Hudson scrambles up the ladder and checks the first and only door he sees. It is a type of fire escape and it won't open from this side. Must be a commercial building, Hudson thinks. He looks up to see the fire escape goes all the way to the roof.
Chuck leaps into the air and lands on top of the dumpster. Adrenaline pumping he doesn't even recognize the feat he just accomplished. Holding the mace in one hand he holds his other palm forward towards the infected as they rush towards him. Chuck grunts a battle cry loudly as he begins swinging at the infected humans. No...no longer human. From now on, only known as Infected.
The heavy mace swings through the air, not cutting through, it is ungracefully slow but nevertheless quite effective. The mace smashes the side of the charging Infected's head and much to Chuck's happiness and horror the head is separated from the body of the former mail man to bounce off the side of the building's wall. The headless corpse takes two more unsteady steps and falls next to the wall. Blood sprays the walls from the corpse and from the bouncing head.
<Painting the town red>. Chuck insanely thinks to himself.
The mace continues it's momentum just as another Infected reaches the dumpster. Nearly feeling like he's golfing with the mace Chuck swings it low and hits another Infected. He nearly cringes as well. The Infected had been a woman.
Had been. He tried to remind himself. The mace smashes into her head so hard she hits the concrete wall and her crown splits open like a melon. Just as Chuck thinks he scored another kill the woman shakily stands up and screeches at him, blood red eyes now even redder as blood seeps from them.
How can these creatures take such damage and keep walking? Chuck has no time to ponder though as the remaining Infected attack.
The other Infected, a male, swings his claws and they lightly rake across Chuck's calve muscle for 3 points of damage!
The injured female Infected grabs at Chuck but her wound must be affecting her for she moves slowly and without coordination, Chuck easily kicks her hands away.
Hudson looks down to see Chuck fending off the Infected with his new found weapon. Doing a pretty good job too. A good man to have in tight quarters Hudson thinks to himself. As he is about to shout for Chuck to follow he sees something out the corner of his eye. Great, more Infected to deal with. He turns to the alley way entrance to see how many and instantly freezes as he sees one creature. Only it's one he had never seen before. He shouts at Chuck and Chuck looks up to see it too.
[spoiler]New creature has entered the initiative order. The initiative now looks like this:
Hudson
Chuck
Hunter
Infected
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Lee yawns and nods to her. "Sure. Take one person with you. One
volunteer".
Lily looks hopefully at the scared people huddled against the wall. They look back at her from downcast eyes. They are scared and ashamed of it. When it looks like no one will go with her the injured cop from before limps towards her. "I'll go with you", he smiles weakly but warmly.
"Oh this is too much", Lee laughs. "Now get out there and distract whatever's coming so I can kill it".
Lily listens before doing anything and she hears the sound of the creature from before, the one that nearly killed her. It sounds like it's coming from the street down in front of the police station and it sounds as if it is still a little ways away. She also hears the low wup wup wup of a helicopter and judging by her sharp hearing it sounds as if it's getting closer. The cop stands near her, awaiting her direction.
