(A/N: The takes place after Season 3 ends. Veronica did her internship at the FBI, Leo is the sheriff, and Keith is a deputy.)
I woke up to a gun at my head and people around me screaming. I didn't make any noise and quickly closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.
"She's bit!"
"She's been bit for a day and hasn't turned. The news said it only takes three minutes to change! She has to be immune to it. Take your gun off of her!" I felt the pressure on my head go away and decided to open my eyes. "Oh my god! She's awake!" I saw Mac leaning over me, but then Dick pulled her away.
"She has to talk before I let you get near her. We know they can't talk." He turned to me, holding Mac back. "If you're not infected then talk."
"What's going on?" Was all I could manage to say. Dick let Mac go and she hugged me.
"You got bit yesterday by someone who was infected." I looked at her questioningly. "I guess you don't remember. Okay. You know the guy who is president of Help for Cancer Enterprises, Adam Schievlesky?" I nodded and she continued, "Well he distributed so called 'cancer vaccines' to ten cancer treatment centers around the nation; Birmingham, Alabama, Juneau, Alaska, Los Angeles and Sacramento, California, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Boise, Idaho, New York, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, and Seattle, Washington. Each treatment center had one hundred volunteers to test the new drug. Each volunteer became infected. Their movement became slower, their speech was completely gone, and they attacked other people."
"They don't attack us! They try to eat us! They're zombies!" Dick corrected.
"Is that why I was bit?" Mac nodded. "Where are we and where is everyone else?"
She smiled and said, "We are at my old house. Practically all of our friends are here."
"Okay. If I was bit, how come I haven't turned?"
Mac shrugged, "I don't know. We're still trying to figure that out."
"How did I get bit?"
"On the way to the car a man was crawling and we didn't see him in time."
"Okay. How come I don't remember that? And how come you took me with you even though I was bit?"
"I don't know, but I brought you with us after five minutes had passed and you still hadn't turned."
"Okay, I have one last question. Where's my dad?" Mac smiled.
"He went to the sheriff's department with Leo to get more guns and ammo."
"You ask too many questions Veronica," Dick said, looking at me.
"Yes, I'm powered by lifelong batteries." Dick raised an eyebrow.
Mac headed to the door and turned towards me. "I'm going to go tell everyone else you're awake and not infected."
"Wait!" I stopped her, pulling the covers off of me and seeing a bandage towards the bottom of my right leg. "I'm coming with you."
Mac looked at me questioningly. "Okay, but try not to walk to much. It is a bad bite and it will probably hurt for a little while. You coming Dick?" As I got off the bed and walked to the door I saw Dick nod. "This is going to be interesting." I laughed and followed Mac into the living room. Everyone in there turned their head towards us with disbelief on their face. I heard a bunch of 'Oh my god's' coming from the room, but then I was bombarded with hugs by Wallace, Piz, and Parker. At least they're okay. I glanced around the room. Wallace's family, Max, Logan 'Thank goodness he's okay', Trina, Weevil and his family, my old journalism teacher Ms. Dent, Clarence Wiedman, Jake and Celeste Kane 'What are they doing here?', Cliff, Corny, Butters, Mr. Clemmons, Madison Sinclair and her family, some pi sigs with Chip Diller, and some other people who I did not recognize right off hand. I was surprised to see how so many people could fit in one room. The door creaked open, causing everyone to jump. My dad and Leo stepped through, dad walking in backwards with his bags and not seeing me. Leo shut the door and turned around, looking at me. He moved his stare down to my leg.
"Oh my god." He muttered, causing my dad to whip around.
"What are you-" He looked at me and I swear he was crying. He dropped the bags he was carrying and ran to me, pulling me into a bear hug. "Oh my god, Veronica. I thought you were gone!" I hugged him back.
"Uhm, dad. Too... tight." He let me go, smiled, and walked back to get the bags he dropped as Mac's mom appeared in the doorway leading to the kitchen.
"We can go over the plans after dinner. Let's go eat." She said. Everyone walked into the kitchen and fixed them a plate and something to drink. No point of me eating if I'm not hungry. I sat on the couch.
"You get bit, don't become infected, fall asleep for a day, wake up, and yet you don't eat. That's not like the Veronica I know." Piz stated from the doorway. 'Yeah, well you get bit, not become infected, sleep for a day, wake up, and tell me if you want to eat then.' "Come on, you need to eat something." He pulled me up and I hesitantly walked back to the kitchen, something hitting my leg as I waited in line. I screamed in pain and everyone looked at me while Piz and Wallace took me back into the living room and sat me on the couch. Wallace glared at Piz the whole time. Mental note: Ask Wallace about that glare.
"What happened?" Wallace asked and I just shook my head.
"She hit her leg on something in line." Piz answered for me, and I was grateful for that.
Wallace said, "Well, go get you and her something to eat and I'll sit in here with her and make sure nothing else happens." He was just about to sit down when a familiar voice came from behind me.
"You guys both go, I've already got my food. I'll holler if anything happens." Wallace nodded, walking to the kitchen, and Piz reluctantly followed, leaving me in the living room with Logan. Please, don't say anything awkward.
"You know, it makes perfect sense," he said as he sat down on the couch beside me.
"What makes perfect sense?"
"That you would be immune to it. That you would be the only person we know who has gotten bit and actually lived to tell the tale."