Thread: Decaying Lives (Jugger82 X Hime)

Footsteps thudding on nearby concrete startled Lily awake to the slow rising of the new sun, turning her head to see who was surrounding her cage, she instantly winced from the pain that sparked along her neck from sleeping harshly and restlessly on the cold unforgiving man made earth. Taking a deep breath she slowly lilted her head to find the reason she had decided she'd rather face the zombie mass than stay within the same walls with this creep. Lily would have sneered at him when the burly man smirked, brimming with his own arrogance, but she decided not to give him the satisfaction as she instead focused her deep hazelnut eyes on the heavy bars of the cage doors, what, no final remarks or pleas before your pathetic death Dr. Walker chuckled, but Lilys attention was else where when from just overhead she heard the creak of the lever that signaled the opening of her cell. The young woman held her breath and listened, taking a big step back before raising her hand towards the self crowned leader of the colony, LiIy waited for the very second the doors were open wide enough for her to fit through. Upon that very second she flung forth her middle finger in Dr. Walkers direction and bolted out the doors, running like hell itself was tearing open behind her to devour her soul. Lily continued to sprint with the sun on her back, even as her lungs began to burn, she had decided with the dipping of her eye lids last night that searching any buildings close to the colony would be futile as the guards would very likely have looted the area ages ago. Within minutes she was already far out of visual distance of her temporary home, but what was worrying poor Lily was the few walking corpses she had already disturbed in such a short time. Stopping shortly for a breather with her hands on the knees of her faded black jeans, with her heart beating like a steam train inside the heavy blue zipper jacket that covered the white sleeveless shirt clinging to her heaving chest with sweat while raven black hair lay cascading over her face like a waterfall, a tinge of purple flashing when rays of light hit the locks at certian angles. It was at this point in time that she actually to stock of her surroundings, the buildings in this area of the city was less substantial, all thanks to the military raids, many were now carved into rubble leaving wide open spaces and filling the street with mounds of undifferentiated debris topped with a foul layer of droppings from pigeons like the few cooing on the sole standing street lamp to her right. She had continued on her way, the sun was now nearing the panicle of its accent as Lily kept moving as softly as possible towards the outer ring of the deteriorating city, her hand now sporting a aged crowbar that shed pried out a car trapped within the rubble, thankful not to have found any corpses. Shed pulled her soft hair into a ponytail and was navigating various vehicles abandoned in the city streets, many with doors standing open, a sign for all who passed that even cars had not been safe in the chaos of those final days of modern civilization, the worse though were the cars that now acted as tombs for their former owners, who now lay drying out in the blazing heat of the sun. Barely covered skeletal remains folded over dashboards while others lay sprawled over the front seats, a lot still had skin shrived against the bone. These grotesque scenes did not however affect Lily no it was the familiarity of the scenes that called forth tears to her eyes, tears for the day her dad had sacrificed himself for his girls. Pushing her tears back Lily clambered onto the large black SUV that had skidded to a halt straight into a yellowish white Toyota sedan on the off ramp, melding together in metal carnage to block the road indefinitely, her eyes falling on the frozen in time occupant of the SUV, virtually unrecognizable as a human being except for the mouldy clothes and the glinting metal of a chain hanging on a skinless hand that still to this very day clutched the steering wheel. Shaking off the visual sight Lily gazed over the top of the vehicle, she found herself at the back of what must have been an army barricade covering the six lane freeway. Gracefully sliding off the roof of the car she stalked carefully down the crack riddled ramp and through the maze of cars before entering rows of dull white tents, some splattered with blood and what she could only guess was rotten flesh while only the frames of other tents stood shivering in the sudden cold breeze as the covers had long been blown away, exposing it's innards of low standing make shift beds with medical supplies, IV drips, monitors and trays littered around the areas, skeletons still sleeping on the beds, never to leave their place of traumatic death. Looking at the antique silver watch she had