OCC- Zoey can post for Samantha, although she is currently not armed.
In Baldwin's Truck-
Baldwin pulls out of the lot and heads down the gravel road towards Route 30. As he's pulling onto the road a large aircraft flies over the turn-off. It's clearly a military plan with four propellers. The back cargo doors are being opened and it seems that there are men inside about to drop something out the back.
Wallace looks out the window and sees what seems to be a large mob of creatures closing on the garage. There are too many to count, even from the distance of almost a mile. Kimberly sees the crowd.
"That doesn't look good." she says as she reloads her shotgun.
"Let's hope we don't see anything like that on the way to Brownson." Says Baldwin.
In the meat locker
The man behind the .38 isn't buying what Flip has to sell.
"Cut the crap punk." Says Bud, "Tell me where this girl is and you may live to see daylight. I don't care if you live or die, but I want to know happened to this girl. Speak. Otherwise you can join your friend."
From what little Flip can tell, it seems the old guy means his business. He may be old, but he seems fast. Has a military look about him.
Horst has stopped moving and lies, still and dead, a bit colder than he was before.
Neither Flip nor Bud can hear what is happening elsewhere in the diner, the meatlocker cuts off all outside sounds.
In the Parking Lot-
Jim Kerr has been watching things unfold from outside and is thinking that things are pretty wild. He can hear the gunshots from the roof of the diner, and then saw some Arab chick squeezing off rounds with an AR-15. Then there were gunshots in the garage where his friend Sean Blank went. The days going to hell. Now a truck is leaving the lot, first car since the news van went out. He saw those folks come back. Van looked like it got the shit beat out of it. The sexy Asian chick looked like hell.
He is about to get out of the truck when the radio goes off. "This is State Trooper Joe Barrings. I am on the road again and heading for Brownson. Now I am North of Sidney. I expect to be there in about 10 minutes. Had to kill a couple of them ugly bastards. Pistol didn't seem to do enough to him, but seems the shotgun did it. Still.... Tough sons-a-bitches. What's the situation?"
Then Jim hears the screaming and shooting going on in the Diner.
(Note Jim would need at least two rounds to get into the Diner to participate in the action)
On the North Road-
Michael can see, from his distance a small town in the far distance. The college and airport seem to be north of the town. However, from where he is he can see nothing of any buildings or even the pavement of an airfield.
The helicopter seems to be heading in that direction in any event. He also hears the droning of another aircraft. to the Southwest he sees an airplane, flying fairly low to the ground and heading in an eastwardly direction. However, it is too far for him to make out the exact type of plane.
In the garage-
As the truck takes off the others look to Bob for guidance. Before Bob can say anything, they hear the airplane approach.
Then there is the sound of gunfire and screaming coming from the Diner.
OCC- So who is looking for Earl's gun? What does Bob plan to do now? Any suggestions for the other characters not taking the truck. I assume you will continue working on the helicopter? In the garage- Jimmy, Bob, Gary, Mitchell, Duke, Robert and Randall. + three dead bodies. Also note- It would take at least three moves to get into the Diner from here and participate in the action. If you wish to participate, I will tell you when you get there.
On the rooftop.
Charlie shoots at two of the creatures that neither Luke nor Charlie successfully brought down, but
misses and on the last shot his rifle jams.
"Shit, you white people bring me bad luck." Says Charlie, as he begins to un-jam his rifle.
He is about to say something else to Luke when he is interrupted by the sounds from below. There is the sound of a woman screaming, and then gunshots. Then those sounds are drowned by the sound of the aircraft flying low overhead.
In the Comm room-
Azadeh is working feverishly on the AR-15 as Stephanie continues to try to communicate. "Almost got it.... Shit." She mutters as she continues
to un-jam the assault rifle
Despite her own efforts, Stephanie also
cannot get the computer to function again.
Azadeh sees what Stephanie is doing and says, "Once I get this unjammed, I'll have a go at your PC if you like."
Stephanie does get
Lucky with the four remote stations.
Maine Stations- "Hi. Nebraska.... what the heck is going on? We have blasts all over Eastern Europe.... my husband usually operates this thing and he hasn't returned yet....What's going on? Can't get anything on the TV, and neither my cellphone nor my regular phone are working. I'm all alone up here at the cabin, and I have to say, I'm pretty damn scared."
