Ashes to Ashes

Can we talk in first person?

Ava~

I groaned as the stinging rocks flicked up into my eyes. Clamping my hands over my face I ran blindly towards the voices. I bit into my lip, I needed help! I had been running continuously for days trying to find a sign of human life.

My stomach was practically eating itself, my throat was drier than a desert. Swallowing as much saliva as I could I shouted out as another gust of wind knocked me back.

“Help me!” I screamed loudly my voice hoarse with fatigue.

I pushed through the rain of ash and fell into a clearing. The voices were louder now, though the deafening roar of blood gushing in my ears deafened over them.

*Aww! You started without me!*

Kyle

Kyle started typing furiously when he had heard the beeping. Are there others? He checked his monitor, there were about nine blinking lights, all within a few yards of each other. He rolled his chair over to the other side of his work station, careful to miss the cords running around the whole place, and grabbed his moddified taser and flashlight. Time to see if this is real.

*I hope I'm on the right track! I promise I wont do this again.*

gsppcrocks10 wrote:**No Anton, that's much too simple! xDDD I would post, but I must sleep.**

Dude ... he was sleeping there. xD He wouldn't sleep there without a way out or before exploring, right?

*will post later*

**Sorry Teddy. I got too excited. Also, sorry about the shortness.**

Kelsey

Kelsey whirled around, eyes wide, as someone fell. She took a step back, shaking. "Wh-Who's that?" she whispered, looking up at Amp with wide eyes.

Natalie

Natalie sighed. "Right." She grabbed a piece of the wall that was jutting out and hauled herself upwards. "I'm coming Kelsey, hang on."

Anton Hinton.

"Careful, there," Anton strained his neck as the girl climbed up. He could hear some shouts above. Someone, a girl, was shouting for help.
"Jeez," he groaned, "you'd think that when the last of the human race came together they'd at least leave the problems 'till later."
The girl wasn't quite at the top yet, but he climbed after her, his gangly limbs reaching the handholds pretty easily. (FYI: Anton is around 5'11)

Although the sky was covered with smog, it was brighter up here than in the hole. Anton straightened up and took a look at the group around him.
"So you're the people who disturbed my sleep."
There was a girl who looked nearly dead on her feet. Anton jogged over and smiled down at her. "Are you ok? I have some water somewhere, if you'd like it."

Kyle

Kyle climbed over the hill that separated him from the group of dots on his radar. He got to the top and saw a group of people all around a couple of people. Kyle whooped and started running toward them. He saw them turn and look at him like he was crazy. Kyle stopped a couple of feet short of them, "Thank God, I'm not the only one left! I have been searching for others for weeks!"

Kelsey

Kelsey looked up at Anton, a little intimidated by his height. "Um... Natalie said-"

"It's okay Kelsey, he's a friend," Natalie said, smiling.

Kelsey nodded. "I-In that case, yes please."

Natalie

Natalie jumped and whirled as a man came running, shouting. She smiled slightly, but her hand went into her jacket again. "So have we," she said, gesturing to herself and Kelsey, "who are you?"

Kyle

"I'm Kyle, I've been staying in my safe lab for the past couple of weeks," Kyle saw the look on the girl who had addressed him, then he looked down at his taser gun, "Oh, my bad. I just take this out with me just in case. I'm not here to hurt anyone," Kyle put the taser down on the ground and held up his hands with only his flashlight left.

Anton Hinton.

Whilst Natalie talked to the slightly crazy guy, Anton knelt down beside Kelsey with a smile. She looked scared, and not a little lost.
He handed her his water bottle, which was slightly battered and dusty. "You can have the rest, if you'd like. I'm not thirsty."
Well, that was a slight lie. His throat was aching. But he saw another girl near them, around the age of 16, who looked absolutely parched. "But maybe you could save some for her, eh?"

Kelsey

"Th-Thanks." Kelsey took a good-sized gulp of the water, then ran over to the girl that Anton had pointed out. "Water?" she held it out to her.

Natalie

Natalie kept one eye on Kelsey as she watched Kyle. "Good, because if you try to hurt anybody I'm going to have to do something about it." She offered him her hand. "I'm Natalie, and the girl over there is my sister Kelsey."

Kyle

He took Natalie's offered hand, "Hi, Natalie." He looked over at her sister, "She's cute, how old is she?"

"Nine," Natalie watched her as she was handing water to everyone.

"Wow, how did you two survive?" Kyle looked around at everyone, how could his radar not have picked everyone up sooner?

Natalie

Natalie sighed. "We were on a camping trip with her Girl Scout troop when it happened. I got her and I to shelter in a cave, but we couldn't save anyone else. Kelsey was devastated, but I helped her through it. She and I have been wandering around this place for weeks, looking for people and the extent of the damage." She laughed with no humor. "From what I've seen, this is worse than the comet that wiped out the dinosaurs."

Alec

Alec watched in silence as a studious-looking boy came stumbling into the clearing, waving his hands and talking loudly. He dropped what looked like a taser gun onto the ash-covered ground and showed he was no threat to the others. One girl didn't seem so convinced. Her hand crept slowly into an inside jacket pocket, where some weapon was most likely hidden. Alec smiled at her wariness. In her position, he would have done the same.

After a moment of hesitation, Alec sheathed his hunting knives. These people were no threat to him. Conversely, some of them looked like they needed some help. One girl, around eighteen or nineteen, had a bloody gash on her shoulder. He worked up his courage, stood straight, and marched into the clearing.

Several of them jumped at his sudden appearance, but he pretended not to notice. With a half-wave, he said, "Hi. I'm Alekse-- Alec."

I hate to ask this, but I was away. Couuld someone bring me in?

Kay, please check the DT.