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Posted: **Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:21 am**

Z-Day - 8:50 AM Mountain Daylight Time - At the T-Bone
In the garage-
Dave was working on Wallace’s truck. There was some kind of problem with the brake system and it needed parts. Even if they found the parts in the junkyard it would take about half the day to finish the repairs. But Earl wanted Dave to take his time and therefore he could charge extra for labor.

Bob Larkin, the NPS helicopter pilot, was in the garage as well, working on part of the helicopter. Earl was generous enough to let him use the tools from the garage but balked at any discussion of either helping or allowing either Dave or Mitchell to help out with the helicopter repairs. Neither Dave nor Mitchell knew much about helicopter repair but would be willing to learn. Yet there were other cars in the lot in need of repair as well.

Bob was working on the fuel pump and trying to make repairs.
Outside the garage-
Max was enjoying the sunlight outside.

Posted: **Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:20 pm**

Bob had spent quite a while to check for leakage in the fuel pump´s connectors and tubings. All the while he had been looking for spare parts around the garage that would be viable to cannibalize to pass as reinforecements to the malfunctioning fuel pump. Might be a way to MacGyver the bird...

To the mechanic he says, "Sure wish we´d gone with a modern gravity flow syste, would´ve spared me some z´s for sure." After inspecting the pump, he adds, "This tank-to-fuel shutoff valve seems busted. Do you guys have any tubings that would help me out with this one?"
He holds up the bent valve and flow-pipes. "20 millimeter diameter."

Spoiler:

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2018 12:48 am**

8:51 AM
In the garage-
Dave continued to work on Wallace's rig, a gas tanker. The trailer itself was parked out in the lot, as he was working on the tractor. It was slow going, and he wasn't making good progress. It looked like Wallace would be staying the night. Earl looked over his shoulder, smiling and nodding. As far as he was concerned, Dave was just sandbagging as instructed and not actually at a loss as to how to progress. "Don't forget we still got other cars in the lot," he said. "I'd like to get them out of here by the afternoon. And I expect they'll pay." He turned his head when Bob called out to them. "Like I said, you're free to scrounge, but me and my boys got our own work to do. Find your own damn parts."

Bob soon realized that there was a block in the fuel line. While he could repair the fuel pump, he would have to remove the aviation fuel to drain the line. More importantly, it was unclear whether he would have enough fuel to continue to Omaha. He may need to refuel somewhere along the way.

This could take most of the day. It would go quicker if he had some help.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:43 am**

It hit Bob that the fuel issue could be overlooked if he just ripped out most of the seats and kept one for himself and one for the doctor. The rest of the group could proceed with the state trooper. Getting the doc to the final destination has highest priority.

Mumbling, he leaves the garage to check in with the doctor about changing the travel plan.

"Guys, I´m stripping the bird clean. Would you trade some top of the line seatings for five minutes of hose andling?"

He leaves the sliding doors open to the rear seatings.

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2018 11:29 pm**

In the garage-
"Why would I want your castoffs?" said Earl. "My boys and I have customers to help. Paying customers."

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2018 5:57 am**

Bob admits defeat against the helicopter and heads to exit the garage to look for help from the diner.

Posted: **Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:39 am**

8:52 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave followed Bob out of the garage past Max, who was busy sunning himself. While Bob headed for the diner. Dave went over to an old clunker that had broken down to start working on it, humming a heavy metal tune under his breath.
Breakfast

Posted: **Fri Oct 19, 2018 4:46 am**

8:54 AM
Outside the garage-
Max watched while Dave got to work on the car. It had belonged to that history professor, and it was a wonder she had managed to get it this far. The old rustbucket was a rolling pile of junk, only it wasn't rolling anywhere, not yet. Still, he could fix that. This was more his speed than that big rig. The job looked like it would take two hours, but he was sure he could get it done in one, maybe a little less. Earl might not like him getting it done so fast, but he didn't much care what Earl liked.

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:59 am**

8:55 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave hummed Stairway to Heaven while he worked on Alice's jalopy.

Max the dog sniffed the air and went out to see what Buddy was getting himself into, heading for the junkyard.

Posted: **Mon Oct 29, 2018 4:29 am**

8:56 AM
Outside the garage-
While Max entered the junkyard, Dave continued to work and sing, oblivious to his surroundings.
Junkyard Dog

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2018 5:30 pm**

8:57 AM
In the garage-
Earl busied himself inspecting Wallace's truck, looking for ways he could delay the repairs long enough to squeeze more money out of him.

Outside the garage-
Dave could hear the dogs getting more and more agitated as he worked on the car. Then he heard an unfamiliar man's voice call: "Watch out, there's something under there!"

Posted: **Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:02 am**

8:58 AM
In the garage-
With nobody watching, Earl quietly caused some subtle damage to the truck. Nothing that couldn't be fixed, given time. And, of course, time was money.
Outside the garage-
"Holy s***, what is that under there?" called Mitchell's voice from the junkyard.

"What the f***!?" shouted Wallace.

"What the hell?!" cried an unknown, youthful voice.

Dave could also hear the dogs growling angrily. "What's going on?" he called.

Posted: **Sun Nov 11, 2018 3:13 am**

8:59 AM
In the garage-
Boss Earl could not hear anything going on outside, as the garage was soundproofed. Even with the bay door open because Wallace's truck was parked in it, the sound simply did not reach him, not to mention that he was too distracted tinkering with the truck.
Outside the garage-
"Dave, get out here," came Mitchell's voice from the junkyard. "There's a man buried under one of the cars back here!"

Without hesitation, Dave left Alice's car and took off running into the junkyard. Earl wanted him to take his time with the repairs anyway.
Junkyard Dog

Posted: **Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:05 am**

9:00 AM
In the garage-
Earl cackled as he worked, visions of moneybags dancing in his head.

Posted: **Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:52 am**

9:01 AM
In the garage-
Finally hearing the commotion outside, Earl stopped working and stepped out of the garage.

Outside the garage-
Baldwin walked across the asphalt from the direction of the diner toward the garage on the east side of the building. Wallace's truck was parked partway out of one of the garage bay doors, or at least the trailer portion of it. The actual tanker was in the lot. Baldwin's own truck was parked outside the garage, as was a clunker of a car that probably wasn't in good shape even before it had broken down nearby. He could hear a young man shouting "Run!" from the junkyard. As Earl emerged from the garage, where he had been working on Wallace's truck, the mechanics Dave and Mitchell rushed out of the junkyard toward him, followed closely by the two dogs Max and Buddy, as well as Jimmy, a wiry teenager he had never seen before. Mitchell was gripping a rusty fender.

"Now what the hell has got you boys all worked up?" asked Earl, holding a greasy wrench absently in his right hand. "You've got the dogs all riled too. Did you find the part? And who's this kid, and what's he doin' here?" Mitchell realized that he had set the part down near the ruined Chevy, and he had not thought to pick it up in his hasty departure.

Posted: **Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:10 am**

"Jesus Christ Earl. There's a god damn dead person buried back underneath a Chevy in the junkyard. I found the part but f*** if I don't see a dead person claw his way out of the ground. You don't pay me enough to deal with sh** like that." Mitchell shouts at Earl frantically.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:16 am**

Outside the garage-
"You watch your tongue, boy!" snarled Earl. "What you been smoking, talkin' crazy talk like that? Weed? Or something stronger?"

Just then, loud gunshots split the air, coming from the junkyard.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2018 10:19 am**

Baldwin:

Baldwin watches the guys rushing out of the junkyard with the dogs, they sure shouting some crazy shit, he thinks, but there's a lot of crazy shit happening today...

Baldwin slows down and tries to look into the junkyard as he approaches the garage. Then the shot rings out.

"What the f***?"

He slowly places his hand on his revolver under his jacket.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:25 pm**

Outside the garage-

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:13 pm**

"I'm not on any drugs! This sh** is real!"

Suddenly shots ring out and Mitchell gets even more agitated as he drops the fender and gets his trusty baseball bat.

Posted: **Thu Nov 22, 2018 9:53 pm**

9:02 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave snatched up the fender. It was a bit big and unwieldy for his tastes, but it was better than nothing.

