Author note: I do not own Evermore or any other book in the Immortals series. I merely wrote my story based off of it due to the sheer love I have for it. Okay, on with the story :3
Chapter 2: Patient Zero "Method Acting"
The afternoon sun was hot. So hot the cement was practically a frying pan. And Damen kept… staring at her, which frankly was getting creepy and making her trip up on her lines. She shot a look at Mile's pleading for him to help her out somehow. Mile's shot Damen a look and Damen went sheep faced. Fuck… Did Ever have eyes in the back of her head? His gaze flashed down to his script getting ready for the upcoming scene, tingling at the thought of getting to put his hands on Ever. Drina would have no choice but to just let it happen. He let a smirk creep on to his face momentarily then went back to keeping his eye vaguely on Ever. Ever screamed and tripped, scrambling away from an extra and clutching the hand of a little girl that had been volunteered as an extra. The zombie chomped closer as it snarled and gnashed its teeth at her, Ever feigning fear for her life as her empty prop gun clicked uselessly. This had indeed not been planned but they had a tight schedule and this would improve alright. Miles let the cameras keep rolling , watching with a gleeful expression as he hoped and prayed this would be the final take for that scene. Ever finally got one of the flash pellets to work, stifling a triumphant laugh and turning it into a soft cry of relief and the zombie extra faked death and the blood pellet splattered them. Getting up she gripped the child's hand, which gave her a convincing pout and started tearing up clinging to her. She breathed and held the child close a second and looked up as Damen stepped onto the scene, looking relieved and dropping down to hug Ever and the child tight. Ever's breath faltered and her heart sped up, the smell of his cologne and the feel of his warmth intoxicating.
"You found her… I was so terrified you were dead, Maria,"He gasped looking into her eyes and making her want to reach out and touch him.
"Yeah… I thought I was dead too but I had one shot left. I'm not leaving Sandra behind, Romero. I'm all she has left now…,"Ever turned her gaze dramatically to the ground, snapped out of it by him calling her by the name of the girl she was playing,"Let's get a move on before they find us, I'm bleeding and I think I heard a screech over to the west."
Damen nodded and pulled the child into his arms, resting the gun barrel on his shoulder with his finger gently on the trigger as the child clung to him and they walked off set together. Ever clutched her prop machete as she bent down to retrieve it, jogging after them and looking around the empty street as if looking for zombies. The cameras panned after them as Mile's made a silent gesture at them to follow then held up his hands as if to say stop. He snapped the clap board with a grin in front of the main camera, yelling cut and walking towards Ever and Damen to hugs her and flash his million watt smile at her.
"Wonderful, just wonderful, Ever. Only took you five takes to get that perfect,"He nodded approvingly and Ever beamed back with a smile just as big.
"Stupid pop gun didn't go off. I was worried it would ruin the scene but at least it turned out alright. I'm hot and starving,"Ever groaned with a slight frown,"It was working fine yesterday."
"Many more where that came from, my dear. Did you hear about the extra who just… fainted earlier?,"Miles frowned getting worry lines,"Just….. keeled over mid zombie march. We had to do the whole scene again and carry her to her trailer."
Ever blinked and held Miles' hand briefly," Miles….. this movie is going to get done right and I'm sure she's okay. Probably just heat stroke."
Miles bit his lip and looked at Damen only to find he had wandered off like a puppy to Drina, sighing under his breath,"Those two are a whirlwind... Don't know why he's so heavy on you when he has her breathing down his neck. She just… Has this power over him that I can't understand."
Ever nodded and bite her lip, peeking up at Mile's and smiling as she wandered off to check on the extra for him. He'd worry all day if she didn't. The gravel crunched as she made her way to the make shift infirmary. Far as she could see there was no sick extra, a pile of vomit that didn't look healthy at all though. Ugh. Blinking she went near it to inspect it, glancing around as she heard a slight shuffle and snarl. Someone was method acting a little too well. She shivered and walked to where the sound had come from. Yup, way too good with method acting. The extra was shuffling around like they were lost, eyes dazed and where did they get that black goop bile dripping from their mouth? The grunts and screeches were even good. With a shrug she cracked closed the door behind her, scrunching up her face a bit at the way the extra stopped. Tiffany… Tonia… something like that.
