This story was inspired by the game The Last of Us. It isn't a complete copy of the game, but there might be similar scenes.
When I have to write someone saying a lot of words it always comes out awkward. Even reading the words in my head or out loud doesn't help. It still reads weird. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. xD
ONE
"I see you like my legs," a beautiful woman in her early twenties said with a flirtatious smile.
The geeky looking man sitting across from her blushed and stared at the floor nervously.
"Would you like to touch my legs?" the woman said suggestively.
The mans eyes darted around as if looking for an escape.
"What an idiot," Lupin laughed.
"What are you watching?" Jigen wondered as he walked up and sat down next to Lupin.
"It's this stupid show where they take pathetic guys like Goemon and pair them up with swimsuit models."
"I heard that," Goemon said unhappily.
Lupin looked back at him and grinned. "You should go on this show, Goemon. Maybe they can cure you."
"I'm not sick. It's you who needs help." Goemon stood and walked outside onto the balcony, hoping to get some peace and quiet out there.
Lupin shrugged the remark off and turned his attention back to the show. "Oh, here it comes! The kiss!"
Jigen stared at Lupin, wondering if the man did require some sort of professional help.
"Oh god, did you see that?" Lupin leaned his head back and laughed. "What a goofball! He looks like he's gonna puke!"
Jigen watched the show, trying hard to see the appeal in such a thing.
The woman on the screen giggled as she ran her hand up the man's thigh.
"This is the best part of the show," Lupin said excitedly, following the woman's hand as it moved up towards the man's groin. "Let's see what he does. The last guy took off so fast, it was great."
The woman's hand reached the man's groin and began to massage it. The man stared in disgust as he tried to back away from the touch. Having had enough he stood up and pointed a finger at the woman, ready to say something when the news broke into the show.
"Hello, this is Kai Makoto with Channel 6 News," the news woman said as she sat looking very professional behind a large desk. On the bottom of the screen was the graphic "Breaking News", a smaller caption underneath reading "Explosion at Lin Corporation Labs".
"Aw, come on," Lupin said loudly while glaring at the screen. "It was just getting good!"
"... says the explosion killed six workers and that several others are trapped inside the building," Makoto said in a serious manner. "There is still no word on how the explosion happened or what caused it. Lin Corporation, a highly reputable pharmaceuticals company, made national headlines last year when they developed a vaccine that successfully wiped out the North Fever virus. And since then they have received numerous government grants that-"
"Blah blah blah," Lupin said with a roll of his eyes. He leaned back into the couch and grabbed the phone from his pocket, checking his texts.
"I will be leaving tonight," the last text said. "I'll let you know before getting on the plane."
"Great," Jigen sighed. "Now I get to deal with two bitchy people."
Lupin glared at Jigen and pulled his phone away. "Nosy bastard," he muttered. He looked back at the phone and replied to the text.
"You told her about the job, didn't you?" Jigen was not happy. Nothing ever went right when Fujiko was around.
Lupin smiled as he thought of her. "Yeah," he sighed happily.
"God, you are so hopeless."
"I know," Lupin said with a dumb grin on his face.
Jigen got up and walked to the kitchen for a drink.
...
"Hey," Lupin said into the phone. "You never told me when you were leaving. Whenever you get this message call me back." He ended the call and looked down at his phone in annoyance.
He sighed and walked back to the couch, sitting on the edge of it and staring at the screen. "Three hours of the news and they've told us nothing." He leaned back and yawned.
"I wish you would stop cheating," an angry Goemon said to Jigen as the two sat at the table playing cards.
Jigen laughed. "I'm winning, not cheating. There's a difference."
"You're cheating and you know it." Goemon tossed the cards he held onto the table and stood.
"Not my fault you suck at poker," Jigen said as he gathered up the money he had won.
Lupin glanced at Goemon as he walked by. He looked back at the television and smiled. "Hey, Zenigata is on the news and it isn't because of me."
"What's he saying?" Jigen wondered as he got up and walked to the couch, leaning on the back of it.
Lupin turned the volume up.
"...isolated incident which will be under investigation," Zenigata said abruptly as he stood at a podium.
"Inspector," a reporter shouted. "Is it true that the officer was eating the victim?"
"Eyewitness testimony is still being reviewed at this time," Zenigata answered.
"Does this have to do with the Lin Corp. explosion?" another reporter shouted.
"We have no information to correlate the two incidents."
"What was Lin Corp. working on when the explosion happened?"
Zenigata glared at the reporter. "We don't know anything about that at this time."
"Inspector. I've just received news that people are being taken to nearby hospitals complaining of illness and strange rashes. Is this a new virus we should be worried about?"
"The police are getting the news as you are," he answered. "When we get anything new we will let you know. Thank you." He turned and left the podium as reporters continued shouting out questions.
"Did he get demoted to media dog or something?" Jigen wondered.
Lupin grinned and dialed a number.
"What," Zenigata answered.
"I saw you on TV," Lupin said in a seductive voice. "You were sexy out there."
"Damn it, Lupin! This isn't the time!"
"I can call back later," he said with the same tone of voice.
"That's not what I meant," Zenigata yelled.
"Calm down, old man," Lupin laughed. "So, what the hell is going on out there?"
"Two officers who had been working security at the lab were found eating a lab worker."
"Yeah, I can read," Lupin said in annoyance as he read the caption on the screen in front of him. "What's really going on, though?"
Zenigata walked down a hallway, avoiding the officers rushing from the building. "Lin Corp. was working on something and whatever it was is turning people into... well, we're unofficially calling them zombies."
"Zombies," Lupin said in disbelief.
Jigen and Goemon, who had just entered the room, stared at Lupin.
"What else would you call it?" Zenigata growled. "Look, just stay as far away from Japan as you can."
"Where do you think I'm calling from?"
"Damn it," Zenigata sighed. "Where are you?"
"Tokyo. Why? How bad is this?"
"Bad. Just stay where you are and keep the doors and windows locked."
Lupin laughed. "I'm not a kid, dad. Besides, I think I could handle this."
"This is different. If one of those things bites you you're fucked."
"Wait, you didn't mention anything like that at the-"
"Don't believe the bullshit I'm told to feed the public, Lupin. If the people really knew what was going on..."
Lupin was silent as he stared at the footage on TV.
"Look," Zenigata sighed. "One of our guys was sent in to look for survivors. Five minutes later he ran out screaming about some crazy bastard that had attacked and bit him. He got sent to the hospital and not two hours later he turned into one of those... those things. Witnesses reported odd behavior before he started screaming and rushed the nurses. He bit three of them and ate half of another before he was shot and killed. The three who were bit were taken away and locked inside of a room. Poor bastards probably have another half hour left before they turn." Zenigata sighed deeply and glanced up as his captain walked towards him.
"So, there's nothing to do?"
Zenigata stared down at a report he was handed.
"Call another press conference," his captain told him.
Zenigata nodded. "I gotta go," he muttered, ending the call and walking off.
"Hello?" Lupin glanced at the others and lowered his phone. His eyes moved from it to the TV.
"So?" Jigen wondered. "What is this about zombies?"
"People are becoming zombies." Lupin gave them a serious stare. "This is really happening..."
The three stared at the television as Zenigata walked out to the podium.