"Talk to me, man. What're they doing?", Chad whispered anxiously, as he hovered near his best friend with Ashley and Mike behind him.
No one except Nick could see outside, and even he could only see just barely. He woudn't lean out any farther then he had to. Giving away they're position was simply unacceptable. And just a plain bad move. If you really wanted to live, that it.
"They're just walking.", Nick reassured the trio, not looking away from the undead creatures with his grim expression, of course.
"What about Molly and the others?", Mike asked from behind Ashley. He was the farthest from the window. Ashley was sandwiched between him and Chad.
Nick glanced down at the roof of the bus, "I don't see 'em. I think they're keeping quiet. Just everyone chill the fuck out."
It was a rather demanding order to carry out.
"Where are they? How long 'til they're gone?", Chad asked, fingering the M1 Carbine nervously, hoping he wouldn't need to moments from now. He noticed that everyone else here was doing the same thing with their respective weapons.
"They're about even with us.", Nick replied, still not looking back at Chad, "A little while longer at this rate."
Chad knew full well, that he would be talking indirectly to his best friend until the creatures were completely gone.
Nick watched as the creatures meandered down the street. They moved like a school of fish. When one moved, the others seemed to follow, creating this bizarre unison of walking that normal humans were probably incapable of. It showed too, just how inhuman these things were; it was simply creepy as hell.
They would soon meander past and be lost to sight, and Nick held his breath, hoping they would, and nothing bad would happen.
The wait continued in a painful silence.
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"They still out there?", Molly asked from her position in the isle on the bus floor. She sounded more then a touch scared, but seemed to be combating her fear pretty well.
"Dunno. I'm certainly not checking.", Tracy responded. She was currently wedged between the front seat, and the second seat on the passenger side. It wasn't all that comfortable. At least it was out of sight.
"You think they saw them?", Tracy asked, thinking of the the four of the group that had gone inside the house.
"Dunno. Let's hope so.", Molly said, thinking that if they hadn't seen them, how bad things could get really quickly.
"Ali, did you see how many of them there were?", Molly asked the silent girl, who was small enough she didn't even have to be on the floor. She had simply lied down on one of he bus seats and was completely out of sight. She clutched the MP5 as close to her as possible.
Ali nodded once, "Around a dozen.", she said simply.
"Well, that's not good.", Molly muttered, sounding pissed about how shitty this day had been.
"So, what do we do?", Tracy asked.
"I guess we wait.", Molly said, making sure for the thousandth time that the Glock 17 she currently held was locked and loaded and ready to use. Being absolutely ready was a necessity
"Yeah," Molly continued, "We just wait."
She had just finished her sentence when an insane amount of gunfire pierced the air. It sounded like all hell had broken loose for a second time.
The gunfire seemed to be coming from everywhere, and it sounded like the three girls were right in the middle of it.
"Oh, fuck!", Molly nearly shouted, "Everyone just stay down!"
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"Well this is odd, the fuckers are slowing down.", Nick said, sounding indifferent, yet never losing his grim stare.
"Fuck! Is there any good news?", Chad muttered.
"Guess not", Mike muttered.
"Not today.", Nick added, confirming.
"Well, fuck...", Chad murmered, more to himself then anyone else.
Nick was watching the creatures, which had seemed to slow down a bit, when one of them collapsed, and a gunshot broke the silence, followed by dozens more of the loud shots.
Several more of the creatures hit the ground and didn't move, while the rest sprinted down the road, apparently spotting the people who were shooting at them, and chasing them down.
"Fuck!", Chad shouted, "What the fuck is going on?!"
"War.", Nick whispered, nearly inaudibly. He noticed that that wasn't a single creature in sight, and the gunfire continued. This was the window. If they didn't act on this, maybe they wouldn't get another chance. Nick didn't wait any longer, "Ashley, stay here. Chad, Mike, with me."
Without even slinging the M4, Nick hoisted himself up through the window, and in moments was on the bus roof, "Let's fuckin' go!" He shouted as he did, and with only a slight pause, Chad and Mike followed.
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The gunfire was still pretty loud, and Molly was just thinking what to do next, when something landed on the roof, causing all three girls to nearly jump out of their skin.
