Post by Talon Callaway on Jul 24, 2017 18:08:04 GMT -5
It was 'why the fuck you knocking on my door this early'-o'clock in the morning. Talon slept on the couch because of some arrogant insensitive thing he had said to Sophia. He cared for the girl but this pregnancy hormone shit was starting to really urk him. He leaned up and put his feet on the floor. Standing up he groaned and headed to the door as the asshole on the other side continued to knock. "I'm coming....i'm coming." He grumbled as he reached the door.
Opening the door he saw a woman staring at him. At first he wasn't sure just what the hell she was staring at. He had forgotten to put his eye patch on. She first stared at his milky white eye. He didn't notice. He was also completely nude when he answered the door. That may have had something to do with her delayed speech. After awhile though her silence got annoying. "Yeah? The fuck you knock for?" He snapped. There was a bite to his voice as she stammered out a response.
"T-t- Ummmm.... Tiffany wanted you to get dressed to go on a supply run. You're on the runs crew." Talon reached over and grabbed a cigarette from his pack on the table by the front door. He lit it up and stared over her shoulder. He could see a lot of people moving around. He ignored what she said about him having a job and carried the conversation somewhere else entirely. "You people get up to fucking early you know that?" He said blowing out a cloud of smoke and heading back inside. Talon left the door wide open. The girl followed him in as he reached down to pluck his shirt and jeans off the floor. "This was Mary's house..." The girl said quietly. "Oh yeah? Well I haven't fully explored the place yet, but I'm fairly sure Mary don't live here no more." Talon retorted. The girl looked at him slightly hurt. He was brutish and rude, kind of an asshole. She watched him step into his pants without bothering to look for underwear. "Mary died, on a supply run." Talon chuckled as he looked for his eye patch. "You don't say? Well Mary must've fucking sucked at her job then."
Talon turned into a slap to the face. His cheek stung as he saw the fire in her eyes. Her lips pursed together in a thin hard line. She stared at him with almost hatred. His head hung to the side for a moment before he turned to look at her. He had a smirk on his god damned smug face. "What's your name?" Talon asked calmly. "Betty. Why?" Talon took another puff of his cigarette. "You on the run team?" She stared at him for a moment. Why the heck did that matter?!?!? "No. I'm on the perimeter watch team." Talon sighed and pulled his shirt over his head. It mussed up his boyish hair that sat messy on his head. "Shame. You'd last a hell of a lot longer than Mary did out there." Talon said moving passed her and out the front door.
Talon flicked his cigarette away and stepped into his boots that were on the porch. He left them untied and kept walking as he stepped out into the early morning sunlight. People were already loading up trucks and getting gear ready to head out. "You the new guy?" "I'm the fucking new guy." Talon said hoisting himself up into the truck bed. Tapping the side the other guy got in the backseat and the truck started to roll out. Talon saw that Betty was still standing on his porch. "Hey tell my girlfriend in there where I went. You don't want to see her organize a search party." Talon looked around at all the quaint little houses. "This whole town will be burned to the ground by time I get back."
Talon leaned back in the truck and closed his eyes. He napped until they got to where they were going. It wasn't long before they found themselves in the shopping district. There were store fronts all abandoned, mostly looted. Talon groaned when the truck stopped and he heard the engine die away. He climbed out and looked at his fellow scavengers. "You do many runs new guy?" One guy asked as he pulled a gun from his waistband and cocked it. "A few." Talon replied pulling out a knife. The man looked at him like he was crazy. They were miles away from the community. Tiffany wouldn't mind a little gunfire out this far. "You don't have a gun man?" Talon smiled at him. "Don't need one. What the fuck are we looking for?"
The guy shrugged and told the group they were looking for can goods, non perishables if they could find any. Always keep an eye out for that....No pun intended. They were also looking for materials to help with the fence expansion. That was the main priority for the run. Talon's eye fell on a baby supply store. He started heading off in that direction while the guy was still going over the plan. "Hey new guy where you going? We're supposed to stay in groups, watch each other's backs." Talon turned and walked backwards, that smug smile back on his face. "I got my buddy Steve here to watch my back." He said referring to his knife.