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Ray just grinned and shook her head as he handed her the bottle and she looked at it doing a quick count. "Hell yeah, the street value of these was insane before." She passed the bottle back to him. She nodded as he agreed to follow her, and she was about to remove the chains from the door when she heard Chief bark.

"Does he usually alert on nothing?" She asked and then corrected herself "I mean bark at nothing" She was far to used to working K9's and the terms they used for every day things. She moved next to Marko and drew her own knife. Her first instinct was to talk to the dog, but not her dog, not her command. She ran a dog for a short time, but god love Lucky, he was the smartest idiot ever. He failed out of bomb school. It turned out it was because his nose was TOO sensitive. The last time she saw Lucky he was being sent to cadaver search training.

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Ray woke fully to find that she was once again alone. She sighed and shrugged. She had hoped to travel with Marko for a little while at least. She groaned as he sore body complained about the movement. She stretched as she stood knowing that if she didn't start moving she was going to feel worse. She took advantage of the light and took another look around the shop they were in.

She was about to leave when she spotted Chief slip through the door. She raised an eyebrow watching Marko struggle through the doors. She was about to head over and open the door when he landed on the floor. "You could have knocked." She said with a smile walking over and offering him a hand up.

"So, my original destination is about a mile from here or so. I want to get into the old Military Surplus store. It wasn't real popular before all of this, but I am expecting to find biters inside. If it's got supplies all the better. Most folks wouldn't think to take the purification tablets, and some of the other stuff, so there might be a few things left we can use. Best case... it's got a lot." She shrugged. Call her an optimist. She had to be or she would have quit long before now.

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Ray nodded as he said he was going to turn in. She envied his ability to stretch out and at least appear comfortable. She was more restless than he was. She got up and started to prowl the aisles. There was so little, but she had time, she picked up everything, and searched it for something useful. She didn't find a whole lot, it was pretty picked over. There were a few odds and ends, mostly small personal items. She sighed sadly as she even found what looked to be an abandoned wedding ring, she felt for the former owner, but she still slipped it into her pocket. These tiny valuables could be worth something in trade, someday.

She settled down after making another round. She didn't know what she was looking for, she just needed to move. She settled down and leaned back against the wall her hand resting lightly on her gun as she finally drifted off to sleep. She woke as the sun started shining in her eyes, she must have slept more than she thought, because guessing by the sun, it was probably 8 or 9 am. The first thing she noticed though, was the silence. There was no sound. Perhaps that meant that the infected had moved on.

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no worries, we didn't need a whole lot to move things forward.

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LOL Oh boy... go get some rest. It is only a little after midnight here.

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yeah that would be good

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She laughed as he said that Lady Luck was with him when he met her. "You say that now. I know quite a few folks who might disagree." She laid her head back and closed her eyes listening to the howls. She was playing a mental game with herself, one she played often. She tried to count the infected by the sounds she heard. She could usually get it right to within one or two.

She lifted her head when he asked her name. "I'm Ray. I'm mighty glad that you and your dog were out here today. I thought for sure I was a goner." She said quietly. She hated admitting that. For years she felt practically invincible. Run through enough shit, and everyone starts feeling that way. Now, though, She knows that she is as screwed as the rest of them if something goes wrong.

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Ray was impressed he caught that part of the conversation, he was pretty out of it. Truth is she had been a cop once upon a time, there was just too damn much red tape. She left the force and went private sector. "I was once. I was private sector when Shit hit the fan though. Pretty much same thing, but with better hours, better pay, better equipment and less bullshit." She said. "Can't say the training hasn't been useful that's for damn sure."

Ray sat with her back to a wall as they settled in to wait. She caught the can and just shrugged as he talked about it being good enough for him. "Hey, I'll give it to you straight, The shit in a can of alpo looks much better than the shit in a can of spam." She looked over at the dog and then back to him. "You know, if you need to stretch his food out, you can feed him green beans. Not a lot of calories, but it is filling. I used to work with a guy who ran a couple different K9's. He would give them green beans before a long search. It fills their belly without making them groggy." She said as she opened her own can of beans.

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Ray was slightly taken aback, it seemed that he was in support of her plan she thought as he took off running across the street. She had to give it to him, he was good at using the obstacles in the street as cover. She dashed out of the alley behind him, staying at least one car behind him at all times. She stayed in her last place until he opened the door, then she made the last dash slipping in right on his heels. It was as if they had been working as a team for quite a while. She went one way, he went the other as they cleared the shop to make sure there were no survivors.

She hadn't had much luck with finding anything to secure the door, so she was instantly relieved when he picked up a chain. She saw him do it as she slid from an aisle finishing up her last check. "Well, if it wasn't for the fact that the world was over, I would say Lady luck was with us." She said as she sauntered over to them. She knelt by the dog but looked to the side of him as she held her hand out. "You are a good boy. Yes you are."

She turned her attention to the man. "Well I suppose we should get the doors closed and settle in, at least for the moment."