[center][h1][color=26b4cf]AJ Beaufort[/color][/h1]
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[i]Location: West Caldwell Streets
Skills: N/A[/i][/center][hr][hr]
[color=26b4cf]"R-Right, right."[/color] AJ replied to Kaitlyn. Keeping an eye on Shin-ae was the least she could do. [color=26b4cf]"I can do that. Just don't take too long, please."[/color]

As Kaitlyn returned to her car, AJ sat in awkward silence. She hadn't been certain what to say, if anything at all, outside frantically apologizing to the woman. Her stomach churned. AJ hated herself for what she had done. She was horrible. A horrible person. God, why did she swing? Why didn't she see the bike? What if the injury was worse than it appeared to be? A million questions had ran through her head, and yet she had no answer to any of them. 

Thankfully, it didn't take Kaitlyn long to return. In her hand was the first-aid kit from her car, which, by Kaitlyn's diagnosis, should be enough. It wasn't serious. Just a nasty-looking scrape that could be cleaned up with alcohol and gauze.

[color=26b4cf]"Okay,"[/color] AJ spoke, taking the kit from Kaitlyn. [color=26b4cf]"Could you go get her violin? I should be able to handle this."[/color]

While Kaitlyn left once more to go pick up the violin case, AJ popped the kit open from the latches. Inside the kit, she found several medical supplies, including a couple alcohol pads alongside some gauze. She had known the process well by now; her mother treating many of her sports-related scrapes and burns in the past. As long Shin-ae didn't object, she could treat the injury.

Opening one of the alcohol pads, AJ moved to clean the injury. [color=26b4cf]"It, uhm, might sting a bit. I'll try to make it quick."[/color] 

AJ gave Shin-ae a moment to prepare herself. The sting from alcohol on a fresh wound sucked, even if it was momentarily. After a few seconds had passed, she began to wipe the scrape with the alcohol pad until it looked clean enough for her to apply the gauze. Pushing it against the wound, AJ fixed the gauze in place so that it could do its job until it was time to remove and replace.

[color=26b4cf]"It should be fine for now."[/color] AJ explained to Shin-ae. [color=26b4cf]"But please keep an eye on it, okay?"[/color]

Placing what supplies she had gotten out of the kit back inside, AJ handed the first-aid kit back to Kaitlyn so she could put it back in her car. As she did, Kaitlyn decided to make some small talk—a momentary distraction that AJ felt relieved for.

[color=26b4cf]"Glen Rock,"[/color] AJ explained. [color=26b4cf]"We were on our way to a game in Caldwell when an accident happened... and Mr... Mr. Everett... He—"[/color]

Unfortunately, the moment of relief hadn't lasted long as memories flooded back. She began to relive it in her head, remembering how her coach had his throat ripped out trying to pull someone from the wreck. How they were forced to escape from the emergency exit to get away from the carnage that was unfolding outside the bus.

Clamming up before the two women with tears welling in her eyes, AJ grew silent and refused to speak anymore.

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[color=7E8C54]Alexis "Lex" Karczewski[/color][/h1]
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[i]Location: West Caldwell, Shell Gas Station
Skills: N/A[/i][/center][hr][hr]As Lex tried to advise the man, some of her fellow evacuees stopped by with advice of their own. Billie had mentioned that the blood might be infectious, while June suggested that they got out of here while they still could. Both sound ideas, yet Lex felt there still something that they could do. The idea of ignoring a clearly injured person for their own benefit just didn't sit well with Lex.

[color=7E8C54]"I don't know,"[/color] Lex whispered back. [color=7E8C54]"I only know what the museum had us learn. CPR. Basic first aid. Nothing about stitching open wounds."[/color]

As Lex responded to June, the man turned to face the two women. His eyes seemed vacant, empty of any thought. Before Lex could react, the man growled and charged her, knocking the security guard off her feet and on to the ground. She had taken by surprise, yet by sheer luck was able to keep the man from ripping into her flesh as he tried to repeatedly bite her.

[color=7e8c54]"Get the fuck off of me!"[/color] Lex exclaimed, attempting to push the man away from herself.

Thankfully, rescue came quick. As if she had been heard, no doubt from the sudden shouting within the gas station, Flynn burst inside and kicked the zombie away from Lex. Scrambling back to her feet, Lex quickly thanked the man as he asked if they were okay.

[color=7e8c54]"I-I'm..."[/color] Lex replied to Flynn, albeit clearly shaken up. [color=7e8c54]"I'm fine."[/color]

When the group of officers arrived, Lex was quick to comply with their orders. She didn't want to stay here any longer, and if anyone could handle the situation, it would've been the police.

[color=7e8c54]"C'mon, June!"[/color] Lex called out. She reached out to grab June's arm, and attempted to pull her along with her outside where the MRAP had been parked. [color=7e8c54]"Grab your stuff and let's get out of here!"[/color]
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[color=a52a2a]Kali Nordstrom[/color][/h1]
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[i]Location: West Caldwell, Shell Gas Station
Skills: N/A[/i][/center][hr][hr]Waiting in line with what she could afford, Kali quickly paid for her items at the register. She waited for the cashier to put the bottles in a bag, and then headed out to the MRAP not far behind some of the others that had evacuated with them from Manhattan.

[color=a52a2a]"I didn't have much on me, so this is all I could grab."[/color] Kali explained, catching up with Billie. [color=a52a2a]"But with what you bought, I think we might be fine for awhile if we ration. Maybe Gus knows if there a stream nearby the cabin that we could use for fresh water in the future."[/color]

As they reached the MRAP, Kali climbed up the steps and made her way back to Isaac. Twisting off the cap to one of the bottles she had bought, Kali offered the bottle of water that he had requested to her boss. 

[color=a52a2a]"Here, Isaac. Drink a little bit at a time. It should help cool you off."[/color]

While she waited for Isaac to take the bottle of water from her, the sound of screaming within the gas station drew everyone's attention. Flynn and the cops rushed inside, while Kali watched a crowd flee the building. Some ran to their cars, others ran on foot down the road. Standing on her toes, Kali desperately tried to spot Lex, June or anyone else that had been riding with them, but to no avail.

[color=a52a2a]"The others are still in there."[/color] Kali worriedly commented to Billie. She felt she could trust the cops to handle the solution, but she didn't like the idea of standing idly by while someone could get hurt. [color=a52a2a]"Should we go after them?"[/color]