A Dead Getaway

Disclaimer: I don't own Dead Rising, except for copies of the games. I am at Capcom's mercy.

Words from the author: Hello, readers. I would like to talk about this story that I am doing. This is a spinoff that involves Andy Talbat and Tammy Blaine, both of whom were survivors from Dead Rising 2. The first thing I would like to do is a give a shout-out to Piklink, who pitched the idea of a pairing between the two sometime after I had started my survivor anthology, entitled "Survivor Stories." Had it not been for him, I never would have thought of pairing those two up. Of course, I expanded upon it and I may put in a few more stories involving those two before I finish that one.

Now some of you are probably wondering why these two. Well, I will tell you why. When I expanded on their romantic story, I started to get more interested in doing more with them. Sure, I would not mind doing spinoffs of other survivors. I must also add that in the other story, I didn't even think about doing ALL survivors because some of them didn't have interesting backstories. For example, could you imagine if I did a chapter on Bill the gambler? Or even Randolph the artist? Or even the two comedians (Okay, I will admit that I had thought of one in the past involving those two, but I don't know how that would have worked).

I also must add that I had thought of doing a spinoff of the couple in the past, but at that time, the idea was more of a romantic drama/comedy-type of story and I really don't know how I would have done it. Not that this story won't be romantic, because it will be, but I thought it would be better if it were done as a horror/action story with comedic elements, like how the games are.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or write them in a review, and I will respond. And now, on with the story, enjoy!

After Fortune's End, Andy Talbat and Tammy Blaine started dating and fell in love not too long after. Throughout the time they had spent together inside the Fortune City Emergency Shelter, they became connected as time had gone on. Both people felt something for each other, despite knowing each other for a short amount of time before they fled to safety, along with many other survivors. Once they went to an airport away from the Fortune City resort, they still remained by each other's sides.

Tammy went on the dates that Andy promised her that he would take her on. The pair could not have been more inseparable after the outbreak. Neither of them realized that they would develop feelings for each other in such a short amount of time. Even Tammy's friends never saw her any happier than she was with Andy. Andy's friends even saw the same, as he had dealt with some hard stuff before meeting her.

However, being that Andy had gone through trauma and depression while being in the outbreak, as well as contemplated suicide, she had promised that Andy would get the help he needed. Being the daughter of a psychiatrist, Tammy had her father help Andy with his problems. Though she had dated some guys before him, she had never felt anything like what she felt for Andy. Andy, on the other hand, had dated one girl before but had not had much luck with women before Tammy. Both people felt it was fate when they met at the Atlantica Casino during the outbreak, and Andy had carried Tammy back to the safe house. It was like enchantment under the sea for those two.

Their love was so deep and genuine that nothing could keep those two apart, and even until DEATH do them part…

TWO YEARS AFTER FORTUNE'S END, SEPTEMBER 2013.

A very special day had come for the happy couple. Andy, dressed in a tuxedo, stood at the altar at an outdoor wedding ceremony while hearing a band playing "Here Comes the Bride." He looked down the aisle, and saw a bride walk down wearing a beautiful wedding gown. Two of the bridesmaids looked in awe at how beautiful the bride looked, while the maid of honor stood there and started crying, unbeknownst to her that she had a bee sting on her neck. The best man and the rest of the groomsmen looked at Andy and told him how lucky he was. One of the groomsmen noticed a bee sting on his neck, though.

The bride then approached Andy, who then unveiled her and it was none other than Tammy. Andy's face turned red and a smile emerged on his face, while Tammy smiled, when a tear of joy started running down her eye. Dr. Blaine, Tammy's father, tried to hold back the tears after walking his daughter down the aisle. Andy's mother sat in the audience and cried, too. The same will be said about Tammy's mother.

The minister called everyone's attention. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in the presence of these witnesses, to join Andrew Richard Talbat and Tamara Amanda Blaine in holy matrimony."

