Greetings from ZombieLand, everybody! You all already know about the four-person dream team, –Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock –right? Well guess what? They're not the only survivors! Meet the Powells:
Diana
Nickname: "Pockets"
Age: 19
Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan
Appearance: 5'4", 150 lbs. Brown hair, green eyes. Pale skinned. Black bandanna; tie-dye peace-sign tee; grey long-sleeved hoodie with pockets; black cargo pants; and hiking boots. Always carries a backpack.
Strengths: Practical thinker; Melee weapons and small firearms; Able to last long stretches on little/no sleep; Street-smart; Zombie-smart.
Weaknesses: Raspberry Zingers and Venom
Weapons of choice: The Deuce (2 ft long, 2 handed machete, back-sheathed) and 2 S&W 9mms (handguns, 15 round mags, thigh-holstered).
Relations: Spencer Powell, A.K.A "Phelps" (Brother)
Basic info: Diana has prepared for Z-Day since day one. She's completely obsessed with horror movies, so she knows just about everything there is to know in order to survive ZombieLand. She and her brother, Spencer, were living with their mother (their parents divorced when they were 6 and 4, respectively) when the virus broke out. Since mom worked for the local hospital, she had the misfortune of getting infected, and consequently, almost killed her kids upon coming back from work that day. Diana was the one to put her down –the siblings never talk about it.
She, like Tallahassee, has a weakness for snack foods; the Raspberry Zinger is her Twinkie. And like Columbus, Venom energy drinks are her Mountain Dew. She's an insomniac by nature, having doubled up on coffee and Venom since the age of 14, so her eyes have adapted to working well in low light and even pitch darkness; meaning she travels just as well by night as by day. It also means she can go for up to a full 24 hours without sleep and still function normally, albeit occasionally getting the shakes.
Diana is not only obsessed with horror films (and films in general), but with music as well. She carries her iPod with her at all times, and charges it whenever and wherever possible –she even has a special "Zombie Slayer" playlist programmed in specifically for times when she has to bash-and-slash some meat-munchers. It's her ass-kicking soundtrack.
She wasn't always a badass, though; Diana was the weird kid in high-school who always had her nose in a book, and only had a few close friends. But having to kill her own mother and knowing her friends were all psychotic cannibals turned her into a different person –tough, practical, and fearless. She can now decapitate a zombie without batting an eyelash, and her humor –sarcastic and witty to begin with –has taken on a darker tone to suit her new environment. She hasn't wholly lost herself to ZombieLand, but bits and pieces of her have disappeared along the way. But, being aware of this, she tries to hold on to some of her old habits –like reading and music –to keep what's left of her soul and mind, or else she knows she'll go completely insane.
Spencer
Nickname: "Phelps"
Age: 17
Hometown: Dearborn, Michigan
Appearance: 6'1", 165 lbs. Brown hair, green eyes. Pale skinned. Red Wings cap; Poison tee; red long-sleeved pull-over; khaki cargo pants; running shoes. Wears a 10-pocket tactical vest.
Strengths: Boy Scout survival skills; long range firearms and blunt weapons; Athlete; Good wheel-man; Book-smart.
Weaknesses: Short temper
Weapons of choice: Shotgun (12 gauge, handheld at all times) and "Opportunity Weapons" (ordinary objects he finds that can be used for defense/offense).
Relations: Diana Powell, A.K.A "Pockets" (Sister)
Basic info: Spencer used to be as different from his sister, Diana, as day is from night. She was always quiet and thoughtful; he was loud and proud. She was used to taking the back seat; he always took charge. She never liked conflict; he never backed down from a fight. Even though he was two years her junior, he always seemed to act more like her older brother than her younger.
That is, until ZombieLand.
You see, Spencer was the kind of guy who, like his sister, enjoyed a good zombie flick –unlike his big sis, however, he never considered the possibility that something like that could actually happen. So you could imagine his surprise when he found out that the walking dead had stopped existing only in the movies, and had started to pop up in real life.
What sucks about that is; the first zombie he ever saw? It was his mom. Needless to say, that didn't end very well for either him or Di –or their mother, come to that. They lost their only (active) parent, and Mom? She lost her head –literally.
Talk about scarred for life.
Since that day, neither of them have mentioned their mother if they can help it –sometimes they forget, or they just can't take her not being there, and they recall happier memories of a time before they became the co-mayors of Fuck Ville. But for the most part, they just try to focus on living one day at a time, and staying mobile, never staying in one place too long. They usually drive, taking it in shifts, and bedding down on the seats of whatever car or truck they're using at the moment. Spencer is the better driver of the two, even though neither of them ever went to Driver's Ed; they could never afford the classes. Not that those little things –like traffic laws –really matter now, anyway. There's nobody around to care in ZombieLand.
When they have to, though, they're both good for hoofing it. Before Z-Day, Diana had always made a habit of walking everywhere, and Spencer had been a triple-threat sports star for their local high school. He was a defensive lineman for the JV football team, ran track and field, and was one of the fastest butterflyers on the swim team –hence the name, "Phelps". Because of this, he's in top physical condition, and so fits rather well into his new (albeit forced) lifestyle.
As far as killing zombies goes, Spencer takes to it like a redneck to Deer Season. He started out in the Boy Scouts as a Cub, and over the years, as he made his way through the ranks, they taught him how to handle everything from bows and arrows to rifles. Camping, hunting, fishing, extreme-condition survival skills; you name it, he knows it. And it's this knowledge in particular that comes in rather handy when you have nobody to depend on but yourself and whoever you see fit to lay your trust with –which, you'll find in Z-land, is a very short list of people. So far, the only one on his list is Diana, and only because (a. they're family, and (b. he has no one else.
As far as the two of them know, they're the only right-minded people left on the planet…
…Or are they?