[I]Tap, tap tap...[/I] The constant pattering of his makeshift shoes were... Unsettling in the least. Aedon had been on the move since he ransacked the market store, trying to avoid any unwanted attention as much as possible. The image of the man in the store getting up was very much planted in Aedons mind the tension he felt from watching the corpse 'come back to life' twisted his gut unpleasantly. He had been silently making haste past a Diner. He watched as the restaurant looked 'empty', but he knew too well, that there was a good chance one of those things could be in there and decided heading to the building across the way which looked like a fire station would be a better option, for starters there were firefighter gear stocked in there, and boots, It appealed to him more than the chance of getting eaten alive in a... Diner.

(OOC: I apologize for my Hiatus, [-Viola] , I decided Aedon is not going to head to the school, so maybe there's a radio or something over there that we can communicate with? Maybe the hoard of zombies broke through the barrier *some sort of event , flash flood, something? And it kind of makes it impossible for them to reach each other? But there's something on the fire station that your gals might need or vise versa?)

Megs felt a little overwhelmed, what sort of project did Charlie have in mind when sending her here?! A- a...Zombie Apocalypse? What the Hell?!! She had only played video games or watched silly b-rated movies, this is no "Barbra, oooh Barbra, they're coming for you Barbra" Horror flick, Was this really the Real Deal?!

She stopped walking as Annett had pronounced the end of the endless hallway and to the room she had been leading her towards, trying to catch a breather and possibly calm her mind, okay she had a couple great traits that would work in a Zombie survival world... Now would of course would be the time of noting them down and sharing what she was capable of to help successfully survive.. However... All the things she had collected were at home... in a different state... So not helpful! And her body was currently in no position to collect supplies or try to defend against any undead... She was officially the worst candidate to choose from. Tears started to form out of her frustration, yet she held them back anger formed instead, exhaling her regrets she continued to press on into the, Gym?

(Ooc: Lol Perish :P, You disappeared again. rofl I should have reminded you about it, but I forgot too xD Anyways hopefully we can get along with this rp and get more interesting characters to be apart of it, what sort of special event should we have to get some action? Hmmm Interesting. [-viola] )

Annette rambled on about different things as she walked Megs into the Gym before stopping in the corner of the room. She grabbed a chair and gestured to it for the girl to sit. "I'll get you something proper to lay on if you want. I need to get more supplies for you. Give me a moment please," she said before turning around, glancing at the room before her. She grabbed an ankle brace, some medicine, water and a sling. She walked to Megs with a smile. "I got some stuff for you! Can you take off your shoe maybe? So I can put on your brace? Or do you want to do that?" She set the water and bottle of medicine on the floor next to the chair, bounching back and forth on her feet. "I can help with anything if you would like Megs."

OOC: I'm glad this is starting again! I've been enjoying it a lot and it would suck if it disappeared. =p

Aedon had made his way to the front steps of the station, reaching his hand to the door he then noticed it was locked... well these town folk were thorough... Great. "But, maybe not too thorough" he mumbled looking around the building for any access point. The cold air started getting stronger, his feet felt like icicles, and shortly after circling the building rain started to sprinkle down, he looked up to examine the clouds, "Great, storm clouds, can today get any worse?" And of course moments after saying those lines rain and hail started pouring down, thunder and lightning following after. Grabbing a water line Aedon quickly maneuvered towards the roof of the station, Maybe he would get lucky, if anything he did find a cracked window opened on the side, if he wasn't lucky on the roof then he would have to get real flexible to make it through that window... Without slipping off and dying.. Great.

(OOc: )

Megs looked around for any other signs of life, [I] They all must be so terrified, maybe they all didn't want to suffer in a place like this...[/I], she thought while gently climbing on a desk to sit herself down and slowly every once in a while wincing from moving too much or stretching something out too far, but she still managed to take off her scarf, jacket and then slowly rolled her shirt up so she could feel around her ribs for any obvious traits that would tell her if any had been broken or fractured, maybe she would get lucky and only have bruised her ribs, fingers crossed.

