Amity looked at Luz shouting "Are you crazy?" As luz readied herself to face the upcoming horde of undead. "Look Amity, we can't sit here and just wait when we have a potential escape route." Luz said as she checked the M1911 and made sure each magazine was fully loaded. "Look you are still hurt from your fall and besides since your sister is a medical expert and showed you some things maybe you can go downstairs and help that girl." Luz said as she pulled Amity in for a kiss which seemed to calm the
young witch down. "Ugh, get a room you two." Said Karl. "It's the 2020's love is love, deal with it." Luz said as she pulled Amity in for a second kiss, this time adding in some tongue just to get on his nerves. "Look you wanna argue about this shit when lives are not in danger, be my guest, but right now we have work to do if you don't mind."
Duane said as he picked up the rifle. "First things first let's get rid of this body." Keith said and the group picked up the old man's corpse and tossed it out the front door draping with a blanket doused in rubbing alcohol. "Alright when you're ready, light , remember be quick on the door, the moment they get back from refueling the van let them in." Duane said to which they all nodded in agreement. It was then Luz and Keith ran out the door…..
Meanwhile…
Amity Blight made her way into the basement to see a middle aged woman overlooking a young girl no older than 12."Hello, I'm Marylin Hardman." She replied."Hello Marylin, I'm Amity Blight." Amity said as she looked over the young girl. She was out cold, had some bruises from a car crash and was scratched up. " Hey Marylin, I left the first aid kit upstairs in the living room. Why don't you grab it while I take a look at your daughter. "Keep an eye on that girl Marilyn." Karl shouted from upstairs. "I don't bite." Amity
said as she went to inspect the young girl as Marylin went upstairs. "Alright kid, one simple spell and all will be well." Amity said as she attempted the healing spell she picked up from her sister but to her shock the spell had no effect. "The only way that would happen is if whatever caused this is a very powerful form of magic." Amity said as
Marilyn came down with the 1st aid kit. "What about magic?" Marlyin said as she pulled out some antibiotic ointment to apply to the scratches. "Oh nothing, I was telling your daughter the medicine will work like magic." Amity said as she tried to hide the existence of magic. "Oh, okay why don't you help me apply these bandages." Marylin said and like that Amity went to help the woman with her daughter…..
Meanwhile Outside…..
Luz and Keith made their way to the van lighting the chair leg to drive back the horde. Upon Approaching the van Keith slid the side door open and Luz held on wielding the torch as he backed it up towards the pump. Once the reached the pump Luz placed the torch down and drew the pistol. Shooting a stationary target at near point blank range was one thing but shooting moving targets(albeit barely moving) would still be a challenge for the young latina. With steady hands she gripped the gun waiting to fire only if
needed. They had a limited ammo supply and who knew what other threats could pop up on their way to Meriden so they agreed to limit the usage of the guns. From the upstairs window Luz saw Duane with the rifle keeping an eye on them making sure none of them got too close. " Did you find the key yet?" Luz said as she looked towards
Keith who was fiddling with the lock. "Not yet the old man had a ton of these." Keith said as he tried another only for it to fail. "Well hurry up the torch is starting to die." Luz said as the rubbing alcohol was drying up causing the torch to flicker. "Just a few more." Keith said as the torch finally gave out and with that the horde began to shuffle
toward the two of them. Luz then picked a target, a young girl missing an arm and pulled the trigger BANG the round was off slightly only grazing the zombie. Adjusting her aim she fired a second round BANG the second round went right thru the left eye and it dropped to the floor. "Got it." Keith said as he unlocked the gas pump. "Good, now fill
it up." Luz said as BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG and 4 more zombies went down. Luz went to reload a new magazine when she heard Bang as she looked up a zombie had been mere inches away before Duane had put it down. "How long will it take to fill the tank?" Luz asked as Keith was pumping the tank full of gas. "3-4 minutes,
the tanks are a bit larger than your average car." Keith said. However unbeknownst to the both of them a group of undead had made their way behind them. When Keith turned to put the pump back he saw the swarm of undead and panicked, dropping the pump and bolting inside the van thinking he was safe. However the pump was still
spewing out gas and he had failed to fasten the gas cap. Luz seeing this banged on the door of the van to let her in but Keith was in full panic mode trying to get out of there. Fumbling for the keys he managed to start the engine and bolt leaving a trail of gas from the open tank. However in his shock he failed to notice a tree and drove straight into
it at 60 mph wrecking the van and causing the horde to swarm around him. Coming to his senses he attempted to escape but the crash had left him pinned in the driver's seat. Seeing no way out he decided he wouldn't be their meal and took out the Zippo lighter and smelling the gas fumes that had filled the van and lit it. BOOM! And a ball of fire had consumed a decent chunk of the horde taking Keith with them.
Luz knew she had to get back to the house and she ran for it doing her best to keep her distance from the dead. Reaching the door she was stunned to find it locked. Banging on the door she shouted "Karl let me in!" But he didn't, Karl too had fallen to shock. "You'll bring them with you. "Karl for god's sake they won't come now, open this door
before I blow your head off." Luz said, aggravated and afraid as the remnants of the horde were approaching. It took Duane coming from upstairs to open the door Luz falling in with a heart rate like a drum. "Why the fuck didn't you open the door for her. " Screamed Duane. "I don't know, I just choked." Karl said ashamed he almost let a young girl die." Look, we are all a bit tense bec the plan failed. Let's take a deep breath and figure out how to survive the night. And after a quick breath they calmed down. However, that calm did not last long. As the lights began to flicker before all went black.