I killed a man today. I met up with Ben at the electrical plant shortly before noon. We were both in a good way as far as ammo was concerned but needed some food and other necessities before heading north into the wilderness. We decided it would be best to loot around Elektro before heading out. The zombie presence was light that afternoon and we had no problems slipping past the undead picket and into the deserted city streets. The church yielded up more ammo than we could carry and some food. The grocery store was more of the same though I found a m1911 in the back room and took it for my sidearm. We had just cleared the school when everything began to fall apart. I was shuffling my items from my basic pack to an improved ALICE pack I'd found on the ground floor when Ben started shouting at survivor across the street. The man had ducked into the cafe and would not respond to our calls. I moved forward to cover Ben if he decided to storm the cafe when a winchester slug took his head off. The now bandit had moved to an upstairs window and had a perfect view of our position. With my partner dead and no clue where the enemy was I beat a hasty retreat back inside the school and took up position in a second story window with a clear view of Ben's corpse. If the bandit tried to scavenge off my friend he would pay dearly. Minutes ticked by and more survivors decided to brave the city providing the bandit ample targets for sniping. He killed two and then things went very quiet. As time continued to pass I became nervous, I knew he knew I was there. I also knew he probably wasn't going to leave such a fertile hunting ground. But I had learned from the other survivor's mistakes, I wasn't about to run outside and give him another target. So I waited. It took fifteen minutes but eventually he came looking for me. When I heard his footsteps on the first floor I tucked myself into a corner of the room with some boxes between me and the only door. My 1911 leveled right where his head would be when he came inside. I wasn't disappointed. The bandit came in leading with the same Winchester that had killed Ben. He managed to fire one shot before I emptied my clip into him.