"Yes please, I'm really relieved this place has so many necessities, and supplies." she winced as her arms ached from being held up while she was feeling her ribs, Annette's thoughtfulness was really sweet,

"My shoes are on the borderland of being useless fabric, so it will be easy enough to slip them off" she winced as she tried to lean over to take the one off, but the pain shooting through her was too much to bear and quickly leaned back to try and catch her breath.

"By any chance is there any sort of ice around here? I know when I was in my after school activities the moms had these special pouches that you only needed to pop and it would instantly go cold, is there any sort of item laying around here?" she tried to explain hoping Annette would understand.

[-viola] OOC: I totally agree! C:

Annette watched Megs try to take off her shoe and frowned ever so slightly before moving to help her take off the shoe, trying to be careful not to hurt her. Once she took off the shoe, she grabbed the ankle brace and carefully put it on her, ensuring that it was tight around her. "I'm sorry. I forgot about your rib injury," she started while looking up at her. "I can find something to help tighten that area for you, if that makes sense. I don't know how to explain it? I can get you ice. I think I can find something here for you." She glanced at the medicine and water right by her. "Oh! Megs, I brought water and medicine. Do you want to take it? I'll go off to find ice packs but I'll leave this here for you." She picked them up and set them down on the desk before shooting her a smile. She turned and walked to the middle of the gym, biting her lower lip and as she thought as to where the ice packs would be.

Walking around the room, Annette looked through the pile of things hoping to find what she needed. When she moved her arm back slightly, she knocked over a stack of supplies and cried out in surprise. She bent over to pick up everything when she saw the ice packs that Megs was talking about. "Aha! Megs! I found them!" she called standing up and spinning around to show her the packs. She walked over quickly with a smile on her face and set three of them down on the desk. She popped one of them and handed it over for her to place on her ribs. Annette sat down on the chair by the desk to ponder slightly. "What should we do Megs? I don't think we should stay here forever. Maybe we can go out to find others, see if we can help or anything? We can gather supplies and put them in a bag or something? I don't know exactly what but I know I feel the need to help. I can protect you until you're healed or something," she said while playing with her fingers to think.

As Aedon was making haste up the pipe, the storm had gotten him soaked, just another thing for him to worry about, "wh- whoa, whoa, Whoa, Crap!" he struggled to stay on as his hand slipped holding on with dear life with the other hand his body swung and finally his grip slipped and he at first hit the garage before landing on the ground on his side. [I]Cough, Cough, Cough[/I], he slammed a fist down his body aching and now not only cold but wet, he hadn't found any access point into the building. Rolling over he stared at the garage door... "Yup, I'm an idiot" he muttered as he nonchalantly lifted it up and walked inside...

Megs appreciated the help, and especially the ibuprofen Annette set next to her with the water bottle, creeping her hands over and grabbing two pills she threw them in her mouth the water following right behind, and finally swallowing them down, thankfully all this equipment had been supplied and stocked in here or Megs would have been getting over this 'pain' the hard way.

"I, ugh, I don't think we need to get going right away," she tried to speak without grunting as she lifted her bottom half up and laid down on the second desk connecting to the one she was sitting on,

"Wounds like rib fractures or hopefully bruised ribs need some time to heal, right now they're swollen. When I ran my hand against my rib cage I didn't find any huge protrusions or dents, so cross broken off the list" she then accepted the ice pack that Annette had popped and applied it on her swollen ribs,

"It will take at least seventy-two hours to bring the swelling down, if possible can you get more ice packs, ice helps swelling and especially a injury to the ribs we're going to need to stay away from the heat pads" she shifted her body to lay on her side using her scarf and jacket as a makeshift pillow.

"The best thing I can do right now to insure proper healing is to rest and avoid moving as much as possible..." she quietly spoke as sleep called out to her.

