{"sf1_id":190220,"sf2_id":null,"title":"The Apoc-Fur-Lypse, Group 4, Scene 7B","author":"comidacomida","words":3040,"posted_at":"2010-10-29T21:16:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Fennec","Gore","Horror","Squirrel","Violence","Wolf","apoc-fur-lypse","zombies"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/190220-the-apoc-fur-lypse-group-4-scene-7b","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/190220","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=190220\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"The Zombie Apoc-Fur-Lypse\n\nGroup 4, Scene 7b\n\ncopyright 2010 comidacomida\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy panted as he raced through the abandoned streets. He ran as fast as he could, Mandy's paw\n\nclenched tightly in his. It had taken nearly everything he had to find her-- he had sacrificed\n\nit all to get her back and he had been successful... but, as the two of them sprinted through\n\nthe city devoid of living population, he realized then, more than ever, that he hadn't saved her\n\nyet-- he hadn't saved himself.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Come on, Andy... not much farther.\" Mandy encouraged him. The fennec woman took the lead,\n\ncontinuing forward and keeping the same pace as Andy's breath labored in his chest, his tongue\n\npanting. He felt like his heart was going to burst; his lungs burned but, the moment he heard\n\nthe echo of a rasping growl roll through the city streets he required no further rest-- he ran\n\nlike a shot.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBecca kept pace, a salvaged pipe from the rubbish bin of the overturned lorrie had not left her\n\npaw. Andy glanced toward her only long enough to confirm that she was keeping pace. The\n\nsquirrel was a strange find; he hadn't known whether or not she would stick with him and his\n\nfiance, and yet, there she was. Andy looked back ahead, slowing as he saw a set of signs beside\n\nthe road, \"There...\" he pointed, coming to a stop.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMandy looked to where he pointed, \"South?\" she inquired, leaning on the side of a building to\n\ncatch her breath.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy nodded, \"Yea... just another one score blocks and we're out.\" he widened his stance,\n\nresting his palms on his bent knees as he rasped and gulped air down.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"So long as you don't faint on us.\" Becca remarked, breathing heavily herself.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I didn't come this far just to fall unconscious.\" Andy responded, slowly straightening up his\n\nposture. He tightened his grip around his medical bag and glanced back to Mandy, \"Ready?\" he\n\nasked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShe nodded then asked, \"Are we taking the central carriage way straight out of town?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy shook his head, \"No... I'd rather detour.\" and he motioned to the sign, \"If we head east\n\njust a little we can pass through the park... I have a feeling there'll be less zombies.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You sure about that?\" Becca asked, \"The park is a little bit open.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I'm not sure about anything.\" Andy answered truthfully, \"But there's a good chance in my mind\n\nthat it'd be safer than traveling along a street that's been clogged by cars and probably had\n\npeople running all along it when they were trying to escape.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"So... find somewhere that you'd find less people and hope it means less zombies?\" Becca\n\nquestioned.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"That's the hope.\" Andy nodded, starting forward along the side road.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Well... about this time that's all we have.\" Mandy answered, following after him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe survivors traveled for nearly an hour, taking it slow and being careful about every step.\n\nAndy led them along two side streets, narrowly avoiding a large group of zombies meandering about\n\nthe main carriage way. The sun was setting by the time they reached the park, and the thought\n\nof the long, deep shadows cast by the trees certainly didn't make him feel very good about his\n\ndecision. Clearing his throat, the wolf put on airs and tried to come across confident,\n\n\"Alright... we made it. We're over half way there.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Not much farther.\" Mandy gave his paw a squeeze, \"Then what?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy paused at the question, but it didn't take him very long to come up with a reasonable\n\nsuggestion, \"Find a usable car and keep driving until we don't see any zombies.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What happens if we can't get far enough to get away from whatever this is that's causing the\n\nzombie thing?\" Becca questioned.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Then we stop in Kent.\" Andy explained.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What's in Kent?\" Becca asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy didn't respond at first but, after a pause, replied, \"An obligation for a friend.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"And then?