Lord of the Dead: A new girl.

YESTERDAY WAS BORING. TODAY? WELL.

THE FIFTH DAY

THURSDAY

28TH OF JANUARY.

DAYS IN GAME: 3.

Tyler woke the next morning and had cold cereal for breakfast before breaking camp and heading out along the road. The lone survivor was looking the 12 gauge shells over curiously seeking something to use it for when he walked around a corner in the road,

"Wellll, aren't WE the lucky lads!"

And was confronted by a wooden barricade manned by four men aiming bows at him. Tyler chuckled as he looked at them.

"mornin Gents. Lookin for a ticket to hell?"

The four chuckled.

"Kid we can't miss at this range-"

Tyler's hand had been resting by his pocket and now it moved like lightning. The combat knife was flicked and he jumped aside as the arrows were loosed. They missed and the knife took the first man in the heart while his buddies pulled woodaxes and charged the teenager. Tyler had the glass mace up and smirked as they rushed him. Tyler swung the bat and slammed the first axe aside while grabbed the man by the neck and tossing him off balance inot the swing of his friend. He dropped howling from the axe in his side and Tyler smiled as the last man missed his swing from the assault.

"Amatures."

The warrior leapt back, took the bat in two hands and slammed the glass mace into the man's face. The man dropped and the lone survivor was shaking as he hefted his own woodaxe and Tyler faced him with a smirk.

"Hit me with your best shot."

The man's nerve failed him and he turned to run....only for the glass mace to slam into his back. He dropped and Tyler crushed his head with a boot.

"INSECT."

The wounded man was put down as well and the warrior smiled as he cracked his neck.

"Nothing like a little morning exercise to get yourself going."

He claimed two of the woodaxes and retrieved the quivers and a bow from the dead men as well. The knife was also retreived. On the other side of the barricade he found a makeshift camp with tents, bedrolls, and other supplies. Tyler took the thickest sleeping bag and dusted it off before adding it to his pack and the food supplies of the camp too. He was then surprised to find a 3 inch round compass in the leader's tent he claimed. Then the warrior got moving with his new arsenal. Tyler followed the road through the forest until he came upon another small town with a single main street leading through it. Tyler pulled the glass mace and noted the thing was getting VERY badly bent and the plexiglass embedded inside it had become mostly broken.

"Only got a few more kills in this thing. Alright."

He went to the first house on the road and went in through a window. The house yielded nothing of use and so he went for the town center. There he found a group of 5 zombies all lumbering around. He went to the first and hit it in the head with the glass mace. The zombie dropped and the second was hit.....only for the bat to split clean in half with a dull ting. The broken head of the bat clanked as it bounced off the pavement and Tyler froze. A group of zombies all appeared from houses and allies to follow the bouncing metal piece while he retrieved the second bat without a sound. Tyler then moved up behind the first and started swinging the thing in wide strokes that droped zombies one after another with dull thunks. Tyler smiled as the last one fell.

"I think, I'm a NATRUAL."

He chuckled at the reference and went to where the town sheriff's office sat. The place was empty and he shrugged at the lack of guns. After that headed to the edge of town where he picked the lock of the last house on the left and went in. He locked the door behind him and went upstairs to find no other zombies inside and the place to be immaculate. so he sealed the windows and drew blinds for a night in a proper bed. He turned the stove on....and got nothing.

"Figures."

So he used the enclosed backyard to light a fire for a hot meal. Sarah appeared on the screen and he smiled.

"Today was fun."

She looked to a notepad.

"Were those more NPCs, Goreleech?"

"They were. Nothing crazy."

He ate dinner answering questions and talking with the reporter when he smiled.

"So how close are the others from leaving the tutorial?"

Sarh looked at a paper.

"As of this moment the reminder of the playerbase will be released from the town of Havoc in the morning. They will be placed in random spawn locations with the basic equipment from the tutorial."

"And that's just a backpack, a knife, and a single instant meal. Alright. I'll keep an eye out."

The screen was closed and he settled down in the master bedroom with a smile.

"Be kinda fun scarin the hell outta the newbies"

THE LORD OF THE DEAD GETS CROWDED.

