Final story to share this continuous storyline. I hope you like it.
About a year after Cartman left South Park, many cities all around the world started to "go dark". The people there just stopped communicating and, once the surrounding people went to check on them, all they found were their remains, as well as the whole city burned to the ground. Everyone was frightened, not only because this was happening in every country around the world, but because there weren't any signs that anything was wrong, until the surrounding people found the trail of destruction. The fire didn't release any smoke, the people didn't leave any sort of markings behind... There wasn't even any indication that they had tried to run away. It was as if they had let themselves be killed. Soon, entire countries had already been wiped off the map.
Once the people started realizing what was going on, panic spread through the streets like wildfire – Satan was back, stronger than ever, and he was taking over the world. With his secret revealed, Satan stopped "playing nice" and increased the attacks on humanity, making no effort to try to hide his attacks.
Slowly but surely, every country surrendered to the dark lord, until only a few pockets of resistance were left. However, they didn't have the means for a full-scale rebellion, as more and more demons escaped from Hell. All they could do was try to survive on their own, whilst relying on each other for support.
Due to their past experiences with Satan, South Park was one of the last towns to fall. In fact, it was now being rebuilt, as the remaining citizens killed or expelled the demons, zombies and other monsters that still dwelled within the small town.
Unfortunately, although they had started fighting back, many people had already been lost. The first to die were the elderly, too weak to even handle the situation without suffering heart attacks and strokes. Many of the middle aged citizens of South Park also died, trying to save their children, although they just ended up leaving them alone in the world. Worse yet, some parents had to bury their children, as they had been unable to save them.
Stan's parents and sister were part of the former group. They had all died during the first wave of demonic attacks, which decimated half of the population of South Park. Thankfully, Aaron was too young back then to remember it.
Of course, Stan wasn't the only one to lose family members. Both Kenny and Kyle had lost their mothers, Wendy had lost her father, Bebe's parents had lost her, Butters had lost both of his parents... Everyone had lost someone they cared about to the many monsters that now roamed the world.
Stan woke up in the middle of the night after a series of particularly unpleasant nightmares about the death of his family. He was still blaming himself for his family's death, even though everyone assured him that it wasn't his fault.
If it hadn't been for Aaron, Stan probably would've tried to get himself killed along with his family.
"I'm glad I got you out of there in one piece... You're all I have left, little bro."
With that thought in mind, Stan went back into his bed and cried himself to sleep, as he had been doing for nearly a year now.
Stan was still asleep when Kenny and Kyle finally woke up. They had a large tent for themselves, since they liked sleeping together, although the group had some smaller spare tents.
Kenny: Hey there, Kyle.
Kyle: Hey... How are you feeling today?
Kenny: I just woke up, but the fact that you ask makes me happy already.
Kyle: I'm glad... Hey, what time is it?
Kenny: ...About 7 AM. I'm guessing we still have an hour before the others wake up and decide to start moving.
Kyle: That's good.
Kyle sighed and lied down on Kenny, which made the latter smile. He didn't know how Kenny could smile after all that had happened, but he was just glad that he could. Stan, on the other hand, only smiled when he was around Aaron. It was the only thing that could make him happy nowadays.
Butters was even worse. After his parents died, he had completely changed, not unlike Stan had when he joined the Goth Kids. The only thing that kept him going was his anger. All the years of repressed anger had finally been released, since his parents were no longer there to repress it. His anger was so great that his friends were afraid to even talk to him, lest he snapped and started hitting them, or worse, got himself killed. Unfortunately, that just made the problem worse. Although Butters knew his friends were afraid of him and wouldn't dare say anything if he tried to make everyone else obey him, he never took advantage of it. They knew that this meant that there was still a part of him in there, keeping him in check. Keeping him alive.
An hour later, just like Kenny had guessed, everyone was awake and almost ready to move. About a month ago they had successfully sealed off the town from all the demons, zombies, ghouls, etc, so now all they had to do was get rid of the remaining monsters. However, they needed to stay moving, as the they were always trying to find and kill them.
