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AN: I wonder how this chapter is...read and review. Thanks for the past reviews,
I need them to keep working. Ah, this chapter was irritating to write. It was fun and all
but its not perfectly the way I want it. Oh well, as long as it doesn't totally suck...
I mean, I had time to run it through spellcheck and had a very quick look at it.
Disclaimer: Whatever, you know the rules.
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*Chapter 6: Scavenge
Things didn't go as Zack had hoped. People were everywhere and they were suppose to be
inside their old houses and do what ever they did. Then he'd go out and explore the area, find
food, find clothes, and find shelter. This scenario was gonna go down a way different way
though.
Max walked slowly up from behind Zack who stood wide-eyed looking at the riots and the
screaming crowds.
"Zack, perhaps we should go out now." Max suggested, but her suggestion was more like a
question.
Now where did that come from? Zack thought turning to look at his little sister. Why in the
world would they go out in the danger of the crazy civilians and risk themselves? He was
speechless, he always had an answer or at least something to retort at his siblings questions
but now he couldn't even think. He just looked at her with question and curiosity, maybe
there was some type of weird explanation for what she said.
"I mean...We could get lost in the crowds. Wouldn't it be easier to find stuff we need if
they," She looked in the direction of the small city," were to busy ravaging stores and each
others houses?"
Now he felt dumbfounded and completely stupid. Why hadn't he thought about that? It was
easy, nobody would see them...hopefully. And those who did might think of them as wild
children scavenging like themselves in the rubble of Kwik-E-Mart ruins.
"Yeah." He looked at the others who were immediately staring at him, waiting for an
answer. Zack signaled them to pair up two to a pair like he did in the escape. They all got
with their closest friends like always, Max and Jondy or Krit and Syl style. Zack ended up
with Tinga, the oldest female of the unit, almost Zack's age.
"Memorize the precise area your standing in. We will meet exactly at this spot in 10 minutes
or less. Younger soldiers, 10 or under, look for food." Several of the unit moved over to the
side, Zack knew the youngest soldiers in his unit had insane eye sight and were hungry
enough to know exactly where safe food was.
"Age 11, search for shelter." He directed as nearly the rest of the unit put themselves away
from the remaining 'older' soldiers. That age or just a little bit older made up most of the unit
and shelter was a big deal after rations so it was divided pretty good so far.
"Everyone else, look for clothes, any attire except what we are wearing is fine, 10 minutes
should be more then enough time to just look. Any questions?"
The heads of the 3 groups shook, no. "Good, move out." He said then signaled with two
fingers to go.
Everyone began to fall out but Tinga and Zack, who waited to make sure everyone was gone
and understood the objective. Zack was weary and was unsure if his orders were the right
ones to give out and felt a chill in his back.
"We'll be fine...come on." Tinga reassured her C.O by tugging at his arm and finally both
taking their own absence.
*
Max and Jondy rushed quickly around a large fat woman with large red lips who almost
stepped on them. They held each others hands tightly in excitement and fear looking for any
sign of food, a store untouched by the mad humans running among them. TVs that were
being stolen from small electrical stores were being carried out one by one only few
remained on in the window.
"The Pulse, what some s--entists call the electro- magnetic pul- sent by terrorists is
---ing great despair all --er the once beautif-- USA. Here in -----a only ea-- of this city
is left untouched by thieves." The broadcasters announced on one of the local TVs, before it
was ripped from its place by to brawny men. The station was half way out and snowy like all
the other TVs looked upon.
However, for two X5, it was plenty of info to learn of untouched land. The east. Jondy
quickly pulled on her sister's arm as they blurred as fast as they could to the eastern part of
the town. It took most of their remaining time to arrive but it as very untouched, all people
running towards the south west for better prizes in more expensive stores.
They looked in a glass door of a small stop's window and smiling woman waved at them
clearly not understanding what was going on outside. She must have been deaf to not hear
the sirens and blind not to see the newscast, Max thought. Then they left to go back to their
rendezvous point.
*
Zane and Raven looked hard for a shelter of some type, preferably an abandoned building.
It didn't take to long for their duty to finish, for their was old buildings everywhere.
old loading stations, old office buildings, hay filled building with old bales never recieved
by city kept horses. The only problem with them is they kept loosing each other.
Raven curious and excited wandering off in buildings and Zane getting left behind after
realizing he was talking to himself and not his friend.
It was worse after he was stepped on about 4 times by obese people with large feet.
"Raven?" He yelled out, agitated at the stampede.
