Suspicious Noises
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: M-21 hears some suspicious noises from the roof and goes to investigate.
Rating: T
Notes: Set in after chapter 154.
For the prompt, 'Author's choice, author's choice, zombie apocalypse'. *snerk* Not really 'horror', but ah well. XDD;
Genre: General/Friendship
Word count: 672
Status: Complete
M-21 frowned, glancing up at the roof. That sounded like… But that couldn't be right. He quietly made his way up, pausing every couple of steps just in case the noise came again, just in case he had heard it wrong.
The muffled sound became clearer the higher M-21 climbed the house, still sounding exactly like what he thought he was. The door to the balcony was open, a cool night breeze wafting in, and M-21 toed it open, glad when it didn't squeak or give away his presence.
"Yo, M-21!"
M-21 flinched at the sudden call, and then frowned when he didn't see Tao. Where…?
"Hey, actually…" Tao's voice went quieter, his tone musing, as M-21 stepped out onto the balcony. It had come from higher than him – what was Tao doing on the roof? "M-21, what do you know about zombies?" There was the familiar sound of tapping on the keyboard accompanying Tao's voice.
The questions in M-21's mind were shuffled to the back of his mind as he thought about any information he'd come across in the Union's databases. "The Union had tried to…make zombies, but those experiments were eventually dropped because the zombies didn't respond to the treatments after they'd been created." There had been videos attached to those files, but M-21 had left them untouched.
When he got to the barrier, M-21 turned around and looked up – and then froze, his eyes flying wide at the sight of Takio sitting next to Tao, his rifle out, looking at something down the scope.
"What-"
Tssshk.
Plink.
M-21 watched the shell-casing fall in utter disbelief. He whirled around, his hands braced on the barrier, scouring for Takio's target - he found the small pile of bodies instantly, the view clear from their vantage point.
But… But something was wrong. It was too neat, a literal pile of bodies, not a scattering of them.
And Tao had asked him about zombies.
"So you don't know how it spreads?" Tao asked M-21 as he climbed his way up to them, making sure to stay out of Takio's line of sight.
He shook his head. "Their information about nobles wasn't correct, so I wouldn't trust what they know."
Tao hummed, his fingers still working at the laptop.
Tssshk.
Plink.
"How…did you know they were zombies?" M-21 asked them, watching windows open and close on Tao's screen. Unless they had attacked someone while they were watching…
"Heh. The dragging feet helped." Another window popped up, and M-21 found himself looking at a missing persons report. "I checked the first one out on cameras and found him easily enough." There was a small pause as the window changed to show a still from a camera. M-21 grimaced. "The bulletholes through his chest was the second clue." The blood splatter on his clothes was off, from what M-21 could see - and the blood dripping from his lips definitely wasn't from an injury.
"They're all coming out from the same door, at a fairly steady rate-"
Tssshk.
Plink.
"-and the blueprints don't show that the building's connected to anything."
Feeling the wind tug at his hair, M-21 straightened out, eyeing the distance between them and the building; it wouldn't take him too long to get there and he could easily deal with the zombies by himself. If he missed any, Takio would take care of it.
M-21 caught the earpiece as it flew towards him.
"Make sure they don't bite or scratch you," Tao warned him.
"We don't know if that's how it spreads," M-21 pointed out as he inserted the earpiece.
"We're not finding out the hard way either," Takio informed him, lifting his head away from his rifle.
M-21 watched as Takio pulled out his pistols, not understanding why he was doing that.
Takio raised an eyebrow at him. "We can't cover your back if we're outside."
"Yep!" Tao unfurled his whip with a grin. "We'd better do this quickly – Seira's cooking tonight."
Snorting, M-21 nodded, and together, they went to deal with the zombie problem.
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I don't know what sound a rifle makes and with the sheer size of Takio's rifle, it should be making a lot of noise, but let's just say the Union makes good, quiet weapons. X3;
I totally wanted this exchange:
'What are you doing?'
'Headshotting zombies,' Tao informed him cheerfully.
