(Scott) “HEY!!! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, ALERT THE WHOLE STORE WE’RE HERE OR SOMETHING?”

(Torri) “well if you keep shouting like that, then the whole store will know”

(Scott) “wha…..?”

This woman is freaking crazy. It’s not like I don’t like that though.

*Puh* *puh* *ptetetetete* *distant gunfire*

 (Noah)*sigh*

 (Scott) “if you got rid of that terrible personality, you would make a half decent wife”

(Torri) “Walk away baldy….. before someone gets hurt”

(Scott) “you don’t scare me”

You terrify me…… is something I neglect to mention.

(Noah) “GUYS! Stop bickering”

“what happened to all the team work you were preaching to me about, Scott”

“and Torri, you……”

(Torri) *Glares*

(Noah) *gulp* “………. Can do whatever you want.”

I don’t know why the captain left me in charge of his younger brother, after all he may be powerful but he doesn’t know how to work as a team.

*Grrrrrrrrraaawooooooooooooooooooo*

What the fuck was that?...........

(Scott) “sounds like something in there is angry”

(Torri) “I’m sure the captain will be able to handle it, whatever it is”

(Scott) “We should still get in there and prov……. Wha…..? HEY NOAH, DON’T RUN OFF BY YOUR SELF!”

Suddenly Noah launches himself past me……… completely ignoring his teammates yet again.

(Torri) “Ugh…… when I catch that kid…….. I’m going to skin him alive”

(Scott) “You don’t have to worry about him…… he can take care of himself”

(Torri) “Who’s worried about that little brat?”

(Scott) “You are!………. Kitten…….. ”

(Torri)”…..”

(Scott) “pffft……………hahahahah”

(Torri) “I told you not to call me that, baldie”

Don’t worry I get it. Your probably worried because you want him to be your future brother-in-law….. Well since there are no more laws in this world, I guess its brother-in-promise? I wonder if she even confessed her feelings to the captain yet.

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*puh*

*Puh* *puh* *ptetetetete* *puh*

…..

*GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!*

(Torri & Scott) “Wha………… SHIT!!!”

We were just entering the store from the stock room when we suddenly heard an agony induced wail coming from the direction of the gunfire.

We abandoned our mediocre pace, setting about as if our lives depended on it. We soon ran into a mob of abhorred stampeding towards us.

(Scott) “we should have followed the kid a bit closer……. I thought he was just trying to show off.”

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(Torri) “Damn it…… all of these abhorred…… how did Noah get past them?”

(Scott) “Just do your best to plow right through them”

I threw out my bundle of blades towards the hoard of abhorred. Using my thoughts, the knives suddenly spread out from each other and started to accelerate, cleanly cutting through head after head of abhorred. Torri, who was once at my side, is now streaking past the abhorred in the direction my knives went. Anything my knives managed to miss simply had their head disconnected from their shoulders by her nails. My knives, Torri, and I, in a single straight line, drilled through the enemies, quickly arriving at the back of the back.

Once we got past the stampede of abhorred, who seemed to only care about getting as far away from where we’re going as possible, we increased our pace. I wonder that could be spooking them so bad….. just what is the captain facing……. I regret not chasing after Noah with some seriousness.

(Scott) “I hope we make it on time”

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When we arrived…….. What we saw……… can only be described as hell. Chris, tommy, cole……….nobody was left alive.

(Scott) “NOAH!!!”

Before i could take in the entire scene, I saw Noah standing there……. As stiff as the claw, ruggedly protruding from his back. In front of him……. the biggest fucking wolf I’ve ever seen.

Suddenly Noah’s back started getting bigger and bigge…….. This fucking thing threw him at us like we’re playing hot potato. I quickly braced for impact by bending my knees………. and completely toppled over.

(Scott) ”ugfh….”

When I looked up from my spot on the floor, Torri looked like she was about to launch herself at the beast, however, if even Noah or the captain can’t beat it, what good could she do?

