Session twenty one: Tyrone was right

PCs:
Debbie: A young woman who worked in marketing, from Arizona, accomplished with a knife
Courtney: A wealthy New York business man
Tyrone: An IT professional with a startling propensity for violence
O'Neal: A ship's engineer, dangerous with a wrench
Peter: A Russian with a lot of tattoos, ghostlike in the forest
d'Artagnan: Musketeer and hero. Died at the Siege of Maastricht in 1673
Agent Ahab: Secret Service agent. Very very angry.
Jake: Of Jake's Gun World

NPCs of note:
Dave Brewer: Leader of motorcycle gang, the Ghost Riders
Timothy and Samantha Hickman: Father and daughter. Samantha is very sick.
Mary-Lou Phillips: NASCAR driver. Has been in shock since the cruise has only just now come out of it.
Corporal Hauser: Previously and briefly in charge of all armed forces around Jacksonville
Major Morgan: In charge of half of the forces of Jacksonville before it fell 
Jake Lewis: Mayor of Dalesbury
Jacob Lewis: Doctor of Dalesbury


The group take the soldiers back to town and there is immediate tension. Mayor Lewis is clearly unhappy to have them around and demands they leave. After much shouting a peace is brokered and the troops are allowed to stay but only for 48 hours. Ahab sees the mayor and his men acting suspiciously and follows them. He overhears them discussing the issue with the soldiers arrival, mentioning that they've worked too hard to be discovered now and how no-one else is to be taken until the soldiers are gone. Ahab is busted listening in but manages to talk his way out of it.
Jake tries to find out what's really going on in town and after a while is approached by the wife of the previous mayor. She tells him that her husband was murdered by the mayor and his brother and then begs Jake to get her and her children out of town. Jake is then taken from her house and given a savage beating. Jake is saved by the town sheriff who backs up the story Jake has just heard but says he won't move against the mayor.
The group then discovers the newly arrived soldiers and the mayor's men at each others throats. Morgan has declared that his men will take over patrol duties and the mayor is resisting. Debbie intervenes and, for her troubles, is placed in charge of the nights patrol, comprising half mayor's men and half soldiers. During the patrol they are almost overrun a couple of times, mainly due to the squabbling between the two groups.
Nearing the main road back to Jacksonville the group spies a vast zombie horde heading towards town.


The time is 10pm, 31st of January.