Hey. I'm Joshua. And I have been through more than you probably have. Until I managed to reset the universe (with only me remembering anything that happened) I was one of the only surviving people in the Monster Apocalypse.
Maybe I should back up a bit. Let me explain how it all started.
NOTE: At the end of each chapter, I will give a description of characters.
NOTE 2: I will try to make every chapter represent one day. Except for time that I skip. Because I will skip periods of time.
MONSTER HUNTERS
By Joshua
CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTIONS
So, apparently, some idiot scientists made a chemical similar to the Ooze in TMNT 2 (the original). They decided to inject different animals with it and see what happened.
You can probably see where this is going.
(Just FYI, the scientists apparently had Aspergers, had an extreme form of ADHD, and lacked any form of acumen, the ability to make good decisions. While they could solve just about any problem given to them, they could not be left to their own devices or disaster would strike. Clearly someone had left them alone. I have NO IDEA how they managed to get degrees in Science. That's like The Penetrator becoming a gynecologist.
Actually, no. The Penetrator being a gynecologist makes a weird sort of sense.
And yes. If you're wondering, The Penetrator will appear in this.)
This ooze was not EXACTLY like the ooze in TMNT 2, however. It was radioactive and caused random mutations. For instance, one dog became an impossible wild beast, and another of the same breed became a superintelligent 50-foot creature named Dori.
Some humans got mutated, too, and caused all kinds of problems. Other humans were apparently immune. I did not understand why only humans had a gene that gave them immunity until I realized: they didn't. Humans were the intelligent creatures; we had science. I mean, maybe dolphins have their own thing, but I'm not sure. The point is, the other creatures that got mutated ate the non-human ones. The humans had been fighting back and using medicines, so now all of the monsters were wary of us. The humans were surprisingly lucky.
Some monsters were nice, like Dori and Gizmo.
Others. . . not so much. I still have nightmares about the Body Slugs. And when they crawled out of my friend's body, I cried. I cried so hard. Fortunately, we. . .
But I'm getting off topic. I know what you're wondering: where was I on the day that it all started?
At school. Where else?
I still remember it like it was yesterday. . . which, I guess, in a weird way, it was. It all went bad on Thursday, March 10th, 2016. That was the day of the attack.
I had just gotten off of the bus getting to school. I was talking with my friends, like I usually do. Did. Will do. Never did. It's hard to explain this. I'll explain it as if I'm recording this as it happens.
"Just another usual day," I think to myself.
Suddenly, there's a lot of screaming and an explosion right behind me.
I turn around and see a giant clawed foot where my bus used to be. This giant clawed foot is attached to an animal that looks like a cross between a hawk and an elephant. But a lot bigger. And on its hind legs. Sort of like a hawk's claws had been grafted onto an elephant with gigantic human hands, and the resulting creature had been mutated. Wait. . . wasn't there something about a hawk/elephant cross that had turned out to be carniv. . .
A very loud noise causes me to lose my train of thought.
Looking back, I was a total idiot there. Running away from the monster, I trip. I get stomped on by other people.
The monster picks me up. Great, I think to myself. I can't even last for a full minute in a monster apocalypse.
Okay, fine. My thoughts are more like, AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
But very quickly, I realize something. I brought my really sharp pencil to school today!
I somehow manage to pull it out of my pocket. I stab this monster in the pinkie. . . or, what I THINK is a pinkie. This creature isn't really humanoid.
"AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" the monster yells. Man, what did this guy have for breakfast? Dead skunks?
I don't have much more time for thinking. The monster has dropped me and I hit the ground, hard. Justin, one of my friends, helps me up. Daniel, Justin, Jaylon, Chris, Joseph, and I all start running. I see another friend of mine, Jack.
"COME ON, JACK!" I yell.
He turns around and sees me. He's a long-distance runner - good person to have on your team in an apocalypse. He starts running in our direction.
I suddenly see the girl who I like: Mhairi. She's standing there, almost freaking out. Suddenly, what looks like a zombie comes up behind her!
"Watch out, Mhairi!" I yell, throwing a pencil that I just found on the ground.
It somehow hits the zombie, and it is distracted from her. She looks over at me, and her eyes widen.
Jack catches up with us, and we start running. I would like to go back for Mhairi, but we can't. I sigh to myself. Maybe she'll find us.
"Daniel's house!" I manage to yell. It's the closest.
"But we'll need to go around the school!" says Daniel.
I don't answer and instead bust into the school through some random window. As I run through a science lab, I see a dissecting kit on a table. Well, several. I grab about twelve and keep running. Justin almost laughs; he knows what I have in mind.
We bust out through the front of the school and keep running. Daniel's house IS the closest, but that doesn't mean that it's not far away. FINALLY we get to Daniel's house.
We run inside, and I look around. I've never actually been to Daniel's house. "So, what now?" I ask. "Pick up Brook to make sure that she's okay?"
Suddenly, Mhairi bursts in the door. She sees me and says "I followed you because I saw that you had a group and a group is probably a good idea. Plus, you were the only person out there who I really knew." She realizes that she is the only girl in the room. She sort of squeezes herself into the corner.
"Don't worry, it's fine," I say. "But. . . do we know anybody who can drive? We need to get Brook."
