okay...? Wasn't bitten or anything?" He inquired, approaching the woman in question and the one who was holding her.

Chris Wood wrote:(from here)

Chris covered the ladies asses as they all sprinted for the Gymnasium, and felt a chill run down his spine as he heard howling! "Oh Jesus Christ, even the dogs?!"

A trio of rather worse for wear doberman pincers began gunning for them through the soccer field! They looked just like the other infected, missing chunks of fur and flesh, white cataract eyes, the works! And also, a craving for human flesh! "Keep running!!" He screamed, shooting the handgun at the prancing trio of dogs, clipping one in the leg, but missing his second and third shots! He noticed the dog that fell over was quickly recovering and said 'to hell with it' and turned his back on them and started legging it!

The blonde was at one of the Gymnasium's side entrances first, ushering the brunette carrying the unconscious woman and the woman with red flannel inside, then him! He fired blindly back at the monsters, two more reports from his weapon before he dove inside and pulled on the doors to keep the dogs from getting in with a SLAM!

BANG-BANG-BANG-THUD-BANG-SCRATCH-BANG!

The sound of the dogs trying to claw their way inside as they slammed onto the heavy metal door, Chris pulling the bar back with him, to keep it from moving before letting go... realizing he didn't need to do anything given they were dogs. "Hah...hah...hah..." He gasped, wiping sweat from his brow, ejecting his magazine in his Glock 19 to check the remaining ammo in it. 4 rounds left in this mag... He said to himself, and glanced up at the four women in front of him. He swapped the mag for a fresh magazine, slapping it into the well.

16/15

"Seems the dogs are also afflicted... with whatever this is." Sighed Chris, who leaned on the wall beside the door, wiping sweat off his brow with his forearm. "Chris Wood, Weekend Warrior and future Deputy Sheriff... well, before this shit happened anyway." He introduced himself, stuffing the Glock back into the security guard belt on his hip. He looked at their gear, and raised a brow. "...was there a clearance on AK's somewhere? Please, I want one so bad." He chuckled. He then took a long look at the woman who wasn't conscious. "Is she okay...? Wasn't bitten or anything?" He inquired, approaching the woman in question and the one who was holding her.

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Rebecka panted, sweat dripping down her forehead and seeping through her clothes as she gently put the unconscious Zoey down on a nearby bench. She looked over at Chris Wood and half scoffed at his remarks. "Rebecka, my unconscious friend is Zoey, she's Heather, and Amanda... thanks for the assist, and... its a long story how we got a hold of these." She says, patting the side of the AKM. "Zoey was bitten by a giant snake, she's definitely envenomated but we don't know what, its not like normal poison..." She explained and began checking over the unconscious woman spread out on the bench.

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"Amanda Ryan..." Amanda breathed, one hand against a wall with a trophy case. She too was out of breath after that football field long dead sprint and chase! "I'm just... surprised... we outran those dogs...!" She gasped, wiping sweat from her forehead. She turned to him and let out a sarcastic 'ha' upon the mention of the AKMs. "Yeah... you don't wanna know."

She looked around them, they were in some outer corridor that was actually well lit. She turned off Becka's light to conserve its battery, and slung the rifle around her shoulder before walking up to Zoey. "Zoey was... yeah. Bitten by a giant snake. We're hoping someone here will help her." She explained.

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Heather panted, hands on her knees as she stood in the hallway, her hair flapping over her glasses. "Hah...hah...hah..." She half turned to Chris with a thumbs up and leaned back sighing. "Thanks... for the assist... God damn, my back still fucking hurts...!" She coughed hoarsely. She took a seat on another bench, and looked around. "Where's... everyone? Isn't... this place supposed to be a shelter or somethin'?" She asked, leaning over her knees. As it looked, there weren't any zombies around, save the dogs scratching at the door. Crazy, that the mutts got turned too! Damn, this shit's really somethin', isn't it? She asked herself, wiping her forehead and neck of sweat. "...yeah, I just kinda tagged along with these three. We were with a dude in army looking clothes before that, with an M16 or some shit but yeah, the snake split us up." She explained.

