IC-GOLD-Home Stretch(Kat/Emily/Ho/Cynthia/Derek/Billy/etc.)

[Mr. Handy]

On the road-
More black smoke billowed out of the ruined helicopter. Lauren looked at it uneasily. "Maybe we shouldn't be so close to it," she said.

Kyle nodded as he and Alfredo helped Derek over to the women. "It's gonna 'splode!" he said again.

"I'm not sure who's in the Hummer, ma'am," said Sergeant O'Neill on the other side of the gates. "Corpsman! Toss your medical kit over for the lady." One of the other SFs with a red cross on a white armband did as instructed. The kit landed not far from Emily's feet.

Billy Roberts, a man in an orange Racal suit, got out of the back seat of the Humvee and walked up to the squad inside the gates.

In the Escalade stopped outside the gates, everyone watched and waited.

OOC,[b]Emily[/b], if you want to start treating [b]Derek[/b], you may roll Medicine. Also, everyone may roll Spot Hidden at 1/5 skill.

[Dave Syrinx]

Turning around and watching across the Escalade, Kathryn sees movement. "Get ready!" She raises her 9mm and waits.

[Mr. Handy]

Kathryn McCoy,[b]Kathryn[/b] looked back to the northwest and could clearly see the pack of six zombies still chewing on the remains of [b]Victor Gonzalez[/b]. There wasn't much of him left... [spoiler]No need to roll Sanity. You've already seen these particular zombies before.[/spoiler]

[Dave Syrinx]

"Sgt, The only hostiles are over at the tumbled truck. We don´t have any infected following us. And your chap needs to get inside to be cared for properly. Let us in! Look for yourself! No danger..." Kat points in the direction of the truck.

[ryansommer]

"Good idea" Emily said. "Let's move as far away from the helicopter as we can but stay near the gates for when they are eventually opened."

Looking to the uniformed man at the gates: "I will get to work saving the life of your airman.I trust you and your men will help to fend off those ghouls at the Escalade once they finish their meal?"

Using the first aid kit, Emily was able to heal a minor amount of damage done.

[Misfit]

Dereklooks at Emily with gratitude. "Thank you for saving me".

[pfarland]

Billy walks up to the gathered group by the gates and in a obviously Texas accent introduces himself. "Hi, I'm Billy Roberts. Are ya'll okay?"

[Mr. Handy]

Inside the gates-
Now that Billy was closer, he could see that the two dark-haired women and the big, strapping young man with blond hair were all lightly injured. The man who had been pulled out of the wrecked, smoking helicopter was severely wounded, but the older of the two brunettes had helped him greatly and was continuing to do so.

"Ma'am, we'll shoot the infected once they come into range and we get a visual on them," said Sergeant O'Neill, the leader of the SF troopers stationed within the gates." He peered out into the night to the northwest. "It's too dark for me to see them, but we can't open the gates while they're out there and nearby. Until they've been eliminated, these gates have to remain sealed."

OOC,[b]Billy[/b], don't forget that you can roll Spot Hidden at 1/5 skill. Since it's not on your character sheet, you only have the base skill of 25%. With the penalty due to the darkness, this means you'd need a 5 or less.

On the road-
"Hey, mister!" said the powerfully-built young man, waving to Billy. "I'm Kyle Perkins."

"Um, shouldn't we get out of here, Mom?" asked Lauren, glancing nervously at the wreckage. Flames were already coming out of the shattered windscreen. Emily had been busy tending to Derek's injuries, and so neither of them had gone anywhere yet.

Alfredo hurried back to the Escalade. "Let's go, Kathryn!" he said. "Hop in, fast!"

Kathryn McCoy,[b]Kathryn[/b] saw that the half dozen zombies to the northwest were rising up and slowly shambling towards the gates, following the road. They were coming from the northwest and would arrive in a couple of minutes. They were still too far for her to have a decent chance of shooting them in the head. [spoiler]If you want to start shooting, you may do so for five combat rounds, but you'll only hit on a 01 and you won't also be able to move if you do. The M4 has the range, but the penalty for the darkness and for aiming at the head will reduce your skill too much.[/spoiler]

OOC,Everyone who hasn't already done so may roll Spot Hidden at 1/5 skill. It will take [b]Emily[/b] 9 more turns to finish treating [b]Derek[/b], but if she continues to do so now neither of them will be able to move. She can always stop for now and resume at a later time.

[Dave Syrinx]

"We´ll make something happen!" Kat shouts to Emily and the others. She gets in the Escalade again and asks, "What´s the plan, big boy?"

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I forgot to mention in my update that everyone may also make an EDU x 2 roll to see if they've heard of [b]Billy[/b].