THE SIXTH DAY

FRIDAY

29TH OF JANUARY.

DAYS IN GAME: 4.

Tyler woke the next morning with a smirk. He had breakfast on the deck before be packed up and walked out of the house and down the street heading for the larger town in the distance. as he did he got a message from Hailey.

"I'm here."

A saw the image of a town....and tilted his head.

"That's.....a LITTLE freaky."

He turned around and walked back into the town he had just left typing a message.

"Do you see a large white house with broken windows?"

Her reply was in seconds.

"I do?"

"Go inside wait in the master bedroom."

"Oh THANK GOD. THIS GAME IS FUCKING SCARY!"

He chuckled at that truth as he walked along the streets where a large white house sat. He smirked as he saw the enshrouded porch.

"I got an idea."

He went to the edge of the roof, and climbed up onto it and snuck around to where a window was looking into the master bedroom. There was Hailey with a small pack looking anxiously at the door holding a small hunting knife in her shaking hands.

"dammit, hurry up."

He opened the window withot a sound, snuck up behind her, and grabebd her.

"BOO!"

She SCREAMED! The poor girl screamed so loudly it nearly blew out his eardrums and her knife was dropped as she jumped nearly out of her skin! Tyler was then heard laughing hysterically as he nearly made the poor girl have a HEART ATTACK!

"I am GOING TO MURDER YOU!"

Tyler recovered as Hailey came down from near BLIND TERROR....to MURDEROUS RAGE on a dime. He smiled.

"Sorry, I had to."

"I hate you."

Her attire was a tigh fitting tanktop that stopped at her middle while her pants were good denim jeans and comat boots on her feet. Tyler noted her pack was similar to their usual shoolbag and he smiled."

"So you know what you're doing?"

The brown haired girl sighed.

"Well, I know how to loot, kill zombies, and that's basically about it."

"eh good enough. Come on. I got enough to get us to the next town."

"Thanks-"

"Gore."

"Thanks Gore. Ingame just call me Hailfyre. I changed my gamertag siiince I don't wanna be called a bitch all the time."

"Hailfyre? Damn. I like it."

He passed her knife back and she smiled.

"And....thanks...for letting me come along."

"Sure. Come on. I'll teach you how I got in."

He led the inexperienced girl out of the window and she chuckled as he jumped to the pavement.

"Okay. Seen this in a movie or three."

She hopped down and he led the way out of the town.

"You been getting nightly interviews too, Gore?"

"Yup. I KINDA went an became a heartthrob."

"Ha. Same here. It's weird."

"MY reporter has a crush."

"BULLSHIT."

"No bullshit!"

Hailey chuckled as they walked along the street out of town.

"I forgot that you're some kinda badass in here, Gore."

"I got gud. And. You'll get gud."

"Cool."

They lost sight of the town behind them and Hailey instantly became more nervous. And Tyler smiled.

"Relax, toots we just started."

She let out a low breath and forced herself to relax.

"There. Keep as a cool a head as you possibly can. LOD likes to fuck with you. More wound up you are, the mpre you react when something stupid happens."

"You scared the fuck outta me."

"Ya shoulda sen it coming. My shadow was DANCING on that wall in front a you."

She looked aty him curiously.

"Your...SHADOW?"

"Yup. Some zombies only give themselves away with their shadows. Shadow Wraiths for one. ALl you'll see, is a shadow move when it's not supposed to. Them fuckers are everywhere and tey always attack from behind. see something, ANYTHING, speak up."

"I'll try to. Never done this before."

"dive or extreme attention to detail?"

"The second. I prefer racing games."

He looked at her curiously.

"Deep dive?"

She nodded.

"well. You'll hav e fun then....caaaause mad max is very much a thing."

"Awesome."

"I'll find you a tank then."

Hailey's brown eyes lit up at this.

"I've always wanted to drive a tank!"

He chuckled.

"We're gonna have a lotta fun you an me, Hailfyre, cause some enemies can only be taken out by heavy tankfire."

"Wait. WHAT?"

He pulled th video of Skalroc.

"Allow me to introduce you to Skalroc. The lord of thr dead."

