Carson had been walking for days and was running low on supplies so he headed into the nearest city to gather supplies.With James (the baby) strapped to his back he made his way into a small general store with his bow out ready for the worst he peered around the corner. Seeing a Biter he quickly drew his bow and released nailing it between the eyes. he made his way further in checking every nook,cranny, and corner before searching for supplies worried Mostly about James knowing he could go longer without food he searched around for anything he could feed to him. He found a couple cans of baby formula survival food witch was still good for another year or so, He quickly opened one as James began to fuss from hunger he sat on the floor feeding him with his revolver on his lap for easy access.
Jordan sighed as he looked into his bag. I guess I need to get more supplies. He walked around for another half hour until he finally seen a small shop. He cautiously walked towards the shop , he gripped his throwing knife in his hand and walked into the shop. He quickly grabbed some things he needed trying to be as quick and quiet as possible. As he rounded a corner he noticed a boy on the floor with a baby. He saw the weapon and tried to let himself be known without startling him. " Hey kid, you alright " he said slowly.
Carson saw an older boy round a corner. He grabbed his revolver putting down the food standing with James held tight in his arms.pointing the gun towards the boy "Yeah...Yeah I'm fine.." he inched his way back towards the exit refusing to take his eyes off the older boy. Not sure what his next move was Gonna be he just stood in front of the door holding James eyeing the boy. "look...I don't want any trouble." he said breathing heavy fearing he would have to do something he hated doing.
Jordan froze as he looked at the weapon that was aimed towards him , he had to be really careful right now. He knew it could be a bad idea but he dropped his knife and raised his hands. " I don't want any trouble either okay , just please don't kill me , I mean no harm , I could even help you." He knew better than to try and walk towards the boy and stood still. So he stood there nervous and unarmed.
Carson looked between the boy and his gun witch was aimed at the boy. the look on his face became very sincere and almost sad he loosened the grip on his gun letting it roll over his finger to point at the ground he put it in the holster on his thigh he took a deep breath in lifting his now empty hand towards the boy " I'm...I'm Carson...This is James" he said thinking how bad of an idea this is. he knew not to trust others but something told him this time was different.
Jordan sighed in relief as he watched the boy lower his gun, he slowly picked his weapon up again and quickly put it in his pocket. He walked towards the boy who just introduced himself as Carson " My name's Jordan, nice to meet you " He shook Carsons hand and smiled. Right now he was just happy to have met another living person, he's been alone for quite awhile. " Do you have a hideout or somewhere we could go?" He was getting an uneasy feeling about staying here too long.
Walking casually out in the open was a rather odd group. Only one was human. The rest was a tigress and two goats. The person, Sammy, walked in front. When a dead one wandered over, his pet tiger, Vishnu, merely knocked it over, and smashed its head with her paws like she was taught. As the tigress began to eat the corpse, Sammy cut off one of the arms to take for Vishnu later. Tigers have been known to eat much worse than this, so he was okay with feeding her dead ones.
"Vishnu!" He hissed quietly when the large cat left her meal, and began running over to a general store. She growled a little, ears flattening. Sammy taught her to do that when living people were nearby.
Sammy cursed softly, when Vishnu quietly went inside the dim lit building. Following the animal, he reached the entrance and went to the walls of the store just as Vishnu turned a corner, looking up at a boy (Carson) who hadn't seen her yet, but that would last for about two more seconds. And beyond them both was not known to Sammy, who wasn't in the position to see Jordan.
Benjamin was listening to his playlist "Best-hits Classic." He nearly fell asleep. Then his favorite song came on"What a wonderful world." And he hastily woke up. He checked the bear trap and check the rifle and saw a small group of teens a little baby and some animals "Oy you there hands up, I can kill all of you in 1 shot." He said as he giggled and aimed at the oldested one's crotch
(@Little gasmask we are inside a building so even if you can see us witch is fine we would have no chance of hearing you just a side note)
Carson looked at Jordan as he inquired about a hideout. Shaking his head "no...no I don't me and James have been on the road for weeks just stopped in for supplies" he answered just before noticing the Tigress that was now behind him he quickly turned pulling his gun and keeping most of his body in between James and the tiger "easy girl easy" Carson said calmly hoping the tiger wouldn't attack he then noticed the older boy standing behind the tiger. " she yours...if so you should be more careful doing things like that you could get her shot or worse you." he said angry and worried if these people tried to tag along their would be more mouths to feed and more people to watch out for. Not that he really cared about other people. should have killed the first boy and left instead of standing around talking. He thought to himself why am I such a wimp he began to get visually upset at the situation
"You shoot one of us, the other kills you," he said to Carson with a shrug. Then, he heard another voice.
