Toys in the attic.
After telling the survivors his name, Eric Lynch led the group to the basement. It was a small armory; three boxes of handguns were stacked neatly in the corner. Two hunting rifles and an M1 Garand rested on a gun rack above them, 3 shotguns were leaned against the wall to the right.
"Alright, grab something that won't take your arm off." Grumbled Eric as he sat down at a table with an assortment of knives stabbed into its surface.
The group spread out around the room to examine what could be their future weapon. Some looked fearful others picked up a gun and wandered off into a corner of the room. Despite his hatred of guns, Darren picked up a Glock and a hatchet then wandered off to find October.
Shane having some experience with firearms immediately went for one of the hunting riles leaned up against the wall
. "Ammo's in the attic." Growled Eric. Every one jumped at hearing a loud gun shot ring out from the floors above. Laughing while standing up from his chair Eric told the group to follow him upstairs, not wanting to face this boys anger, especially after seeing what he could with the fire axe that was now slung over his back, they followed.
As they ascended the creaking stair case leading to the kitchen of the house, a small blonde girl named Michelle asked "Why do you have so many weapons here?" without turning around Eric replied "My dad was a gun fanatic…" There was an uneasy pause as they entered the kitchen and passed a pool of blood near the back door.
"I killed him right there… with the axe that the tall kid in the Stonesour shirt has…" Eric said softy while pointing behind him to the blood pool, and skull fragments. Everyone one looked to Darren, who wasn't bothered in the least by the fact that his weapon of choice had taken someone's life. In fact it comforted him to some extent… at least he knew that it could kill.
No sunlight shone in the living room windows for they had been boarded up. Shivering slightly Eric spoke again "my mom was torn apart on the porch right outside that door…" Disgust and worry went over the small group when they noticed the bloody drag marks on the carpeting.
"She was still alive when I drug her inside…" Eric continued to lead the group to the stairs of the attic. "I finished her off in the backyard with a sledge hammer…" Eric's voice had now turned grim and he would say no more as he opened the door to the attic.
The attic was a small military base.
There was food, radios, boxes of ammo, water, maps, and more melee weapons. A loud Crack filled the room as the previously unidentified sniper claimed another one of the maniacs as a kill.
"Wooo yeah!" yelled the sweet voice of the girl on the end of the high-powered rifle. " How was that one Eric?" she asked happily.
Eric quietly moved over to her side and looked out the window using a single eyepiece from (previously a pair) of binoculars to see the girl's kill was missing the top half of its head.
"Doing great babe, aim a little bit lower next time." She laughed and loaded another high powered round into the rifle. "Gotcha hun." Turning back to the group Eric introduced the girl as his girlfriend Amy.
"Nice ass." Shane whispered to October quietly. She took that opportunity to elbow him hard in the ribs.
Darren snickered and she elbowed him too. "Ow! I didn't say anything!" he said still giggling. "No but you thought it!" replied October with slight venom in her voice.
"Listen up!" Eric roared over the group, his voice made louder by the dead silence of the room. "This is going to be our only night here!" he announced looking at each of the 9 remaining survivors.
"We're going to be moving out of here first thing tomorrow morning, I recommend you get what sleep you can now, sharpen and clean your weapons, and get ready for a hell of a fight!" The survivors looked back with unease. "Fight?" inquired wana-be rapper Xavier. "Yeah a fight, you'll see what I mean in roughly…" Eric quickly glanced down at his watch. "Three hours."
Welllllllllllll here my update hope yall liked it. More characters will be introduced in the next couple of chapters. And the action will pick up quite a bit more too. Peace out yall.