Okay, so this is my first story. I hope you enjoy it!
Toni Monetti- Argent
Jenn Lucky- Jinx
Jade Nguyen- Cheshire
Roy Harper- Speedy
Wally West- Kid Flash
Alain Brooks- Aqualad
Disclaimer: I do not own Teen Titans or any of the characters.
Fend For Yourself
It all started when a shipment of passion fruit from South America was delivered to Bridgeport, Connecticut. There had been an unknown spider species stowing away with the sweet produce. The government had the best Arachnologists come from all around the country to try and study the strange spider and it's odd behaviour. Before the Arachnologists had fully discovered the capability of the spider, it had bitten one of the workers. They had underestimated the strength of the spider's venom. The worker suffered what know doctor or expert had seen before. The symptoms included paling, bruising, mostly around the eyes, bloodshot eyes and splitting of the skin around the bite mark. It didn't take long after that for the infection to spread. After the worker was hospitalized, he made a miraculous recovery. Well, sort of… He attacked the two nurses and the doctor, biting into their flesh like a wild animal. From there it all went to hell.
The infection spread like wild fire in a dry field making its way through the whole town of Bridgeport. It was seen all over the news, some people started to panic but most people thought the government would put an end to it. Yeah, well, they thought wrong. Two days later, signs of the infection were reported as far as Ohio. The only information gave was that the government was on it but the message was clear the zombie apocalypse was on the rise and if something didn't stop it soon the nation would be eliminated.
It went from bad to worse when the infection hit across the water to London. From there it spread through cities and nations around the world. Reports were being spotted all around the world aside from Hawaii, Antarctica, Northern Canada, Alaska and other small islands near the Caribbean. For the first two weeks it seemed that the government had it relatively under control by collecting survivors and keeping them in army base camps stationed around the world that is until most of the camps were raided by the infected. Communication was lost between cities, countries and even nations. It had seemed that the world had gone to hell; the majority of the population were either dead or zombies. The few that were still alive were dwindling every day. Most cities were abandoned or infested with the walking dead. It seemed all hope was lost.
Five months later,Toni Monetti, age fifteen, ran down the aisles of a Wal-Mart, her two hand guns aimed at the pair of bloodied zombies that wore matching, torn Wal-Mart uniforms. Somehow, she didn't think the friendly 'welcome to Wal-Mart, how may I help you?' slogan didn't apply to them anymore. With a pull of the trigger, the gun fired two bullets that pierced through the zombie's skull. The young girl straitened herself up and proceeded to pile as much supplies into her backpack as it could carry, sweeping can after can of whatever she could grab off the shelves.
Toni was a girl of average height, with shoulder length black hair and dyed red side bangs. She came from a wealthy background and was used to wearing silk and cashmere but was reduced to rags and stolen department store clothing when the zombie apocalypse occurred. She had watched silently from the stairs, choking back tears as zombies raided her mansion and savagely butchered both her parents. Toni had barely managed to escape with her faithful maid that had cared for her when she was young and reckless. Together they had survived the first month of the apocalypse travelling from city to city in search for other survivors. Later on they had met up with an aged couple that reminded Toni of her parents. The couple agreed to let them stay at their house and they did for two weeks before it was infiltrated and the couple was killed. Toni and her maid set off looking for a place to stay and possibly other survivors. They continued to do this until three weeks after Toni's maid was killed when she set out searching for supplies, leaving Toni to fend for herself. Weeks later, here she was, robbing Wal-Mart to survive.
Toni sighed; disgusted with herself for having to steal but really, it's not stealing if there is nobody alive to own the store. Placing her gun safely back into her pocket, she grabbed her bag and headed towards the entrance of the store.
Wally, Roy and Alain were playing video games in Roy's apartment when the building was attacked. Although Roy was reluctant to leave behind the Xbox, the boys fled down the fire escape to where an armoured military vehicle was gathering survivors while men shot at the zombies who were stumbling and crawling towards the vehicle. The boys made it in safely and were taking to a base camp just outside of the city. They felt safe protected by the military soldiers. The safe feeling they had was short lived when zombies assaulted the base. While chaos was reaching havoc around the camp Wally, Alain and Roy slipped out of the camp, stealing weapons off of dead soldiers on their way out.
They now lived in what used to be Alain's house. They barricaded the windows and doors with old bookshelves and other furniture. The house may not have been perfect but it had gotten them this far.
"I'm hungry." Wally complained, for the fifth time that day. They had run out of food a day ago and all three of them were putting off stepping outside for as long as possible.
"Oh, shut up, West." Roy snapped. Wally had gotten on Roy's last nerve with his appetite, lately. Wally crossed his arms and pouted like a child, and to add to his childish behaviour Wally stuck out his tongue at Roy. Roy simply rolled his eyes.
Alain, being the peace-keeper in the group tried to reassure Wally. "Wally, we can go out for food tomorrow." None of them voiced the thought that ran through all their heads. They might not all come back.
Jenn and Jade were the best of friends since they first met in third grade. They were both together when the infection hit town. Of all places, they were at the mall when a woman screamed and military soldiers stormed in, shooting into the crowd of people. Jenn and Jade fled the scene and have been on the run ever since. Neither of them has talked to any civilized people, Jade's parents or Jenn's mother since. They were currently residing in a rundown house in an abandoned neighbourhood in the outskirts of town. There was a convenience store nearby where they had gotten their supplies from and they found some weapons inside a tipped over, abandoned army vehicle. They were just on their way to the convenience store to make another food trip when Jade stopped Jenn.
"Shh! Do you hear that?" Jade asked Jenn cautiously, her head turning towards a darkened alleyway. Jenn looked at Jade with a worried look when Jade slowly started making her way towards the alley.
"Are you freaking insane! Odds are if there's something in there… It's not friendly!" Jenn hissed furiously at the other girl. Jade ignored Jenn's warning and continued into the alley. Jenn slowly crept towards the entrance of the alley, gun raised, ready to shoot anything other than Jade that slithered out of the alley. "Jade!" She whispered with a concerned tone.
"It's a kitty!" Jade yelled, gleefully. Jenn walked into the alley a little bit more to get a better look at this 'kitty'. Jenn jumped back when she heard Jade screaming. "Not a kitty, not a kitty, not a kitty!" Jade hid behind Jenn pointing at the darkness as a white, ragged, ugly cat-zombie pulled itself from out behind a garbage bin.
"Kill it! Kill it! Shoot it in the face!" Jade yelled in Jenn's ear. Jenn rolled her eyes and calmly shot the creature in the head. Jenn turned to Jade.
"Happy now? You probably attracted the whole city with your screaming!" Jenn stated cynically.
"Ha ha… Sorry?" Jade said. After that was said a low moaning could be heard from up the street. Five or so zombies limped their way towards the girls.
Jenn turned to shoot the monsters and killed three of them before her gun made a clicking sound, signalling she was out of ammo. "Shit," Jenn cursed under her breath." Probably shouldn't have used it up on that dumb cat." Jenn admitted before turning to her companion. "We might want to run now." They started their way up the side walk when they heard to gun shots coming from behind them.
Both girls turned to look behind them, searching for what had shot the zombies. "Wha-?" Jenn started to say but stopped when she glanced at Jade. Jade's eyes had lightened up noticeably. Jenn looked in the direction of where Jade was looking and froze. "Aw, crap."