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**OOC**

Oh yes, will be posting my next rp soon.

Waiiiiiiiit going too fast. I need to do some stuff with shadow later or more likely tomorrow before we leave..

Tombstone rushed up the stairs,Shadow was sitting up on the edge of the bed.

" I feel like hell bro" Shadow said to Tombstone.

The biker nodded " I know man,but we got to get moving..I'm going to help you down stairs"

Tombstone helped Shadow to his feet,he wobbled a bit,but finally managed to stand.

"Dizzy" Shadow said " But I'm going to make it."

" Of course you are" Tombstone said " Your an ass kicker..and ass kickers always make it."

Shadow grinned at the biker " You say the sweetest things"

Tombstone laughed " Feth off...c'mon bro,Ima help you downstairs."

As the two men reached the front room,Tombstone noticed Keira had a huge piece of plywood,she had a spray can of paint and was apparently writing something on the wood.

Tombstone sat Shadow in a chair,then read what Keira had sprayed on her sign.

* HAVE LEFT FOR CAPE CITY*
* TAKING ROUTE 25 TO ROUTE 6 SOUTH*
* AVOID HIGHWAYS*
* MONITER CB CHANEL 33*

" For the others" Keira said " In case they show up"

Tombstone placed several boxes of ammo,three .45 pistols,several MREs and a bottle of "Rad block" into a backpack.

" We'll hang this on your sign" He said " They may need it."

Keira nodded and the two quickly went outside and nailed the sign to a tree facing the incoming road,they fixed the backpack to the sign and hurried back inside.

" Ok" Tombstone said " let's figure out who's driving what."

" Huh?" Jennifer said.

" Well" the biker said " We got the truck and the battle bus.."

Shadow spoke " I can drive the battle bus." he noticed the look on the bikers face " I can do it man...trust me."

Tombstone looked at Shadow " It's not a matter of trust...I'm just concerned you'll black out at the wheel...you know it could happen"

Shadow said nothing.

" Maybe we should leave the truck for the others" Keira said.

" If they show up here..they'll have a car..or something" Jennifer said " No way could they walk from the city."

" The princess is right" Tombstone said " Besides..we're going to need everything in both vehicles..."

Keira stared at Tombstone,but said nothing.

" I'm telling you..I can drive" Shadow said,getting to his feet," I'm a soldier..I can fething do it."

Tombstone sighed " If you put that bus in a ditch..or wrap it around a tree.."

" I won't" Shadow smiled " Now let's get it in gear."....

Darkvoidof40k wrote:Waiiiiiiiit going too fast. I need to do some stuff with shadow later or more likely tomorrow before we leave..

OOC: woops,I may have jumped a bit ahead with my latest RP.

I'll hold back on my next post until you have Shadow do what ever he needs to do.

Same.

Halon couldn't believe what he was seeing, it looked like some kind of marathon of the macabre as he drove towards the gunfire.

Halon had noticed that Bonzo had awaken and holding his head with both hands.

"Hold on to something and make sure the kid doesn't fall out or bounce around too much back there!" Halon shouted to the back. In the rearview he could see Bonzo looking curiously at him and finally grabbing K and strapping him to a seat in the back.

With that, Halon slammed the pedal down and sped towards the running zombies.


Saunders heard the humming of a diesel engine and continued firing while looking for the cause of the noise. The humming grew louder and louder as he continued to focus fire into the nearest threats. He then saw the glare off of a metallic object that was growing larger as it approached. Then he saw it flash red and white as it got closer.

Halon had seen the soldier at a distance and began to flash the sirens to let him know that this wasn't some kind of runaway vehicle careening towards him. The soldier continued to fire, but it seemed that he was aiming lower than before. As Halon reached 600 yards he slammed on the brakes and turned to the left of the soldier to allow him to get in as soon as Halon had stopped the ambulance.

As the ambulance came to a halt, the soldier dispatched the last zombie between him and the door and ran towards the door and flinging it open. After quickly scrambling inside, he slammed the door and Halon began speeding towards the bunker-house.

"The name's Halon," Halon began while offering his right hand in a handshake gesture, "not really my real name, but that's what my friends call me.".

"Saunders, Cpl. Saunders" the soldier said as he shook Halon's hand "Thanks for that.".

"You're lucky you know, I usually don't pick up hitchhikers because you don't which ones you can trust." Halon began as Saunders looked out over the road and out his window for any threats. "But during days like these, its easy to pick them out.".

"So, where are we going?" Saunders asked.

"Home my good sir, home." Halon mimicked a chauffer.

