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Chapter 4: Limpy vs Squirrels
We sit on some cheap lawn chairs I had. Which may have been stolen from I don't know where while drunk.
Apocalypse or whatever you want to call this or not I need to eat or I’m gonna go crazy. *Gurgle Gurgle* my stomach seems to nosily agree with me.
We both grab a few slices and devour it as if it was our last meal.
"Whhhaat do yooou mphmm think we should do next Titus?" It's hard to tell what Tye is saying with pizza in his mouth. It's definitely not helping that he's chewing and talking at the same time.
"I thought you were suppose to be the smart one I retort back to him? Just because I’m a genius doesn’t mean I’m not opened to some ideas Titus." He tries to say it in a dignified way but his acting skills are terrible and its hard to be regal when you have a mouth full of pizza.
Hahaha, Alright well if Apocalypse movies have taught me anything we need to first gather some *RUUMBLE SCRUNCH SCRUUMBLE SCRUUUNCHH.*
A few blocks away or so I can hear extremely loud noises. It sounds like something destroyed a house or two. Not far from the noise of demolition at a construction site.
Then it turns into the noises from a scene out of a monster attacks Tokyo movie but with fainter yelling from people due to the distance.
I peek out the right side of my window so that I’m not seen and Tye walks to the left side and mimics my slow and nimble movements to peek too.
What I see……...Well quite frankly we might be fucked.. It is no less than terrible outside now.
As far as I can see the streets have turned into Complete and utter chaos.
I see smoke rising from random places in the distance and a few cars speeding down the road. They are blatantly ignoring all of the road rules and I can't blame them
Then I see them. Hordes of people from the park another 300 ft down the street or so. A lot of these people must of been having fun at the park.
There must be at least 50 people or so. I’m fairly bad at guessing things like numbers but I must be in the ballpark of it. Give or take 50 or so people. I will admit, I’m extremely terrible with numbers.
They are running from what vaguely resembles a pack of Squirrels but these were far from normal squirrels.
Instead of being our kitten sized soft fuzzy friends that you may be use to was something in-between the size of a medium size dog and a small dog. Looking somewhere around 45 lbs.
They are no longer the cute and cuddly little critters that people would sometimes feed junk food to. With their larger size sharp teeth and red pupils they looked absolutely demonic!
There are no less than 13 of them . Most of them seemed as if they are made up of nothing but pure muscle. I don’t know what their workout regiment was but I have to get on it if it will make me look that ferocious!
I can see blood on their tiny muscley arms. They are now sporting little red claws on their tiny little hands.
In some shorts and jersey is a kid about 18 years old. He is slowly lagging behind everyone else with a noticeable limp.
1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 seconds later and the rest of the group is gaining ground on the Squirrels but I don’t know how long they can run from these scary looking bastards!
Limpy Mcgee is getting gained on fast though on the other hand…..
He turns around right in time to see a squirrel mid air jumping at him.
BAAAAM! It lands right on his face AHHHH!!!HHEEEEL…
His screaming is quickly cut off by the squirrel ripping the sides of face off with its razor sharp claws. His cheek bones on both sides of his face were ripped off.
In less than half a second after that it dived head first into Limpy’s head and used those sharp new teeth to dig into the middle of his face a few inches into his forehead. In what could've only been a few seconds Limpy was dead.
The squirrels followed the firsts lead and swarmed his body. Quickly all biting into him and his clothes.
11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 seconds since I noticed limpy. His flesh is already being stuffed in the cheeks of the once lovable squirrels like nuts.
The rest of the park goers slowed down and looked behind themselves when they heard him scream but once they realized he was dead they ran even faster.
Nobody wanted to see him get eaten and even more of them didn’t want to get eaten themselves.
Luckily for them they seem to be too busy gorging themselves on limpy to care about them.
"Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck!"
I stumble some and fall backwards out of sight of the window.
"Titus We need to block these windows out now!"
Tye looks at me with a panicked face and wide eyes. I couldn't agree more with him and give him a quick head nod.
If FUCKING SQUIRRELS are now carnivorous little monsters then I don't know what else might be out there to attack us!
The huge windows in my living room use to be great since it let a ton of light in and offered a great view but now it's a huge risk and hazard.
If squirrels can bite through a skull then they can destroy a glass window.
It's safe to assume squirrels weren't the only thing that changed too! Hopefully not everything is as bloodthirsty as them but there is a good chance other animals will be and if they get through a glass window….we will be royally fucked.
We search my place and decide to take the shelves out of my cabinets as well as my big wooden bookcase apart for the thick wood. I have some nails in my tool box that could come in handy.
They are nowhere near as big and sturdy as I would like but they will have to do for now.
