Friday, June 20, 2014

6/20/14 - The Finale

Bruce is takes a turn for a worst after his axe wound and Leah estimated that he would last a couple of days. They decided to take a detour to Reno where they hoped to find a hospital and medical equipment to hold him up for a couple of days. They manage to scavenge some supplies and more gas from Reno and proceed to camp outside of the city and the main highway.

Sheryl didn't feel well enough to take her shift to watch the camp with Leah. Leah catches sight of sounds and movements by the truck. When she goes over there she finds a distraught Sheryl who is in tears wondering where Bruce's gun is. They had given it to Ashley to defend herself since Bruce was too drugged to handle it. Leah calms Sheryl down who tells them that Bruce made her promise that if he was holding them back from getting to their destination that she was to leave him by a tree with his gun. Leah convinced her that Bruce wasn't an inconvenience and he would be fine. It was then that Sheryl spotted something and passed out. Leah turned to see two figures in the distance when she was attacked by a large animal. She took a shot at it and Leo grabbed a branch and lit it, trying to scare the panther away. While he distracted it, Leah shoved Sheryl into the truck for safety and took another shot off at the animal, killing it. Meanwhile, Samuel was fighting off a kid panther and scared it away.

The next day they traveled toward further out toward where Ashley had said that the safety zone was. However, when they got there there was a secure zone but everyone in the city was in refugee centers outside the zone. More importantly, the hospital was inside the zone so when the approached Leah talked her way explain that Bruce needed medical attention immediately and that they were clear of any radiation or sickness. Leo, Leah, and Sheryl were escorted in with Bruce while Ashley and Samuel stayed outside with their things.

Leo and Leah go inside and wait as Bruce is taken in for surgery. The man (Ken) talked about how he had interest in entertainers like Bruce which confused them. When a guard came in and told them that this wasn't Bruce Campbell, and ordered them all killed Leah jumped Ken and held him at knifepoint. Leo charged the men and then got a gun and shot a national guard man. He demanded the medic to get back to surgery while they found them off. Two of the four guards were killed while the others brought backup.

When the backup arrived Leah killed Ken and used his body as a shield and his gun to take out the guards. They were stressed and shot up. They barricaded the door with the guards' bodies and got inside the ER to check on Bruce. While they were in there, guards surrounded the building and announced that they would be coming in in a couple minutes if they didn't surrender.

Leo went to clear the path to the roof and the helicopter. Leah got the medic and surgeon with Sheryl to take Bruce to the roof while they carried Bruce to the roof. Leah shot people as they came up the stairs after them until the climbed in the helicopter and Leo flew off toward Arizona where they decided to hide and live with the cliff dwellers.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

6/7/14 - The Data Center

Leo, Leah, and Samuel along with their friends Bruce and Sheryl Collins continue traveling south. They have reached the northern part of Nevada. They are running low on fuel and it is a very barren area which is very rocky and cold in late October.

Leo sees ahead with his scope a man on a telephone pole. The man is a skinny and is wearing a plaid shirt and has a tool belt. Someone has knocked over the ladder he used to climb up the pole. Leo helps him get down and the man (Geoffrey) tells them about the data center his friend Michael run and promises them gas for helping him. The data center is about 6 miles from their location.

The data center is a partially underground warehouse with solar panels on the roof. Geoffrey goes around to return the ladder on his quad bike. They go through the security doors to meet Michael who is at the reception desk. They also see 2 men who seem to have gone mad, who Michael and Geoffrey hire for security. Michael is watching many sets of monitors, and locks them before they can see the screens.

Michael takes them down past the servers to the generator room. The lights are dimly lit and they see a tunnel. Geoffrey explains that there is an Aquifer under the building which is the only source of clean water around. They have the security mainly to protect the water, and that theirs is the only data center running. They hire locals for security as well as to obtain gas for the generator.

While Samuel and Leo take gas back to the truck, Michael and Leah go down to get water from the Aquifer. He knocks a special rhymthm on the door and it opens. Once inside Leah sees 40-60 women locked in a large inset cage with a dozen men guarding them. The women seem calm but not cared for. Michael gets Leah a bunch of 2L of water to take back. However, then two men try to wrestle her.

Meanwhile in the generator room, Leo and Samuel are met with the two deranged men from before who go after them. Samuel finds that Ashley is in town and after Geoffrey asks weird questions about Leah, he makes a run for the tunnel. Samuel fights of the two men, and takes down Geoffrey who tries to convince him to take the water and gas and leave Leah.Geoffrey fails to stun Leo, but fails. Leo goes toward the tunnel.

Leah fights her way away from the two men, and hears Samuel banging on the door. She cuts the guard pretty badly after getting stunned a little, but manages to open the door. Samuel stuns the drugged men with his accordion music when Leo comes and takes out the two men with his shotgun.

Samuel goes to check out the panel but the women freak out so Leah goes to talk to him. Guards have managed to attack Samuel while Michael tries to get to the control panel. The women explain that they have to stop Michael so Leo shoots Michael and then Samuel manages to fight of the guards and tackle Michael to the ground.

Leah cuts the throats of a bunch of guards, and Leo shoots a bunch of them, getting winded and pretty beaten up in the process. They managed to take out all the guards and free the women when Samuel runs off.

Samuel is reunited with Ashley who has been trapped in the cage with the women. They happily reunite and sing and perform while Leah tends to the women and helps them scavenge the place for water and food. She finds 200 lbs of drugs which appear to the cause of the madness in the men, and what was rigged to be dumped into the water supply if Michael pulled the switch.

Leo seeing the truck shot up, glass broken and dead bodies around the truck runs to check on his friend. Leo finds Bruce with a very severe Axe injury having used all 6 of his shots of fend of many of the raiders expertly. His wife, Sheryl is fine but a little shocked to see her husband so badly injured. Leo tries to patch him up and calls for Leah who gets him stable and read to move.

The women explain that they gave themselves to be held in exchange for food and water for their families, some were captured by the raiders as well. They are thankful to be saved, and many go back to their homes. Ashley takes Michael's quad bike, they take all the gas and lots of water and drive off.