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Logan after radioing Rick drove until he found a barricaded alley with five walkers in it.
After taking care of the walkers and securing the alley I heard gunshot ranging again, but this time it was different kind.
BAANNG! BAANNG!!
"That's a rifle, did Rick finally snap and thought using a louder gun is a good choice." Logan thought that maybe Rick started using some of the guns from his bag.
He took his Kopis, axe, a sniper rifle with a silencer, the walkie, and a few other things.
"Guess I should take to the rooftops, and scout the area to see how bad it is." Logan start climbing the ladder. At the roof Logan looked around and found a lone walker which he jokingly kicked off the three story building with a flying kick .
"So long b*tch." Offered as he locked the roof door to not be interrupted.
"Alright, let's scout the place and see how f*cked the situation is." Taking his telescope, he began to scout all the four sides of the building.
"Situation is bad on the streets, Walkers numbers must be in triple digits… even a vehicle will fail to escape from those numbers. If Rick and whoever helped him were smart enough, they'd hide in one of the buildings." Logan deduced that the duo should be one of the buildings so he kept his Walkie On in hope that Rick would call him.
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A while later, Logan kept watch on the area, he also noticed the thunder rumbling, a sign that it's gonna be raining soon.
*kshhh…"
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His walkie was getting some kind of interference, then the next moment a voice came out.
*kshhh…Anybody hear me?...please respond…*
Someone is trying to communicate with his companion(s)? Was the question in Logan's head, he looked at his Walkie for a moment before deciding to answer.
*kshhh…Who is speaking, and what do you want?…*
<×××××>
On another roof, T-Dog was still trying to communicate with the camp but there was nothing. After a moment he was about to push the button to try again but,
*kshhh…Who is speaking, and what do you want?…*
"Holy sh*t!" T-Dog jumped in surprise, with Merle looking at the guy with unfocused eyes, and handcuffed across from him.
At that moment his companions, Jacqui, Andrea, and Morales came back running.
"Guys!" "Not now T., we gotta see how they're doing outside there" Morales interrupted him as he took his telescope to watch the others.
T-Dog stood up quickly, stood up and raised the walkie in his hand "No! I got a response just now!!"
That surprised the others as they turned to him "did you really get a response from the camp!?!"
"He wasn't someone from the camp, but we at least got a response." Shook his head
"Ask him who he is." Morales instructed him, Andrea who remembered her talk with Rick suddenly realized.
"Rick told me when we were watching the store that he had a companion who helped him get here, maybe it's him?" She informed the others, but then a voice came from the walkie.
*kshhh…You gonna talk or what?...*
Everyone heard it this time, T-Dog pushed the button and asked.
*kshhh…Who are you?...*
*kshhh… Does that matter? I'm guessing you were asking for help, and your signal is weak by the way, your walkie probably has a short range...*
Everyone looked at each other
*kshhh…We're stuck in a building with a store on the ground floor, two of our companions are outside trying to catch us a ride…*
*kshhh….I got two questions, I heard a rifle shot a short while ago, you wouldn't happen to know about the culprit right?…*
"He heard Merle shoot early, means he's close, tell him it came from one of ours." Morales decided to come clean, the other party may even be able to help them.
*kshhh….It was one of us, he wasn't right in the mind, we're in the roof right now…*
*kshhh…Figured as much, your walkie probably has a 2-miles or less range, which isn't much. But did you by a chance know a guy named Rick?...*
"Holy." T-Dog and the others realized this was Rick's friend, Andrea took the walkie from T-Dog and answered.
*kshhh…We know him, we were with him a minute or two ago…*
*kshhh…He's trying to get you the ride along one of your own? Oh? I think I see you, two men, and two women. I am four roofs to your right. Can you tell me in which direction those two are heading?...*
Taking the telescope Morales looked in the direction the guy informed them of, and there a blonde man waved at him "Found him, tell him to look at the end of street, Glenn and Rick just passed under that truck in the middle of the road."
*kshh...At the end of the street, if you can see the truck in the middle of the road. The two just passed it…*
<×××××>
Logan communicated with that group he managed to find on a roof, after they informed him about Rick's location he easily found him along with another guy using the same method he used to Camouflage their scent from the walkers.
Tick, tick tick, tick tick tick tick tick!
It's raining!
Logan acted fast, he took his sniper rifle and positioned himself as he adjusted the scope and got ready with the Walkie on the other hand.
*kshhh… The rain's gonna wash that sh*t from their clothes, I need to help hold the walkers off their a*ses so I'll be hanging now…*
Without waiting for a response he put back the Walkie, and focused on the duo and the walkers that seemed to be getting agitated, he waited for a moment until Rick raised an axe he carried and struck a walker that was about to attack him.
The duo start making a run for it, Logan took action and started shooting the walkers that were in front of them which made the two look around while running but then decided to focus on their escape.
After jumping that chain fence, he stopped shooting and kept himself ready as walkers smashed onto the fence, except one which climbed fast but was shot down by him.
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Later after the two escaped with the Truck, a red sports car made its way through the street. Its alarm was ringing 'to draw the walkers' Logan thought before he climbed down the ladder, opened the barricaded alleyway and drove his van out, the streets were less crowded now that the red car drew them.