\" Becca pressed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I don't know.\" the wolf responded, unable to suppress all of the frustration from his voice.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Alright... alright...\" the squirrel relented, apparently able to sense his unease, \"Personally,\n\nI think we should get a boat.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I don't think any of us knows how to sail.\" Mandy pointed out.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Neither of you two, maybe...\" Becca shrugged, \"I was practically born on the sea.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Boat it is.\" Andy noted with finality, \"but let's focus on getting out of Ratherbig first.\" he\n\nadded.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yes...\" Becca acknowledged, \"let's.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe three crept through the park quietly. Andy stopped every few minutes to listen, now and\n\nagain halting their progress as he thought he heard anything that could have been a zombie. He\n\nheld his medical bag with a white-knuckled grip, straining to make out the slightest indication\n\nthat there were undead nearby. Thankfully, however, they made it through the park.\n\nUnfortunately, when they emerged things did not go as well.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Car!\" Mandy pointed down the road to an old Standard Vanguard. Andy's eyes followed her\n\nfinger, and widened when he saw it swerving across the roadway.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Zombies!\" Becca added, gazing at the car as well as it careened down the street, four zombies\n\nflailing this way and that as they grappled with the boxy top of the estate car, \"It's coming\n\nthis way!\" she shouted.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Come on!\" Andy ordered and started sprinting across the street, running between parked cars,\n\nover the bonnet of one, and past a collection overturned motorbikes. Becca followed quickly\n\nafter with Mandy hot on her tail. The wolf quickly ushered the girls under the cover of an\n\nalley and poked his head out into the street to see the progress of the car-- just in time to\n\nsee it make a final swerve and jump the curb, heading right towards him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"RUN!\" he screamed to the girls, and the impact of the car striking the side of the building\n\nthrew him from his feet. Andy struck the wall on the opposite side of the alley and was\n\npeppered with flying debris. He fell to the ground, bricks, mortar, and torn pieces of metal\n\nlanding all over him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf was stunned for several seconds by the impact, but he forced his body to obey, crawling\n\nfree from the rubble. A heavy weight pinned his leg and he glanced back to see a large section\n\nof wall had collapsed onto his lower body. He turned toward the girls and saw them picking\n\nthemselves up amidst the rubble; Andy was relieved to see that they didn't appear to be\n\nseriously injured, \"Mandy!\" he called.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMandy and Becca were at his side in an instant. They worked to clear the rubble off of him as\n\nfast as they could, \"Andy... are... you okay?\" his girlfriend asked, gripping his paw.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Fine.\" he lied, feeling the tell-tale crackle of more than one broken rib as he inhaled. It\n\nwouldn't kill him, he knew... but if they stopped to give it the attention he needed then he had\n\nno doubt that the extra time would cost them dearly.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Hurry...\" Becca announced, \"They're almost done with the driver...\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy looked in that direction, seeing the zombies tearing the crumpled car apart. The driver, a\n\nyoung terrier of perhaps 14 years of age had nowhere to go. The medic stopped watching, ears\n\nlowering as the zombies got inside; Andy was sure he'd never manage to silence the memory of the\n\nlad's scream.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Fuck...\" Becca growled, \"Fuck!\" the squirrel stood up, glanced to Andy, then Mandy.... and ran.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Becca!\" Mandy called after her, \"HELP!!!\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy took another breath, fighting to avoid wincing as he felt his ribcage shift around the\n\nbroken bones. He gripped Mandy's paw, \"She has the right idea...\" he announced, heart beating a\n\nmile a minute. He knew what he was going to say, but still had to force the words out, \"Don't\n\nworry... just go.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Andy... I'm NOT leaving you.\" Mandy announced, picking up a hunk of torn metal from beside the\n\nrubble.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Damn it, Mandy...\" Andy groaned, trying to pull himself free, \"Don't do this... just get away!\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I said I'm NOT leaving you!\" she repeated, gripping the metal in both paws as three zombies set\n\nupon them.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy ducked into a ball, throwing a piece of brick into the first zombie's face. It stumbled\n\nupon impact. Andy had just enough time to throw his arms up in defense as the second zombie\n\ndescended upon him. It did not attack, however; instead, the zombie ejected a huge spray of\n\nblood from its muzzle as the sharp end of a torn hunk of metal emerged from between its jaws.