Ghost town

[Duffman!]

     Al swore, and leapt forward, tackling the creature off its feet, knocking it away from the winged creture.
     "Get away from her!" he screamed, slamming it to the floor. It screeched, and tried to bite him, its neck craning at an unreal angle. He grabbed it around the neck, and twisted with all his strenght. Its neck broke, and it writhed on the floor, and a talon slashed through Als arm. He cursed and fell backwards, as the creature tried to get back to its feet.
     "Shadow!" he yelled, as he crawled for his shotgun, which had fallen when he tackled the creature. "Help!"

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

she briefly remebered her mother calling her an little angel,s he had liked that and had hugged just before everything seemed to dissapear. through her foggy vision she saw the man below who had helped save her. she gulped and felt the pain rise up her and wings. fluttering again she gently came down next to him and decided to concentrate on moving a car acroos the street and onto the "thing" she was careful not to hit either of them. and then she felt the darkness growing on her, but she wouldn`t let it she was stronger than this....wasn`t she. she unfurled her painfull wings and set about getting back in the air. silently thanking the man

[Duffman!]

     Al grasped the creatures leg as it took off.
     "Wait!" he spat. "You are injured. I have medical supplies upstairs if you need them." He shook his head, trying to dislodge the black mist gathering behind his eyes, trying  to stay concious.
     "What do you say?"

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

she gave out a cry as the man grabbed at her torn ankle, but when she looked down she could see that he was in even more trouble then she was. but evven if she wanted to leave her wings had just given out on her so she fell down with a silent cry. hitting the groun near where the "thing" lay. she scrabbled away from it, still in his grasp and lay whimpering on the floor as something took course through her ankle, she knew it wasn`t the poision because she was immune to it, but it still caused agaony and they would think different. she uttered a single word before her world went blank "immune..."

[Duffman!]

     "Damm" snarled Al as the creature fell, and he crawled over to her, gathering her up in his arms. She was not heavy, but her wings her awakward, and kept getting in his way as he walked. Stagering over to his shotgun, he sung it on his back with one arm, and went inside, carrying the creature with him.
     "Hold on" he whispered, short of breath. "Just hold on." He looked over at Hart. "Come with me, protect her with me." He reached the stairway, and laid the creature down, tying a rope around her torso, making a harness. He tied the rope to his belt, and began to climb, pulling her up with him. Less than halfway, and sweat began to drip off his body, and his hands began to slip. He kept climbing, determined to save the survivors he had just found, determined not to be alone agian.
     He finally made it to the top, and carried the girl to his cells. Laying her on a spare bed, he fell to tending her injuries, and cooked a can of meat on the stove whenhe was finished, and hoped she would come to soon.

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

shw twitched slightly in her sleep, then made her wings dissapear into her back. she sniffed and the smeel of food broke the trance that she was in. she groggily awoke and looked up at a pale lit ceiling...where was she. the memories flooded back with clear clarity and she quietly whimpered while hugging herself into a tight ball and concentrating on other things then blood and pain. she looked around and suddenly realized that had something wrapped around her arm. she poked at it enquisitively  and wondered why this man was helping here, she looked about the room wondering where he was, she still curled up and was trying to get use to the new smells around her

[Duffman!]

Alex looked up, and smiled as he saw the girl stiring. Filling a plate with hot meat he walked over to her and pulled her upright on the bed, sitting close to her.
"Thought you could use some food." he said, removing his arm from around he back, and seeing if she could remain upright on her own.

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

she stared lightly at him wondering what he was up to...she tried to speak but the food was making her feel nauseous and she wanted to see if he was ok, especially after it har torn at his arm. she grabbed her stomache as it made a loud noise and tried to hide her blush as she turned awaay from his face. he seemed nice but he to be sure...the "thing" had shoken her up quite abit and something was squaking at a high pitched noise causing her ears to sear with slight pain. she smiled anyway and looked into the mans eyes, seeing if she could read him for danger as her eyes changed to an addorble, irrestible ddep blue. she smiled and leaned into him, hugging his waist "thanky ou" she mumbled

[Duffman!]

Alex didnt know what to do. The only time this normally happened nowadays was when an infected tried to bite him, but she wasnt infected, he could tell that much. Tentativly, he laid a hand on her back, and wealky hugged her.
"No problem" he replied, utterly lost for words.

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

she could feel him tensing and immeadietly tried to  tear away "hay,,do you need help with your arm...it must really hurt" she asked pouting slightly as she saw the blood dripping slightly down then a thought struck "wont they be able to...to smell the food" she looked around and retreatted to the back of the bed, suddenly frightened again, why? she didnt understand but for some reason something felt...wrong

[Duffman!]

"Dont worry" soothed Alex, worried about her nervousness. "They wont find anything, and they cant climb very well, so we're safe up here." He took a bandage and warapped it round his arm, tying it in place. Flexing his arm, he showed it to her.
"See?" he said. "All better now. I scraped my arm climbing up the stairwell trying to get you here." He picked up the plate, and offered it to her. "I know its not much, but you look hungry."

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

"but...i thought it was scratched by that..thing" she cringed at the word and tried not to curl up into a balll, she wished her brother was here...but he wasn`t so she would just have to get over it. she nibbled at the bandage and looked at the plate of food. she took it gently and started nibbling hungrily at it. she looked up when she had finished "your a good cook...and thanks" she smiled a little woozily as the venom in her arm and ankle started to throb about in her head but she had to get out before she went to sleep. she started to get up and collecting the plates started wobbily for a sink

[Duffman!]

"Hey" said Al grabbing her arm. "Dont worry, i got that. The sink doesnt even work anyway." He chuckled and took the plate off her, taking it into the next room. He sprayed disenfectant on it, and scrubbed it with a moderatly clean cloth, until all the food was removed from its surface. He walked back in, and noticed she had been swaying. He moved closer, worriedly looking at the bandages on her arms. Was she infected? he wondered.
"Are you okay?" he asked, taking her arm, and guiding her to a bed. He sat her down and then sat down next to her, peering underneath the bandages, checking for the telltale signs of pus seeping from the wounds. With a sigh of releif, he saw that there was none.

[XXxMaximuMXXx]

she smiled and tried to stare at him properly, this was new, her eye sight was going weaird. she gulped and nodded then started to lay into the bed curling up and trrying to fall into a sleep as an ache flattened around her head, but she wanted to help the man to so she kept and ear perked for him

[Duffman!]

Alex slid back on his bed, pressing his back against the wall. He drew his pistol, and palced it on the bed beside him, then pulled out his primary weapon racked the mechanism, and aimed it at the open door. Shadow hadnt arrived yet, and he couldnt close the door until he had.