Lord of the Dead: This chick is gonna be the death of me I swear to god.

AND THEN THERE WERE TWO.

THE SEVENTH DAY

SATURDAY

30TH OF JANUARY.

DAYS IN GAME: 5.

Tyler woke the next morning to see he'd wrapped an arm around Hailey's back to pull her against him and his other arm was under her head. He blinked at this and found her skin to be VERY soft and warm. She'd gripped his hand in hers like a safety blanket and he smiled as he waited for her to wake up.

"I'm up."

Only for her quiet voice to be heard and he et her go.

"Mornin Hailey."

She rolled over and her face was beat red at their snuggle.

"Never. A. WORD."

"deal."

She nodded.

"Good. and come on."

The pair got out of gthe sleeping bag and Tyler relit the fire and they had a quiet meal together before they broke camp and got moving. Hailey's redness faded after a few minutes and she sighed.

"And....thanks....for not doing anything with that."

"Every time."

She smiled at this ominous reply.

"Soooo, where ARE we going?"

"I'm heading south. I'd like to see the Beta Memorial so."

He shrugged and Hailey nodded.

"And we'll built a base?"

"Once we reach the south lands we will. I kinda went and memorized a solid 90% of the landscape down there soooo."

"Wow."

"Yeah. there's a reason i was so freakin legendary in the beta."

"Will you regroup?"

"Oh absolutely. Once we've rebuilt our arsenals and our skills in here we'll regroup to start dealing with the bigger threats out there."

"Like Skalroc?"

"He's the last boss we'll go after. There's like hundreds of others before him we can practice on. And we only had access to maybe 5% of the total game in the beta so keep that in mind."

"That's a scary thought. Your bad feeling?"

"Still here. I'm putting my money into we get stuck in here for whatever reason."

"It WOULD fit the trope."

"I'm not TOO worried about it though. if it happens, then the experiment is to see how society would react to a sudden apocolypse."

"Yikes."

"Yeah. We'll be fine."

She smiled at this faith as the pair walked. Tyler was looking his luger over and Hailey watched closely as he taught her how to clean and maintain the iconic pistol. After a few hours they came to another small town and Tyler took the lead.

"Keep your head on a swivel and we'll see what we can find."

She nodded and the pair walked into town. Tyler noted the pavement wasn't as covered in blood as the other towns they'd encountered and that made him nod.

"This one's in good shape so we'll be extra thorough. More intact the buildings, the further from the initial panic they were and the less likely to have been looted they'll be. You see a gunstore or a police station with every window intact lemee know."

"Will do. I need a better bag."

"We'll find one sooner or later."

She nodded as the pair moved through the town and the warrior smiled as he saw one.

"That one looks fun."

Hailey followed like a lost puppy as her friend led her through the broken window.

"Hey, Gore?"

"Why the window?"

"WHY the WINDOW?"

"Two reasons. Open door means someone's been there before."

"Okay. And the OTHER?"

"Front door's too mainstream."

"OOOh you were SMART until that POINT."

He chuckled as he led her to the master bedroom....and found another zombie in the bathroom. He nudged his friend.

"Watch this."

"Oh shit."

He snuck up behind the zombie, kicked the knee out and shoved her head in the toliet.

"NOW you're in deep shit! Yeesh. Better pissed off then pissed on! How'sat for gettin tanked? YO shit outta luck! I'll wipe that shit eating grin off your face!"

Bad pun after bad pun later, the zombie went limp after being drowned in a toliet. He looked at Hailey with tears of humor and a wide smile on his face....only to find her looking at him with a thousand yard stare.

"Words cannot,"

Her voice was a broken, hollow breath.

"Words cannot express, just HOW MUCH THOSE HURT! YOUR JOKES SUCK. That SUCKED MORE. And my head HURTS."

He patted her.

"There, there, Hailey. YOU just have a shit sense a humor."

"I am going to murder you, if you get toliet water in my HAIR!"

"I DID I'd clean it myself."

She smirked at this.

"YOU'D clean MY hair?"

"As an apology."

"Now THIS I gotta see."

"We'll dig ya up some supply then."

"I WILL remember."

"Good. And it seems we got a LOTTA issues to comb through-OW."

There was a dull thud as Hailey kicked her idiot friend in the dick for his repeated bad puns. He dropped and she looked at him like he was dirt.

"Your. Jokes. SUCK. And your DAD JOKES are torture."

"WORTH IT! And I did mean it bout da hair."

"Ugh."

He got off the floor and she sighed at they headed for the bed.

"I have a headache now."

"USe an ice cube and rub it on your temples in soothing circles."

"will do. Why do YOU know that?"

"Me family sucks."

"So true."

He lifted the mattress and was rewarded with a large security case he pulled free. Hailey looked at him curiously.

"HOw'd you know that was there?"

"Stereotype."

"Ah. Can you get it open?"

He looked at the thing.

"I should be able to."

He went to the dead zombie and padded her down before coming back with a set of keys. He unlocked the case and Hailey looked over curiously as he opened it. Inside was a pile of folders ansd Tyler took the things as Hailey looked the case over. He opened them.....

"wow."

She looked over at his mild shock.

"Anything good?"

"SHe was an ASSASSIN. A KGB assassin. This is her target dossier and contact list."

She looked at the collection in surprise.

"THAT'S kinda cool."

"I found a case a nazi stuff including gold in one house."

"Yikes. She was an assassin?"

"Yup. And now I wonder."

He went over to the closet.

"Assassins are always stocked with weapons and ammo-ah. I got seam."