I spent the next few minutes making small talk and introducing myself to the others in the back of the ambulance before I sat down in the back near the rear doors and took the weight off my tired feet. I could feel several hot spots on the pads of both feet and wanted nothing more then to take off my combat boots and let them breath. The crappy GI stocks that I was wearing were not helping things either.

I felt my nose running and I rubbed the back of hand across it and stopped when I noticed a red smear across my black rubber glove. I unzipped my CLS kit and rummaged through and pulled out my combat pill pack and an atropine injection. I popped a couple of the anti rad pills and depressed the auto injector against my outer thigh and held it there for a few seconds before discarding the now empty container onto the floor of the vehicle.

Leaning back against the seat, I looked out the back windows of the ambulance at the landscape as it passed by. It was then that I first noticed that we were being followed by something very large.

The other passenger that was awake in the back when I came in noticed me staring hard out the back window and promptly joined me.

"What the hell is that?" He asked looking at me sideways only momentarily breaking his concentration at the thing.

"feth if I know, but its gaining on us." I said as I slapped a fresh magazine into my carbine and chambered a round.

"Hey Halon!" I yelled over my shoulder at the driver.. "Pedal Faster!"

And with that I opened the double doors at the back of the ambulance as it speed down the road and opened fire.

Attempt at map.

Grey rectangles=city.
Blue squares=towns
thin black line=Highway/Route
Thick Black line-Interstates.
White square=Fortress.
Purple Square=Satan's Servants safe house.
Brown rectangle= Cabins.

All green=woods/forest.

Although it isn't quiet in scale,
The distance from the Fortress
to "Cape City",bottom right of map,
is 200 miles,not sure what that is in
kilometers for you guys in the UK.


@ Silver,feel free to use this,or make a better one
for any purpose you may want.

Is it safe to say that the red stuff in the upper left are zombies?

halonachos wrote:Is it safe to say that the red stuff in the upper left are zombies?

Nope...it's a mushroom cloud...really.

Oh, that makes sense to me now.

We drive in MPH too y'know .

Gotta post in the afternoon/evening.. but don't let me hold up the RP, just make Shadow get someone to pack one or more of the fairly large crates containing food rations from the bunker - those things taste like gak but they'll keep everyone alive for a couple of weeks if all else fails.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:We drive in MPH too y'know .

Gotta post in the afternoon/evening.. but don't let me hold up the RP, just make Shadow get someone to pack one or more of the fairly large crates containing food rations from the bunker - those things taste like gak but they'll keep everyone alive for a couple of weeks if all else fails.

Hmmm,I thought all you Brits drove in Kilometers...you see what the American public school system fails to teach people.

Anyway,I've already RPed several "Loading up the vehicles" post,and I'm fairly certain I mentioned packing large supplies of MREs (That's- Meals Ready to Eat) into the truck.

MRE's are (for any who don't know),vacuum sealed meals often used by the military,they have an entree,bread or crackers,dessert,various goodies and can even be heated via a water activated heating element,plus..they're not to bad taste wise.

So,for RP sake..we'll just say that,among the many,many crates of supplies loaded onboard the Battle bus and the truck, a couple dozen cases of MRE's (12 meals per case) have been loaded as well.

oh. I was thinking along the lines of really small rations - i.e. they fit into a small health bar but are rich in everything your body needs. That way you could get dozens in one crate.. or more.


Let's just go through what we've loaded (what I've got off the top of my head):

Battle bus
- three crates of MREs
- two shotguns + three clips per gun
- four machineguns + three clips per gun
- gatling gun + one crate of ammo
- one flamethrower + two fuel canisters
- 5 Pistols + 5 clips of ammo per pistol (not including our characters' holstered weaponry)
- grenade launcher + two reloads
- as many grenades as our characters could be bothered to carry
- CB radio
- three spare gallons of fuel under seats
- half a dozen bayonets
- equipment and tools, e.g. repair kit (spanners, blowtorch, welding mask, pliers etc), first aid kit, survival kit (flares and such)
- spare clothes aplenty


Pickup Truck (everything is covered up on the back)
- Bazooka + 20 missiles
- two large tents (incase we end up having to rough it)
- four gallons of fuel
- the second gatling gun + two crates of ammo
- 6 machine guns + 4 clips each


Oh, and guys? What about our ambulance?
Then there's Mr. Saunders to sort out.


And isn't the battle bus going to be completely soaked in radiation?

The ambulance has next to nill. Some first aid supplies(maybe radiation stuff), an unconscious K, a recovering Bonzo, an awesome Halon, and a Cpl.

Halon has a M16 with 3 clips that he scavenged from some dead guys in the hospital, Saunders has whatever he has. K is unarmed even though he just sprouted a new arm. Bonzo still has his chainsaws, but may not be as maniacal as before. We're also getting chased by something really big, and not the end level boss.

