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The survivors from the T-Bone flee for the safety of Warren Air Force Base, while a lone woman struggles against all odds to stay alive in a very dangerous place. A small group of survivors races across Nebraska in a pickup truck. The helicopter group arrives in Omaha in a last ditch effort to save the world, but time is running out. Z-Day seems to last forever, but it will come to an end. The sun is getting lower, and night is coming...

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On Randall Road-
"Are you kidding?" said David. "You think I came out all this way just to head off into the sunset? I'm getting in that base, just as soon as they let us."

"I don't think I'll be walking away," said Dr. Owens, eyeing David's shotgun. "I don't want to turn into one of those things. I'm going to die no matter what, and I want to make sure I stay that way. Better to do it now, so I don't take a gun with me that the rest of you could use."
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In his truck-
Keith smiled warmly at Melinda: "I don't know what I'd do without you."
As they pulled up to the road block and stopped, Keith looked around: "Well, looks like this is where we will be calling home for a little bit. Doesn't look so bad."

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Turning to Colin and the others: " I can go with him. I am bitten too and am surly not going to be allowed in. Maybe he and I can take one of the vehicles with some guns and ammo and make for the old Fort back there. We'll be away from all of you and won't pose any danger to you all. I'm sure as hell not going in there to sit in a quarentine or cell until I turn. I'm going to take as many of those bastards with me as I can before I go down."
Frank turned his attention back to Zorie. He set to work on her and was able to mend her wounds somewhat, but he did not help her nearly as much as he would have liked.
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Mr Handy,Since Colin got out of the truck and went over to talk to David, did he hear Frank?
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OOC,Yes, he hears him. Everyone is close enough together that they can hear each other with no problem.
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On Randall Road-
Zorie Spooner slowly came to her senses, her eyelashes fluttering. "Wh...what happened?" she asked. "I'm not dead?"

"You're going to be fine, ma'am," said Lt. Doolittle. "I'm afraid I wrecked the car, but Airman Hodges and I got you out of there and over to the truck, and we all got out alive. We're outside the base now. Hodges saved your life, at the probable cost of his own." She turned to Hodges. "You don't have to give up, Airman. Maybe Zorie and the medical staff at the base can find a cure in time. I can cover for you and make sure you get inside."

Zorie nodded, blinking back tears. "I won't tell anyone," she said. "I don't want you to die. We know a lot more about this now than we did this morning, and with proper care we can buy you some more time. We know that Kimberly was immune, so there must be a way to save you. And even if we can't, studying the toxin's progress will help us find a cure and save others. Thank you for saving me. Now let me try to save you."

Amanda Deeds came over to them. "I agree," she said. "I'll do whatever I can to help." She tried to undo the damage that Lt. Doolittle had done in her own effort to help Zorie earlier, but couldn't do much. "I'll admit I'm not the best, but I can at least accomplish something."

Senior Airman Roger Coltrane got out of the truck and managed to patch Zorie up a little more. "That'll have to do until we get back inside the base, ma'am," he said. "Hodges, if you are going to head to that fort up north, that's not far from the missile base where we were stationed, remember, the one that got nuked. Of course, I guess fallout's the least of your worries at this point. I wish I knew what to say or do. I'll put you in for a medal. Whatever you decide, you won't be forgotten."

Dr. Dale Owens sighed. "I don't know about going out there and going down swinging," he said. "We shouldn't take any vehicles, guns, or ammo. We're dead men, and the living still need them."
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OOC: Does Hodges wound look like a bite? I assume that we will all get completely searched when we try and enter the base so trying to hide the bite will probably not work. May be worth a try, though.