"Eh, great. Giant snakes to add to the growing fun... nice." He sarcastically replied. Chris then looked over to Heather. "Army clothes and a M16? Maybe the National Guard did get called in, or the Army." He huffed, before looking back to the unconscious woman. "...whatever's making these people turn into zombies is just like the movies. You get bit, that's it. At least as far as I can tell given half the zombies I ran into had bite marks on their body." He explained. "...maybe its different for Giant Snakes." He says with a shrug. He honestly didn't know, it was his first time hearing about such a hostile creature. Hell, the zombified dogs were a shock to him five minutes ago! "We should have a look around... a security guard told me that this shelter's compromised. He wants everyone to head to the R.P.D. instead." He explained. "Its not safe here, obviously." He breathed, wiping sweat off his chin with his forearm.

"Wait, you mean we just jumped out of the frying pan and into the oven?! Why did we even run here if the building is compromised??" Rebecka screamed at Chris, alarmed now by the sudden news! "I thought we were running for safety, not getting ourselves in deeper than we need to!" She exclaimed. Given this news, she took the magazine out of her IJ-70 and replaced it with a full magazine from her fanny pack.
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She took out 9 bullets from her box of 15, sliding the bullets into the low magazine and topped it off before dropping it into the fanny pack with her other magazines including her AK Magazines. She wanted to be ready for any other threats they may encounter here.

Amanda looked back to Chris and shook her head. "No, that would be Jack. He's not Army nor National Guard, just a local guy according to him, looking for his boss's daughter, Rin Kendo." the woman explained for clarification. "But I came from the outskirts and there are other things than zombies, zombie dogs and giant snakes out there! We were chased into town by some giant frog, dinosaur thing. I only hope they show up soon!" She further added. As Rebecka snapped, Amanda tried to offer another opinion: "Well, it can't be any worse than it was outside. At least we're armed. If anything, the silver lining of this situation is that we should be able to at least find some medical supplies if this place was supposed to be set up as an emergency shelter, right? Let's not break down just yet, we haven't even looked around this place yet!"

She knew she was right on this. They only just got into the building, compromised or not, it should still have the necessary supplies they need and there could be other people still alive inside as well! "I mean, we've been sitting here the last five or so minutes and haven't had to run or shoot anything, right? So that must be a sign, no?" Amanda offered to them, turning to look at each of them. "We can't let this thing beat us to a pulp!"

"Amanda has a point, if we haven't been attacked there's a good chance its still safe here, but I was told that this place isn't a permanent safe zone so we may as well have a look around and see if we can find anyone that can help us and while we're at it tell them that we need to head to the Station." He explained, before looking back to Amanda. "Rin Kendo? If your friend Jack is looking for her, he shouldn't have to worry too much. The woman's built like a tank." he says, knowing of the agile, ripped Ms. Universe in the making. "Alright, let me carry your friend, Zoe, was it? You look like you need a breather, Rebecka." He offered.

Rebecka listened to Amanda and sighed. "Yeah... I suppose you're right. Both of you." She says before shaking her head to Chris' offer. "Nah, she stinks and is covered in snake spit." She half chuckled, stuffing the handgun into the fanny pack before grabbing the deadweight Zoey Write up and around her shoulders in the fireman's carry once more. "Besides... she's my responsibility." She sighed, before turning to face Chris, Amanda and Heather. "Okay guys... lets have ourselves a look around then?"

Rin Kendo wrote:

Tyrone King wrote:

Rin Kendo wrote:
The light fell upon her bored, placid face as he turned to her suddenly. She was only about a foot or so away, and given she was now blinded by the light, felt cheeky enough to reply with: "Boo." in response to his ghost comment!

