{"sf1_id":1678158,"sf2_id":"rnaND2X1","title":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow (Chapter 9)","author":"STRONG","words":3928,"posted_at":"2021-01-29T02:13:18.000Z","tags":["Anthro","Fallout","Fanfiction","Human","Nightstalker","Snekdog","Story","Violence"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1678158-love-me-as-though-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-9","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rnaND2X1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/3e/82/3e82e96d-cca0-40fa-9157-42c093efe26a","description":"Chapter 9!","content":"Chapter 9 : Pull My Trigger\n\n\\\u003eYou awake to the Sun in your eyes as it rises over the mountains to the east.\n\n\\\u003eGracie lays with her head on your lap, her nose pressed against your stomach.\n\n\\\u003eA twinge of guilt hits you since you have to wake her.\n\n\\\u003eHm Maybe not though.\n\n\\\u003eCarefully, very carefully you slide over, gently moving her head off you.\n\n\\\u003eShe whimpers softly as you set her head down on the bed.\n\n\\\u003eBreakfast was calling and hopefully Raul didn't mind you grabbing a bit more food.\n\n\\\u003eQuietly you leave the room and wander around the Lucky 38, taking it all in.\n\n\\\u003eThis place was almost magical with how well preserved it was.\n\n\\\u003eAs you pull open an working fridge you find several Brahmin steaks as well as garlic bread.\n\n\\\u003eMight as well make some.\n\n\\\u003eDo Ghouls eat? You don't want to be rude and not make Raul one.\n\n\\\u003eYou decide to make Gracie a Steak, you don't know Pip or Amber or Raul well enough to know how they like theirs.\n\n\\\u003eBut you know how Gracie likes her food.\n\n\\\u003eLooking around, you find a stove and several pans.\n\n\\\u003eYou cook up 2 of the steaks and warm up the garlic bread.\n\n\\\u003eGracie is awake when you walk into the room carrying the food.\n\n\\\u003eHer long tongue flicks out of her mouth and she sniffs the air.\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo Brahmin steak and something else? What's that Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Garlic bread Gracie, its good\" you say as you set her plate down.\n\n\\\u003e\"Mm Breakfast in Bed Anon, I feel so special\".\n\n\\\u003eShe digs in happily as you sit next to her.\n\n\\\u003e\"You are special Gracie, you mean a lot to me\" you say pulling her close.\n\n\\\u003eShe leans on you and eats happily.\n\n\\\u003eYou eat silently, savoring the Steak and the garlic bread.\n\n\\\u003eWhile this isn't breakfast food you didn't mind.\n\n\\\u003eMaybe you could find some gecko Eggs and make a Brahmin garlic omelet.\n\n\\\u003eOr Next time Gracie lays an egg you could do that.\n\n\\\u003eThat still bothered you a bit to be honest, but traditional rules are off the table when it comes to Snekdogs.\n\n\\\u003eGracie finished her food before you and has started changing into her recon armor, leather jacket and her messenger bag.\n\n\\\u003eShe doesn't even bother trying to hide her body from you.\n\n\\\u003eNot that you mind but still it was somewhat teasing.\n\n\\\u003eYou finish up and change clothes.\n\n\\\u003eYour leather armor is worn and beat up, your Boomer Jacket torn and patched up.\n\n\\\u003eBut it's all you have to remember your life from Nellis by.\n\n\\\u003eThere's a soft knock at the door.\n\n\\\u003e\"Come in\" says Gracie happily as she rummages through her bag.\n\n\\\u003eAmber pushes the door open.\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh good you're ready, we should get moving soon\" She says with a grin towards Gracie.\n\n\\\u003eYou see Gracie's eyes light up.\n\n\\\u003e\"YAY! I'm So Happy to be traveling with you Sister!\".\n\n\\\u003eShe bounds over happily and grabs Amber in a hug.