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(Due to the valid points of certain rpers, all posts must now be at least a paragraph, no more one liners, if you post a one liner, you will be warned, after three warnings you will be kicked, no ifs ands or buts)

(Notorious I just want to state out that he already quit so you don't have to worry how irritating he is.)

Rayde looked over to Shane and said, "keep an eye out for any undead, I'm going to go teach Nilla the basics of shooting and survival. Rayde pulled out her pistol and slung her MP5. She smiled and walked over to where Nilla was streatching out. Wow, she's flexible, Rayde thought to herself as she approached. "Hey Nilla, you ready to learn how to defend yourself?" Rayde looked around to find a good place to instruct her. She selected a spot just off of the road ans set down her pistol and a couple magazines and a box of ammunition.Rayde smiled and started explaining the basics of marksmanship, "First thing you want is a good stable stance....."

Nilla was bending over backwards, her hands and feet flat on the ground, her body arched upward, when Rayde approached her. She didn't know how she was bending this way, or even why. It simply came naturally to her. As naturally as breathing.

"Hey Nilla," Rayde said, "you ready to learn how to defend yourself?"

"Yes," came the reply, and Nilla relaxed, exhaling deeply and lowering her body to the ground.

Rayde led Nilla to a wide open space just off of the road. The sun was shining brightly, making Nilla's hair glow, like a halo around her head. Rayde set down her pistol, as well as a couple magazines and a box of ammunition, then turned to help her. Nilla wondered whether or not it was a good idea to use up what little ammunition they had to teach her how to shoot, but before she could object, Rayde was behind her, up against her, helping her assume the correct position.

"First thing you want," Rayde said, smiling, "is a good, stable stance."

Nilla listened intently as Rayde described the proper way to stand. The edgeways stance of the duelist is necessary for skateboarding or surfing, but counter-productive to good shooting. If one heel is behind the other, the body does not have good lateral balance and will tend to sway sideways. If the feet are squared off parallel, in the old "police academy position" so often seen on TV, the body does not have good front to back balance, and the shots will tend to miss either high or low. The best stance is a fighter’s stance, a boxer’s stance, also known as a "front stance". The lower body needs a pyramidal base, a triangle with depth. Your feet should be shoulder-width apart. If you are right handed and firing with your strong hand only, the pelvis wants to be at about a 45-degree angle with the target, with your left leg to the rear. If you are shooting two-handed and are right hand dominant, the hips still want that 45-degree angle but the left leg should now be forward and the right leg back. Now you’re balanced forward and balanced back, balanced left and balanced right. It’ll be easier to hold the gun on target.

Rayde told her that, on a semiautomatic pistol, you want the web of the hand so high that a ripple of flesh is seen to bunch up behind the backstrap of the grip at the top edge. The higher the hand, the lower the bore axis. This means much better control of muzzle jump and less movement of the pistol upon recoil. Since most handguns, particularly semiautomatics, are designed to be shot this way, it means that you will find it easier to press the trigger straight back as you make each shot. If your hand is too low on the "handle," a straight rearward pressure on the trigger will tend to pull the muzzle down, placing the shot low.

She said that the best way to hold a pistol is, quite simply, as hard as you can.

Lastly, Rayde showed her the proper way to pull the trigger. You need to apply a smooth, consistent, uniform pressure. You don't want the shot to truly surprise you because that would be an unintentional discharge. Rather, you want the exact instant of the shot to surprise you, so you don't anticipate it and convulsively jerk the shot off target. They practiced a few dozen times with Rayde's empty gun, then switched to Nilla's loaded one.

Rayde found an old aluminum can and set it on a tree stump about 12 yards away.

Nilla assumed the stance, high hand grasp, hard grip. Lined up the sights. Pulled the trigger. Fired. She hit the can.

Nilla jumped for joy and hugged Rayde tightly.

The car slowed to a stop and she nearly scream. "what!this car was fine!" Wolfie looked and saw the gas was low "oh i knew that." She got out and saw she didnt make it that far. "Crap." She ran her dog following her close behind and she all the cars had no gas. "you got to be kidding me!"

Duplin pointed to the Gas station. " Lets check this out." Duplin walked to it. "Gas prices are high as hell, 7 bucks a gallon." Duplin looked around for something useful, like a canister. " Im checking out that gas station"
Inside the gas station was empty. It smelt of gas and dead. Groaning started coming from t=one of the rooms, he held his 12 gauge tight. " Anyone alive?" he chuckled. WHAM. He feel to his back. A zombie was gouging and cutting Duplin up. Dupin took the back of his gun and smashed its face in. It fell onto Duplins chest. " Bleh" He pushed it over and got up. He was cut up and bloody. He took out his Spas-12 and turned on the flashlight. He crept over to the back where most gas canisters where.

Wolfie rub her head and nodded and walked around her dog barking. "shhh rover, we have to be quiet." She rub her dogs head and saw a dead girls body."poor girl, i bet she was only 5." She looked away sad now but she had to forget about the girl.