CHAPTER 2

"Ok, if you really are telling the truth, then we have a BIG problem. Thunder Bay has almost 200,000 people...meaning A LOT of zombies. 9 millimeters aren't going to do much. We need some serious guns here!" Shinji said.

"Hey, Dumbass! Look where we are! This is Vash's house, the gun capital of the planet!" Akito responded

"Ok everyone, suit up. I have extra combat gear here...Well, just a few Kevlar jackets and Army fatigues, but I'll have to do for now." Vash instructed

Akito, Shinji and Vash started suiting up, but Peter stood in a corner cradling his VP70.

"What's wrong?" Vash asked Peter.

"I just saw the entire TBPD get killed. I had to blast 5 of my friends just to get to the last squad car! I just want out of this hellhole!"

It had been 6 hours since the spill, and the entire lakefront area was infested, slowly spreading the virus outward into the city.

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The surviving TBPD had made it to the last un-infected building in the lower half of the city, the OPP building on one of the main streets.

Slowly but surely, the flow of survivors into the building had stopped altogether, leaving around 2000 people in that one spot, everyone of them with a gun. It was reassuring to know that 3/5 of the population had escaped before the disaster got any worse. They all figured that there was at least 4000 more people in other places, but it also meant there were......a WHOLE LOT of braindead, flesheating zombies around. It would be a merical if any of them survived.

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"Every one know how a gun works? You point the long round part at anything undead and blast it until it's a pile of goo, got it?"

"Yep"

"Uh-Huh"

"Got it"

"Ok then."

Vash gave everyone a backpack to carry ammo and started handing out guns.

Peter was going to carry his VP70 and an MP5 submachine gun with many clips of 9mm rounds for both.

Akito was going to carry the M16A1 Assault Rifle with M203 grenade launcher.

His pack was full of 30 round 5.56mm clips and dozen or so 40mm grenades.

Shinji took an Ithaca model 57 12-gague shotgun and a P229 9mm for backup.

He was able to fit 200 rounds in his pack and stuck the 9mm clips in his pockets and belt.

Vash took his Barrett Sniper Rifle with all 200 .50in rounds in clips (for the range) and the SAW with 10 clips of 200 rounds each (for the ability to mow down large groups).

"Ok, we're armed to the teeth. Now what?" Peter asked

"If the TBPD was wiped out, then I guess everyone went to the place with the second largest amount of guns in Thunder Bay, the OPP station." Vash answered

"Then what?" Chimed in Shinji

"Let me guess- Help the survivors out?" Akito said dully.

"You got it! We'll bring them a heavy support weapon and ammo, too." Vash finished, then loaded a belt-fed SMG into a bag with a few boxes of 7.62mm shells along with 2 AS12 auto-shotguns and 12-gauge shells.

"Ok, It's really getting bad out there, Zombie-wise. I say we get the survivors outta here, then haul ass. Any objections? No? Good."

"If were looking at least 100 survivors out there, won't we need a big vehicle of some sort?"

"That's right. What could we use? And how are we going to find them?"

"Well, to answer you questions....first, we get a city or school bus, although I prefer a school bus because it would be harder to tip and second, we just follow the sound of gunfire!"

"Makes sense, but what are we going to use to find the school bus in the first place?"

"We'll take my sister's jeep!" Vash said, pointing to his sister's brand- new Jeep Wrangler Sport.

"Why the jeep? Wouldn't the car be faster?" Shinji pointed out.

"Yes, but the jeep is 4 wheel drive and can carry more weigh while we go look. Plus, the top is down so we can shoot any zombies to save anyone who might be wandering around...still alive that is"

"I see. But who's going to be doing the shooting?"

"Well, Aquito's got the assault rifle, so we'll pack a bunch of extra clips that he can use those without using his own supply. Oh, and we'll take a bunch of extra ammo for survivors to use" Vash finished.

"We all ready?"

A solemn nod of heads sealed their fate.