After two gunshots, the shooting stopped. Then Wallace sprinted out of the junkyard like a bat out of hell, gripping his revolver. Smoke was still coming from the barrel. His right trouser leg had a slight gash from which there came a trickle of blood.

"Geez, Wallace, what were you shooting at?" asked Earl. "You didn't get snakebit, did you?"

Posted: **Fri Nov 23, 2018 1:31 am**

"Oh man, did it attack you? Mitchell asks nervously. "Did you shoot it? Is it dead?"

Posted: **Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:25 am**

Wallace takes a minute to recover his breath after his sprint away from that monster. When he has he says, "I shot it twice, both shots would have put a normal man down, but it still f***ing bit me. I'm not sure it can die." He looks around for a first aid kit.

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:16 am**

Baldwin:

Baldwin doesn't move any closer for the moment, but points towards the junk yard.

"There's something moving in there still.

"There some real crazy shit goin' on today. I just want to get my truck back on the road."

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:30 am**

9:03 AM
Outside the garage-
"Must be some tough-ass snake, Wallace," said Earl, "to take two slugs from your hand cannon and keep movin'. There's probably someone who can help you in the diner, but don't expect me to suck out the poison." He turned to Baldwin. "Yeah, your truck's ready to go. There's just the matter of payment and you can be on your way." Earl rubbed his grubby fingers against his palm, a gleam in his eye. "We can sort it all out in the garage." He led the way there.

Wallace couldn't see any first aid kits outside, but there was probably one in the garage, considering that accidents could easily happen there, or in the diner.

The dogs growled and barked in the direction of the junkyard.

Posted: **Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:06 pm**

Mr. Handy wrote:"Must be some tough-ass snake, Wallace," said Earl, "to take two slugs from your hand cannon and keep movin'. There's probably someone who can help you in the diner, but don't expect me to suck out the poison."

"It's not a fu**ing snake Boss. I told you, it's a mother fu**ing zombie that crawled out of the ground underneath a old Chevy out there." Mitchell says in frustration.

"Dave saw it. The kid saw it. Wallace says he shot it twice and it's still coming and Baldwin says he can still see movement out there. We got to be ready. It's coming for us, man."

Posted: **Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:22 pm**

Ignoring the others, Wallace is going to head inside to look for a first aid kit.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 5:45 pm**

Baldwin:

"Hold on a minute bro,"

Rather than following Earl into the garage, Baldwin cautiously moves closer to the junkyard to get a better look at whatever he saw. He slowly draws his revolver - just in case those white dudes aren't as crazy as they sound.

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:49 pm**

9:04 AM
Outside the garage-
"Whatever, I'm getting my shotgun," said Earl, heading into the garage ahead of Wallace.

"Something's up with Earl, Mitch," Dave said quietly to his friend. "Did you see how he reacted when you said there was a body under the old Chevy? He was alarmed - but not surprised. You ask me, I think he put that guy there in the first place, or he knows who did. This might be connected to that other thing I told you about."

Jimmy nodded, looking frightened.

The dogs' barking and growling got louder as Baldwin trained his revolver on the movement coming from the junkyard. It soon resolved itself into a man. He was nearly skeletal, much of the skin eaten away by desert creatures. The skin around his mouth had been eaten away, revealing the teeth and skull beneath. One of his eyes was partially consumed, and the hair was stringy and matted. He wore coveralls and shoes. He was about twenty yards away and very slowly shuffling closer. He had three bullet holes: one in the chest, one in the gut, and one in the left thigh, yet he still was somehow on his feet and moving. Baldwin could see to his dismay that the others were not crazy...
In the garage-
While Earl knocked on the office door, went inside, and shut it behind him, Wallace began to look around.

Posted: **Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:07 am**

Baldwin:

"Shit! What the hell is going on?"

Baldwin backs off slowly towards the garage, keeping his gun aimed at the approaching thing. He'd rather wait until it gets closer than waste shots.

Posted: **Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:38 am**

9:05 AM
Outside the garage-
Baldwin retreated back to the garage door, which stood open because the trailer to Wallace's truck was parked partway in the bay, thus preventing it from closing. Dave and Mitchell fled back inside the garage, squeezing past the truck, with Jimmy right behind them. The dogs followed Baldwin back and stood on either side of him, growling at the man, who took no notice. He continued to lumber forward slowly, advancing on Baldwin with his arms outstretched. He was now just about four yards away, close enough for Baldwin to tell just how horrible he smelled and to see the bullet holes in detail. They looked bigger than wounds that could be caused by the dinky .38 revolver he gripped, and they had failed to stop him, though the leg wound appeared to have at least slowed him down.
In the garage-
Wallace could feel himself burning up as he searched for a first aid kit. It was in the very first place he looked, and he snatched it up, sitting on the bench and trying to clean and bandage his bite. However, his mind felt clouded and he could not focus. He did manage to get a tourniquet in place, at least.

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2018 2:10 am**

If he's done all he can with the first aid supplies, Wallace will try to struggle to his feet and head for the cab of his truck.

Posted: **Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:51 am**

"Boss, Boss." Mitchell yells at the closed door while holding his baseball bat ready in case it tried coming towards him again.
"It's here. Shoot it man, shoot it!"

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:51 am**

Baldwin panics when he sees the size of the bullet holes already in the zombie.

He dashes as quickly as he can deeper into the garage, to where Mitchell is banging on the door.

"Open the damn door!"

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2018 4:46 am**

9:06 AM
In the garage-
Dave dropped the fender and snatched up a wrench, standing beside Mitchell. Jimmy also fell back with them. Wallace threw open the door to his truck and climbed into the cab, shutting it behind him. His rifle was there, where he had left it. The dogs followed Baldwin into the garage, and the decaying man staggered in as well. He seemed to ignore the dogs completely, focused on the humans and emitting a moaning sound.

"Keep your pants on, I'm comin'!" drawled Earl as he opened the door to the office and entered the garage, his 20-gauge shotgun in one hand and some paperwork in the other. Earl took a step back, dropping the papers, “What the hell…I thought you was dead?” he said, poleaxed. Hammond came in behind him with a larger shotgun and gaped in horror. Hammond stepped to the side and stood next to his brother, aiming at the intruder and shooting him square in the chest. While he was knocked back briefly, it did not drop him. Earl fired a split second later, blasting him in the head. He finally fell to the garage floor, unmoving.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:08 am**

"Thank god you got him. You think it's dead now? Do you believe me that it wasn't no snake out there? Mitchell is talking fast, under the effects of adrenaline. He'd never seen anything like this and he struggles to make sense of it still.

Posted: **Thu Dec 13, 2018 6:18 am**

In the garage-
"Yeah, ain't nobody can survive that," said Earl. "I believe you now, but nobody who isn't in this room is gonna. We gotta burn him, to be safe. Get a tarp, put him on it, pour some gas on him, roll him up, and light him up."

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:35 am**

Mr. Handy wrote:"Yeah, ain't nobody can survive that," said Earl. "I believe you now, but nobody who isn't in this room is gonna. We gotta burn him, to be safe. Get a tarp, put him on it, pour some gas on him, roll him up, and light him up."

Mitchell pauses. "You think we should just dispose of the body right here? Bo's in the diner. We should let him know. He'll believe us if we all tell him the same thing.

Mitchell looks down at the body. "Maybe someone wants to study him. Find out why he was still walking around after he got shot so many times. It might have something to do with all the crazy sh** going down."

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:49 am**

In the garage-
"It's too risky," said Earl. "What if he gets back up and tries to take a bite out of someone again? We've gotta burn him."

The body twitched briefly, then lay still.

Posted: **Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:06 pm**

Baldwin:

"Shit! You see that? He f***in' moved!"

Baldwin takes an involuntary step backwards, "I'm with you man, burn the f***er before he gets up again!"

Posted: **Thu Dec 20, 2018 7:13 am**

"You might be right but I'm not going anywhere near that thing. So unless you got a flamethrower, someone else is going up to burn it." Mitchell says emphatically.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2018 2:51 am**

9:07 AM
In the garage-
"You're on the clock, you do what I say," said Earl. "Don't worry, we got you covered." He broke open his shotgun, loaded a fresh shell, and snapped it shut again. Hammond slid a new shell into his own shotgun to replace the one he'd fired.

