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Rated T for some description of injuries, and possibly some language too.
I'm going to be pretty exact with locations, just from Google Maps. I don't own any companies.
Note: Gonna try and tie Emily and Colin's stories together today, and leave Lizzy for one of the side arcs later on. Gonna do an auxiliary still, just not yet.
POV: Crimson Convoy(Colin, Michelle, Greg, Alyssa, Suzy, Audrey[young], Emolga, Tyrone, Mariette, ?,?(Emolga's "friend"), George, Vicky, Adela[young], Amelia, Unnamed Male)
Time: Day 2, Hour 10
The Group had just split off from Emily, and they were ready to go. However, the male had begun to come to once they were on the move.
"Hello?" The man asked.
"Nice to see you're awake." Alyssa noted.
"Where am I?" The man asked, worried.
"You're in a car. This is the Crimson Convoy, or at least some of it. We rescued you from those creatures." Alyssa replied. "Who might you be?"
"I'm Alejandro..." The man replied. "And you are?"
"I'm Alyssa. That's Greg, Michelle, and Mariette. The last of those three doesn't speak english." Alyssa replied.
"Why'd you take them with then?" Alejandro asked.
"Because they wanted to live." Alyssa replied.
Alejandro understood. Mariette sniffled a bit, remembering losing her husband.
"We're gonna try and take her home. Or at least to Quebec." Greg replied.
"Did you guys lose any back at town?" Alejandro asked.
"Not in the town itself." Greg replied, forgetting about Matt.
"We did lose some people in exploration shortly before." Michelle replied.
"Ah." Alejandro asked. "I don't remember what happened to my group very well."
"Its fuzzy, but I think you were ambushed, I tried helping." Alyssa replied.
"Thanks for saving me then?" Alejandro replied.
Alyssa nodded, smiling.
"Well..." Alejandro said. "Where are we headed?"
"We're gonna follow this up north, get to Seattle, maybe get into Canada." Alyssa replied. "Or that's what Colin said."
"Colin the leader?" Alejandro asked. Alyssa nodded.
"I think we'll stop at the next town up." Greg noted. "See if there's anything or anyone there."
"Aren't there enough people?" Alejandro asked.
"Well giving how often we go through people..." Alyssa replied. "We've got like a rotating back cast."
Alejandro shrugged. "Well I guess if you must."
"We might keep our numbers the same if we would not lose people every other six hours." Michelle replied.
"Ah..." Alejandro noted. "Why not try and prevent that?"
"Just bad timing, you know?" Alyssa replied. "Well with the attack..."
"Ah..." Alejandro replied.
Alyssa nodded. "We didn't lose many, but our friends did."
"Friends?" Alejandro.
"Yeah." Alyssa replied. "We're kind of a patchwork team."
Greg nodded. "Us three and Colin were the original members."
"Interesting." Alejandro replied. "Think you'll make it?"
"You never know." Alyssa replied. "I'm confident the Convoy will, just maybe not us."
Alejandro shrugged. "I guess so."
"Anyways." Alyssa replied. "Welcome to the Convoy. We hope you enjoy your stay, and that it's more than a day."
Alejandro nodded, thanking Alyssa.
While they were chatting, Colin was talking to the remaining Grump, Suzy.
"What are we gonna do with the rest of the refugees?" Suzy asked.
"Drop them off at the next town that's safe." Colin replied. "We've got enough people with us."
Suzy looked back at Audrey, sighing.
Colin didn't know what to say. It was just the three of them in the van, due to the fact that the rest of the convoy managed to be in Emily's old car.
Suzy ate her candy bar, thanking Colin for it.
"The least I can do." Colin replied. "You actually knew that person. The Convoy is only as old as this place is."
"You seemed to know each other better than that..." Suzy replied.
"Yeah, we met online." Colin replied. "Hardly counts in comparison."
Suzy nodded. "Well as you said... Gotta keep going."
Colin nodded back. "We've gotta continue. Seattle or die trying."
Suzy grinned, sniffling.
"You're gonna make a good mom." Colin replied.
"You think so?.." Suzy asked.
"I'm pretty sure. Maybe you'll even re-meet that person you were talking about you liked." Colin replied.
"Arin?" Suzy asked. "Yeah."
"Yeah, him." Colin answered.
Suzy peered at Emolga. "You haven't seen much, have you?"
"No..." Emolga said. "Can talk better though!"
"I noticed." Suzy replied. "A lot faster."
"Still broke though." Emolga replied. "Not good much."
Suzy nodded. "You'll get there!"
Emolga smiled. Suzy didn't seem to have the hard feelings that others had about her since the escape.
"What's being like that like?" Suzy whispered to the Emolga.
'Weird." The Emolga replied, also quiet. "Wet."
"Wet?" Suzy asked. Emolga pointed out her drippiness.
"Ah." Suzy replied. "Anything else?"
"Warm." Emolga replied. Suzy nodded.
"Think I could become one?" Suzy asked, no longer attached to the human party as much.
"No." Emolga said. "Be called bad."
"You would be called bad?" Suzy asked. Emolga nodded.