\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm so happy I found you!\".\n\n\\\u003eYou can't help but smile as her happiness, it was one of the few things in the world you enjoyed seeing.\n\n\\\u003eIt was right up there with firing big guns.\n\n\\\u003eIt might even be above it.\n\n\\\u003eYou walk out of the room, following Amber and by extension Gracie, who was holding her bigger sisters hand and talking about how you made her breakfast.\n\n\\\u003eEvery once and a while you see Amber looking over her shoulder at you with a smirk.\n\n\\\u003eEventually you're lead to the elevator and down to the ground floor.\n\n\\\u003e\"Remember Pip, we need a Full Vertibird\" Raul calls to him as you all leave the lucky 38.\n\n\\\u003ePip Nods to him calmly.\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's go\" he calls\u0026nbsp;to your small party.\n\n\\\u003eThe roads on the Strip are like new, rebuilt like a the bombs never fell.\n\n\\\u003eThe roads outside the strip were torn apart from time.\n\n\\\u003eAs the 4 of you walk south to the Madre Vault you picked various plants to eat.\n\n\\\u003eHelping those NCR Rangers had proven helpful time and time again.\n\n\\\u003eYou found a Banana Yucca along the way and tossed a few of the fruits to everyone.\n\n\\\u003eGracie happily bit into hers before latching onto your arm as you walked.\n\n\\\u003eYou in turn pushed her hood down and rubbed the scales on her head.\n\n\\\u003eThe walk is quiet and peaceful.\n\n\\\u003eYou enjoy the company of Gracie, Amber and Pip.\n\n\\\u003ePip may not speak to you much but that's fine, he's polite and doesn't hassle you.\n\n\\\u003eAmber may be constantly teasing you about not being Gracie's mate but she's nice enough.\n\n\\\u003eIt seems when there are four people travelling together it deters raiders from attacking.\n\n\\\u003eYou also had no doubt that Amber's sheer size was intimidating.\n\n\\\u003eThe roads are hot and the wind dusty but you don't mind it as you walk with your little group.\n\n\\\u003eBut something bothers you. Was it jealousy?\n\n\\\u003eAmber's hugs and affection to Pip as they walked and talked.\n\n\\\u003eWhy does it bother you? You have Gracie with you, holding your arm, but its different seeing them have it.\n\n\\\u003eYou don't quite understand why it makes you feel upset.\n\n\\\u003eYou shake your head slightly to get rid of the thoughts\n\n\\\u003eThey are mates, you and Gracie aren't.\n\n\\\u003eYou should just enjoy your time with her and she said she wasn't going anywhere.\n\n\\\u003eAs you pass through Novac Gracie looks up at the giant dinosaur.\n\n\\\u003e\"It's so cool!\" Gracie says jumping up and down.\n\n\\\u003e\"Maybe on the way back home we can grab one of those little toy dinosaurs Gracie\" you say with a smile.\n\n\\\u003eShe hugs your arm tight and smiles while looking up at you.\n\n\\\u003e\"Promise Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou rub the scales on her head and scratch her ears gently.\n\n\\\u003e\"Promise\"\n\n\\\u003eYou can see Amber smirking as Gracie hugs you, but you ignore it.\n\n\\\u003eEven now you feel that bit of jealousy as Gracie hugs you tight.\n\n\\\u003eWhy?\n\n\\\u003eYou break from her hug and start walking again.\n\n\\\u003eOver the hills, sand billowing past, the sun beating down.\n\n\\\u003eIt's all a distraction for you as you check the map of your pip-boy.\n\n\\\u003eYou look around for this ghost town covered in red mist.\n\n\\\u003eBut all you see is sand.\n\n\\\u003eWhere is this place?\n\n\\\u003eEventually Pip sees what looks like a storm drain.\n\n\\\u003eIts right were your Pip-boy says the Madre should be.\n\n\\\u003ePip grabs the grate and pulls it open, then peers down into it.\n\n\\\u003e\"There are stairs down here! I think this might lead us there\"\n\n\\\u003eSmart man, you had planned to blow the storm drain open with a grenade or something.