Josef looked to the axe girl and replied, [B]"I can almost assure you that a weapons shop will be picked clean. And yes, we need guns in case of emergency. They'll be more of a threatening factor rather than for firing - unless absolutely necessary."[/B] Josef and Joan hadn't been on this part of town and they made it a priority to explore different parts of Denver each time they went out on a raid. He and Joan weren't exactly familiar with Colorado at all, because this is wasn't their home - it was their sister, Laina's after all. He crouched down to hide behind a near broken down, silver slug bug convertible that had been abandoned. [B]"We have to stay out of the open-."[/B] He said, but Joan was already there peeking around the bug to see if any soldiers or walkers were around. Joan turned her face to look at both the asian girl and her brother and she nodded her head that it was clear. [B]"We'd have better luck finding something at that hotel you say you stay at. Maybe there's more people there? Or weapons that were left behind or lost?"[/B] Josef suggested and then continued, [B]"Lead the way."[/B] He kept a firm grip on his high school baseball bat and waited for her to lead them there.

On the way, they stayed low to the ground and hidden behind every bush, broken down car, or random debris that they came across. They even had to risk a few open runs in order to get to their next hiding places. The group even managed to slip passed a jeep full of soldiers who were patrolling down the street nearby. The soldiers were being especially loud and obnoxious as if they were completely oblivious that the world had been overrun by flesh eating monsters. Surprisingly there wasn't a single walker to be seen on the streets. They must've done a swell job at cleaning up the streets from the majority of the vile decaying creatures. Josef had notice over the few months that the outbreak started that the military learned that loud sounds attract them. The troops used blunt weapons, machetes, axes, and swords mainly. They did use the butt ends of their powerful guns too and for intimidating civilians into doing what they wanted. Josef crouched next to the axe girl and waited for her next move, the motel that she spoke of was in clear sight only a single open run to get inside. The parking lot was fairly wide so it was a risky run out into the open with an active military jeep just across the road. The early morning air felt chill against Josef's cheek as they hid behind a line of bushes, and it wasn't quite completely bright outside. Joan was behind them both and reached into her pocket to retrieve the snowballs in her pocket. Her stomach was burning from hunger and she couldn't wait til she returned to the ranch house to eat. She ripped open the plastic like an animal, but then cursed when one of the cakes fell onto the ground, [B][I]"shit"[/B][/I] She said, as her eyes followed the cake as it rolled to the bottom of the bush. [B][I]"FUCK!"[/B][/I] Joan half shouted as a blood stained, rotting hand reached up to grab her shorts. The brain eater had scraggly grey hair and who was unrecognizably an old lady who had her throat bitten out. She lay mostly concealed under the very bottom of the bushes that the group was hiding behind. The old bloody biter was gnashing her teeth at Joan's bare legs and growling as if gurgling on her own fluids. All of the noise was drawing the attention of the troops that were riding inside the jeep across the street and everything was happening so fast that Josef couldn't even tell if Joan had been bitten or not -

[B]"What the fuck is that? You hear that? I think I hear it over there."[/B] Voices could be heard from in the direction of the soldiers.