Play Your Cards

Doctor of the Dead

The group sits in the middle of the road. They parked on the side To try and get in contact with Citizen z. He is supposedly giving Warren a new lab destination.

Ace watches as 10k comforts Cassandra on the side of the road 10k every so often.

They get back in the car and drive to Fort Collins.

"I mean, hell, once we deliver you, all bets are off. They're gonna have more needles stuck in you than the damn tomato in grandmas' sewing basket." Doc says

"Wow. Way to make him feel better about going, Doc." Ace says sarcastically

"No, they're...they're just gonna take out my..." Murphy starts

"Oh, trust me, they're gonna have some kind of tube or prod rammed in every spare orifice, or my name ain't Sally. You know there's this one time I had a catheter. Dude, better hope they don't go that route." Doc says

"Doc. Shut up before Murphy jumps out of the car and starts running the other way." Ace says

"What?"

"How much further?" Warren asks

"I dunno, 65 miles or so." Doc says "anyways, I'm gonna miss you, dude."

"Yeah, right," Murphy says quietly and unsure

"How 'bout you kid? What do you got planned?" Doc asks 10k

"Uh, I don't know. Still got 6,998 to go. Might take a break for a while though, head up north somewhere cold. The z's don't fare too well in the cold."

Ace watches as Cassandra and 10k look at each other and smile. Ace glares at Cassandra and grips her knife tightly. Her jealousy is getting to be much to handle.

Doc goes around asking what people are doing after they get Murphy to the lab.

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They pull into a lab with a bunch of z's facing the lab. Ace grabs her knives and gets ready.

Ace hops out along with Murphy and Warren.

"Let me see your hands." Warren orders

"What? My hands, Why? Is this a hygiene thing again?" Murphy asks

"Just let me see them."

Murphy holds out his hands and Warren puts cuffs around them.

"What the hell are you doing?" Murphy asks

"They're looking for a group of civilians transporting a prisoner. I don't want anyone mistaking you for a zombie." Warren says

"Bullshit. You don't trust me. After all the times I saved your ass."

"Trust has got nothing to do with it. I don't want Wayne poking you after we got you this far." Warren says sternly

"Let's just get this over with."

Murphy starts speed walking towards the building. Ace jogs after him.

"Hey!" Warren calls

Doc cocks his gun.

"Murphy!" Doc calls

Zombies start to turn around and go towards the group.

Ace runs closer to Murphy as the zombies go after the group. She ducks under Murphy's arm and goes behind him.

Murphy turns around and sticks two thumbs in the air to the group.

Warren and Doc scramble back into the truck. They crowd around them as Ace and Murphy stand near the door of the entrance.