[-viola]

Annette nodded as she quietly listened to Megs talk about her rib injury. She chewed on her bottom lips, hoping there was more packs where she found them. "I'll look for more pads Megs." She looked around the room. When she turned back to Megs, she was that she was now laying on her side and smiled slightly. "I hope it's a good rest. Sleep well," she said just as softly. After Megs fell asleep, ((OOC: Is it safe to assume??)) Annette got up to grab a couple of blankets. She returned to the desk, unfolding one of them and placing them on top of Megs. She sat down on the chair again watching her quietly as she slipped into her thoughts. As she sat in silence, she finally tuned into the rain and listened to that for a moment. She sighed as she stood back up, walking back to the pile she had previously knocked over. She sifted through it humming slightly grabbing the packs. She stopped and burrowed her brows as she looked around the room again.

Setting down the ice packs, Annette walked around before picking up a bag and going back to the stack. She picked up the ice packs and shoved them in the bag. She walked around the room grabbing more medicine and water. She walked back over to the desk and put the bag on the floor before settling back into the chair as Megs slept. She stood back up and walked over to Megs, draping another blanket over her body with a slight hum before settling back into the chair, placing the blanket on her lap as well with a content sigh.

OOC: I'm going out of town Wednesday afternoon and I won't be back until late Thursday. There is no wifi since I'll be camping. We have a day still but I'm giving you guys a heads up. :)

Aedon closed the garage door behind him, getting out of the weather felt relieving. He started to look around for any 'surprises' However he didn't find anything in the garage. one of four firetrucks had been left behind leaving the space very open it felt secure, knowing nothing was hiding behind massive trucks. He made his way to the side of the building where the previous employees lockers filled with their belongings had been and started scavenging, trying to find anything warm, and fitting. Taking off the soaked too large for him clothes he found in the market store, and replacing them with actual blue jeans, a t-shirt, a cardigan, and actual socks! with actual shoes that actually fit his feet maybe half an inch too big, but they worked!

(OOC: That's totally fine C: I love camping! Okay so I kind of want an actual firefighter to be in the building xD I think that would be so funny! but I'll think about it :P)

(OOC: Perish, I think that would be kind of cool to add, especially because you need multiple people to drive one of those trucks, so if he can help you out in an event he could be a driver? and then he can be zombie bait o3o; like one of the firsts posts where an actual zombie gets his lunch![-viola] Yes she fell asleep c: and i hope you have tons of fun camping!!)

Megs had crept in and out of consciousness as the world before her scared her into waking, but her exhaustion keeping a grip to stay unconscious. Each movement Annette made, woke her up slightly, but in an instant she would fall back to sleep, the pain gripping at her when she moved, but somber and almost gone when she laid still. Her dreams did not help, at first pleasant and peaceful, but turning terrifying in an instant later as it twisted the thought of zombies and the storm that sang around both Annette and Megs, into gruesome scenes of Megs waking up to Charlie eating Annette and soon enough turning on her defenseless self.

If by any drastic measure the two needed to escape the sanctuary of this gym, Megs had been preparing herself for the move, but doubtful of the need... She didn't want to think up any horrible ways the zombies could tear into the building or maneuver through the horrid hallways, all she wanted was to believe all of this even Annette had been staged, a big farce! The only real thing to happen here were the wounds Megs had suffered from the terrible fall she had from the helicopter.

Hope would be her downfall, just like hope that Charlie would stop being so cruel had been.

----Chavenski---- Chavenski was enjoying the film, but the thought that Megs had suffered from the drop dug at him. Currently they were watching the few townsfolk who were arrogant and stupid about the zombies, taking the chaos of both the undead and the storm rolling in to steal uselessly expensive items from abandoned homes, banks, and stores, and disposing of any person that so much as looked at them funny. These raiders were making there way through the town. This didn't look good for any survivor, these raiders looked like they only wanted to burn buildings and kill anything that moved while their blood lust could last.

"What savage delinquents.." His smooth words felt light and dreamy, the girls he sat with could only giggle and bast in his greatness. "Uncle Chester, these ladies need some company while I settle some business" he shifted his weight and switched spots with Chester, walking off into the darkness of his mansion.

