forum Alien Apocalypse // Private

Started July 15, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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"The walls make it a little easier to defend! Most attackers won't bother blasting the walls open, when there's a door they can use!" Jay retorted, clenching his jaw.

"Oh yeah, those explosions really sound like they're going to use a door," She snapped, the sarcasm clear in her voice and her hand tightening around her gun as she shifted to a deep british voice to mock him, "Well now, since I'm an explosive, I can't just blast through that wall there, no no, I have to be proper and use the door to get to those people inside."

Jay gritted his teeth. "Fine. You wanna get real? We can't go out there with your leg busted like it is. You can't move fast enough, and you'll only be a liability if we have to move fast."

Delia glared at him and motioned to the door, then at Leo on her back, her voice sharp, "I know very well how much of a liability I am at this moment. You get out of here, take Leo and get the hell away from this. Don't you dare play hero and try to keep me safe by staying a sitting duck." There was no way that she could keep up to them if they had to leave, Jay got that right, and she found that she cared more about them living than herself dying.

Leo whimpered again, a soft bark leaving the frightened puppy's mouth. Jay swallowed. "No, I can't leave you here." He replied calmly.

"Yes you very easily can," She replied, still scared and turning her worry into anger that was clear in her voice. Another explosion made contact with the ground, this one slightly further away from them though. Whatever this was, it wasn't very precise or uniform with its hits. "You take this pack and Leo, and do whatever it takes to get away from here."

"No, I'm not." Jay replied, looking at her evenly. "We're staying in here, with you." he said.

Delia shook her head and paused before saying in the least strained voice she could manage, "I'm not staying in here, I'm following you guys out. We'll meet up somewhere since there is no way you guys are staying by my side. I won't let you."

Jay frowned a little bit. "And where is it that you think we're meeting up?" he asked. Leo whined again, squirming anxiously in the backpack.

"How about the freeway," She suggested with a shaky sigh, really just itching to get him and Leo out of the zone of danger before they all got killed, "That way, if I don't make it, you'll have everything you need to do whatever and you can travel to wherever without much trouble."

Jay frowned a little. "That's a little bit of a ways away." he replied. "How about the front gates? Where we first came in." he crossed his arms, looking at her.

Delia bit back a snappy response and instead nodded, jumping as once again she heard the echo of something being blown up, this time much much closer. It made her want to just cover her ears and hide, but she refused to, instead rolling her shoulder and preparing to hand her pack to Jay.

Jay reached inside and scooped out Leo, putting the puppy into his own.

"Now, get going," She said, slinging her gun over her shoulder and motioning him to get out of the room, "We need to leave." Her eyes flicked around the room to see if they forgot anything, knowing the next explosion could go off at any time.

Jay nodded. "Alright. See you at the gate." he replied. He headed out the door.

She nodded and followed them out, though kept her eyes more on looking out for danger than keeping up with him. Her first instinct was to keep them safe, and so that's what she was trying to do as she looked around the dark hallway. Whatever kept blowing up must have hit wherever the power to the building was.

Jay kept moving, gun drawn and eyes flashing around, keeping an eye out for danger.

Delia moved at her own pace, though tried to move fast as she saw the flash of another explosion down a branching hallway. She jumped and glanced at Jay's retreating form, really trying to stop herself from going down the explosion hallway. It wasn't that she wanted to die or be a hero or anything, it was just that she wanted to see what was causing the explosions, and if them leaving the room was safe at all.

Leo whined again. Jay shushed him and kept moving, trusting that Delia would be able to make it on her own.

"I gotta see," She mumbled, hurrying down the side hallway and trying to contain how scared she was as she started having to pick her way through the rubble. There was a clear hole in the building and she looked up, swallowing nervously at the sights of drones in the sky armed with explosives. "Nope, nope, nope, we gotta leave," She whispered fiercely, turning around as fast as she could and hurrying back towards where she thought the exit of the building was.

Jay continued moving, picking his way through the compound. It was chaos, with people everywhere, running and screaming and trying to escape.

Delia was moving as fast as she could, though the further she got from their room, she ran into the same problem as he did, people everywhere, and now not caring that she was on crutches. There seemed to be a path most of them were following though, a path she assumed was to the exit.

Jay continued moving, slipping through the crowd silently, his gun still held in one hand.

Delia's journey wasn't quite as easy, with people not watching as they jostled her in an attempt to get out of the building as fast as they could. The explosions continued to go though, shaking the building around them and causing rubble to fall into peoples path.

Jay kept moving, and then stopped to wait for her at the gate. Leo was whining more now, hardly stopping.