"HUAAAH!!" Tyrone jumped, his otherwise low pitched voice becoming shrill and girl like upon lighting up Rin's face! He had actually tossed the light up upon her being revealed to him, and he took massive steps back holding his chest as he sighed. "N-naw, girl you did not just... Jesus, I'm a big guy! Don't scare the bejezus out of me girl, its bad for my heart!" He complained, shaking his head. Rin Kendo. Everyone knew her for one reason or another; mainly due to the fact she was built like Mr. and Ms. Universe combined. "The hell you still doin' here? I'd have thought you'd take off when all this shit came down!" he asked, as he grabbed the light rolling upon the gym floor, and lowered it to her deadly abs as opposed to her face. "Shit, I'm surprised you didn't just sprint to Canada when this shit went down... that a... that bow?" He asked, training the light on the item in her hand.

"Then watch where you point that thing, you might regret it." She ignored his banter as he pulled the light from her eyes, and she continued walking into the center of the dark room, trying to get a feel of the location, her surroundings. "Nonsense, I'm a human being, not a monster. But monsters are all that are out there, I got chased inside by a giant bear with half its jaw hanging off." She explained, before turning to him. "More reliable than a gun, so long as the arrows don't snap. But in all honesty, I'd rather be equipped with my father's AR-15 right now..." She sighed. "Are you the only one here? I think your name was Tyrone, right? I see you about the place, and you work nearby my Uncle's and Dad's gunshop." She states matter of factly.

"Shiiiit... noted..." gulped the big guy. I thought Rin was crazy, but she's totally cray cray! I'll remember not to piss her off! He kept the thought to himself, and simply nodded. "Right... Tyrone King, I volunteer at the RPD Youth Center." He clarified. "I am right now, dunno where everyone else is-" he suddenly was cut off when he turned to the new arrival:

Bianca Rodriguez wrote:Bianca could hear voices from the Gymnasium as she enters the dark room with the maglight in one hand, the revolver she bought at MacLead's a year ago for self defense in her right hand:



"Hello?" she called out cautiously, turning the beam onto a pair of students who didn't seem to show any signs of cannibalism, or at least, looked like they were still sane relatively speaking. "Wait, is it just you two? I heard the man on the loudspeaker that anyone alive should come here and aid would be provided. What's going on?" She asked, entering the room and approached the two. One was a short, very muscular Asian woman- she was likely Rin Kendo, everyone knew her. The other was an African American man, who didn't look too familiar to her. Apparently he was frightened by whom she suspected was Rin Kendo's appearance or something. "Bianca Rodriguez," she introduced herself. "Sorry for the 20 questions, but where is everyone? I thought the guards were providing safety and aid here? What the hell is going on?" She repeated.

Tyrone covered his eyes. "Shiiit, girl! Lower the light! Damn, now I know how you felt Rin! Sorry!" He says back to the other woman.

Rin Kendo wrote:Another blinding light, which Rin shielded her eyes from as she got to see her before she shined it upon them. "Can you please put that thing down? I swear people are tying to intentionally blind me." Sighed the muscular Rin. She opened her arms wide and shrugged though. "I haven't a clue. By the time I noticed something was wrong zombies were crawling all over the place. But given the sturdy walls and doors of this Gymnasium, we should be safe if we keep our cool." She replied, and turned towards the sound of automatic fire and the loud piercing screams. "...at least, on the surface of it. Still, we should be fine if we don't make too much noise." She quietly added, but was now curious what the hell the automatic fire was about. Military? No... maybe the RPD? But that sounds heavier, like an assault rifle, the RPD isn't equipped with those... She pondered to herself, and felt just a little more tense given the evil sounding shrieks piercing the night air!

Tyrone added to Rin's answer: "Naw, B, haven't seen a soul till Rin here and you. There's supplies all about, but no one's mannin' them tho. I think everybody jus took off elsewhere honestly given the state of shit outsid-" he was then cut off by the vicious screams and muffled automatic gunfire that made his skin crawl! "What the fuck was that?? And does somebody gotta machine gun out there or somethin? What. The. HELL is going on around here people??" He asked, looking at them. "An' where the hell are all the white people at?!" He added, just to try and lighten the mood, but it seemed to fall flat as soon as he opened his mouth. "Eh, Rin's right. So long we keep our cool we should be good here till at least morning, much as I'd rather be in my crib, at least there I got a goddamn shotgun!" He grumbled.