Hailey came over with a new excitement as he pointed to a small line in the wall. He followed the line with a finger and outlined a large panel before he saw a fingerhole for the thumb. She he went, chopped the thumb off the hand of the zombie and pressed it to the hole. There was a click and the panel opened...to reveal a full weapon's closet with a few boxes of ammo on the floor. Tyler smiled WIDELY as he saw the long rifle hanging from a peg.

"Niiiiiice. Walther WA2000 MILITARY grade sniper rifle. Fully suppressed, ten magazine, .300 winchester varient. And the scope is an 8X magnification."

He took the blocky weapon down and Hailey smiled.

"wow, Gore. You kinda look good with that."

"Thanks Hails. Should see how I make a L96 look. load the boxes and we'll vanish."

"Right."

The pair loaded Tyler's backpack with the boxes and when it was full, he tied them together and stored them in Hailey's pack. He then led them out of the house to one with most of the windows intact. He pulled the curtains closed and locked the doors before they went to the second floor master bedroom. There he lifted the matress and found a briefcase he picked open....to reveal a mass of shota on MILF hentai that made Hailey blink/

"Wow."

"Yeah this one is the most common find under the bed."

"Yeesh."

Tyler set the looted firearms on the bed now with the ammop matching it.

"WA2000 military sniper rifle, M870 civilian 12 gauge shotgun, a Smith an Wesson .44 magnum with extended heavy barrel and what looked like the lightweight trigger, and, most out of place in all that, is this."

He pulled a bolt action rifle from the pile.

"Arisaka Type 99 bolt action rifle. Them things are from world war 2 and are rather finnicky."

Hailey looked at the four guns curiously.

"So how we doin this, Gore? I've never handled anything like them before."

"here."

He passed her the luger.

"It's small enough you can learn on it and it won't break your hand. I got the .44."

"Deal. The shotgun?"

"12 gauge pump semi-modern. Black stock and kicks like a mule."

He took the WA2000.

"THIS I'll take as I'm the better shot."

"Deal."

She hefted the type 99 curiously.

"I kinda like this."

"Keep it. Shotgun we'll leave for sharing."

"Deal. And the ammo?"

He looked at the bullets inside.

"well. Good news is we got plenty of ammo for our guns. Bad news is we can't take it all. Some of these are for guns we don't have and we'll fill a bucket with the gunpowder. I use it to enhance our grenades."

"Scary. What DO you have for supplies, Gore?"

"I'll show you when we make camp tonight. odds are we'll be in a real bed tonight."

She smiled.

"Shower?"

"If we find a pool in one. Sadly running water's a luxury."

"If we DO, um,"

"I'll keep watch."

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

"I won't."

She smiled in relief at the promise and the ammo was divvied. Tyler smiled as he hung the WA2000 on his pack's rack.

"This is gonna be fun to plink with. Say we find a rooftop with a good view into a packed area we'll set up and plink zombies with long guns."

Hailey smiled at the idea.

"Sounds fun."

He chuckled at that one as they packed the ammo up and headed out with plenty of room in their packs again. Tylr had the WA200 on his pack, with the M870 on his other side and .44 on his hip. Hailey had a new relaxed smile as she patted the type 99 on her back.

"Don't get cocky, Hailey."

"I'll try not to. But we got guns and ammo now."

"And a single attack can leave us with nothing."

"Okay."

He smiled at this as he looked around and noted another house with windows intact. The pair walked over and he picked the lock. they walked inside and Hailey shut the door behind them as the warrior looked around. He came back with a chuckle from the basement.

"Hey HAiley. A pool's out....but what about a solar powered hot tub?"

She blinked and he led her into the fully finished basement where a large open air hot tub was set in a waterproofed section. The black haired girl smiled longingly.

"OOOOH yeaaah! Um,"

"I'll keep watch."

She looked at him.

"Can...you turn it off?"

"Of course."

He hit a button that turned his feed off and she smiled in relief.

"MIne's off too since I turn it off when I sleep."

"I'll wait upstairs."

She grabbed his arm.

"No. Stay. I....feel better having someone on watch."

"I won't be weird."

Hailey deflated from relief and he set his pack down.

"I'll go lock up."

"I'll...get comfy."

He went throughout the house locking doors, and closing blinds when he looked at th sky and noted a mass of cloud cover. He nodded and headed down to find Hailey already in the water with hef back to him. She smiled shyly with a vivid blush as he walked in.

"Um. Hi?"

"we're staying here tomorrow night too. Nasty thunderstorm heading our way."

She nodded as he went to his pack.

"Okay. Um, you CAN join me if you like? There's plemty of room?"

"You sure?"

Hailey smiled.

"I...trust you."

"Well....alright."

He stripped and hopped over the wall further down to land in the heated water and she blinked at the sight of the hose.

"wow."

"Ha. WOW yourself."

She blushed a little more happily at his priase for her body as he sat down across from her. The water cleaned the muck of a postapocolyptic world off their bodies as they soaked and Hailey smiled shyly again.

"So a thunderstorm?"

He nodded.

"Rarer breeds of zombies come out during them. And we got plenty of supplies for a three day hole up if need be. So we'll take a break."

"Okay. What'll we do?"

"I got my anime collection and some games from the house."

"NO truth or dare."

"Agreed."

She smiled.

"With the feed on."

"Deal."

Once cleaned up they turned the feeds on. Well. Tyler turned his on as he buckled his jeans.

"Oh sorry. I forgot to turn it back on."

hailey laughed as she looked at him.

"You LOVE fucking with them."

"Oh yeah."

"They missed out. Thing's HUGE."

"You're sexy."

"OH VERY sexy."

He chuckled and looked over at their packs.

"I'll teach you how to reload your rifle and that lugar. Then you can do practice reloads."

Hailey nodded as she pulled her shirt down.