"Well I guess if I couldn't talk, I couldn't defend you..." Suzy replied. "You're not too good at it yourself..."
"Yeah..." Emolga replied. "no turn."
Suzy nodded, slightly upset, thanking Emolga for conversation. Once they were done, Colin had gotten off the Interstate.
"Where are we going?" The duo said, Suzy more coherent than Emolga.
"I found some signs for a fort. We're gonna drop off the refugees, and they'll stay there." Colin replied.
"Cool!" The duo said again.
"you two like each other?" Colin asked. "I won't judge."
Emolga blushed. Suzy didn't seem to mind as much.
"Well..." Suzy said. "We're friends at least!"
Colin laughed a bit. "Well we'll be dropping off the groups."
Suzy looked outside, as the group arrived at the fort.
"State your business." The guard said.
"We're looking to drop some people off." Colin replied.
"Hm..." The guard said, a lady. "Come on in."
Colin started to drive in, wondering what was going to be there.
POV: Team Grump Official(Arin, Dan, Liam, Pidove, Glameow, Emmy(Eevee), Heather(Audino), Wooper, Lisa)
Time: Day 2, Hour 6
Arin had just gotten up, having calmed down Alan, convincing him to keep his little checkpoint going.
Dan had just come in to say hello, visibly tired.
"You're up early." Arin told Dan.
"Emmy stayed up all night." Dan replied. "She's really excited. She wants to see the world."
"Well tell her if it's at all possible, we'll take her to New York City."
"Why NYC?" Dan asked.
"I was gonna see if Jon knew of anywhere we could stay." Arin replied.
"Right." Dan said back, yawning. "Fair enough."
"Is Heather still asleep?" Arin asked. Dan nodded.
"Ah." Arin replied. "Was gonna have her help chat up Emmy and them."
"Makes sense." Dan replied. Arin nodded.
"Think she's ever been anywhere?" Arin asked Dan.
"Emmy?" Dan asked. "Probably. She likely has parents. Or had."
Arin nodded in agreement.
"Let's wait for the others to get up." Arin said. Dan proposed turning on the television. A few things were on the television, but no signs of what to come.
"Fine." Dan replied. "Let's do that."
3 Hours Later...
Alan had just come in, looking to see what the weather was. The weather happened to be on, though the newscaster did seem rather somber about the weather. Alan didn't seem to notice, but Arin talked about it to Dan. Dan didn't know why the weather was so sad, suggesting it was just a thing that happened over here.
"Feeling better?" Arin asked. Alan nodded.
"Thanks for that last night..." Alan replied. "I forgot how much these people depend on me."
"And outsiders need your help too." Arin said. "Make yourself a village. Take in who you can. Maybe defend the place."
Alan wrote these down after grabbing a pen and paper.
Arin smiled at Alan. "There you go."
"Well..." Alan replied. "I know you have to go, but can I take your picture?"
"Sure!" Arin noted. Alan took a picture of the two Grumps, it printing as the camera was one of those that printed.
Arin and Dan decided to head out after this, thanking Alan for the place to stay and have breakfast. Alan smiled, thanking Arin for inspiring him to continue. The group drove off, returning to the interstate. Signs with the amount of miles to Arizona were graffitied with various disheartening messages, mostly about how about how "salvation wouldn't come". Heather expressed her worries. After about 5 more minutes of driving, they came to a makeshift checkpoint right before the Colorado river. It seemed mostly abandoned. Arin came to a stop, knocking on the door of the building.
"Hello?" Arin said. No response. Arin knocked harder. Dan noticed someone in the window.
"We're friendly!" Dan yelled. "Trust us!"
After this, the door slowly began to unlock, someone peeking out.
"Hello?" They said.
"Hi." Arin said. "We were checking to see if the checkpoint was still up."
"Oh." The person, an elderly male, said. "There's nobody here anymore but me. Those slimes went right past. They're abandoning the four corners today.
"Four more states?" Arin said, stunned. "Is it that bad?"
"Yes." The man replied. "I hear they're just gonna keep retreating until they get the thing delivered they need."
"You know what that is?" Arin asked.
"Above my pay-grade." The man said.
"Oh." Arin said. "Fine then."
Lisa was watching the slimes, kinda worried about being around them as she was. Dan went back to reassure her.
Arin went in, the man showing off what he had left.
"I'm just gonna wait here. When my time comes, it'll come." The man said.
"You sure?" Arin replied. "We can find room for you. There's a place like 10 minutes out..."
"No, thank you." The man said. "I'll be fine here."
Arin pointed it out on the map anyways, in case the man changed his mind. Wishing the man goodbye, he got back in his vehicle.
"What are we gonna do?" Arin asked.
"Keep going." Heather replied. "We'll make it."
Emmy nodded. She wanted to see the world, after all.
"Well..." Dan replied. "We can't really go back, can we?"
Arin sighed. "I guess you're right. It'd be too much traffic to make it back."
Emmy barked happily. They were gonna keep going!
The group decided to just keep going, as Emmy had discovered. They didn't know what Arizona would bring them, but they hoped it was good.
