World War Z

[Nikki Faroda]

Ashley relaxed after hearing the plan. It was a good plan and all the risk was on Ricard, something she didn't like but she liked it a lot more then sending Harley out there. "Good plan and please don't get killed following it through." She said as she turned to go get the supplies from the room. She got the supplies and brought them to him. It was easy considering she's the one who brought them to the room in the first place. "So when do we start this plan?"  

[Zihark Faroda]

"Heh," Ricard chuckled, "I already had to fight one of these things off. Being bait should be no problem at all." He was going to help Ashley bring up the supplies, but he didn't have a chance as she managed to grab it all in just one trip herself. When she returned he did take some of the stuff from her and helped her place them on the ground. "Well, as long as we're ready to abandon that room, I say the sooner the better." Ricard stated simply as he began to make his way back down to the guest bedroom. "As long as you're ready, let's get into position."  

[Nikki Faroda]

Ashley looked a little nervous as he turned to go. "oh ok, i agree the sooner the better," she said as she ran to where she was right behind him, turned him around, and kissed his cheek. "Be careful, and good luck." As she disappeared into the attic and then to her room.  

[Zihark Faroda]

Ricard was taken by complete surprise as Ashley's arms grabbed him and spun him around, and then even more so as the feel of her soft lips touched his cheek as she kissed him. He didn't know what to say, or even what to do, not that he had any chance to anyway. Almost as soon as Ashley had done that she had vanished down into her room. That was now the second time she kissed him, and this time it was by her own choice. Ricard shook his head and decided to put that aside for the moment. He had to concentrate. Ricard descended down into the guest bedroom and headed straight for the door.

Ricard grabbed the dresser and pushed it aside. He then pressed his ear against the door and listened. He couldn't see the hallway from the attic, so didn't know if there might be any of them in it. He heard nothing and then proceeded to very carefully open the door. He was never so glad to have a non squeaky door before. He opened it slightly and looked out. The hallway was empty. Before opening the door completely, he went back over to the dresser and pulled out a drawer. With the drawer in hand, Ricard opened the guast room's door completely and stepped out into the hallway.

Ricard was very careful with his steps. Luckily the hallway was a short one, so he could see the ones in the living room. He needed to make sure he got the attention of the ones in the kitchen also, so Ricard nervously stepped forward inch by inch, holding the dresser drawer ready to attack if need be. He managed to make it all the way to the kitchen door without attracting the attention. He breathed out a sigh of relief, and then swallowed hard. With all of his might, Ricard took the dresser drawer and slammed it into the wall, leaving a nice sized dent and splintering the drawer itself.

The zombies in the kitchen turned immediately and charged forward, as did the ones in the living room. Ricard wasted no time in booking it down the hallway, shouting at them to "come and get him" as he did so. He had to make sure they didn't get lost. Keeping a small but still safe distane between himself and them, Ricard led them into the guest bedroom and ran up into the attic. The zombies tried giving chase, but were unable to make it up the shelves luckily enough. Had they been actual stairs Ricard might have had to worry. When Ricard saw that all 5 had entered the room and were trying to squeeze into the closet, he shouted as loud as he could, "ASHLEY, NOW!"  

[Nikki Faroda]

Ashley fell on to her bed, all giddy over what she had just did. She couldn't think about that now she had to make sure Ricard didn't die. When she looked at the hole in the ceiling she saw Harley about to jump down,"Harley stay." She was relieved when Harley actually listened to her. She slightly open the door to see Ricard slam the drawer into the wall and then quietly shut it and waited for his handsome voice to call out her name. The minute she heard it, she ran and opened her door. Ashley grabbed her aunts door and closed is quickly and quietly, then locked it with the key for good measure.  

[Zihark Faroda]

Ricard let out a breath of relief when he heard the bedroom door close, and after giving a gloating wave goodbye to the people trying to eat him, he closed the panel in the ceiling leading to the secret passage and headed back into the empty room. He gathered up all the supplies and then walked over to the entrance to Ashley's room and looked down. "Jeez," he said to himself, "do I really have to jump down." He looked over at Harley and laughed at the look on her face that seemed to say 'well duh you idiot.' Ricard just shook his head and leapt down, landing on Ashley's bed. He then placed all their supplies on the ground, walked over to the bedroom door, saw Ashley still by the other room, and said "Good job."  

[Nikki Faroda]

Ashley turned around after locking the door, "Thanks, but you did most the work." She said smiling up at him, "So what's next in your big plan, Zombie Bait?" She giggled a little to herself, which only made her smile bigger. She was still a little giddy about kisses him, but it was worth it. In fact maybe one day when they have found someplace to stay for a while she might give him a real kiss or maybe he would kiss her. She had to get out this train of thought before it started showing on her face.  

[Zihark Faroda]

Ricard just smirked at the name Ashley gave him. "Yeah well, what can I say. I guess I'm just irresistible." He walked forward out of Ashley's room and toward where she still stood by the now locked door. He gave a quick listen and could hear the zombies deeper in the room, probably still trying to get through into the attic. He then turned back to Ashley. "Well, now we get ready to leave this place. Go get the blankets and lanterns and then we'll start searching the kitchen for food. We'll grab anything that's non-perishable." Ricard stood there for a second and then asked, "You have a shed in the backyard right?"  

[Nikki Faroda]

"I wonder have true that statement actually is." She said eyeing him with a thinking look on her face. Then she turned to go get the blankets and lanterns. When she heard his question she hollered over her shoulder from her closet, "yea, but i won't go in there if i were you, i was trying to built a ride to go back and forth to school in so it's a mess of car parts and tools. Why do you ask?"  