Soon the doors opened, and the trio turned to see a bunch of other students and a couple of security guards arrive. "Oh thank the Lord, we ain't the only ones alive!" He chuckled and began to make himself useful.

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Aside from Ty, Rin and Bianca, they made up twelve survivors so far in total. Steve, Mark, Fran, Cherie, Bill, Chuck and Rose were fellow students, all were armed with some improvised weapon or the like with Bill and Chuck being armed with a Glock 19 and some O/U shotgun specifically. The other two, Dr. Piper Hoffman, a professor who taught Biology (irony):

 

...and the man he mistook for a security guard, R.P.D. Officer Kenneth Byrd:



King didn't mind the new arrivals, (especially Dr. Hoffman who was ffffffiiiine), but didn't care for the rather cynical Officer Byrd who continued to scowl and tried to 'steer the ship' so to say in the several minutes that had passed since the gunfire. On that note, no one wanted to talk about the automatic gunfire or those evil, malicious screams! They put up some flood lights and gave the big basketball court some light at the very least, while Officer Byrd tried to get in touch with dispatch (in vain) and Dr. Hoffman simply sat on one of the bleachers lookin like the poster woman for the goddamn fountain of youth! She only had a single grey hair and very subtle crows feet under her eyes when you looked closely at her, and she was just absolutely fine with the entire situation and dressed to the nines for a cocktail party rather than a zombie apocalypse! Woman looks fine, but she's gotta be a psycho. I mean, she does teach the students how to cut up bodies for a livin'... Tyrone kept to himself and was simply content moving boxes around as people around him talked amongst themselves and tried their best to handle the situation. Some, like Cherie and Mark were quietly panicking, as Steve paced, and Chuck kept checking the chambers of his double-barrel shotgun.

"Shiiit... y'all gotta keep yo'selves positive! We're all safe! Officer Byrd's got everything under control! Jus keep ourselves busy and quiet, and we should be good!" He tried to offer the survivors, when the sound of gunfire resumed. Handguns, shotguns, rifles... automatics! They were close too, probably from the main building and the Administration center. "There, somebody's stickin' it to the undead freaks outside! Woop!" He cheered, trying to turn the sounds of gunfire into something more positive for the others. Though... part of him was worried as well. All sorts of freaks would love this opportunity to come out of the woodwork, given the level of civil unrest. He only hoped the guns were pointed at the more reasonable threats, like the shambling monsters than other living people...

It was around this point, one of the doors leading into the hallway opened up inside the now well lit Gym, as Amanda, Rebecka, the unconscious Zoey, the younger Heather and Chris entered the gym. They were at first greeted by the barrels of weaponry, before Amanda shouted: "Wait, we're human!"

As the armed survivors lowered their weapons, Amanda began to feel a little more at ease, especially when her eyes fell upon Bianca! "Bea!!" She cried out, letting the AKM fall to her hip as she ran up to her friend, hugging her! "Holy shit, we're lucky to finally come across you!" She explained before remembering Zoey's injury! "You need to hurry, Zoey, our friend- she was bitten by a giant snake! She needs help!" Amanda elaborated, before pointing to the woman across Rebecka's back!

Rin turned to the newcomers and could recognize a few of them, although she was not friends with any. She recognized Becka due to her being a Room Advisor, and Zoey as she hung around Becka all the time along with Elena Rojas. She didn't know the young man (Chris) nor the other two (Amanda and Heather), but it was clear they weren't going to try and kill them. However, she did notice that Rebecka and one of the unidentifiable women had AKMs hanging off their waists, which was most curious...

Where they get hardware like that from? Rin asked herself, and kept to herself as the woman she didn't recognize approached Bianca and seemed relieved to see her.

"About time, there's actual fucking people!" Cried Rebecka! It was dicey there for a moment, with the thought she and everyone else were about to be shot to death which thankfully did not happen! Rebecka wasted no time as she hurriedly brought Zoey over to a bleecher to lay her out. "She was bit by a massive snake, we think its venom of some sort- but its not anything we've ever seen before, hell, the snake which bit her was something else!" She exclaimed.