Summary: M-21 hears some suspicious noises from the roof and goes to investigate.
Rating: T
Notes: Set in after chapter 154.
For the prompt, 'Author's choice, author's choice, zombie apocalypse'. *snerk* Not really 'horror', but ah well. XDD;
Genre: General/Friendship
Word count: 672
Status: Complete
M-21 frowned, glancing up at the roof. That sounded like… But that couldn't be right. He quietly made his way up, pausing every couple of steps just in case the noise came again, just in case he had heard it wrong.
The muffled sound became clearer the higher M-21 climbed the house, still sounding exactly like what he thought he was. The door to the balcony was open, a cool night breeze wafting in, and M-21 toed it open, glad when it didn't squeak or give away his presence.
"Yo, M-21!"
M-21 flinched at the sudden call, and then frowned when he didn't see Tao. Where…?
"Hey, actually…" Tao's voice went quieter, his tone musing, as M-21 stepped out onto the balcony. It had come from higher than him – what was Tao doing on the roof? "M-21, what do you know about zombies?" There was the familiar sound of tapping on the keyboard accompanying Tao's voice.
The questions in M-21's mind were shuffled to the back of his mind as he thought about any information he'd come across in the Union's databases. "The Union had tried to…make zombies, but those experiments were eventually dropped because the zombies didn't respond to the treatments after they'd been created." There had been videos attached to those files, but M-21 had left them untouched.
When he got to the barrier, M-21 turned around and looked up – and then froze, his eyes flying wide at the sight of Takio sitting next to Tao, his rifle out, looking at something down the scope.
"What-"
Tssshk.
Plink.
M-21 watched the shell-casing fall in utter disbelief. He whirled around, his hands braced on the barrier, scouring for Takio's target - he found the small pile of bodies instantly, the view clear from their vantage point.
But… But something was wrong. It was too neat, a literal pile of bodies, not a scattering of them.
And Tao had asked him about zombies.
"So you don't know how it spreads?" Tao asked M-21 as he climbed his way up to them, making sure to stay out of Takio's line of sight.
He shook his head. "Their information about nobles wasn't correct, so I wouldn't trust what they know."
Tao hummed, his fingers still working at the laptop.
Tssshk.
Plink.
"How…did you know they were zombies?" M-21 asked them, watching windows open and close on Tao's screen. Unless they had attacked someone while they were watching…
"Heh. The dragging feet helped." Another window popped up, and M-21 found himself looking at a missing persons report. "I checked the first one out on cameras and found him easily enough." There was a small pause as the window changed to show a still from a camera. M-21 grimaced. "The bulletholes through his chest was the second clue." The blood splatter on his clothes was off, from what M-21 could see - and the blood dripping from his lips definitely wasn't from an injury.
"They're all coming out from the same door, at a fairly steady rate-"
Tssshk.
Plink.
"-and the blueprints don't show that the building's connected to anything."
Feeling the wind tug at his hair, M-21 straightened out, eyeing the distance between them and the building; it wouldn't take him too long to get there and he could easily deal with the zombies by himself. If he missed any, Takio would take care of it.
M-21 caught the earpiece as it flew towards him.
"Make sure they don't bite or scratch you," Tao warned him.
"We don't know if that's how it spreads," M-21 pointed out as he inserted the earpiece.
"We're not finding out the hard way either," Takio informed him, lifting his head away from his rifle.
M-21 watched as Takio pulled out his pistols, not understanding why he was doing that.
Takio raised an eyebrow at him. "We can't cover your back if we're outside."
"Yep!" Tao unfurled his whip with a grin. "We'd better do this quickly – Seira's cooking tonight."
Snorting, M-21 nodded, and together, they went to deal with the zombie problem.
I don't know what sound a rifle makes and with the sheer size of Takio's rifle, it should be making a lot of noise, but let's just say the Union makes good, quiet weapons. X3;
I totally wanted this exchange:
'What are you doing?'
'Headshotting zombies,' Tao informed him cheerfully.