"Thanks, Gore. I've never handled guns before."

He took the arisaka type 99 over and taught the girl how to reload the bolt action rifle and cycle the bolt. She fought with the action a few times until she got the rythym and was soon able to reload the thing nearly as effortlessly as Tyler. He passed her the M870 and taught her how to reload the 12 gauge shells. Which made them both smile from the racking of the pump. The luger was more simplistic and Tyler nodded as she had that done.

"Alright. The Wa-wa's simple and the .44 easiest. For now we'll look around."

Hailey followed as he went to the master bedroom.

"Why only the master bedroom, Gore?"

"CAuse the more important loot's usually up here."

"Ah. It makes sense when said out loud. My mom has a loaded colt in her underwear drawer."

"Smart. I'll also teach you how to be maygver too."

"Ya know I never saw that. I was more That 70s Show."

"Fair. I liked it since it was a change a pace from shootin your way through everything. Ya know one time that guy rigged a carbomb with his BOOTLACE and an APPLE?"

"weird."

Tyler lifted the mattress and was rewarded with another case. But this one made him smile.

"NIIIICE. I know this one."

He took the walnut case out and Hailey looked at him curiously.

"what is it?"

He opened it to reveal a new gun.

"Colt .45 ACP handgun with ebony grip carved in the style of Calico Jack."

He removed the solid black gun and Hailey smiled.

"Nice. I know that one for once."

"Here."

"I got the luger. Never shot one before, remember?"

"True. I can do a lot with the frame too."

He looked down the sights and noted they were neon green.

"And they added the upgraded sights. Good."

A sound of tires screeching outside was heard and Hailey's hand went to her gun-

"Stop."

And he took her hand. HAiley blushed at this and he went to a nearby window where they saw an offroad truck doing donuts in an intersection with maraudars shooting guns and killing zombies hootin an hollerin. Tyler smirked as he helt the WA2000 in his hands.

"Just some punkass maraudars."

Hailey watched nervously as the truck roared down a street.

"Mad Max is right. Those are NPCs, right?"

"Hmm-hm. they'll crash in a moment."

The truck was seen drifting around a corner and Hailey smirked.

"Oh they'll crash soon as they get outta that drift. I can tell. Driver has NO idea what he's doing."

TYler nodded as the truck swerved along the road by the another intersection in a mess of screeching tires.

"Marauders usually have good loot on them too. Get lucky and you can steal their vehicles."

Hailey smirked.

"Are we?"

"Nope. Not until we can get away safely if it goes sideways."

There was a crash followed by a rattling roar of anger that made Tyler blink.

"Oh HELLo. I know that roar. watch this, this is gonna be messy."

He slid open the window to set the WA2000 on it's integrated bipod as Hailey looked to where the truck was last seen a little nervously.

"Gore? What was that?"

The truck was then seen being thrown through the air and the remains of the maraudarsplastered along it. the truck slammed into a house with a sound of shattering glass and wood before a ten foot tall beast that had once been a gorilla was witnessed lumbering down the street. Tyler smiled.

"It's called a Stregor. Strength Gorilla. They're the results of genetic experimentation in labs that created the zombie infection. Strong as all hell, surprisingly agile, and TOUGH too. same time is not a boss. just an Elite."

Tyler scoped the beast's head as he flicked the safety off.

"And are some of my favorites to fight."

He pulled the trigger and the .300 winchester round took the gorilla in the head. It's head flew back and the thing dropped.

"BOOM. Headshot. ALls it takes is a single shot from a medium calber or above to drop em. wanna be a badass, you get in their face with a SHOTGUN."

TYler panned the rifle around seeking any reaction to the gunshot before he nodded.

"Clear. I'll be right back. You."

He had her take the bipoded rifle into her shoulder.

"Gun'll do most a the work for you. Keep it flush, eye down the scope and put the the red dot on the spot you want the bullet to go. Don't miss."

She nodded wide eyed as the now VERY on edge schoolgirl held the sniper rifle. Tyler vaulted out the window.

"I'll go get us their stuff. YOU watch MY ass."

"Kay!"

"You got this, Hails."

She smiled at the faith as he dropped to the street. Tyler chuckled as he trotted to the dead gorilla thing.

"She'll be fine."

The gorilla was covered in rusting barbed wire and was a deep brown color not unlike shit. Tyler reached the dead thing and noted a small duffel bag ws attached to it's barbed wire aparattus. He took it and went to the remains of the trophy truck to retrieve the set of three hiker packs from the chassis. Next was the remains of the maraudars themselves. The three men yielded an extra gun and some bullets but that was all. Tyler returned to the house and Hailey smiled in relief as he climbed through the window.

"Anything good?"

"We will know in a minute."

The window was shut and locked before the pair headed back to the basement. There he took the hiker packs over.

"YOU get an upgrade."

She smiled.

"Oh thank god. I HATE that pack."

He opened the first hiker pack and dumped out a mass of dorito bags, a few Lays bags, a bottle of seltzer water, and a bandana. The next pack had more of the same with the addition of a firestarter brick. The last hiker pack had a folding shovel, hatchet, and a knife sharpener. Tyler smiled.

"Alright we got snacks. That shovel is marine issue. we'll keep it and the hatchet too."

Hailey nodded and the food was put away.

"The duffel bag?"

Tyler took it and dumped it on the floor. a mass of stuff fell out and he chuckled as he laid it out.

"Stregors usually have a duffel bag or something on them that carries good stuff. As far as the elites go they're common enough we can hunt them. And we got some decent stuff."

He took a small holographic sight from the pile.

