"Keep shooting!" I yelled out. The horde kept coming at us. "I see the end of them! But we still have a lot more to kill!" Sandra yells out. "I'm also nearly out of arrows!" She continued. I stopped shooting and watched the horde walk across the town square. I then checked my bullets and saw that I only had about seven left. I shake my head softly and Sandra and I turn back to head down to help with melee. "Washington, you and your son stay up here and continue to shoot! If you get low on ammo, come down. Do not use all of your bullets!" I yell loud enough to get the volume of my voice over the groaning of the biters.
"Sandra, go down there and start killing the biters, I need to look for a weapon." I mentioned to her. She nods and runs down the two flights of stairs to the first floor. I make my way to the second floor and scan the room. Nothing, so I decided to go to the first floor and look around back of the building. "I'm going out here, I'll stay close!" I call out to the group. I crouch down and put the gun around my back and walk outside. I walk up the hill to see if there was a rock or something.
I was behind a tree and found a big rock stuck in the ground. I managed to loosen it up a bit, but I couldn't get it out. "Hey, do you guys need help down there?" A familiar voice said. I jumped back and looked at three people turned the corner. "F-Fay?" I question. I thought she was dead, thought those people who kidnapped her had killed her. "Answer my question dipshit, do you guys need help down there?!" Fay repeats herself. "Y-Yeah we need help.. But I-" I answer. "Alright then let's go." Fay says and walks down the hill. "I'm Eddy and that's Erin.." The man says. "Thomas.." I say as we shook hands.
Eddy opens his dufflebag and reveals some melee weapons. "You need one? Looks like you're empty-handed.." Eddy offers. I nod and reach in, grabbing the first thing I touched. I pulled out a metal bat with a railroad spike welded through the middle. "This is pretty bad ass.." I chuckle. "I made that, actually. The guy that we were with made me do a lot of welding and engineer work.." Eddy says. "Eddy, as much as I love hearing your story, these people need these weapons and our help, so we need to stop talking and get moving." Erin says.
Devan comes out to yell for me and sees me with Fay and the other two. "W-We need you guys, now!" He says,ignoring the fact that Fay's back, and reaches in his satchel that he has around his body and pulls out a small pistol, loading it up with some powder and a bullet. He then swings his arm to the right, aiming the gun at an oncoming biter, then shoots it. "Wow, that's really impressive! That ancient thing still works?" Eddy questions. Devan turns and they all head back. "It does. I had a collection of old weapons and I felt this was the best choice. Black powder is easily made and the bullet can be pretty much anything that fits in the barrel." Devan states.
Eddy was still talking about Devan's gun and the rest of the group wasn't listening. We were more concerned about what was left of this horde. When we got in the building, I run up to an empty window with a biter halfway through it and I slam the metal bat with the spike welded through it on the biter's head. The railroad spike got stuck in it, so I twist the bat and a chunk of the biter's head flies out and blood gets on my hoodie and my jeans. I then proceed to kill another, at the next window over but I saw Sandra jump off the roof, running around and picking up her arrows. After about 4 arrows she started to get surrounded. "Sandra! Get out of there!" I yell. Biter after biter started to pile around her. I then shake my head and dive through the window.
Erin looks confused and starts asking everyone, "Did Thomas just say Sandra?" Everyone wasn't answering, due to the horde. Erin then decides to run out behind me, smacking a few biters with her gun. I instantly kick one down and stomp it's head in, while I swing my bat around and knock another down. "Sandra, I cleared and opening! Come on!" I yell. She wasn't paying attention and uses one of her arrows to start killing more. "Sandra come on!" I yell and grab her arm to pull her out. "Get down!" Erin warns us. I then grab Sandra and we duck down away from the small group as Erin starts releasing bullets on them, demolishing them.
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Discernment
HorrorThomas Kinway was a young adult struggling to survive the apocalypse. He meets various survivors and tries to keep them safe as they look for an ideal shelter in the city.
