Todd Wants Key's Face

Key: *stays AWAY from dead hunter. AWAYYYYY.*

Alex: *notices this* ... you alright?

Key: y-yeah. bad experience with a Hunter.

Alex: Y--

Key: not Todd.

Todd: You want me to get this out of the safehouse?

Harry: That would be best.

Todd: *nods and flings the body over his shoulder, then walks out of the safehouse, wary of any zombies out there*

Key: *lets out a sigh of relief, and sets her bag down on a table. she quickly checks to make sure the cure is intact, then puts it back in her bag*

Alex: *sets his machine gun next to her bag, then does a flying leap into the nearest bed* fffffffff. definitely the best safehouse ever.

Key: *stifles a snicker*

Todd: *comes back, now Hunter-free* Alright. It's done. *looks back at the door, and pushes it closed, then looks at Harry* ... um... Harry?

Harry: What?

Todd: ... *embarrassed* can you help me... uh... bar the door?

Harry: ... what?

Todd: Please? D:

Harry: You can't bar the door? But that's... that's really simple...

Todd: Yeah, I can't really... um... open doors either... or handle guns...

Harry: ... wha... what?

Todd: I don't know! I forgot how to do these things! D8>

Harry: *goes over and bars the door* ... Todd, I guess the disease DID damage your brain a little...

Todd: Aaah! D8>

Alex: *sits up and watches the situation with a raised eyebrow, attempting to contain laughter*

Key: *notices this and smacks him upside the head*

Alex: OW. HEY.

Key: Not funny.

Alex: *rubs the back of his head* >.>;

Todd: So... so I'm having problems with how certain things work? D8>

Harry: I guess...

Todd: I can't... play video games anymore. D8 ...

Harry: Todd, that doesn't exactly MATTER in a zombie apocalypse.

Todd: BUT IT WILL SOON END! We HAVE the cure! D8

Key: *has to grin at his adorkableness* yes, we DO have the cure... but we gotta get there first, you know :P

Alex: debbie downer. :P of course we'll make it!

Todd: Yeah! *points to Alex* I like this guy! :D

Harry: *snorts*

Key: *razzes Todd jokingly* i claimed him already.

Alex: pffft. *flops back down on the bed* sooooo... nighty night time?

Harry: Will do. I'll take the couch, I guess. *flops down on the couch*

Todd: <_< ... um... ok then. I'll just... wait for you guys to wake up.

Key: *YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWNS* well, then. g'night, guys. *pokes alex*

Alex: snrff... *scoots over*

Key: *hops on the bed next to him, and cuddles up next to him* <3

Alex: <3

Me: I'm so mean to Todd. SOOOO mean. (please note: NOTHING HAPPENS.)

Me: Yes you are. XD

Todd: *glances over at them, and stares, practically in horror. This was painful to watch. Too painful to even understand why he felt this way in the first place. YES, he was interested in Key - YES, he felt horrible for refusing to think about Sam - he COULDN'T think about Sam, because that too, was awful to think about it. Now Todd was bottling all his emotions up. This wasn't good either.

Harry: *sleep*

Key+Alex: *fall asleep pretty quickly*

Me: I feel... like a MONSTER. T^T omgtoddi'msorrypleaseforgivemeeeeee....

Me: HE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU. Jk. XD

Todd: *he stares out the safehouse window* ...

*DER NEXT MORNING*

Harry: *wakes up and microwaves the popcorn for a sad excuse of a breakfast*

Todd: *sighs*

Alex: *sits on the edge of the bed when he wakes up, leaving Key to rest for a little while longer*

Key: *curled up in her spot on the bed, still asleep*

Todd: *sniffs at the smell of popcorn* ... huh.

Harry: It's been a while since we've seen a movie, right?

Todd: It's been a while since we've done a LOT of normal things... *he can't help but smile* but... once all this is over... no doubt we'll be able to do those things again.

Harry: Yeah...

Alex: mhmmm... *stretches* heh... wish we could stay a bit longer... who knows how long it'll be 'till we find another safehouse like this.

Harry: The more we stay here, the longer it'll take to reach the Safe Zone.

Todd: And then it would take longer to fix everything!

Harry: And more people would die.

Todd: ... which actually explains why you've been dragging us out of bed early, Harry... well, THEM anyway.

Harry: Yes.

Alex: *sighs* okay, fiiine. *nudges Key lightly* Mickey. Wakey wakey, Mickey.

Key: sdfshgddfsgfkjf..... *YAWWWWWWWWWWWWNS, then sits up and stretches* wellllllllllllllll then. best sleep I've had in WEEKS.

Alex: wellll, glad you enjoyed it. we gotta go now.

Key: *sarcastic* awww. :P

Todd: Yeah, well... :P

Harry: *unbars the door* Come on. *exits*

Todd: *exits with him* :<

Key: *grabs her bag off the table and follows them*

Ale: *grabs his gun and follows them also, closing the safehouse door behind them*

*they manage to exit the city with less trouble than expected. Soon they come across a state greeting sign*

State Sign: "Welcome to New York, the Empire State"

Harry: My god - now we just need to go north from Vermont, and we'll reach the Safe Zone.

Todd: Yay! :D *would like to cheer more, but refrains from doing so for fear of attracting unwanted attention*

Key: *holds in a happy squeal*

Alex: *grins hugely* Let's get movin' then!

*they continue walking, entering the town of Sherman, in Chautauqua County. This takes a few hours*

Todd: Well, my back's feeling better.

Harry: Good. Maybe you can put yourself to use, soon.

Key: I won't have to keep changing those bandages anymore :P

Alex: eh?

Key: *shrugs* He can't do it on his own.

Alex: ah... :/

Todd: Heh. No, no I can't. And Harry's got no experience with medical supplies.

Harry: *snorts*

Todd: I'll be fine unless there's another Charger. XP

Charger: *moos in the distance*

Todd: |8C

Harry: You jinxed us.

Alex: fffffffff. -.-; *moves to the head of the party, keeping his machine gun ready* ....

Key: *follows closely, bringing up the rear*

Harry: *gets the shotgun ready, and awaits the massive beast to emerge*

Todd: *is very ready to leap out of the way if needed* ._.;

Alex: ......... *eyes dart around, hunting for the monster*

Key: *waits, guns at the ready* ......

Charger: ROOOOOOOOOOO!! *charges at Harry*

Harry: D8< *sees it before it can hit him, and jumps out of the way*

Charger: *crashes into a gate, now stumbled* GRFF!

Todd: *leaps on it's back, and starts clawing the shoot out of it* HAHA! NOT SO SCARY NOW, HUH?? >8D

Charger: *does NOT like this* D8<

Harry: *shoots at the Charger's front* >:/

Alex: !! *unloads on the charger, nearly hitting Todd in the process*

Key: Careful, Alex! D:> *feels like the charger's already taken a crapton of damage and saves her ammo... but stays alert just in case it's not down yet*

Todd: *is startled form nearly being shot at, and he freezes up on the Charger's back* 8C ...

Harry: Todd, just get off! It'll die soon, anyways!

Todd: *drops off*

Charger: *is stumbling around a bit, the bullet wounds slowly killing it* rakulllurugh...!

Harry: *shoots at it one more time*

Charger: *drops dead* ruuuu...

Key: *SCOLDING* Alex, you gotta be careful where you shoot! D:<

Alex: The thing MOVED, alright? I didn't mean to shoot so close!

Key: SHHH. *smacks him upside the head* come on. you know that gun isn't that precise.

Alex: *mumbles under his breath*

Key: >:(

Todd: *still kinda tense. His sentences are quiet, and tight* It's fine. I'm fine. No one one was shot. Yet. Ok! Let's keep going! ._.;

Harry: Right.

Key: *huffs, and walks ahead, taking the lead* *to todd* warn me if you hear anything.... *in a quieter voice* 'specially Hunters...

Alex: *almost inaudibly* There's one right there...

Todd: *he hears Alex, but chooses to ignore his words* Ok, Key. *he strains his ears for absolutely anything that sounds like an infected* ...

Harry: *is feeling very negative towards Alex at the moment for almost shooting Todd, and gives off a very threatening feeling*

Alex: *can almost feel everyone's negative emotions towards him, and rolls his shoulders uneasily, following after Key*

Key *WALKING* ....

Todd: Gurgling. And dying cat noises.

Harry: That's a Spitter. *levels his gun*

Spitter: *stays hidden*

Alex: *does the same* .....

Key: *levels BOTH her guns, cuz she's just THAT badass. nojk. she looks around, hoping to see the spitter before it tarts... spitting*

Spitter: *BEHIND THEM, she sneaks out from behind a fence*

Harry: *doesn't notice*

Todd: *does* OH shoot! IT'S BEHIND US!

Alex: !?!?

Key: !! *whirls around and sees she has a clear shot, so she shoots with both guns. One shot misses, the other one hits
the spitter in the chest*

Spitter: *immediately falls down with a gasp, dead. It's body leaks all of it's acid out*

Todd: Haha! Yes.

Harry: C'mon. No slowing down. *continues walking*

Key: *blinks, as if she couldn't believe she just OHKO'd the thing* ..... *shakes her head and grins, then follows after the others, who had gotten a bit ahead of her*

Alex: *walks along quietly, keeping an eye out for the safehouse* .......

A few zombies: *have gathered around a corpse*

Todd: oh... D:> I don't think I can ever get used to that...

Harry: *shoots the zombies dead* You're gonna have to. *notices the safehouse sign* We're close.

Key: *continues walking as soon as Harry disposes of all the zombies*

Alex: ....

*they enter the safehouse*

Harry: *bars the door* we're good. Enjoy the peace while it lasts.

Todd: You're a pessamist, and I hate that. :P

Key: *sets her bag down on the floor and flops down on the ground next to it, resting her head back against the wall*

Alex: *sets his gun down on a shelf, and sits next to Key*

Key: I'm still mad at you, you know.

Alex: .... sorry.

Todd: Hey, I wasn't shot - it's okay now. As much as this Hunter likes being treated like a person. *had dropped a hint to Alex that he had heard what was muttered before, and doesn't care*

Harry: Fff... I'm going to sleep. *finds a spot, and relaxes*

Alex: *catches the hint, and narrows his eyes, but keeps his mouth shut. he'll wait.*

Key: snrf. i think we all just need sleep. GO TO BED. *leans back against the wall and tries to sleep*

Alex: ....

