Just Outside The Main Gate, Saturday Morning

[bitchprince]

Much like the previous day, Saturday found Arthur venturing back down to the barricade. It was early, the sunlight was yet shallow and leaning towards overcast, and only the first warbles of birds became evident as he slogged at the thing.

At least it had remained intact overnight. He was in full armor yet again, with shamelessly modded Merlin at his side. He'd stayed quiet opposite the boy most of the time, barring talk of strategy. The magic was something that'd have to be discussed again if they managed to survive this whole mess.

He climbed up so he could take a quick survey of the town. Watching the still forms lumber about, he felt a chill settling in his bones. There was only one word he could use to describe it.

"Bugger," he muttered, succinctly, and ran a hand through his hair. Sometimes, he had a knack for brevity.

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[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Yesterday the town had been...well, pretty dead, to be honest, but Chad had noticed the barricade and, arm out and ready, knew that today he'd be joining the watch with a general grunt to anyone that he was there and able to take care of...whatever.

He could probably help make it a little higher pretty easily, at the least.

[bitchprince]

Well, at least he was... very tall. "Chad," Arthur greeted, "See if you can't find some extra debris to add to the top there." Pause. "Did you bring a weapon?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Chad nodded, his eyes on the top line of the barricade, and then lifted his right arm, encased in its strange black and red armour. He flexed a little, slowly curling his hand into a fist so that it made a satisfying crunching sound.

"It looks stupid, I know," he admitted, "but, trust me. I barely have to flick these guys with my fingers and they're...."

He struggled to find a good metaphor.

"Well, they go a long way, anyway. Or lose a lot of stuff."

[bitchprince]

"...Right." That wasn't ridiculous at all.

Arthur was gaining a headache merely because of the idea of asking. "Find a good spot," he said, shaking his head, "Make sure those zombies don't come anywhere near the barricade."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Got it," Chad nodded, grunting again. "If there's enough for a swarm, too, I found I can just punch the ground and it sends a sort of earthquake, and they really hate that."

[bitchprince]

"Of course you do. That's... useful," Arthur said, carefully. It really would be. "But let's wait and see if they charge."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Good idea," Chad agreed with a nod. And a grunt. The two most important tools of communication, really.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Chad!" Armed up with bat, sticks, and boomerangs, elbow-and-knee-pads on, it was pretty obvious Dinah was waiting for a fight. "Yay Roomie!" Chad was like his own landmark. No matter what happened if there was a fight, she'd be able to find him and re-assess from there.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Dinah." Chad nodded to her. "I made sure the cats were safe. They're in the closet, with lots of food and water and I moved the litterbox in there for them, too."

Because, of course, protecting the cats was important, too.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Good," Dinah said, relieved. "I had Camille out loose in the room, but if they break in--" And please let that not happen! "The closet's safer." Hey, she worried too. "Have you ever fought zombies before?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad shook his head. And then he nodded. "Only," he explained, "if you count yesterday. Lots of dead things before; just no zombies before yesterday."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh." That was too bad. Then she blinked. "Wait! When and where were you fighting zombies? You look okay, are you okay?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"I'm okay," Chad confirmed with a nod. "It was yesterday, when I went to check on the store."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Think we'll be able to hold them off?" Teddy asked, coming up to stand next to Chad.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad glanced at Teddy, and then glanced out away from the school. "Maybe," he said, honestly, "as long as they stay sparse near the school. They seem to be...They're really weak and stuff. But there's a lot of 'em."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy nodded in agreement. "Be careful, okay?"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"You, too," Chad grunted, and his shoulders fell, just slightly. "S'not like I'm just going to run out there and try to take them all, Ted."

Not this time, anyway.

Chad paused.

"...unless you think I should?"

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Teddy just shot him a look. "No, Chad."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"What?" Chad grunted. "You're better at strategy than I am."

[first-guardian.livejournal.com]

It really wasn't a surprised to find Chad there as Ichigo had a hard time imagining any sort of fighting here without him. "Hey, Chad."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad nodded, not really surprised to find Ichigo there, either. Even before Ichigo showed up here, Chad always half-expected him to show up in the middle of these fights, anyway.

"Ichigo."

[first-guardian.livejournal.com]

He quickly made sure that Chad looked okay, but he couldn't imagine these things being able to hurt Chad. "I really hate these things," he said after an instant. It was unnatural.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Zombies weren't exactly something that could be wrestled, as were most of the things he usually faced off in front of this castle, so, as it was, Chad looked unscathed, if determined.

"And there's a lot of them, too..."

[first-guardian.livejournal.com]

"And the stink," Ichigo felt the need to point out. "Hollows don't stink, I think I like that better."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Chad agreed. "But zombies won't taunt you like Hollows. An' I can see 'em better."

Which he knew wasn't a problem for Ichigo, but Chad felt it counted for something.