California, Gas station

[HUNNY8801]

The city swept past as she rode her motorcycle down the deserted streets. They once swarmed with life, now they teemed with the undead. Zombies crept past and a few times she had had to stop and clear a path through the swarm of infested bodies. She pursed her lips and fired one shot after another, her red hair swept absentmindedly away from her eyes.

She rocketed past the city limits trying to find a safe place to hunker down for the night and rest. She caught sight of a barn, but decided against it, it was too close to the city. The last thing she needed was to be awakened and find herself trapped on a haystack, surrounded by hungry zombies.

She rolled her eyes at the thought, and smiled wryly to herself. A few more miles up and she spotted a gas station. It was the kind of rest stop truckers sometimes use. It had sleeping facilities and showers, it even had a gas station and a diner. It seemed to have everything she needed she wondered warily if she could reinforce it by the evening, and decided it would have to do, she had precious little sunlight left and wanted to be inside way before it got dark.  

[HUNNY8801]

Parking her motorcycle in front of one of the little rooms she foraged through the place for the supplies she'd need to secure her room.

A few hours later, Gi'Anna had not only secured her room, but showered and thrown together a quick dinner. She kept scanning the area for sounds or moans.

Finally after double and triple checking her reiforcements, she reloaded the guns she kept in place in her thigh holsters and sat on a cot. She felt the first twinge of loneliness that she had felt in a long long time. She pushed the thought away and felt her weariness crash over her. She was already asleep as her head hit the pillow, and snoring softly as she curled into a little ball. She was a very light sleeper and would awaken at the slightest sound, but for now she slept deeply for the first time in months, and thankfully, she didn't dream...  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

(I'm going to jump in if that's okay with you. It's nice to see someone still wanting to RP in this guild)

Steve pushed the handle of the hidden door leading to a hidey-hole, the carpet hiding it sliding off, and he crawled out, shotgun at the ready. He had heard the motorcycle coming down the road hours ago and ran for his hiding spot, not knowing if the person was hostile or friendly. He knew now that the person was alone, and not a scout for a larger group. He crept slowly to where he had heard the footsteps end over an hour ago. He asumed the person was asleep, as he had waited that hour without hearing any noise other than his breathing and beating heart. As he walked to the room where he heard the footsteps end, he admired the handywork of the person.

Damn, this person knows how to fortify a building, he thought to himself.

He crept along very slowly, his light footsteps soundign like natural creaks ocuring around the rotting and weathered structure around him. He noticed the door was open. He crapt to the entrance and saw the body of a young woman curled into a ball on the cot, sound asleep. He raised his shotgun slowly and then quickly pumped it.

"Make a single move, your brains and half your body will be splattered all over that cot lil lady," He said in a normal voice, which sounded louder due to the dead of the night surrounding them in the empty buidling.  

[HUNNY8801]

Gia allowed her eyes to flutter slowly open and moving only her eyes, she stared at the man who had a shotgun aimed in her face.
"Well are you gonna use that thing or just point it at me?" She asked annoyed at both the hoarseness in her throat and the interuption in her slumber. She wondered if this was one of the hostile survivors and dared not ask. She remained calm and pointed with her eyes questioningly at the glass of water next to the bed.  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

"Are you one ah them? The zombies? You bitten?" Steve said, noticing her looking at the glass of water, "Don't think 'bout movin lil missie, you move so much as an unannounced inch and I'll blow you away. It wouldn't be the first time I've done so. You see those mounds of dirt coming down that road? They thought they could take my place from me. They didn't know ol' stevie here spent some time in Nam, hehe. So explain yourself missie. Are you bitten, where you come from, who are you, and what the Hell are you doing here?"  