Harry: *has gone to sleep*

Todd: *stares out the safehouse window* ...

Alex: *quietly, since he knows Todd can hear him* I don't appreciate eavesdropping, you know.

Key: *asleep*

Todd: And I don't appreciate your insults. Leave me alone.

Harry: *asleep*

Alex: Snrf. How can I, when you're liable to jump any of us at any moment? I'm not stupid, you know. I know that disease affected more than just your looks.

Todd: *quietly fuming* Excuse me?! I've hurt NO ONE, and I sure as hell would never TRY! You, on the other hand, seem a little TOO trigger-happy! D:<

Harry: *sleeeep*

Alex: ...you don't even feel tired? that kind of sucks. :(

Key: *sleeeeps*

Todd: Yeah well... I guess everything about what I've become sucks. There's nothing I can really do about it though, so why should I waste my time kicking myself?

Harry: *...*

Alex: Heh. that's a good way of putting it, i guess... *looks out the window in the door* .... we need to get going. *lightly nudges Key* hey... Mickey... wakey wakey.

Key: mnfmnfmnfmmm...

Alex: *rolls his eyes*

Harry: *wakes up staring at the wall, mumbling to himself* ... ffffracking dream. I do NOT need to know what I'd do as a Smoker...

Todd: Harry's up! C'mon, let's get ready and go! The sooner to the Safe Zone, the better!

Key: *blinks awake* ....mfff. 'sthere any food in here...?

Alex: iiiiii dunno. *looks at Harry* did you find any last night?

Harry: *dryly* a box of crackers, and some bread.

Todd: *quite content* Y'know what? It's better than cereal bars.

Key: i can agree with that.

Alex: those cereal bars are disgusting. *gets up, and offers Key a hand*

Key: *takes it, and is pulled up.* :)

Todd: *stares at this from underneath his hood* ...

Harry: alright. Grab something. We're leaving.

Todd: ! *stuffs a chunk of bread in his mouth*

Key: bread, please? D:

Alex: *grabs a piece of bread and tosses it at Key, then grabs a few crackers for himself*

Key: *catches it and quickly scarfs it down*

Alex: *stuffs the crackers in his mouth and grabs his machine gun*

Harry: *puts on his gas mask, gets his bag, takes out his shotgun, and opens the door*

*the door is opened. Everyone walks out*

Infected: *greet them with their fists*

Todd: !! D:

Harry: *BLAM blows two away at once*

Alex: *machineguns a good number of them to death. he reminds himself to keep an eye out for Todd and NOT shoot the guy...*

Key: *picks off a few infected*

*It was only a small pack of them, so they fell quickly*

Harry: Ok. C'mon. *he walks on*

Todd: *follows him*

Alex and Key: *follow closely*

*a few miles in*

Harry: I hear a hunter, get ready. *readies the shotgun*

Todd: *he tenses up, and looks around for it*

Alex: *levels his own gun. having gunned down a few, he knows it doesn't take too many shots to take out a Hunter*

Key: *nervously draws her own guns, looking around constantly*

Hunter: *leaps out and lands on Harry from behind* RYYYYEEEE!!

Harry: *landed on, he falls face first* oof!

Hunter: tries desperately to claw at him, but his armor prevents it from doing any damage. It snarls in frustration*

Harry: GEDDOF ME! *knocks it off*

Hunter: RAALLLAARRGH! *leaping away*

Todd: D8 ...

Alex: *points his gun at it--*

Key: *BANG BANG. shoots the hunter before Alex fully levels his gun*

Harry: Good shot. *he gets up and brushes himself off*

Todd: *when the hunter lands with a sickening "thud", he winces, as the hunter still looked somewhat like him* ...

Alex: *to Key* nice.

Key: *smiles a bit... then looks around some more* ...

Todd: I don't hear anything else.

Harry: Good.

*they continue walking*

Alex and Key: *are pretty quiet. they DO walk near each other, and though they ARE paying attention to their surroundings, the seem to be stealing glances at each other, as if they still can't believe the other is there*

Me: let's make Todd feel woooooooooorse. XD

Me: so mean! I love it. XD

Todd: *huffs when he notices this* Pay attention, guys! D:<

Harry: *finds his snappishness strange* ...?

Alex: *a bit startled* !!

Key: !! *huffs also* we are! D:

Todd: Yeah right! I see you back there! I CAN HEAR YOU BACK THERE. EVERY TIME YOU TURN YOUR HEADS TO STARE AT EACH OTHER. You'll be too distracted to notice a horde!

Harry: um...

Alex: *too dumbstruck to say anything* D: .....

Key: *harrumphs* It's none of your business, Todd... We thought the other was DEAD.

Alex: *under his breath* yeah man, cut us some slack...

Todd: *snorts, and is about to say something, but stops himself, almost thankful for the sound of a Boomer*

Harry: *readies his shotgun* ...

Alex: ... shoot. *has his gun ready*

Key: .....

Boomer: *was hiding on the top of a tall building. He jumps down, landing near them all. His impact causes him to explode, spraying bile EVERYWHERE, including ON them*

Todd: Awww GROSS! What is this stuff?? D8

Harry: Trouble. Get ready.

*the infected are attracted to the bile, and soon come running towards them*

Alex: ANOTHER horde?! D:

Key: mrrrf. *starts picking off infected from a decent distance*

Alex: *waits until they get closer so he can just mow them down*

*THEY COME*

Todd: *slashes at them, but tries hard making sure he doesn't hurt his back again* >:(

Harry: *SHOTGUNS*

Alex: *mows them down, taking great care NOT to aim at Todd*

Key: *shoots the Infected around Todd, as she has better aim*

*the horde dies down faster than a normal horde*

Todd: Phew... alrighty then.

Harry: Keep moving.

Key and Alex: *do so*

Todd: *focuses on hearing any special infected that may appear*

Harry: *taps his gun*

Key: *keeps an eye out for any threats*

Alex: *finds himself stealing more glances at Key than she does to him*

Todd: *gets annoyed at this, but says nothing* ...

*they continue walking until...*

Harry: Safehouse ahead.

Alex: awesome.

Key: :D *hurries up a bit*

Me: i think the fact that Todd keeps listening to them is gonna end up pissing Alex off. maybe this is what starts the fantastic racism.

Me: Yes! :D

*they all enter the safehouse*

Harry: *fulfills his usual routine of barring the door*

Todd: It's a hotel room! The safehouse is a hotel room! :D

*sure enough, the safehouse is fully furnished and built to be lived in*

Alex: *fistpump of victory* Best. Safehouse. Ever.

Key: *nods in agreement*

Todd: *he freezes up* Wait. Wait a sec.

Harry: What?

Todd: Sshh... *he explores the place a bit, checking under things then goes to the main bedroom*

Harry: ?

*The sound of a hunter screaming, followed by gore, Todd grunting, and a splattering sound*

Todd: *back out he comes, dragging the body of a hunter by it's hood* Looks like this room was already occupied. *dumps the body onto the couch*

Hunter: *it's entire front was slashed open, and fresh blood dripped out of it's deep wounds

Key: !!!!!!!!!!

Alex: ....well, that's no good. Is it safe to be in here at all now...??

Todd: Yeah, I don't hear anything else.

Harry: I bet some asshole decided he or she would try outsmarting a hunter by locking it in here... that, or the hunter snuck in when the door was open.

Todd: Huh... *goes to the kitchen sink to wash off his bloody hands*

Key: *has to shot shooting until Todd stops moving* DON'T PUSH YOURSELF, TODD!

Alex: TODD?!

Key: Long story, explain later! D8 Just kill these things! *keeps firing at infected until there's barely any left*

*soon all the infected are gone*

Todd: whoo... *he slowly gets up from his crouched position, and limps over to Key and the new guy* So... who's this?

Harry: *walks over to them* That's what I'd like to know - and also, I'd like to know whether or not he's a carrier. >:( *he readies his gun*

Me: fantastic racism! Sort of.

Alex: Whoa, whoa, whoa, put the gun down, man. No, I'm not a carrier. Ran into a doctor a ways back....

Key: I do believe we need some introductions....Guys, this is Alex. Alex, this is Harry, and Todd. *motions to them respectively*

Alex: ....I dunno if you noticed, but "Todd" is a HUNTER.

Key: like i said, long story. I'll explain at the safehouse, let's just go, PLEASE. D:>

Harry: *lowers the gun slightly. He's been lied to before, and people will say anything to avoid getting killed* ... alright, let's look for some clues as to where it might be.

Todd: Like that one over there. *he points to the safehouse sign on a wall near an ally. The arrow pointed into the ally*

Harry: Oh.

Alex: well, that's convenient. *rests the machine gun on his shoulder, and runs his free hand through his semi-short black hair* what're we waiting for?

Key: you. *razzes him, then goes toward the safehouse*

Alex: heh. you never change. *follows her*

Me: psp. uuuuuugh, takes FOREVORZ.

Me: but you HAS it! :D

*they all enter the safehouse*

Harry: *bars the door, as usual*

Todd: Ok. *sits down as soon as he can - his back was stinging whenever he moved now. Todd guessed that he may have reopened his wound* So what's the deal between you two? *he gestures to Key and "Alex"* Friends? Family? What?

Harry: *the new company makes Harry nervous, and as a result, he reverts back to his more sociopathic nature* Dead. If he tries anything.

Key: hey, he won't--

Alex: 's okay, i've gotten worse threats. *grins* as for what our "deal" is, well, you could say that Mickey and i have been going steady for about... a year now?

Key: *rubs the back of her neck in embarassment, looking down to hide her blush* sounds about right...

Me: DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNNNNNN. :D also, uuuuuuuuuuuugh i can't type with this anymoooooore... this is it until tomorrow....

Me: Oh okaaaaay. Gives me time to play AC: Brotherhood. :D

Todd: *he is saddened, and he stares off into space, away from them* ... oh...