librated from an severed hand, had Lilly cursing, it was nearing three in the day and she still hadnt found proper shelter, quickening her pace she slipped the small medical pouch she had stocked with bandages, tweezers, alcohol swabs, syringe with a few needles, some cotton swabs, dumped a lighter that didnt work along with a torch that had obviously been dropped on its bulb, the last two items was a thermometer and a not so useful penlight, but it would have to do for the moment. Stepping quickly past the tents found her among tanks and there in the corner of her eye she saw the rusting out trick bike, long forgotten by the youth that would most likely have manipulate it into various acts of gravity defiance. Mounting the rustic green bike with odd metal pipes attached at the wheel nuts she begun to pedal, annoying squeaks following every rotation of the crank. Slowly guiding the bike through the deserted Humvees, empty gun stands protected by piled high sandbags, but no sign of the men that manned them, all was now deathly calm under the gaze of the afternoon sun. Lily was happy to abandon the stench decay that was so thick among the tents, she continually felt like gagging, the rotting air seemed to worm inside you to the very core and would likely linger inside your body for days. The second she cleared the final concrete barricade, she pushed herself to a near standing position and gunned it down the freeway to the more suburban area, with its shopping centres and gated off communities. Lily did her best to keep her somber eyes on the road, forcing the carnage to the fringes of her vision, until she came upon one of the larger mall. The exterior appeared undamaged, along with the faded kiddies gym, while lawn furniture sat displayed and undisturbed by the doorway dusted with leaves and yellow pollen. The only other sign that anything was amiss was a large square of plywood propped against the wall, holding the crowbar ready she slipped through the faulty automated doors and navigated the dusty halls of the once overtly popular mall The power was out, but thankfully the sun was at just the right angle to light up the Camburry Mall. Heading in the direction of Burger king, in the hopes of canned food was where Lily felt her luck had maybe run out, for there in the doorway to a clothes store was a bulky corpse, standing as if on a break from hunting the poor living. Standing as frozen as a statue, her body shaking lightly in fear, the corpse appeared to have once been a security guard for those cash vans, all dressed up in Kevlar vest and his 9mm still strapped to his right thigh. The rotting predator was facing away from her and she was seriously starting to think of running when the fiend turned slightly, its decayed face barely hanging onto it's skull, it was at that point that a flash struck Lily, this was like one of the things that had held her father away from her arms, a beast like the ones that had caused agony in her life. Fear parted way for blazing hate as she screamed out in bubbling rage. The long dead guard turned on primal instinct, but with its decayed senses it never felt the powerful impact of the crowbar burying into it's skull, forcing it's head to collide with the steel door frame. The initial impact echoed with the sound of bone cracking, but Lily pulled her arm back and swung again and again. Until finally the long steel object caved a path past the fragile skull of it's victim, the sheer force causing thick putrid blood to splatter along the area behind the crowbar, some even spraying on it's handler. Lily stood frozen in place, the crowbar pinning the dead, well now permanently dead guard in place before it's unsupported weight gave into gravity and crumbled onto itself, Lily however continued to stare at the spot where it's head once was for over ten seconds before a creak from behind the truly dead corpse had her crashing back to reality, turning slightly she could see two more zombies stumbling towards her from deep inside the store, but they were still a distance away and her mind jumped into the survival mode her father had taught her. Crouching she released the straps of the gun holster and bolted down the wide open hallways, holster in her left and her blood soaked crowbar in her right. Turning a corner she made out a humanoid shape, her feet skidding to a halt, before ducking down behind a foul smelling dustbin, peering out from behind the dustbin, she watch the shape walking towards the Burger King entrance, she watched for a few seconds and decided the shadow had to be a living human, the walk and lack of moaning all pointed towards the living, so she stood up carefully, hoping beyond hope that the shadow was friendly, Hello, ahm, I'm not undead lily whispered badly while wanting kick herself for sounding stupid, of course she wasn't an undead, undead dont speak.