As we are nailing the boards over the glass I'm trying to formulate a plan.
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Our first step should be to fortify this place as good as we can then we can deal with all the other problems that come after that.
No time to worry about food or other people when you might get killed from not preparing properly.
We start to try and board up the big windows in my living room as fast as we can.
Luckily enough there was enough wood with a decent amount to spare once we took the doors off the cabinets to use.
It only took us about 10 mins flat to do the big window in the living room.
It is just good enough that if something wants to get in it will at least have to work a bit harder to get in for a meal.
An added bonus is that people will have a harder time if telling anyone is inside. If we stay here long term that's going to be very important because if movies taught me anything it's that in survival situations your fellow people can become just as big of a threat as whatever situation or thing you're facing.
There is only two windows in the living room. The second one was half as big as the first one so it is only about 5 feet long versus the 10 feet we has to cover for the first one.
It only took a few minutes in comparison but we were rushing and the adrenaline had worn off so we were both feeling a need to take break if only for a little bit.
A few moments to rest won't hurt us at all before we get back to work. And it's better than being tired out when we really need the energy.
Sitting down and hydrating more is definitely going to help us more than
KLREEEESHHHK!!!
The sound of glass breaking hits us both at the same time in the living room.
The sound of the glass shattering came from the only other place in my apartment with a window...my bedroom.
Tye and I both grab a lawn chair each. They are made out of a weird mesh and some hollow cheapish metal so we didn't see the point in using them for the barricade.
They might be a useful distraction for whatever broke that glass.
Maybe an impromptu shield or weapon if the situation calls for it.
I really wish I would've sprung for something better myself. But free chairs were better than no chairs. Especially since they were stolen in the first place.
Too late now to worry about this. I grab the EEEEEHK!!! "What the fuck?!?!!!"
Whatever broke the glass in my room makes a noise halfway between a shriek and squeak sound.
Whatever it is that noise is not encouraging.
With a hammer in one hand and the chair in the other we slowly tip toe through my hallway….We hear the crunching of glass breaking. The sounds of something thrashing around.
Tye and I make eye contact and I gesture for him to open the door while I get the chair up and the legs facing towards whatever is in my room.
Of course Tye doesn't get what I'm trying to convey to him until my 6th try. He completely ruined what could've been a very badass moment for us.
He kicks the door so it flys open all the way and I rush in chair in front of me.
My eyes immediately look up to the corner of the room where the small window is located.
Half way stuck in my window struggling to get through is a giant rat. Or what I think use to be a rat. I have been lucky enough to not encounter many rats in person.
I think that the Mana being released now is causing mutations in animals. First it was the squirrels now rats!
So this wasn’t just any rat it looked to be about 5 feet long. With bright blood stained sharp claws and a mouth full of jagged teeth. Too many teeth for its mouth actually. It has black eyes and they were still beady looking but now they has small red pupils. It's grey fur is a bit longer than before and it looks tougher seeing as the cuts it got are quite small. There are specs of blood on it from the glass none the less.
"WHAT THE FUCK MAN! WHAT THE FUCK! Tye yells from behind. I think that use to be a fucking rat Tye. Holy shit it got big!" I think his yelling got it a little agitated because it starts to squirm a bit more vigorously after hearing his voice.
It snarls at us and I smell an extremely foul odor coming from its mouth. It starts to struggle harder and is moving left and right like a worm or snake trying to force itself more into the house from the apartment.
Luckily enough this window was pretty narrow so it got stuck in it part way into its intrusion.
Well now may not be the best time but I must confess I'm a bit of a slob. Not too terrible because I always keep my public spaces clean in case people come over but my bedroom is another issue.
I have dirty clothes everywhere and books, papers, workout equipment...pretty much anything you could think of a person may own is strewn across my bedroom floor.
I make a point to put all my dirty dishes in the kitchen but that doesn't account for things like junk food.
I got my first care package from back home last week. On the floor stuffed with some opened and unopened food is my care package. It just so happened to be very close to the window so it must of been close by and smelled what it hoped would be its next meal.
I’m guessing and decided it wanted it but didn't realize it couldn't fit now and that led to it getting stuck.
Stupid fucking mutant rat. "Tye, Hand me your hammer and take both of these chairs. I'm going to have to kill it”.
"If it makes its way completely into the room….. we may not be able to take it and if we do we could get injured and that may lead to us being fucked."
He hesitantly looks at me and then puts the hammer in my other hand and grabs the chair I was holding.
Oooooooohm- wheeeeeew taking a deep breath I try to calm myself down.
I walk slowly but confidently towards the rat.
I get halfway there and it's thrashing and snarling intensifies as it eyes me. This is not going to be fun I think and sigh deeply.