Biking was dangerous, and Roger knew it, he stopped at the edge of this new town just off the highway, hesistating. This place looked rundown, and unkept. It had to be chock full of deadheads, he looked for a way around and spit seeing nothing but woods of both sides of it.<br/><br/>"Shit" was all he could muster to say, taking the bike down roads filled with stopped vehicles was not a smart plan, and while the buildings looked close enough together on the right hand side of the main road to move along the roofs, he wasn't so sure. He heard a deep thump about a mile back and jumped a little startled.<br/><br/>He stopped torn between venturing on the highway towards the sound, and heading into town. He paused trying to reason it out. Anyone he could cause an explosion that big is either dead, soon to be dead, or in control of the situation. He wouldn't be much help with one baseball bat, and in the worse case scenario he could well be caught on the freeway.<br/><br/>He turned heading into town cautiously, and waited any second for a mob to come devour him  but nothing happened. Just as he thought the fronts to almost all the stores were nothing more than shattered glass, though the hardware store held some promise, the glass was shattered true, but it had one of the thick metal fences that slid open and shut in front of the glass and door. I walked over parking my bike in front of the store kicking the kickstand down and looking at the fence, a thick padlock held the gate in place, it looked plenty battered but still held. I climbed the fence and pulled myself onto the roof, smiling when I saw the closed blue door presumebly leading below, I walked to the door and started beating on it with my bat, spending a few minutes, trying to break it down realizing there was just no way, I sighed slumping in defeat sweat trickling down my face before half heartedly turning the knob. The door slid open easily and I sat panting in disbelief a laugh leaving my throat.<br/><br/>I wandered down below, bat held tightly in my hands.