\n\n\\\u003eYou pull out your LMG.\n\n\\\u003e\"I'll go down first and check it out then call you down when I'm sure it's safe\"\n\n\\\u003ePip draws his compliance regulator.\n\n\\\u003e\"I got your back\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and lower yourself into the drain.\n\n\\\u003eAs soon as your feet hit the stairs you raise your gun, a quick scan of the stair well.\n\n\\\u003eThere's a hallway leading into this place.\n\n\\\u003eIs it a bunker? What's going on here?\n\n\\\u003eNo time for emotion, time to be tactical.\n\n\\\u003e\"Stairwells clear, Pip come down\"\n\n\\\u003eYou keep your sights aimed down the stairs as you hear Pip drop in behind you.\n\n\\\u003eSlowly you head down the stairs, weapon trained down the hallway.\n\n\\\u003eIts dark and you know feral ghouls like to hide in places like this.\n\n\\\u003eThe layout looks simple.\n\n\\\u003eA hallway with a room at the end, no one is in there.\n\n\\\u003eThere are 2 hallways off to the left and right.\n\n\\\u003e\"You clear right, I'll clear left\" you say as you approach the fork.\n\n\\\u003e\"Got it\" you hear Pip grunt.\n\n\\\u003eYou turn left and aim down a hallway to a well-lit room.\n\n\\\u003eHm looks like someone was living here at some point.\n\n\\\u003eYou walk into the room and scan left and right.\n\n\\\u003eNo one here.\n\n\\\u003e\"Clear left\" you call out.\n\n\\\u003e\"Clear right\" you hear pip call.\n\n\\\u003eWith that you can finally let your guard down.\n\n\\\u003e\"I'll get the girls\" Pip says as he holsters his gun.\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and begin looking around the room.\n\n\\\u003eA bed, a vending machine of some sort, a bunch of half completed weird looking laser rifles.\n\n\\\u003eThe vending machine looks a bit odd so you examine it calmly, leaning over it and around the sides.\n\n\\\u003eOn the side you see words that catch your eye.\n\n\\\u003e\"Big MT\"\n\n\\\u003eIf it was made there, then this isn't a normal vending machine.\n\n\\\u003e\"What's that Boomer\" you hear Amber over your shoulder.\n\n\\\u003e\"Dunno some kind of vending machine from the Big MT\"\n\n\\\u003eYou feel Gracie sliding under your left arm to look at it.\n\n\\\u003e\"OH! I know what that is! It's a self-contained matter transformation device!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her.\n\n\\\u003e\"It's a what? And HOW do you know that Gracie?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe starts tapping at the buttons on it happily.\n\n\\\u003e\"It takes uh\" She looks around quickly and grabs a coin like thing of a table “These!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe hands it to you.\n\n\\\u003eA Sierra Madre chip?\n\n\\\u003e\"If you get enough of these it'll change them into items!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe grabs a bunch of the chips and puts them in them punches a few buttons\n\n\\\u003eOut pops a can of cram\n\n\\\u003eYou pick up the can and look at it, then open it up and taste it\n\n\\\u003eIt tastes better than any other cram you've had before, you pass it to Pip to try \"try it, it's good\"\n\n\\\u003e\"How do you know that Gracie?\" Amber asks.\n\n\\\u003eGracie gives a toothy grin.\n\n\\\u003e\"I wandered around the Big MT for a long time, I found the Lab they made these things in! They had details on their computers!\"\n\n\\\u003eMakes sense to you.\n\n\\\u003ePip is the first to leave the room and head to the other room.\n\n\\\u003e\"Where is the Madre though?\" he asks looking around the other room.\n\n\\\u003eYou follow him and frown.\n\n\\\u003e\"Dunno, my Pip-boy doesn't tell me anything besides it's here\"\n\n\\\u003eYou see him tapping away at his.