As the minister continued to perform the ceremony, the maid of honor started coughing a bit and scratching her neck. The same thing happened with one of the groomsmen. Andy noticed this happening with the groomsman, as well as Tammy noticing the same thing happening with the maid of honor. Both people turned around and threw up blood. Andy and Tammy looked at both people, whose backs were turned to them, and once they turned around, their faces looked more decayed than before and made hissing sounds, and their eyes glowed a bit.

"Oh, no," Andy yelled.

A few people in the audience started turning into zombies as well, and went right after other members of the audience. Meanwhile, the infected groomsman went right after the Best Man and grabbed him and bit him on the neck. The Maid of Honor went right for the minister, much to the shock and horror of the other bridesmaids. She had grabbed him and pushed him to the ground and remained on top of him and started biting at his neck and chest area. The zombified Maid of Honor put her head up with some of the minister's flesh and tissue hanging from her mouth with blood dripping from it, and then looked over at the other bridesmaids, all of whom screamed in horror and fear when the attention was brought towards them. The Best Man had now turned into a zombie, and he, along with the zombified groomsman, went after the other two groomsmen. Andy and Tammy could not do anything but just watch all of the carnage going on, if only something was not about to turn for the worse.

"Andy, what's happening?" Tammy asked.

Andy immediately turned around after having heard his lady say something, only to jump in shock at what he just saw. He saw that Tammy started twitching and hissing, and throwing up blood and her skin started to decay. A big dark red stain was on her wedding dress, as a lot of the blood she had vomited went all over it. She was not the beautiful bride that she was moments ago.

"Oh, god, no, Tammy, this isn't happening!" Andy said, as he did not want to believe that the woman he loved had turned into a zombie on what was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives.

Though Tammy had turned into a zombie, for the last remaining bit of the turning process, she maintained her human consciousness. In that moment, she started to approach Andy and was ready to grab him.

"Come on, Andy, kiss the bride," said the zombified Tammy, as she pushed him to ground to bite him as he screamed his lungs out. There was nothing he could do as he was on the ground with the zombie version of his girlfriend right on top of him. The bride was no longer the woman he loved, but a zombified version of her, who then closed in on Andy's neck with her mouth open ready to bite him. No amount of fear in his scream was able to get Tammy off of him.

Just then, Andy woke up and gasped, and sat up after having woken up from the nightmare he had. Andy's reaction had woken up Tammy, who was asleep right next to him. Half-asleep, she turned her attention towards Andy.

"Andy, what's wrong?" Tammy asked. "Did you have a nightmare?"

Andy nodded his head and felt his girlfriend's face to make sure she was normal.

"Andy, did you have a dream about zombies again?" Tammy asked. "Remember, we haven't been in contact with any zombies in almost two years. Do you need to see my dad again about this? I thought you were past this."

"No, I think I'll be okay," Andy said. He got up out of his side of the bed. "I need to go check on something. I'll be fine."

Two years into their relationship, Tammy wondered why Andy had suddenly gotten these thoughts into his head. Ever since the Fortune City outbreak, she ensured that her own father would try to help out her boyfriend with his issues. It would be a stretch to say that Andy had been cured of his emotions, but he had not thought about zombies and such until sometime recently. Neither of the two really knew what triggered these emotions that he suddenly started getting. She cared about him so much that she was scared that he would regress to his suicidal emotions that he had felt two years prior.

It was midnight and Andy went to the refrigerator to grab himself a bottle of beer. He needed some alcohol to help ease the stress, and also to help him go back to sleep.

Why am I getting these thoughts in my head? I had not thought about zombies since the Fortune City Outbreak. I mean, yes, I'll always remember what happened, but I have not encountered a single zombie since then. What's even worse is that this nightmare took place on what should be the happiest day of our lives. We haven't gotten there yet, but I have something planned for both of us really soon.

Andy sat on the couch while he thought about the dream he had, while Tammy got up to check on Andy.

