Beep…beep…beep…beep

Grace stared at the monitor, for now the patient's heart was beating at a regular pace. She glanced from her clipboard into the sun-weathered face of the girl lying there. Poor child, Grace thought, having no choice in the matter of her fate, but, no one had a choice in this, not even Grace herself. She sighed, and closed the curtain around the girl's coma-like body and walked to look at the other subjects, three adolescents, other than the first girl, all with machines hooked up to their bodies and screens monitoring everything from heart rate to cellular count.

It was late, and as Grace looked down at the faces of the teens, she slumped her shoulders, and watched the peaceful faces; little did they know about what was to come, the Outbreak had crept up on them, and the future of earth was uncertain, but what could they do anyway? Itex, Genotech, and all the other research centers were powerless against the force that had risen up to defy Science, Logic, or Reason. They were powerless against what had come, and were powerless to stop it.

But, maybe the Patients were, maybe the children before Grace could possibly eradicate this danger? This…this…evil? It was in the hands of God now, and even Grace, as a scientist, could do nothing but hope, and pray, that it would all turn out alright.

"Grace, why are you working so late?" Came a voice that jolted Grace out of her thoughts, she turned, and saw the young blond man before her, he smiled slightly, and Grace recovered, he was dressed in the mandatory lab coat, but had on beach shorts and a T-shirt on underneath.

"Josh, I might say the same thing to you. Isn't it your bedtime?" Grace smirked; Josh narrowed a pair of gray eyes and slipped his hands into his pockets. He just shot her a friendly glare and Grace chuckled, even though she was twice his age, they were still good friends and colleagues.

"I wanted to get the filing done for the week. Anyway, are you on weekend duty? The Patients will be gaining consciousness in a few days." Josh asked, raising an eyebrow at Grace. Grace simply shrugged, and turned back to her earlier thoughts of what came next, and the future that would be shaped by the Patients.

"Josh, can I tell you something?" Grace whispered, turning her head to Josh, he looked up, and met her aged brown eyes with his light gray ones.

"You can tell me anything." Josh grinned, trying to lighten the mood, alas, he did not succeed.

"The Patients, the Outbreak, do you really think it will work? Or are we just kicking a dead horse?" Grace asked softly, pushing a few strands of her gray hair that had come loose from her bun. Josh paused, as if to analyze the question, such was his talent, which got him picked to work with this division, in this crisp white building with machines beeping and no windows.

"I don't know, we can only hope, it's not often you'll hear me say that, but for once, I really don't know…" Josh trailed off, and Grace put a hand on his shoulder, he was leaning on one of the rails by a Patient's bed, and he looked stressed and angry.

Grace wasn't surprised, Josh, the best pyrotechnic and problem-solver in the world, would not want to be admitted wrong, he would not want to not know. Unlike most people who went into science, Josh thrived on routine and predictability. He should have gone into math, because here in science, two plus two didn't always equal four.

"No matter what, we all die someday Josh, this I know, if we can leave this world knowing we tried to better it, then that is all I could ever ask." Grace said softly with a smile, glancing at the Patients,

"Yeah, we tried…"

Seventy years after Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports ended, a new threat has risen, and the grandchildren of the famous flock are about to step up to defend what is left of humanity with the only way they know how…

With battle.

Yes, so here it is, fin-ah-freaking-ly yeah, well, enjoy.

Oh, just some sidenotes,

~Dylan existed, he popped up later, but is not in this story.

~Max and Fang ended up together.

~The five main characters are all grandchildren of the flock, and children of Canon pairings.

~If you want to know the inspiration for this, search The Zombie Hunters on Google, it's a comic about the zombie apocalypse, and I highly suggest reading it.