"No, Mitchell's right," said Dave, standing beside him. "You don't pay us enough for that."

Earl rolled his eyes. "If you're too scared, Baldwin can do it. He's not scared of nothin'. That kid can help him, he looks strong enough. Who the hell is he, anyway?"

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:18 pm**

Mitchell moves to a spot where he has a clear path out of the garage.

Posted: **Sun Dec 23, 2018 9:07 pm**

In the garage- Bo poked his head around the edge of the open bay and looked into the garage. "All good here?" he asked.

Posted: **Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:24 am**

In the garage-
"Wooa," said Bo. "Step back boys. That can be contagious. A hole in the head is never good." He pointed his shotgun at the men. "Gary, step carefully and don´t look at the floor."

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2018 12:37 am**

"Bo, that there is a real life zombie. It came crawling up out of the ground out in the junkyard and followed me and Wallace into the garage where the Boss blew its head off. Mitchell says excitedly as he moves to the garage bay doors.

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:28 am**

9:08 AM
In the garage-
Bo entered the garage, followed by Gary.

"Damn straight," said Earl. "I thought he was crazy 'til I saw that thing for myself."

"The bastard bit me!" called Wallace. "Hurts like hell, and my head feels like it's on fire. I think I need a doctor."

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2018 11:40 am**

Adding the day´s crazy occurances, the mention of a zombie did nothing to jar Bo. "Well, it ain´t moving now. Better get inside or more crazies might come at us. I heard other areas are overrun by crazy people. And bar the doors!" He backs out to Stephanie and the others. Still with the gun trained on the men.

Posted: **Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:17 pm**

Gary walks cautiously past the zombie on the floor. "Is the rig running? We need to get it out of the garage so we can shut the bay doors."

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:55 pm**

Outside, Bo says, "Let´s get to the patrol car and start off towards Brownston.", and waves to the scientists to follow.

Posted: **Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:45 am**

9:09 AM
In the garage-
"Mind where you point that thing, Trooper," said Hammond as Bo backed out of the garage.

"No, man," Wallace said to Gary. "This is my rig, and it's here being worked on. We went into the junkyard to find the part we need to fix it, but we left it there when that thing...I don't feel so good..."
Breakfast

Posted: **Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:31 am**

"Fu##, this is one weird day."

Baldwin thought they were done for when the cop turned up, "Yeah Earl, I'll move the body no problem."

He looks at the broken down truck, "Maybe we can get that part from the yard now that this thing's dead again, but couldn't we tow it out first?

"Could use the tractor from my rig."

OOC: I can't remember if there's a tow truck here?

Also, I'm not sure if "tractor" is the right word for American English? I mean the front part of the "tractor/trailer" rig.

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:47 am**

9:10 AM
In the garage-
Baldwin had no problem finding a tarp and laying it out in an open area far from anything flammable, and he and Jimmy were able to lay out the dead body on top of it.

"Thanks," said Earl. "There's a jerry can of gas over on the bench. Once that thing is taken care of, you can use the tow truck to pull the tractor outside so we can close the door. Keys are on the board on the wall." He glared at Dave and Mitchell. "What are you two standing around here lollygagging for? Go back out to the junkyard and get that damn part!"

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:41 am**

Mitchell finally comes out of his excited daze as the body is moved.

He glared at Dave and Mitchell. "What are you two standing around here lollygagging for? Go back out to the junkyard and get that damn part!"

"Sure Boss." Mitchell heads out into the junkyard to retrieve the part he dropped.

Posted: **Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:44 am**

"No, man," Wallace said to Gary. "This is my rig, and it's here being worked on. We went into the junkyard to find the part we need to fix it, but we left it there when that thing...I don't feel so good..."

Gary steps up to look in the cab. "You doing okay? What happened?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 18, 2019 10:05 pm**

Baldwin gets the gas and torches the corpse.

If it burns without getting up again, then he grabs the keys and cautiously steps outside to get the tow truck, "Watch my back!"

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:28 am**

9:11 AM
In the garage-
"MEDIC coming in," called Bo. He leaned into garage, still holding his shotgun, as Dr. Hausmann squeezed past him. He was just in time to see Baldwin use a lighter to ignite the now gas-soaked corpse, which was lying on a tarp in an open area. He held a jerry can in his other hand. The smell was appalling.

Dave followed Mitchell outside.

Hammond, Earl, and Jimmy were still standing around in the back.

Wallace climbed out of the truck's cab, his rifle slung over his shoulder. "Bastard bit me in the leg," he said to Gary. "I shot him twice, but he wouldn't go down." He approached Brigetta. "I don't feel so good, doc. I'm burning up."
Outside the garage-
Kimberly stood outside the garage, holding a shotgun in her hands. She was a beautiful, dark-skinned Latina in a pantsuit. Stephanie, a blonde in a lab coat, stood beside her, looking worried. Mitchell and Dave emerged from the garage on their way to the junkyard. The dogs were lounging around near the garage entrance.

"What happened in there?" asked Kimberly. "We heard shotguns going off."

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2019 9:07 pm**

Bo looks the other way to not see the burning, it doesn´t help the smell of barbecue and the crackling of skin popping, though.
"Just let the doc do her work."

Spoiler:

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:38 pm**

Baldwin:

Lighting up the corpse is just about as much as Baldwin can take, when the body starts to crackle he gets the keys and rushes to the exit before he pukes.

"Watch my back!"

Baldwin draws his handgun again and heads for the tow truck.

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:45 pm**

Gary nods to Wallace and gets out of his way as he goes over to the doctor. Then as Baldwin goes to burn the body, he positions himself on the other side of the truck so he doesn't have to see it. The sound and smell is enough...

Posted: **Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:48 pm**

Mitchell is glad to get out of the garage before the body is burned. He doesn't think he'd handle it very well. It's better to get back to work like the Boss said. He goes to where he dropped the part and retrieves it.

Posted: **Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:18 pm**

Posted: **Wed Feb 06, 2019 1:13 pm**

To anyone paying close attention the Doctor is visibly shaken. As the scene comes into view her eyes quickly widen and for a second she looks like she might turn right back around. She quickly recovers however, despite a slightly shaking hand as she snaps on a pair of black rubber gloves and secures a cotton mask over her face. She quietly mutters to herself in German before getting straight to work in assessing the patient and briskly beginning treatment, without making conversation. Her hands are now rock solid.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:37 am**

9:12 AM
In the garage-
The gas-soaked corpse went up with a whoosh, and a hideous stench filled the garage.

Brigetta made sure the tourniquet around Wallace's leg was tight, then she removed the bandage to clean and disinfect the wound before redressing it. "Thanks, doc," said the truck driver. "I still feel like hell, though."

Baldwin grabbed the tow truck keys and left the garage.
Outside the garage-
"Dead guy came back to life, tried to eat us, got blasted with shotguns," said Dave as he hurried to follow Mitchell into the junkyard. The dogs trotted after them.

"Um, what?!" said Stephanie.

Baldwin emerged from the garage, where he saw Kimberly and Stephanie nearby. The tow truck was parked near the entrance.

In the junkyard-
Mitchell and Dave returned to the junkyard and found the part just where they had left it. The empty hole beneath the Chevy where the corpse had been buried was a haunting reminder of what had just happened.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:36 pm**

Mitchell picks up the part and heads back to the garage, not wanting to stay in the junkyard after what happened. It does occur to him that he should speak to the trooper about why there was a body buried in the junkyard.

Posted: **Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:40 pm**

"Hey, you got any fans in here? The smell is awful! Gary says. "I think we should wait on closing the doors till we air this place out."

Posted: **Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:48 am**

Stripping off the mask and gloves Dr. Hausmann does her signature walk calmly as she can across the garage, pulling Stephanie to the side she speaks in hushed tones.

Posted: **Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:14 am**

9:13 AM
In the garage-
"Yeah, there's an exhaust fan," said Earl, wrinkling his nose. He went over to some controls on the wall and flicked a switch. The burning corpse still stunk, but the air was starting to clear a little. The flesh crackled and blackened as the flames consumed it.

Outside the garage-
"Oh my God," gasped Stephanie when Brigetta whispered to her. "Is there anything we can do for him?"

