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Rated T for some description of injuries.
Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan were recording for their channel, Game Grumps one day. They were playing a game, as Game Grumps normally do, and Ross, Barry, and Suzy were playing their own game, this time for fun. Matt and Ryan, who had their own channel, SuperMega, were over to edit videos, and were watching the news with Brian. Brian's young daughter, Audrey, was sitting along with them. It was a normal day, and actually a pretty good one. Arin and Dan were about to finish a series, for once, Matt and Ryan were getting pretty good at editing, and Audrey almost said her first word. Everything was fine and dandy until there was an interruption on the news. It had never been done before, but the President of the United States had used the Emergency Alert System to break news. The message before hand clearly stated that this was NOT a test. When the President came on, it appeared to be the Vice President, panicked, the President busy unpacking, this quite literally having been the first thing that happened.
"Um..." The Vice President, Bo Elyria, said over the speaker, before the outgoing, but not yet replaced Secretary of State took over.
"Hello America." The Secretary of State said to a now very scared nation. "First I would like to say that..."
Then an explosion was heard. While it was too quiet to be anywhere near the White House, the camera crew, along with anyone and anyone they could nab, was evacuated to the bunker. While they were running, the Secretary of State continued. "I'd like to say that anyone that can evacuate the states of Nevada, California, and Oregon should do so, and as soon as possible." He was then drowned out by yelling by the Secret Service for a while. One of them requested to turn off the camera.
"No!" The Secretary of State yelled. "We need to address the nation and neither of our leaders are fit to do so!"
The Secret Service agent that suggested that sighed. "I guess we can keep it on."
"Good!" The SoS said back to him. "Well anyways." He coughed once. "My fellow Americans. We are in a time of great challenge. Three of our glorious fifty states are under attack, from a force nobody seems to know what it is. I have a feeling that many of you may fall in the west. I want to promise that Washington will not fall. D.C. That is. Washington state is absolutely screwed." He said, interrupted by a louder explosion. Somebody KNEW that this was going to happen, and that somebody is taking action. "But we don't know how powerful this adversary is. I request to you Americans that cannot evacuate to fight as well as you can, and those that can keep evacuees to do so. We may have to extend this evacuation order, so stay tuned if at all possible. I shall keep in direct touch with you, America, so that I can relay information directly to you." He then heard a young girls cries for help. A single guard broke escort to see what it was.
Upon arrival, right at the end of the West Wing, that guard arrived to a few littered survivors. Mostly agents of the FBI and the Secret Service. Most were unconscious. "Who's there!" The single guard asked. The girl cried out again, and upon seeing her, he noticed that it was the First Daughter, barely seven years old. The guard heard a cry for "Daddy" in between the cries of pain, her right leg blown off in the explosion. The guard took off his shirt to tie off the wound, before hearing another voice. "He's dead Jim." Another guard said to him as he picked the young girl up. "We should get down to the bunker."
Just after, the Secretary of State had received the news, and that the VP was a mess, the Speaker of the House was missing, and that the President Pro Tempore was old and they needed someone that would probably be alive for a while, the Speaker was told he'd be Acting President for now. "Well... My fellow Americans, I'd express condolence for the death of our President but we've gotta get to the bunker." He said as started down the stairs to the bunker. He decided to compromise with the guards, and put the cap on the camera, but was still live.
"Sorry about that!" The SoS yelled. "We don't want whoever's doing this to find out how to get down here!"
The guard that had saved the First Daughter, not having to rush in a crowd, quickly caught up to the rest of them, the SoS, along with a few other Secretaries, being the ones of Defense, Interior, Labor, Energy, and Homeland Security, along with the Attorney General.
"Hi mom!" Yelled the Secretary of Homeland Security, having been appointed at a young age of 32. She was at the bottom of the presidential succession line anyways, so push turned to shove, age wouldn't matter.
"I swear to god." The Secretary of Labor commented. "Lisa Von Cullen. Stop saying hi to your mum every time you get on TV," This man was a citizen through naturalization, and was also ineligible for the presidency unless something really bad happened. His dream job was Health and Human Services, so he could install a NHS-like item in America, well suggest one anyways.
After a bit of an argument between the two, the Secretary of Energy, Alexander Imari, interrupted. "Stop arguing!" HE yelled right as they reached the bunker, as another explosion went off. The two dozen-odd guards, along with the 7 cabinet members, walked into the bunker, where they were met by the director of the FBI, who had given the First Son a tour of the bunker.
"Why are you here?" The First Son, Reggie Levils, said slowly.
"Same to you." Lisa replied.
"I was taking him on a tour." The Director, Johnathan Juniper, replied.
"There was an attack." The guard carrying the First Daughter said, the SoS taking his hand off of the camera. "The President is dead."
"The First Daughter isn't in very good shape either." The guard that saved her said. "I had grabbed her from earlier, and that one cut off the circulation.
The Director asked what the two guards names were, them saying Carson and Ben. They were swiftly promoted to a task force, and one designed to contact as many citizens as possible, to compile a database of statuses.
While some chatting was going on, the SoS stated that the people had about six hours to get out of the evacuation zone, before they'd condemn it as a crisis-caused wasteland, assuming everyone not in eyeshot is dead, heavily altered, or about to be either of the two, and if the little knowledge they had was right, quite possibly both. If they left now, that'd be enough to make it to Phoenix. They'd have 4 to make it to Yuma, though that's with normal traffic. Brian suggested that they pack enough supplies for a long while, giving that they weren't going to make it out in six hours. They took it to a vote. Brian, Suzy, Matt, and Ryan voted yes, while Ross, Arin, Dan, and Barry voted no. They had Audrey break the vote, who agreed with her Daddy. They were to be plenty prepared for this, maybe even sack what's left of the stores along the way, though on foot, as they'd need every drop of gas on the actual trip there. They distinctly heard that if need be, they'd sell Alaska to get the money to combat it. They were given some sort of gift from Japan to defend cities such as Yuma, Redding, Denver, Salt Lake City, and basically anything really close to the border or west of the Mississippi river.
