shyone
Supernova
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2009
- Location
- On The Throne Ruling The World
Coughing up blood into his hand Charles stumbled forward down the road as he held his shot gun loosely at his side. The arm was useless because of the shot he had taken to the shoulder, but he had managed to tie his shotgun to his hand. He still had enough feeling in his fingers that he could pull trigger if need be, but as every step felt harder… he wondered if he could actually survive until the next settlement. The whole meeting he had set up with some men that claimed to have key cards needed to get inside an Old World US Army weapons cache, but instead it had turned out to be an ambush. Somehow they had figured out what he was really after, and wanted his information instead. Frankly they had underestimated Charles and now where all lying out in the dirt with their brains blown out… their leader with his head cut off. Still they had given him a few broken bones, a shot to the shoulder, and some mild internal injury that the man considered the least of his worries as long as the bullet could be removed before he got an infection in that area.
Noticing a building ahead with a satellite dish on top, Charles mouthed to himself through thirst crusted lips, “It can’t be…” Before he could even get a better look though a wave of dizziness overtook him, and he yelled out in pain as it was his injured shoulder that caught his fall. Gritting his teeth he pushed himself up and crawled the last few feet to the wall of the compound and rested against it breathing hard as he inspected his surroundings. Only breathing a sigh of relief when he realized that he had not attracted any attention, but cursed his foolishness for not bring a stim pack or two… or at least some medical supplies. At least he had not forgotten to bring food and water, reaching behind him he pulled some pure water out and took a sip of the irradiated drink, and sighed with a smile, staring out towards the sun in the distance as he began to figure that this might not be such a place to die if it came down to it. Still there was no reason to go down that easy… so trying his best Charles used the wall behind himself to prop his body up as he stood…
It was to no avail as he ended up slipping back down again, chuckling at the ironic nature of the situation. Here he was on the edge of finding the treasure he had been seeking and well… it seemed that death might just have his life before then. His only luck was that the entrance to this place seemed to be along the road ways which people traveled. So maybe he would encounter a good Samaritan today? Reaching up he toyed with the strange golden locket he wore around his neck that was shaped like a heart wearing a little top hat. Yes maybe he could hope against hope…
Noticing a building ahead with a satellite dish on top, Charles mouthed to himself through thirst crusted lips, “It can’t be…” Before he could even get a better look though a wave of dizziness overtook him, and he yelled out in pain as it was his injured shoulder that caught his fall. Gritting his teeth he pushed himself up and crawled the last few feet to the wall of the compound and rested against it breathing hard as he inspected his surroundings. Only breathing a sigh of relief when he realized that he had not attracted any attention, but cursed his foolishness for not bring a stim pack or two… or at least some medical supplies. At least he had not forgotten to bring food and water, reaching behind him he pulled some pure water out and took a sip of the irradiated drink, and sighed with a smile, staring out towards the sun in the distance as he began to figure that this might not be such a place to die if it came down to it. Still there was no reason to go down that easy… so trying his best Charles used the wall behind himself to prop his body up as he stood…
It was to no avail as he ended up slipping back down again, chuckling at the ironic nature of the situation. Here he was on the edge of finding the treasure he had been seeking and well… it seemed that death might just have his life before then. His only luck was that the entrance to this place seemed to be along the road ways which people traveled. So maybe he would encounter a good Samaritan today? Reaching up he toyed with the strange golden locket he wore around his neck that was shaped like a heart wearing a little top hat. Yes maybe he could hope against hope…