"Andy, come back to bed, you'll get over this," Tammy said. "Besides, everything will be better when we go on our trip soon."

Tammy had noted about a trip that she and Andy were about to go on. They planned on leaving on September 26th to go away for that weekend.

"Right, I'll be right there," Andy said. "I need to check on one thing."

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you," Tammy said.

Andy had to make sure she was back in the bedroom, and headed right into the kitchen again and opened up a book he had been reading called "The Willamette Incident" by Frank West, to reveal that he hid a piece of jewelry inside an envelope that he used a book marker. Not just any piece of jewelry, though, but an engagement ring. He wanted to use the vacation that they were about to go on as a great opportunity to pop the question to the woman he loved. He looked at the ring for a little bit and then put the ring back in the envelope and closed the book, and placed it right next to another book entitled "Fortune's End" by Stacey Forsythe, and went right back to bed.

Andy crawled into bed and put his arms around Tammy, who was still awake, and kissed her on the lips.

"Andy, is everything okay with you?" Tammy said. "Are you just excited about our vacation that we are going on?"

"I'll be fine, baby," Andy said. "I think I am more nervous than anything. I'll be okay. Don't worry. I love you, and I want our vacation to be special."

"I love you, too," Tammy said.

Tammy went right back to sleep, while Andy lied there. He started to feel sleepy again, but was also deep in thought about the dream he had.

Why am I suddenly having these thoughts in my head? It's been two years. I have not had to worry about zombies since that outbreak two years ago, and I've been going through counseling. There is only one thing that I think is triggering this. I met my beautiful girlfriend in a zombie outbreak, of all things. I immediately felt something for her the moment I laid my eyes on her. Our two-year anniversary is coming up. Could that be the reason? That the anniversary of the Fortune City Outbreak is coming up and the thoughts are coming back to me? I had a dream about zombies sometime recently. Maybe that is the case. I will try to get over this. It didn't happen to me last year during our one-year anniversary. It will go away. I am also nervous about proposing to her. She is the only girl who I've ever loved. She even told me that she had never felt this way about any other guy who she dated before me. Things will be fine. I know she will say yes, I just know it.

Tammy lied there, but was not fully asleep just yet. She turned around and looked over at Andy, who went back to sleep right after he got into bed. Suddenly, the same concern she had felt when she first met and got acquainted with him came back to her.

It's been two years since we have gotten together. I really don't know how we clicked right then and there, especially in a zombie outbreak, no less. It was hard telling people, whether it was my family or my friends, how we met. However, being that a zombie outbreak had occurred in 2006 in the town of Willamette, Colorado, nothing like that will surprise anybody anymore. We are on the verge of celebrating our 2 years since we have met and gotten together. I am from a well-off family, so this vacation was covered by my family, as well as Andy had saved up some money for this trip. He also told me he had something special planned for the trip. I wonder what it is. Could it be what I think it could mean? If so, this will be a great trip for both of us, but I can't confirm anything. I don't know what it is, so I won't just outright tell him what it is. What if I am wrong?

I really wonder why he is getting these dreams all of a sudden. Ever since we started dating, I promised that I would get him the help that he needed. I know he hasn't fully gotten over it, but he put those emotions aside. My dad was a big help to him. He even told me that he liked Andy, something that he didn't always say about other guys who I had dated, except maybe one, but that is a topic for another day. My mom even liked him, too. Also, after a while, he started talking to his mom again and they have had a better relationship than before. She even liked me, too. This whole thing has been puzzling to me. I'm sure that when we go on our trip, those dreams will all be over.

Just then, she went back to sleep, but not without her wrapping her arm around Andy.

Final word: I hope you all enjoyed the prologue. I will get on to writing the official first chapter soon. It took me a bit to finish the prologue. I was almost going to post it, but I felt that some things were missing. Anyway, again, I hope you all enjoyed it.