Nightshift 42: Germaine Street

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The streets hardly seemed to be a better alternative to the pet shop. In fact, it seemed like there were more zombies on the street than where they were originally. Sakura glanced around the town in a frenzy. Zombies were everywhere! Where were they supposed to find somewhere safe?

She picked up a rock and pitched it at a zombie approaching them from behind. "Fai-san, where do we go?" she asked, looking up at him once more.

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"Sakura!!" Touya called, spotting her immediately next to... to... Fai. That was his name. The young man ran a bit to catch up to Yue's pace, stopping in front of the pair. He turned to Fai and Yue, looking around frantically.

"What's going on?" he asked. "I never heard anything about anything like this!"

[winged_moon]

It was fortunate that they didn't have to go too far, not in these conditions. As they approached the edge of the park Yue had sensed Sakura's magic and hurried all the faster for it, but only when he reached the street did he realize who else was with her - Fai?

There were certainly worse people she could have ended up with when night fell; if nothing else he'd likely watch over the girl on behalf of his Sakura. But still, seeing the pair of them surrounded by the undead creatures sent an icy rush of concern flooding through him.

"Talk later," he snapped, sparing a quick glance to make sure Fai and Sakura seemed all right before turning his back on them to watch the rest of the street. "Need to get somewhere defensible."

Here they were too open, too exposed. There had to be a place that would provide shelter, or at least a wall at their backs.

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"O-Onii-chan! Yue-san!" It seemed like the two were okay, but all of them were going to be in trouble if they didn't move soon. As a group of four people, it seemed like they were a pretty easy target for the masses of zombies, and many of the zombies had already redirected themselves and were headed for them.

Sakura glanced around the street as the other three were fighting. Where should they go? Where was the safest place? Their choice could mean the difference between life and death, yet they had little time to discuss or think about their options.

A brick building labeled "Black Rock Inn" across the street quickly caught her eye. "How about that inn?" she asked, pointing.

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When he actually caught sight of the others, he let out a sigh of relief and tried to replace the missing smile. They hadn't gone far, but it was tough going the entire way. His heart was beating loudly in his chest, and at least now there were a couple more people to help keep the undead creatures away.

Yue could fight, and so could he, but Sakura and Touya? At least they all agreed that they had to find somewhere to hide and quick. The inn was close and at the very least promised to have furniture for barricading doors and windows if it came to that. And judging by the sheer number of undead roaming the streets, it very well might.

"Looks as good as anywhere else," he gave a weak smile. "At least it would be inside."

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"Inside is better than out here," Touya said, picking up Sakura before she could complain. Not that he didn't trust her to run for her life, but the three young men could probably run faster than the tiny girl.

"They probably have stuff we can fight with in there, too," he said as they all ran towards the inn.

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