Daniel smiles. "I like that you care about me."
"What?" ask Mhairi and Jack. They've never heard of Brook. Understandable.
I try to explain quickly. "Daniel's girlfriend. She lives in Texas. We might want to drive there instead of walking."
Daniel laughs a little bit. "JUST maybe," he says.
I think of something. "Oh, while we're stopped. . ." I pull out the dissecting kits.
Justin laughs. "Please don't, Joshua. You're crazy enough already." He knows what I'm going to do: use the scalpels as weapons. He had this idea, and applied it to me.
I smile. "No, I think that this is good. It will work. Also, I have a big walking stick at my house that I could break in half to use as a blade. Or two blades. Whatever works."
I quickly run, get the walking stick, and run back.
Mhairi and Jack are a little bit horrified, but Jaylon, Daniel, and Justin are all cool with it. They're used to this attitude: Survival is most important, no matter the cost.
"Who knows how to drive?" I ask.
Emma busts down the door. "There are fucking zombies out there!" she yells. She looks around, surprised to see so many people. "I thought that I heard your voices in here," she says. "Did you ask who knows how to drive?"
"Uh, yes. Why? Can you?"
"Yes."
"Alright! Then let's steal that random white van across the street and leave for Texas!"
Suddenly, there is a huge bark right behind us. I turn around, thinking that Gizmo (Daniel's dog) can't possibly be big enough to bark that loudly. Instead of Gizmo, I see. . . well. . . a mutant Gizmo. He's about five feet tall, and he is slobbering a lot.
I hear Daniel speaking. "That's just Gizmo," he says.
"Daniel?" I say.
"What, Joshua? You know who Gizmo is!"
"Daniel."
"Anyways, we need to go and. . ."
"DANIEL!"
"WHAT?" he asks, turning around. Then he stops. His mouth drops open. "Holy shit," he says.
"What's wrong?" everybody asks, turning around.
Suddenly, nobody can speak. Gizmo lunges forward and I, with my mouth still hanging open, hold out a scalpel so that Gizmo can't get any nearer. Gizmo instead goes to Daniel and licks him. Everywhere. Daniel is soon all wet. Fortunately, it woke him up.
And just in time, too. There is a stomping noise outside. Daniel looks. . .
"OH MY FUCKING SHIT!" he yells.
I manage to look. It's a mutant dog, too. But a different type. It's brown and white. The original breed of dog was probably a Liver-and-White English Springer Spaniel. . . wait. That's the breed of my dog.
"DORI?" I yell hopefully. The 50-foot, overly muscular, furry monstrosity barks happily. It kneels down and says, "Yes. It is me."
"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" I yell.
"Please, do not curse," says my dog in a British accent.
"NO! I WILL CURSE AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!" I yell.
"I know," she says normally. "I have heard you before through all of these years."
"Oh, sorry. I didn't know that you could hear me."
Suddenly, there's a roar. Zombies!
"GUYS! RUN!"
Everybody runs across the street and gets to the van. We open it up. Nobody is inside, so we pile in. It won't start. Everybody is screaming and praying now as zombies pound on the van. Suddenly, Gizmo barks so loudly that my eardrums seemingly get shattered, and then silence. No zombies. But then, the side of the van jumps. Once. Twice. Three times. My hearing starts to come back, and I begin to hear a light thumping noise. It's coming from the side of the van. Daniel opens the door, and Gizmo climbs in. I call to Dori and ask her to come with us, feeling like I'm in a dream. Dori agrees.
Emma starts driving the big white van to Texas. We are on our way.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS - CHAPTER ONE
FRIENDLY-
Joshua - Wild Card, Rogue. Has a lot of different personality aspects that change his actions. If he goes berserk, he will use the scalpels as weapons. He can use guns, he can act as a medic, he can hack pretty well, and many other things. Hence, he's a "Wild Card". MAGIC SPECIALTY - Eleminity.
Justin - Ninja, Ranged, and Demolitions Expert. MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Daniel - Jack of all Trades. He can use any previously discovered fighting style perfectly, but can only use one at a time. For now. . . ; MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Jaylon - The main black guy. Berserk and . Usually very calm, falling-asleep-in-class type. But, if he gets stressed, his Berserk side shows. MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Joseph - The second black guy. _ and _. MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Jack - Jack of All Trades. He has a jacket full of stuff. Alone, it doesn't weigh much. With all of the stuff that is currently in it, however? Somewhere around 5 pounds. Hacker/Engineer, for sure. MAGIC SPECIALTY - Unity.
Mhairi (pronounced like "Vah-ree") - Frodite, Magic. Sorry, I had to. Hey, I'm in love with her. She's pretty hot. And awesome. And she likes fantasy stuff. Boom. MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Emma - Leech (Borderlands Reference!) and Demolitions Expert. MAGIC SPECIALTY - .
Chris - Tall black guy. Just there because he's a friend of mine and decided that he needed a group. And he rides my bus.
ENEMIES-
Mutahawkphant - Mutated Hawk/Elephant cross. Monster king.
Zombies - Duh. The dead who have risen and are now walking around, but more in a horror-movie-way than a Jesus way.