"Where did you go?" He asked opening up a small hidden entrance they found to a building.
"What?" Her dark brown eyes flashed mocking him, poor Zane trying to take charge and be
Zack-like but terribly unable to.
"Quit running off!" He growled as she crawled through the entrance to get out again.
"Zane, quiet! We have no time for your useless prattle, now come on unless you wanna
be late?" She asked narrowing her crescent moon shaped eyes.
"No." He stated after they successfully crawled out, him stumbling a bit.
"You think this place is okay?" He said indicating the building with his eyes.
"Sure. Better then the ground we slept on yesterday." She blinked at him again trying to
make playfully make him angry again because she found it funny.
"Lets head back then."
*
Zack and Tinga went by many clothing stores appealing to them both but all were currently
being ransacked furiously.
"That one." Tinga pointed out.
"No." Zack responded.
"Why, there is only one person in there!"
"Fine. Do you think they'll fit any of us?" Zack looked at her knowing the answer.
"Oh. Oops." The store was full of adult sizes for women and men.
They kept walking down the less filled streets on the edge of town.
"Oh, that one then!" Tinga suggested, determined to get Zack's heads-up on one of them.
They moved closer to the window, few people were in there and the clothes were mostly
non-adult and non-baby sized.
"I...guess." Zack checked the security in the store. Surprisingly minimum. The cameras
would screw up because of the Pulse problem everyone was squalling about.
"We should go...now." He said taking off with Tinga beside him.
*
Most of the soldiers were at rendezvous already, but not all of them.
Zack and Tinga returned soon before the remaining came back, all standing in a straight line
to report their finds quickly.
"Group one?" He asked but specifically looked upon his closest friends, Max and Jondy.
"Found several places in the east, few were yet ruined. The others found places but more
in ruin, probably to late." Max stated, standing straight
and proud.
"Good. Group two?"
"We found several places to stay, none were bothered or possessed any other inhabitants."
Raven said before Zane could say anything. It almost made her laugh when Zane looked at
her, smiling in madness.
"Ok...and I have conversed with the rest of my group. We have correct attire to look like
the civilians." He paused as the faces of the unit grew excited at what had happened
since the escape, they were out and fending successfully enough on their own.
"Re-group and follow each other every few steps to the shelter group 2 found. Lead."
They waited for Zane and Raven to lead their group ahead before following.
It would be weird to see children in strange outfits with identical hair cuts wondering among
the streets, Zack thought. Group by group they'd split up just enough to make a viewer
confused at their one second presence. They were quick and careful but finally all were in
the abandoned apartment building the others had found.
"I want two groups of five to come, the remaining are to guard this place." Zack said
to the children. They quickly became groups...again, and the very few left guarded the
place.
"You, get food, we took survival almost every week, you know what you can and can't get."
Max and Jondy led that group.
It wasn't that hard to do either. By the time they arrived at their last part, people started
scavenging in buildings with scared, hiding, owners hiding behind the cashiers.
They wouldn't be picked out of the dozens of others gathered around certain things with
piled up shopping carts.
Tinga showed the 5 in there group to use the bags to gather things more efficiently. They
gathered food, they were trained about in basic preparation for the earliest missions. Things
they hardly knew about, like the food, but they had no idea whatsoever what was in the
outside world. The food they stole was mainly stuff they saw the officers, instructors and
guards eat during lunch, the stuff that didn't include cooking, and lots of junk food.
*
Zack and Tinga lead instructed their group to the clothes shops they saw. The kids eyes were
overwhelmed with the stuff they got to wear to fit in. Very different from their camouflage
uniforms or the gray outfits they wore the other half of the time.
Since the dressing rooms were empty, Tinga took time to explore. She saw what people left
behind and remembered the underclothes the female instructors taught the oldest she-X5
to wear near the days of the escape.
She quickly gathered her needed outfits and changed in the little box room looking at herself
in the mirror. "Oh, I like this." She turned around and smiled. Tinga knew she was gonna
have fun with clothes when ever she had time.
Other members of the group decided to change too and were equally satisfied by the wear.
Totally different, all covered up, tight in some places, nice- looking and strong fabric.
Even Zack enjoyed the new clothes alot and couldn't wait to let the others come and change
as well.
After they grabbed extra pairs, they headed back just in time for the others to arrive.
Each looked longingly to either change into different clothes or eat the food they brought
back.
~~~~~~~
I know this chapter really sucks. I may rewrite it I dunno, I've been busy and have had no
time to write!