Before anyone could even speculate what was going on, Nick's head came into view through the still open hatch of the bus.
He didn't say a word, but surveyed the bus quickly to make sure everyone was there and alright. The gunfire continued, but there weren't any creatures in sight.
Nick stood up, and quickly handed the M4 to Chad, who had slung his M1 to take it. Mike waited on standby, for Nick to get inside and start helping the girls up. Without waiting any longer, a now unarmed Nick dropped through the hatch, hitting the floor pretty heavily.
"Molly, you first.", He said, as Molly stood up and Nick helped her through the hatch, Mike pulling here the rest of the way through.
Tracy was next. This wouldn't take too much longer.
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Chad was busy familiarizing himself with the M4. He was the one covering Nick and Mike as they retrieved the three girls. The weapon wasn't all that complicated. Chad then turned his attention down the strip of road, which happened to be the direction that the group had come from. He couldn't see a single one of those things, but the gunfire still continued. Where was this fight taking place? And more importantly, who was doing the fighting?
Molly was through the hatch by this time. Chad tilted his head to face her, "Get inside!", He shouted, gesturing to the open window to the house.
She didn't hesitate; she was gone, inside the house faster then Chad would have thought possible.
He turned back to watch the road. The gunfire continued, and added a heightened sense of urgency to the proceedings.
Tracy was next, and she was in the house fairly quickly as well.
Chad's heart was racing, the gunfire now seemed louder. Only Ali was left, and she was by far the easiest to lift out of there. Chad turned to see Ali make it to the house, and helped through the window by the three other girls, he turned back to the road, and nearly had a heart attack.
A single one of those creatures was sprinting towards the bus.
Chad snapped the M4 tight against his shoulder, aimed, and let a shot loose at the thing which was over a hundred feet away. Of course, he missed entirely.
Ali was out of the bus at this point, and she was safely inside the house. Chad didn't know this, he was a little preoccupied.
He took aim again, the creature closing in. Chad could make out the details now; The thing had been a thirty-something man, and was basically painted with blood. Whether it was his or someone else's was debatable.
Chad fired for a second time, hitting the thing in it's upper shoulder, spinning it slightly, but not doing much else.
Chad was lining up for a third shot when Nick appeared by his side, quickly taking the M4.
"Get inside!", Nick ordered, taking the weapon before Chad could protest. Chad spun around, and saw that only he and Nick where left on the bus roof. He looked to the window of the house and saw Mike waving him over.
"Go!", Nick repeated, and Chad didn't wait. He crossed the few feet to the window, and lept inside, pausing on the floor to gather his barrings and bring his shouldered M1 Carbine to bear.
He stood up and looked to Nick who hadn't moved from the spot Chad had left him. He was tracking the quickly closing in creature with the M4,. He waited, and waited, until the thing made it completely to the bus; something that didn't take all that much time. The thing slammed against the bus, and started hitting it violently.
The gunfire seemed farther now, a welcome fact; the people who where shooting must have been retreating. Or quickly losing their numbers.
Nick aimed down at the undead thing that was pounding on the bus, and fired once; the easiest shot in the world. The thing collapsed, having been shot through the top of the head.
Nick spun around and was inside the window in moments, before anyone could even tell him to get inside.
"Look around, did anymore of 'em see us?", he asked Mike and Chad, who were guarding the window. The four girls where a good distance away on the second floor, probably where Mike had told them to go to get out of the way and out of sight.
"I don't see anything.", Mike reported, looking around the neighborhood quickly.
The gunfire seemed very, very far away now.
"Second,", Chad agreed, "I don't see shit. I think we're okay."
Nick nodded, "Good. Now who the fuck is doing the shooting?"
"Fuck if I know.", Chad said.
"Well, we can't worry about it now. We could be here for a bit, so we might as well get settled it.", Nick sighed.
"What about our bags?", Mike asked, referring to all the groups backpacks which had been left in the bus.
"They stay there for now, along with that shotgun and the 30-30. We'll get 'em if we have to. For now, let's just get to a T.V., and see what the fuck is going on.", Nick replied, "See if the situation has changed."
"Fuckin' A.", Chad agreed.
There was a slight pause.
"Oh,", Nick started, "And no on goes in the kitchen."