Dave, Mitchell, and the dogs returned, Mitchell carrying the part.

Baldwin got behind the wheel of the tow truck and started the engine.

Posted: **Mon Mar 04, 2019 5:53 pm**

Dr. Hausmann

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:14 pm**

Mitchell avoids looking at the body burning and goes to work installing the part into Wallace's truck.

Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:15 pm**

Gary steps outside the garage to get some fresh air. He also keeps an eye out for trouble.

Posted: **Sun Mar 17, 2019 2:59 am**

9:14 AM
In the garage-
The flames had now burned away all of the flesh, leaving only the bones. "Good riddance to bad rubbish," muttered Earl.

Outside the garage-
Gary emerged from the garage into the relief of fresh air.

"I'll be happy to assist you," said Stephanie to Brigetta. "We also need to find a truck driver with a truck who can bring the fuel to Brownson. A working truck." She glanced over at the truck's cab that Baldwin towed out of the open bay of the garage, after which Mitchell and Dave got to work on it while the dogs watched.

Posted: **Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:35 am**

Walking with Stephanie the Doctor reapplies her PPE and begins her work on the man leaving just enough time for Stephanie to offer a few words of explanaition.

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:40 pm**

Mitchell takes note of the increased damage. He suspects that the Boss is responsible but doesn't say anything and just gets to work.
"Help me out here Dave. It's going to take us awhile to get this done."

Posted: **Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:41 pm**

Gary steps over to the women. "Is he going to be okay?"

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2019 1:45 am**

Once the cab has been towed out of the garage, Baldwin climbs down from the tow truck and makes his way back inside the garage.

He also has a closer look at Stephanie and Brigetta working.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2019 4:41 am**

9:15 AM
Outside the garage-
"Yeah, we should have this thing working in less than an hour," Dave said to Mitchell. "Really, it shouldn't even take that long, but somebody - I won't name names - screwed it up worse while we were away. The longer it takes to fix, the more he can charge for the labor. Our paychecks remain the same, of course."

Baldwin shut off the engine of the tow truck and got out now that the truck was out of the bay, taking the keys with him. He followed Bo, Stephanie, and Brigetta as they went into the garage. Stephanie shook her head slightly as she went past Gary, a sad look on her face. Kimberly remained outside and stood near Gary. "What a day," she said with a sigh.

In the garage-
Hammond and Earl watched as the flames died out, having run out of flesh to burn. The charred bones were all that remained, lying on the tarp. "He won't be getting back up again," said Earl, shaking his head. "Can someone who's not too busy roll up that tarp and toss it in the junkyard? You, kid!" He pointed at Jimmy. "You're plenty strong. You're not even supposed to be here! Take it out and dump it!" Jimmy rolled up the tarp and shouldered it without even thinking about it.

Stephanie and Brigetta went over to where Wallace sat, while Bo stood watch. "We're just going to draw a little blood from you, so we can test it," she said to Wallace with a smile plastered over her face. "It might hurt a little."

"Probably won't notice, everything else hurts so much," said Wallace.

"Your truck doesn't look like it's in good shape either," said Bo.

"Yeah, it won't be going anywhere for a while yet."

"We need one to haul a load of fuel to Brownson, just a few miles away. It has to get there pretty soon."

"Sorry, can't help you. Even if the truck were in working order, I'm not. Baldwin might be able to help you out, though." He nodded to Baldwin, who had reached the entrance.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:45 pm**

"Yeah, we should have this thing working in less than an hour," Dave said to Mitchell. "Really, it shouldn't even take that long, but somebody - I won't name names - screwed it up worse while we were away. The longer it takes to fix, the more he can charge for the labor. Our paychecks remain the same, of course."

"Ain't that the truth. But nothing we can do but fix this mess as soon as we can." Mitchell says glumly.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:50 pm**

Kimberly remained outside and stood near Gary. "What a day," she said with a sigh.

"You can say that again." Gary says. "What do you think is going on? That man that they burned, what's up with that... and now it appears that Wallace is sick and judging by the doctors' demeanor, it's bad."

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:54 am**

Baldwin:

"Yeah, my rig's ready to get back on the road, but how much fuel and what for?"

Baldwin gives Bo a hard stare, "I got other places to be, and a family to get back to. So I ain't takin' no diversions without a straight story."

Posted: **Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:21 am**

9:16 AM
In the garage-
Jimmy carried the rolled-up tarp outside through the open bay door. "I'm going back to the office," said Hammond, departing through the door at the back of the garage.

"Understood, sir," said Bo, looking Baldwin in the eyes. "It's a few barrels of aviation fuel. There's a lady State Trooper coming in to Brownson in a chopper that'll be running on fumes. It's just a few miles away, but she can't make it this far. That's the absolute closest she can get, so we need to bring the fuel to her and secure a landing site for her. She's due to land in a little less than half an hour. We'll also be bringing passengers out to her, but they can ride in my cruiser. There are a couple of scientists-" he gestured to Stephanie and Brigetta, "and their escorts who need to get to Omaha. I have orders to assist them in reaching Omaha as my top priority. They need to report to the Crisis Response Center there."

With Stephanie's help, Brigetta drew a small tube of blood from Wallace.
Danger

Outside the garage-
"Yeah, that's one way we can stick it to the man," Dave said to Mitchell. "We get this done fast, and he won't make as much as he'd like. There might be another way, too. We could talk to the Trooper about you know what when he comes back out."

"I didn't see it myself," said Kimberly to Gary, "but it doesn't sound good. Some kind of disease, maybe, like they said on TV, but it doesn't sound like any disease I've ever heard of. I understand why they burned the body, but it's a shame we can't examine it and find out more."

Jimmy emerged from the garage, carrying the tarp containing the burnt remains.

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:21 pm**

"I didn't see it myself," said Kimberly to Gary, "but it doesn't sound good. Some kind of disease, maybe, like they said on TV, but it doesn't sound like any disease I've ever heard of. I understand why they burned the body, but it's a shame we can't examine it and find out more."

"Well I ain't no doctor so the further away from any diseased people I can be, the better. Are you aiming to stay around here until we know more or are you planning on trying to head somewhere else?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:25 pm**

"Yeah, that's one way we can stick it to the man," Dave said to Mitchell. "We get this done fast, and he won't make as much as he'd like. There might be another way, too. We could talk to the Trooper about you know what when he comes back out."

"I thought about that but Bo walked in and saw the body and never said a thing about it. If the Boss sees us talking to him, we're in deep shit. I think we should just get this truck fixed and keep our heads down right now."

Posted: **Mon Apr 15, 2019 2:44 am**

9:17 AM
Outside the garage-
"Yeah, I guess you're right," sighed Dave, continuing to work with Mitchell on repairing Wallace's truck.

"I'll stick around at least a little while longer," replied Kimberly to Gary. "How about you?"

Jimmy carried the bundle of bones and ashes into the junkyard.

In the garage-
Brigetta applied pressure to the injection site to stop the bleeding and then put a Band-Aid on it. "All done," she said.

"So, what have I got, Doc?" asked Wallace. "I never felt this bad before, not even when I'd been on a bender. And how the hell does a dead body dig itself out of its own grave, get up, and take a bite out of me in the first place?"

"We don't have a whole lot of time," Bo continued, speaking to Baldwin. "We'd appreciate it if you'd help us out, and we'd gladly compensate you for it."

Earl scooped up the fallen paperwork from the floor and brought it over. "First you gotta settle up before you can drive that truck outta here," he said to Baldwin. He showed him the papers. The charge for the repairs was nearly double the original estimate.

Posted: **Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:22 am**

"I'll stick around at least a little while longer," replied Kimberly to Gary. "How about you?"

"I figure there is safety in numbers and I'm throwing in with the state trooper. Just going to keep guarding out here unless I see some trouble somewhere else." Gary says conversationally. "And I don't like the tone of the skinheads inside so I want to make sure they leave before they cause any trouble."

Posted: **Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:23 am**

Mitchell stops talking and keeps working.

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2019 1:57 am**

9:18 AM
In the junkyard-
Jimmy shook out the bones and ashes from the tarp into the hole underneath the wrecked Chevy, returning the dead man's remains to the grave from which he had climbed.

