"Honestly, that surprises me too, how is it we never bumped into each other, it's not like this place is huge." Caelen said gruffly. He hadn't spotted the person yet but heard the sounds of other Screamers, who had been alerted by that loud one, shuffling towards a certain direction. "If there is a person, she is going to be in trouble, there are about 6 other Screamers I picked up heading in one direction. Could it be towards them?"
"Most likely. I've never seen them gathered together heading in one direction for any other reason than a human." He says with a shrug before gasping and pointing to a figure running for their life. "HEY OVER HERE!!! HEY!!" He says waving his arms around. Hopefully the beasts attention was solely on them instead so it didnt come after him. Though to his mistake, one stopped and slowly came over to him. Crap, they were going to have to fight. At least two of them to take this thing down.
"Uh…..any if you know how to fight? We've got one coming towards us. But luckily if it heard me then whoever's being chased did too.
"I had to learn. I also have my crossbow and sword so I'm fine. You?" Caelen asked, hooking the crossbow on his back and taking out his sword.
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Nina glanced at Jezeriah worriedly. "Jess, you're injured. I don't think you should go out there and fight right now." She wished there was more she could personally do to help, but she had almost no ability in combat and could only sit by helplessly for the moment.
Adrien looked up when they heard someone screaming at them, the screamer moved back and towards the new voices. It hissed at Adrien as they scrambled back, pulling their bag with them, 'Oh my gosh. . .my god oh my god. . .' They shuddered as the screamer began to move after them. They pulled themself up onto their feet and began to run towards the voices. There was a fire escape above them and the jumped grabbing for the ladder, somehow their adrenaline kicked in and they were able to pull themself up to the first staircase, then they began to speed up. They were really hoping the screamer wouldn't follow them, but of course, it wanting to have something to eat chased after him, climbing up the fire escape in their own way and screaming at Adrien when they got close enough. Finally, Adrian made it to the top and ran towards the people, "I thought I was the only one." They said breathlessly, but before they could continue the screamer's head appeared near the top of the escape, "Oh shiet. . ." Adrien mumbled under their breath. Pulling out their gun, they tried to aim it at the Screamer and fired a few shots at it.
Jezariah looked down at the two with a sigh "I'm fine. It's not like it's broken. It's just a flesh wound." He says hopping back out only to see the person pulling themselves up. "Well yeah we did too" he chuckled before looking down at Caelen
"Well let's go" he says before climbing down the ladder and readying his two daggers
"Oh, you have to be fucking kidding me," Valerie grumbled under her breath as she went outside to see a man running towards them with Screamers tailing behind him. Once he had made it towards them and fired a few shots, by the way, they all missed, she went and shoved him aside before proceeding to bash one of the Screamers that had made it onto the top of the ladder with her baseball bat before kicking it down the ladder.
Caelen hopped off the ladder only to see a screamer fall right beside him. Forst thing he did was decapitate it, throwing the head as far as he could throw. He wiped his brow with the back of his hand and looked at Jezariah with a angry glint in his eye. "Theres more where they came from. We can do the stupid thing and split up, or we can defend the rest of them by staying here and blocking the ladder." He grunted
She made her way down the ladder before speaking, "Those gunshots were loud, so yeah a lot of them are going to be coming. We should stay and defend, we can set up some traps, and since you have a crossbow, you can snipe them on the roof, actually, you the guy with the gun, can I have that?" She requested reaching out her hand for the gun.
Nina watched with growing nervousness, then did the only thing she could do and descended into the attic. After checking to make sure all the other entrances were secure, she efficiently started setting up a space where she could treat injuries as they happened. She laid out her bedroll and some spare blankets, hung her headlamp from a rafter for some extra light, and took stock of all the medical supplies so she knew what she had on hand. She wanted to heat up some water for cleaning and sterilizing things, but figured she'd wait for Valerie's permission before she borrowed any water or cooking gear.
"I could, but I havent found any darts and I only have 10. If need be, I'll go up there. For now, I'm better on the ground." He said, walking a couple feet away from the rest of the group, the moonlight glinting off his sword.
He was lucky he got a small one that climbed up the ladder. The larger ones put up.more of a fight. Only two more bigger ones, about the size of a small house and three more the size of dogs. They could kill the smaller ones with a little bit of trouble for sure, but they stood no chance against two of those things that size.
Why the smaller ones were this active at night, he didnt know but he was pretty sure they would stop moving soon.
"They'll just keep coming. We could be doing this all night. The bigger ones are slower, but it's only a matter of time before they reach this place. And they'll crush it while we're defending it. I say we run. the barn I was talking about isnt too far away"
(I just realized, Caelen is 22 while the rest of you are 16 and 17)
(Thats ok, he can be like the dad of the group.)
(I mean he had a son that did die so)
(Thats so sad…… kinda reminds me of The Last OF Us.)
(If we're talking about team roles and trauma, Nina will gladly be group therapist as well as the medic if anybody has emotional wounds they'd like addressed, btw XD)
(Awe I love this so much)
(Jess is dumb one getting into all sorts of trouble XD (like a little brother lol)
(Caelen is the Peter b. Parker from into the spiderverse tired parent who is done with everything buts his kids keep getting themselves into trouble)
(Haha I love him)
(We should prolly resume lol)
"I'm fine with going to the farm but how will we get there? You are injured, this new person seems to be in shock and I dont think I care carry both of you." Caelen grunted, stabbing a nearby smaller screamer.
"Wait, what?" Nina overheard them talking and stuck her head out of the attic. "Are we going somewhere?" She'd just gotten everything set up, but she could pack her stuff away quickly if that's what the group decided.
"Excuse me?! If we run now, we'll be more exposed, might as well wait it out until the morning." She argued before bashing another Screamer in the face and ripping the head off. Then she quickly climbed up the ladder and packed up her things just in case they really have to run. "I can carry the other dude if necessary."
"You look like a toddler, are you sure?" Caelen asked in a monotone voice. He wasn't trying to sound condescending but when life takes everything, you stop caring.
"I'll help carry people and things," Nina volunteered in a small voice, trying to avoid a potential argument during a moment when she felt they should all be working together. "I'm….stronger than I look, honest."