"Like this for example. Viper holographic sight for a pistol's rails. I can slap that on my colt. oh. Pro tip? Any guns with rails can be used as a bootleg storage unit for attachments."

She smirked.

"Okay. That's kinda clever. This?"

She lifted a 12 inch long tube and he smiled.

"That's a civilain grade suppresser for a 5.56 barrel. we'll sit on it as none of our equipment takes 5.56."

"You can buy suppressers?"

"Oh yeah. Ya gotta know where to GO, but yeah. you can buy a .50 cal machinegun build kit if you really wanted to."

"Scary."

"Merica!"

"FUCK YEAH!"

The teenagers chuckled at that as Tyler pulled a scope over.

"Oh. That's interesting. It's a 4.5X to 8X variable zoom scope wiiiiith...eck. Chevron. V sight. I hate those. We'll sit on it since some rifles come bare bones."

Hailey nodded as she pulled a handgun from the pile.

"This one any good, Gore?"

He looked.

"Hm. It's DECENT. A Barretta 92FS. Most popularly known, as either the Cutlass or the Swordfish. Depends if you're a fan of Black Lagoon or not."

He took the military pistol with a smile.

"I, AM a fan of Black Lagoon. which i will show you later. 13 round magazine, 9 milimetr parabellum round, and yeah. You keep it since you need a better option then the luger."

She smiled at the lightweight pistol.

"I kinda like it, Gore."

"I'll be sure to teach you well then."

THe next piece was another barrel and he chuckled.

"This is just an upgraded barrel for an AK74U SMG. We'll toss it since the AK platform is shit."

Hailey blinked.

"But aren't they supposed to be like indestructable?"

"They're nearly completely idiot proof. This is true. But the entire system is just BAD. Uncomfortable to hold, the kick is MEAN, the selector switch is counterintuitive, it's LOW POWERED, and yeah. It's MAIN redeeming quality is it'sd so easy to use. You can pick it up and be just fine. But, for anything SERIOUS, you're better off using a PROPER rifle."

She smirked.

"Like an M16?"

"So lomg as it's a later version. First gen rifle will break apart in your hands when you're running."

"Ha. You know more about guns then my dad. Ad he was a Marine."

TYler chuckled.

"I can outshoot a Delta sniper. I can prove it too. DirtyMiky444, IS Delta. Annnnnnnd I outshoot him all the time. Another beta tester. He was SOOOOOO PISSED when I took the eye out of a running Chaser with my luger first attempt at 200 yards.....and he MISSED with a SCOPED L119. I did it repeatedly for over an hour and the poor bastard just gave up."

Hailey smiled as he talked.

"How DID you get so good with guns, Gore?"

"I do deep dive a lot and play military shooters a lot too. My FAVORITE deep dive is called World War Guns. It's an ULTRA realisitic militay shooter like LoD but is basically world war three. I play that one a lot as the guns are perfect copies of IRL weapons. Same as LoD...but only more extreme. Here, guns degrade when you fire them. In THERE you need to maintain your weapon every fifteen minutes if you're deployed in a desert. I've had guns fall apart in my hands from being to cold on arctic deployments and I even one explode in ,y hand on a western theme raid. Here, you have to abuse your weapon for it to go boom."

Hailey whistled.

"Scary."

"Yeah. It's fun."

"I can streetrace with he best of em as my dives were perfect copies of real world racing physics and car mechanics. I'm kinda unbeaten."

"we'll getchya wheels to show off soon enough, Hails."

She smiled and he tossed the barrel for the 47U aside and looked at the last piece.

"Tactical laser for a handgun. Here."

He took her barretta abd taught her how to install a tactical laser on the rail.

"When you hold the thing it'll turn on. Batteries don;t deplete for stuff like that."

"Cool."

"You can also use it for a halfassed flashlight too since it's so freakin bright."

She nodded and he tied the duffel bag to the bottom of his own hiker pack and te result was more storage while Hailey copied him with her own school bag. The spare hiker pack Tyler crafted into a draw string pack he tied to Hailey's other side.

"Alright. Now we're done for the day."

She nodded and Sarah appeared on the floating panel as if on cue. Tyler chuckled as he looked at her.

"Enjoy the show?"

The blonde reporter smiled as she did her intro before looking at Tyler.

"My first question is how much of a threat are those stregors, Goreleech?"

"Eh. More pain in the ass. Just fill em up with lead and you'll be alright. Oh. 177013. Whaddya think?"

She SHUDDERED and Tyler laughed.

"Welcome to hell! THAT one is REALLY tame compared to some a the ones I've seen!"

Hailey shivered.

"Yes I have em."

"SWEET FUCKIN JESUS."

"Has LEFT the chat."

Sarah shivered and refocused.

"You will be staying inside the house another day due to a thunderstorm?"

He nodded.

"Yup. LoD storms are merely excuses for the more pain in the ass type zombies to come out. Annnd I don;t feel like dealing with it just yet."

Hailey looked at him curiously now.

"What kinds, Gore?"

He smirked.

"One that shoots electricity from it's hands, one can teleport between puddles, another that's like the stregot but is a frog the size of a tank, a miniboss in the form of a ten foot tall slime thing, and a few others aside."

Sarah looked at him.

"The type you most wish to avoid, Goreleech?"

"The slime thing. It has a harem of captive humans it likes to fuck and they get pregnent from it. If you get caught by it, YOU become it's newest harem member and will be raped and impregnanted by a slime. Only way to kill it is to hit it's core and we'd need armor piercing rounds to do so."

The two ladies shivered and Tyler chuckled as he rested against a wall.

"Yeah. Game's not nice."

Hailey shivered again before smirking.

"We'll be fine."

"Oh yeah. Slimes just need a piercer round and they go pop."