Outside the garage-
"Yeah, good thinking," Kimberly said to Gary. "I'm with you."

Dave continued to work on the car with Mitchell.

In the garage-
"We don't know," Brigetta told Wallace.

"I'm sorry," said Stephanie.

"Got anything for the pain?" asked Wallace. "It hurts like hell."

"Ja," said Brigetta, taking out a syringe from her medical bag.

Baldwin frowned as he read the fine print in the paperwork. "What the hell are you trying to pull here?" he demanded. "National Emergency Surcharge? That's hundreds of dollars!"

"Haven't you noticed what's been going on in the world this morning?" asked Earl. "It's going to be harder to source parts under the circumstances. If you want to drive that truck outta here, you'll pay the repair bill."

"That's nothing but price gouging!" He looked over at Bo. "You gonna let him get away with this, Trooper? You want me to haul something for you in my truck, you're gonna have to settle this."

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:29 pm**

Gary goes silent and continues to watch for trouble while waiting for Bo to come back out.

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:34 pm**

Mitchell snickers under the hood and whispers to Dave, "You think we can demand a National Emergency bump in our pay?"

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2019 4:27 am**

9:19 AM
In the junkyard-
Jimmy brushed off his hands and carried the empty tarp back the way he came.

Outside the garage-
"We can demand it till we're blue in the face," said Dave. "The boss will never give it to us."
In the garage-
Wallace sighed as Brigetta expertly swabbed his arm and injected him.

It was difficult to hear what was going on outside with the exhaust fan running.

"Come on, Earl, you know you can't do this," said Bo.

"Oh, yeah?" retorted Earl. "What law says I can't?" Bo hesitated, unable to think of one. "See, it's all perfectly legal. Hey, if you wanna pay for his repairs so you can use his truck, that's fine by me. I don't care who pays me, just so long as I get paid."

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:10 pm**

Gary continues to wait outside for Bo to come back out.

Posted: **Mon Apr 29, 2019 5:12 pm**

Mitchell laughs and then goes silent as he hears something.

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2019 4:57 am**

Outside the garage-

Posted: **Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:37 pm**

"Hey, we got some company!" Mitchell shouts to those inside the garage as he pulls his head out from under the hood to see who's coming.

Posted: **Mon May 06, 2019 5:07 am**

9:20 AM
In the garage-
"The Nebraska State Police will reimburse you for the expense," said Bo. "This is official State Police business. We need that truck."

"You want that truck, you can damn well pay for the repairs now," said Earl. "This is a free country, last I checked. You can't just waltz in here and take it. I know my rights."

"The trooper's as good as his word," said Baldwin. "Besides, we both know you've got some code violations in here. You really want him staying here and poking around? Who knows what he'll find?"

"Fine," grunted Earl quickly. "Take the truck and go."
Outside the garage-
Mitchell couldn't see anyone coming from here. The building was between him and the vehicles, blocking his view. He did, however, hear the vehicles stop. Jimmy came back out of the junkyard with the tarp. "Where do I put this?" he asked.

The dogs began barking and growling, looking to the west.

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 3:23 am**

Jimmy came back out of the junkyard with the tarp. "Where do I put this?" he asked.

"Just throw it on the floor inside the garage." Mitchell says. "Can you tell the people inside that we got some company out here?"

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 3:25 am**

Gary continues to watch out for any trouble that might be heading this way.

Posted: **Sun May 12, 2019 1:22 am**

9:21 AM
In the garage-
Jimmy came back inside and tossed the dirty tarp on the floor in a corner. "The mechanic said to tell you we've got company," he said.

Baldwin snatched up his keys. "All right, Trooper," he said to Bo. "You'll take care of the bill for me later, and I'll drive your fuel to Brownson in my rig. Deal?"

"Deal," said Bo, shaking his hand with a firm grip. "All right, ladies, let's be on our way."

"Feel better, man," Baldwin said to Wallace as he walked by.

"Thanks," groaned Wallace, who was still in sorry shape and looked to be getting worse.

Brigetta and Stephanie went outside with Bo and Baldwin.

Outside the garage-
Gary and Kimberly saw the others emerge from the garage after Jimmy went inside. The dogs continued to growl, but nothing could be seen from here. "My truck's right over here," said Baldwin. "I'll drive it over to the chopper and we can load the fuel in the back."

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2019 8:22 pm**

Gary continues to keep watch.

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2019 8:24 pm**

Mitchell keeps working on the truck.

Posted: **Fri May 17, 2019 5:47 am**

9:22 AM
In the garage-
"Good, more customers," said Earl, rubbing his fingers together.

"I don't think he meant-" started Jimmy.

"Scram, kid! You ain't even supposed to be in here!"

Jimmy turned around and scrammed.

Outside the garage-
Jimmy emerged from the garage and went back over to Dave and Mitchell, who were still working on Alice's car. "I told him," he said, "but I don't think he was in a listening mood."

"Meet us at the helicopter," Bo told Baldwin. "The fuel should be just about finished being drained into the barrels by now, and we can load them in the back of your rig." He led Brigetta and Stephanie around the corner to the diner's parking lot while Baldwin got behind the wheel of his truck.
Breakfast

Posted: **Sun May 19, 2019 7:13 am**

Gary will follow Baldwin to his truck, keeping an eye out for danger.

Posted: **Sun May 19, 2019 7:16 am**

"I told him," he said, "but I don't think he was in a listening mood."

Mitchell snorts from under the hood. "I never knew him to be a good listener but at least he can't say he ain't been told."

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 3:47 am**

9:23 AM
In the garage-
Wallace sat on a workbench and moaned, his head in his hands.

The door to the back office opened, and Hammond called out: "Earl, get in here with your shotgun! Trouble!"

Outside the garage-
Kimberly followed Gary over to Baldwin's truck. "Hop in if you want, you two," said Baldwin, starting the engine. "I'll spin you over to the chopper."

The dogs continued barking and growling.

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 6:19 am**

Mitchell stops working and pulls his head out from under the hood. "Dave, did you hear that?"

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 6:22 am**

"Hop in if you want, you two," said Baldwin, starting the engine. "I'll spin you over to the chopper."

"Sounds good." Gary says as he climbs into the truck.

Posted: **Sat May 25, 2019 4:39 am**

9:24 AM
In the garage-
Earl gripped his shotgun and hurried into the office, leaving Wallace alone in the garage.
Danger

Outside the garage-
"Yeah," said Dave. "Hammond's got trouble, and he called for Earl. Maybe another dead guy will eat them both."

Kimberly got into the cab after Gary, and Baldwin drove the truck around the corner to where the helicopter had landed.
Breakfast

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 6:06 am**

"What'll we do, work, run or back up the boss?" Mitchell says. "I'm leaning toward work."

Posted: **Mon May 27, 2019 10:03 pm**

9:25 AM
In the garage-
Wallace lay down on the bench and closed his eyes, but the pain was still too much to let him sleep.

Outside the garage-
"I never thought I'd say this," said Dave, "but work sounds good to me too. It's what he told us to do, so he can't blame us for it. He'd probably be mad if we stopped, anyway."

"Woof," yipped Max, as if he agreed. Buddy only growled.

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2019 7:33 pm**

"Work it is then." Mitchell says. He glances over to Wallace before continuing to work on Wallace's truck. "Hey man. Do you have a sleeper compartment in your truck? Maybe you'd be more comfortable in there."

Posted: **Sun Jun 02, 2019 5:27 am**

9:26 AM
In the garage-
"Yeah, good thinking!" called Wallace. He staggered to his feet and climbed into the cab of his truck.

Outside the garage-
The high-pitched sound of screaming came from the distance.

Posted: **Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:44 pm**

"God damn. It sounds like they got Boss Hammond over a barrel." Mitchell says.

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:20 am**

9:27 AM
In the garage-
Wallace got back out of the truck when he heard the screaming. Taking out his revolver, he headed for the office.

Outside the garage-
Buddy and Max sounded agitated.

"Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy," said Dave.

"Shouldn't we...help him or something?" asked Jimmy.