(Scott) “Torri….. Forget about the oversized dog, and come help me with Noah! We need to get him out of here.

(Torri) “But the captain……..”

(Scott) “I don’t see his body do you? He must have gotten away”

I half-heartedly reply to her worry. To be honest I can see many bodies……. Or what should be bodies, and you know the damnedest thing? I can’t even tell anybody apart. There’s nothing left of anybody. It’s just one big bloody mess. Given how much he loves his brother I doubt the captain would have just “gotten away.”

(Torri) “R-right”

Despite the poor excuse for an argument, she tried to cling to hope and decided to fool herself into believing my words.

Torri quickly came over and helped me lift Noah up off of me. The wolf…….. just stood stock still. If the damned thing wasn’t breathing, I would have taken it for an ugly statue. Well if it’s not planning to attack us…….. then we need to get the hell out of here.

Noah was in really bad shape: his face drained of color, his blood soaked up in his now tattered clothing, and his breathing ragged. We have to get him bandaged up fast……

We wrapped his arms around our shoulders and turned to face the opposite direction….

 (Scott) “lets go…..”

As we started to stagger towards the entrance, Noah, who was still conscious despite the lack of blood, turned his head. I suddenly felt chills rushing down my spine.

*Vwooooooosh*

I heard the cleaving of air. Wanting to turn around and look, I suddenly felt a pain in the side of my neck.

I whipped my head around…… and nothing was there……. No I seriously mean nothing. Not the store, not the bodies, and for damn sure not fido. What was there, was a desert. Noah must have gotten us out of there. I felt something start to drip down the side of my neck……. Blood? 3 new jagged marks “somehow” found its way onto my neck……

(Scott) “t-talk about “just in time.””

I looked towards Torri, who looked utterly confused.

(Scott) “let’s set him down.”

(Torri) “R-right.”

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(Scott) “t-this is………”

(Torri) “it can’t be that bad….. R-right?

(Scott) “He has a hole in his abdomen what do you think?”

She seriously becomes an moron when she‘s concerned.

What I’m shocked about is neither the size nor the severity of the wound, but the fact that it’s……. Regenerating!!!! i could not believe what i was seeing.

Soon the wound was gone….. Like it never happened at all.

(Scott) “torri he’ll be fine”

(Torri) “that’s good…… huh?”

When she looked down she was surprised the wound was gone…. Hey!! you just noticed that?

Despite the fact that the hole in his stomach was gone, Noah refused to wake up.

First things first, we’ve got to figure out where the hell Noah dropped us off at. One thing I do know, is that we aren’t in New York anymore…… hence the desert. We decided to trek through the barren land so we can search for a town…. Or something.

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It didn’t take us long to spot a road, which we decided to travel south on.

Soon the image of a city popped up on the horizon.

After traveling that road for a while, getting infinitesimally close to the city, we came to a sign that read…….. NOW ENTERING LAS VEGAS. Really? You can’t even tell. It looks like it barely survived a bomb. I mean it’s only been a couple of months since this whole apocalypse party started.

(Noah) “nn…..nng……..nnnng!”

Noah started groaning. I placed him down on the road, to see what’s wrong.

(Scott) “that’s not good”

He’s started sweating profusely. His face flushed red. He’s got a fever, and it’s a bad one…………

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Somewhere in a dark room a person was kneeling, with his head lowered. A voice spoke to him from the darkness……

(???) “Zwei….. I Trust you completed the task I assigned to you”

(Zwei) “I ……did”

(???) “Why the hesitation?”

(Zwei) “……. The boy and three others got away, however, I fatally wounded him”

(???) “That’s not good enough”

“ I took you in when you were down, I gave you that strength when you weren’t strong enough, and this is what you have to show for it?”

(Zwei) “I’m sorry master………… it won’t happen again.”

(???) “Go….. Since you’re so sure he’s dead….. Then search for his corpse….. I need that core.”

(Zwei) “Yes master!”

The voice stopped. The figure stood up. It was a man with black hair and…….. Red eyes.