No way forward, no way back.

the truck came to a screaching halt. "looks like mah rig aint goin no further" said hank in a sad tone. the small stone bridge over the river in front of them had been destroyed. "well great." muttered floyd "now were stuck". "not neccisaraly" said ashley as she pointed to there left. there was a construction site, with a bridge going over the river. the problem was the iron gate blocking them out. "well we could find a way around the gate, and open it?" said D. floyd patted him on the shoulder "first good idea you've come up with" they all hopped outta the semi trucks trailer, and looked around. "im gonna hang back with the rig" said hank, and floyd nodded "good idea."

after a few minutes the survivors had found a small mansion. they walked up to the door, and D shouldered it open. as they walked in they saw stuffed,animals heads, and trophies. "a hunters house" said floyd "and a damned good one" he muttered as D poked a stuffed bears head. the entire east half of the mansion was crumbled into dust. "soooo...we go upstairs?" asked wesley with an amused look on his face. as they started up the stairs, they found a stained glass door. wesley opened it and an alarm went off "DAMIT WESLEY! WHAT'D YOU DO?" yelled floyd and wesley shrugged "uhuh?" he said with a shrug. as the horde surrounded them, they heard a loud roaring sound. before anyone could say anything, a charger came through the horde, and hit the group dead on. ashley was sent backwards into the room wesley had oppened, D was shoved out of the way, and into the horde, and floyd was thrown backwards into a wall. the charger grabbed wesley, and started to slam him on the ground. as floyd started to stand up, and D shot the horde attacking him, ashley unloaded 2 whole clips into the charger. finaly it came down, and wesley was freed. he lay on the ground silently, not moving. "wesley?" asked ashley as she slowly walked towards him. after a few second, he sat bolt up, slamming his head against ashleys. "WATCH IT!" she yelled, and he stared confused at his friends. "my back hurts." he finaly sputtered out and floyd sighed. "just as dumb as ever, eh' wes?" asked D sarcasticaly. "shut up!" said wesley good natured as he started to stand, but quickly fell back down. "oww!" he yelped and looked at his leg. ashley quickley walked up, and grabbed it. "i think ur ankle dislocated..." she mumbled, then before anyone could do anything, jerked his ankle hard. he yelle dout, but his ankle had been put back into socket. she quickly wrapped his ankle in gauze. "try not to twist it" she said. now that they were all fine, they looked around. there wasnt any way out of the room except to turn around. "greeeaaat" said ashley "a dead end." muttered D as they turned to walk away. "wait a mintue!" called wesley. they turned to see he had opened the curtains, and found a balcony. "cool" said D as the other 3 survivors walke dout onto it. then they saw the hole in the floor. "we could go down?" suggested wesley. floyd shook his head "could be to dangerous." he said and ashley frowned. "somtimes you gotta take a chance" she said. then she looked at wesley "were does it go? she asked. wesley shrugged "down to the first floor. probly some where behind the ruble we couldnt get under" he said with a shrug. "no" said floyd. but ashley just stared down. "maybe we cou-" she started but before she finished, welsey hopped into the gaping hole in the balcony floor. "oh great" said D "now we have to follow him"

when they jumped down, they fell into a kitchen. wesley was already at the kitchen door, looking down the hallway. "what do you see?" asked floyd. in an instant, a smokers tounge came through the hole above them, and wrapped around ashley, slowly lifting her off the ground, and starngling her. she coughed and kicked, trying to get free. D quickly shot through the hole, and killed the smoker, causeing her to fall. she slowly stood. and coughed "maybe we- *cough cough* - maybe we should keep goinf?" suggested ashley as wesley looked back at them from the outherside of the kitchen. "theres a door that goes outside right down there" he said. "lets go then"said they walked down the hallway, they all semmed on end. a big closed door leading outside? what was on the otherside? how many of them? and what in the hell was that loud grinding noise coming from behind it? as they all walked, only wesley seemed at ease, dashing forward and waiting at the door for the others to approach. when they opened the door, it lead out into a pool, which had the mansion built around it. "NICE!" commented D. they all looked at the pool, til the grinding noise came back. "what the...?" asked ashley and they all turned around. at the edge of the pool was a grate. and that noise was coming from in the grate. they all walked up to it, and looked down, to see 2 men. one with a rifle, and the other a powersaw, fighting the zombies under them in the sewers. "HEY! UP HERE!" called down D. the older of the 2 men looked up. he had messy black hair, and a beard. he was definantly an outdoorsman "joey its other people." he said as he nudged the boy. the boy looked up, and it was unmistakable that the 2 people were related. the boy looked almost exactly like the other man, except for the beard, and he wasnt as well built, and big "i am-" started the man with a slight nod "Richard p. Mcgerald, at your service" he finished in a high, respectable tone. :the world famous hunter. and this is my son jonathan" he said. the boy sighed slightly "its joey" he said up to the survivors. floyd seemed to be thinking. "and why are you down there?" he asked. "we thought this way would be safe...but its not" said joey "think you could help us get out?" he asked. floyd thought for a moment "how would we do this?" he asked and the boy seemed to be thinking for a moment. he was obviously the brains between the two of them "maybe...the construction site?" joey mused "they accidentaly dug into part of the sewer." he said. "get us there, and we should be able to climb out" he finished. floyd shook his head "we already got our own problems" he said. ashley elbowed him hard "we're already going to the construction site floyd! cant you just not be a dick for once?" she asked angrily. floyd sighed in resignation "fine...how are we helping you get there?" he asked. "well there's an old water station up ahead. if you go in there and open the realse valve on the blocked off part of the sewer, we could go through there?" joey suggested. "fine." said floyd.

as joey, and richard headed further into the sewers, floyd and the others looked around them. "joey said the water station house was to the south, which would be that way" ashley said pointing south. they all headed that way, until they finally made it out the back of the mansion. when they walked outside, the were imediantly ambushed by a horde. after a few seconds, they heard laughing, and D instinctivly ducked. "back humper!" he yelled, but it was already on wesley. "GET THE FUCK OFF!" he yelled as he ran in circles. floyd struck out with his gun, knocking the jockey off wesley, and wesley to the ground. floyd shot it, and then helped wesley up. "dont have time for you to nap kid" he said. as they continued to head towards the river bank the water staion was supposed to be on, a glob of acid hit the ground at their feet. shit! move!" ordered floyd, and they all quickly ran forward, as D shot the spitter. finaly the horde thinned out a little bit. they finaly made it to the river bank. "well the construction sites that way" said D pointing left "but they said the water stations that way" he said pointing the other way. "well seens how theres a wall blocking us from the construction site, and nowhere else to go" said floyd "lets go find that water staion. they turned and went right after a few minutes, they saw one of the houses was barricaded. "safe room?" said D as he ran forward. they all quickly went inside. "do you think those two will be fine down there while we're in here?" asked ashley. floyd shrugged and grunted "uhuh. they'll have to now wont they?" ashely just stared at him "whats your problem? those are human beings down there! like us!" she said angrily and floyd shrugged again "yea, but theres a difference" floyd said "we-" he indicated the 3 people with him. "are up here, and together. they are down there and together." he said. "so if they were up here, you would help them?" she asked and floyd shrugged yet again "if they could keep up." ashely threw her hands up in agrivation. "i give it! your like reasoning with a goddam wall!" she said as she walked away, and floyd laughed to himself...