"Hey, just coming to check on you and let you know that the zombie extras need to be in the streets in about five minutes,"Ever chirped brightly at the young female.
The young female turned, snarling and sniffing as she dripped grotesque almost black matter. Ever smelt blood. Had the extra actually… oh wow, was the extra some kind of nut that was going to kill her next? Ever tried to approach calmly getting half way to the extra before the extra screeched again and was joined by another person doing some very accurate method acting. Had they both gone nuts? The extras were charging her dripping blood and missing chunks. Her eyes got wide and she ran for the door, barely getting there and closing the door as the extra projectile vomited blood. There were pounding noises. The crazed extras were banging and clawing, but it seemed they were so crazed that they weren't turning the door knob. She searched frantically trying to find a chair to jam under the door or something. She had to tell the security, and Miles and Haven… Oh god had they tried to eat each other? Quickly she ran for a chair and slammed the door back shut as it creaked open, getting showered with more blood and a finger as she jammed the chair hard under the door knob. Feeling from the scene she ran, driven on by the screeches and snarls until they were no longer audible. She slowed down, gasping for air locating the security and miles as they spoke about a noise disturbance he wanted them to check out. Miles gasped and took in the blood and panic, immediately rushing over as the security guards started to take off. Ever collapsed and panted out a cry of terror, screaming for them to not go. They stopped surprised and jogged back over as she started to sob a wretch. Miles looked at her stunned and knelt to reach for her hand, avoiding touching the blood and looking her over.
"Ever! Ever are you okay what happened? Did someone attack you? What the hell happened?,"He breathlessly blurted out touching her bloodied hair, grimacing and almost retching himself but resisting the urge.
"They… oh my god it was awful. They-they went crazy! I think some of the extras have gone crazy, they just… They tried to eat me and I think they tried to eat each other…! Oh god, Miles, it was horrible…,"Ever sobbed and shook, retching again and gagging as she fell into miles' arms and tangled her hands in her bloody hair,"Please don't let out, they've gone crazy."
Drina stood back and smirked, watching as she figured a prank had been pulled on poor little Ever. Ugh, everyone loved Ever. Ever Ever Ever. All she heard for fuck sake. She followed the security guards laughing as she got out of hearing range. Watching intently she watched as one of the security personal dislodged the door and walked in slow, guns held up. Instantly a cry of surprise was heard and two bloody battered extras came out making a god awful screech, tackling one who had opened the door and taking a bite out of him. Drina flinched and stumbled back, swearing as a horrified look crossed her face. Two shots were fired and the security guard that had shot began tearing his over shirt into strips, tying the strips tight around a wound pouring blood as the security officer that was wounded screamed. The two extras lay shot in the head, covered in blood and upon closer inspection one was missing a chunk of their cheek and a bit of their arm. Drina scrambled away as the security guard was carried away in a hurry, looking for once not so graceful and put together. That… No, zombies weren't real. Those two were probably bath salt junkies. She breathed deep and regained her composure, consoling herself that she hadn't been attacked at least by the psycho bitches. It was bath salts or they were under too much pressure. That was all. No one in fact wanted to believe it and rumors quickly spread that two of the extras has been high on something- jumbled bits of information about psychotic high extras attacking Ever and a guard. The press went crazy, wanting to know more but getting nothing as Miles and the crew recuperated for a day or so before resuming filming. No one had any idea what was to come, or how docile that day would be compared to the next meet. The bodies were sent out to be examined for the cause of their breakdown and nothing more was said of them.
Author note: Question for the chapter, do you think zombies are possible? If so, how and why? I look forward to seeing your reviews and answer to my question :] Hope you enjoyed the chapter too.