𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐜 ☀︎︎ 𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒙 𝒐𝒄

They're Like Us!

{tw: slight gore!}

The journey through the larger downtown was pretty repetitive honestly. The two scaled buildings as best as they could to get vantage points, and tried to be as sneaky as they could. One building in particular really stuck out to them though as they searched.

"A book store? I wonder what's in here." Renae said as the two walked in. They had just gotten through with a small group of WLF soldiers about five minutes ago and Renae was beginning to seriously struggle without the adrenaline boost aiding her. She was feeling faint every step because of the pain, but she wasn't about to make them stop after what they had already been through. Better to get this over with as soon as possible.

The second they entered though, they heard voices from outside. The pair quickly ducked behind a counter as they analyzed the current situation. Ellie looked around for a possible distraction, which is when she heard the quiet shuffling from behind the door to the back area. She nudged Renae and whispered. "Infected in the back room, do you have a bottle?" Renae nodded, and grabbed a bottle she picked up before they got to this area and gave it to Ellie. The two looked for a place they could hide in case the infected targeted them instead, and then decided the spot they were in was probably the best for the moment. They waited for the soldiers outside to get to the space they could see, and heard some chatter.

"So what's your dad planning on having for dinner tonight?" One soldier said, a woman's voice.

"I don't know probably some fucking stew again." A man replied.

"God nevermind then. I was gonna come eat since my family is gone at a post but I'd rather eat a bunch of Kyle's steaks." The woman before said before laughing a little.

"That's offensive." The man said. The two had gotten close to the window the girls were hiding below, and so Ellie threw the bottle. Thankfully it went above their heads and landed somewhere behind them. Ellie sank down again as the soldiers looked at the broken bottle. Then the shuffling stopped. Slamming could be heard on a door inside the back room, and then another slamming. Then screams.

"Fuck! Infected!" The woman said as they began to shoot at the infected hoard. The shooting continued and continued until it finally stopped. Some screams still remained though.

"The fucking wolves can't do anything right." Renae said as she rolled her eyes and pulled her gun out. She stood abruptly and looked around for the infected that remained. She saw the infected before it saw her, and with two clean headshots it was dead. But another had been alerted to her presence. She was not to be messed with though as she shot it in the head and the torso. It dropped dead in front of her feet. She put her gun away after, and looked at Ellie. Ellie's mouth was hung open in shock.

"That was really hot Renae." Ellie said as she stood. Renae smiled, and began to look around the store. She looked at the colorful flags on the wall, and at some of the books.

"Hey look El! They're like us!" She said as she showed the book with two sensual women on the cover. She winked too as Ellie looked between her and the book.

"We should move on, it's getting darker." Ellie said as she read the back of the cover very diligently. Then she set it down and continued to check everything for supplies.

"Why do you think people hung up these?" Renae asked as she looked at two flags hanging up, the ends frayed and decaying. Ellie looked and shrugged before turning away.

The two left the store, and then looked at the damage they caused. The infected lay around with WLF soldiers next to them. Blood was everywhere, and if they hadn't been the ones to lead the infected to the wolves they would've been on high alert.