Kenny: Come on, Kyle. We gotta move.
Kyle: Hang on... OK, done. Let's go.
The group, composed of Butters, Kyle, Kenny, Ike, Stan, Wendy, Wendy's mother, Aaron, Token, Token's father and Kyle's father, started wandering aimlessly through the town, trying to find resources such as food, water, clothes, armor, weapons... Anything that could help them survive.
Butters and the adults were walking at the front, as the former thought that he had nothing left to lose, while the latter thought that they had to protect the children. Of course, the children didn't like being treated as such, although nobody told Butters what to do. At least not anymore.
Stan stayed with Aaron and Ike in the middle, for obvious reasons, while Kyle, Kenny, Wendy and Token stayed in the back.
The whereabouts of many of the residents of South Park were unknown, such as Mephisto, Kevin (his assistant/son), Kenny's siblings, most of the people who worked at the school, etc. Although they hadn't been found, despite the group's best efforts, some still had hope that they were alive.
Token: Stop! I hear something...
The whole group froze and looked frantically around, trying to find out who, or what, was out there. Hearts started racing as the barely audible footsteps became louder until, finally, a group of two humans came out of the shadows. Kenny immediately recognized his sister and his brother and ran to them, leaving the group exposed.
Kyle: Kenny! Get back here!
Token: Quiet!
Kenny didn't care. He hadn't seen his siblings in a long time; he had even started wondering if they were dead. He missed them.
His siblings also ran to him and all three shared a big hug mixed with tears of joy, before a large demon started flying over their heads. Once they heard its piercing cry, they ran back to the rest of the group. The reunion would have to wait.
Once the sun had finally set, the group started unfolding their tents and building a makeshift fence around themselves for protection. As usual, they set up more tents than they needed to, just in case they were attacked during the night. The extra tents, they thought, would make it harder to attack the "right" ones.
Tonight, it was Kenny, Kyle, Token and Stan's turn to guard the "camp". However, Kenny wanted to talk to his siblings alone before that.
Kenny: How are you guys?
Kevin: We're alright, Kenny.
Kenny: ...Karen?
Kevin: She hasn't said anything since...
Kenny: ...I see.
Kyle waved at Kenny from outside; they had to take the first shift, and soon. Kenny hugged his siblings once again and left.
Kyle: How are they?
Kenny: Kevin's fine, but Karen's...
Kyle: Karen's what?
Kenny: She's not talking anymore.
"I hope she's alright."
With that, Kenny and Kyle also stopped talking. Although their love for each other was as strong as ever, they had to forget about that and worry about everyone else. Of course, that didn't stop the occasional glances or random flirting.
As usual, nobody had attacked the group during the night. They were able to sleep peacefully. Although they were getting used to being able to sleep soundly, they still took precautions. They didn't want to be caught off-guard and killed, or worse.
Kyle: Ken, wake up.
Kenny: Hmm...
Kyle: Kenny!
Kenny: What?
"Hey, it's not my fault you're so lazy. We've been doing this for months now; you should be used to it."
Kyle: It's time to start moving. Come on.
"Guard duty sucks ass..."
Like the day before, the group started wandering around South Park, getting rid of everything supernatural along the way.
Although they didn't want to admit it to themselves, most of them were losing hope. They had sealed the town, but what did that actually accomplish? Without external resources, eventually, they would die anyway. Even if they managed to grow everything they needed, they would still die. They were too few to do anything about the fact that a very large portion of the world's population had been wiped out. They were fighting a losing battle, and they knew it.
Kyle: Kenny, are you alright?
"Not really... I feel like crap."
The group stopped for a brief moment while Kyle checked on Kenny. Kyle placed his hand on Kenny's forehead and noticed that his boyfriend had a very high fever. Once Kenny saw the look on Kyle's face and realized that he was about to say something to the rest of the group, he just grabbed his hand, gave it a light kiss and whispered not to tell anyone about anything.