OOC: Thanks guys! I will! :) EDIT I'm back guys! :)

BIC:

Annette kept glancing towards the door to make sure there was no movement. Eventually, she stood up and was about to walk to the door. She found a sheet of paper and scribbled a quick note:

Aedon had been enjoying his little discoveries around the lockers. Short on time, and his stomach giving him hunger pleas he thought it was a good time to check what was inside the building. His now claimed boots squeaky their way to the entrance door, he jotted quick mental notes on the fire escaped above, nothing noticeable from the wholes and no sounds to be cautious of. He made the grand entrance slowly still, never know what could be behind a door after all. Before leaving he grabbed a handy weapon that was conveniently placed near him, a wrench, and stepped through the door at a low crouch and examined the dark roomside available to see before the wall structures to stabilize the second story got in his way, the storm had made its entrance too, as the window he noticed from outside had been left open. It was in the kitchen area, and rain wind and debris from the outside had turned the place upside down. Making his way in the kitchen still cautious he closed the window and latched it locked.

(OOC: Welcome back! Sorry for being off for so long, last week got pretty hectic at work, I got swamped needless to say here's my really overdue reply Cx lmao [-Viola] )

Megs had fell into a deep sleep, she didn't really understand the thought of Hungry mindless corpses, and probably preferred to sleep through the Apocalypse anyways. What would these survival skill teach her for the real world anyways..

They definitely weren't going to get her a valuable job, or teach her basic etiquette while interacting with 'Normal' People... No, it would teach her how to be cold, ruthless, and mean! Well if that's what Charlie wanted her to learn, maybe she would... Though her subconscious was active and implying these thoughts to form a tangent twist to dear sweet Megs, she wouldn't know about her conclusion until far closer to the end. Her slight nap had come to a close, while Annette had left her alone, that small insignificant change to her atmosphere had awoken her had made her uncomfortable slightly.

She stayed laying there on the two desks covering her face further into her jacket and scarf, tears slightly forming, but Keeping herself from letting go her frustrations and confusions she decided right then and there that she would get to the bottom of all this chaos and maybe even stop this 'Tom foolery' with Charlie!

------------Chavenski--------------------

"...Assemble my Men!..." His stone cold words shook the spines of the organized Men in black who sorted Chavenski's daily routine and mob Duties. "Yes, Sir!" the only two words these men knew to say, well in Charlie's world anyways, as they respected their boss appropriately before heading off to dispatch an expensive and trustworthy group that would accompany their Boss wherever he was off to.

Charlie had arranged quite a few things before night had taken over, watching from the mountain top in which his mansion had sat noticing just how far the storm had gone, and just how chaotic some of the townsfolks were as they burned building downs and committed public executions in their town hall, probably exacting revenge to all the political parties who were still breathing, you know before they got their hands on them.

This might be a dangerous thing to get into, however Charlie had kept a slight smile on his very charming face, wearing a sleek black office suit, black gloves, a proper comb over with gel to hold his hair out of his face, and a duffel bag over his shoulder with assortment of supplies, and 'other' belongings that might be useful.

Annette looked around the gym to make sure everything was in order before resting her eyes on Megs. She smiled slightly since she still believed that the girl was sleeping on the desk. She walked out of the gym as quietly as she could and wondered around something. She stopped in front of a staircase, feeling hesitant about going up them. She took in a deep breath before walking up. Her alert level sky rocketed and she was ready to punch someone or run back to get Megs if needed. She stopped at every door and peered inside. She stopped in front of the principle's office and pushed the door open. She stepped into the office and looked around, her heart pounding hard in her chest. She closed her eyes and took deep breaths before finally calming down. "Maybe now I can find something useful in here..." she said under her breath walking towards the desk. She flipped through the papers, pushing up her glasses every once in a while.