Harry: *changing the subject quickly* You called him a Hunter before, right? Todd's not a hunter. Remember than before pointing a gun at him. *he seems to twitch a bit at the word "gun", as many who have pointed one at Todd before earned themselves a meeting with his chainsaw* He's been cured anyway. We're traveling to the Save Zone now so that we can allow the scientists there to learn the formula used. Or whatever.

*SAFE ZONE. SAAAAAAAAAFE.

Me: WAIT. Todd ALREADY likes Key? o.o already?? awwwwww. damn, this plot is affecting more people than i thought. and it's not even done~ see, NOW it's two guys and a girl. and Harry. XD

Key: *frowns, noticing Todd's change in mood* ....

Alex: *notices her frown, but is unaware of the cause because he was paying attention to Harry. He puts and arm around her waits and tugs her towards him in an attempt to make her not-frowny* A cure, huh? So you guys are basically carrying the salvation of the world?

Key: *willingly complies and puts a hand over his* yup. in my bag. *pats it with her free hand. she's still not smiling, per se, but she's not frowning*

Alex: that's kind of amazing. *to Harry* I'll make sure not to shoot Todd, then. Most hunters don't wear purple hoodies anyway. ^^;

Me: did i forget to say that they're sitting down too? o.o See, alex is a nice guy.

Me: I never doubted that. XD Also, yeah, Todd's become... fond... of Key. It's not too strong right now, but it's enough to cause disappointment. :P

Todd: *this actually makes him wonder* I wonder why that is...

Harry: *to Alex, still completely cold to him* You better keep your word.

Todd: *to Alex, he gestures to Harry after giving Harry a seemingly dirty look* Sorry about Harry. He wasn't like this before... uh... everything.

Harry: Hey! D:<

Alex: heheh. it's totally understandable. I don't think anyone can get through a zombie apocalypse completely unscathed. I know I jump at the randomest things.

Key: *pokes him in the ribs*

Alex: ?!??! *briefly looks like he's about to freak out, then relaxes and glares at Key* Very funny. *to Harry* You have my word, Harry. I'll make sure not to hurt Todd, or anyone else, rather.

Harry: ... *he is satisfied for the time being*

Todd: Aww... Harry, you were opening back up nicely, but it takes ONE PERSON joining our group to have you lock up like that again? Not cool, man! D:

Harry: I'm just being cautious... I wasn't so easy on Key, either.

Todd: :C

Harry: *he gets up* I'll go try to find anything of use in this safehouse. *he wanders off*

Todd: *watches him leave* D:> ... *a rant is lit up like a fuse to a bomb* Why the hell is he LIKE THAT now? I swear to god, he was perfectly normal before! Now he's like... like some completely different person! It could't have just been the Green Flu, I mean, I got INFECTED, and even after seeing all the death - all the destruction - ALL of this, I am still PERFECTLY NORMAL! Why him?? Why did HE change??

Alex: *manages to refrain a comment at Todd saying he was "normal", but continues anyway* Well... maybe something else happened to him that you don't know about.

Key: .. *nods* judging from what Harry told me, it was a while after you got infected that you got cured. who knows what could've happened?

Todd: ... *to Key* did he ever mention anything to you?

Key: *thinks about it* ....not.... really. he just sad that he found you as a hunter and that he couldn't kill you, so he dragged you around with him.

Alex: wow. that's a dedicated friend right there.

Todd: But... that wasn't exactly smart. At all. I mean, if he didn't I wouldn't be here and all that... but... that is the sign of a healthy mind ,as much as I want to think otherwise...

Key: ....

Alex: ....welllllll.... i think people tend to do crazy stuff when they care about someone. Like running gun-first into a horde, KEY.

Key: *looks around, shifty eyed, and feigns innocence*

Todd: You ran gun-first into a HORDE?? D8>

Harry: *comes back, huffing, and glaring as per usual* Alright, I'm back.

Key: *acknowledges Harry with a nod, then speaks to Todd* Yyyyyyeah.... didn't you see me run to Alex? I swear, i thought i was seeing a ghost.... *looks over to Alex* I thought you were dead.

Alex: *hugs her a bit tighter* i'm sorry. I couldn't find you after hell broke loose...

Todd: Oh right. Hah. I thought you meant when you were on your OWN... *when Alex hugs her, Todd looks away from them*

Harry: Heading out of this city is going to be hard. The population itself has gone to hell, and I doubt there are any others around besides Alex, here. I guess we could use an extra gun in this for our trip to the Safe Zone.

Alex: *releases Key* the safe zone? GREAT! finally. Lucky me i was headed in the right direction, i guess.

Key: *nods* we're gonna have to be extra-careful when we leave, so we don't trip any more car alarms, Alex.

Alex: Hey. there was a body on the floor. i tripped.

Key: :P *notices Todd looking away again* ... *resolves to talk to him later*

Harry: On that note, I think it would be wise the sleep now.

Todd: I'll go watch the door. *slowly get up and limps himself over to the door in order to do so*

Key: *frowns. Todd hurt himself again. she'd wait until Harry and Alex fell asleep to talk to him...*

Alex: well, g'night, then. *goes and sits back against a wall, gun on the floor next to him. he looks at Key expectantly*

Key: *half-smiles, and scooches towards him, resting her head on his shoulder*

Alex: *smiles as well, and puts an arm around her shoulders* night.

Key: night...

Todd: *snorts, and watches the shambling creatures form behind the safehouse door. He had no trouble clearly seeing them, as they moaned enough for his echolocation to work*

Harry: *sleeps*

*after a few minutes*

Alex: *is fast asleep*

Key: .... *carefully slips out from under his arm, grabs a medikit, and tiptoes over to Todd, so she wouldn't wake Harry or Alex up* ...hey.

Todd: *Key startles him, and he jumps a little* *also in a whisper* Oh... uh, hey.

Harry: *...*

Key: *holds up the medikit* i can tell you hurt yourself. *ttly serious, as in "i'm worried about you and you're gonna let me take a look at that injury." serious. she also wanted the opportunity to talk*

Todd: Well... yeah... it's not like I can do anything BUT that in a zombie apocalypse... *he glances down at the med-pack* ... but I guess that won't stop you from wanting to fix me, now will it? *takes off his hoodie and shirt*

Harry: *...*

Key: *sees the amount of blood on the bandage and frowns. she puts the medikit down and starts unwrapping the bandage* you could at least TRY not to hurt yourself. You don't see me reopening my wound every five minutes....

Todd: Heh. Still, I just found out I could catapult myself through the air, today. I totally think that that's worth it. *he grins*

Key: *finds his grin contagious, and ends up smiling as well* i guess that IS pretty cool.... *the grins fades* hey.... is something bothering you?

Todd: *he looks away from her* Ah... no? Why do you ask?

Key: *now frowns* because something is bothering you. *finishes unwrapping, and brings out the hydrogen peroxide again*

Todd: ... *his smile completely disappears* oh... uh... nothing that you need to know about, really. It's not important.

Key: ... are you sure? *starts cleaning off the wound with the stuff that STINGSSSSSSSS*

Todd: *the pain causes him to tense up threateningly and hiss - hiss in an instinctive anger, much like normal hunters did - though this is all he does, and this is all he responds with*

Key: !!! *pulls her hand back at the hiss, being reminded of the hunter that attacked her a few days back* ..... *puts the stuff down and puts the gauze on his back, and starts bandaging it again* .....

Todd: *didn't quite know exactly where THAT came from. He turns his head to Key again* Uh... I-I'm sorry... that came out of nowhere.

Key: I-It's okay.... *continues to wrap the bandages* ....y-you sure you're okay....?

Todd: I... uh... yeah. Yeah, I'm ok. Save for the reopened wound, which you're fixing, thanks.

Key: *isn't really satisfied by this answer, but decides not to pry anymore* .... you're welcome... *finishes up*

Todd: ... *he goes back to watch the door*

*the screams and moans of many infected filled the air that night*

*THE NEXT DAY*

Todd: *waits for the others to get up* ...

Key: *had gone back and fallen asleep next to Alex*

Alex: *wakes up first, stifles a yawn, then notices Todd* ... you don't sleep, huh?

Todd: *whispers back to him* Nah... the infection must've done something pretty serious to cause THAT... it kinda sucks. I never realized how long night could last.

Key: *lingers for a bit, then wanders off to hunt for clothes. she needed some replacements as well*

Me: i will now arrange for Key to wake up before Harry tomorrow. so we can have an ironic deja-vu.

Me: Yaaaaaaayyyyy - which part? ._.

Harry: Todd. There's no way in hell I can be thinking more positively than you. That's NOT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.

Todd: ...

Harry: ... <:(

Me: Key needs to re-bandage Todd because shethinks whar she did earlier was crap. :3 and she needs a bandage change too.

Key: *is browsing around when-- oh loo, a medi pack!* i could use this tomorrow... *....Mentally sighs* how ironic, that I saved his life and he saved mine... and Harry saved us both, and I returned the favor. *grabs a brown hoodie off a rack, then puts it back* ....

Me: oh yeah, huh. :D <333

Todd: ... I miss my dad...

Harry: *is surprised by Todd's sudden break of silence - and even more surprised by the topic. Todd hadn't spoken a word about his dead father since becoming a tracteur. Of all the times to do so... now?* He... he's... been gone for a while, Todd...

Todd: I know... but I can't help but say... that I really miss him... especially now, when our lives have turned to shoot.

Me: if this were a movie, i'd start sadface-ing right about here.

Key: *grabs a navy hoodie, then puts it back. too close to Todd's color.* ... *grabs a slightly faded red one* ... *decides to keep it for herself. she also sees a larger bluish purple hoodie, which she grabs for Todd. She figured he'd like to keep his face shaded, considering what was... missing... Key frowned. it wasn't right for him to stay that way... she shakes her head. gotta focus. she finds a rack ob black t-shirts, and grabs three in what she believes are the two men's sizes. she mentally berated herself for forgetting to ask, and started heading back*

Me: XP

Todd: ... I barely remember him now, too... and I hate myself for that, because what I DO remember is how much I loved him...

Harry: Todd...

Todd: I know your family treated you like crap, Harry... but at least you still had them both...

Harry: *more firmly* Todd.

Todd: What?

Harry: We're your family, now.