Posted: **Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:18 am**

Mitchell gets a funny feeling in the back of his mind as he listens to the dogs while he's working. "I know it's probably nothing but I'm going to check out what's got Buddy and Max riled up." Mitchell says to Dave. He grabs his baseball bat as he goes to investigate.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:32 am**

9:28 AM
Outside the garage-
"I'm with you," said Dave, grabbing his wrench. He and Jimmy followed Mitchell as the dogs led the way into the garage.

Samantha rounded the corner in time to see them entering the garage.

In the garage-
Wallace opened the door to the back office while he held his revolver in his other hand and looked inside. Seeing it was empty, he stepped into the office.

In the back room-
Wallace quickly glanced around the office, but saw nothing of interest.

Posted: **Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:43 pm**

Samantha walks towards the garage. She is carrying a shotgun and has a rifle slung over her back. She looks around the area, sees the men enter the garage but continues to look for a way onto a roof.

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2019 3:34 am**

Outside the garage-
There was no visible way to get on the roof from here, but Samantha could continue going around the T-Bone until she reached the rear. That was probably where a dumpster would be found. East of the parking lot was a junkyard, but she couldn't see most of its interior due to the heaps of wreckage. However, she'd have a better view from up on the roof.

Posted: **Thu Jun 06, 2019 4:59 pm**

Mitchell follows the dogs inside the garage.

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 5:43 am**

9:29 AM
Outside the garage-
Samantha kept walking around the building.

Behind the T-Bone-
Samantha walked around the corner and found herself behind the building. The garage had no further entrances here, but it was attached to the diner. There were a couple of fire doors on this side, but they had no apparent means of opening from here. Presumably they were meant to be opened only from the inside. Beside the nearer of the two doors was the dumpster she had sought.
In the garage-
Wallace stepped out of the office. "No sign of Hammond in there or anyone else, for that matter," he said. "I did hear someone breathing just on the other side of the opposite door, which opens into the rear part of the diner."

The dogs looked at the open door to the office and growled.

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:27 pm**

Samantha looks at the dumpster with satisfaction and attempts to climb it onto the roof of the diner. The dumpster is still too low to access the roof. Resigned, Samantha walks back round to enter the garage to ask the men if they had a ladder. Besides, she might be able to tell from the dogs' behaviour if they could sense any wild animals nearby; they would be more reliable for sure.

Posted: **Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:40 pm**

"What is it Buddy?" Mitchell says as he approaches the office. "I want to do the once over with the dogs." He says to Wallace.

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2019 4:36 am**

9:30 AM
Behind the T-Bone-
Samantha tried to get up on the dumpster, but she could not find footholds.
In the garage-
Wallace nodded. "Just keep the sound down," he whispered. "We don't want whoever's on the other side of that door to hear." Dave and Jimmy followed Mitchell and the dogs into the office.

In the back room-
The office was deserted, and the door at the far end, which led to the rear hallway in the diner, remained closed. The office contained the usual furnishings, a desk, a chair, a filing cabinet, and so on.
Outside the garage-
Gary and Kimberly rounded the corner from the diner's parking lot.

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:35 am**

Posted: **Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:43 pm**

Sanantha walks around the building.

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:32 am**

Behind the T-Bone-
As Samantha started to walk, a rifle shot rang out from the other side of the T-Bone.
Outside the garage-
Gary and Kimberly heard a single shot ring out from the opposite side of the diner.

In the back room-
A single shot rang out from somewhere outside, which kept Mitchell from hearing anything else.

Posted: **Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:27 pm**

The last thing Samantha wants to do is tangle with the skinheads but she is also curious about what is happening out front. She trots to a garage entrance ready to duck into cover but also tries to see what's happening on the road. She also unlimbers her rifle and slips something useful into the breach.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:39 am**

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 7:55 am**

"HOLY SHIT. They cut off Hammond's finger and it's still twitching." Mitchell says, looking for the wastebasket. "I think I'm going to puke." And he does just that.

Posted: **Tue Jun 11, 2019 11:17 am**

A whole skin wins over curiosity. Samantha stays on the east side of the diner/garage. She will look in at the garage entrance to see if a ladder is handy whilst listening hard for developments.

Posted: **Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:52 pm**

When the gunshot rings out, Gary will move to the corner of the garage where he can get a view of the gas pumps and the skinhead's vehicles.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:54 am**

9:31 AM
Outside the garage-
A second shot rang out as Gary approached the corner. When he got there, he looked around it while Kimberly watched his back.

Samantha arrived from around the rear corner of the garage and neared the entrance.
In the back room-
A second rifle shot sounded outside, which thankfully covered the noise Mitchell was making.

"Damn," said Dave. "No wonder he screamed like a girl. But...how is it still moving? That ain't natural. It's just like the dead guy in the junkyard."

The dogs whimpered, and Jimmy shuddered.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:42 am**

"What the hell? That's not right." Gary says as he watches the dead skinhead move. He takes aim at it with his rifle and squeezes off a shot.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2019 6:49 am**

Mitchell wipes his mouth with a rag from his back pocket, smearing dirt across his face in the process. As gunshots ring out, he looks for one of Boss Earl's guns.

Posted: **Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:28 pm**

Samantha takes a good look round.

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:53 am**

Posted: **Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:20 pm**

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 2:39 am**

9:31:12 AM
Outside the garage-
Gary hit the skinhead in the back as he toppled over the edge of the truck's bed and disappeared from sight. A few seconds later, two more skinheads emerged from the diner's front doors. The first one had an M-16 with an underbarrel grenade launcher attached, and the other had a pump shotgun. They were looking in his direction at first, but then Baldwin strode forward and fired two shots at the first skinhead. One struck him full in the chest, but it did little more than knock him back slightly. Jim Kerr had also gotten out of the truck, which he was using for cover as he followed Baldwin. The skinhead with the M-16 fired a grenade at Baldwin, which ripped his left arm to shreds!

Samantha stepped into the garage.
In the garage-
Looking around, Samantha spotted a ladder hanging sideways on one wall. Wallace was at the back of the garage, his revolver drawn as he looked through an open door. He glanced back when Samantha entered. Then they heard the grenade explode.

In the back room-
Mitchell searched the office, but he quickly saw that the gun cabinet was empty. The shotguns that they usually kept in here were gone, as was all the ammo. Then everyone heard the grenade blast.

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:04 am**

From as much cover as he can maintain, Gary will take aim at the first skinhead out the door as he does not want him to get off another grenade.

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:08 am**

"Aw Hell!" Mitchell says. He goes over to the door to the diner and gets ready to ambush any skinheads that might come through.

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 6:09 pm**

When the noise of the exploding grenade reverberates through the garage, all thoughts of wild animals go out of Samantha's head.

"Holy crap! It's a war out there! I want to get on the roof; I think it will be safer." She says urgently to Mitchell. She goes over to the ladder on the garage wall and and unhooks it.

Posted: **Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:02 pm**

9:31:24 AM
Outside the garage-
KImberly joined Gary at the corner, crouching low, and fired her shotgun from the hip at the two skinheads in front of the diner. Unfortunately, her blast went over their heads in her haste. Gary's shot missed as well. Worse yet, the skinhead with the shotgun returned fire at her, peppering her right arm with buckshot. She collapsed, bleeding. Gary had luckily been spared, as Kimberly had blocked the pellets from hitting him.

"We got innocent people in here!" shouted the skinhead with the assault rifle. "Hold your fire and stay away, or they might get hurt!" Then both skinheads began to backpedal to the diner's front doors.
In the garage-
Samantha took the ladder off of the wall. It was pretty heavy, but Wallace helped her with it. "Good thinking," he said.

In the back room-
Nobody came through the door from the diner, at least not yet.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:04 am**

"Holy crap! It's a war out there! I want to get on the roof; I think it will be safer." She says urgently to Mitchell. She goes over to the ladder on the garage wall and and unhooks it.

Mitchell heads over to help with the ladder. "This is bad. We gotta find a safe place."

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:08 am**

As the skinheads retreat to the diner, Gary will pull Kimberly out of the line of fire.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:00 pm**

"Quickly! Get it up along the diner roof." Samantha helps carry the ladder outside and against the wall.

Posted: **Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:55 pm**

9:31:36 AM
In the back room-
Dave, Jimmy, and the dogs followed Mitchell back out of the office.