\n\nMandy stood over the impaled undead, her paws gripping the metal pole rammed through its head.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf looked up at his girlfriend, hope finally starting to re infuse his body-- but his heart\n\nstopped as he saw a large zombie black bear rise up behind her. \"NO!\" he screamed, and watched\n\nhelplessly as the bear's decaying paw slammed into the fennec fox's side, launching her down the\n\nalley.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"MANDY!\" Andy screamed, gritting his teeth as he forced his leg out from beneath the rubble. He\n\ncried out in pain as his ankle dislocated, but he refused to be stopped by it. Lowering his\n\nhead, Andy slammed into the zombie's gut, knocking it off balance and forcing it into the alley\n\nwall. The already weakened structure gave way and the bear fell through it. The medic barely\n\nmanaged to catch his balance but, once he did, he turned to where Mandy been tossed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nRelief flooded through Andy when he saw Mandy getting to her feet. She glanced at him, then to\n\nthe hole in the wall. He looked back to it as well, watching as the bear tried to extricate\n\nitself from the rubble. \"That's our cue.\" she said. Grabbing hold of his wrist, she ran.\n\nAndy, biting back a cry of pain from the agony of his ankle, followed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"God DAMN it!\" Andy moaned as they came to a stop much further up the street. He leaned back\n\nagainst the front of a store, tears streaming down his eyes as his whole body shook from the\n\npain. His chest labored for breath but he was forced to keep it in check; every time he inhaled\n\nit felt like a dozen knives ground their way into his sternum.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It's okay... it's alright...\" Mandy tried to calm him. He looked to her, so beautiful despite\n\nthe dirt, the grime, the blood, the fear... she was still Mandy.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Marry me.\" he said.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMandy smiled, \"You're asking me NOW?\" she asked around the expression, \"Can't we save this for a\n\nmore romantic moment?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Marry me.\" he repeated, reaching into his torn trousers to pull out a small, velvet box.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMandy reached out and grabbed his wrist, a severe expression drawn tightly across her muzzle.\n\nAndy felt his throat constrict as she shook her head. \"Ask me once we're out of all of this...\"\n\nshe spoke, and Andy felt his heart fall... right until she added, \"and I'll say 'yes'.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy closed his eyes as she leaned forward and kissed him with a passion he was sure would hurt\n\nhim all over in his condition... but he didn't feel any pain... not when there was so many other\n\nthings to feel at that moment. His head swam... the pain was gone... his heart beat with the\n\nfull fury of someone who had every intention of living.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Wow... that'll be a memorable proposal.\" Becca noted flatly from above. Both Andy and Mandy\n\nlooked up; the squirrel was gazing down at them from the roof of the building. \"Around the\n\nback... get to the ladder... there's more coming.\" the squirrel motioned westward.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy motioned Mandy to go ahead and he followed, limping as he used the building for support.\n\nAs the wolf reached the edge of the building he looked westward to a large square, and his\n\nbreath caught in his chest. A roiling mass of bodies trampled through the open ground, pushing\n\npast fences and flowing around abandoned vehicles.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThere was no way the wolf could have possibly managed to count them all... not in the ten\n\nseconds he had before he bolted to the ladder, pain completely forgotten as the flight response\n\ntook over. \"Bloody hell.\" As the zombies continued coming, Andy realized that the building\n\nwould not be standing for long.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003cEND\\\u003e\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nGroup 4 is fighting tooth and claw to get a positive ending.\u0026nbsp; Including this scene there are only two more chapters... and they'll be spending all of it in a Harrowing Event; you heard me right-- because the last scene is coming up, this Harrowing Event will have a part C!\n\n\u0026nbsp; What follows is a behind-the-scenes look at when and how everything went to hell in this scene, and a chance to save your favorite character(s).\u0026nbsp; Andy and the two girls are all that's left and they may very well die without a LOT of intervention-- chances are greater than not that people will die without contributions from readers... the Plot Points are THAT low.  \n  \nCan the group find a safe path from their crash site to the edge of the city?  \nSurvival (13) to avoid zombie interaction.  \nAndy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;6 + trait of 7 = 13 SUCCESS  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;1 + trait of 4 =\u0026nbsp; 5 FAILURE  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;4 + Trait of 6 = 10 FAILURE  \nAndy chooses a good direction.  \n  \nAny unpleasant events as they travel through the abandoned section of city?  \nAverage Luck (12) roll to avoid a potentially deadly situation.  \nAndy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;1 + trait of 5 =\u0026nbsp; 6  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;0 + trait of 6 =\u0026nbsp; 6  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;8 + Trait of 6 = 14  \nAverage roll of 8.33.\u0026nbsp; FAILURE  \nThe group is in dire straits.  \n  \nThe party must duck for cover as a car comes careening down the road with zombies all over it.  \nAgility or Awareness (12) to avoid the car.  \nAndy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;5 + trait of 4 =\u0026nbsp; 9 FAILURE  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;6 + trait of 5 = 11 FAILURE  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;3 + trait of 5 =\u0026nbsp; 8 FAILURE  \nNobody manages to avoid injury  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; How hurt are they?  \nVitality (10 + amount the prior roll missed the target #) to to avoid taking a serious wound.  \nAndy\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;3 + trait of 4 =\u0026nbsp; 7 (13 needed) FAILURE  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;8 + trait of 8 = 17 (11 needed) SUCCESS  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;9 + trait of 5 = 14 (14 needed) SUCCESS  \nThe girls get bumps and bruises but Andy is hurt bad.\u0026nbsp; He loses 6 Vitality.\u0026nbsp; Andy does not have 6 vitality to lose and must spend one Plot Point to reduce the Vitality damage to 3.  \n  \nCan everyone get up and moving again before the zombies respond to their presence?  \nAgility (10) to get away before the zombies finish off the driver (Andy is at -3 to the roll).  \nAndy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;8 + trait of 4 = 12-3 FAILURE  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;7 + trait of 5 = 12 SUCCESS  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;5 + trait of 5 = 10 SUCCESS  \nMandy and Becca get to cover but Andy is pinned by debris.  \n  \nWill the girls stay to help Andy?  \nTenacity (8) to bugger out while they can.\u0026nbsp; Mandy is at -5 on the roll.  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;7 + trait of 3 = 10-5 FAILURE\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; 3 + trait of 5 =\u0026nbsp; 8 SUCCESS  \nMandy stops to help Andy while Becca buggers out.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; How many zombies survived the crash?  \nRoll 1d10.  \nRoll = 3.  \nThe group will have to kill three zombies.  \n  \nCan the two of them kill the three zombies.  \nAgility (12) to kill it with a melee attack.\u0026nbsp; Roll must be +1 over difficulty to kill. Each character may continue their attack until they fail to hit or kill a zombie.  \nAndy \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;3 + trait of 4 =\u0026nbsp; 7 FAILURE  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;8 + trait of 5 = 13 SUCCESS-KILL  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;1 + trait of 5 =\u0026nbsp; 6 FAILURE  \nMandy kills one zombie.\u0026nbsp; Two remain.  \n  \nCan the two of them manage to escape the zombies without being torn apart?  \nAgility or Awareness (10 +1 for every 2 zombies) to evade the zombie horde. Target # is 11.  \nAndy \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;5 + trait of 4 =\u0026nbsp; 9 FAILURE  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;6 + trait of 5 = 11 SUCCESS  \nMandy gets away but Andy is still stuck.  \n  \nAndy better be really lucky.  \nLuck (10 + amount the prior roll missed the target #) to survive.  \nAndy \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;9 + trait of 6 = 15 Needed 11. SUCCESS  \nAndy manages to wriggle out from beneath the slag and get away.  \nAndy loses 1 Luck point for needing to roll.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Does anyone see the mob of zombies closing fast?  \nAwareness (10) to see the zombie mob.\u0026nbsp; (12) to notice the leaders.  \nAndy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;7 + trait of 3 = 10 SUCCESS  \nMandy\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;4 + trait of 3 =\u0026nbsp; 7 FAILURE  \nBecca\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;6 + trait of 5 = 11 SUCCESS  \nAndy and Becca can sense the zombies-- it's time to go!  \n  \nNo one in this chapter loses a Plot Point because there is a Harrowing Event taking place... but that won't help them in the long run. What comes next is the final scene of Group 4's Zombie Apoc-Fur-Lypse. Two people are slated to die without immediate and powerful intervention, but it's still possible for any and every survivor to meet their doom. The final survivors will have to make a Luck roll based on their remaining Plot Points and let me tell you: two survivors are very VERY low.  \n  \nDuring this Harrowing Event, rolls will help a character survive but what it really comes down to are Plot Points. The more Plot Points a character has the better chance they will have to survive.\u0026nbsp; One lucky soul has a good reserve of Plot Points but, regardless, there is no survivor that can risk not getting more!  \n  \n\n","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/188053-the-apoc-fur-lypse-group-5-the-apocalypse-part-a.json"}