Sarah smiled at that one before the interview concluded. Tyler and Hailey made a dinner of some of the canned goods and the black haired girl blushed as she looked at the large futon.

"UM."

"I won't touch you."

"I...know. Still....feels weird."

He smiled as they removed shirts and laid in the bed together. The topless girl gulped as they got comfy before he smiled.

"Night Hails."

"night Gore."

A RAINY DAY HANGOUT.

THE EIGHTH DAY

SUNDAY

31ST OF JANUARY.

DAYS IN GAME: 6.

Tyler woke the next morning to the dull boom of thunder and the sound of rain pounding on the roof. He opened his eyes to see Hailey had latched onto him like a lifering with her face in his side and his arm around her back. He smiled at this as he patted the tough girl's back. Her brown eyes opened with a snap and blushed a DEEP crimson.

"Um."

"Never. A. word?"

"Yeah."

Her voice was soft and nervous and he smiled as he patted her.

"Still a cute schoolgirl, Hails."

"I hate you."

"Better?"

"Kinda."

"Come on."

She smiled and the pair got out of the bed to pull shirts on and the warrior went upstairs to peer out a window.

"Yup. Not going anywhere today."

He went back down to find Hailey in the hot tub and she smiled sheepishly as he chuckled.

"I like hot tubs."

"Me too. And we're not going anywhere. It's raining sideways out there."

"wow."

He jumped into the pool on the other side and she smiled with a blush but it wasn't as intense as before. He noted her spot was shaven and she smirked as she caught him.

"NEVER mention this again and I will let you live."

"Yes Hails."

"UGh. And damn. You're still heavily armed."

"Ha."

The pair enjoyed a soak before getting dressed and sitting on the couch. Sarah appeared and Tyler smiled.

"Yeah we're not going anywhere. It's rainin sideways."

Sarah smiled.

"we will take this opportunity to do some fan interviews then, Goreleech."

"Ha."

He settled down as the screen flickered and he was presented with an image of a pretty girl with blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She smiled as he looked at her.

"Ohmygod! You are like SOOOOOO hot, Gore! I'm Ashley!"

"Never go wrong with a sexy blonde, Ashley. What's the question?"

"Are you, like, a virgin?"

He smirked.

"NO I am NOT. I been a few places and lemme tell ya. Sexy blondes are a STAPLE."

She smiled.

"I am a VERY sexy blonde...CAMGIRL!"

"Ha. I thought you looked familar. Angeldoll."

"Yup! Any requests?"

"Yeah. More vids with that busty MILF a yours. Schoolgirls and their hot teachers are kinda mah jam."

Hailey glared at him.

"Don't you go thre you sick sonuvabitch."

ashley chuckled.

"I DO take requests for girls too, Hailfyre!"

"I am NOT a lesbian!"

TYler chuckled at her new redfaced outrage.

"didn't say you WERE."

"Shut up."

Ashley chuckled and the meeting ended before another one came up. This time a guy and the buff guy smirked.

"So, Hailfyre, you have a crush on Goreleech?"

"NO!"

TYler noted her new horror and redness and smiled without a word as the burly guy chuckled knowingly before it went out. The next one was a girl and she looked at Hailey.

"Do you watch hentai, Hailfyre?"

Hailey blushed.

"Sometimes."

"what's your genre?"

Hailey blushed harder and her voice was smaller.

"Shota and Onii-San."

Tyler whistled.

"wow, Hails. I like it."

She sank down as the next girl looked at Tyler.

"What's the most fucked up thing you've seen in LoD Goreleech?"

He thought for a moment.

"Has to be that slime monster in the Underdark that had a harem of little boys. And they shit out more slimes. Yeah that was not a fun day."

A new guy appeared.

"Yo Gore, most hated zombie aside from the Shadow Wraiths?"

"Oh that'd be the Gremlins. Little kid zombies. Thet run faster and can climb like monkeys. Bastards are common and are PURRRRE nightmare fuel. The ones that stick widchya though are the Sallys. Or little girl zombies. They wear little white dresses and all you'll hear is an out of place giggle before you're faced with a girl out of nowhere. You see her, shoot her with a shotgun. Try to run and she teleports in front of you. Approach and she pounces on you like a vampire.....and fucks you to death with a steel dick. while nibbling on your flesh. Yeah. They are MESSED. UP."

Hailey shuddered.

"That's a little much."

"They drop good stuff though."

"Yek."

The pair did fan interviews and meet an greets for a few hours until they reached the limit and the panel closed. Once it did Hailey slumped from the drain of dealing with fans and Tyler patted her with a smile.

"It'll only get worse the more we do."

"HUUU-ray."

"Oh come on. LIke you're not loving the attention."

"BeSIDES the freakin point!"

He chuckled at that one before Hailey looked around at the sealed room

"Sooo, now what?"

"Sleep, soak, practice your reloads, I dunno."

He laid flat on the couch now without a shirt on and Hailey blushed as she saw this. Tyler smiled as he settled.

"JUst don't leave the basement, Hails."

"Kay."

She looked around at the room as Tyler dozed on the large couch before she settled on the other side. The pair dozed for a while on the couch before Tyler sat up and smiled as he saw Hailey had fallen fast asleep. Like a shadow he drapped a blanket over her and she smiled in hr sleep before going deeper in. The warrior sat on the couch with the stories he'd been working on the real world pulled up on an interface and worked on them. Hailey woke up a few hurs later with a yawn and he smiled at her.

"Mornin Hails."

"Mornin. Anything good?"

"Not really."

She nodded sleepily and he tossed her a drink. The black haired girl smiled gratefully as she snuggled under the blanket.