Key: *approaches them, but notices that they're in a private conversation and turns to leave again... but decides to linger a bit. doesn't know why. maybe curiosity?*

Harry: C'mon. You're not useless, Todd. We're all gonna get through this together.

Todd: ... *hugs Harry suddenly, and tightly*

Harry: ! ... *hugs him back* It'll be ok...

Todd: ... I know...

Key: *can't help but smile. those two are like brothers. she was glad she hadn't interrupted them, it seemed like they both needed it. she waits a few moments until she decides to approach them*

Harry: *lets go of Todd quickly* Oh! Oh, hey. Hey there. What did you find?

Todd: A new hoodie? I see a new hoodie. :D

Key: *the fact the both of them are now more upbeat makes her smile as well, and she nods* i'm gonna make another round, but this is what i have so far. *tosses Harry Todd's hoodie and the two larger t-shirts* I dunno if you wanted a hoodie or a different jacket, so i wanted to make sure first. *puts the medipack down, as well as her messenger bag* there's a lot of stuff here.

Todd: *he takes the hoodie from Harry, and examines it* I like this. :D

Harry: All I need are a few extra shirts, which you did a good job of finding. Thank you. We should make sure not to carry around too much, or it'll slow us down.

Todd: *takes off his old hoodie* Too bad this new hoodie is probably going to get just as dirty and messed up as my old one... oh well. ^^; *puts the new one on* Oh. Hey Key, I think you need to change your bandages. You know, to avoid the not-zombie kind of infection.

Key: Neh... *looks up and notices Todd's hood is down. He looks so... normal. aside from the lack of eyes, he...* ...I'll do that later. I wanna keep looking around. *turns and walks back into the store section, and continues to browse around absently, still holding the new hoodie in her arm. She's slightly disappointed she can't find any like the one she has now, but her current one was too ripped up and bloodied to salvage...*

Todd: Oh, alright. Well, it's still important. Don't forget.

Harry: Since when were YOU a medical expert?

Todd: Well, I had to learn that stuff if I was gonna be a stunt person. It was part of the requirements.

Harry: Ah...

Key: *calls back over her shoulder* I won't forget! *turns her attention back to the racks. she needed to find food, they didn't eat anything that day...*

*Stored away near the cash register were a box of cereal bars - dry and disgusting, yes, but necessary*

Todd and Harry: *wait*

Harry: Well, I'm going to sleep, actually. It's been a long day. G'night, Todd.

Todd: Right. I'll watch the door. Oh wait. I can't. :(

Harry: It's cool, man.

Key: *spots them, and goes to pick them up. she makes a face at them. these'll be unpleasant, but they'll have to do. she headed back towards the two, walking abit more quietly when she notices that Harry's trying to sleep* ....

Todd: *silently waves at Key*

Harry: *...*

Key: ... *waves back. she shakes the bars at Todd in a "this is all we've got" fashion, and plops down by where she left her bag. she draws her knees up to her chest and rests her forehead on them, trying to get some sleep*

Todd: *continues his usual routine of staring out the safehouse window*

*MORNING*

Todd: *is very very bored, and Harry isn't even awake yet. He had to be quiet for hours upon hours - something that was near torture for the usually social Todd Huntings* |8C

Harry: *sleeeeep*

Key: mmmrf.... *is awake, but at the same time not. she stretches her arms, then lets them drop, blinking a few times to un-blur her vision. she waves at Todd, who probably noticed the was awake, then stood up*

Todd: *waves back, happy to see one of them finally awake, he too gets up, though he takes longer, as it's far more painful for him. He gives Key a pained grin and a thumbs up of "I'm ok", though he was far from it*

Harry: *sleeep*

Key: *frowns, concerned, grabs the medpack, and lightly shakes it, mouthing the words "bandage change" and quietly stepping around Harry towards him.*

Todd: *quietly sighs in slight annoyance, then takes off his hoodie and T-shirt in order to give Key a clear shot at rebandaging his wounds. His body, though once fine before, was also ravaged by disease. He was incredibly skinny - to the point where you count count his ribs, and yet he was still perfectly fit. It was an odd combination, and a nearly alien type of body to the human race. As for the bandages themselves, the entire backside was soaked in blood*

Harry: *...*

Me: ...i sat here for a good two minutes trying to imagine what that looked like. XD

Key: *catches herself staring, and mentally slaps herself. grateful for the hoodie's cover, she steps around him to get to his wound. she frowns at the amount of blood soaking the bandage, and figures she'll need to be careful so he doesn't start bleeding again. she takes the gauze out of the medipack and holds the sterile package between her teeth as she carefully starts unwrapping the bloodied bandages*

Me: XDDDDDDD Just... Key likes DAT. XDDDDDDDD

Todd: *cranes his neck to watch the process* *quietly* Huh... I didn't realize how bad it was...

Me: DEM ZOMBEH-ABS. XD lol no... you'll see why she keeps mentally yelling at herself for it at some point.

Key: *keeps uwrapping, speaking quietly and somewhat mumbled* it could've been worse. a lot worse. *finishes taking the bandage off and takes the gauze package out of her mouth. she inspects the wound, and frowns* i have to clean this... *rummages through the med pack and finds... hydrogen peroxide* .... *rips open the gauze package, and is relieved to find that there are two there. she rips one of the two in half, still unsure about how much she'll need* ...just a warning, this is going to sting... a lot... *pours a bit of the hydrogen peroxide onto one of the pieces of gauze, then lightly touches it against Todd's wound*

Me: :D

Todd: *flinches, and bites his lip to prevent himself from crying out* n-no kidding!

Key: *quickly pulls her arm back* s-shh! D: *gently cleans the rest of the wound, then throws the dirty gauze away and lightly presses the new one onto his back. she silently begins winding the new bandage around his middle* ...

Todd: *watches Key as she does this. Not her bandaging, but KEY, herself. She was intriguing to him. He wanted to know more about her, but it seemed rude to ask - especially in the situation they were all in*

Harry: *sleep*

Key: *continues the bandaging. she can practically feel his gaze on her, but she keeps her eyes down, trying to focus on what she was doing. after a few moments, she was finished* there....

Todd: Thanks. Y'know... I'm still gonna have to do the same to you.

Key: i know... *picks up the medipack and hands it to Todd* ...

Me: i just realized it's more awkward when Todd has to do Key's bandages because they have to face each other. XD

Me: Yes. XD

Todd: *he takes out the gauze and such, and starts unwrapping Key's used bandages* ... *his curiosity gets the better of him, and he can't help but ask* ... so... can you tell me a little bit more about yourself?

Me: brb groceries

Key: *averts her eyes to the side again, finding a small crack in the wall very interesting* ...not much to tell, really... what... what do you want to know?

Me: Key's being evasive. >.>

Me: THE HUNTER'S ASKING QUESTIONS. EVASIVE MANEUVER 12!!

Todd: Well... anything that you're willing to tell me, really... trust me, at this point, I'm MORE than a good listener. *gives her a warm smile as he works on re-bandaging her*

Key: *looks up at him, then looks back down.* I... guess i can tell you what i told Harry... sort of... I had a normal life up until the middle of junior high, when i started becoming emotionally repressed because of the teasing i got for my... emotional responses.... *sighs* that's when i started wearing my hoodies, always with the hood up. that way, no one could tell if i reacted or not. I only really talked to my friends and... *was about to say something else, but changes her mind* ...and i didn't have many of those either. Then... *sighs* then the Flu came. i didn't let anyone come near me for fear of becoming infected... when my family turned... *takes a shuddering deep breath* I didn't know i was immune then, so i ran. i couldn't bring myself to kill them, just like how Harry couldn't kill you. i didn't let anyone come near me for fear of becoming infected.... I had been wandering for a week until i ran into you two....

Todd: *as he bandaged Key up, he listened to every word she said. When she was done, he looked back up at her with sympathy* That sounds like one hell of a nightmare to fall into... and honestly? Someone like you? Teased? I can't believe something like that... after all, you're a really nice, likable person. *he smiles at her again* At least... I think so. *he finishes up re-bandaging Key*

Harry: *sleeeep*

Key: *smiles and laughs quietly, partly out of nervousness, partly from his reaction, grateful for the hood's cover* You'd be surprised... *takes a half step back away from Todd, now that there was no need to stand that close* take a normal person's reaction to something, and multiply it by 10. that was how i would react. If something upset me, I'd be on the verge of tears. if something startled me, I'd jump a foot in the air and run. *looks up at Todd meaningfully* if someone got too close... I'd shove them away. *looks back down at the floor, fiddling with her hoodie strings* People would purposely sneak up on me and scare me just to see my reaction. It... wasn't fun at all.

Me: Duse. all three of them qualify to be Woobies. XD

Todd: *scoffs* They sound stupid. *his tone then gets someone serious* But y'know what? I bet they're stupid enough to not survive a zombie apocalypse. So in the end, Key, you get the last laugh. Not only did you survive for a week or two on your own... but you grouped up with us, people who you can openly talk to. Like Harry said to me... we're your family now.

Harry: *sleeeep*

Key: .... *doesn't know how to respond to this. the old her knew, but now... it just wouldn't feel right... the old her would've run and glomped. deeeeep inside... Key still wants to do this... she looks up again and smiles* ....thanks, Todd. I'm glad i met you two.

Todd: Hey, I'm glad to have met you, too. Sort of. I wasn't quite all there that first part... *chuckles a bit, though quietly for Harry's sake*

Harry: *It didn't quite matter at that point, as he was waking up* mmff... hard floor... *rubs an eye, and look at the two of them questioningly* ... good morning.

Todd: Oh, hi Harry!

Key: *snorts at his expression* good morning, sleeping beauty. *goes to her bag and pulls out the cereal bars, tossing one each to Todd and Harry* dig in. I'll be right back. *grabs her new hoodie and goes farther into the store*

Todd: *barely catches his cereal bar* !