In the garage-
Dave, Mitchell, the dogs, and Jimmy emerged from the back office. Dave quietly shut the door behind them.

Samantha and Wallace carried the ladder outside.

Outside the garage-
Gary pulled Kimberly around the corner and out of the line of fire, which was easy considering that he was strong and she was slender. She was still unconscious and bleeding, however. Samantha and Wallace came out of the garage and leaned the ladder against the wall. There was another pistol shot, followed by a shotgun blast and a rifle shot.

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:46 pm**

"Crap." samantha sighs as she sees the wounded woman. She considers pretending not to notice but instead leans the ladder against the wall ready to be used. She kicks a couple of stones against the bottom to stabilise it.
"Go grab a first aid kit- I assume you got one in the garage." She orders Wallace.
"Put her on the floor here and then go back and guard that corner." She orders the man and then she prepares to do some fast, messy first aid.

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:34 pm**

9:31:48 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave, Mitchell, Jimmy, and the dogs came out of the garage.

"Yeah, the doctor just used it on me earlier," said Wallace. "Let me help you with her." He and Samantha picked up the unconscious Kimberly and brought her inside the garage.

In the garage-
Wallace and Samantha lay Kimberly down on the same cleared workbench where he had been treated earlier, and Wallace retrieved the first aid kit for her.

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:56 pm**

"Put her on the floor here and then go back and guard that corner." She orders the man and then she prepares to do some fast, messy first aid.

"The name's Gary." Gary says in response but he does go back to cover the corner.

Posted: **Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:01 pm**

Mitchell climbs the ladder to the roof to seek cover from the fighting. Once at the top, he'll move to each side of the building to see what he can see.

Posted: **Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:32 pm**

Samantha pulls out the biggest wad of dressing in the first aid kit and presses it tightly over Kmberly's arm. Then she sees a packet of clotting powder in the kit. "Even better!" She rips the packet open and pours most of the contents over the wound. "Now for tweezers." She starts pulling out the shot whilst keeping her ears open to where Gary is standing.

Posted: **Thu Jun 20, 2019 4:41 am**

9:32 AM
Outside the garage-
There was no movement that Gary could see in the parking lot. There was some commotion between the motel and the dirt road. The old Chinese man was being helped up and back toward the motel by the maid, with the Lathan family close behind. The old Chinese woman was running as fast as she could move, which wasn't very fast, across the highway and toward the motel. On the highway across from diner, the police cruiser was stopped. Sean was standing behind it, his rifle aimed across the roof toward the diner. Two skinheads lay dead in front of the diner's front doors, and Jim Kerr had taken cover behind the truck. Baldwin was also dead next to him, his leg missing and his arm in tatters. There may have been more happening that he couldn't see, but the building and the vehicles blocked his view. Then he glanced behind him and saw a small group of people on I-80 almost a mile to the east, slowly walking this way.

Dave held the ladder while Mitchell climbed it.
On the roof of the garage-
Mitchell reached the top of the ladder and took a good look around, seeing everything that Gary had seen below. He also saw the skinhead sniper, dead and motionless some ten yards beyond the pickup truck. Gary wasn't able to see him, as the truck blocked his view, but elevation gave Mitchell the edge. The garage was connected to the diner, and he'd be able to reach the roof of the diner just by walking across. There might have been more to see, but he couldn't see it from here with the building blocking his view.
In the garage-
Kimberly regained consciousness and moaned in pain. "Thank you," she said, weakly. "I thought I was done for back there. What's happening? I can't hear any more shooting."

Posted: **Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:28 am**

Mitchell doesn't like the carnage that he sees but at least the shooting has stopped for the time being.

Posted: **Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:32 am**

Gary keeps an eye out for movement from the dead skinheads.

Posted: **Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:30 pm**

"Buckshot is painful but it won't killl you this time. Here, take these." Samantha finishes tying the sling to keep Kimbetley's arm in place and gives her some pain killers.
"You need to rest. Maybe your friend Gary can help you over to the motel if the shooting's over." Samantha packs up the first aid kit, puts it back in its place and then gets ready to leave.

Posted: **Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:29 am**

9:32:24 AM
In the garage-
Kimberly left the garage with Wallace and Samantha.

On the roof of the garage-
Mitchell crossed over to the diner's roof.

On the roof of the diner-
From his new position, Mitchell could see more.
Outside the garage-
"Hey, Wallace!" called Dave, hearing Jim's shout. "Someone needs you over in front of the diner!"

When Wallace emerged with Samantha and Kimberly, he hurried around the corner to the diner.

Max tried to climb the ladder, but he only ended up toppling it.
Breakfast

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 7:02 pm**

Samantha leads Kimberly over towards Gary. "Here she is; I've patched her up. Now..." She hears the ladder toppling over.
"Idiot!" She turns back to see Max grappling with the ladder. "What are you trying to do? Dance with it?!" Exasperated, she goes to put the ladder back up.

Posted: **Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:21 pm**

Idiot!" She turns back to see Max grappling with the ladder. "What are you trying to do? Dance with it?!" Exasperated, she goes to put the ladder back up.

Mitchell will crouch down so he is not seen by the skinheads and watch them from his vantage point.

Posted: **Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:23 pm**

"Are you okay?" Gary asks Kimberly as she comes out of the garage. "They seem to have retreated into the diner for now."

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:44 pm**

Samantha untangles Max's legs from the ladder. "You daft dog!" She says, not unfondly, and she ruffles him around the ears. "Now stay away from this ladder!" She orders him and looks around for a brick or something to wedge the ladder with.

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2019 2:08 am**

9:32:36 AM
Outside the garage-
Max whimpered and backed away from the ladder, looking up at Samantha with wide, sad doggy eyes. She soon had it back in place, with a brick making sure it wouldn't fall over again.

"Thanks. I'll live," Kimberly told Gary, rubbing her injured arm. "I'm lucky my arm's not broken."

On the roof of the diner-
Mitchell ducked down and kept watch on his surroundings.

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:07 am**

Mitchell can't handle actually seeing Baldwin come back to life.
"This can't be happening. It's not real." Mitchell says as he grinds his fists into his eyes.

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:13 am**

"Let's get up on the roof. It's probably safer up there." Gary says to Kimberly and holds the ladder for her to go up first.

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2019 7:47 am**

Samantha checks her guns whilst Kimberly climbs the ladder. "Mind holding it for me too?" She asks Gary "I've kinder got my hands full." Samantha has a rifle and a shotgun slung over her shoulders.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:46 am**

"Ladies first." Gary replies and continues to hold the ladder.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:37 pm**

9:32:48 AM
Outside the garage-
"Thank you," said Kimberly. In spite of her injury, she was able to quickly climb the ladder to the garage roof.

The dogs looked in the direction of the diner, which could not be seen from here, though they had no problem smelling. They began to growl and bark.

On the roof of the diner-
The horror was too much for Mitchell, and he fainted.

Posted: **Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:57 pm**

"Thanks." Samantha climbs the ladder and then holds it steady for Gary.

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:48 am**

9:33 AM
Outside the garage-
Gunfire erupted suddenly from the front of the diner, around the corner. So did screaming. Samantha managed to scale the ladder.

On the roof of the garage-
Samantha reached the top of the ladder. From here she could see the police cruiser and Baldwin's truck out on the highway just to the south, both of them heading east. The skinheads' vehicles were still parked on the dirt road well to the west. She couldn't see the area directly in front of the diner from here where the shooting was coming from, however. She would have to move to the diner's roof for that, as Kimberly was doing now.

On the roof of the diner-
Kimberly reached where Mitchell had fallen, and then she saw what he had.

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 6:17 pm**

"Come on, Gary hurry up and climb!" Samantha holds the ladder for him, "I want to pull this up pronto!"

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:57 pm**

"Come on, Gary hurry up and climb!" Samantha holds the ladder for him, "I want to pull this up pronto!"

Gary doesn't need any more encouragement and scrambles up the ladder as fast as he can.

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:52 am**

9:33:12 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave held the ladder from below and got ready to climb next while Jimmy waited his turn behind him.

On the roof of the garage-
Gary reached the top of the ladder and joined Samantha.

