Shelter (1) - Fighting and Base

Alaric zipped the bag he got from one of the classrooms shut. The harvest from the kitchen had been plentiful. He had gotten 3 cans of beans, 3 cans of corn and 4 cans of canned meat.

He slung it over his shoulders and adjusted the straps so that the bag was thight against him. He then called up his status window, debating on what he should invest his attribute points on. He had decided and put both into agility. Instantly, he felt a litlle bit lighter and his muscles becoming a little bit more taught.

He took a last look around the cafeteria for anything useful, but saw nothing and made his way out. He looked to the left side of his hip, there was the knife he got from the kitchen in a make shift sheath.

He made it out of the destroyed school, looking at his surroundings. 'The dust particles have finally subsided. Strange, why did it hang for so long in the air?' he tought curiously. He quickly waved it off, didn't matter. He looked around in thought for a moment and then made his way North.

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As he made his way North through the streets he looked around, seeing all the debris. The once modern looking town, now looking like it had been bombed. As he was looking around he heard footsteps. He panickedly looked around and ducked behind a car.

He then moved his head around the car looking for the culprits. They were a pair of zombies, moving aimlessly around, clueless to Alaric's presence. 'Phew, they didn't notice me, this could be a great time to test things out.' he thought with a glint in his eyes. He unsheathed the knife and calmed his beating heart. 'Alright how do I do this?' he thought, looking for a plan. He deduced that he should probably not be touched by them, because that would probably cause an infection.His eyes hardened, looking at his left hand, 'Let's do this!'.

He waited for the zombies to come closer, to walk beside the care. When they did, Alaric launched from his crouched position with his left hand cocked back, white energy enery forming at palm of his hand. His attack was too sudden and it caught the zombies off gaurd. He threw his arm forward, smashing his palm into the left zombie's gut. 'Disperce'

BOOM!

He was sent a flying a few feet of the ground and skidded back on the tar road. The other zombie recovered from his surprise and swung his left claw at Alaric. Alaric ducked under the claw, closing in on the zombie. He gripped his knife tighter and slashed upwards leaving a gash on the zombie's chin.

The zombie growled and Alaric sprung back as fast as he could, the claws of the zombie mere inches away from his face. As he skidded back he thought, 'Sh*t, the element of surprise is gone, this will be alot harder. I can't use disperce, because its too draining. What to do?'. He looked around and spotted the first zombie laying on the ground. 'That's it!'

He sprinted, lunging over the hood of the car, straight at the zombie on the ground. He sprung into the air, knife gripped in both hands, aiming for the still grounded zombie. He descended throwing his arms down, building momentum for his strike. As his knife punctured the head of the zombie it made a disgusting 'squelch' sound.

[You have killed a minor zombie. +2 attribute points]

He immediately added those two points into wisdom, increasing his max amount of energy to 270 and his current amount a little. 'This will be enough to launch another disperce.' he looked at the zombie 5 meters from him. Now that the zombie was on high alert, he wouldn't be able to land the energy attack that easily on it. He had to surprise it somehow.

Suddenly, the zombie started sprinting towards him. It surpised him, but he quickly reeled himself in and relaxed, it had made a grave mistake. He waited for the zombie to near, and as the zombie closed in he dodge to the left, sidestepping it completely.

Dazzling white energy once again formed in his palm as he slammed his hand onto the zombie. Launching it straight into the ground, making a hard smacking sound. He swung his knife one last time and it struck home, hitting the zombie straight in the head, killing it with one blow.

[You have killed a minor zombie. +2 attribute points]

'I'll put them into strength, so that my slicing and punching power is stronger.' he thought, debating on what to do. He felt the muscles in his body strenghtening a tiny bit. 'Status window' he thought.

[Alaric James]

[Human]

[Health]: 100/100

[Energy]: 150/270

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[Strength]: 9

[Dexterity]: 6

[Agility]: 9

[Defence]: 8

[Wisdom]: 7

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[Attribute points]: 0

Suddenly, Alaric felt very drained and tired. He quickly looked around for a place to rest. He didn't find anywhere and just dashed to one of the houses, hoping there would be no zombies waiting for him.

As he entered the house, he found that it was clear. There were no zombies or corpses. He then went to the kitchen to raid it, but it was empty. 'Looks like someone was already here, or the people that lived here took everything and bolted.' he looked dejected.

He then went to the living room, tossing his backpack on the couch. He also plopped himself on the couch, he rummaged through his bag and took out a can of corn. 'Guess I'll have to eat it cold, since there's no electricity.' Alaric sighed, beginning to eat.

After eating he put the can on the coffee table. Made sure all the doors were locked and put all the furniture he could find infront of the windows. He left the couch in the living room alone and plopped himself on the couch again.

'Time to sleep. I bet tomorrow will be a busy day.' Alaric thought, laying his head against the back of the chair. Closing his eyes he thought of what tomorrow will bring. He soon drifted off to sleep.

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