Hailey gasped as she saw the immense dragon cruising through Tyler's eyes.

"Oh my god."

"WE killed him."

"Jesus."

The awed girl followed the more experienced player along the road and they turned a corner to be faced with another military blockade. This time a full Armored Personal Carrier was blocking the road and Tylerf noted the make.

"Wow. They musta been desperate if they had to use an AAV7 amphibian personal carrier as a roadblock. Come on."

Haily nodded as she readied her knife while Tyler tossed her a woodaxe.

"Still fresh."

She smiled gratefully and hefted the heavy weapon as he led her around the concrete barriers into the pocket created by the tracked carrier and the other trucks making up the roadblock. Inside were four zombies in military gear shambling about and Tyler noted something on one's belt.

"Shit. That one's got a grenade on it's vest. I'll deal with it. You drop those two."

Hailey nodded with a new rush of nerves and he patted her.

"You'll. Be. FINE."

She smiled at this ans the warrior rushed the zombie with the grenade. The bat made impact on the thing's face and it dropped with a grunt. He had the precariously placed grenade safely in hand as Hailey buried her axe in the face of the first zombie and it fell. She blinked at this easy kill...as the second lunged at her. Her axe got caught from the way she'd swung it and the thing was about to bite the about to scream girl when the bat slammed onto it's helmet.

"Always swing in an ARC. NEVER a chop."

She deflated from the rescue as Tyler took teh axe.

"Thank you."

"You'll be fine rookie. watch."

He swung the axe in a wide arc at the last zombie and she watched as the blade smashed into the side of the face in a way it cut clean through but didn't get caught. The zombie dropped and tyler passed her the axe back.

"Always aim for the jaw itself. Not for the forehead as a bladed weapon will get stuck. And put enough force into the swing like you want to take it's fucking head off. Caaause you do."

Hailey nodded and smiled.

"I'll do better."

"Sure ya will, Hailey. It's just a practice thing. How do you think I got so damned good?"

"Yyyyou're a raging, bloodhungry psychopath?"

"TRUE."

He chuckled and looked at the pocket.

"Alright. Loot em up and let's see what we got."

"Sure....um....tent?"

"I got one."

"Just...."

"I won't touch you."

She deflated.

"Oh thank god. I....need a shower."

"We find a river I'll throw you in."

"Ugh."

Tyler looked the grenade over now and smirked.

"An M87 fragmentation grenade. I'll coat the outside in nails and bam. Nail grenade."

He popped the nade into a pocket on his pack as Hailey looked the dead zombies over.

"Huh? hey Gore this guy's got a gun on him."

"Really?"

She pulled the thing out and he shrugged.

"Leave it. It's another airweight pocket revolver. 5 bullet cylinder."

"I need a gun, right?"

"Not that. You'd be better off using the axe if they're THAT close. Keep the bullets though since I can do stuff with em."

"Um. Okay. You're the expert. Any gun is better then nothing?"

"Not if the gun you're using doesn't kill them after five shots."

"Oh."

"Yeah it's weak."

She sighed and he smiled.

"Don;t get greedy, Hailfyre. Soon enough we'll be toting LMGs."

"I'd prefer a PPSh41."

"Oh my apologies. I see you are also of culture. Just know they have a NNNNNASTY recoil."

"I'm more worried about holding the damned thing."

"Eh gotchya covered."

She smiled at this as he went to where a small table had been set up. On it was a pile of bullets that made him smirk.

"9mm parabellums. Nice."

He scooped them up and put them in the luger pocket before Hailey came over.

"So, kinda nothing."

"Yeah good loot's rare, few, and far between."

"Yikes. Food?"

"I got plenty for two people. we'll reach the town easily."

"....sleeping bag?"

"I got one."

"Just.....PLEASE don't be weird?"

"I won't, I promise."

She sighed as they got moving.

"Kinda weird when people are watching."

"ha. they couldn't watch us do stuff if they wanted to. Caaause that'd be child porn."

"HA! Now i kinda wanna walk around topless. See what they do."

"Tch go for it, Hailfyre. We're miles from civilization, I'd enjoy the sight, and you might get a tan."

