Inside Aziraphale's shop

[chasingangela]

Maia, Angela, Red and his cubs, and Salmoneus have just made it across the park to Aziraphale's shop. They are beginning to barricade themselves inside when they get a welcome guest -- Mr. Phale himself.

[Resumes from here.]

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[a-phale.livejournal.com]

[Copied from previous thread for sake of continuity.]

*Aziraphale leans down and gives Maia a gentle hug.* You're safe here, Maia. They can't get inside. I have to go help the others find safety, but I'll be back.

*Aziraphale takes the key and leaves, closing the door behind him.*

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia looked around the bookshop. "How long do we stay here? Do zombies come out in the day time?" Maia peered out the window of the shop watching the shadows moving outside and involuntarily giving a shudder as a zombie form came out of the mist.

Maia reached into her pocket where she had put the gun when she opened the door.

"here's your gun" Maia slides the safety back on and hands it to Angela. "Do you think we should go upstairs? or do you think its safe enough down here?"

[chasingangela]

Angela takes the gun and pockets it, finding its weight reassuring.

"It sounds like there isn't much upstairs," she says. "I guess ... we can use bookshelves for barricades, and you, me and Red can take turns standing guard?"

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia nods staring out the window still. Finally she tears herself away from the grisley looking zombies to look at Angela "Yeah, that a good idea. Are all the windows locked? the backdoor as well?"

[chasingangela]

"I don't know," Angela says, and (gun close at hand) dashes off to each window, locking them and pulling the curtains tight. She locks the back door and, with a strength borne of fear, pulls a low bookcase to block it off completely.

She pauses at the office to make a quick phone call before returnign to the group.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

Red nosed the cubs off to a corner, giving them a warning growl to be still. Once the settled down, he paced back to the window and looked out, keeping a silent vigil. The only movement was the slow swishing of his tail across the floor.

[salmoneus.livejournal.com]

Trailing a few cookie crumbs, Salmoneus comes back in, still carrying his branch. "Okay, there's no upstairs, just a little room back there, but I think I found a door, and there's a plate of cookies." He brushes crumbs absently while watching the others. He stops when he realizes they really don't seem to care. Red was watching out the window, but there was more of an atmosphere of relief than the panic he'd left.

"Did I miss something? Are the zombies gone?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

"They are still out there," Red said in a low voice. "Are we safe here?"

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

Maia turns to Red. "Aziraphale said we would be. We will be" Maia still clutches her crucifix like a lifeline

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

No, they are out there. Arizaphale came, he said we would be safe in here. *Maia is still looking out the window* We'll be safe. *Maia pulls out the crucifix necklace equalsmcsquared had given her to protect her from Angelus. protect me now

Maia kept staring, wishing she had just stayed back with Sara at the dorms.

[chasingangela]

Angela notices the way Maia is grasping the crucifix. It looks a lot like the way she's fingering the gun.

"Are they afraid of crucifixes? Zombies," she asks.

[chasingangela]

Angela looks at him, puzzled but hopeful.

"I don't ... think so."

She risks a peek out the window to be sure. And there they are, slow-moving hordes, making their way through the park.

"They aren't gone."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

"Should someone go out to look for people, guide them here?" Red said, his attention still on the shambling masses outside the window. He watched as a dark winged...someone swooped by, shouting something about safe havens and where to go for safety.

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

((OOC: storm i.e. hurricane Rita is getting really bad. I need to go, we are all moving to the center of my house as I think I've just lost more of my roof. Something just tore off. I am not sure what. Sorry to cut this short. I am sure Maia and Angela will be stuck in the shop tomorrow))

[salmoneus.livejournal.com]

[ooc: stay safe, and we'll keep you in our thoughts. *hugs*]

[chasingangela]

[OOC: Understandable. Stay safe, sweetie. I may get Aziraphale to rescue us at some point.]

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

[OOC: be safe]

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

[OOC: All of you be safe.]

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Everyone inside the shop hears a loud noise outside, like beating wings combined with singing.

"ANGELA"

[chasingangela]

Cautiously, Angela arises from behind a large sofa. "I'm here," she says.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

"OPEN THE DOOR"

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

Red's cubs find the noise terribly fascinating and tumble over to the window to see.

[salmoneus.livejournal.com]

Red and Salmoneus came back to Aziraphale's house only to find the door open and nobody there. Since there were no signs of a struggle, and no sign of forced entry, they didn't panic.

"It looks like they've gone somewhere -- hopefully somewhere safe." Salmoneus realizes that the cubs are gone too. "I'll be the cubs are with them and just fine."

He locks the door behind them. "What do you say, we hole up here for the night? That Aziraphale guy said the place was safe."

[http://users.livejournal.com/_red_xiii_/]

"That is a good idea." Red looked around the shop front. "This looks secure," he said as he curled up in a corner. As soon as he stoppped moving, Red, exhausted from the adrenaline rush of earlier, was fast asleep.

[salmoneus.livejournal.com]

For a moment the fact that Red was asleep and he was, for the most part, alone, gave Salmoneus a moment of terror. Then he heard Red's snores and realized the beast would probably not have gone to sleep so easily if he hadn't thought it was safe. With a sigh, the older man looked around for a comfy place to lay down.

He found a blanket to wrap around himself, he wondered how the Harpy guarding his vault had survived the night, but he didn't really have the energy to care. Instead, Salmoneus wished for one of his bottles of Seltzer and dreamt of the pile of cookies in Aziraphale's kitchen.