On the roof of the diner-
"God, they're killing him!" cried Kimberly. She leaned over the edge of the roof and fired her shotgun at the dead man that was grabbing the priest. At this range, she couldn't miss. She blasted a hole in his right shoulder, but he did not even seem to notice.

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:32 pm**

Jimmy yells while waiting for Dave to climb "Hey what are we doing about Max and Buddy, we just leaving them loose down here?"

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:31 am**

Gary will keep watch from the top with his rifle to cover the others as they climb the ladder.

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:57 pm**

"Killing who?" Samantha asks aloud. "More skinheads?" She's very surprised to see Kimberly raise her shotgun and fire it. "Has everyone gone mad? They (the skinheads) wouldn't shoot the dogs would they? That's barbaric!"

She is far more upset with the idea of the dogs being killed than the people. She looks anxiously down the ladder. "Is there a rope or something?"

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:34 am**

9:33:24 AM
Outside the garage-
"They can generally look after themselves," said Dave. "One thing they can't do, as you saw earlier, is climb a ladder, and I can't climb one either if I'm carrying fifty pounds of dog. There might be a rope inside the garage that could be used to make a harness." He began to climb the ladder.

On the roof of the diner-
"It's the same skinheads!" called Kimberly. "They were dead, but they're moving now! They're eating the priest!" Then there was a massive explosion from the parking lot. "Oh sh-" Kimberly shouted as she threw herself flat next to Mitchell, but the sound of another huge explosion cut her off.

On the roof of the garage-
As the white van drove away to the north on the dirt road, the explosions shook the building. Columns of orange and black flame and smoke rose from where the gas pumps had once stood. The ladder began to wobble as Dave was about to crest the roof. It toppled over, and he fell with it, landing next to Jimmy. Amazingly enough, he was uninjured.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 6:14 pm**

Jimmy extends a hand to help Dave up. "You alright?"

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:17 pm**

"What does she mean- the dead skinheads are eating the priest?" Samantha asks Gary. As she has miraculously missed seeing anything ghastly so far.

She watches the men below pick themselves up. "Maybe the dogs will look after them. More like." She calls down to them. "Maybe you should get the dog to help you up here!" To Gary she says, "Give me animals any day." But then she is a park ranger.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:24 pm**

"What does she mean- the dead skinheads are eating the priest?" Samantha asks Gary.

"I don't know what's going on, but it appears as if the skinheads are on some kind of drugs or something because when they get shot, they don't go down, they go crazy and drop their guns and try to bite people." Gary says slowly, as if processing what he has seen but doesn't quite understand himself.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2019 12:27 am**

9:33:36 AM
Outside the garage-
"Thanks, man," said Dave, rising with Jimmy's help and restoring the ladder to its proper position. "Yeah, I'm fine. I managed to roll with it when I came down. Bruised, but not hurt too bad."

On the roof of the diner-
"I mean they're eating him!" calls Kimberly, dragging herself back to her feet and peering over the edge. "They're still at it, too!"

On the roof of the garage-
Neither Samantha nor Gary could see the area directly in front of the diner from their current position, so they couldn't see what Kimberly had told them was happening. The explosion would have reduced the parking lot to a parking lot if it hadn't already been one. As it was, the pumps were gone, columns of flame and smoke rising into the sky from where they had once stood. The helicopter that had been in the parking lot had been blown to pieces, and none of the vehicles parked there looked like they were going anywhere any time soon, with damage ranging from shredded tires and shattered glass to being completely gutted. The white pickup truck that the skinheads had left in the dirt road between the T-Bone and the motel was intact, however, as it had been far enough from ground zero. Their panel van was no longer within sight.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:22 pm**

"Hurry up and get your asses up her so we can pull up the ladder." Gary calls down to the two boys still on the ground.

Posted: **Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:10 pm**

"Wow that was some explosion. Must have been the gas pumps. Hopefully it's cleared away the skinheads but sounds like Kimberley's wits have been addled by the blast. Says Samantha.
"Hey, Kimberly don't let the skinheads see you or they might come and get you too. Hunker down next to that guy; what's the matter with him anyway?" She points to the body of Mitchell lying on the roof.

Posted: **Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:37 am**

Jimmy nods at Gary and starts climbing the ladder. "I don't like leaving the dogs down here but I don't see much choice."

Posted: **Sat Jul 20, 2019 4:19 pm**

9:34 AM
Outside the garage-
Dave held the ladder for Jimmy and then followed him up to the roof. The dogs remained below, facing the corner and growling.

On the roof of the garage-
Jimmy and Dave joined Gary and Samantha on top of the roof.

On the roof of the diner-
Kimberly crouched down and examined Mitchell. "He's fine," she said. "He just fainted, that's all."

Posted: **Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:53 pm**

Samantha watches the two men climbing the ladder. She doesn't seem too pleased. Then she takes her rifle, fiddles with the sights and then turns away to look through them and scan over the scrap yard area if possible.

Posted: **Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:45 am**

Once the boys get up to the roof, Gary pulls the ladder up and lies it on the roof where it won't fall back down. Then he heads over to see what Kimberly is talking about.

Posted: **Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:29 am**

On the roof of the garage-

Posted: **Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:15 pm**

Samantha sighs and looks down at the growling dogs.
"They can sense something out there though. Stay alert." She tells the two men by the ladder and then she walks over to see what Gary is looking at.

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:55 am**

9:34:24 AM
Outside the garage-
The dogs growled a little more and then fell silent.

On the roof of the garage-
Gary pulled up the ladder and placed it on the roof. He, Dave, and Samantha then crossed over to the diner's roof while Jimmy remained behind.

On the roof of the diner-
Dave, Samantha, and Gary joined Kimberly and peered over the edge of the roof. There were plenty of blood, gore, and viscera on the ground in front of the diner, as well as spent shell casings and discarded weapons. However, there were no bodies visible, living or dead.

Mitchell finally came to his senses.

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:09 am**

Jimmy walks over to the others, "the dogs have gone quiet, I can't tell if that's a good thing, or a bad thing".

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:14 am**

Posted: **Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:15 pm**

"What a mess!" Samantha mutters under her breath as she looks below. "Quiet dogs are probably not a good thing. I'll go check on them." She walks over to the side where the dogs ought to be and takes a look over. She has her rifle ready.

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:32 am**

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:42 am**

Mitchell slowly looks up as he realizes he's no longer alone on the roof. Hesitantly, he looks over the side and is relieved to see that there are no more bodies.

"What's happening?" He asks, hoping that someone can make sense of what he just saw.

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:47 am**

"We should probably stay low and stay quiet until we can figure out what is going on. I'd say have one person on each side of the roof to watch for either the rest of the skinheads to come out of the diner or if more of them... uh... zombies for lack of a better term... come crawling around." Gary says to the others.

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:01 am**

"We safe on roof here..." Dave responds to Mitchell.
"Maybe some one should check on diner's back from up here, I will go back to garage roof to see any movement near garage front..." Dave Replies back to Gary and moves towards garage front roof.

Posted: **Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:30 pm**

Posted: **Sat Jul 27, 2019 6:15 pm**

Samantha walks back to the garage roof to look for the dogs.

Posted: **Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:09 am**

Jimmy looks at Dave, "I will see if I can see anything happening with the diner", he then moves towards the roof side overlooking the diner to observe.

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:35 am**

9:35 AM
On the roof of the garage-
Dave and Samantha returned to the garage roof and looked down below. Dave couldn't see much with the sun in his eyes, but Samantha saw that things were clear in that direction for now. The dogs were still below, lounging around and calmer now.

On the roof of the diner-
"A couple of the skinheads were killed," said Kimberly. "Then they...got back up. I know it sounds crazy, but that's what happened. The priest was trying to get their weapons when it happened. They...killed him and started eating him!"

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:24 pm**

Samantha sees Dave squinting,
"I'm used to the sun; out in it all day scouting for animals mostly. It looks clear down there now and the dogs are calmer. Whatever was bothering them has gone down wind or gone altogether."
She sits down to rest, her rifle on her knees.

Posted: **Mon Jul 29, 2019 9:46 pm**

Dave looks towards Samantha nods in agreement and sits down, his eyes watch over rifle for few seconds, then he calls at Mitchell on next roof.."Mitchell, do you hear anything from boss yet, is he still down there...?"

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