Teenage Rot
Chapter 1
Disasterology
Ginger pressed her index finger against her lips in a silent gesture of "Be Quiet."
Figures shifted nervously in the dark. The banging of hands against the windows shattered the silence. It never ended, it started with one of them, banging and slamming their hands against the windows until it lost interest only to be replaced with another of those things. Whatever those things were they weren't human anymore, they were just puppets controlled by this virus or whatever it was.
Collin's gaze moves to the aforementioned window, focusing on the current replacement. The man seemed to be in his twenties, he had black hair, pale skin and the most significant features were his black crow like eyes filled with blood-lust, the whites nearly gone, and sharp yellow teeth.
These zombies weren't as dumb as how Hollywood's horror movies portray them as. In fact they shouldn't be called zombies; they were smart, retained enough memory to use weapons or how to use things and they weren't as dead and rotting as they were shown to be. They've even seen one of those zombies smash a cop's brains in with a baseball bat.
They should be called something else, something simpler and shorter, like, Changed or Zed? Better than Infected. It's kind of cliche. Collin mused
He flinches when the man returns his leer, a leer that seemed to pierce through the veil of darkness they hid in.
He averts his gaze right away, slinking backwards a bit more into the darkness's protection. He bumps into something, a table. Oh crap.
A dull thud breaks the silence; it is soon followed by a wobble of something on the table and then the shatter of glass.
Gasps and hisses of surprise and frustration are heard in the background and again return the silence but the air is much heavier; filled with fear and worry.
All eyes are on the infected man.
The man stares into the dark, its lips twitch upward and it steps back.
"Is it gone? Where's is going?" Tory inquires in a hushed tone. Before anyone had a chance to confirm it a brick is thrown through the diner's window and the alarm goes off and oh God. His heart sinks into his stomach and he looks at everyone else, they are all as panicked as he is, everyone else was frozen with fear.
It's only when that same changed man sticks its arm in do they make a move. Petunia, one of the waitresses, motioned everyone to follow as she snuck into the back door, an Oakwood door right next to the kitchen door, behind the counter.
The siren blared loudly as they, those things poured in, this would've been great for them if those lunch rush customers weren't blood-crazed and hungry for flesh.
Ginger fumbles with the doorknob, locking it.
"Oh God. Oh God!" Lena splutters, "Now what? They'll find us out, they'll find out we're in here!"
"First off, calm down." Petunia stops her.
"Calm down? Calm down?" Handed repeats her harshly, "Are you fucking kidding me? We're about to be eaten!"
"Wait, what about your pick-up?" Ginger exclaims.
"What?" Handel stares at her as if she grew a second head, "What about it?"
"We can drive out of here, idiot." Tory answered for the girl.
"Oh, shut up, beaver-boy." Handel snaps.
"Hey! -"
"Yeah, your pick-up truck, where is it?" Collins cut in before an insult tossing game could be started.
"It's at the back-"
Bang. Bang. Bang!
The Oakwood door rumbles as fists began rapping, banging loudly, and bodies tossing themselves at it attempting to force it open.
The pounding slows as one of the Zed tries the doorknob; it shifts left and right rapidly.
Lena scrambles towards the exit door in fear as Collin and Handel jump to their feet, rushing to the metal storage shelf, pushing it down to at least buy them some more time.
"Shit!" hisses Petunia through her teeth as the doorknob twists right completely, "I thought you locked it!"
"I did. I just- I don't know!"
Tory gets to his feet, helping the two, successfully pushing down the heavy shelf, blocking the door as Ginger and Petunia rush beside Lena who was peeking out the door. "It's clear!" shouts Lena. The changed on the other side of the Oakwood door begin pushing it; the metal shelf budges just the slightest but stays in place.
"Come on. We got to get out of here!" Petunia calls out at the boys who shuffled to the door, Ginger and Lena already outside. They close the door behind them and Handel digs in his pockets to retrieve the car keys.
"Ginger, behind you!" a shriek, it was Lena.
Ginger turns around in a snap, gasping.
One of the changed is sprinting their way, just a few seconds from Ginger. Fresh blood dribbles down its open mouth. It growls like an animal, ready to throw its curled fingers to claw at her throat.
"Outta the way!"
And she does, Petunia pulls her out of the way just in time to see Collin's signature yellow skateboard pass an inch from her face. With an audible whoosh it slices through the air followed by a crack as the man's head snaps to the right, a hyena-like bark escaping his lips. It stumbled, once, twice, trying to regain balance. It's saved from landing on its butt by a bandaged hand wrung around its neck that pulled it close and fast only to be met with a screwdriver to the forehead.
It's kicked to the ground by the bearer of the hand. Handel drove the heel of his boot repeatedly onto the screwdriver, driving it deeper into the man's broken mass of a skull. The only sound was the man's wet gurgle of an exhalation, a bubble of blood forming around its forehead.
Everyone stared in shock and disgust. "Dude, that was sick!" commented Tori his eyes moving from Handel to Collin who held his now slightly bloodied yellow skateboard. "Yeah, sick, more like I'm going to be sick." Petunia murmured turning around with a hand covering her mouth.
The crash of something from inside the diner and the shudder of the door had awoken them from their stupor. Frantically they stumbled to the pickup truck, Handel hurriedly stuffed the key into the car's lock, Petunia takes the passenger's seat, the other four in the rear cargo area.
Handel fumbled with the keys, sticking it into the ignition. It took him three tries to get the rusty old pickup to work while sirens sung in the background. They were lucky they were in the back alleyway and not in the driveway where those things were gathering. The back door of the diner had burst open , the changed began pouring out of the building and sprinting towards the pickup.
"STEP ON IT!" shrieked Ginger, one of the things, a woman, gripped onto the pickup's drop side. Handel stomped his bloodied boot on the acceleration pedal and the vehicle drove off but not fast enough to create a safe distance from the changed.
The horde was large, probably contained most of the small town's population. They were fast too, all in a competition to see who got their lunch first, trampling and jumping over each other. Each of their faces were in a rictus of animalistic rage, even from his spot Collin could feel their hunger and desire for bloodshed. He shuddered at the thought, crawling as further back as he could from their reaching hands. These people weren't who they used to be, they were only beasts who wore their skins.
As they drove through town, attracting the attention of the diseased along the way, passing by house after house, Changed after Changed even the helpless Spared doomed to die, Collin knew they were in for one hell of an adventure.
AN:
Hey guys, Machine here. I'm sorry for not updating Heaven Above You, Hell Above Me I but I'm kind of stuck and I just didn't have the motivation to write it so here's another. It's is, yes, a Human! Tree Friends Zombie Apocalypse AU but there won't be just your regular zombies! I love zombies and I've been on a The Walking Dead marathon, watching season 1 to 3 and I thought, why don't I make a Zombie fic? I already have most of the plot set in my mind.
The narratives (Or Point Of View/ POV as you commonly say it.) will alternate between characters mostly Cuddles and Flaky for now. The other characters will also show up later on. There will be Romance too because why not?
Also, here's a little guide for their names, well for the characters in this page,
Collin – Cuddles
Ginger – Giggles
Petunia – Petunia (LOL.)
Handy – Handel
Lena – Lammy
Tory – Toothy
And yes I gave Handy arms so it is easier to write. XD
Now let me conclude this with; critics, ideas and reviews are gladly welcomed so if you have anything to say just day it in the reviews area.
I hope you'll enjoy this story as much as I will enjoy writing it. I'll be updating regularly and Chapter Two will be up soon.
Bye for now!