Harry: Where the hell is SHE going? *opens the cereal bar, and bites into it*

Key: *slightly singsong* don't follow me~ *goes back to the t-shirt rack, and grabs a smaller black t-shirt. she goes farther into the store to find a hidden place where she most definitely won't be seen changing*

Me: lol if wither of the guys follow her, they'll be singing soprano the rest of the day~

Me: They aren't that stupid... XD

Harry: hmph... *he waits*

Todd: *eats his cereal bar* Haha, this tastes vile. :D

Harry: |:C

Key: *comes back after a few moments, wearning her new hoodie, hood up as always. she grabs a cereal bar and chomps it down, trying to eat it as quickly as possible and NOT TASTE IT, IIIIIICK*

Todd: It's like the military made all their ration-food disgusting on purpose.

Harry: I'll have to agree to that. But we have to go now. Grab your bag, Key. *he puts on his gas mask, and gets his gun bag. He then unbars the safehouse door, and exits*

Todd: *limps out of the safehouse*

Key: *grabs her bag and follows Harry and Todd out, pulling out both guns* ....

Harry: *had taken out the shotgun, as he finds it most affected*

Todd: *continues to limp as fast as he can in order to keep up with them both*

*they walk through the town, and soon exit it. They were only two miles away from the next city*

Harry: Cities tend to hold more zombies than towns. Be careful.

Key: will do. *falls behind a bit to walk with Todd, in case he needed help*

Todd: *notices* I'm fine, I'm fine. You don't have to slow down for me.

Harry: ... *he finds himself constantly looking behind him to make sure Todd was alright, even though he shouldn't get himself distracted*

*it takes a few hours, but they finally reach the city. They know they've reached it because out front was a large sign saying "Welcome to ____", as the city's name was X'd out with the words "overrun" written underneath in red*

Key: *keeps her guns ready, and keeps an eye out for the drawing that indicated a safehouse. they walked for a while before suddenly--*

Car alarm: *GOES OFF VERY LOUDLY around the corner of an intersection*

Male voice: *swears profusely*

Horde: ALFFGFLFKAJGFGLAKJGLKAJaksffglsLKAJGFLFAKJG!!!

Harry: THE shoot?? *looks around for the car that was set off, trying to find the other survivor*

Todd: Aaah!! That guy might need help! D:

Harry: *practically snarling at Todd, though his intentions are good* No! We're not dragging you into another attack like that!

Todd: I'm better than what that guy could end up as in a second! D:<

???: *runs out into the intersection, stops, and aims a machine gun into what is presumably the oncoming horde, mowing down a number of his pursuers* just die already, goddamn bastards!

Key: *stops EVERYTHING. her jaw drops at the sound of the male's voice, and she can only stammer out one word:* A-Alex.... ALEX! *takes off down the street without warning, leaving the two other men behind*

???: ?! *chances a glance at her, and gapes as well* MICKEY?! *realizes that if he doesn't start shooting again, he dies, so he continues firing at the horde*

Harry and Todd: ??? *they are completely dumbfounded*

Harry: *snaps out of it to help out "Alex" form where he was standing with the shotgun*

Todd: ... I'm gonna try something...

Harry: *whilst shooting* Will it hurt your back?

Todd: Maybe.

Harry: No.

Todd: YES. *before Harry can stop him, Todd crouches, and springs up, shooting himself across a good distance until he landed on an infected and started disemboweling it*

Alex: ?!?! shoot, a hunter! *AIMS*

Key: NO! Don't shoot him, he's with us!! D8>

Alex: ?!?! *his attention was grabbed by another wave of infected, and he decides to unload on them instead*

Key: *shoots at the infected that are closer to Todd, seeing as she has better aim than Alex's machine gun*

Todd: *slashes a few other infected that come charging, and leaps onto another one* HOLY CRAP, IT'S LIKE I HAVE SUPERPOWERS!

Harry: *yelling at him (duh)* YOU IDIOT!! YOU COULD MAKE YOUR BACK WORSE!

Key: *takes the med kit and pops it open with one hand, and takes out the gauze. she presses it against the wound with one hand, and beckons for Harry to come closer* Hold this down! D:> *is also panicking, though it's less apparent due to her eyes being hidden from view. she saw the irony of the situation in the back of her mind, though in her surrent state of panic, she pushed the thought aside.*

Harry: Right, right! D:> *he holds down the gauze*

Todd: *...*

*the screams of the horde echo around them them*

Harry: BAD TIMING! BAD TIMING!!

Me: Yes, it gets this chaotic in-game. XD

Key: *swears profusely, and quickly grabs the roll of bandages. she holds Todd up a little bit and slides the bandage around him once or twice, then motions for Harry to go* Go! I can take it from here. Just.. don't let us die here! *even with her hoodie, the pleading look on her face is obvious*

Harry: *gives her a single nod, and takes out two things from his bag - the pipebomb, and his chainsaw. He walks away from them, and into the oncoming horde, ready for them*

Horde: *consisted of over fifty zombies this time - and Harry had to either bide the others enough time, or deal with them all on his own... he revs up the chainsaw, which roars to life, hungry for sick flesh*

Todd: *...*

Key: *takes a second to watch him leave. he'll be okay on his own. she turns her attention back to Todd. She carefully sits him up and leans him against her so she can wrap the bandage around his middle. Yes he was ridiculously close. Yes, he still looked like a Hunter. She was too concerned to care. she continued to wrap the bandage tightly around the wound, mentally pleading for the bleeding to stop* ....

Me: oh, the irony. XD

Todd: *groans weakly, which meant he was going to wake up midway through this, and to an angry army of infected coming in all directions while the two of them were forced to take shelter near a beaten up car*

Harry: *charges into the zombies - right into the middle of them - and starts chainsawing every single one he could for the sake of his friend, holding the pipebomb under his arm, and as best as he could*

Key: *looks up at the slightly hopeless situation. she sincerely hoped Harry wouldn't get hurt for their sake... that already happened once. she looks down at the wound-- fortunately, it looked like the bleeding had stopped, or slowed at least. she ties a few more loops around him, and then picks her gun back off the ground. She neglects to pick up the other one becauseshe didn't want to move Todd much... she watches for any Infected that might come near...*

Todd: *he finally is able to speak, after much struggling and grimacing. His voice is a quiet mumble* ... Key...? I feel kinda shootty...

Harry: *continues chainsawing the horde to bits, but more flood around him. Finally, he sets the pipebomb alight, and chucks it far away. The loud beeping lures the zombies away from him*

Key: *tries to keep her voice calm for his sake* shh. try not to move too much. *hears the beeping, but can't tell where it was thrown, so she hold Todd a bit more securely and braces herself for an explosion*

Todd: but... what happened...? Where's Harry...?

A zombie: *manages to get to the car, and tries beating on them, screaming angrily*

Harry: *too busy with the others to notice*

Key: !! *BANG shoots the zombie in the FAAAACE* We're having a bit of a problem. Harry's okay. Just don't move.

Todd: Wh... wha...?? *he feels the dull pain in his back, but didn't notice it was there before. Then he remembers the charger. It got him when he wasn't looking. What a cheap shot. After that, he blacked out. Todd saw the zombies running around everywhere, and dread filled him. It had gotten worse. He spotted Harry. Much worse*

Harry: *still chainsaws* AAAAHHHH!!

More zombies: *go after Key and Todd*

Key: *BANG BANG BANG. Keeps shooting down zombies like it was nothing. she was running on adrenaline right now-- since she couldn't move from her spot, it al channeled to her survival instinct. she had to kill these things, or they would kill them*

Todd: *tries not to move, but is freaked out from the current situation*

Harry: *with twenty or so zombies left, Harry finally gets overwhelmed, as they surround him* !!

Todd: *also all like "!!" and tries getting up to help Harry - huge mistake* AAGH! *he becomes immobile again, the pain causing him much frustration and a feeling of uselessness as his friend became more and more overwhelmed*

Key: !! I told you not to move!! D8< *gets up and picks up her other gun, stands over Todd, and starts shooting at the Zombies that are surrounding Harry. BANGBANG BANGBANG BANGBANG*

Me: I want to draw a pic of this XD

Harry: *he looks back at Key with a rare gratefulness, then turns his attention back at the remaining zombies*

The zombies: *one by one, they finally go down*

Harry: *is left standing there, weakly holding the chainsaw, bent over, and breathing heavily from exhaustion. Because of the gas mask, it sounded like Darth-Vadar-like breathing*

Todd: *returns to quite mumbling form the pain* ...Oh god... oh god...

Key: *is getting down from her adrenaline high, and is also out of breath. she goes back to Todd, her loss of energy putting her in a bad mood* i told you not to get up, Todd! *falls to her knees next to him, and carefully tries to sit him back up. she sounds angry, but she's really just worried.*

Harry: *walks back to the others*

Todd: N-no, we need to... to still move... we can't just stay here, we'll all DIE...

Harry: You're not thinking positive. Now I'm more worried than before.

Key: Todd... just shh. *looks at Harry* He shouldn't be walking right now, and I can't carry him. could you please...?

Harry: Got it. But this means I can't deal with any other zombies. *he picks Todd up*

Todd: ...I look so pathetic... god - I AM so pathetic...

Harry: Keep talking like that, and you'll make me go nuts, alright?

*they continue the trek*

Key: *was constantly on the lookout now, bordering on paranoia, both guns held at her sides, ready to shoot if necessary*

Me: anything planned, or do they just get to the safehouse next?

Me: noooope.

*about an hour of walking later, they reach the next safehouse in a small town*

Harry: There. That clothing store.

Todd: I-I'm alright now... I-I can move...

Harry: We're not testing that until we get inside the safehouse. Right now. *he opens the door, and carries Todd in*

Key: *closes the door behind then, then rests her back against it and slides down it to a sitting position, resting her head back against the door. she was exhausted. that, and it felt like her wound was bleeding again. fffrack. she looks over at Todd and Harry... she's going to have to re-do Todd's bandages, they were too sloppily done...*

Harry: *puts Todd down* you're lucky this is a clothing store, Todd - you're hoodie's been pretty damaged. But I guess that's the least of your problems.

Todd: ... I slowed everyone down...

Harry: You're scaring me, y'know that?

Key: *from where she was sitting* It could've been any of us, Todd. don't blame yourself for this. *stands up* i'm going shopping. do you need any clothes, Harry?

Harry: That would be nice...

Todd: ...

Harry: *points* Todd needs clothes.

