Nightshift 42: Bill's Hardware

[ruthless_hunter]

[from here]Lockdown kicked the door to the hardware store down and barged in. There was already a zombie in here, a big one, who the bounty hunter guessed was the owner of the store. There were also two other zombies with him, so Lockdown was already outnumbered. But that had never stopped the bounty hunter

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[sasuke_of_sound]

Sasuke had already heard the commotion at the door -- and beyond that, smelled the familiar stench of decay and dirt, something he hadn't realised he'd gotten accustomed to in Sound until he'd woken up here -- but Sakura's warning confirmed it. Sasuke hefted the shovel until he'd found the right balance, recalled the layout of the shop, and ran towards the door.

There was the particular sound of impact on rotting flesh to one side, which he deduced was Sakura doing rather better than he'd expected. Sounded like that had been enough to take it out, though -- nothing difficult, then. Sasuke dodged out from the shelves and activated the Sharingan for the pattern of fighting he'd been forced to develop here: a moment, a flash of bright chakra, memorizing locations, and then darkness again. It was probably a good thing these creatures seemed to be consistently making a weird moaning noise.

He took stance and closed his eyes to better focus on sounds: Sakura was by the counter and holding her own for now, but there were two more headed her way and a veritable crowd starting to fill the entrance. Sasuke stepped between the smashed counter and the oncoming two, smashed in the head of one -- walking dead? whatever the hell they were -- and kicked the other back, removing the immediate threat.

And kept pressing them back towards the mass at the front, taking out the second with another swing. Apparently shovels were more handy than Sasuke might have suspected through all those D-ranks of his team days.

"Any windows?" He tossed over his shoulder, jabbing the business end of the shovel towards the closest moaning sound and assuming that she'd understand the possibility of escaping by smashing one open.

[see_my_back]

She hadn't seen Sasuke in action much during the night, but he was pulling his fair share so far as she was concerned. A window did seem like the best escape route since so many of the dead were coming through the front. Though the store might also have a back door, there were plenty of windows. Surprising really, that the monsters hadn't broken through them already.

It would be best if they could hurry to one of the windows furthest from the door. That seemed to be relatively clear.

"Follow my lead," she replied, folding the knife and tucking it into her pocket before jumping from the counter and running toward the far right front side of the store. Luckily, there were plenty of heavy objects to be found and Sakura picked up a big metal wrench, adding a bit of her chakra to the throw as she hurled it at the window. It shattered, leaving only a few ragged pieces of glass at the bottom and another large opening that would soon be occupied by more of their slow-moving opponents.

Another kick kept one of the undead at bay, knocking him into one of the aisles and clearing a path to their escape. Sasuke would've heard the crash of the window, she was certain, so she didn't pause for more than a moment before jumping through the hole she'd left.

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