Marcus attempted to sight the rotting features of a middle aged female as she weaved through the cars; hoping this time to down her in one shot rather than the two he had needed to take down the first zombie.  His finger was poised against the trigger; his breathing as calm as he could get it given the tenseness of the situation.  He was just about to pull the trigger when the front of her skull fragmented as a bullet tore through the back of her head before she crashed against the hood of the car, he winced at the sudden screech of the alarm; which only added to his momentary confusion.<br/><br/>He twisted round at the sound of a female voice behind them; his expression breathless as he encountered the sight of the marine in position on the back of the beat up pick up. Marcus was quietly impressed with the accuracy of both Jake and the female marine displayed and with it he was a little conscious of his own failings; Their training far outstripping the mental berating of his grandfather when it came to instilling the art of handling a deadly weapon in close quarter combat.<br/><br/>But these thoughts were quickly swept aside when his natural instinct for self preservation kicked in and at the insistence of them both he started to fall back, the barrel of his Remington bouncing off the front grill of an abandoned vehicle as he half jumped and half slid across the hood of one of the cars in his path<br/><br/>He flashed a grateful look towards the woman poised with the M16 nestled against her shoulder, though it was clear her attention was honed against the oncoming deadheads. Marcus pressed his back against the pickup, his shotgun braced against his chest; his eyes flitting to his companions; the remaining dead that were bearing down on them and any slight movement that caught his eye around the carpark in case it heralded a renewed attack.  Here, in open ground, they could come from anywhere and Marcus was conscious of the fact that the noise of gunfire and the cry of the car alarm could act like a beacon to any of the rotting undead still in the area.