Todd: ...

Harry: *lightly punches Todd's arm* c'mon...

Todd: ...I'll feel better tomorrow...

Key: *unfortunately at this moment, does NOT have thinned blood. unfortunately AGAIN, her newfound fear of hunters is making her really really REALLY want to bolt and hide in a stall. because of this, coupled with the awkwardness of the situation, she found herself staring at the ground off to her side, and involuntarily trying to pull away* .....

Me: awesome, because i'm still smiling. bordering on psychotic giggling. XD

Me: XD I am too. But not the near-pychotic part. XDDD

Todd: *nearly finished* Could'ja not pull away so much...? It's, erm... kinda difficult when you do that...

Harry: *is having fun with this*

Key: ?? *hadn't realized she had moved, and shuffled forward again.* s-sorry... *still keeps her eyes on the floor* ....

Me: SO. AMUSED. x3

Todd: *ties it up as best as he could* All right. All right, I'm done. *he quickly scurries away from Key, and shuffles his feet*

Harry: *continues listening in, amused*

Me: yaaaayyyy!

Key: *had bolted into a stall and slammed the door faster than you could say 'Hunter.' this just so happened to be the stall next to Harry, though she hasn't realized this yet. she pulls her hood off and runs her hand through her hair, mentally berating herself for being so goddamn awkward about this when he was OBVIOUSLY just putting on a bandage...! and... for being so scared of him that she bolted as soon as he was done...*

Harry: *to notify Key of his presence* That sounded like fun out there.

Todd: *is slightly demoralized when Key bolts off like that, and walks over to the safehouse door in order to blankly stare out of it*

Key: !!! *kicks the wall on Harry's side* s-shut up! *gets even redder, if that's even possible, and is rather glad there's a wall separating them, for his sake* D///:<

Harry: *snickers at this* No really, that was quite entertaining for me.

Todd: *continues staring blankly out the saferoom door*

A few zombies: *notice him, and come running to the door, poking their arms throw the bars, trying to get at the former zombie. They were failing, coming close by mere inches to his neck*

Todd: *stares at the groping hands, unamused*

Key: *hissing, not too loudly* i'd like to see you get bandaged up by someone you barely know that's both of the opposite gender and looks like something that nearly killed you!

Harry: But that's what makes it more fun. >:P

Todd: *continues staring at the hands* ...

Zombies: *are getting frustrated, and some start screaming and crying out angrily*

Todd: *because the noise is five times worse for him, he grows annoyed at them quickly. He snarls at the zombies whilst ripping their arms off quickly, and with no mercy*

Zombies: *groan in pain, and slowly bleed to death behind the safehouse door*

Arms: *had fallen into the safehouse*

Key: *shakes her head, then realizes he can't see her and huffs in frustration. she kicks the stall one more time* jerk. *she pulls her hood over her head and opens the door, stepping out to find Todd with a bunch of arms at his feet* O.O;;;;; *is very very very very much wanting to go back in the stall*

Todd: *is surprised by Key's sudden appearance* Oh! Uh... um... zombies, y'know! Hah. Ahah. They... really have no sense of self preservation...

Harry: *exits the stall he was in* Interesting.

Key: *musn'trunawaymusn'trunaway...* ... r-right...

Me: if Harry had said "fascinating," i would've died laughing. oh my dear goodness. stupid comic... XD

Me: lol?

Todd: ... I need to go... somewhere...

Harry: We're in a bathroom.

Todd: *enters a stall*

Harry: That accomplished nothing.

Key: >.>; *hunts around for the cleanest corner of the bathroom, and goes and crouches in it. icky floor=no sitting there, please.*

Todd: *from inside the stall* Wow, I just noticed how filthy and bloody I am.

Harry: You're in a bathroom - if you want to clean yourself up, now would be the time.

Todd: Ok then... *he exits the stall, and uses the bathroom sink to wash his face*

Key: *is curled into a ball, trying to sleep. she half-notices the water running, but doesn't look up* .....

Me: this'll help Key a bit. that, and getting him a new hoodie at some point. XD next safehouse must be a clothing store. XDDDDDDDDD

Me: lololololol yaaaaaayyyyyy

Todd: *it takes him a while, but he manages to clean himself up nicely, with the only off about him now being his missing eyes, and his grey-blue skin*

Harry: *bothered by the noise of water splashing in the sink* You done yet?

Todd: *drying himself off with his hoodie* Eyup. :)

Key: *half asleep, she barely hears them. she drowsily fears she may not sleep well tonight...*

Todd: Alright. I guess I'll watch the door. You go sleep, Harry.

Harry: Whatever. *goes to sleep*

Key: *falls asleep*

TIMESKIP i guess

*NEXT MORNING*

Harry: *is angry to find that all of the rations have been taken from this safehouse, leaving the survivors with nothing for the morning* |8C

Todd: Awww... better luck next time, I guess?

Harry: It's all we'll be able to eat ALL DAY, Todd. >8C

Key: *is woken up by Harry's grumbling* mmmmmrgh....

Harry: *knocks on the stall* Yo sleeping beauty! No breakfast this morning! Get up, we need to move!

Todd: Ah... that... Harry, thats not how you wake people up... D:

Harry: Too bad. Survival is more important.

Key: *is not amused. at all. she gets up and slams the door open, whacking Herry in the face, or at least coming close to it. whatever amuses you more. she is neeeeot fond of rude awakenings*

Me: *Harry. HAAAAARRRYYYYY

Me: lololol

Harry: *stumbles back from getting smacked* WATCH IT, KEY.

Todd: You were asking for that, Harry. XD

Harry: YOU shut it. >:C *rubs his nose*

Key: *snorts, and goes towards the sink and splashes cold water in her face to wake herself up. after shaking it off, she asksksks* so we keep going down the highway today?

Harry: It's our only option.

Todd: Luckily, we've had no REAL serious problems so far - save for that hunter. Maybe we'll still be lucky today. :)

Key: *nods* okay, then. *remembers something, and runs back to the ammo storage to restock, and quickly comes back* llllet's go.

Me: waiting to die just came on. XD

Me: Key is too sleepy to notice that Todd took the time to wash his face. XD

Harry: *he puts his gasmask on, collects some remaining med-kits, and unbars the door, pushing it open with a rustic "squeak"*

Todd: ... alright. Let's do this. >:I

*they begin their trek back on the hot highway*

Me: she'll notice if she decides to look at him at all XD she's still a bit freaked out about the whole hunter thing.

Key: *is (temperature-wise) hot. she wipes a bit of sweat off her brow. of all the days for it to get hot, it HAD to be when there was no shelter* -.-;

Me: Poor Key. XD Also, "Creep" just came on for me. XDDD

Todd: *appears to be unaffected by the heat, and is just as energetic as ever. This is due to his thinned blood*

Harry: *stares ahead of them, into the road* Lots of cars up there... careful for the alarmed ones.

Key: don't bump the cars or make loud noises. got it.

Me: cheesy j-pop song now. lmfao.

Me: How inappropriate. I've got the "Backdoor Apocalypse" Horde Remix. XD

*they continue the trek*

Harry: oh...

Large Truck: *has been thrown onto it's side, and blocks the entire road, save for a narrow gap*

Todd: I guess through there is our only option.

Me: and now.... Ricky Martin. XDDDDDD

Key: *stops in her tracks. after what happened the day before, she refused to go through there first* ..

Me: oh, do you have a picture of todd without the hood up? always wondered what he looked like...

Me: I could draw something on iscribble next time you're on a computer. :P

Todd: I'll go first.

Harry: Really? I'm the one with armor, and heavy weapons.

Todd: Yeah, well, I can hear shoot.

Harry: Good point. Go, then.

Todd: *he squeezes through* *now shouting from the other side* Hey, it's all clear! All I hear is some cow mooing!

Harry: cow...? *squeezes through as well*

Me: Waiting to Die just came on for me. XD

Me: "Yeah, well, I can hear shoot." <---- i lol'd. XD

Key: ...cow...?! *goes through the gap, joining the other two. she rolls up her sleeves, really starting to feel the heat*

Me: I try. XD

Todd: Yeah, it's actually getting pretty loud, now.

Harry: *strains his ears in order to hear the "cow"* ... I also hear mooing. But all the cows I've seen have died from the Green Flu...

Key: *listens, and hears the strange mooing. like Harry, she heard that all the cows had died because of the infection... she was starting to have doubts* ....guys... i do't think that's a cow....

Todd: Really? 'Cuz it sounds like mooing. And griping. Loud, angry griping.

Harry: *readies his gun*

*out of nowhere, running at a high speed, a large infected - a charger - rams into Todd, and carries him away from the others until slamming Todd into a car that was already ripped up and dented before*

Todd: AAAAAHH!! *when he hits the car, a sharper part of it cuts into his back, and creates a large gash. Because his blood was thinner, the bleeding was substantially worse*

Charger: *from there, he takes Todd's limp body, and slams it onto the ground, then back into the car, then onto the ground again*

Harry: TODD!! *runs over to where the charger took him*

Key: Todd!! *follows Harry, drawing both pistols and taking shots at the charger. her aim with har left hand was a bit shaky, but she managed not to hit Todd and deal significant damage to the Infected* D:<

Me: KARMA CHARGER!

Harry: *also attacks the Charger, furious form the sudden attack on his friend*

Charger: *eventually, it ceases it's attack, and falls*

Todd: *falls over. There is blood all over his backside, leaking through his hoodie like water. He is seemingly unconcious due to lack of any response, but it's hard to tell from the fact that he had no eyes*

Harry: Todd! C'mon, Todd!

Key: oh no... no, no... *runs over to him and presses her hands over the wound to try to stop it from bleeding* grab a med-kit! NOW! D8>

Harry: *frantically gets out one of the med-kits and hands it to Key, who he hoped had more experience with them than he did. He is clearly panicking* D8

Todd: *...*

Key: *tries to sit up, but is shaking so badly her arms barely support her. she's breathing heavily, and her heart threatens to pound out of her chest. she sees Todd, stiffens for a few seconds, then relaxes slightly when she sees its him. she takes a deep, shuddering breath* .....