Unaware of Kenny's situation, the group kept on going until nightfall. Tonight, it was the adults' turn to guard, along with Butters. Kenny was lying on his "bed" next to Kyle, who was still very concerned for him.
Kyle: We should talk to someone. Your fever hasn't improved since this morning.
Kenny: I'm fine, Kyle. A little fever isn't going to stop me.
Obviously, Kyle wasn't convinced. His concerned look was almost frightening to Kenny, because it made him wonder just how bad it really was. Unlike Kyle, however, Kenny was able to hide it. Seeing that his boyfriend wasn't going to let him tell anyone, Kyle decided to change the subject of the conversation.
Kyle: So... Do you think Cartman's still alive?
Kenny: Fuck no. He was probably killed by the zombies. Remember, the fatties and idiots go first.
Kyle: ...Sometimes I wonder why he left South Park in the first place. If he had been here...
Kenny: Do you... miss him?
Kyle: No... Kinda... All this time without him just made me realize that maybe he wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Kenny was starting to feel uncomfortable because of this conversation.
What if Kyle really did have feelings for Cartman and he had just stood in their way? What if Cartman was the one who was right for Kyle? After all, if it hadn't been for Cartman's knowledge of Kyle, their relationship probably wouldn't have survived in the first place. Worse yet, Kenny hadn't told Kyle why Cartman had left South Park (and, in fact, denied any knowledge of the situation). But maybe now it was time that he told the truth.
Kenny: ...I know why Cartman left South Park.
Kyle: What?
Kenny: He told me... He told me that he was in love with you, but that he couldn't stand seeing you with me, so he left. He said he didn't want to be in pain anymore.
Kyle: ...You told me you didn't know anything about this.
Kenny: I'm sorry... I just never really thought that-
Kyle: That I might want to know why a guy we've known for almost our whole lives had suddenly decided to leave?
"I never thought you'd care... Or maybe I was afraid you'd care too much."
Kyle: First it was the thing with your dad, then Valentine's Day, now this. Why do you keep hiding things from me?
Kenny lowered his head in shame and, although Kyle knew what Kenny was feeling at the moment, he still grabbed his boyfriend's clothes and threw them to him. Kenny raised his head to ask what that was all about, but Kyle simply pointed to the entrance, and Kenny understood what he meant.
Even though it was the end of the world, Kyle was still able to act as if everything was normal. Kenny didn't know it, but he was the reason why Kyle was able to do this. Without him, Kyle would have fallen apart a long time ago.
He had told Kenny to find another tent to sleep in tonight. Kenny knew better than to argue, so he got dressed and quietly slipped into one of the many empty tents, whereupon he got into the sleeping bag in said tent and started thinking. He was wondering why Kyle had kicked him out in the way that he had. It was like a woman telling her husband to sleep on the couch, which was an extremely awkward situation for Kenny. However, he just let everything go and fell asleep a few minutes later. He would have to take care of this thing with Kyle in the morning.
Kenny woke up to the sound of gunfire and the alarm the boys had made. He grabbed the first weapon he could get his hands on and ran out of the tent just in time to see Kyle being taken away by the same flying demon that had flown over their heads when his siblings first appeared.
Kyle: KENNY!
Kenny didn't waste any time screaming; he aimed his weapon and started shooting the demon until he felt weak and collapsed on the ground. Everyone else kept shooting at all the monsters around them and, once they were gone, ran to Kenny to help him. Some of them put him back in the tent that he had spent the night in, while the others rebuilt their makeshift fence and defended themselves against any additional monsters. Much to Kenny's anger and disappointment, they hadn't even bothered to try to save Kyle. Kenny wanted to ask why they had given up on Kyle so soon and to tell them to go after him, but he was too weak, and passed out instead.
I'll start the second chapter in a while.
Small note: I have about three concepts in my head right now; at least two full stories should be created from them (after I finish this one, obviously).