There could be some fallout on the outside of the bus and this may be washed off if its the right kind of exposure.

halonachos wrote: Saunders has whatever he has...

Gear:
Head: None
Face: M40 Pro Mask
Hands: NBC rubber gloves
Body: Mopp Suit with LBE molle. 6x 5.56 mags, 2x Beta Cmag, CLS kit, 1x m67 grenade, 1x thermite grenade
Back: Camel Pack hydration system
Legs: Drop down leg holster on right leg with 3x spare 9mm mags, Drop down tactical sheathe on left leg, Mopp Suit,
Feet: GI combat boots, NBC rubber over boots

Weapons:
Colt M4 Carbine (5.56)
+ HWS (Holographic Weapon Sight)
+ Tac Light with IR cover
+ Forward grip

Beretta 92F (9mm Pistol)
+ Green Beam Laser

Seal Pup 2000 (Fixed Blade Combat Knife)

Wow.. you really know your stuff. I really haven't the slightest what nine tenths of any of that stuff is. Only time will tell if I can be bothered enough to google it..

stupid dakka telling me I can't make new posts.. then it makes me double post.. damned heresy..bleh..

Darkvoidof40k wrote:oh. I was thinking along the lines of really small rations - i.e. they fit into a small health bar but are rich in everything your body needs. That way you could get dozens in one crate.. or more.


Let's just go through what we've loaded (what I've got off the top of my head):

Battle bus
- three crates of MREs
- two shotguns + three clips per gun
- four machineguns + three clips per gun
- gatling gun + one crate of ammo
- one flamethrower + two fuel canisters
- 5 Pistols + 5 clips of ammo per pistol (not including our characters' holstered weaponry)
- grenade launcher + two reloads
- as many grenades as our characters could be bothered to carry
- CB radio
- three spare gallons of fuel under seats
- half a dozen bayonets
- equipment and tools, e.g. repair kit (spanners, blowtorch, welding mask, pliers etc), first aid kit, survival kit (flares and such)
- spare clothes aplenty


Pickup Truck (everything is covered up on the back)
- Bazooka + 20 missiles
- two large tents (incase we end up having to rough it)
- four gallons of fuel
- the second gatling gun + two crates of ammo
- 6 machine guns + 4 clips each


Oh, and guys? What about our ambulance?
Then there's Mr. Saunders to sort out.


And isn't the battle bus going to be completely soaked in radiation?

Not to be TFG,but I have to interject that Tombstone and the Ladies loaded quite a bit of gear onto both vehicles,and your list would reflect a bit light as to what I had in mind.

This is what I had basicly thought of hen I had them loading up.

Truck
-----------
Several ammo boxes of .223 rounds
Several dozen boxes 9mm rounds
several dozen boxes .45 rounds
several dozen boxes .12 gauge rounds (Buck and Slug)
several ammo boxes of 7.62x39mm rounds
2 crates of .50 cal ammo.
x 3 AR-15
x 3 AK-47
x 3 MP5
x 2 Spaz 12 shotguns
assorted Handguns
x 4 5 gallon fuel canisters
x 4 MRE cases
assorted magazines for weapons
various knives
First aid
tool kit
+ water.

The Battle Bus would contain a similar list,plus RPGs,grenades,camping supplies (Tents), and other miscellaneous goods.

And of course,we can always stick more stuff in the ambulance.

I know this seems like a lot,but honestly,several thousand rounds of ammo can easily fit into one foot locker,and all of the fire arms could fit into one crate,so weapons and ammo wouldn't occupy a "ridiculous" amount of space.

Plus the Battle Bus,being a police riot control truck,would have lots of compartments for weapons/ammo storage,as well as compartments for other gear.

Oh yeah, we have a...um... a stretcher. A super stretcher that is, actually its just a normal stretcher, but we can pretend its super.

Oh and a quick question, are we going to meet up with you at the house or the road?

" I'll be fine to drive Tomb" Shadow said insistently, " believe me..I look worse then I feel".

The biker nodded.." Ok bro,I'll drive the truck...you drive the battle bus." Tombstone lit a cigarette and went to the liquor supply,he shoved several bottles into a sack and refilled his flask.

"We going to a party?" Keira asked with a slight look of disgust.

" They're for medicinal purposes" The biker grinned " as a trained professional you should be aware of the many ways in which alcohol can be used in emergency situations".

" I know it can be dumped down your throat until you end up driving that truck into a tree". Keira said.

"Nonsense" Tombstone retorted,his grin broadened " I never drink and drive."

