Worse Than the Disease IC

[Shoot Da Moon]

"Damn. Nothing. Let's head back."

Hoping that not finding the other attackers won't come back to bite the exiles later, Richard leads Bart back to the road, the Waffle House, and the other exiles.

Richard and Bart make their way back without getting attacked. Richard notices one of the Waffle House guards finish off a knocked-out attacker by holding him down and smothering him with his hands. The other guards make sure the slain raiders are really dead by grabbing axes and chopping them up. It is a slow and laborious process, the bodies are unnaturally durable. When the guards are stripping the attackers of their armor, Richard immediately notices how grossly mutated they are - their skin is harshly calloused, their eyes and mouths sport inhuman features, they have weirdly mismatched characteristics.

Tariq is used to his grenades doing more than causing some swearing. He is going to move closer to get a better view of the damage.

Tariq sneaks closer, hoping the explosions deafened the hostiles so they won't hear him coming.
Peeking inside, he sees and hears people in black clothes moving around the building, mostly out of sight. Despite the obvious blast damage wrecking the interior, he sees no bloodstains or gore like he would if someone suffered a conventional grenade hit in close quarters.
He figures there is a group of 6 attackers still inside the ruin, judging by the footsteps and talk.