"You know, it's not that I am giving up, it's just that I do not want to die laying down and I don't want to comeback from death and injure any of you. My concern is that even if we do pull one over on them and they let me mover freely in the base, the infection will take me down and I'll attack and injur or kill several of you. I can't stomach the thought of that." Frank sat and thought for a moment. "If you really think that you can help others by studying me, then I suppose we should do that. You have to keep me locked up, though."
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Colin walked over and stood near his truck, "Group, look I am all in favor of going in there and helping fight. But if we are going to be ruled over by some rear echlon mother fucker who never saw combat and thinks that the zombies are just a walk in the park then I say lets get the heck to our own patch of freedom. We know they are trouble and we know that it takes awhile to put them down. I will go in to the base but I refuse to sit on my ass and do nothing while I am in there. I have served and I want to serve again."
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" I hear you, man." Frank said from the back of the truck. "I'd rather resupply and make haste for the woods where we can run and gun these fuckers into the ground but I think Zorie is right. She may be able find a cure that could help millions. If there is a possibility of that, I guess I need to set my own personal feelings aside and hope that she is right. If things aren't going well, though, I'm going to reserve the right to re-arm and head out on my own."
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OOC,[b]Framk[/b]'s wound was only for 1 point of damage and is about as minor as a bite can get. It has already been sewed and bandaged over, so it is not even currently visible. Make a Conceal roll to see how well you disguised it. [b]Lt. Doolittle[/b] already told [b]Carmichael[/b] they were hurt in the car crash, and she and [b]Zorie[/b] are willing to cover for him. It will probably take a full medical exam to reveal that the wound is from a bite (and even then, it might not), and that's not likely to happen until they're already inside the base and in quarantine.
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Mr Handy,If the group wishes can we leave the base once we are inside again? I notice that it seems you are pushing us to go to the base which makes no sense to me since there are alot more nasty things outside that can get us but maybe you have some nasty things inside as well but whatever. So can we?
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OOC,The simple answer is that you don't know whether or not you'll be allowed to leave. This is one of the things you'll have to think about when making the decision ahead of you, which is by no means an easy one. For that matter, you can't even be certain yet that you'll be allowed inside. I'm not forcing you to enter the base, and you have the option of going somewhere else, entering (presuming you're let in), or splitting up. Clearly, those characters under Air Force command cannot leave at will, but [b]Frank Hodges[/b] is the only PC to whom this applies. As for the rest of you, it's still unknown and something you'll need to consider - and maybe make some effort to find out.
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Mr Zombie Killer Mr Handy,actually it was us who where trying to enter the base since it's the logical thing to do to get protect by the army. In the movies that is usually a bad decision, but our characters don't know that...
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OOC: Ahh. Okay. I didnt read the damage from the bite.
"Well, my wound is not bad so we can play it off as a wound from the car crash and I think they will buy it. However, how will you then study me and the infection once we are in there? I'm willing to take my chances inside for the time being. Once things start to go bad for me, I'm going to bug out and get as far away from everyone as I can. Maybe strap a few Claymores to my body and blow those mother fuckers up. I just feel like I need to stay with the group and do what I can to keep them safe for as long as I can."
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On Randall Road-
"The best way to keep everyone safe is to study this and find a way to stop it," said Zorie. "We're not going to solve the crisis by blowing up or putting a bullet into the head of every walking corpse out there. The only way to stop them is through science. As for how we'll study it once we're on the base, I'm sure I'll be put to work with the medical staff monitoring everyone in quarantine, and I'll volunteer for that duty. With my expertise and the knowledge I got out there, they can't afford not to use me. Once you're safely on the base and in quarantine, we can decide what to do next. We can level with the medical people at that point and enlist their help if you want. Sooner or later you'll start to show symptoms and you won't be able to hide them anyway. You were bitten less than ten minutes ago, so you're good for now. You could probably last about three hours untreated, but the base has state of the art medical facilities. There's all sorts of things we can do to slow its progress down and buy more time for you, especially given what we know." She tied a tourniquet around Frank's bitten arm. "That's only the simplest of them. There's one person that Lt. Blanco and I were working with early this morning that I think can really help. She's Major Jaclyn MacPherson, and they'll probably assign her to the quarantine facility too. She's a dedicated doctor and very brilliant, and I'm sure she'll agree with me about keeping you here - once we've gotten you inside. Like me, she has the deepest respect for human life, and I know we can count on her."

"You'll never get me inside," said Dr. Owens. "I don't want to be a burden on you guys or take anything that you could use, and I don't want to go anywhere else. Like I said, I've got nothing left. I should just end it all here and now. David, let me use that shotgun. After I...do it, you can have it back, along with my pistol, ammo, and medical supplies."

"Lt. Doolittle, this is Lt. Colonel Carmichael," said Carmichael's voice on the radio. "Do you read me?"

"I read you loud and clear, sir," said Lt. Doolittle.

"I have good news for you. The CO has finally agreed to grant everyone who hasn't been infected entry to the base, but only under certain conditions. First, everyone who enters must agree to being placed under military command. All civilians will be required to obey orders from any and all military personnel, even the lowliest airman. Nobody will go anywhere without official permission. Any deviation from these instructions may be met with the use of force. Everyone will be placed in quarantine initially for testing and observation. Once cleared, you will all be assigned duties. All civilians must surrender all of their weapons and ammunition to base personnel before being allowed into the base. They will be returned to you eventually - except for anything that is Air Force property. If anyone does not agree to these terms, he or she should leave now. What is the status of the infected person you mentioned?"