Annette pulled open doors and found some swiss army knives that were confiscated from students in the past. She shoved them in the pockets of her cardigan and jeans. She chewed on the inside of her lip as she straightened herself up. She checked the phone lines and swore under her breath slightly as her suspicions were confirmed. No way to see if her father was okay. She sighed and was about to leave the room when she saw what could possibly be the greatest thing ever at this time. She rushed over to a radio and looked it over determining that it worked since she was able to turn it on. She found something that most teachers called a "portable office" and cleared all of the papers out of it. She pulled the radio off of the shelf and put it and the mic in the case. She looked around the office only to find nothing else. She pulled the items behind her until she got back to the stairs. She struggled getting it down the stairs and by the time she finished, she was out of breath. Annette caught her breath before making her way to the chemistry room where she put all of her things before running into Megs. She grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. Afterwards, she pulled out her beanie and pulled it on her head. She pulled the knives out of her pockets and dropped them in her bag as she made her way back to the gym. She pushed the doors open pulling the cart in after her.

While looking for a spot to set up, her stomach growled slightly and she frowned. Taking that as a sign to find food, she emptied out her bag into the cart and left the gym once again. Annette swiftly mader her way to the cafeteria to scavenge for food and drinks. She found several bags of chips, some cookies, sandwiches (that she hoped was edible still), water, juice pouches, and other miscellaneous items to eat. She put them all in her bag and ran back to the gym to fix the radio. She walked in, throwing open the doors and freezing after she realized what she did. She glanced at Megs with a sheepish smile on her face before going to the cart. She pulled it to a wall with a socket that she could set up at. She opened chips to eat while working. She leaned back where she was sitting and let out a content sigh as she finally finished. She looked over a Megs and put the headphones on over her beanie in hopes to hear someone alive or send out a call herself.

OOC: Wow! First long post in a while. I hope it all made sense. I kind of set up a situation! I got food and liquids for when they needed to run. And the medical stuff is already packed up by Megs!

The house stayed quiet, the creepy era of it hadn't set any red flags off, so for the time being Aedon was going to have a normal moment and prepare himself something to eat.. As quietly as he could. He opened the fridge and found some delicious sandwich makings; and prepared a beautiful roast beef, baloney, salami, and turkey sandwich with all the other necessities that made sandwiches amazing! After filling himself up he heard a strange static sound coming from up stairs. Grabbing his wrench he went upstairs to investigate. Creeping up the stairs wrench held to his side ready to strike, he peered out of the corner to the empty dark rooms before him, a small light flickered past the bottom of a door, maybe something to be suspicious of creeping his way over to the door he put his ear closer to it trying to hear anything. Moments later a voice rang through ..."Is anyone out there?!" the male voice seemed panicked and concerned. Aedon knocked on the door to try and keep from frightening the guy too much... "WHO-WHOSE, OUT THERE?!" The male voice screamed out, "I-I have a gun! I will shoot!" his voice seemed panicked and reckless, " My Name is Aedon, I'm a survivor, who are you" Aedon was collected and well mannered he didn't want to set anything off and definitely didn't want to get shot. "A-Are you one of those things?!" now the man just seemed stupid... "...Uh no, by one of those things; do you mean a Zombie?" Aedon questioned... "yes, yes!" the male voice broke out "... Zombies" but quickly went to a whisper. "No I am not a zombie, and I am coming in so please do not shoot me!" Aedon's tone turned more authoritative as he opened the door to see the man still in his firefighter gear blood smeared all throughout his outfit, and him sitting in front of a radio system, a flashlight in one hand flare-gun aimed at his intruder, "uh, hi" Aedon whispered cautiously standing in front of the door way. "I mean you no harm, I just want to find a safe place, and other survivors" he smiled awkwardly, "well if you don't mean me any harm put down your weapon!" the firefighter screamed. Aedon accepted the mans order and slowly crouched down to set his wrench on the floor and stood up with both hands raised high to show he was no threat. The man threw his weapon down on the desk before him his hands shaking and sweat pouring off his face grabbing the bridge of his nose and wiping tears from his eyes he exhaled "This isn't like me at all, I- I'm Jace" tears kept forming and running down his cheeks, "Hi Jace, now what were you doing up here?" Aedon had reluctantly walked closer to him. "uh" his water works had stopped and he pulled himself together wiping his nose with his sleeve and grabbing his flashlight to continue working on the radio, "I'm trying to get a hold of anyone outside of this town... We need military.. or something" the man collected himself well while he work diligently on his radio continuously spouting out "This is the head Fire fighter response in the town Chester, there has been some sort of accident we need help, Is there any survivors out there?" he continued on this parade finally giving up on the outside world and now just trying to get a hold of anyone in town.