"Kinda feels like we're relaxing in our own house."

He smiled at that.

"I kinda like it."

She blushed with a smile.

"Me too."

He smiled and she noted the panel ws open.

"Whatchya doin?"

"workin on my stories."

"Oh. I forgot you write."

"I got copies if you're bored?"

"Sure. Always was kinda curious."

She got her copies and the girl rolled on her back still under the blanket to read. TYler was stretched full out and he smiled as she stretched out too...and her feet were resting on his legs. She smiled shyly at the comfy position and he looked at her.

"I got plenty a room on this side."

"....yeah."

Hailey flipped around to settle between the taller warrior's legs and he drapped a larger blanket over them, making her blush with a smile.

"Comfy."

He hugged her and she rested her head against hs chest as she looked at the list of well over 200 titles.

"Soo, which one's actually finished?"

"This one here. Tale of the Outcast Warrior. 1,549 pages."

"HOLY SHIT, longest?"

"Tale of the Demon. 2,000."

"Okay uou have WAAAY too much free time on your hands, Gore."

He smiled as he patted her belly, making her blush and smile.

"It's a hobby."

She picked outcast warrior and settled for a day's reading as Tyler rested his hands on her narrow waist in a comfy and warm embrace that had her blushing. It faded as she got absorbed into the story and he chuckled as the scrolling increased in speed. Then she smirked.

"egotrip much?"

"And therapy session."

"So true. Kaori reminds me of Marrisa."

"I kinda based her off her....with a few added traits."

"I can see that. MArrisa isn't tough nor is she as nice."

He nodded and Hailey remembered where his hand was.

"NOwhere else."

"Yes Hails."

"I will elbow you in the dick....and I can feel it."

"I like this."

"....me too."

He smiled at her soft voice and hugged her tightly for a moment and she had a smile at the affection as he rubbed her belly sothingly. She giggled.

"That tickles!"

"Cute."

He rubbed her belly again and she giggled like a little girl again before she smirked.

"Don't get TOO cocky, Gore. I MIGHT end up hitting you depending on where you touch."

"Sounds sexy."

She smirked thinner as his roaming hand went a LITTLE higher.

"I'm not wearing a bra."

"Sexier and sexier."

Hailey chuckled at that mildly intrigued tone.

"Feed's off, right?"

"Oh yeah."

"Good."

She settled against him....and a hand was slid along a bulge.

"Wow."

"Yes you are."

"Ha."

His hand went to her surprisingly large bust and she shivered at the gentle yet inquisitive squeeze.

"wow, Hails."

"I know."

She slid a hand down his jeans and he shivered as she got a handful.

"Yikes."

"enjoy."

THe black haired girl smiled with a blush as she felt the length of steel and her lovely rack was fondled adoringly before a hand slid down her frame. she gasped as they probed at her waistband and smiled excitedly.

"Go on."

He looked at her and she looked at him and the pair leaned into each other with hands holding sensitive places. Tyler could feel her soft breath on his face as he went to kiss her.....as a gunshot was heard outside the house and they both jumped. The gunshot shattered the sexually charged atmosphere and the now flustered Hailey was quick to scramble away.

"We should check that out!"

Tyler sighed at this sound advice.

"We should. I was enjoying that too."

She blushed harder.....and didn't answer. She got off the still hard boy and sat against the other side of the couch as he went for the M870. Hailey now wore a new look of conflicted emotions on her face as he loaded the shotgun then he smiled at her.

"Load up."

Hailey nodded and the last of the sexual tension faded out.

"I'll use the couch tonight. I don't think sharing a bed's a good idea."

"Sure. even if you're warm."

She glared at him.

"I am NOT interested in sleeping with you."

"Alright."

"Ugh. That's all you have to say? Just ALRIGHT?"

He looked at her with a lifted eyebrow.

"Do you want me to say i want you as my girlfriend? That I want to hold you and NEVER let go?"

She went red in the face.

"No! I am NOT attracted to you!"

"well. I am to you."

"ew. Gross."

He chuckled at the wall she put up now and passed her the Type99.

"Come on Hails, we'll see who's out there."

"fine."

THe pair went up the stairs and the warrior peered through a crack in the door to see a pair of people outside the front door holding rifles looking at a dead stregor. He smirked and looked at her.

"Players."

"Anyone we know?"

"Nope. 4 total."

She nodded and he looked out the small crack in the door and took the semi automatic WA2000 and set the barrel to the thing as the two other players looked att he front door of the house.

"They back yet?"

"Not yet. That house is huge. You REALLY think there's somebody in there, Drakin?"

"Oh yeah. Door was locked, curtains are pulled, CLASSIC beta tricks."

"There's another dead gorilla thing out there."

"Another mark of a beta. They;ll have good shit."

Tyler swapped for the shotgun now and backed away from the door with the 12 gauge aimed at the door. Hailey backed down to the ground floor as a sound of footsteps were heard and a girl's voice was heard outside the basement door.

"They looted the master bedroom. found the case. Annnnd left it behind."

"The case or the loot?"

"Case. whoever this beta bitch is, they're blatant."

"A pro?"

"Probably. I don't think they're still here. Sorry this smacks of a decoy hideout."

Tyler aimed the shotgun at the door as the voice was heard from directly outside it. The rest of the raiders were heard walking to the door.

"What about the basement?"

"it's worth looking into, same time if they ARE here they're down there."

"well we looked in the window. Nothing."

"Hm."

Tyler smirked and pulled the trigger. The buckshot tore through the door and hit the first boy in the face. He dropped and the warrior exploded out of the basement with the gun bellowing into the chest of another player at pointblank range. He dropped with a soccer ball taken from him.