"He's about to kill himself, I think, sir. If anyone hears a loud shotgun blast, that'll be him."

"All right, Lieutenant. Once that's done, the Stryker will emerge, the barrier will be temporarily removed, and anyone who wishes to enter will be escorted in. All military personnel among you and anyone injured will ride inside the Stryker, and the civilians will follow in their own vehicles. They are not to stray, and they are not to lag too far behind. Doing so will be considered deviation from official instructions. Is that clear?"

"Crystal, sir." Lt. Doolittle relayed Carmichael's terms to the others. "So, what's it going to be, everyone?"
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Colin sighed and told the group, "Look I served in this mans army once before. I obey no one but myself now. i will not go to a base without being allowed to leave if I want and I will not surrender my weapons. Does anyone else think that this is a stupid idea? How do we know they do not plan to kill us all. I am leaning toward not going in. The only way I will go in is if everyone else goes in as well. If one or two of you want to come with me or more we can make it to that fort. its only a few hours drive from this spot. Dr. Owen maybe you will not die. You could be one of the special ones who manages to live with this virus in you. Why kill yourself now? Lets go away from this place. If it comes to it I will kill you myself, I promise. Anyone else want to be with me?"
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OOC: Do Keith and Melina hear what was said on the radio?
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OOC,Yes, everyone knows what [b]Carmichael[/b] said because [b]Lt. Doolittle[/b] told you.
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"Well...if you leave to go somewhere else, I'll go with you," said Dr. Owens to Colin.

Amanda looked at Colin with deep concern. "Why would you think they'd want to kill us all?" she asked. "We've both served before, each in different ways, and we know the men and women of the United States Armed Forces are the finest people there are. I want my son to be safe, and Melinda and Lisa, who are like daughters to me. And I want you to be safe too, Colin. This is the only place I know of where I think we can be. I know you're suffering from terrible shock. We all are, and it's because of what we've been through out there. You're not just in terrible physical danger, but your mind is in peril too."

Lisa nodded. "Please don't go running off now," she said. "I'm sticking with you, Amanda."

"The fort would be suicidal anyway," said Coltrane. "You don't even know if it's fallen, and besides, there's the radiation to worry about. I told you about the nuke that went off near there."
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Colin said, "I was taught in the army not to leave anyone behind. How can any of you walk into that fort not knowing if we will even be let out of a jail cell ever and leave behind Dr. Owen to kill himself when we do not even know if he will turn. Besides if the fort does not work, and by the way it is run by the National Park Service so it is not an active fort, there are other places out west. Why we could make it to Yellowstone late tommorw morning or Mount Rushmore late tommorow afternoon. I am just begging all of you to see what is really occuring. They will lock us up and never give our weapons back to us. How can you trust them? But he saw that he could not get through to anyone. Colin realzied that he would have to go in with the group and did not have any place to hide any weapons on himself. However looking at the area around him and thinking about the way the millitary was acting he noticed something in the distance which he pointed out to the group as well as seeing what the milliatary was planning on doing which he told the otehr group.
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On Randall Road-
Looking around, Colin Lewis could see a small cluster of people about a mile to the northwest on the road, and they were heading this way quickly. They were too far away to make out any details yet, however. When he turned his attention to the base itself, he noticed that there were snipers positioned in lookout towers and on the roofs of buildings not far from the fence. On ground level, he also spotted concealed foxholes where more USAF Security Forces troopers manned machine guns. This gate was clearly well defended. Everything fit with what he had heard earlier, when Carmichael had said that this was intended as an emergency evacuation route in case the base was overrun. The road and the railroad tracks running parallel to it went from the base off to the northwest, into the wilderness. Any threat likely to endanger the base would probably come from the east, as the city of Cheyenne had to be teeming with the walking dead, but there was little of note out here that wasn't associated with the base. He also realized that the sentries were watching him and his companions, and they were probably as worried about what the civilians would do as he was afraid of them. They clearly saw him trying to conceal his knife on his person, as one of them looked straight at him and shook his head from side to side, frowning. He got the impression that it would be a very bad idea for anyone to try to smuggle weapons inside.
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