[i]"Shit,"[/i] thought Luanne as the group turned around. There went the element of surprise, but the trio was still caught in the middle. She wouldn't let them try any funny business, and the shotgun remained on the group even as one of the women was revealed to be pregnant. Bad people could have babies too, and at the moment Luanne didn't trust a single goddamned soul to be looking out for anything but themselves. That's how the sisters got as far as they had.

Luanne stepped out of the way, gun still trained, as the male went to open the door as ordered. It was a good idea to make the others do it, but Luanne personally didn't want to open up at all.

"Yer too dern soft, Dottie," she muttered under her breath. When the crying boy stumbled inside, however, she bit her lower lip, slightly ashamed. They all appeared to be having a very maternal moment until the doors were finally pushed open and the walkers started pouring in. Luanne made a dash for the counter where her sister was still seated, and crouched, drawing the metal baseball bat she had looted from her backpack.

"You get behind that counter now, y'hear Dot? I'll bash in the head of any o' them dead sons of bitches what try to get near."

Luanne gulped. She'd already beaten a few of these things dead again, but she was still incredibly frightened and it remained hard to be so brave for her sister. This fear cemented itself in her heart and forced her to quake when she heard the boy who had run off earlier to get some medicine cry out.

[i]"Shit,"[/i] she thought again. She really did hope the kid would be alright, but she had to tend to her own now. Protecting Dot was all that really mattered, and anything that improved their chances was welcome. She'd let the three newcomers fend for themselves at the front, and only really concentrate on stragglers that threatened she or her sister.

As if to test her resolve, one of the dead, apparently attracted to Luanne's running, split from the group and bolted after her. Her arms still trembling, the took the metal bat to its head when it got near and sent it flying with a sickening wet metal-on-skull crack. She began breathing heavily as her heart raced.