"PRO! PRO!"

"I got em!"

The third blast was fired over Tyler's shoulder and the last boy dropped. The girl player was last and she fumbled with her holster as the M870 was shoved in her face.

"Bang."

She froze at this and Hailey whistled as she came out.

"Damn, Gore. How'd you do that?"

"There's a REASON I'm a legend, Hails."

"GORELEECH666?"

"In the horror!"

The girl under the barrel gulped.

"Um. Sorry!"

"Playerhunters?"

"Yeaaah."

"So the betas are being hunted like animals?"

"KINDA? They're good so,"

"Ha. Now what to do to you?"

She smiled.

"I'm Angelstar555. I'm....kinda a fan?"

"Ha. Hilarious."

He lowered the shotgun and she sighed in minor relief.

"Phew. Sorry. I kinda like the stuff I got."

Angelstar555 was a VERY pretty girl with lower back length golden blonde hair and piercing green eyes set into a tear drop shaped face. Her features were delicate and her bust was massive under her croptop of blue. Her skin was light brown and her frame was slender. On her waist she wore a pair of booty shorts and on her feet were a pair of hightop cowgirl boots. Her voice was a sot breath as she lowered her own luger. Tyler chuckled as he reloaded the shotgun.

"So the curtains are a mark of a beta, huh?"

Angelstar555 nodded.

"Yeah. Only betas take that kinda time to secure a hideout. and it's KINDA how we tracked you."

"I'm not exactly subtle. So THESE guys?"

"Oh just some randos I teamed up with. I'mma better shot then all a em."

"They find that out the hard way?"

"They've tried to rape me twice so. Yeah."

Hailey jumped and Angelstar555 chuckled.

"Relax. They're nerds. I flashed em and I shit you not they froze. Seems they had no idea what to do next."

Here the blue eyed blonde smirked at the still barechested Tyler.

"I HOPE you know better."

"Wanna go find out?"

Hailey gasped at this instant retort and glared daggers at him as Angelstar555 chuckled.

"Later. I'm not horny enough for a proper fuck. Annnd, mind if i tag along? I...kinda HATE being alone."

"Sure. we could use another pack mule."

"fuck you tough guy."

"Sure. Drop em and turn around."

She snorted at that bold faced order.

"I'm a flirt. Not a whore."

"Ha. You guys got a camp?"

"NOPE. All we had we have."

"Alright. Loot em up and I'll deal with te trash."

The trio looted the dead players of their gear and Tyler tossed the bodies onto the battered trophy truck outside in a way it seemed THEY'D been driving and the warrior returned to find Angelstar555 enjoying the hot tub pool while Hailey glared at the bustier girl as she flaunted her assets. Tyler relocked the doors and left the basement door as is with it's new hole and Hailey glared at him the entire time.

"What?"

"I hate you."

"Ooookay. The reason THIS time?"

She just sat on the recliner across the room at his mildly curious tone. Tyler shrugged at this turn of events and dumped the three medium backpacks out. Angelstar555 got out of the water and he smirked at the bouncing and noted her spot was also shaven. The blonde smirked as she pulled a G-string on.

"wow you are NOT shy. I like it."

"I am not afraid to get a piece."

"THANK GOD. Gore?"

"Sure. Angel?"

"Or Star. Her?"

Hailey just sighed.

"Hailfyre."

"wow.""

"Yeah she picked a metal tag. I call her Hails."

"I'll call her Frye."

"Greeeat. TWO names to remember."

Tyler chuckled as he looked at the spread of supplies and noted some ammounition.

"Wow. You guys found .50 cal ammo?"

Angel nodded as she sat across from him without a shirt or bra on, flaunting her double Ds as she took the half inch thick bullet.

"We found a battered humvee half a click to the west. Turret was shit but we were able to scavange a few bullets. There were easily several hundred but the gun was useless so we only took a few for the novelty."

TYler chuckled.

"I can rework these into makeshift grenades. Gunpowder in em is kinda scary."

"Nasty. I'm decent at these kinda games, but never anything THIS hardcore."

"Good you learn from the best."

She chuckled and he took the airweight revolver over and she passed a pile of .38 special ammo over.

"I know it sucks. But we found a lot of em."

"I'll make em into something we can use."

He then noted the amount of food and drink Angel's former crew had and chuckled.

"we're well stocked on food so there's that."

She passed him the rifle one of her friends had used.

"Here. Not sure if it's decent or not."

TYler took it.

"Eh. Remington 30-30 boplt action rifle. Decent and you can count on it more an ya think. Not bad for civi grade."

Angel looked around at Tyler and Hailey's armory and chuckled as she saw the WA2000 and Type99.

"Nice pieces."

"Thanks. We found an assassin for te KGB's armory."

"Lucky bastard."

Tyler unloaded the hunting rifle and set the rounds aside and Angel smiled.

"USeless?"

"Nah. Preventing an accident."

"OOH smart."

"we got a resupply on food and weapons. We're set for the time being and can focus on other things. Like medical since we don't even have any bandages."

Hailey looked over.

"I think I saw a pharmacy on the corner, Gore. Near where the truck got hit the first time."

"Good eyes, Hails. we'll take a look in der mornin."

She nodded and returned to the silent treatment. Angel smirked at this and looked at the warrior as he repacked their stuff.

"Uh-oh. Someone having problems with his girlfriend?"

"I'm NOT his girlfriend."

Tyler smirked internally at Hailey's cold shutdown as he shrugged.

"Hails an I are friends IRL an she's always been kinda cold."

"I ain't your friend either, loser."

"Whatever, Hails."

"HAIL. FYRE."

"Bostonbitch222. Take your pick."

"I hate you."

