Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2018 4:36:23 GMT
It had been a month since the day it happened, the day the one person the young redhead had managed to find a sliver of trust in was ripped from her and she was once again orphaned in the hellish landscape of once was America. The roads twisted and turned through the glass windows of the old Altima she had driven away from the scene, Her feet barely reaching the peddles it was only thanks to Tobi that she was able to operate the vehicle at all. The lessons he had given her and the small blocks he had attached to the peddles allowing her to reach them while also seeing out of the windshield were probably the best damn gifts she had received since the end of the world, Maybe even the best since even before then. Watching as the flat plains of the panhandle slowly be replaced with the hills and valleys of Colorado Sophia watched as the small black rod of plastic in the fuel gauge dropped past the red mark and the fuel light came on. "Great, Perfect, Amazing!" she ranted to herself, the road ahead looked clear enough but the only buildings she had seen since entering the state had been the small outcropping when she was coming in, and that was about an hour back the way she came.
Hearing the engine begin to putter her face flushed with annoyance, up ahead a green sign that read "LAMAR: NEXT EXIT" grew bigger by the second as the car barreled down the road ahead of her, "Alright you piece of shit car, give me three miles, just three miles and you can abandon me too." she growled, her nails digging into the steering wheel as the sign went flying past the side of the car and into the distance. On the horizon was the telltale markings of a town up ahead, scattered buildings began littering the sides of the roads, "Outskirts. Thank you." she said to herself. Pulling the car to the side of the building she pulled her pistol out and secured the silencer onto the end, still the same one she had before she had made a point to only use it in emergencies; Thankfully that time hadn't come yet and as she pulled the hammer from the back seat and held it tight in her hand she popped the door open and hoped out.
Looking around the area Sophia confirmed to herself that the immediate surroundings where safe before turning her attention to the first building, it's pealing teal paint flaking at random intervals along the wall she looked it over before turning to the treeline that bordered the backyard of the houses in the community. Escape route, that way. She thought to herself with a nod towards the tree's. Turning even further, across the way and on the other side of the car sat the other house, like the last it's paint had long begun to peal and it's state of disrepair was evident by the fallen branch protruding from the roof somewhere near the rear of the house. "Okay, this house first then." she said to herself in a low whisper while turning back to the teal wall of the first dwelling. Shutting the door of the car with great care as to not cause enough noise to wake up anything dead or alive that may lie around the area she noted to herself how eerie the area was, the chilly evening air accompanied the fog in a manner some would associate with a horror movie. Creeping around the rear of the vehicle Sophia kept her weapon grasped tightly in her hand, her pistol rested in it's holster along her ankle while the hammer stayed in her left hand, her right free to interact with things and reach for her pistol if needed, Stay low, stay quiet, take them out quietly. She reminded herself as she crept up the stairs to the rear porch, the fence that bordered the backyard long ago had since fallen and rested among the overgrown lawn. Getting to the screen door that sat half hanging off it's hinges Sophia peered in, the darkness of the building accompanying the eerie silence of the area, the only light being cast by the sun as it crept it's way through windows and doors. "Welp, here we go again." she said to herself once more before crossing the threshold, what she would find on the other side was still up to be discovered but what she hoped for was shelter, the storm clouds in the distance had recently been accompanied by thunder and the rain was sure to follow shortly after. Her pack had a few cans of food and some of Tobi's signature power bars remaining although they weren't to last long. "This place better have a lockable room or something." she growled under her breath as she began to clear the building.
Hearing the engine begin to putter her face flushed with annoyance, up ahead a green sign that read "LAMAR: NEXT EXIT" grew bigger by the second as the car barreled down the road ahead of her, "Alright you piece of shit car, give me three miles, just three miles and you can abandon me too." she growled, her nails digging into the steering wheel as the sign went flying past the side of the car and into the distance. On the horizon was the telltale markings of a town up ahead, scattered buildings began littering the sides of the roads, "Outskirts. Thank you." she said to herself. Pulling the car to the side of the building she pulled her pistol out and secured the silencer onto the end, still the same one she had before she had made a point to only use it in emergencies; Thankfully that time hadn't come yet and as she pulled the hammer from the back seat and held it tight in her hand she popped the door open and hoped out.
Looking around the area Sophia confirmed to herself that the immediate surroundings where safe before turning her attention to the first building, it's pealing teal paint flaking at random intervals along the wall she looked it over before turning to the treeline that bordered the backyard of the houses in the community. Escape route, that way. She thought to herself with a nod towards the tree's. Turning even further, across the way and on the other side of the car sat the other house, like the last it's paint had long begun to peal and it's state of disrepair was evident by the fallen branch protruding from the roof somewhere near the rear of the house. "Okay, this house first then." she said to herself in a low whisper while turning back to the teal wall of the first dwelling. Shutting the door of the car with great care as to not cause enough noise to wake up anything dead or alive that may lie around the area she noted to herself how eerie the area was, the chilly evening air accompanied the fog in a manner some would associate with a horror movie. Creeping around the rear of the vehicle Sophia kept her weapon grasped tightly in her hand, her pistol rested in it's holster along her ankle while the hammer stayed in her left hand, her right free to interact with things and reach for her pistol if needed, Stay low, stay quiet, take them out quietly. She reminded herself as she crept up the stairs to the rear porch, the fence that bordered the backyard long ago had since fallen and rested among the overgrown lawn. Getting to the screen door that sat half hanging off it's hinges Sophia peered in, the darkness of the building accompanying the eerie silence of the area, the only light being cast by the sun as it crept it's way through windows and doors. "Welp, here we go again." she said to herself once more before crossing the threshold, what she would find on the other side was still up to be discovered but what she hoped for was shelter, the storm clouds in the distance had recently been accompanied by thunder and the rain was sure to follow shortly after. Her pack had a few cans of food and some of Tobi's signature power bars remaining although they weren't to last long. "This place better have a lockable room or something." she growled under her breath as she began to clear the building.