"IgNORING the last two, I'll fuck with em later."

"The PEOPLE or your BOOBS?"

She smirked with a little redness to her cheeks now.

"MAybe both?"

"Ha. I am erect as a christmas lighthouse you freakin minx. Come on."

The girl smiled as they let the filthy teasing fade out and Tyler sharpened their axes on a rock while they walked. The sun went down and he let her off the road to a better hidden locatio where he pitched the large tent and she lit the fire. Then he set the pack down and Hailey smirked.

"Set."

Sarah appeared on the videocall and Tyler chuckled at this.

"So what's the golden word, Sarah?"

Hailey chuckled at the half second delay it took her to reply.

"DAMN DUDE, she's got it bad."

"Ha."

Sarah smiled.

"We're live with Goreleech and Hailfyre inside Lord of the Dead. Goreleech, is Hailfyre your new girlfriend?"

Hailey smirked.

"NO he is NOT. Sorry. NOT into blood hungry psychopaths."

Tyler smiled.

"Ya heard it here first folks. I was just rejected. How will my poor heart recover?"

Hailey sniggered at that one as Sarah looked at her notepad.

"And know that, YES the CAMERAS would TURN OFF, if activities were to begin, KIDS."

"Ha. Noted."

"Oh shit. Keep your pants on, Gore."

"YOU can keep em off."

"UGH."

He chuckled at her halfhearted expaseration and looked at Sarah.

"Intial deathtolls?"

She smiled.

"So far only 5,000 players have died in their first day. They were revived by the system and are currently trying again."

"Not bad. I expected it to be MUCH higher."

Sarah looked at Hailey.

"So you will be traveling with Goreleech, Hailfrye?"

Hailey smiled.

"HE knows the game best."

"How did you get Goreleech to agree to teach you his skills?"

The black haired girl smiled sweetly now.

"I asked....nicely."

He snorted.

"Nicely. Yeah. that's ONE way to put it. She makes a sexy schoolgirl when she wants to."

"I will hit you with an axe."

"greeeat. ANOTHER lady with an axe to grind."

She snorted and so didn't Sarah. Tyler chuckled

"See? I am FUCKING funny!"

"Idiot."

Sarah refocused with a smile.

Has the addition of Hailfrye effected your plans in a negative manner, Goreleech?"

"Nah. If anything having someone to talk to on the road is a good thing. It gets lonely out there sometimes.""

Hailey smirked.

"NO being weird."

"YEs, Hailfyre."

"Hey! NO! GOD no!"

He chuckled at her new horror and looked at Sarah.

"Now we will go to twitter for the latest comments!"

Tyler smirked as the things were loaded with thirsty comments on seeing him shirtless and he looked at Hailey.

"See? I'm kinda popular."

"Shocker."

"NO flashing the camera."

She glared at him as the comments shifted on a dime to begging for her to do so.

"YOU are a PERVERT."

"Oi. I'm a HORNDOG. And I have my hentai collection too."

"JESUS SWEET FUCKING CHRIST."

Tyler smirked.

"My favorite doujin is 177013."

He gave step by step instructions on how to find it and smiled.

"Lemme know whatchya think."

Hailey busted up laughing as the comments were full of pledges.

"You are an EVIL bastard! This is gonna be fun to watch."

He nodded as he passed her an instant meal.

"More reasons then one."

The feeds went dark and Hailey smiled as they ate together.

"Thanks, Gore."

"Sure thing, Hails. I gotchyer back."

"Yeah."

Once fed the girl gulped as they went into the tent....and he removed his shirt to settle in the sleeping bag. Hailey blushed as he patted the spot beside him.

"Come on, Hailey. I won;t touch you."

"Um....I sleep topless?"

"So do I."

She sighed and removed her shirt.

"Fuck it. You've done nothing but try to HELP me."

He smiled as her surprisingly large bust was revealed and she settled into the sleeping bag with hm.

"Why ya hide it?"

"So I get left alone somewhat."

"eh, fair."

She settled and he smiled.

"Good night, Hails."

"Night.....Gore. wow."

"I run a degree warmer, remember?"

"Yeah."