POV: Team Others(Barry, Ross, Sylv, Edward, Juarez)
Time: Day 2, Hour 9
The Quartet(Sylv keeping watch of the car), had just walked back into the T.J Maxx, seeking to pick up the infected that was scaring everyone.
Edward went to it first, peeking in. The person, er, Pokemon inside backed up, making some feral noises.
"Calm down..." Edward said. "We're not gonna hurt you..."
"Careful in there kid." Juarez said, not liking this at all.
The Pokemon calmed down a tiny bit, exposing a bit of herself to the light.
"See?" Edward replied, backing up. "Just follow me..."
The Pokemon seemed extremely scared, but followed Edward. Juarez and the lady in charge were told to scatter as to not scare her, which they did.
The Pokemon came out of her hidey-hole, going back barely inside upon seeing the two Grumps.
"It's okay..." Edward said softly. "They're friends."
"F-friends?" The Pokemon replied, considering hiding fully again. Edward nodded.
"You'll be safe with them." Edward replied. "Don't worry..."
The Pokemon came out, revealing herself to be an Emolga.
"See..." Edward replied. "You're a cutie. Just gotta be out in the light."
The Emolga blushed some, too timid to thank Edward.
Edward smiled, sitting down as to reach her eye level. She stretched out, revealing her white furred chest and belly, along with her large flaps.
"Now would you like something to wear? That might make you feel a bit more human." Edward asked.
"Sure!" The Emolga said weakly. Edward and the Emolga went off to go find something she'd fit in. She quickly found some pants she liked, and a dress to go with, which could simply have the sides cut to fit her flaps. The duo went to a dressing room area in order to get that on. An overall like shirt was worn under it. It worked a lot better, since unlike a real flying squirrel, an Emolga has flaps down to its lower hips. Not as useful for gliding in her case, but it'd manage due to her anatomy otherwise, with much thinner legs than Sylv, this time for design. Edward and his new friend came out to show the trio of other teammates. "That's Barry, Ross, and Juarez." Edward introduced them to the Emolga.
"Hi." Ross said. Barry said the same. Juarez seemed worried still.
"h-hi.." The Emola responded.
Edward did a fake hug, since he couldn't really hug the Pokemon after all. She took the gesture for what it was, but was mildly upsetted that it couldn't be real.
"Wanna come with us?" Edward asked.
The Emolga nodded excitedly. Edward seemed like a nice boy, and it beat hiding here all day. Edward went to let the lady in charge know of this decision, which she(the lady in charge) was quite happy about. Juarez wasn't very happy about the move, having ignored the Sylveon due to her established membership before he joined. Though for the Emolga, on the other hand, there were more than just the nice boy.
"You fine with that?" Edward asked Barry and Ross. Neither minded the extra slime.
"Yay!" The Emolga yelled, having to catch herself from hugging her new friend. Edward blew her a kiss instead, giving that kisses travelled better than hugs. The Emolga seemed to like this.
"Well what do we call you then?" Ross asked.
"Oh..." The Emolga replied. "How about..." She didn't want to admit she had forgotten it at the moment.
"How about Isabelle?" Edward asked. The Emolga nodded.
"For now..." The newly named Isabelle replied.
"Well you don't have any records yet." Edward said. "You have time to decide!"
Isabelle grinned a bit.
"Shall we?" Ross asked. The two new friends nodded.
Barry lead the five outside, showing Sylv the other slime.
"How come she gets clothes?" Sylv asked, noting her outfit.
"You didn't take any." Ross replied. Sylv sighed, accepting that reasoning. "We can get you some later though."
"Well who is she anyways?" Sylv asked.
"That's Isabelle." Edward. "Isabelle, that's Sylv. She was here when I joined."
Isabelle looked at the fellow Pokemon. "You..."
"Yeah yeah..." Sylv said, tired of this reaction. "Talking slime, I know, rare..."
"Its..." Isabelle said. "Good..."
'Yeah, good to have your humanity intact..." Sylv said, unsure about that due to the experiments that were performed on here as a lab-subject for a couple of days.
Isabelle chuckled, before seeming upset.
"Transformation's unpleasant, I know..." Sylv replied. "IT gets better though..."
"It..." Isabelle replied. "Does?"
"Yeah." Sylv said. "You do get worse, all goopy, you can't stay together too well, but then, it'll just end. You'll be a solid mass again, unable to infect anyone you don't want to."
"Goopy?" Isabelle asked.
"Yeah..." Sylv demonstrated, melting into a puddle, before coming back into form. "Like that."
Isabelle seemed spooked. "You're liquid..."
Sylv nodded. "You'll be too. But it's like pudding. You just have to set. Also you have to stay in the trunk. Infection reasons. We can chat though."
Isabelle seemed off-put, but it beat being stuck inside not going anywhere. And she'd have a friend too. She took a moment to think about this.
"I'll come with." Isabelle replied. Sylv nodded approvingly. "Can you teach me all that melty stuff?"
"Sure!" Sylv replied, letting her happy fairy-type personality come through, wiggling her tail.
"Should we go?" Ross asked.
Sylv nodded, the duo getting into their spots, waiting on the car to move off.