AN: I wonder how this chapter is...read and review. Thanks for the past reviews,
I need them to keep working. Ah, this chapter was irritating to write. It was fun and all
but its not perfectly the way I want it. Oh well, as long as it doesn't totally suck...
I mean, I had time to run it through spellcheck and had a very quick look at it.
Disclaimer: Whatever, you know the rules.
*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
*Chapter 6: Scavenge
Things didn't go as Zack had hoped. People were everywhere and they were suppose to be
inside their old houses and do what ever they did. Then he'd go out and explore the area, find
food, find clothes, and find shelter. This scenario was gonna go down a way different way
though.
Max walked slowly up from behind Zack who stood wide-eyed looking at the riots and the
screaming crowds.
"Zack, perhaps we should go out now." Max suggested, but her suggestion was more like a
question.
Now where did that come from? Zack thought turning to look at his little sister. Why in the
world would they go out in the danger of the crazy civilians and risk themselves? He was
speechless, he always had an answer or at least something to retort at his siblings questions
but now he couldn't even think. He just looked at her with question and curiosity, maybe
there was some type of weird explanation for what she said.
"I mean...We could get lost in the crowds. Wouldn't it be easier to find stuff we need if
they," She looked in the direction of the small city," were to busy ravaging stores and each
others houses?"
Now he felt dumbfounded and completely stupid. Why hadn't he thought about that? It was
easy, nobody would see them...hopefully. And those who did might think of them as wild
children scavenging like themselves in the rubble of Kwik-E-Mart ruins.
"Yeah." He looked at the others who were immediately staring at him, waiting for an
answer. Zack signaled them to pair up two to a pair like he did in the escape. They all got
with their closest friends like always, Max and Jondy or Krit and Syl style. Zack ended up
with Tinga, the oldest female of the unit, almost Zack's age.
"Memorize the precise area your standing in. We will meet exactly at this spot in 10 minutes
or less. Younger soldiers, 10 or under, look for food." Several of the unit moved over to the
side, Zack knew the youngest soldiers in his unit had insane eye sight and were hungry
enough to know exactly where safe food was.
"Age 11, search for shelter." He directed as nearly the rest of the unit put themselves away
from the remaining 'older' soldiers. That age or just a little bit older made up most of the unit
and shelter was a big deal after rations so it was divided pretty good so far.
"Everyone else, look for clothes, any attire except what we are wearing is fine, 10 minutes
should be more then enough time to just look. Any questions?"
The heads of the 3 groups shook, no. "Good, move out." He said then signaled with two
fingers to go.
Everyone began to fall out but Tinga and Zack, who waited to make sure everyone was gone
and understood the objective. Zack was weary and was unsure if his orders were the right
ones to give out and felt a chill in his back.
"We'll be fine...come on." Tinga reassured her C.O by tugging at his arm and finally both
taking their own absence.
*
Max and Jondy rushed quickly around a large fat woman with large red lips who almost
stepped on them. They held each others hands tightly in excitement and fear looking for any
sign of food, a store untouched by the mad humans running among them. TVs that were
being stolen from small electrical stores were being carried out one by one only few
remained on in the window.
"The Pulse, what some s--entists call the electro- magnetic pul- sent by terrorists is
---ing great despair all --er the once beautif-- USA. Here in -----a only ea-- of this city
is left untouched by thieves." The broadcasters announced on one of the local TVs, before it
was ripped from its place by to brawny men. The station was half way out and snowy like all
the other TVs looked upon.
However, for two X5, it was plenty of info to learn of untouched land. The east. Jondy
quickly pulled on her sister's arm as they blurred as fast as they could to the eastern part of
the town. It took most of their remaining time to arrive but it as very untouched, all people
running towards the south west for better prizes in more expensive stores.
They looked in a glass door of a small stop's window and smiling woman waved at them
clearly not understanding what was going on outside. She must have been deaf to not hear
the sirens and blind not to see the newscast, Max thought. Then they left to go back to their
rendezvous point.
*
Zane and Raven looked hard for a shelter of some type, preferably an abandoned building.
It didn't take to long for their duty to finish, for their was old buildings everywhere.
old loading stations, old office buildings, hay filled building with old bales never recieved
by city kept horses. The only problem with them is they kept loosing each other.
Raven curious and excited wandering off in buildings and Zane getting left behind after
realizing he was talking to himself and not his friend.
It was worse after he was stepped on about 4 times by obese people with large feet.
"Raven?" He yelled out, agitated at the stampede.