[Zihark Faroda]

"You'll see," Ricard answered simply as he stepped into the kitchen and headed for the backdoor. "I'll meet you in the kitchen in a few minutes." Ricard peered out the glass door into the backyard and spotted the shed at the far end. It was a much larger shed than he was used to, designed into the shape of a small house or barn. That certainly explained how Ashley could possibly have been building something in it. Ricard also noticed two zombies standing back there also, but they weren't in direct line of the shed. Unfortunately, Ricard could clearly see a lock on the shed doors. He was about to call out to Ashley when he noticed a pair of keys labeled 'shed' hanging next to the back door. He smiled, grabbed the keys, and went outside.

Ricard wasn't sure how quietly he could walk through the yard, so instead opted to run straight to the shed. He had the keys ready, so once he got there he quickly unlocked the doors and walked in, closing them behind him. He took a quick peak out of the shed's window and saw that he had aroused one of the zombies, but the way it moved made it seem that it had not seen him, and so was unaware of where he currently was. Turning around, Ricard saw an almost completed motorcycle in the center of the shed. Around it were various parts for the bike as well as toolboxes, some open and others closed. 'Too bad she never finished it,' Ricard thought, 'it could have come in handy.

Ricard turned his attention to the walls, looking for anything that would come in handy. His eyes first fell upon a crowbar, and he smiled. He took it off the wall, feeling the wieght of it in his hands, and nodded. Satisfied, he hooked the curved end of the crowbar around one of the belt loops of his pants and continued looking. He picked up a claw hammer, slipping that through another belt loop, and a hatchet, before turning his attention to the toolboxes. Searching through them, he grabbed both a regular and a phillip's head screwdriver, the longest, thickest ones he could find. Some scratching at the door caught his attention, and he knew one of the zombies had found him. He also noticed leaning by the door a few metal poles, about 4 feet in length and maybe 3/4" in diameter. they were probably used for stakes, but Ricard had other plans in store.

Ricard slipped the screwdrivers in his pockets, slipped the hatchet through his back belt loop, and then grabbed one of the metal poles in each hand. Ricard took another glance out of the shed window and saw the zombie roaming aimlessly around the shed doors. Taking a deep breath, Ricard stood behind the shed doors and pushed them open. The zombie immediately turned to attack, but Ricard was too quick. With one of the poles Ricard whacked the zombie in the legs, knocking it down to it's knees, and then then quickly followed through with the other pole slamming against the zombie's head, knocking it fully to the ground. Without waiting to see if it was truly dead or not, Ricard ran back to the house and entered the kitchen, closing and locking the door behind him.  

[Nikki Faroda]

Ashley heard the back door open. After getting the supplies and putting them in the kitchen, she looked out the window and started watching Ricard. She thought of how much work she had put in to that motorcycle out there it was almost completed. If she could be in there for even 30 more minutes she would have it built. She couldn't wait to hear that engine. As Ricard killed the zombie and started running to the house Ashley noticed he left the shed doors wide open. Her baby was where a zombie or anything really could get to it. As he got in the door she turned to him very slowly and said as calmly as she could, "You left the shed open, Ricard."  

[Zihark Faroda]

Ricard just stared at Ashley blankly, his eyes opening and closing several times in quick succession. He then turned from her to look back outside at the shed, and then back to her, then back to the shed and once more back to her. "You...you can't be serious, right," Ricard asked. "What...what difference does it make if the shed is left open or not?"  

[Nikki Faroda]

As he said that Ashley stared at him as if she couldn't understand a word he was says. Still in shock she turn away from him. "You can put the supplies together for a little, i'll be in the shed and back in 30 minute or so to help if you still need it and if anything happens come get me kk?" She said as she grabbed a granola bar and started to walk out the back door toward the shed and toward her proud and joy.  

[Zihark Faroda]

"But what are you," Ricard began as Ashley starting walking passed him, "whatever, but here, take this with you." Ricard handed her one of the metal poles in his hands. "We can divide the other weapons up later, but for now this should be good for you." Once Ashley had left he walked over to the table where the supplies were and carried them over to the counter, that way he could keep an eye on the backyard and Ashley while he did what he needed to. He set up both backpacks and began dividing the supplies evenly; the dog food, the water, Ashley's clothes. He placed Ashley's MP3 in one backpack and the radio in the other, dividing the batteries up evenly as well. He placed one lantern in one backpack and the other one in the other, and the blankets he rolled up to be tied on later. He then divided what food Ashley had gathered so far and then started searching the cupboards himself for more, all the while making sure to keep an eye on the backyard.  

[Nikki Faroda]

When Ashley reached the shed she closed the doors. She wouldn't feel too safe with them only close but felt better about it when she saw Ricard glancing out the kitchen window. Now it was time to go to work, her hands moving as fast as they could while she put the last few things on the bike. It took a little longer then she thought it would but she was finally done. Now came the real problem getting it inside the house to Ricard. She looked out the window and saw 3 zombies but how would she get through them only one was in the way but all were sure to swarm if she left the shed with the bike. After putting a small tool box in the side pouch of the bike, she grabbed the pipe Ricard had given her and left the shed with the bike running as fast as she could to the steps then dropped the bike and turned around swinging as she had caught all 4 now of there attention. She yelled, "RICARD A LITTLE HELP PLEASE" as she took off one of the zombies heads.