Nightshift 49: The Bookworm
[From here]The dark looks the same, no matter what, but the moment Hime's flashlight beam ghosted over rows of books, she knew something was odd. When a flash of lightning illuminated the darkened bookstore, it was confirmed
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She'd give as good as she got. He wanted to treat her like a kid? It'd only come back and bite him in the end; she'd make sure of it.
Unfortunately, the only thing getting bitten right now was her. Vertigo ripped its nasty, greedy claws into her as she stepped through into the new location-whiplash dizziness sent her head spinning, her stomach rioting, and her knees crashing to the floor. It was no worse than all the other teleport-whatevers had been, but- "U-Ugh," groaned Yuffie, catching herself on the palm of her free hand before she could topple any further. The room dipped and wavered around her.
But, a little eventually added up to a whole lot.
Yuffie, breath catching unsteadily, scrambled back to her feet. She was fine. Would be fine. Very soon. And if the rain outside and the mess inside were any indication, the finer she was, the better off she'd be, in more ways than one. There weren't any zombies lurking around within seeing, hearing, or smelling distance just yet, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be soon. And zombies weren't the only nasties out on a night.
She shook her head, unsure. "It might've been like this before nightfall, but… there's no way of tellin' for sure."
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He wanted to bend down and pat the ninja on the back, but knew she'd appreciate it more if he didn't. After all, she'd just gotten done lecturing Zack about not being treated like a child, though he didn't particularly think that sort of gesture counted as babying. He took the chance to check out where they'd landed instead.
From the look of things, they were back in Doyleton. It wasn't the same shop they'd been in previously, and the sound of groaning, walking corpses wasn't as close as it had been before, though he knew the threat was still there. The room was a mess, and someone or something had busted out the glass of the storefront, leaving them more exposed to the elements as well as the zombies.
"If everyone else is gettin' zapped around as much as we are, I wouldn't be surprised if we weren't the first ones here." The blond stepped toward the shattered window, examining the mess more closely. He was tempted to stick his hand or even his head through the opening, but who knew if that counted as cheating or not? "Think we can step through here and actually end up outside?"
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So none of them seemed sure of when this damage had been caused, but either way, it made it pretty clear that this place was far from safe. The spa had been in pretty good order in comparison, though that had been a bit earlier on in the night. Zack nodded to Cloud, figuring that his guess was probably the right one.
He went and joined his friend at the window, taking note of the fact that it had been broken from the inside out. There was no shattered glass on the floor, after all. "Looks like someone else tried before us, but who knows if it worked or not," he said with a shrug.
Did they really want to end up outside, though? It seemed like the town was a pretty bad place to be, though at the same time, it was clearly the most interesting spot. He turned toward the blond with a smirk. "What, are you eager to take down some zombies or something?" He wouldn't have expected it from Cloud, but he wouldn't have expected him to be able to fly an airship, either. His friend still had a ton of questions that he had to answer, but it would clearly have to wait.
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… Then again. Yuffie hopped, wobbly yet nimble, across the mess on the floor to join the others at the window. The real question was, why weren't the zombies here now? Had the window-smashing incident been long enough ago that they'd just lost interest? Could be, could be.
"Chances are, we'll have to go smashing up the window of every other building we wanna get into if we do get out there, but," she shrugged, "I'd be up for it. Thunderstorm and hordes of creepolicious zombies or not, it's more interestin' out here than it is back there." And while Yuffie'd never admit it outloud, she could do with a break from all the warping. Nausea sucked serious balls.
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Cloud peered out through the rain, trying to see if they would be up against any immediate opposition. Somehow, going to building by building by way of window seemed too easy. If that was the case, then surely they'd see others running down the road, or hear them in the distance - the ones who'd broken through the window in the first place, for example.
Unfortunately, the only way to know for sure was to give it a try. Making sure the others were ready behind him, he nodded. "Let's go."
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