Welcome to Gaia! :: View User's Journal | Gaia Journals

Reaching them, we see the cliff. A dead end,"I have an idea. Everyone, up the trees now! Ada, do you have a grappling gun?"
Ada grabs it,"What are you..."
"Just go!"
I grab it out of her hand. They all hesitate,"Trust me on this."
Going up the tree, I face the hoard coming. They don't run, but they aren't slow. I walk toward them, taking about 10 steps. When the closest one gets about 3 steps away from me, I run. Their speed increases. I don;t think they saw the others go up the tree, which is what I was hoping for. Nearing the cliff, I somewhat hear Claire's voice say my name. Over the zombies groans I can hardly hear anything else. Without thinking, I jump off. When I see how far down the drop is, my heart beats faster. The drop has to be over a 1000 feet, at least. I better not mess this up. Rolling my body, I see the zombies. They fell for it. They're falling, and continue to. With the grapling gun in one hand, I grab my knife with the other. Aiming the gun, I have to basically shoot in the dark. With all of the bodies flying over the end, I can't see where would be the best area to shoot. Closing my eyes for a second, I take a deep breath, or at least attempt, and shoot.
The grapple grazes a few zombies on the way, but makes it to the edge of the wall. I jolt. It worked, thankfully. I can't lift the knife with how fast I'm traveling, so there was no point it grabbing it I guess. Suddenly, the dirt around the grapple seperates. I was about 20 feet from the wall. Now, I'm headed straight for the side of the cliff, which is filled with sharp rocks. Of course. Before I can prevent anything, I come crashing into the wall.