ST - Infected AU - Baxter's Journey

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North: Uh... Baxter... run!!
[BAXTER AND NORTH TURN AROUND A START TO RUN BACK TO SOLAR AS GLEAM'S LIMBS EXTEND TOWARDS THE THREE OF THEM]
Solar: I'm sorry Gleam... *he pushed a button on the back of Chrome's head and shot a laser at the now infected Gleam, staggering her*
[GLEAM SLAMS HER ARMS AGAINST THE TREES AROUND HER, CAUSING THE STICKS AND BRANCHES TO FALL FROM THE TREES, ONE BRANCH LANDING ON BAXTER'S HEAD, KNOCKING HIM OUT COLD, THE LAST THING HE SAW BEFORE EVERYTHING GOING BLACK WAS NORTH GRABBING ONE OF HIS ARMS]

[THE GRASS SOFTLY CRUNCHED AS THE THREE WALKED THROUGH THE TREES]
Solar: Be careful. If Adora sees us, get down on the ground, she'll dive over us.
Baxter: What about Um-
North: His eyes glow white when he's near, and he can growl pretty softly if he's closer than comfortable.
Baxter: Okay... and why-
North: Solar doesn't want to hear his whole name.
[THE THREE NEARLY AVOID UMBRA AND ADORA NEARLY 20 TIMES WHEN NORTH SEES GLEAM]
North: There she is!
Baxter: Gleam!
[GLEAM TURNS HER HEAD TO FACE THE THREE]
Solar: Wait... something's not right...
North: It's just Gleam, what could be wrong?
Solar: She seems more... attentive than normal.
Baxter: When our friends are being infected like this, who isn't.
[NORTH AND BAXTER WALK TOWARDS GLEAM AS SHE SMILES WIDELY, HER LIMBS STRERCHING OUT TO THEM]

Baxter: And what was-
North: Umbra hunts on sound, Adora hunts on sight.
Baxter: Is that it?
North: Umbra's blind and Adora's deaf. So be silent around Umbra and don't get spotted by Adora.
[THE SOUND OF METAL CRUNCHING AND THE ROARING OF A BEAST FILL THE STREET AS CHROME'S HEAD IS THROWN FROM THE WOODS BEHIND NORTH]
North: Oh no...
Baxter: Does that mean that-
North: N-no... they shouldn't-
[UMBRA RUNS PAST NORTH AND BAXTER, FOCUSED ON THE ROAR, SOLAR CRAWLS OUT OF A LOG]
Solar: So... bad news...
North: Yeah, I can see that!
Baxter: Chrome is dead!
Solar: He's a robot, he's not dead. Adora ended up seeing Chrome and ripping him apart.
North: Where's Gleam!?
Solar: I don't know.
Baxter: We need to find her.
[SOLAR PICKS UP CHROME'S HEAD AND THE THREE WALK INTO THE WOODS]

Baxter: *walking down an empty street* Umbra!! Solar!! ... North!
[BRANCHES SNAPPING]
Baxter: *turns around* Hello?
[TWO GLOWING EYES PEER AT BAXTER]
Baxter: Uh...
[A LARGE BRANCH IS HURLED AT BAXTER, KNOCKING HIM BACK INTO A TREE, AN INFECTED UMBRA LUMBERS OUT AND MOVED TOWARD BAXTER]
Baxter: U-Umbra?!
[UMBRA MOVED CLOSER TO BAXTER, HIS NOW LARGE EARS PERKING UP AS A BALLON POPPED, CAUSING HIM TO RUSH TOWARDS THE SOUND]
Baxter: *slowly gets up* What happened to him? D-did that happen to... n-no, I can't think of that.
[A LIGHT SHINED IN BAXTER'S EYES]
???: Wait... Baxter?!
Baxter: W-who?
???: It's me, North. We were looking for you.
Baxter: "We?"
North: Solar, Gleam and Chrome. We've been looking for you and Blind since Umbra ans Adora got infected.