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Once again calling on his boxing days, Tyler moved to stand on the other side of Gravemind, and aimed to deliver a pulverizing blow to what might still be a kidney. He felt his entire body move behind his fist. The palpable momentum was quite satisfying. If this connects, it's gonna hurt!

((Yesh, yesh you should have. I'll just make it a picture of a window then! =D Dun worry Strider, I has a plan!))

Nicole lurched sideways when Tyler slammed on the brakes, scrabbling wildly for the hatch's iron latch. She held on until Tyler rushed out, intending to go to Ellie's defense. Her stomach churned uncomfortably when she thought of the quickly forming bond, but then the newest survivor popped out of the hatch and her mind was turned to other things. Including the rain beginning to come down cold and hard. "Hard Rain," She muttered ironically, then began to move her feet to climb up. "Yeah, don't pay attention to the people on top of the train. Slam on the brakes, why don'tcha..." She mumbled darkly and managed to pull herself halfway up. Then she felt hands grab at her ankles and start to drag her down. "Well, isn't this just a fine situation I have here. Curse it all!"

Stryker pressed himself against the ground when someone slammed on the brakes of the train. He stayed that way, not wanting to get his head smacked, until it completely halted. Then he continued on and crawled back out from under the vehicle. He mentally thanked Gravemind for calling for more zombies, their groaning and moaning would help disguise him. He went over to the side of the main train part, the driver's control cabin. The door to it was of course closed, but he used his claws to wiggle into a small crack and slip through the small opening he made. He could smell some humans in the next car, and judging by their sounds, they hadn't even noticed him. The other zombies hadn't noticed either the entrance he made, rushing past the door. He went quietly into the control cabin, shutting the door, then he turned to look at the controls.

((lol Troy keeps remarking that no one has told his charrie their name within the story, so here we go.))
"Good to see you, Troy!" Tyler shouted to the figure approaching. "Have you met my new friends? The cute one with silver hair and fangs is Eleanor, and the dark-haired one you just met is Nicole. That's Daniel," Tyler indicated his militarily decked-out ally, "and that's James!" he shouted amid blows between Tyler and Gravemind.

((Hey. I've a lot on my mind that's rather personal, so just use my character for whatever you need. I'm not quitting, but It'll take a bit to recover.))

((same deal for me since my computer is messing up. Ill post when i can, but feel free to do whatever with mine))

((Daw, I hope you get better Ky. And try beating your computer Neo, it might work. Not sure. Lol, Strider's prolly having to concentrate on his schoolwork instead of scheming evil plans. See, that's why I do it while I'm working, so nobody gets suspicious. *shifty eyes*))

"Yeah, thanks for helping me out there...Twice, actually." Nicole said loudly over the rain hitting the train's roof to Troy, rubbing the back of her head and reaching for her shotgun. "I would have been a goner there. Then turned into a zombie." She shuddered from both the cold rain and a memory. "If that ever happens, just shoot me before I do." Then she concentrated on fending off the zombies.

Train controls, it turned out, where far more complicated than an average game controller. Stryker pondered his situation, twisting his claw-like fingers around a little nervously in his hands. "Oh well, things like this ain't gonna solve themselves, huh?" He reached a hand out, hovering over a lever. There was writing on a panel next to it, though it took him a few seconds to figure out. "Ah, this'll do just nicely!" He tried with one hand, then with both when he found it was harder to move than he thought. nothing happened after it clicked into place. He cursed. "Damn, 'Car Release Lever' my a**. What it is, is a piece of shi--" The he heard dull sounding thumps and hisses from behind the driver's cabin of the train, then a few more farther back. The lights also flickered out for a few moments, the train only lit by flashes of lightning during the pauses. "Alright! Now we're in business!"

"No problem Nicole and don't you worry cause I will not let anything bad happen to you." Troy said modestly as he stood by her side and continued to shoot at the remaining zombies.

((Oh, well I was just sayin'. And my chem teacher was AWESOME! We made thermite indoors and lit it up one time. He was all like "There is a good chance I will get fired for this. But I do not care, it is so cool." lol it was raining outside, and he didn't want to wait to fo the experiment.))