\n\n\\\u003e\"Same\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're stumped and getting frustrated.\n\n\\\u003eWas this a wild goose chase? Did Sato give you bad info? You were so close!\n\n\\\u003e\"Check behind the walls\" you hear Amber call out.\n\n\\\u003eShe emerges from the other room holding what looks like a journal.\n\n\\\u003e\"Whoever lived here says there are secret tunnels behind one of the walls\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown.\n\n\\\u003eFuck sneaky shit, how were you going to find the switch to open a secret door?\n\n\\\u003eYou look around and see Pip begins knocking on the walls.\n\n\\\u003e\"What are you doing?\" you ask, feeling your frustration begin to pour out through your voice.\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't angry at him or anything but this stuff was annoying.\n\n\\\u003eA pair of scaled arms wrap around you waist from behind.\n\n\\\u003e\"Calm down Anon, its ok we'll find it\" you hear Gracie whisper to you.\n\n\\\u003eYou take a deep breath and wait as Pip taps around the room\n\n\\\u003eEventually he stops and knocks on one spot again.\n\n\\\u003e\"Here, it's hollow behind here\" Pip says pointing to the spot.\n\n\\\u003e\"How will get through that though\" Amber says walking up to him and examining the spot.\n\n\\\u003eYou know how, plus it would probably calm you down.\n\n\\\u003eExploding things always did.\n\n\\\u003e\"I got some explosives, I'll blow a hole through the wall\"\n\n\\\u003ePip looks you over.\n\n\\\u003e\"You sure about that? You might collapse the bunker\"\n\n\\\u003eGracie hugs your arm.\n\n\\\u003e\"He's a Boomer! And he did that clear out our home! Trust him, he knows what he's doing!\"\n\n\\\u003ePip looks a bit unsure but relents.\n\n\\\u003e\"You guys might want to get into that other room, this could make a mess\"\n\n\\\u003eThey all file out of the room while you search through your inventory.\n\n\\\u003eStart Small, you don't know how thick this wall is.\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a Grenade and back away to the hallway that leads into the side room\n\n\\\u003eQuickly you pull the pin from the grenade and toss it to the foot of the wall then duck behind the corner.\n\n\\\u003eThe explosion shakes some dust off the walls when it goes off.\n\n\\\u003eYou peek around the corner and frown.\n\n\\\u003eThe others look too.\n\n\\\u003eThe wall is still intact, a small hole blasted into it.\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh great job Mr. Demo man\" Amber teases you.\n\n\\\u003eYou can feel your frustration growing.\n\n\\\u003eFine they want a big explosion, they get one.\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a nearly depleted fusion core and smirk at Amber.\n\n\\\u003e\"How about this then\" you ask smugly.\n\n\\\u003eYou feel a hand on your arm.\n\n\\\u003ePip has ahold of it.\n\n\\\u003e\"You sure about using that?\" he asks, eyeing the fusion core.\n\n\\\u003eYou nod.\n\n\\\u003e\"I know what I'm doing man, I won't kill us or anything\"\n\n\\\u003eHe nods.\n\n\\\u003e\"But you all should get out of the bunker, just to be safe\"\n\n\\\u003eYou head to the room and place the fusion core in the hole that the grenade made.\n\n\\\u003eEveryone else has already climbed out of the bunker as you walk towards the stairwell\n\n\\\u003e\"Gracie, you wanted to know why the Treadnaut had force fields around the power core?\" you call up out of the storm drain.\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea! Why is that?\n\n\\\u003e\"It's powered by 8 of these fusion cores\" you say as you pull out you scout rifle and take aim at the dimly glowing light of the fusion core.\n\n\\\u003e\"And if one gets shot\"\n\n\\\u003eyou hold your breath and pull the trigger.