, [-viola]

(Ooc: I actually don't know what I want the zombies or the Raiders xD lol. Maybe we can decide in our next posts? After we talk to the boys in the fire house?)

Though she still felt the pain of her side and her ankle, Megs slid off the desks and walked over to Annette, pulling her jacket back on and opening her scarf to wrap around her shoulders. Yes she was holding in the scans of pain as she walked over one leg stiff and barely taping the floor before she would switch her bodies wait over to the perfectly fine side, she had made her way to Annette wondering what kind of contraption Annette had found "what do you have there?" She questioned.

--------Chavenski-------- (Ooc: typing on my phone so sorry for any mess) He had made sure the helicopter would drop them off to the far side of the town, not wanting Megs to know he was there and the other towns folk survivors. He had his men station in an abandoned two story home which so happened to have a beaming bricked wall surrounding it, this quietime, secure, and hidden spot would be where he could continue his games, but now on the inside. That way he could bind his own will upon these survivors. He would make sure what he had in store for all of them would be fun!

([-viola]

Annette turned the nob trying to find a channel that worked. She looked up at Megs when she heard her muffled voice. She smiled up at her, removing the headphones. "I found a radio in one of the offices! I'm trying to find the right.. Station? Channel? I'm hoping someone else has one and we'll get in touch. Find a way to help each other," she said before glancing over at her bag. "Oh! Megs. If you want to eat, I have some food in this bag. It's not a lot of great stuff. Water and some junk type food. I found a couple sandwiches. I'm not sure if they're good though..." She gave her a warm smile before placing the headphones on her head again, leaving one ear uncovered to hold a conversation. She hummed softly before looking around the radio and let out an aha as she found a headphone jack. "There we go! Now we can both hear what's being said," she said before fiddling with the knobs still. Several minutes later, they caught the tail end of some guy's voice. [I]"...vors out there?"[/I] She whipped her head over to Megs wide eyed before turning on the mike. "Hello! Oh my gosh. It worked! Who is this speaking?" the young girl excitedly said.

The boys Aedon and the firefighter were quizzical as a female voice static and very hard to understand broke through the radio. "Well, hell" holding his right hand over his mouth in shock. "Now what do we do?" he looked to the man hoping he had any ideas, "umm well lets try to find out what's going on with her?" he seemed a little jittery maybe it was nerves? "This is Porter Peirce, Who is this?" He asked through the microphone. Aedon paced the room, mumbling the firefighter name to himself to remember for later.

(OOC: Sorry it's short, but I'm not sure where were heading lol :P and Sorry for the delay, been busy at work ^^;)

Megs went wide eyed and turned to face Annette "Holy crap!" she proclaimed "go on, talk to them" she gestured almost excited, she had a couple questions and definitely needed to know what was going on outside besides the weather. She stood there honestly shocked they had gotten a response so quickly it did seem cut off and statically, but the male voice... this Pierce person could still be understood. "you know it might be this storm that's making our connection messy." she thought out loud.

(([-viola] and @ Perishable, maybe those delinquents storming the town could go by the fire station that way your guys can give us a warning to boot leg it out of there? ;o; and oh gaud my post is soooo short, sorry Viola. I was totally ready to reply with something exciting last week, but perish got busy then when they finally replied I got busy bleh :P))