The zombies seemed absolutely delighted by the fact that Grey seemed so interested in them. But then one of the more recently-dead zombies came to a stop and held up his hand.
"Stop, stop you idiots!" He cried out as the other zombies groaned and eventually came to a stop as well.
"What?!"
"Did you even get a good look at this one before deciding you want her brains? She's dressed up like some kinda future scientist or something and you guys just want to rush right in?" The zombie who had apparently taken over the lead asked as the other zombies stopped and glanced at the humans in a rather sheepish manner. Coming off as quite awkward due to them having just only stopped trying to eat the brains of the three only a few seconds ago.
Noticing the distant trail of smoke billowing up to the top, the lead zombie grit his teeth and turned and began running away. "We'll catch them later. I don't want to stick around here anymore!" Some of the other zombies were confused at what he meant before catching a glimpse of the smoke trail as well. Having seen first-hand what Trioxin did to their corpses besides reanimating them, fire was one of the only sure ways to put them down for good. Had the humans started it intentionally or had they run into any of the other creatures who resided in this place. The zombies were usually left alone due to the fact that most of the creatures had no desire to eat something that smelled like it'd been dead since the early 1900s. Some of the other zombies also broke rank and ran off screaming in terror.
But not
all of them ran as they sneered and continued rushing towards Grey and the other two.
"LET THEM RUN! JUST MEANS MORE BRAINS FOR US!" But just what was Grey hiding behind her back?
@C.T. @Lizzy
Being that the headless body had no real way of sensing Jean's approach, Ash was pulled off before he'd be smashed into the tree. What came next was about par the course as Cap impaled Tarman through the torso and through out the back of the tree. Severing the spine which left the creature's lower half slumped uselessly against the trunk of the tree. But the arms continued to flail outwards, desperate to grab onto anything.
Seeing that the threat was finally dealt with being that Tarman's spine had been severed and it had no real way of finding the group again thanks to Cap destroying the head. The mercenary rose to his feet and made his way over to the others.
"As I said to you before the others arrived, the assistance was appreciated. But I wonder just how many more of those creatures are lurking around here.."
@Jeremi @york @The Man Without Fear
Bits and pieces of undead flesh pelted Daniel in the eye as he swung at the arm. Pulling his head back, not because Daniel's blows hurt him. No because this prey was becoming far too much of a nuisance to try eating. Surely there had to be much more opportune prey who wouldn't put up such a fuss. Tossing Daniel to the ground of it's own accord, the zombie turned with a huff.
"I'll find someone else's brains to eat. You're too much of a pain.." The zombie bemoaned before racing off into the foilage and it seemed like Daniel would have had a moment to breath and recollect himself. Unless of course he decided to follow the zombie?
@Ryu Keiko
While all of this was going on with the zombies scattered all around, the dinosaurs and insects attacking the other survivors, one had gone unnoticed. Having been ambushed by the zombies as soon as she made her way into the outside. Everything would have gone dark as she felt the hard thud of a zombie bashing her against a tree and then dragged off to who knows where?
This unfortunate girl was Junko who finally came to and noticed that she seemed to be in some kind of cave-like setting. Only this one had zombies standing guard armed with makeshift spears, daggers, and the like. Two in particular were standing guard over Junko as she had her hands tied up and feet bound. The zombie to her left noticed that the human they had captured was finally coming to and grinned.
"She's awake! Does that I mean to get to eat her brains!?" The zombie reached out and grabbed Junko's hair and would have taken a large bite out of her skull if it were not for the footsteps which seemed to frighten the zombie into releasing her.
"How many times have I told you boys that you shouldn't eat your food right away? You savor it, enjoy it.." The new voice paused and the figure finally came into light. He seemed to be dressed like he belonged from the late 1800s or early 1900s given his attire and advanced state of decomposition. But as it proved unfortunate during the outbreak in 1969, Trioxin did wondrous things to dead tissue. But even it couldn't completley halt the decomposing process as was evident by the left arm which was only hanging on by a few strands of viscera and tissue.
"..I'm sorry, boss. I thought we could just eat her and she'd lead us to the other humans!"
"We could do that, yes. But where would be the fun in simply turning her to our side right off the bat, eh? Let's see if we can get something out of her and then we gget our meal. Doesn't that sound pleasant to you, my dear?"
@Atomyk