[HUNNY8801]

"My name is Gianna. It doesn't matter where I come from, all that matters is that I'm not bitten. I'm just trying to keep it that way, that's all. Now get that gun out of my face, I'm thirsty." She said before slowly lifting her hand and holding the glass of water. Bringing it to her lips, she sipped slow and long. She smiled up at the man and said, "Thanks for not shooting me."  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

"Don't get too ahead of yourself lil lady, I ain't decided not to shootcha yet. And you'd better enjoy that glass of water, it's the only one you get for the day. Everything is rationed around here, now I have to ration it more to support you. If ya decide to stay, that is. So, what exactly ARE you doing here?" Stevie said, keeping the gun pointed at her.  

[HUNNY8801]

Glancing down at the gun and rolling her eyes, Gi'Anna placed the glass of water back on the nightstand. "I don't need your rations, I have my own supplies." She said with a shrug. "As a matter of fact, I'm willing to share some of my supplies. Are there many survivors here?" She asked looking again at the gun pointed at her.  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

"Oh, you wanna see Willie! Why, sure, follow me, I'll show ya Willie!" Stevie said, lowering his gun, satisfied that she could be trusted. He turned and left the room, walking down the hall and to a door, putting his hand on the doorhandle.

"You ready to meet Willie?" he said, a smile crossing his face.  

[HUNNY8801]

Gia giggled and slipped her boots on without lacing them. She secured her pistols in her thigh holsters, grabbed her bag and hurried after the man. She was right behind him. "Who's Willie?" She asked anxiously. "...and who are you?" She added realizing that he never told her his name.  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

"Like I said earlier, missy, my name is Stevie. And this here," he said, opening the door to a dark room, "This is Willie!"
He flipped on the lights and, on the far side of the small room was a body. It had a hole where the chest should have ben, and it's head was missing, as if the chest and head were hit point blank by a shotgun shell.

"b*****d tried to pretend he was friendly. Turns out he wanted me dead for my stuff. I shot him in the chest, then saw he had been bitten. Blew his head off, just to be sure. Now you know why I treated you the way you did. It weren't nothin' personal. Just tryin' to stay alive myself."

Stevie turned off the light and closed the door, waiting for Gia's response.  

[HUNNY8801]

"Well..." She started she looked away and placed a hand to her throat. "Well it looks like you took care of him." She squatted and quickly laced up her boots. "Follow me." She said standing up and checking the guns in her thigh holsters. They were both loaded. She walked out to the east side of the gas station. Kicking aside the ever present dust that threatened to cover them all, she uncovered a trap door. "This used to be my gas station, I had it fortifeid a long time ago, but too many survivors came and a lot of them had been bitten, it wasn't long before this place was swarming. " She said this sadly. She looked up at him meeting his eyes and then reached down and opened it. She jumped down a few feet. the space was big enough to stand upright and walk around. It was still stocked with supplies. It had been a long time since she'd been here, The guns had to be cleaned and oiled. Bottles of water lined the shelf. "You see? I have no need for your supplies. I will allow you to take what you need."  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

"Well, I'll be. And I thought Ricky back at my ranch had a good stockpile of supplies, but you take the cake. And I remember the time you're talking about. I musta come not too long after you left. Had to put ol' bessy to work. Those mounds you saw coming in down the road that I mentioned earlier? Most of em were from when I first got here, damned biters and bittens were everywhere. That's when I met Wilie, he helpecd me clear the place out. Then he tried to do what he did," Stevie said, grabbing a can of peaches and popping them open.

"Do you mind?" he said as he use his hand to scoop one into his mouth.  

[HUNNY8801]

She smiled ruefully, "Naw, go ahead." She started checking the guns. "These need to be cleaned and oiled." She pulled a cart loaded with different guns and start one by one to clean them. "I can't believe they hadn't been found." She said with a grin.  

[ZombieApocalypseSurvivor]

Stevie finished scooping the peaches into his mouth and tossed the can aside, wiping his mouth on his filthy shirt sleeve.

"I didn't too much exploring. I got here, settled down and stayed quiet. How long do you think it will take to get them oiled and cleaned?"