I woke up due to hearing gunfire somewhere near by.... Oh shit! Well, looks like I have visitors. I looked over the town in search of locating the source of the sound. My eyes widened as I finally spotted the destination. The Warehouse. Shit. That place is dangerous as fuck. The Warehouse = some scary shit. No one has ever returned from there, and it looks like some sort of modern broken-down construction. I took a deep breath and grabbed my machete, with a swing, I swiftly secured it on my back in its holder. I grabbed my silenced pistol and my AK. I closed my eyes and tried to relax, releasing a bit of pressure off my chest. Well, I guess this is it, life or death, success or failure. So many things could go wrong, but... huge risk, big reward, as they say.....

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I scaled the rooftops rapidly, watching where I landed and where the weak tiles were; as well as looking out for danger along the way. My feet landed on The Warehouse roof with a slight pound. I took another deep breath and relaxed myself. This is it.... This is what it comes down to... I removed the weak panel on the roof.... YOLO!

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I jumped down on the roof supports, away from any person's or infected's field of view. I took out my silenced weapon and before aiming, I decided to observe the situation the group had gotten themselves into. There were about 8 or 9 people. Damn. 3 of them were almost cornered by the infected. 2 of them were fighting off a large horde, way too much for them to take. 1 of them was knifing the infected from behind. And 3 more were shooting by the entrance.

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I waited a little longer until I saw there was no way they were escaping. Almost all of them were trapped in the same corner, but one of them was still away, shooting. The one who was shooting had a pink shirt and.... was that underwear? Uhhh, okay.

The guy suddenly stopped shooting and made a b-line for the exit. He made it, but from my point of view, it was a dick move to leave his friends behind. He took some of the supplies as well.

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I turned my attention back to the group and saw that all of their weapons were gone, or the only 2 people who had them, were out of ammo. They were hitting the infected with the hilt of their gun, not doing much damage or knock-down... I took my weapon and aimed for a triple head-shot. Yes, that's possible. I took a deep breath and shot.

Pew... 

Pew...

Silenced weapons don't do that much noise, and I am thankful for that. I wanted to laugh so badly at their reaction to infected dropping dead without any of them attacking them. Well, I only saw 2 of their's expression, others were wearing masks. Between then, I saw a glimpse of a wolf. Wait....

Ice?

My eyes widened. I don't want him to die. Oh hell nah. HELL NAH. I gritted my teeth and took out my AK. I shot half of the infected that were surrounding them, about 12 of them. There were 11 left and I finished them off. I was sweating. Holy shit, I did it.

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"H-hello?"

I heard one of them ask.

"Who's there?!"

That voice was much more sterner, confident and determined.

"Show yourself!"

that one sounded like it was scared, but was trying to cover it up.

"You saved our lives, please show yourself"

That one was calm and sounded intelligent.

Woof

Woof

That was Ice. I saw him run out to the front of the group, barking loudly and wagging his tail, hanging his tongue out.

"Hey boy... You know who that is?"

The confident voice asked in a slightly lighter and calmer way. Ice licked his face and barked, wagging his tail so violently, I thought it might fall off.

"Who is it, boy?"

The same voice asked.

Ice then stood up on his back paws and put his muzzle in the guy's pocket, he pulled out a piece of paper and dropped it next to him.

The guy picked it up and read it. 

"Ice! You know him!"

The voice said with surprise.

Ice barked and walked up to where he was standing right underneath me.

"...Mini?"

My breath got stuck in my throat as he said my codename. 

"Im guessing that's what you wanted us to call you judging by the letter ice brought back."

The voice chuckled slightly.

"Ice likes you very much, that for sure, because he is never this happy to see someone, except Delirious. Im guessing you know why..."

Yea, apparently Delirious is his owner, but I kept silent.

"Are you still here?"

To answer his question, I threw my knife at him. I knew it was gonna miss him, but I wanted to scare him. I judged the distance, making it land one inch from his face, into the wooden supports. I still can't trust them. Even if Ice is their pet.

"Whoa... Chill out. Im taking that as a yes"

I rolled my eyes and kept watching.

"So. Uhh. You mind coming down here so we could at least thank you for saving us?"

I shifted slightly in my position ready to jump. They heard me shifting around and waited. 

Ice barked and kept wagging his tail. I sighed. I guess it couldn't hurt.... Right?

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I jumped down and landed in a crouched position, quickly standing up. This time, I could actually see them.

"Holy shit, dude...."

"What the fuck....?"

"Damn..." 

Those were the first 3 phrases I heard. I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes.

"So, Uhh.... Thanks for saving us. Just... Shit man. You look like a freaking ninja, just without the back clothes."

I grinned slightly.

"Do you speak?"

I rolled my eyes again.

" Of course I can fucking talk.... Im a human too, you know?"

"That accent though...."

I saw the guy in the green button-up shirt speak.

"I can say the same to you"  

Some of them chuckled.

I was surprised to feel something pulling on my leg. I looked down to see Ice pawing my and pulling on my tracksuits. I bent down and smiled.

"Ice!"

He jumped and tackled me to the ground. He kept licking my face.

"Whoa, Ice...."

I managed to say.

"What the hell... Ice doesn't usually take kind to strangers..."

"Well, He saved me, I saved him. Lets call it even."

I finally managed to get up and brush myself off.

"So your name is Mini, right?"

"Obviously not"

My voice had so much sarcasm carried in it.

"Well, Im Vanoss"

"Oh, Ice told me to write the letter to your name"

I was observing them. Their posture, build and character.

"Yeah... I was-"

He got cut off by one of the others whispering to him. That one had a hockey mask on his face.

I was still observing them when I heard my name being called.

"So, Mini...."

I turned my attention back to him and saw him scratching the back of his neck nervously. I hummed in a questioning tone.

"I know you just met us and all... But our base is pretty far awa-"

"So you were wondering if you could stay at mine?" 

I cut him off.

"Yea, exactly."

I know Ice. These people are his owners... I mean.... They're good guys, right? I might as well let them stay, the full moon isn't gone yet and I don't want to risk my ass and go saving them again.

"Its okay if you don-"

"Nah, Its fine.... but just one night. I don't want to risk my ass again to save your guys' asses again." 

I smirked and jumped up, grabbing onto the support and pulling myself up.

"You guys coming?"

I teased them.

"We would rather stick to the ground!"

"So you want to have a higher risk of getting surrounded while being defenceless? I mean... It's your choice."

I heard a sigh and shuffling. Bingo.

I heard a couple of grunts before Vanoss pulled himself up and onto the same ledge as me.

"If you want to come with us, come now...."

"We'll be fine..."

"DELIRIOUS!"

I heard a collective group of shouts.

"We don't know the way to his base!"

I heard a 'slap noise' assuming 'Delirious' mask-palmed himself.

"Don't worry, guys. Ice knows where the base is, just follow him!"

I shout down to them.

I heard a few people shout 'okay!'

I wriggled through the open panel and helped Vanoss up.

"Thanks, Mini"

I began jumping from roof to roof, him following me close behind.

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