"Annnd we're back to square one. Those idiots aren't around so you don't have to pretend to be so damn mean, Hails."

"I am NOT pretending."

"Ugh. whatever. I don't get paid enough for this shit."

Angel watched the interaction with a lifted eyebrow.

"Wow. There be some history here. NOT interested."

"Sure thing, Shadow."

"I love golden retrievers, I HATE the insinuation."

"Ha."

The goods were packed away and Tyler sat back on the couch as Angel flopped on the other end with plenty of bouncing breast physics. Tyler chuckled as he settled down.

"Okay. They did a damn good job on the jiggle physics."

Angel smirked as she lounged across from him.

"I KNOW."

He chuckled at her smug as he relaxed again. Hailey was alone on the recliner as Angel fell asleep on the couch with an arm over her face. Tyler took the opportunity to sneak over to where Hailey was crying silently on the recliner...and he patted her on the back.

"So we're at THIS trope huh?"

She jumped at the pat and hasilty tried to hide her tears,

"Go away."

"Hails, be honest with yourself. Do yuo like me or hate me?"

"Why the fuck do you care?"

"Ugh. Cause you were here FIRST."

Hailey just loked away and curled into a tighter ball on the recliner. Tyler covered the sulking girl in a blanket and she shivered at the warmth.

"Thanks....I guess."

"Yeah."

He patted her.

"Still my best friend in this damn game."

"JUST your best friend?"

"Wanna be my girlfriend?"

She jumped at the fearless ask and looked at him in shock before recovering.

"No! Oh my god no! You're a disgusting loser! All you do is dive in this FUCKED up games-"

"Okay."

He shrugged at the rejection and walked away.

"I tried."

She blinked at the dismissal and Tyler flopped on the couch and got comfy. Hailey just looked at him as he pulled the story he'd been working on. THe black haired girl was left very confused but sighed as she settled on the recliner to sulk some more. Tyler lost himself inside his world for a few hours as Angel lurched bolt upright wide eyed and frantic. Tyler chuckled as he watched her deflate from the realization she was back in reality....sort of.

"I know THAT look. Flashback or nightmare?"

she shivered.

"I THOUGHT I'd been asleep longer then I was."

"OOOH this suck."

"With a PASSION."

"You good?"

She nodded as her nerves recovered.

"Yeah. Am now. I miss anything?"

"eh nothing good."

THe blonde nodded and stretched her back with a sound of cracking.

"OH that felt good."

TYler smiled as he looked at her.

"We're heading south to see the beta memoerial. want in?"

She smiled.

"Sure. I was heading south too. I'm from a northern region of Russia so I'm kinda tired a the cold."

"New Hampshire."

"OOH not bad rookie."

"Why don't you have the accent, Angel?"

She shrugged.

"Cause I'm on a trip in America and a sexy, busty, BLONDE HAIRED BLUE EYED RUSSIAN girl is just asking for problems from the boys in school."

"Fair. Hey."

She looked over curiously and caught the bottle of Smirnoff vodka.

"No PROPER RUSSIAN is without a bottle a vodka! it be the RUSSIAN way!"

She busted up laughing at his pisspoor Russian accent and the stereotype.

"Oh my GOD you are HILARIOUS! I DO drink vodka! Only on special occasions though. And when i am NOT carrying a firearm."

"Smart. You dive a lot?"

She shrugged.

"eh sometimes. My games are survival games like Ark or Minecraft."

"Blockhead."

"Hey. That's FUNNY."

He chuckled as she put the gifted bottle in her pack before layign flat with a soft thud.

"Soooo, what IS the point of this experiement, Gore?"

"No clue. I had to guess it's to see how humanity's younger generations would react to a sudden postapocolyptic lifestyle."

"Weird thing to test."

"Me an the beta guys got a hunch we're not gonna be let out."

"Yikes. Sword Art Online?"

"PRETTY much."

"Scary. I'm in."

"ALL. The. WAY."

She chuckled and rested her long legs on his own.

"Good. i got a footstool."

"Ha."

Angel was half a head shorter then him so was kinda tall. Tyler looked out the door and noted the darkness.

"We'll do our interview bullshit and crash ladies. We gotta lotta walkin in der mornin."

Sarah appeared like clockwork and the reporter smiled.

"We're live with the Goreleech Camp."

Tyler was still shirtless as the intro was done and then Sarah looked at him.

"You have taken AngelStar555 into your party, Goreleech?"

"Yup. We got another packmule."

"I will hit you."

"Don't break a nail now princess."

She slugged him and Hailey poked her head up with a glare.

"As a girl, Gore? I HATE you."

"You sure?"

"Yes I am SURE I hate you."

"Ha."

Angel sighed.

"I will KICK YOU next time."

"Noted."

"JAckass."

Sarah smiled before she looked at a paper.

"Those three players tried to rape you, Angelstar555?"

The blonde russian nodded with a smirk. Still topless.

"Several times. Problem was....well...tey were cowards. They'd drop their pants....and freeze. It turned into a game. I'd flash em and they'd lock up like a dead rabbit. Hilarious for me, HUMILATING for them."

Tyler chuckled.

"They'll have respawned naked a few miles from us. It'll be fuckin funny to see what they do."

Angel shrugged as Sarah looked at Tyler.

"Are you and Hailfyre having problems, Goreleech?"

He shrugged.

"eh not really. Hails' just not interested."

The girl on the recliner shot a glare at him and he ignored her as the interview went on. When ot ended the trio made a meal of chips and some water before TYler laid on the bed. Angel took the couch and Hailey was still in the recliner. The warrior smiled as he got comfy.

"Night ladies."

"fuck you."

"Night, Gore."