[pfarland]

Billy was still trying to get his bearings and make certain everyone was okay so he noticed nothing

[Dave Syrinx]

The name Billy Rogers meant nothing to Kat. She wondered what he´d bring to the situation at the gates, but that had to wait for later. Now she hoped for Alfredo to move the car out of the blast area. "Relocating this ride, right?"

[ryansommer]

"We need to move this man. Can you help, Kyle."

Emily turned to the men behind the gates and spoke as she, Lauren and Kyle moved the injured man away from the helicopter. "That chopper is going to blow up and we need to get him and ourselves a save distance away. If you can't let us in, can one of you come out to help your wounded friend? " When she looked up to address the men, Emily realized that she recognized Billy.

[pfarland]

Billy spoke up. "Now I know we can't open the gates for them, but couldn't we throw some blankets over the razor wire and just let them climb over? We could lash a stretcher together with some rope and lift the wounded over if they can't climb. From what I've heard so far, these abominations don't have the dexterity or intelligence to climb, so we aren't really showing them anything. Alot better than just hoping to put enough of them down and keeping these poor souls alive in the middle of a battle with these things." With that said Billy started to look around for rope, something to use to make a stretcher, and some blankets or something to protect the survivors from the razor wire. If he had to Billy would remove his racal suit to use for it.

[Mr. Handy]

Emily Montrose,[b]Emily[/b] had heard of a televangelist from Texas named [b]Billy Roberts[/b]. Could this be him?

[Mr. Handy]

Inside the gates-
The gates were twenty feet high, and Billy's Racal suit didn't have anywhere near enough material to use. He couldn't find any blankets, rope, or anything that would make a viable substitute.

In the distance, a howitzer barked. A virtual sun exploded to life to the northwest, turning the night sky to day. Staggering down the road to the northwest was a pack of six zombies, one of whom had a wounded head. They were only about 25 yards from the gates. Sergeant O'Neill and the SF troops under his command stared in shock.

"Billy, take cover!" called Cassie, scrambling behind her Humvee. "The chopper's about to blow!"

OOC,[b]Billy[/b], roll Sanity for seeing the zombies. Sanity loss is 0/1d10, so you lose no Sanity if you succeed but 1d10 if you fail. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, you must roll Idea. If you fail this roll, you may act freely, but if you succeed you will go temporarily insane.

Outside the base-
"Yeah, I'm gonna move us south," said Alfredo as he hopped into the driver's seat beside Kathryn. "It'll be off the road, but there's no avoiding it. We have to get away from the chopper and those...things." He turned the SUV a bit to the right and headed off-road, parallel to the fence. Its flat tire slowed it, and before long it bogged down in muddy ground, but it was still a safe distance from the helicopter. Emily, Lauren, Kyle, and Derek ran after it and easily caught up with it. Behind them, they could hear what sounded like gunshots and small explosions coming from the chopper - the ammunition inside was cooking off. The starshell that had burst overhead made the zombies and their surroundings clearly visible. The dead had veered off of the road to follow the fleeing survivors and would arrive very soon.

"Oh, God!" screamed Derek in panic, shuddering from fear. He could not think about them, reacting purely on instinct.

OOC,The rest of you do not need to roll Sanity, as you've seen these zombies before. You have five combat rounds before they arrive at your current position and will be able to attack if you remain there, and we'll handle all five rounds at once before the next major update. There is currently no penalty for darkness thanks to the starshell, and the range is normal, so the only penalty is the -5 for aiming at the head. Those of you inside the vehicle must spend one round getting out before you can fire. If you do not spend at least one of your five rounds moving away, any remaining zombies will be able to attack you (unless you are still inside the vehicle, in which case it will take them an additional round to get to you).

[pfarland]

Billy handles seeing the walking dead just fine. He takes cover behing the Humvee still thinking about some way to get the survivors to safety.

[Dave Syrinx]

"I´ll start from the left..." Kat says as she exits the Escalade and uses it as support and cover. She fires her whole clip and curses while she squeezes off the rounds. Two of the rounds hit the leftmost infected, not bothering it in any way. The third shot, however, puts it down. Cursing at the time spent, she reloads her 9mm seeing that the infected are up close and personal, by the vehicle. She keeps them at arms length and prepares to blow the closest away...

[kouchpotato]

Ho snaps out of his inaction. He clambers out of the escalade and squeezes off four shots. Two connect with a zombie's head, putting it down. The rest all miss.

Handy,Totally screwed up that roll, made one extra shot and put redundant hit locations. Disregard the last I suppose, the second shot was an impale but the zombie was already dead so it doesn't matter much now does it?

[Misfit]

Derek, stares wide eyed and gape mouthed at the walking abominations. "What are they?!" he screamed