Survival (Tacobell lion, UruSarabiNala, and Werewolfgrrly)

[Dark Huntress]

Tatiana Roemhild sat on the drab couch in her brother and hers apartment in upper California. Her best friend, Jamie, and Jamie's older brother, Adrian, who had been staying with Kylr (Tia's older brother) and Tia for about two months now.
Tia and Jamie were sitting together eating unhealthy sugary cereal and texting random people and each other as was their normal Sunday morning practice. Ade was seated somewhere else, the girls did not bother themselves with his whereabouts. Kyle was working that particular morning for some odd reason. Jamie and Tia's large husky/wolf halfbreeds, Atka and Kanut were seated by and on the girls.
Tia frowned as the TV flickered and shut off. "Dang antenna." She muttered. "We need to get to cable."
Just as she got up to bang on the TV it beeped on and multicolored bats flashed across the screen. "Warning to all personnel located in the California/Oregon area." It blared.
Tia sat back on her heels. That was them. She held her breath as the TV continued. "Arned forces have been sighted landing on the beaches and enemy helicopters have been parachuting in supplies and soldiers. Please evacuate to your nearet bomb shelter to await further instruction."
Tia looked back at Jamie. "Do you think it's a joke?" She wondered aloud. Tia got up quickly and dashed into her room, not even waiting for an answer. She grabbed and backpack and shoved a few pairs of clothes into it hurriedly. She grabbed a strip cord, her phone's charger, and Kanut's leash on the way out.
"Are you guys going to grab some stuff? Bomb shelters get pretty boring." She flashed her easy, pretty smile as she knelt by Kanut and clipping his white leash onto his ice blue collar with a reassuring pat on his fluffy white back.

[Scars Mate]

'Ade!' Jamie yelled up the stairs. 'Get your butt down here. We need to get to the shelter!' She stooped down and looked Atka straight in his wide eyes.
'Follow me'. She commanded. He didn't need a leash. He would never leave Jamie's side; he was too well trained.
'Are you actually serious?' Adrian said, raising an eyebrow.
'No' she said sarcastically. 'I thought it would be funny to see you panick. Now grab some stuff and move!'. She looked at Tia and grinned. She loved this- the adrenalin, the craziness, and, of course, messing about with her brother. She was met with a reproachful look.
Adrian had run upstairs and grabbed Jamie's spare backpack- the one that always had 3 pairs of clothes in. Always so careful, he mused. She had been prepared for a long time. He also grabbed the small picture of their grandmother- just on the off chance tat this house was bombed. He quickly ran into his room, grabbed a few provisions, and thundered down the stairs. He threw the back pack at Jamie, hitting her square in the mouth.
'Ow!' She got up and shove her brother, who was laughing at her ridiculous face. 'Shut up! Lets move!'
'You got Atka?' He asked, wanting to make sure.
'Nope. I thought it would be amusing to leave him behind. Duh! Don't ask stupid questions, an you won't get a stupid answer! Now let's go!' she moaned, bored already.

[Dark Huntress]

Tia trotted down the stairs, letting Kanut run ahead. She wasn't as afraid of him running away of not having a way to control him when they reached the shelter. "I get to drive!" She grinned as she opened the car door and threw her stuff in the back. Kanut bounded into the backseat eagerly-he loved car rides.
Tia shoved her key into the ignition as Adrian and Jamie joined her in the car. She turned it and pressed the brake down. She downshifted into reverse and looked over her shoulder at Adrain and Jamie. "Buckle up."
She released the brake and pressed the gas down. She twisted the wheel quickly, spinning with professional accuracy. It was a trick Kyle had taught her.
She shifted effortlessly to drive and sped out of the small parking lot. She laughed a little as she threw a glance over her shoulder at her passengers. Adrian wore a frightened look and and Jamie was grining ear from ear. Tia loved scaring Adrian. Sure she liked him, but he was still half older brother.
"You guys okay back there?" She laughed as Kanut covered his white muzzle with a large paw.

[Scars Mate]

'Yeah', Jamie said, grinning. Adrian shook his head disbelievingly.
'You girls... Honestly. Anyone would think you had a death wish!' Adrian said, laughing.
'Yeah, we do. That's exactly why we didn't stay at the house,' Jamie said sarcastically, elbowing her brother. He elbowed her right back, a little lower, causing her to squeal. Atka growled.
'Jeez, Atka. We're just playing!' Adrian laughed. 'You've get that dog of yours pretty well trained!'
'Yes I do!' She cooed, ruffling his white fur. 'Crazy fuzz ball!' She laughed.
'Your right about that!' Adrian said, grinning in exactly the same way as Jamie. She ignored him.
'Why can't I ever drive!' She moaned.
'Because you can't drive a British car, so there's no way I'm letting you even attempt driving this one!'
'You just think I'm gonna be better than you!'
'Shut up. We're nearly there.' Jamie shut up.

[Tacobell Lion]

SMACK! The sound of the punch against the boy's cheek was almost echoing. He stumbled back, but soon rethalliated with a swing. The fist just missed James' nose as he dodged the punch. James then ran forward and dove for the boy's legs. The boy felt himself flip over and his face smacked right into the hard concrete, making a loud cracking noise as his nose bent. He hollered in pain on the ground as James stood up, brushing some pebbles off of him. The crowd of young highschoolers around them cheered as James stood victorious.....again. The security started to show up and everyone dispersed quickly. James and his friends Zach and Kareem got out of the area before anyone else.

