Title: Ebola Zombie
Category: Cartoons ยป Transformers/Beast Wars
Author: Screamstriker
Language: English, Rating: Rated: T
Genre: Horror/Angst
Published: 01-19-15, Updated: 01-19-15
Chapters: 1, Words: 314
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own the Transformers. This is a sequel to my other story, Ebola. It appears this chapter's very short, but it's only some sort of prologue.
Arthur Harrington frowned as he exited the Admin Building and headed towards the Autobots' tent. Some of the locals had ran up to the guards, blabbering something about 'giant metal things.' And, because he was one of the closest to the Autobots, he had been asked to investigate, along with Kate McGregor.
"Hey, Arthur!" called Kate, running over from one of the thousand blue tents pitched in arrays.
Arthur raised a hand in greeting.
"What do you think happened?" asked Kate, panting slightly.
Arthur shrugged, looking up at the sky. "I have no idea. But I did see something that looked like a shooting star streak across the sky. I wonder what it was."
They climbed over the small sand dune that obstructed the Autobot's tent from view.
"Oh my- Arthur! Look!"
Arthur turned and looked, and almost fainted.
"Jolt..." he whispered.
"No, that's Ratchet," Kate corrected him, breathing hard. "He looks like..."
"He's dead."
The two exchanged a glance.
"We have to tell the Autobots," announced Kate.
Arthur shook his head. "They probably already know. The flying star-it was Jolt! Chances are, Ratchet got infected, and told Jolt to go."
He glanced up at the sky again.
"Arthur!"
Arthur quickly turned back, muttering about why something interesting happened every single time he looked up at the sky.
"What?" he asked, not seeing anything unusual.
"Ratchet's arm!"
Arthur stared at Ratchet's right arm. Was it just him, or did the arm just twitch?
There was no mistaking it. Ratchet, Autobot medic, dead from the Ebola virus, was alive.
"Let's go," the brown-haired man said, tugging at Kate's arm. "We have to tell the Autobots.