Chapter 6 - New Friends?

 In the corner there were two figures. One seemed to be drawing and the other had noticed you all and stood up. "Who the FUCK are you." he said emphasizing his curse. Mark quickly spoke up raising his hands up to the sides of his face in surrender "We don't mean any harm; we just came here to camp out." Toby spoke up "We didn't even know anyone was here!" The second person looked up, he looked inhuman. "Quackity from Las Nevadas, is something wrong?" The second person asked, standing up next to this supposed 'Quackity'. "Quackity? What type of name is that." Tommy said with his arms crossed. Wilbur slapped the back of Tommy's head to get him to hush, Tommy grabbed the back of his head in pain. "OW! What the f-" Tommy was cut off by Phil "Tom. Be nice. Wilbur do not hit your brother." he said giving Tommy and Wil the death stare. Tommy didn't dare to make another comment, neither did Wilbur. 'Quackity' sighed "It's a nickname, my actual name is Alex. And, yes Slime, everything is alright." Slime nodded and sat back down to resume drawing.

 "Quick little question. Can we still camp here for the night?" A voice from behind you said. It was Jarred. He didn't seem to talk much unless he was bickering with Wilbur. Then he wouldn't shut up. Alex sighed and nodded. "Only because it's getting fucking late. But if you decide to mess with Slime, you will leave." Jarred nodded in agreement. Wilbur set down the duffle bag that was filled with canned food, that was surprisingly still good for two more years. Everyone had settled down and Alex was back sitting down with Slime. You took the corner next to the front window which had boards running the length of the glass. As it seemed to be a calm night. Everyone decided to introduce themselves to Alex and Slime. Techno and Alex had a laugh about how Alex stole Technos' nickname. Phil had found a gas lantern which he filled and lit because the gas station was getting darker as the sun continued to set.

 It was now completely dark out and, in the distance, faint shouting plus a shot from time to time could be heard. Alex lightly laughed, and MJ who hadn't said anything after introducing themself spoke up, "What's so funny Alex?" Alex looked over at MJ and smiled. "I've always wondered who had the energy and ammo to shoot and yell all night. It's hard to sleep sometimes." Techno chuckled at this, knowing it was Jades poor attempt to rid the city of walkers, which ended up drawing in more by the time night was up. This continued throughout the night, the small conversations from time to time during and after eating dinner, until everyone but you were asleep. It was the sun had completely set almost two hours ago, and the only light was from the gas lantern and the dim moonlight coming in through the gaps in the boarded windows and the door.

 You stood up to check if the door was locked, to make sure no walkers could get inside. Thankfully you were met with resistance when you pushed on the door, you also noticed the keys were still dangling in the keyhole. You stood there a minute; it seemed like Jade had stopped their rampage for the night. The moonlight painted the streets with dim rays of light through the clouds. A few figures could be seen walking in the street, four of them. And something on four legs. A dog? An image flickered in your mind, Diesel. Your dog. This dog was severely similar to Diesel. A German shepherd with a black coat and silver sable. The dog stopped causing the person leading the dog to look back. The dog was looking straight at the gas station. Straight at you. Then it lowered its head until its snout almost reached the ground. Before the dog's tail was still, now it was swiftly swaying back and forth. Lightly slapping against one of the four peoples' legs.

 You looked behind you to see everyone still sleeping. 'Perfect.' You thought. This meant you could walk out there to meet the other survivors. You walked over to MJ and quietly picked up their pistol in its holster off the ground and secured it on your belt. You had to step over Mark's legs as he had stretched out as you were grabbing the gun. You twisted the key until there was a click. Then you pushed the door open. As soon as you opened the door the four people looked in your direction.