"You just have to get into a fight everywhere you go. Even at a street fest." Zach said, grinning.

James shrugged.

"Man, it was his fault. He purposely shoved me, just cuz we beat his team last week. Stupid Frank High."

Kareem chuckled at that. He scored the winning touchdown at that game. Jamal High-27 points, Frank High-21 points.

"Aight listen, don't say a word to Heather bout this. I don't think she knows bout the fight yet." James said.

"Don't worry, I saw it." Heather said, coming up from behind him.

James jumped a little when she came.

"But this one deserved it this time." James said, looking guilty. Kareem and Zach both were trying to hide their snickers. Heather came up face to face with James.

"Listen babe, I admire that you're only fighting in good conscience, but one of these times you're gonna get hurt. So please, just try to avoid these scruffs. For me?" She asked with a charming and beautiful smile.

"Ok. For you babe." James said as he hugged her, also kicking Zach in the shin as he chuckled out loud.

Kareem suddenly had a worried look on his face.

"Guys, look on your phones. My iPhone's giving me a warning about some invasion of hostiles. It's saying get to a near bomb shelter."

[Dark Huntress]

Tia pulled into the bomb shelter parking lot-one of the last open spaces. "Okay. Everyone get out of we are going to find an outlet to plug our stuff up to." She clicked to Kanut and grabbed onto his leash as she swung her backpack onto her shoulder and started for the shelter.
The shelter was dimly and crowded, pale concrete walls crowded with people, most of which frightened. Tia pushed through the crowd and found an opening in a wall by an outlet. She sat down and dug her power strip out of her backpack and plugged it into the wall. "Oof! You're too big." She grunted as Kanut sat on her lap.
She looked up, Jamie, Ade, and Atka were just nearing her. She gave them a small wave. "C'mon and sit down." She patted the cold concert floor next to here as a gesture. She smiled a little as Ade sat next to her. "Hey, Jamie." She whispered. "The guy two people two my left is REALLY hot." She grinned mischievously.

[Tacobell Lion]

Kareem's pickup truck (blue Ram) was packed with EVERYTHING. James was in the back with Zach and Heather was in the front with Kareem, who was driving. Kareem lived with James and his family since his mom died a while ago and his dad is a Marine who is stationed at a camp in Pakistan. Zach's parents are on a vacation in the Bahamas. James and Heather's parents are at work. They're all heading to the bomb-shelter in the town next to them.

"I really hope that this "invasion" doesn't cause to much trouble, you know?" Zach said kinda nervously.

"Yeah. I just hope my folks get to the shelter safely." James said. "I mean they work in the complete other direction."

"Don't worry man, they'll be ok." Kareem said.

They finally reached the town. According to the map, the shelter was supposed to be about 30 miles away.

"This traffic sucks." Kareem said. He then spotted a McDonalds up ahead. "Let's get some McDonalds guys. I'm starving."

Everyone agreed and they turned in at McDonalds. Surprisingly they were still open (probably thinking that this "invasion" thing was going to turn out to be fine) and they went through the drive through. After they got their food, they noticed a problem: the traffic turned into a traffic jam.

"Dang! Now how are we suppose to get into a lane now?" James exclaimed.

"We're just gonna have to go on the fields I guess. At least it's faster." Zach said.

"Yeah and illegal." Heather put in.

"Eh. We'll be fine. I mean the worse that can happen is that we get stopped." James said.

[Tacobell Lion]

The group went on and grinned at the angry people in the traffic jam as they sped away off the lanes. They finally reached downtown. A road block and some US soldiers were blocking the way to get in. They motioned for Kareem to stop the truck and get out. They all did as they said and were greeted by two soldiers.

"You guys know its illegal to drive off road right?" One of the soldiers asked.

James smiled slightly as he saw Heather giving an "I told you so" face at him. Just as Kareem was about to answer,

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! A massive explosion was heard towards the city. There suddenly appeared jets coming from the city's direction, but they weren't American jets.

[Scars Mate]

'Crap!' Jamie exclaimed, clutching Atka closer.
'They're close,' Adrian said sombrely. He looked darkly at Jamie.
'We're ok,' Jamie murmured, burying her face into Atka's fur. Adrian laid his hair against the wall. He didn't want the thought of -
'Where's Kyle?' Jamie suddenly blurted out. She took one look at Tia's face and went quiet. He would be fine. Just turn up a little later.
Jamie heard Atka whimper.
'There's another one coming.' She said darkly. They braced themselves.

[Dark Huntress]

Suddenly a loud harsh voice cried out. "Everyone please make your way in a neat orderly fashion to the roof of the bomb shelter. Please keep calm-NO ONE will be left behind so there is no hurry."
Tia stood with Ade and Jamie as the seated crowd stood and formed a line which moved slowly forward. About half an hour passed before it was their turn to climb up the steep stairs to the the roof where the lay few people who were in front of them were being loaded onto a chinook. Tia patted Kanut's pack in an attempt to comfort him. He was going ballistic, covered his ears with his paws and whining.
A few seconds later they learned why. A missile streaked out of the east and struck a building only a hundred feet away. Jamie shrieked and Tia closed her eyes. The soldiers who had been helping people onto the twin propellered helicopter started to tell them to lay down.
Tia patted Ade on the arm. "We need to go." She pulled Jamie's arm and trotted down the stairs, Kanut at her heels.