LoK-Zombie
Summary: The zombie apocalypse erupts in the earth kingdom, threatening all of humanity. The United Republics are all that's left between victory and extinction. (sequel to inside my own fanfiction: rewrite)
Ch 1 heading out
I sat in a chair in my office. I couldn't believe it. The message went thru my head over and over.
Static… This is Yuki, resident of Ba Sing Se. I'm broadcasting on all frequencies. To anyone who can hear this, please hurry! The biters are all over the place. They just attacked everyone. They can't be killed. Please, am I the only one here?! 'static'
I couldn't believe it. Zombies were attacking. I stood up and turned on the base PA system.
"This is Colonel Jackson. A situation is occurring in the earth kingdom. I want this base on alert. Wait until further orders. That is all." I said, putting away the headset.
I sighed in trepidation. I didn't want to fight another war, let alone zombies of all the damned enemies I fought. But I had to.
Tenzin came into my office, wanting to present a plan.
"Ezra, I'd like to send the airbenders out to help with the situation." Tenzin said.
"Tenzin, no-one has any idea what's going on out there. What kind of threat we're dealing with." I said.
"I know. The airbenders will go out and observe what's going on. What's the worst that can happen?" Tenzin asked.
I had my face in my hands, and looked up.
"Tenzin, grab Lin, Su, Korra, Asami, and Raiko. There's something I need to tell all of you." I said.
We gathered in the president's office, and everyone except me was wondering what was going on.
"Ezra, why did you call us?" Korra asked.
"Lock the doors, and close the blinds." I said.
Lin closed the blinds, and Raiko locked the door. Everyone sat down, and I started.
"I know what's going on. A zombie apocalypse." I said.
A silence settled in the room and Su spoke up.
"A zombie apocalypse?" She asked.
"Yes. Undead bastards roaming the earth, eating anyone in sight. It's a dangerous threat. They can exterminate all the humans on the planet." I said.
"You're kidding, right?" Asami asked.
"The message we received yesterday said that 'biters' were roaming Ba Sing Se. I'm guessing that they are outside the city and expending. Will be some time before they cross the country and attack us." I said.
"If what you're saying is true, how are we to stop them? The message said they couldn't be killed." Lin said.
"I don't know. If it's zombies, we can kill them. If it's something worse, though I don't know what could be worse, than god help us all." I said.
"We can send in a team to recon the situation." Raiko said.
"I'll send my airbenders to look at it. Other than earthbenders, airbenders can move fast across land." Tenzin said.
"That'll come handy in this. Tenzin, if you can't fight them, you run. Just fucking run." I deadpanned.
"You sound like it's the end of the world." Korra said.
"It is." I said, standing and facing Tenzin.
"I'm sending one of my best pilots to escort the airbenders. Tom Lasky." I said.
"You're coming with us, right?" Tenzin asked.
"I'll come. But when the bullets start flying, you run to Zaofu or Omashu. Someplace safe." I said.
At the base, me and Lasky got ready for the fight. Lasky armed himself with an FAMAS assault rifle and an M9 pistol. I armed myself with an M40 sniper rifle, and my Python revolver.
"Any idea what we're going after?" Lasky asked.
"Yeah. I know what we're up against. Let me tell you something. You'll want to keep your distance away from them." I said.
Lasky noted how serious I was. I didn't want to fuck around with the zombies.
A week had passed and me, Lasky, and the airbenders, sans Tenzin's children, headed into the earth kingdom. It was just the few of us, traveling the vastness of the earth kingdom. Any second, a zombie could attack and kill us.
One night, we were huddled around a campfire when we heard something in the dark. Tenzin stood up and went to take a look.
"Tenzin, take this." I said, giving him my revolver.
"Thanks, but I won't need it." Tenzin said, and went into the darkness.
We waited for Tenzin to come back. Me, I already assumed him to be eaten by the undead. We watched the enveloping darkness, the only light source coming from a fire. As the airbenders went to rest, I took the first watch.
Tenzin quickly came back, and in 4 hours, it was Lasky's turn to take watch.
He stood up and walked in a random direction, not knowing where to go.
"Anyone here?" Lasky asked.
Hearing nothing, he continued to walk forward until he heard water running. Intrigued, he headed towards the sound.
Pushing a tree branch aside, he saw a figure in the waterfall. He dropped to his knees, aiming the rifle at the figure. He waited for a few seconds, wondering if it was a zombie or not. Seconds passed, and the figure stayed in the water.
"Who are you?" Lasky muttered, lowering his rifle.
Lasky slowly moved closer to the waterfall and person. Dropping to his stomach, he crawled forward, his rifle in reach. Looking closer, he held his breath, as he saw Kya bathing in the waterfall. Lasky watched for a few seconds, taking in her figure. She was beautiful in his eyes.
Upon hearing a bird fly around, Lasky retreated away from waterfall and headed towards the group. As he headed back, he smelled a most offending smell.
"Christ. What's that smell?" he wondered.
Meanwhile, Kya finished cleaning up and walked in the same direction as Lasky. Lasky came to the camp and sat next to the dying fire. He glared into the fire, his mind having a different fire in play.
A scream was heard in the distance, startling him.
"What kind of a monster is out there?" he wondered, and looked at me. "And how can you sleep like this?"
"Sleep like what?" Kya asked, stumbling on the camp.
"Oh shit!" Lasky said, turning to face her, rifle in hand.
"Easy there. I'm still human." Kya said, holding her hands up.
"Sit down." Lasky said, motioning for Kya to sit down.
"So what's going on here?" Kya asked.
"We're scouting for zombies. I'm sure you've heard of it." Lasky said.
"I've seen and fought some of the bastards. Never heard of them called zombies." Kya said.
"Colonel Jackson calls them zombies. He told us a bit about them." Lasky said.
"He's an interesting case." Kya said.
"Yeah. Half the time he talks to the soldiers on base, he has the thousand yard stare. He's married to Lin. Wonder how that will work out." Lasky said.
"They must be doing something right." Kya replied.
Lasky didn't respond, but looked in the dark horizon.
"Get some sleep. I'll wake Ezra in a few hours." Lasky said.
Next morning, Kya told us why she was here.
"I was at Zaofu when I heard all this shit going on with the zombies. Su heard that you guys went out to search for the zombies, and she sent me to bring you to Zaofu." Kya said.
"Why would we go to Zaofu?" I asked, hoping against hope that it wasn't under attack.
"Because Su things the city might be under attack. And since Kuvira and her army is in prison, she has no organized force to stop the zombies." Kya said.
Son of a bitch! I was wrong!
I gripped my rifle, not wanting to try and hold Zaofu against an attack by the undead. But we had no choice.
"Lasky, you take point." I said.
"Got it." He said, walking past Kya and walking towards Zaofu.
"How's Lin?" I asked Kya.
"She's doing real good." Kya answered.
Had I been flying a plane over our position, I'd see that we were getting swarmed by the zombies. And we didn't even know it.