\n\n\\\u003eA miniature nuclear explosion goes off, causing the ground the shake and all of the dust settled everywhere to get rattled off.\n\n\\\u003eYou can't even hear your own laughter as the ground shakes.\n\n\\\u003eNothing like an explosion to lighten your mood.\n\n\\\u003e\"That happens\" you say as the sound dies down.\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on down, we're good to go!\" you call up.\n\n\\\u003e\"Hold up! Gracie's passed out!\" Pip calls down to you.\n\n\\\u003eYou swear to yourself, you were so caught up in explosions you forgot about Gracie's tendency to play dead.\n\n\\\u003e\"One sec, I got her\"\n\n\\\u003eYou climb out of the bunker and see Gracie splayed out on the ground.\n\n\\\u003e\"Gracie come on, you're ok, and it was just an explosion\" you say as you grip her paws.\n\n\\\u003eHer eyes open and she pulls one of her paws out of your hand and swats you with it.\n\n\\\u003e\"WARN ME NEXT TIME!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou help her up while you apologize.\n\n\\\u003e\"What was that about?\" Amber says looking you over.\n\n\\\u003e\"Hog nosed snakes play dead when threatened, I guess that instinct got passed to Gracie\" you say as you help dust her off.\n\n\\\u003eGracie's ears go flat against her head.\n\n\\\u003e\"I can't help it sometimes\" she says looking at her feet.\n\n\\\u003e\"It's ok, we're working on it, anyway let's check out the wall\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003ePip jumps down first, followed by Amber, then Gracie.\n\n\\\u003eYou follow quickly after them and look at the wall.\n\n\\\u003eOr rather what used to be the wall.\n\n\\\u003eA smoldering hole where the wall was reveals the tunnel.\n\n\\\u003e\"Told ya I got it\" you say with a grin.\n\n\\\u003eYou draw your LMG again and take the lead down the dimly lit tunnel.\n\n\\\u003eEventually it gets so dark that you and Pip have to use the lights on your pip-boys to see.\n\n\\\u003eFor what feels like hours the 4 of you walk, but it's hard to tell, at least it is for you.\n\n\\\u003eBut as you round a curve you see dim reddish light and the opening.\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh! Light! Light! Let's go Anon!\" Gracie says beginning to run towards it.\n\n\\\u003eYou catch her arm in your hand, struggling to hold your LMG with one hand.\n\n\\\u003e\"Hold up, we have to play it safe. Let's all get there at once\"\n\n\\\u003eNo need to rush now.\n\n\\\u003eYou keep your LMG in your hands and watch as the light gets brighter and the mouth of the tunnel gets bigger.\n\n\\\u003eEventually you walk through the opening and blink a few times\n\n\\\u003eBefore you there are buildings; villas that are crumbling and decrepit.\n\n\\\u003eAnd behind them is a giant tower of a building, bathed in red mist.\n\n\\\u003eAs you walk you feel the ground is soft.\n\n\\\u003eLike snow, the mist seems to have settled on the ground leaving an inch or 2 of blood red dust on the ground.\n\n\\\u003eWhat is this stuff? You don't think you want to know, but you think you'll learn anyway.\n\n\\\u003eYour footsteps are muffled from it as the 4 of you walk, looking around.\n\n\\\u003e'It's really here' you think to yourself.\n\n\\\u003eA fountain sits in the center of a plaza, empty with no water but with a few dozen of those chips in it.\n\n\\\u003eHolograms of people flicker lazily as you look around and static cuts through the quiet.\n\n\\\u003e\"This place is creepy\" you hear Gracie whimper from behind you.\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and keep your LMG out, aiming at every single sound.\n\n\\\u003eThe static is driving you crazy, like a garbled voice yelling at you.\n\n\\\u003eSilenced footfalls all around you.\n\n\\\u003eWords echo from your memory.\n\n\\\u003e\"That place will be your grave\"\n\n\\\u003eA noise to your right caused you to jump and fire at the noise.