KaptKroniK, Maya, the Tactical Survivor, and the bodega clerk reach the loading lane with the shotgun, pistols, ammunition, and medical pouch. The Teenage Survivor remains at the strip club, guarding the unconscious man.
A parked delivery truck blocks half the lane. Behind it, a gaunt middle-aged man in a stained blue uniform steps into view, both hands raised, his gray hair plastered to his forehead.
delivery driver
Easy. I came back for the stockroom. My keys, my truck, everything is in there.
The bodega clerk stiffens and lowers the medical pouch. His eyes track the man's shirt, name patch, and mud-caked boots, but uncertainty keeps his finger from pointing.
the bodega clerk
That is the company uniform. I remember the truck, but I cannot swear he is the driver. The real one was bitten.
A dull impact sounds from behind the stockroom wall, followed by another. Dust trembles from the loading-bay bricks. The Tactical Survivor raises his bow toward the driver.
Tactical Survivor
Nobody moves. KaptKroniK, keep the weapons ready. If he knows that room, he can explain what is moving inside.
+ New Item Acquired
Medical pouch
“Pull a pistol on driver and make him open the stock room kill infected”
SUCCESS (Superb Willpower, rolled -2)
KaptKroniK draws a pistol and levels it at the delivery driver. The loading lane seems to contract around the weapon, the truck, and the pounding wall.
KaptKroniK
Open the stockroom. Now. You go first.
delivery driver
All right. Keep that thing steady and I will get you inside.
The delivery driver takes the key, unlocks the stockroom, and pulls the door wide. The cost lands immediately: the lock snaps loudly, and the whole building hears it.
Three infected surge through the opening. KaptKroniK fires at the lead attacker, then drops the second at arm's length before the Tactical Survivor pins the last against a crate.
Tactical Survivor
You got your opening. Do not shoot through me again.
The stockroom is open and the infected are down, but the pistol's report rolls across the loading lane. From beyond the truck, answering shambles begin to gather.
✓ Quest Accepted
Clear the stockroom