Canada Station- "Hello Nebraska... ya, Like it's really bad out there, ya? I'm listening in on submarines under the icepack, tryin' to relay. Sounds like a big alert on, ya. Them Russkies are pretty spooked. Really bad, ya know. The Chinese aren't talkin either. I say things are going to get pretty damn bad. Ya. You know its bad when even them Polar Bears are spooked. Say, what's with them funny meteorites? I got one in my backyard and it seems to be leaking some funny colored gas or something. Smells pretty bad, like rotten eggs."
Nevada Station- "This is Capt. Powers. Need I remind you folks that you are operating government equipment and that this system is not to be used for communications between stations. Such communications may lead to penetration by adversarial agencies and the compromise of this network. Please desist from all such communication."
Alaska- "Hey Capt. Powers, why don't you take a flying fuck, or better yet, go to the nearest city and see what the fuck's happening, you asshole. I just came out of Sleep Mute and the whole fucking town is nuts. I mean, I saw some guy eaten another guy. Mary Bellweather was shootin people in the street and then she got dragged down and eaten by a mob. I'm at home and diggin' in with my Winchester and my Remington. When the fuck are you guys going to get me out of this shit? What the fuck is wrong with my cable?"
Goldberg in Hawaii has not yet answered.
Major Andrews comes on the line. "Has a C-130 aircraft flown over your position? Over?"
Stephanie and Azadeh both hear the plane as it passes overhead.
In the fields East of the T-Bone-
The creatures closing on the T-Bone also hear the aircraft flying over the T-Bone. For a moment to stop and watch as it begins to fly overhead.
In the Kitchen-
Dr. Haussman is about to take the anesthetic to be injected by Sally the Nurse. Alice is nearby trying to boil water and prepare bandages. Samantha is also nearby going over the procedures with Sally.
Samantha and Sally both know that it is unclear the extent of the damages done to Dr. Haussman, but that the doctor must be suffering great pain. Furthermore, they know that if they don't operate there is a danger of infection or blood loss. The truth is, they don't know how extensive the injuries are.
They are discussing this with Dr. Haussman when the glass shatters and the creature enters the diner.
In the Diner-
The creature entering through the window draws Rita's attention and she fires at it twice.
both shots hit the creature in the belly, but seem to do little damage to it. Certainly she does not slow it down.
Rita stands fixed at the cashier. She will shoot at the creature till she runs out of ammunition, she stills it, or it gets her.
Mrs. Foo suddenly feels her age as she moves for the ladder? But where is the ladder? Now she regrets not coming to the T-Bone more often, but she always thought Hammond was an awful cook. But her age means that Mrs. Foo will be the last up the ladder. As she moves she can see that there are four other women in the kitchen, one of them on the table.
Father McCormick is nearby and tries to help her get to the ladder, but Mrs. Foo is moving painfully slow.
Tisha screams but seems willing to follow Willie, when Willie takes the lead.
Lynne, Rosie and Ashley are up, Rosie pushing the younger girls forward towards the drop-down ladder leading up to the rooftop. It is just outside the liquor storage and the main office.
Lynne says, "Earl and Hammond kept a pair of shotguns in the office. Maybe we should get 'em."
Rosie nods, "Best you do that and come on back."
Ashley is on the ladder but is panicked, loses her balance and
slips down. The girl is unhurt, but her slip will delay the others from escaping to the roof.
Dave the mechanic is stepping back with a wrench in his hand.
(occ- Dave?)
Beth, also seeing the creature, withdraws her own pistol from her backback and fires
hitting the creature once in the leg. The creature stumbles for a moment, but quickly climbs back up as Beth retreats towards the kitchen. She says as she moves towards the kitchen door, "You better get ready for a fight. They're here."
(occ- Note- No one in the kitchen is armed- however, the kitchen is full of items that could be used as weapons- pots, pans, knives. Roll Spot Hidden to find a suitable weapon).
Once the creature regains its feet it seems at first uncertain what to do as people move about the diner. Overwhelmed by so much prey it chooses the nearest target,
Willie
