Dead ahead: Salvation

Encounter

Early the next morning Markus was woken up by the sound of gunfire, not exactly a good thing to wake up to. He quickly ran outside, leaving Sam in the seat who woke up quickly after. Markus looked around through the bus door, to see 2 survivors running from a large horde of fast zombies. Markus recoiled and quickly yelled at Bill to drive.

"Wait!" Yelled Sam from her seat. "For what?? We have to get out of here!" Markus exclaimed, shortly realizing what they were waiting for. The survivors were calling for help, and Markus couldn't deny them. He told Bill to drive slowly, as to get away from the zombies while letting the survivors catch up. This began to work, as the survivors caught up with the zombies close behind them. Markus reached a hand out to grab their hands. One by one, the survivors were loaded onto the bus. Markus grabbed a rifle from behind Bill's driver seat, and began shooting at the zombies chasing them. He yelled to Bill to "Go go go!" And Bill floored it, causing Markus to fall into the Bus isle.

After Markus recovered with the help of Sam, he began to ask the survivors who they are and various other questions. "So who are you guys?" "Well.." began the first one, a male, about 5'10. He had brown hair and a small amount of stubble. He wore a bloodstained grey shirt with a black backpack. He had a Mossberg 500 hunting shotgun on his back. "I'm Rowan. This is Terra." Markus looked at the other survivor. Female, about 5'5. She had long black hair down to her chest. She wore a faded dark red tank top, and was armed with a military grade P90. She nodded at Markus. "Well, you guys can find a seat and relax if you'd like, it'll be a while until we find anything interesting." The two nodded and walked into the bus.

Bill motioned to Markus to come to him. Markus did so and Bill whispered to him. "Look, I know saving survivors is good, and I want to do so as well, but this bus isn't infinite. We need somewhere to at least have a camp of some sort." Markus nodded. "We can pick people up, but once we're full we'll need to deny some people. I'm gonna try to find a good place to set up camp. Until then, don't utter a word of this to anyone, especially the new ones." Markus nodded again and went to sit next to Mechanic. "So what was that about?" He asked with curiosity. "Oh, nothing. Just stuff about supplies." Mechanic nodded with slight suspicion, but ended up not caring.

Eventually, the bus crew came upon another roadblock. "Alright team, who's going this time?" Sam quickly raised her hand and said "I'll go!" Bill was surprised at her enthusiasm and sudden want for action, but he nodded and pointed to the door. Markus felt slightly worried, but knew Sam had it in her. She quickly ran out to the battlefield, where she drew her M1911. She began rapidly firing with surprisingly good accuracy. Markus was taken back by her skill. "Alright, who's next?" Markus looked towards the back of the bus, where a man in an urban camo hat and pants stood up wielding a combat knife. He made his way to the exit, where he gave Bill a thumbs up and ran out into the field, where he began quickly attacking the undead in the way. The two were handling it well, until a zombie walked onto the field, which filled the two with dread.