\n\n\\\u003eSparks fly as your bullet hits a speaker.\n\n\\\u003e\"Geez Boom calm down\" you faintly hear over your own heart beat.\n\n\\\u003eThere are shapes in the mist taunting you.\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon are you ok?\" Gracie's voice cuts through.\n\n\\\u003eYou blink hard and focus on her.\n\n\\\u003eStay focused on her, let her be your tether.\n\n\\\u003eYou hold her paw, gripping your Gun with one hand.\n\n\\\u003e\"You ok Boomer?\" Pip says .\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm just... I don't know; those speakers are getting to me\" you cough.\n\n\\\u003eThe 4 of you keep walking through the villas.\n\n\\\u003e\"What is this Stuff? Why isn't it affecting you?\" you ask as you walk through the blood red mist.\n\n\\\u003eYou cough and feel your lungs burn.\n\n\\\u003eIt feels like the cloud is closing in on you.\n\n\\\u003e\"What do you mean Boom?\" Pip asks as he leads the group.\n\n\\\u003e\"It's like this stuff is choking me, how are you able to walk through it?\"\n\n\\\u003eTo your dismay they keep walking; ignoring your words.\n\n\\\u003eDid you even say anything? Your breathing is so labored your can't remember.\n\n\\\u003eMaybe you imagined it.\n\n\\\u003eYou look around at the three of them.\n\n\\\u003eAmber and Gracie walk like there's no problem, like this cloud is nothing more than fog.\n\n\\\u003ePip seems like he's walking through a bit of smoke, a cough every once and a while.\n\n\\\u003eGracie has a firm grip on your hand as she walks through the clouds\n\n\\\u003eBut she keeps leading you through the clouds.\n\n\\\u003eThrough whatever this stuff is that chokes you.\n\n\\\u003eEach time you have a violent coughing fit.\n\n\\\u003eIt burns.\n\n\\\u003eyou face burns, your lungs burns and your eyes burn.\n\n\\\u003eWhy is it painful to just exist here?\n\n\\\u003eYou cough and let go of Gracie's paw.\n\n\\\u003eHow can they keep going like its nothing?\n\n\\\u003eYou have to stop in an area where the cloud has settled, the dust around your feet is thick but the air clear.\n\n\\\u003eLet your lungs clear, try to catch your breath.\n\n\\\u003eYou're not out of shape so why is this affecting you so much?\n\n\\\u003eThe others just keep walking.\n\n\\\u003eStatic in the air is the only noise you can hear.\n\n\\\u003eBut then something else cuts through.\n\n\\\u003eHorrid, ragged breathing.\n\n\\\u003eis breathing though? It echoes through the plaza around you.\n\n\\\u003eSurrounding you.\n\n\\\u003eWhere is it coming from?\n\n\\\u003eYou raise your LMG and aim down the sights, turning quickly at each way into the area.\n\n\\\u003eWhat you see is a shape in the cloud.\n\n\\\u003eA figure, a human shaped figure, carrying something, eyes round and glowing green.\n\n\\\u003eAnd it's stumbling through the cloud towards you.\n\n\\\u003eYou aim right between those glowing eyes.\n\n\\\u003e\"FUCK OFF YOU CUNT\" you shout at it.\n\n\\\u003eYour words have little effect on whatever it is.\n\n\\\u003eIt tosses the cylinder thing it's carrying at you.\n\n\\\u003eAs it flies through the cloud you recognize what it is.\n\n\\\u003eA gas canister, with a small explosive attached.\n\n\\\u003eFUCK!\n\n\\\u003eYou dive\u0026nbsp;to the side and roll away from the impact, kicking up dust.\n\n\\\u003eIt hits the ground with an explosion, kicking the dust into the air.\n\n\\\u003eYou choke as you get to your feet and aim at the figure once more.\n\n\\\u003eFuck this guy.\n\n\\\u003eYou unload 20 or so bullets into the shambling body, ripping it apart.\n\n\\\u003eWhere are Gracie and Pip and Amber?\n\n\\\u003eThrough the mist you see more figures, walking that awful stumbling gait through the blood red cloud.\n\n\\\u003eFine.