One hour later(5 hours until condemnation)...
"I've got everything packed for two plus Audrey." Brian said. "Who's coming with?"
The Grumps were busy packing things. Suzy had finished packing the KittyKatGaming essentials, and some basic provisions. Brian picked her to tag along giving that he wanted out ASAP.
"Accodring to my math, giving we're in LA, people will be taking the I-10 to get to Arizona. That'll triple the time we have to get out. It might be quicker to take the I-5 to Seattle, or even Vancouver if we must." Brian said. He grabbed Audrey, his stuff, the radio with the emergency stations, and the stuff Suzy packed, along with Suzy's help.
A half-hour later(4.5 hours left)
Matt and Ryan had finished up.
"What are you two doing?" Matt asked.
"Just finishing up." Suzy said. "Wanna come with? Brian packed for two and I packed for myself."
"No." Brian said. "At least, not in the same vehicle.'
"We could form a convoy." Matt replied.
Brian sighed. "IF you want. We're heading all the way north though, so you may not want to."
Ryan decided to stick it out on his own, hopping in the vehicle they brought with both their provisions. Matt ran out, begging for Ryan to stick around.
"Please!" He cried out.
Ryan was silent. He started his car, and drove off. Had it been in normal traffic, he could have just made it to Yuma. But everyone was going that way in LA, and a lot of other people went due west, spare the people of San Diego, who fled to Mexico. Matt began to cry. Suzy and Brian were going to wait to at least say goodbye to the rest of them.
2 hours later(2.5 hours left)
"We're done." The main grumps, Arin and Dan said.
"Get everyone met up." Brian demanded. "Now."
Dan sensed the urgency of the situation, calling Barry and Ross over.
"Ryan left." Brian said, Matt still barely holding himself together. There was a gasp from Barry.
"Without Matt?" Brian asked.
Matt slowly nodded. They overheard the newly coined "Seven Secretaries" chatting, saying that they can't guarantee many states, mainly the Midwest, and the South, minus Florida. They had recovered the Secretary of Agriculture as well, and despite the issues, things were looking up.
"Me, Suzy, and Matt are going north." Brian said.
"What?" Arin said. "Why?"
"We see that it'd be quicker than going through traffic." Brian said.
"Well I was going to go up to San Francisco and take the I-80 across." Dan said.
"Well then you and Arin can do that." Brian said.
"Well we could do that." Barry suggested, referring to him and Ross. "Arin and Dan could go south. Doesn't PBG live in Texas?"
"I think." Arin said. "Well he did anyways."
"He lives up north now." Dan commented. "Though he is visiting Houston now. Maybe, just maybe you can catch him."
"How'd you know that?" Suzy asked.
"The internet." Dan said.
Suzy nodded slowly.
Brian returned to his idea. "So me, Audrey, Matt, and Suzy up north, and then west if necessary, Barry and Ross in the middle, taking the I-80, and Arin and Dan taking up the southern route, possibly meeting PBG vacationing in Houston is the plan?"
Suzy agreed, as did Matt. Barry and Ross weren't done, and were assigned to lock up the fort. Dan was done, but Arin was not. Audrey started crying for some reason, her hearing a scary noise.
"We'll leave now. Arin, Dan. You guys finish up, go west." Brian said. "Barry, Ross. Meet who you can in San Francisco, and then take the I-80 to safety. Preferably a major city. Actually if you can, go south on the I-15 to take the I-70. That'll take you through Denver, and worst-case scenario, cities like St. Louis, Columbus, and even Baltimore."
"Got it." Ross said. "Why are you leader again?" He asked.
"Because I can." Brian said. "Also, I was the first done.'
"And that means?" Ross asked again.
"Nothing really." Brian said. "Well good luck! Follow the plan!"
Brian gave time for Arin and Suzy to part ways, and then left. It had been four hours since the time-frame was announced.
Brian started up his vehicle, and began to drive off, leaving the four unable to finish packing by them to their own devices.
An hour later(60 minutes left)
"We're off." Arin and Dan said. "We've gotta get going. Best of luck to ya." Arin saluted the pair left behind, before walking out the door and leaving.
"Bye." Ross said.
"We're about done ourselves." Barry said.
'We should hurry."
15 minutes later(45 minutes left)
"Now." Barry said, locking the door behind them. "Off to the west."
'Off we go." Ross said, hopping in the large van they rented, driving off.
Meanwhile...
"So have we figured out who did this?" The Labor Secretary said.
"I've got an announcement." The SoS said. "Lisa Von Cullen. You may be too young for the job, but I'd like you to be Acting President. We may as well have a female president before we go out."
"Really?" Lisa replied.
"You can't do that!" The Energy Secretary objected.
"Actually." The Agriculture Secretary said. "Congress is dead mostly, and can't hold session for now. Anything that the Acting President says, goes. You've got my command."
"And plus." The SoS commented. "IT's not like any of this is official until we get a judge down here."
"I guess you have a point." The SoE commented. "Fine. What's the plan."
"That database." Lisa replied.
"So who did this?" The Brit, the Labor Secretary, commented again.
"I think it was just rebels in the west, and an opportune terrorist strike on the capital." The Director commented. "I'm blaming the Arabs."
'Seems fine with me." Acting President Lisa commented. "That's a go-to place to blame."
A/N: I'm doing this with a few other chapters but I know want to do with this one so...