Todd: Hey, it didn't hurt you too badly did it? D:

Harry: It was trying to disembowel her. It would be wiser to bring med-kits with us next time.

Key: *looked down at her midriff. she was dismayed to find that the Hunter had torh through her hoodie, her shirt, and even a bit of flesh. luckily, she was still in one piece... but it still hurt. a lot* i-i'll live... *does her best to stand up, but fails. she was still in shock*

Todd: Hey. Woah. Don't go standing up just yet, y'know? You were just attacked by a freaking ZOMBIE. If we rest here a bit, do you think you'll be... sort of better-ish?

Harry: We need to MOVE. We can't stay here, or something worse will come!

Todd: We can stop for a few minutes, Harry! Yeesh!

Key: n-no... Harry's right... we need to move. we can rest once we reach a safehouse....

Todd: You sure? :(

Harry: YES, she is sure, now let's MOVE.

Key: *reaches over and grabs her dropped handgun, and stashes the pistol in her bag. she tries to stand up again, but is still a little wobbly*

Todd: Hey, you can lean on me if you're feeling kinda sick, alright? D:

Harry: *taps his foot* ...

Key: *nods, and takes a few steps. she's okay. She waits for Harry to lead the way-- she refuses to be in the front now.*

Harry: *he leads silently the rest of the way* ...

Todd: *keeps checking to see if Key's alright - it was a pretty nasty surprise she had received from that hunter*

*much longer into their walk*

Harry: I see a safehouse sign painted onto that pitstop over there. We should check it out.

Todd: Ugh... this is the longest walk I've ever been on. How much further?

Harry: Until the next city? No clue.

Key: *has stumbled one or twice, but hadn't needed help regaining her balance... she just wants to get in that safehouse and SIT DOWN* ....

*they near the pitstop - a broken down cafe*

Harry: Oh I see.

Todd: What?

Harry: The safehouse is in the bathroom.

Me: see what I did there?

Key: *sighs dejectedly. just their luck, huh?*

Todd: Well, we better make the most out of this, huh?

Harry: *herds them in like cattle, and bars the door*

Key: *scrunches her nose up at the smell... she is most definitely not gonna lie down on THAT floor*

Harry: there's med-kits and spare ammo here. We got lucky, in a way. Well, in your case, Key, for the ammo.

Todd: and the med-kit'll help you. :D

Key: mmh. *looks down at her wound. she's gonna need to clean that up... and bandage it...* ! *looks up suddenly as if she had been startled* ..... *mentally groans. thinking:* You can't be serious. i... AGH! Why'd i get stuck with two guys?! This is... ffffffffffffffrack.

Harry: ... *knows what's up* This is a large bathroom. I'll go... explore the stalls.

Todd: Hey! Hey wait! D8

Key: *turns a reeeeeeeeeeeeeally dark shade of red* .... I can do this myself you know...

Todd: *awkward as hell* Oh ok, because it seems kinda difficult and... ok. ._.;

Key: w-where's the med kit?

Todd: Oh! Table! Little baby changing table! Right! Behind me! *grabs one, and gives it to Key*

Key: *awkwardly takes it and nods a thanks, still red as a tomato. she... shuffles over to the other end of the bathroom, where the sinks are. She nervously glances back at Todd, then averts her eyes back to the sink* ..... -////-;

Todd: *glances away from her* Um... yeah, you just... go do that. ._.;

Key: *exhales loudly, turns on the faucet, and proceeds to clean the blood out of her wound. She winces in pain, but makes no sound from fear of Todd turning around. she cleans it all out and grabs a paper towel to dry it, them puts her shirt back down and quickly goes for the med kit. She takes the bandages out and unravels a bit of it, and tries to wrap it around the wound... but is finding it rather difficult to wrap the bandage and keep her hoodie and t-shirt out of the way while she does so...* .... *thinking* no no NO. i am NOT asking for help! D8>

Todd: *keeps himself from glancing back* um... you done yet?

Key: ...nnnnnno.... >///>;

Todd: Um. Why not?

Harry: *in one of the stalls, he can guess what's going on, and holds back a snicker*

Key: ... i can't... *lowers her arms with a frustrated huff, the bandage completely falling off* i can't do it.

Me: Harry is a horrible person. XD (then again, so are we~)

Todd: ... I'm going to have to help you... aren't I?

Harry: *coughs loudly to suppress his laughter*

Me: Yes.

Key: *glares in the direction of the cough* doesn't look like anyone else'll help...

Me: *involuntarily grins* damnit, i can't stop smiling. is it mean for me to be so amused right now?

Me: Never. XD

Todd: *takes a deep breath* Alright. Alright, I'll help. *he takes the roll of bandages, and is forced to bend over and reach around Key as he wraps the bandages around her waist and stomach. If it wasn't for his thinned blood, his face would be completely flushed*

Me: For that whole thinned blood thing, that's why Todd still has icky grey-blue skin.

Me: we should mentally scar Key with the Hunter. Just to make hoodieshipping more interesting. :3

Key: ...... *now dual-wielding her handgun and the dead man's pistol, she glanced around, listening for where the noise was coming from*

Me: I commence a pouncing! Ready the hunter! Fire!

Hunter: *form behind a van, it leaps up and lands hard on Key, smashing her to the ground. It starts scratching at her stomach, hissing and snarling*

Todd: KEY!! D8

Harry: frack!

Key: D8> *had dropped her handgun when she was thrown to the ground, and was left with the pistol. she fired two shots, but she couldn't aim well due to the fact that the thing was RIGHT ON HER and... the pistol ran out of bullets. she screamed as she felt the hunter's claws scratch across her stomach* HELP ME!![/b]

Todd: *shoves the hunter off* D8<

Hunter: *snarls at Todd, then leaps away* RAAAIIIII!!

Harry: *shoots it out of the air*

Hunter: *comes crashing to the ground with a "thump"*

Todd: *to Key* are you ok?? D8

Key: *manages to stifle a snicker. she didn't need to make Harry more upset. She flashed a grateful smile at Todd, then began to revert back to survival mode. Harry had a point, they needed to stay alert* ...

Todd: *beams*

*the calls of a pained, distressed man soon clearly echoed in the distance*

Harry: y'hear that? That's either a zombie, or... or I dunno. A person.

Todd: Or a mouse.

Key: .... *decides to jog up ahead, to try to get a look at whatever's making the noise*

Todd: ! *follows her, catching up*

*The source of the noise came form a pale, sickly man who looked to be in his fifties. His stomach had been torn open, and a few intestines were thrown about. He was on his last few breaths of life. There is a pistol in his hand, but it seems he is not strong enough to end his own suffering*

Guy: gghh... n-noo...

Todd: Holy shoot! D8>

Guy: *notices Todd* noooggaad... you... c-came back t'fin'sh me off...

Key: ....Hunter... *walks around him, to where his gun is* .... *picks it up, and holds it to the man's head. her finger tightens on the trigger, and she takes a deep breath... but... she... can't.... she lets out a shuddering breath, and lets her arms drop*

Guy: *groans, which is suddenly cut short by his head being blown off, splattering brains all about the area*

Todd: * practically jumps a foot in the air*

Harry: *reloads his freshly fired shotgun like nothing happened*

Key: *mirrors Todd's reaction, only she stumbles back and fall, and she was close enough to the man that blood splattered on her long sleeves when it sprayed everywhere*

Todd: Harry! You gotta warn us next time you do that! D8

Harry: ...

Key: *stands up and brushes herself off, trying not to look at the new red stains on her hoodie. she'll have to find a way to get that out... she takes a deep breath, then looks down the road, making sure to avoid looking at the mangled body on the ground in front of her* ...we should get moving.

Harry: Good plan.

Todd: ... that hunter may have gotten away...

*almost as if on cue, a distinct growling floods the air*

Key: *finds the knife, and, sure enough, it was still stuck in the same infected's head. she put her gun in her hoodie pocket and grabbed the knife and pulled, but it slipped out of her hand due to the blood on it* damnit. *pulls her hand into her sleeve, then tries again, and manages to pull it out* snrf.... *cleans it on her t-shirt as she heads back* we need to move...

Harry: And move, we shall.

Todd: Eh... right.

*they make it to the next safehouse, and in doing so, become one inch closer to Canada, and the Safe Zone*

Harry: *bars the door* Alright. So far we've made it through with no problems. This is good.

Todd: Not true! I have a problem!

Harry: *sigh* ... what?

Todd: *points a thumb at Key* I still don't know this person's name. That's kinda ridiculous, if you ask me - ESPECIALLY considering that we've already pretty much all lived together for a day and a half. Sort of.

Key: *sets her bag down on the ground, along with her gun, and mumbles* Key... *turns and walks off to explore the safehouse. first thing she needed: a mirror.*

Me: there a bathroom in there?

Me: Yes.

Todd: Er... ok. *to himself* weird name...

Harry: *while searching for sleeping bags* It's just a nickname, Todd.

Todd: *cheerily* Oh, that explains that, then!

Key: *finds the bathroom not too far from the first room. she goes in and closes the door, puts her knife on the sink, then pulls her hood back* goddamnit... *the whole left side of her face was covered in blood, with some smeared around the rest of her face as she had tried to clean it off. she knew the injury hadn't been nearly as bad as it looked, but she was still rather freaked out. she turned the handle on the sink and was sursprised (and eternally grateful) to see relatively-clean water come out, and she proceeds to attempt to clean her face*

Harry: *manages to find some sleeping bags, and additionally, some stored military rations. When it came to safehouses, this one was bliss*

Todd: *trying to start a conversation with his roughened-up friend* Sssooo...

Harry: ...

Todd: Sssoooo... uhhh... so I hate to ask this... but whatever happened to Sam? I mean, did she manage to escape, or what?

Harry: *knows that bringing up exactly what happened to Todd's college girlfriend would only cause grief, and possible anger from Todd. He decides to push away the subject like it is nothing* That's not important right now, Todd.

Todd: *senses some kind of bad news from Harry* ... um... it's kinda important to me, Harry...

Me: I gotta go shower right now. :<

Me: that's okay, i was starting to doze off anyways. XD we continue tomorrow.