\n\n\\\u003eThey wanted to come for you, but you were going to go to them.\n\n\\\u003e\"BOOMER?! WHERE ARE YOU?!\" you hear faintly over the ragged breaths.\n\n\\\u003eGo, Kill them all.\n\n\\\u003eYou charge into the mist, gun blazing.\n\n\\\u003eBodies fall before you as you charge.\n\n\\\u003eBullets fly, leaving trails through the cloud.\n\n\\\u003eHow many of them are there? They just keep coming.\n\n\\\u003eBut you don't care though, how many of them have you killed? 10? 20? 30?\n\n\\\u003eNot that it matters.\n\n\\\u003eIs your gunfire drawing them to you?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"ANON! ANON! WHERE ARE YOU?!\"\n\n\\\u003eOnly one person calls you Anon.\n\n\\\u003eGracie.\n\n\\\u003eHer voice is getting closer, you can hear it between the gunshots.\n\n\\\u003eProtect her, kill everyone.\n\n\\\u003eYou kneel down and reload, 200 rounds take a little big to reload but you can keep firing for a LONG time.\n\n\\\u003eBut you're interrupted, a spear made of a stick and knives strapped to it; stabs into your left bicep.\n\n\\\u003eA scream; Gracie's scream\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eA hail of bullets tear through the humanoid thing that stabbed you.\n\n\\\u003eYou're breathing hard, the spear is still in your arm.\n\n\\\u003e\"ARE YOU OK!?\" She cries.\n\n\\\u003eYou hear the gentle patter of Gracie's paws in the dust.\n\n\\\u003eShe kneels in front of you.\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Fine\" you choke out, your throat burns when you try to talk.\n\n\\\u003eYou grab the spear and pull it out of your arm, causing blood to spray into the dust on the ground.\n\n\\\u003e\"No, you're not Anon! We have to get you out of here!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou stand up gripping your LMG with your right hand, your left arm hurts too much to move.\n\n\\\u003eFuck, you can't reload it like this.\n\n\\\u003eThe breathing of these people, these ghosts.\n\n\\\u003eIt surrounds you and Gracie.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eGracie stands with her SMG drawn, firing at a few of the ghosts.\n\n\\\u003eBut you see one holding a one of those gas bombs.\n\n\\\u003eYou try to warn Gracie, try to shout but the dust that's been kicked up is choking you.\n\n\\\u003eIt throws the bomb right at Gracie.\n\n\\\u003eNO! You won't let her get hurt!\n\n\\\u003eYou rush forward and push her out of the way.\n\n\\\u003eThe gas bomb hits the LMG in your hand and explodes, blasting you backwards into a wall.\n\n\\\u003ePain, so much pain.\n\n\\\u003eYou can't see out of your left eye, shrapnel from your LMG being blasted apart is in your legs and chest.\n\n\\\u003eThe toxic dust is settling into your wounds, poisoning your blood.\n\n\\\u003e\"NO NO NO ANON!\" Gracie cries as she gets up and runs to you.\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm sorry Gracie, we should have never come here\" you choke out.\n\n\\\u003eYou can feel your consciousness fading as you look into her teary eyes.\n\n\\\u003e\"NO Anon Please! Get Up! You Have to get up!' she cries pulling your arms.\n\n\\\u003eYou can't move, your body is limp as she drags you slowly.\n\n\\\u003eIt doesn't hurt anymore as she pulls.\n\n\\\u003e\"Go Find your sister; get out of here please\"\n\n\\\u003eYou cough and taste the iron in your blood .\n\n\\\u003eShe needs to save herself.\n\n\\\u003e\"NO Anon! Please I need you! Please get up\"\n\n\\\u003e\"PLEASE Anon! I Lo-\"\n\n\\\u003eYour world goes black and the pain fades.\n\n\\\u003eSato was right.\n\n\\\u003eThis place would be your grave.","series":{"name":"Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow","previous":"https://sofurry.com/s/ve3PDdEm","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1695239-love-me-as-if-there-were-no-tomorrow-chapter-10.json"}}