Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End

[Olligarchy]

"Mike?" Olli queries, his voice getting a tad higher pitched as adrenaline kicks in,"Decisions would be good right, 'bout now!"

[Blubbo_Baggins]

"Gun it!" says Chris, "West!"

[WalterPeck]

When the pack of zombies came towards them Mike yelled, "Not today bitches!" and put the truck in reverse. He backed up until he had an easy leftt turn onto 4th then put it drive and gunned the truck. Heading west Mike would slow down just enough at intersections to see if a North/South street ran all the way to the other side of town.

[Wbweather]

Mike and Olli drive west for several blocks. Several of the zombies attempt to chase them, but give up after a block or 2 and turn around, heading back toward the barricade. Most of the side streets seem to run all the way north through town. Mike turns onto 7th and Ollie follows. The town is in disarray. Corpses lie scattered on well manicured lawns. A dog tears away at the abdomen of a young woman's body. The next block north a group of children surround an elderly gentleman who they have apparently drug from his house. His wife runs out of the house trying to beat them off of him until they drag her down to the ground into the thick of a feeding frenzy. As the cars move through town, they attract some attention. The faces that turn to them have a crazed, feverish look about them. A man throws himself at the truck and everyone inside feels the sickening thump as the wheels roll over his body.

After about 6 blocks, the pavement comes to an end continuing on as a gravel road for another block and then run into open fields. Mike turns the wheel right and heads back toward 283 with Olli following. As you approach the highway, things seem even more amiss. Up ahead lies another small county hospital. Like the hospital in Wakeeney, military tents have been set up around the perimeter. Here however, there has been a massacre. Bodies lie piled as the fell, riddled with bullet holes. Several military vehicles are grouped here, two of which have been rolled onto their side. Whether the troops ran out of ammunition, or just were overwhelmed is difficult to make out, but bloodied bodies in military fatigues lie scattered in and around the tents, some still clutching weapons. Several people mill about looking through tents and scavenging on the dead. As you slow to a stop they notice you. At first just a handful begin moving toward your cars, then more and more start encroaching on you from all directions. It is just a matter of minutes before you will be surrounded.

If you can manage to get through a block of bodies and about 50 zombies, you will have reached a clear path out of town, headed north on Highway 283. The question is if you can get through the gantlet of bodies, tents and zombies that cover the road between you and the road out of town.
Hospital Grounds

[Blubbo_Baggins]

OOC

"Let's do this!" says Chris. Pulling out a tire iron, Chris opens the door and charges the zombies!

JK... Looks like we need to turn around, but I will wait IC for other suggestions.

[Wbweather]

OOC

I was kinda hoping for some creative problem solving, but whatever y'all want to do.

[Blubbo_Baggins]

OOC

Since you mention us seeing soldiers "on the way" to the current scene, then I'm interjecting this, since it would have made sense to stop when we saw this opportunity.

As they drive past the soldiers with weapons, Chris tells Mike to stop for a moment. He runs out and searches for guns, ammunition, and anything else that might help.

[Olligarchy]

"We should gun it." Olli notes, surprisingly softly,"If we stop they'll take our rides... or worse."

He'd seen this sort of shit first hand during his visit to South Africa, and the few lessons the Finnish state had given to his family had included not stopping in crises when you had a vehicle. It could never end well.

[TetNak]

"I don't think they will take our cars," Jason says, "They will fucking eat us. Let's fucking try to drive out of here, now!"

[WalterPeck]

Mike looked over to Chris, "Scavenging is a good idea... but not just yet." Mike rolled down his window so the group in the sedan could hear, "We need supplies but we can't take on 50 zombies," he put the truck into reverse and took his foot off the brake, "so I'm going to run them over." Mike smiled and rolled the window back up.

"Buckle up." he said to Chris as he honked the horn and backed down the highway. Following his own advice Mike ensured his seat belt was nice and tight, pressed 'lock' on the doors repeatedly, and put the Ford into 4 HI. As he went backwards Mike gauged how many zombies were on the road. He didn't know how smart they were but if he was lucky they'd line up like ducks for him to mow over.

Action

Going to back down the highway to let the zombies move towards us. When there is enough distance and a lot are on the road, I'm going to floor it and run them over. After the first pass I'll see how successful the action was and go from there.