"Lair" Keira said shaking her head.

" That wounds me" the biker said, " anyway,I'll lead our little convoy..Shadow,stick close..we have a lot of distance to cover...almost 200 miles to get to the Satan's safe house..and we have no fething idea what's going to hit us between here and there."

" I'll be on you like stink on gak bro" Shadow said.

"We stay on CB channel 33" Tombstone said " and be ready for anything"

" I'm always ready" Shadow said.

"If you two big bad men are through ...may we please fething leave." Jennifer said

" In a sec Princess" Tombstone said " First we need to get Vikky on the Battle bus" he paused " I'll carry her,Shadow..you and Daisy go on point...cover my ass while I get her aboard."

" I got you man" Shadow said.
Daisy smiled at the biker and chambered a round in her AR-15.

" Alright" Tombstone started,but..before the biker could finish his sentence,the sounds of automatic weapons fire could be heard in the distance.

The group turned in the direction the gunfire seemed to be coming from...it was getting closer.

halonachos wrote:Oh and a quick question, are we going to meet up with you at the house or the road?

OOC: Well...I just RPed the group at the fortress hearing your group heading towards us,so I guess it'll be at the house...and..of course your group has "guest" following you.

I suppose we should prepare a little "copper coated snack" for the "Guest"

"What the hell is that thing?" Halon tried to yell over the gunfire.

"I don't know!" Saunders yelled back while trying to shoot the thing coming after them "It sure as hell isn't going down though."

"Are you shooting it in the head?" Halon called back.

"Yeah, I'm shooting it everywhere." Saunders said in his head.

Halon knew that they were getting close, but he also knew that this thing chasing them could screw everything up.

"The CB!" Halon said aloud "Bonzo, K do either one of you remember the channel the radio was on for the others?"

"Uh, no." Bonzo replied, "Sorry about that."

"Well look whos feeling better." Halon said while grabbing his M16 and trying to give it to Bonzo. "Take this and shoot the big thing chasing us."

Bonzo grabbed the gun slowly and tried to aim around Saunders while still sitting on the bench. The M16 soon joined in the small chorus of gunfire and diesel engine while they gunned towards the safehouse, Halon tried calling through the CB while flipping through the channels.

*** A screech of static blared over the radio,Tombstone listened closely.

"*** Halon >static< Can anyone>Static<***"

" Mother fether!!" The biker roared grinning from ear to ear.

Tombstone rushed to the door "It's them!" he yelled

The shots continued to get closer.

" Feth..they sound like they're in trouble." Keira said stepping towards the door.

" Yeah" Shadow nodded " It sounds like they have company"

Tombstone paused,recalling the lumbering horror he had gunned down earlier.

" Take this" the biker said handing an RPG to Shadow along with a few extra rockets " Belive me..you may need it."

" The zombies are driving tanks now?" Shadow asked

" Um..no,but some of them ARE tanks now." Tomnstone replied

Shadow nodded.

"Every one else ready?" the biker asked.

Daisy and Jennifer nodded,weapons held ready.

Keira looked at the biker.

" I guess so" the woman said,she racked a shell into her shotgun.

" Ok then" Tombstone said " let's give 'em cover and get 'em inside."

The biker unslung the AK-47 he had shouldered,chambered a round and clicked off the safety.

"Let's rock" he said,slinging open the door.

Tombstone moved into the yard,weapon ready,Daisy and Jennifer took up fireing posistions on either side of the biker,while Shadow moved to the right,clearing his line of fire to use the RPG.

Keira moved along with the Tombstone,shotgun in hand.

In the distance,moving quickly up the road to the house,Tombstone saw the ambulance.

" They took an ambulance?" the biker thought to himself "How convinent".

As the ambulance closed the distance the group could hear the report and see the muzzle flashes of weapons fire.

" What's chasing them?" Keira asked.

" I guess we'll find out...real fething soon" replied Tombstone carefully taking aim....

OOC: Ok Ladies and Gents,now we have Group A ( Halon and company) in sight of group B .

This should be interesting, and of course..I'm certian Silver is lurking and waching...so it could get real dangerous real soon.

I aimed at the things head and let another controlled burst loose from my carbine. I could see the rounds hit home tearing bloody chunks out of its flesh, but despite my best efforts I just wasn't doing enough damage to it.

"Why won't it fething die!?!" yelled Bonzo over the sound of gunfire and the speeding ambulance as he also fired round after round into it.

"I don't know" I said as the ambulance made a hard turn. Its tires squealing in protest as we skidded through the turn.