"Where did you go?" He asked opening up a small hidden entrance they found to a building.
"What?" Her dark brown eyes flashed mocking him, poor Zane trying to take charge and be
Zack-like but terribly unable to.
"Quit running off!" He growled as she crawled through the entrance to get out again.
"Zane, quiet! We have no time for your useless prattle, now come on unless you wanna
be late?" She asked narrowing her crescent moon shaped eyes.
"No." He stated after they successfully crawled out, him stumbling a bit.
"You think this place is okay?" He said indicating the building with his eyes.
"Sure. Better then the ground we slept on yesterday." She blinked at him again trying to
make playfully make him angry again because she found it funny.
"Lets head back then."
*
Zack and Tinga went by many clothing stores appealing to them both but all were currently
being ransacked furiously.
"That one." Tinga pointed out.
"No." Zack responded.
"Why, there is only one person in there!"
"Fine. Do you think they'll fit any of us?" Zack looked at her knowing the answer.
"Oh. Oops." The store was full of adult sizes for women and men.
They kept walking down the less filled streets on the edge of town.
"Oh, that one then!" Tinga suggested, determined to get Zack's heads-up on one of them.
They moved closer to the window, few people were in there and the clothes were mostly
non-adult and non-baby sized.
"I...guess." Zack checked the security in the store. Surprisingly minimum. The cameras
would screw up because of the Pulse problem everyone was squalling about.
"We should go...now." He said taking off with Tinga beside him.
*
Most of the soldiers were at rendezvous already, but not all of them.
Zack and Tinga returned soon before the remaining came back, all standing in a straight line
to report their finds quickly.
"Group one?" He asked but specifically looked upon his closest friends, Max and Jondy.
"Found several places in the east, few were yet ruined. The others found places but more
in ruin, probably to late." Max stated, standing straight
and proud.
"Good. Group two?"
"We found several places to stay, none were bothered or possessed any other inhabitants."
Raven said before Zane could say anything. It almost made her laugh when Zane looked at
her, smiling in madness.
"Ok...and I have conversed with the rest of my group. We have correct attire to look like
the civilians." He paused as the faces of the unit grew excited at what had happened
since the escape, they were out and fending successfully enough on their own.
"Re-group and follow each other every few steps to the shelter group 2 found. Lead."
They waited for Zane and Raven to lead their group ahead before following.
It would be weird to see children in strange outfits with identical hair cuts wondering among
the streets, Zack thought. Group by group they'd split up just enough to make a viewer
confused at their one second presence. They were quick and careful but finally all were in
the abandoned apartment building the others had found.
"I want two groups of five to come, the remaining are to guard this place." Zack said
to the children. They quickly became groups...again, and the very few left guarded the
place.
"You, get food, we took survival almost every week, you know what you can and can't get."
Max and Jondy led that group.
It wasn't that hard to do either. By the time they arrived at their last part, people started
scavenging in buildings with scared, hiding, owners hiding behind the cashiers.
They wouldn't be picked out of the dozens of others gathered around certain things with
piled up shopping carts.
Tinga showed the 5 in there group to use the bags to gather things more efficiently. They
gathered food, they were trained about in basic preparation for the earliest missions. Things
they hardly knew about, like the food, but they had no idea whatsoever what was in the
outside world. The food they stole was mainly stuff they saw the officers, instructors and
guards eat during lunch, the stuff that didn't include cooking, and lots of junk food.
*
Zack and Tinga lead instructed their group to the clothes shops they saw. The kids eyes were
overwhelmed with the stuff they got to wear to fit in. Very different from their camouflage
uniforms or the gray outfits they wore the other half of the time.
Since the dressing rooms were empty, Tinga took time to explore. She saw what people left
behind and remembered the underclothes the female instructors taught the oldest she-X5
to wear near the days of the escape.
She quickly gathered her needed outfits and changed in the little box room looking at herself
in the mirror. "Oh, I like this." She turned around and smiled. Tinga knew she was gonna
have fun with clothes when ever she had time.
Other members of the group decided to change too and were equally satisfied by the wear.
Totally different, all covered up, tight in some places, nice- looking and strong fabric.
Even Zack enjoyed the new clothes alot and couldn't wait to let the others come and change
as well.
After they grabbed extra pairs, they headed back just in time for the others to arrive.
Each looked longingly to either change into different clothes or eat the food they brought
back.
~~~~~~~
I know this chapter really sucks. I may rewrite it I dunno, I've been busy and have had no
time to write!