"Vishnu, talk by the light," Sammy said, knowing his pet understood certain speech that he taught her. And, Vishnu was gone, before Benjamin could blink. Moving along the edges, she came to just beside the entrance, where the light was, and the tigress opened her jaws to release a deafening roar. The tigress would attract every dead one within a few miles now, because her roar carried a good distance. Then Sammy moved, almost throwing himself behind a shelf. If the other guy outside shot him, at least he for sure wouldn't kill him, only clipping. He whistled, and his goats bleated outside. Sammy made his way back to the entrance in ways he would be near impossible to shoot. Eventually he resided just beside the entrance, crouching by a wall. Guiding the goats inside with their small wagon, they were now easier to see and they were also safe. Sammy then called out, to Benjamin, even though they both couldn't see each other"You must have a thing against teen boys." He could tell the other guy was an adult by his voice.
"Maybe you should let the dead ones get us. Vishnu attracted every one within a few miles radius."
So if they continued to do a standoff, things would get even more difficult. Sammy became very quiet as he heard the groan of dead ones in the short distance. It sounded like only a few, but that wouldn't last for lung at all.
Jordan stood there in shock . " Is everyone here idiots , you're gonna get us all killed!" He whisper-shouted as he heard the sounds of groans not far away. He quickly went behind a shelf and crouched down. He took off his bag and got out his gun .
"I'd rather go down fighting then get shot by a coward far away," Sammy laughed a little, hearing Jordan " Beat my ass if we live or both die and make it to Heaven, stranger." He pulled out one of his ninjato swords slowly, quietly. Waiting patiently.
Jordan glared at him " if you didn't have a petting zoo around you I would have by now, by the way my names Jordan " He stayed crouched and waited with the others. " If I die I'm haunting you first " he muttered
"Nice to meet you Jordan," Sammy said softly, as not to attract dead ones "I'm Sammy. My 'petting zoo' is Vishnu, Peanut Butter and Jelly."
"If you're smart, you'll get to nag me when we live." He caught his breath when a corpse got close to the window he was crouched by, but it didn't see him yet. Vishnu and his goats were hidden by the shelves. When the corpse moved on, he decided"I'm gonna punch a hole in the crowd. Whoever wants to come is welcome. Best make your choice now though, before that guy on that other building decides to shoot."
Jordan thought for a moment " Fine, I'm coming with you " he kept an eye out as he seen the many corpses getting closer. He double checked that he had everything secure. " Do you know that guy that is threatening to shoot us?" He had never seen him before but maybe there was a reason he wanted to shoot them .
"No, so he's just being a dick," Sammy said. Peeping out of the window like am apocalyptic creep, he made sure no corpses were close. Peeking out of the entrance after, he looked both ways before coming back in, saying"We go left for an easy exit. More or less easy, anyway. Whatever you do, don't trip, don't go into other buildings yet. If you do, I'm not following because of the risk of getting boxed in anyway."
He was tempted to wait for the boy and his baby still in the store too, but Sammy just couldn't. The other boy could just catch up. And Benjamin could spend his time getting out too. Sammy could hear lots of groans and growls in the distance. Finally, Sammy walked out, quietly, his goats and tiger following.
He listened to the instructions he was given and nodded. He was still hesitant to trust him but it was a good plan and he didn't want to admit it but he needed some help. He slowly stood from his spot and slowly walked behind the boy. "If you want to live , you better come with us" he said to Carson, he then continued walking.
Sammy looked at Jordan, noticing he had his gun out. He questioned the other teen"You have a knife or something to use?"
He looked as a few dead ones came close, and he cut off their heads. The corpses weren't attacking though. To feed Vishnu, he kept dead body parts. The smell was causing corpses to hesitate. As they walked along, Sammy kept looking at their destination. Hearing a wave of groans, he looked behind him. A herd was coming in the far distance. They were about... ten minutes away? Maybe fifteen?
"It'll be nasty, but carry some parts of the dead ones too. The more we smell like them, the less they'll attack." Honestly, it would be best to cover their bodies with the stuff, but Sammy refused for now, because it was gross.
Jordan looked at the hesitant corpses. " I've only got throwing knives " He picked up a severed body part and stuck it into his bag. He heard more groans getting closer. " What do we do now?" he asked.