Key: *has cleaned off enough semi-dried blood to find its source: a long cut that goes from the inside end of her left eyebrow diagonally up to her scalp over her left eye* shoot... that's gonna leave a mark... *accidentally nudges her knife off the sink with her elbow as sherests her arms on it, and she jumps at the clatter it makes on the floor* !! *curses herself for being so damn jumpy*

Todd: *hears the noise, and jerks his head towards the bathroom area, startled* 8C

Harry: What?

Todd: Oh... uh... it came form the bathroom... so! Yeah! Sam! Tell me.

Harry: No. No,no.We're not talking about anything like that.

Todd: I've been your friend for, like, ever, Harry. Why would you hide this from me?

Harry: ... well... nnn... *is getting uncomfortable*

Key: *has now finished cleaning up. she turns off the sink, puts up her hood, grabs her knife, and leaves the bathroom. she heads back to the main room and finds the other two in an apparently important conversation--she can almost feel the tension in the air* ...

Harry: *uses Key's reappearance as means to try escaping the conversation once more* Oh hello. That cut on your face wasn't too bad, right?

Todd: *starting to sound frustrated and tense* Harry, did something bad happened to Sam?

Harry: ... *he bites his bottom lip. It seems that he was cornered. Todd was simply not letting the question go* Alright. Fine. You win. Todd... I had to shoot Sam.

Todd: YOU SHOT SAM??

Harry: She kinda... took me by surprise, Todd... she was a zombie, but I didn't KNOW she was a zombie. Y'see, she was in her apartment room, sitting in a corner and crying.

Todd: AND YOU IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED SHE WAS A ZOMBIE AND SHOT HER??

Harry: No! No, I thought she was still human! She... she SEEMED human at that point, and I called out to her, but she wouldn't respond! And then I called her name louder, and she turned her head and... *seems to very vividly recollect the memory, as it was burned into his mind*

Todd: and...?

Harry: Her eyes were... like burning FIRES... and she had these LONG, SHARP fingers... and Todd... she was growling at me. Like an animal.

Key: ... *suddenly remembers the stories about survivors being lured to their deaths by a crying Infected* .... a Witch. She had turned into a Witch.

Todd: ... oh...

Harry: That's what they're called?

Todd: Couldn't you have just... walked out of the room...? Just... left her alone...?

Harry: She was getting all spazzy at me at that point. I decided that the best thing to do was to just... put her down. I'm sorry.

Todd: No... I think she got like that because of me, anyway. It's not your fault...

Key: *is reminded of... no, she can't think of that right now. best thing to do is move on. she decides to stay out of the conversation if it continues, and sits down by her bag* ...

Todd: *his face tightens, like he's holding back all his grief - not that he could cry anyway, as he destroyed his tear ducts*

Harry: ... *feels very bad for Todd. He hugs him in a brotherly fashion (as in not yaoi)*

Todd: *hugs back very tightly* ...

Key: *continues to stay out of it. she has nothing to do with this situation, and intruding on it would be absurdly rude.*

Harry: *let's go of Todd, and gives him a reassuring half-smile, or at least tries to*

Todd: *grins in a way of silent thanks*

Harry: *to both of them* I think it would be best if we went to bed now. We got to be ready for tomorrow - who knows what it will bring.

Todd: Harry, I can't sleep. ._.;

Harry: Can't sleep? Is that really a side-effect to getting infected?

Todd: *shrugs* ._.

Key: .... *taps the flat of her knife against her leg in boredom as she tries to fall asleep...*

Harry: *climbs into his sleeping bag, and forces himself to sleep*

Todd: *for the rest of the night, he stares out of the safehouse window, watching the infected drunkenly step around the area*

Key: .... *is having problems falling asleep, what with all those thoughts running through her head.... she sighs quietly*

Todd: *his new way of seeing things allowed him to spot Key, still awake. He gives her a questioning look*

Key: *contemplates not answering him, but for some reason, she whispers back* ....can't sleep.

Todd: *whispers as well* Why not?

Harry: *totally asleep*

Key: ...can't stop thinking long enough to.

Todd: Thinking about what?

Harry: *sleeep*

Key: ...everything. My life before this. *looks up at him. a bit of light gets under her hoodie, partially revealing her face* It's all gone now... nothing more to do than survive.

Todd: *gives her a cheery, bloodstained smile* You can still make friends along the way. After all, if your only focus is to survive... well, you might end up like Harry.

Key: heheh. *looks over at Harry* you say that like it's a bad thing... at least he knows how NOT to get himself killed... only reason i'm still around is cuz I'm immune.

Todd: But Harry's different from when we were in college... I think that it was this whole zombie thing... like he's snapped. He's become some kind of crazy survivalist, y'know? Don't end up like him.

Harry: *sleep*

Key: I'll try, i guess... *realizes she's opened up to Todd almost as much as to Harry, and she believes that's a bit too much for such a short time frame... so she closes off again* ...gonna try to sleep... g'night...

Todd: G'night... good luck. *gives her a thumbs up, then goes back to staring out the window*

A Hunter: *seemingly stares at Todd through the window*

Todd: ... *he gets uncomfortable, and forces himself to look away*

Harry: *sleep*

Key: *still can't fall asleep, though she refuses to let Todd know. She suspects he can tell, but.... she just keeps trying to fall asleep*

Todd: *glances over at Key, but this time leaves her alone. He puts his head in his arms, and wonders what will happen next in this strange new world he's been dragged into*

Harry: *sleep*

*NEXT MORNING*

Key: *had managed to get a few minutes of restless sleep, but it did nothing for her. she groaned and stretched, wincing as her back cracked loudly* mmmmmow.

Harry: *handing Key a mini cereal box* Good morning. Here, have a treat: real breakfast.

Todd: And I am LOVING it! *munches on fruit loops*

Key: *invisibly raises her eyebrows, impressed, and takes the cereal* wow. this place gets five stars. *proceeds to methodically rip off the top of the box* ...

Todd: Y'know what would really suck? If we ended up getting a crap safehouse next time!

Harry: If we MAKE IT to the next safehouse.

Todd: You need to start thinking positive, Harry!

Harry: I'm only fond of thinking realistically.

Key: *has absolutely no idea who to agree with, so she keeps her mouth shut, as usual. she simply omnomnoms her cereal.*

*the two debated over whether or not to think positive in their situation, which went on for until everyone was done with their breakfast. Then, they had to leave*

Harry: Let's go. *opens the door*

Todd: *trudges out cautiously*

Key: *follows, gun in hand* ...

*now out of the national park, they stumble upon a highway, littered with abandoned cars*

Harry: there are pros to this, and some very dangerous cons. We could get surrounded very easily on here... but if we head in this direction, there's less of a chance of us getting lost.

Todd: Then I say we go for it! We can hold our own against some zombies! >:D

Key: .... *nods. the quicker they get to the next safehouse the better, and if it means being slightly more exposed, then she didn't mind... much.*

Harry: Alright. C'mon.

*they begin their trek*

Todd: We're off to see the wizard...the wonderful wizard of - *freezes when he spots Harry staring at him, sensing his great annoyance. He stops singing the cheery tune*

Car: *on the roof, "GOD IS DEAD" is spray painted*

Key: *sees the message, and is slightly discouraged by it. she half-wishes todd would keep singing the damn song just to lighten the mood* ...

*it was hotter out than usual, and the sun's heat rose up from the asphalt like a thick steam*

Harry: ... wait. Hang on. *had spotted something near the wheel of a car* I found a pipebomb. Good. We'll need this. *he picks it up, and puts it in his bag* Alright.

Todd: ... ... If I were a human being... I'd head strait for New Orleans... And I'd blow this horn so hot and strong, like no one they've ever seen...

Harry: *in quiet anger* Todd, I am holding a gun in my hands.

Todd: But I KNOW you would never shoot me. :3

Harry: wanna test me?

Key: *cracks a grin and can't help but quietly respond* Louis Armstrong, Mr. Sidney Bechet, all the boys gonna step aside...

Todd: *a grin grows on his face* When they hear this old ex-gator play ~ ...

Harry: *facepalms in annoyance* BOTH of you, huh?

Key: *accidentally louder than usual* Listen! o.o *comically claps her hands over her mouth-- what you can see of her face is flushed red in embarrassment* o////o;

Todd: *snorts out a small laugh, then pats her on the back* When I'm human... as I hope to beee ~ 'm gonna blow this horn till the cows come home, and everyone's gonna bow down to me ~

Harry: *angrily snorts*

Key: *is quieter, and has a great suspicion that Harry is just about ready to beat the two of them into oblivion, but continues* When I'm myself again, I want just the life I had; a great big party every night, that doesn't sound too bad...

Todd: A redhead on my left arm... A brunette on my right... A blonde or two to hold the candles, now that seems just about right - eh Louis?

Harry: *tenses up, ready to smack the nearest person, but sighs, and ends up giving up. He focuses on the road ahead* ...

Key: Life is short, when you're done, you're done; We're on this Earth to have some fun, and that's the way things are... *trails off* ....

Harry: *noticing the sudden silence, he glances back at the two of them* ...?

Todd: *frowns at this, then places a hand on her shoulder in a sympathetic way, while continuing on with the song* When I'm human - and I'm gonna be... I'm gonna tear it up like I did before, and that's a royal guarantee...

Key: *with a lot less gusto than before* Your modesty becomes you, and your sense of responsibility... I worked hard for everything I got, and that's the way it's supposed to be...

Todd: *pushes her gently, giving her a reassuring smile* When I'm a human being, at least I'll act like one ~ If you do your best each and every day, good things are sure to come your way...

Key: *manages to crack a bit of a smile, and continues* What you give is what you get, my daddy said that and I'll never forget, and I recommend it to you...

Todd: When we're human ~

Harry: -_-" ...

Key: and we're gonna be~

Todd: I'm gonna blow my horn ~

Harry: |BC

Key: I'm gonna life the high life~

Todd: I'm gonna do my best to take my place in the suuuun...

Key: wheeeeeen weee're humaaaaan~♪

Todd: *sang that part with her*

Harry: Good. Now that song's done. Now we can return to being serious about the threat of ZOMBIES.

Todd: Iiit's a smal world aaaafter all -

Harry: >8C

Todd: I'm just kidding around, man. XD