Not long after, he met with the red car which was still noisy. Rolling the window he met the driver who was a slime Korean young man.
"Hey! Turn that off!" He yelled over the loud alarm.
The guy turned to him and yelled back "I dunno how!"
"Stop on the side!" Logan ordered him, Glenn did as he watched the Muscular Blonde guy who came in front of the hood and told him to pop it.
After Logan shut the alarm off he got acquainted with the guy.
"You're Rick's friend right? Were you the sniper back there?" Glenn asked as the dreadful experience fresh on his mind.
"That would be a yes for both questions, you guys are heading somewhere? I'm sure there is no Refugee Center in the city with how f*cked things are in there." The two shook hands as the truck was coming from a distance.
"We kinda have a camp, you managed yourself well in the city if you came out on your own with all of them Geeks on the streets." Glenn said as he learned that He cleared the way for Rick when they first came, and later for both him and Rick when they ran toward the construction site.
"If people aren't freaking out in front of those, they'd realize they're not much of a threat. Unless there's a lot of them, or you're cornered from all directions." Logan shrugged since he knew it's not a big deal, but the lack of experience, and fear from walkers made people think otherwise.
CREAK.
"Excuse me for a moment." Logan held a finger as he walked toward the truck, Rick came out.
BAM!
Logan punched Rick with a bit of strength as the latter fell down, Rick shook his head and wiped a bit of blood that came from his mouth as he looked up.
"Understand why I did this?" Logan said with a serious look.
"Yes, sorry about that." Rick nodded, he was stupid for blindly trying to follow a helicopter he didn't even see with his eyes! He only followed the direction he saw the silhouette going in.
"Don't be, you almost caused your own demise betting on that helicopter." Logan then pulled him to his feets.
"If you want to meet your family, then staying alive is the first step. I'm sure you're gonna meet them." After their exchange and a brief introduction.
Apparently they were going on a supply run, but then Rick happens, but he made it up for them by getting them out.
Getting back on the road with Glenn going first to assure the others on the camp about their safety.
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Reaching the camp which was in a place that had advantages and disadvantages in Logan's opinion.
Good news is, Rick found his Wife and Son. Apparently they were part of this camp since it was set here. I also confirmed my doubts about the city. It was bombed by the Military.
Crazy thing, maybe the situation got out of hand, and they were forced to take such drastic measures, maybe they failed to stop the spreading, so they decided to bomb all the big cities in hope of eliminating all the walkers, not caring if it results in many deaths.
I called Glenn to help me get some of the food I had to give them, since they were in a tight spot, and since I'm part of this group now I should contribute too.
"You're a great help, especially when we didn't salvage anything from this run." Glenn offered with a smile as he carried a large box filled with canned food, followed by Logan who was carrying one on each hand casually as if they weighed like a feather.
"Building trust is important to integrate with a group." Logan said as he casually.
Reaching where the women gathered, he handed Andrea and her sister Amy the boxes he was carrying while Glenn handed the one on his hands to Carol Petlier, another woman who was part of this camp.
Logan then went to a guy he knew, Rick's friend and partner Shane Walsh, who also happened to be the other guy that was coming to firearms range to practice often back before the outbreak.
"Hey! Shane." The guy turned to him.
"Yo' Logan what's up?" Shane asked, looking at him.
"Walk with me, I want to talk about a few things." Logan motioned to him to follow him a bit away.
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"We're far now, so what do you want to talk about?" Shane turned back to him.
"A few things like I said." Logan
"Shoot." Shane said as he put his shotgun on his shoulder.
"I got a few weapons?" Logan straight to the point.
"What?" Shane was taken aback by the question.
"I am Santa, and I brought Gifts." Logan.
"I heard the first time, but why keep it from others?." Shane held a hand in front of him.
"Do you trust everyone with weapons? Can you confirm that everyone deserve one?" Logan continued as the two held their gaze for a few moments..
"Right, that's a valid concern." Shane could only blink losing against Logan's piercing gaze.
"What I want you to do is to take those weapons, and hand them, but only to those that you TRUST." Logan stressed about his idea.
"Alright man, it's a good thing you got us some. Since Rick was careless and lost his bag in city." Shane said with a annoyance at how his friend lost weapons.
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After seeing some of the weapons Logan brought with him Shane was shocked but also happy.
"So? What do you think?" Logan smirked at the shocked Shane.
"Did you rob John's place blind?" He couldn't help but wonder.
"Nah, John was out of the country before outbreak happen. He left me in charge of the place, and I used that to my advantage." Logan handed him a few weapons, four guns, three rifles, and another shotgun, with a bunch of knives and machetes. He had more, but he safekeep them when they really need them.
Logan was still think about John, and how he could be related to 'him', the one who sent him here in the first place.
His life here gave him advantages which he was certain it was 'him' who made it to be like this, his old life only gave him memories of who he was, his knowledge, his skills weren't since they were physical, but 'him' made up for that by giving him another set of skills, many of which are better than the ones in his old life. From what he understand this body's entire life was molded to suit this world, but with the other advantages he got? It made his new life switch from 'Normal/Medium' Mode to 'Easy' Mode.
"Remember noise draw the walkers, and guns are noisy. So unless it's absolutely needed, tell the others to relay on melee weapons more." Logan warned him not to relay on guns for a last time.