Chapter 2

Nick slowly walked in the middle of the street, followed closely behind by Ellis and Rochelle, Coach lagged behind due to a slash on his leg.

Nick: "c'mon Coach. Just a little further."

Coach: "I can't go that fast."

Rochelle looks behind coach at a faint figure hopping between buildings. suddenly the figure becomes larger and pounces on Coach.

Coach: "AAH! Hunter! Get it the fuck off me!"

Ellis cuts it apart as Nick shoots it in the head

Coach: "Son-ova Bitch"

Coach uses his Medpack and Rochelle uses the scope of her sniper to estimate distance, with Ellis standing guard.

Ellis: "TANK"

Nick: "shit shit SHIT"

as the four of them run into an alley Ellis spots a Grenade launcher and runs for it.

Nick: "Someone shoot it in the face."

Suddenly the tank (as well as the ground beneath it) bursts into flames. they have no time to ponder this as Ellis grabs the Grenade launcher and shoots the tank in the face, downing him.

Nick: "who threw the Molotov?"

four people jump down from a 1 story building beside the tank's charred body

Bill: "that would be us."

Zoey stares at Ellis as the rest of them reload and exchange greetings. Nick and Francis seem to agree on most things, and Rochelle finds it comforting to have another girl around.

Nick: "okay well there's a fence in between us and the cheap burger joint.

Ellis takes out his machete

Ellis: "so lets cut it up"

Nick: "can't"

Coach and Ellis go crazy with melee weapons and cut up the fence

Coach: "can't my ass"

Nick: "why didn't we do that back in the Carnival"

Ellis: "we weren't pissed off"

Zoey: "what's that?"

Zoey raises her hand and points at a charger headed STRAIT FOR HER, Ellis pushes her out of the way and shoots it in the face with the 'nade launcher

Nick: "that is one dead charger"

Zoey: "thanks"

Ellis: "it's cool"

Bill: "so...what was that?"

Nick: "they charge at you with the big arm and smash you into the ground"

Francis: "i h-"

Zoey: "Oh my god if you say 'i hate' one more time i'll beat you with my hunting rifle"

Francis: "FINE i dislike Chargers"

Zoey glares at Francis

the group enters the burger joint and finds that the whole place is a safe room.

Francis: "why is there always one of these when we get tired?"

Ellis: "lets call it luck"

they examine the safe room and realize it's night.

Francis pulls out a bottle of Tylenol. Francis takes some and begins to fall asleep

Ellis: "is that safe?"

Zoey: "don't bet your life on it"

Rochelle: "isn't there something more comfortable then the hard ground.

Nick: "i wish"

Louis picks up a frying pan

Louis: "WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THIS BEFORE?"

Bill: "I'm kinda pissed about it myself"

Ellis starts to open the cash register and uses the money to start a fire in the oven. using a chair for wood.

Zoey takes the seat cushions from 10 of the chairs and makes a crappy bed for herself

Ellis: "well, aren't you a smart cookie?"

the rest begin assembling chair cushion beds and eventually fall asleep

Zoey: "Ellis what's wrong"

Ellis: "huh you're awake too?"

Zoey: "I can't get to sleep."

Ellis: "I-I've done something I'm not proud of"

Zoey: "what is it"

Ellis begins to cry lightly

Ellis: "I killed Jimmy Gibbs Jr."

Zoey: "who?"

Ellis: "he's my favorite race car driver and I killed him."

Ellis hugs Zoey and she tries to console him.

Zoey: "It'll be okay, I'm sure he's in a better place and is glad you killed him. he was infected.

Ellis: "you really think so?"

Zoey: "yeah"

Ellis stops crying and stops hugging her.

Ellis: "thanks"

they both go to sleep.

somewhere not-so far away

a hunter is on the floor writhing in pain

Hunter: "Waugh"

Hunter: "it hurts"

slowly his teeth get sharper and his legs get more...animal like. developing into hind claws, like a werewolf but not so hairy as one.

His transformation completes and his hood falls off. His eyeless sockets glisten in the moonlight and his head is bald. his nose sunken in to two slits and he makes a wicked smile.

His arms too are sharper and werewolf like, again without hair.

Hunter: "I-i feel different"

Hunter: "my claws, they're more sharp and beastial."

Hunter: "my legs feel stronger then ever."

Hunter: "and for once in my unlife i can think again"

Hunter: "but the hunger is still there"

Hunter: "I will call new breed...Stalker"

the Stalker stares at the light of the burger tank sign as it slowly turns on

Stalker: "lights mean...Food"