A sharp whistle brought their attention to their fourth companion, who was currently up a tree, keeping an eye on the surrounding area through a pair of binoculars. "We may have a bit of a problem here, guys."
"Why, what do you see, Mr Santiago?" asked their resident surgeon/field medic. Dominic Santiago* sighed a bit.
"Well, we've got a rather large horde of Infected heading directly for this location. Good news is that they probably won't be here for another 15 minutes though. And please, I thought I asked you to just call me Dom."
"So basically, we've got 15 minutes ta get the heck outta here, that what'cha sayin', Dom?" Asked Ranma, always one for stating the obvious.
"That's the situation in a nutshell." Answered Dom. "By the way, I don't think I ever got your name, man."
"Oh, it's Ranma. Ranma Saotome, heir to the Saotome School of Anything Goes Martial Arts. Nice ta meet'cha."
"Likewise. Anything Goes, huh? I like the sound of that. Well, we should probably get moving if we don't wanna be here when those freaks get here. I've only got two clips of ammo left for my rifle, and we probably won't be able to find anymore until we make it to that JSDF base."
As they left the Shrine, Rei took one last look at the place she had called home for most of her life. Sighing, she turned around, and in an effort to take her mind off it, asked "So Dom, why are you here anyway? Me and Ranma live in this city, and the Doctor here was called in because of this disease, but why is a single armed American soldier roaming the streets of Tokyo?"
"Oh, it's not really all that big of a deal. My unit were doing some joint training exercises with the local JSDF teams when this whole mess started. When the call came to evacuate the city, we offered our assistance. My squad was the last out. On the way, we ran into a small group of survivors, about 5 of 'em. There wasn't quite enough foom for them in our truck, so I volunteered to stay behind. Then I met up with the Doc here about a day later, and that brings us to now."
"I see. That makes sense, and speaks well of you as well." Said Rei, who wasn't very big on the military in general, but could still approve of someone staying behind so that those less able to defend themselves could get away, as that was the same thing that she would do, and indeed had done herself a couple of days ago.
"There is another reason i'm still here, but I don't think we should be discussing this anymore for the moment, or that horde is gonna catch us"
"Yeah, let's get outta here. I'm still feeling kinda drained," piped up Ranma, "And I need to eat to get my Ki levels up before I can get into a serious fight."
"None of us are at 100 percent," replied Dr Black Jack, "so avoiding any un-necessary battles would indeed be the best strategy."
"No arguments here." Answered Rei.
*(Authors Note: This is an AU Dominic Santiago, but he's still basically the same guy as his analogue in Gears of War, with the same goals.)
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