The thing was close enough now for me to get my first good, clear look at it. The thing was massive, about the size of a large bull and hunched over running on all fours. Its rotted skin was covered in what looked like thick scales. Its head was elongated and large, sharp teeth filled its gaping maw as a thick drool was oozing out onto the road as it ran.

With a sudden burst of speed the thing lurched forward and lept high into the air.

"Brace for Impact!!!" I yelled and a split second later with a metallic crunch that caved the roof in a good inch the damn thing landed onto the roof of the ambulance. Bonzo and myself turned up and started spraying automatic fire through the roof hoping to dislodge the monster.

It was then that I heard weapons fire coming from outside the vehicle.

" Oh my God!" Keira exclaimed as she witnessed the rotted behemoth land with a crash onto the top of the ambulance.

" Holy feth!" Tombstone whispered.

Daisy aimed at the monstrosity,she squeezed the trigger of her weapon.

As if this was an unspoken signal,everyone opened fire,the ambulance was perhaps 30 yards in the distance,but Tombstone could see that most of the rounds loosed were finding there mark...the problem was...they didn't seem to be having much affect on the beast atop the ambulance.

Tombstone glanced back at Shadow who was trying to sight in a shot with the RPG.

" I can't risk it!" Shadow shouted " I could hit the car!"

From behind the bike,r Keira began to scream at the top of her lungs " Get the Feth out of the Car!!" the woman bellowed "Bonzo!!! Halon!!! get the feth out of the car!!!"

Shadow continued to keep the sights of the RPG sqaurely on the creature,hoping to get a clear shot.

" Get out of the car!!!" Tombstone yelled along with Keira,moving forward and fireing at the monstrosity,Daisy and Jennifer began to yell as well and advanced along with the biker.

The ambulance skidded to a halt 20 yards away.

"Saunders, Bonzo get strapped in I'm making one hell of a turn." Halon shouted back to his gunners.

Halon had debated with himself as what he would do now that they actually made it to the house. He decided that it would be best to turn so that the thing would still follow them, but allow the others, who were thankfully still there.

Halon saw an RPG and saw that it was in capable hands and hoped that it would be enough to bring this thing down. Halon turned the wheel to the right as fast as possible, the amulance almost rolling over, and revealed the creature casing them.

It was massive and had pieces of flesh dangling from it like ripped clothing, some of the flesh was colored a lot differently giving the thought that it could be made up of different people a good run. It's eyes were sunken back and its skull seemed to be popping out of it's forehead like a rhino's horn almost. It bled black ichor from the multitude of gunshot wounds it had received during its chase.

There was a loud thump as the beast jumped and landed on top of the ambulance. The increased weight slowed the vehicle down and dented the roof inwards. The sudden impact caused several compartments in the back to open up and throw medical gear all over the place, Saunders received a stethoscope to the head and Bonzo ducked as a box of activated charcoal flew across the back and landed with a thud against the other wall.

The sheer bulk of the creature had caused the ambualnce to start getting bogged down and soon enough it stopped. Bonzo and Saunders fired frantically at the roof in order to get the beast off of it, over the gunfire Halon could barely hear the others shouting at them "OUT NOW" was the only thing he was able to make out over the gunfire and the creature banging on the roof.

The banging soon gave way to a loud roar as the beast appeared in Halon's rearview mirror again, it had fallen off of the roof and was holding both of its large hands over it's left eye.

"I think you guys did something." Halon shouted back to his gunners as he revved the engine. The ambulance went into reverse and slammed into the monster, sending it on its back before Halon changed gears and got clear of it.

Shadow aimed carefully at the monster now that it was on the ground and the ambualnce was away just enough to be safe.

"You're one ugly motherfether." Shadow said as he fired the RPG at he monster as it was trying to get back up. The RPG impacted and blew the creature into two meaty chunks, one headed away from the house and contained part of the monster's torso and it's left arm while the remaing pieces of it launched up in the air like a popped up baseball and landed with a sickening thud near the group. The creature raised it's remaining arm and tried to grab at Shadow, but the chorus of several automatic weapons being used in unison blew through the monster's skull and sent bright green tissue spraying out of it.

"Wooooh!" Halon cried out as he got out of the ambulance and fell to the ground. Bonzo and Saunders came out of the back and soon Saunders found himself staring down the barrels of several automatic weapons.

"Hey, he's clean guys, he's clean." Halon shouted towards the group, still laying on the ground.

"Yeah, I got banged up when my helo crashed, but nothing bit me." Saunders quickly added to defend himself.

"Where's the kid?" Shadow asked Halon, standing near Halons head.

"In the back still." Halon said while pointing towards the ambulance, "Something weird happened in that hospital we were at, and something weird happened to K. Just letting you know."