Tweek had been tapping on the steering wheel for the past half and hour of driving, trying to figure out their plan of action but all his thoughts kept going back to Craig.
"stop it Tweek!" Butters suddenly shouted, causing Tweek to swerve.
Frowning Kenny threw a small bar of chocolate at the smaller blond, "calm your tits, don't get testy now, we've only just set out." He snapped.
Butters looked a little ashamed as he chewed on the chocolate and nothing more was said for the next couple of hours; they passed a sleazy looking motel and several fields but not a single person.
"I hope a pervert didn't pick Kyle up." Kenny suddenly said as they stopped for some food.
Tweek looked up from his bowl of goopy pasta, "it was probably Stan."
The poor blond shook his head, "Stan and his family were one of the first out of town, his mom went proper Army general on them and took half of Jimbo's store with them." He told them with a sigh.
"maybe he started walking, found his own way." Butters suggested.
Kenny gave a short laugh, "have you met Kyle? Guys' got no sense of direction."
As they got back in the car Tweek couldn't help but remember that last time he'd gone down that very road; he and Craig had been going on a date to the Observatory to spend the night looking at the stars.
It all seemed like a life time ago; just hanging out, sneaking some beers and going to their favourite places.
Tweek paused before he even closed the door, "favourite place." He whispered, "Craig's favourite place.."
"you okay there Tweek?" Kenny asked carefully.
Slamming the door the shaking blond started the car, "I know where we're going." He told the others briefly as he set off at a high speed.
"what, where?" Butters asked in a high voice as he scrambled for his seatbelt.
Tweek set his eyes straight at the road, as if afraid if he didn't look out for it then he'd miss the Observatory, "the stars." He said vaguely.
"you're sounding like an instagram post again." Kenny said, clinging to the seat, "what bloody stars?"
"Craig's stars, at the Observatory, he'll be there, I know it." Tweek rambled.
The other two exchanged strange glances but allowed Tweek to continue driving like a lunatic and at the speed he was going they would reach their destination in now time.
And they would have if the car hadn't run out of gas, even the two Kenny had packed were gone, appantly driving so fast burns gas too quickly.
"shit, shit, shit!" Tweek ranted, kicking the car to let his anger out.
Kenny calmly sorted out the things in the trunk, packing it into bags for them to carry, "calm down, we'll walk, it's not like there's a deadline." He told the swearing blond.
"we're going to walk?" Butters asked.
"it can't be that far." Kenny said, looking for a sign, "right Tweek?"
Trying to remember Tweek looked around for something familiar but it was all just woods and road, the only thing he knew was which direction to go in.
So the three blonds set off down the empty road, all their worldly possessions on their backs, hoping to find the Observatory soon.
"maybe we should get off the road, out of broad daylight." Butters suggested as the sun started to go down.
Too tired and aching to care the others agreed and they stumbled into the forest but as it slowly got darker and the more they tripped and stumbled, the further away from the direction of the road until they found themselves in the depths of the dark woods.
The light from their flashlights weren't very affective with the trees so close together and it wasn't long before Butters went flying over something.
"Ugh! I hate this!" Butters cried, brushing himself off angrily, "I hate this fucking apocalypse, I hate not being able to go home, I hate eating cold food!"
"we all fucking hate it Butters." Kenny snarled, shining his flashlight into the other boy's crying face, "but it's not like we have a choice right now."
"guys, speak quietly." Tweek begged but was ignored.
Butters swatted at Kenny's light, "just cos you're used to it."
"what? I'm used to living like shit?" Kenny had dumped his bag on the floor, "get over yourself mama's boy!"
"don't call me that!" Butters shouted, throwing his bag at Kenny with some force.
The poor blond stumbled but didn't fall over, "touchy touchy Butters, nobody will like you if you're naughty." Kenny teased.
"fuck you McCormick! You don't know anything." More tears were pouring down Butters blotched face.
Kenny snorted, "I know you shot your parents when they weren't even dead."
There was a thick silence that followed, Butters not knowing how to respond and Tweek too terrified of their loud voices to say anything.
"thought you'd keep that nugget of information from me Stotch." Kenny sneered, "shooting the living, that's fucking twisted." Grabbing his bag he turned to Tweek, "come on lets go, good luck Butters!" he called as he began to walk away.
"wait." Tweek said, unsure what to do but then he heard a noise behind him.
There, between the trees, stood a zombie dressed as a serious camper, all warm clothes and smelling of bonfire but its skin peeling and eyes dark.
On instinct Tweek swung his heavy gun at it, since it was empty, to knock it out but the zombie caught the butt in its decaying hand without even flinching.
Surprised Tweek tried to pull the gun from the zombie's grip but it held fast; something was different, the zombie wasn't a drooling mess, it moved better.
"Kenny!" the shaking blond shouted into the darkness, because he's left with all the weapons.
With a smooth lunge the zombie pushed at Tweek, sending them both to the floor, the gun falling away into the leaves; the stinking body was inches from the blond's, teeth and tongue searching for flesh.
Tweek began scream, terrified he would become infected, the zombie was nothing but dead weight but it was quickly removed by a boot to the side of the head by Butters thick snow boots.
The shaking blond barely had time to scramble to his feet before the zombie was on him again, not even missing a step or caring that there was a dent in its head now.
Suddenly out of the darkness came another figure, tackling the zombie hard to the ground; dressed in full Football gear, padding and helmet, the person quickly put a nail through the zombie's brain.
Floodlights filled the woods, illuminating all around them, revelling all the zombies surrounding them and Kenny running back towards them.
Kenny turned pale at the sight of all the dead around them, barely noticing the Football player carrying a nailgun, "the fuckā¦" he hissed.
"get to the ground!" the Football player shouted and they all flattened themselves to the woods floor instantly, "NOW SHELLEY!"
A scorching, intense heat flooded over the blond's; a girl in a long trench coat, belly top and braces was firing a flamethrower through the trees at the zombies, turning the instantly to ashes.
In no time all the zombies were nothing but dust, the girl removed her welders glasses and laughed joyfully, "what a blast! You alright there dweebs?"
"Shelley Marsh?" Kenny spluttered out before turning to the Football player.
Stan had shaved off all his black hair and he was thick with dirt but he smiled brightly as he hugged Kenny tightly.
"good to see you alive dude." Stan said happily, "we heard you shouting, these fuckers are everywhere." He gestured to the piles of ashes.
"something was different, why were they different?" Tweek stammered.
Through the thick shoulder pads Stan shrugged, "beats me, all I care about is eliminating as many as possible." He gave Butters a quick nod before looking round more, "where's Kyle?"
Kenny looked instantly sad, "he isn't with you?" he breathed.
"he's not here?" Stan exclaimed.
"we found their Hybrid crashed outside of town, but there was no sign of Kyle, he was gone." The poor blond explained.
Stan's grip on his gun tightened and he looked ready to cry but pulled himself together as his mom came through the tree; she had on a thick layer of war paint and full army gear, the apocalypse suited Sharron very well.
"everyone okay?" she asked firmly, looking from each other them.
Butters and Kenny glanced awkwardly at each other before turning their attention back to Sharron, Stan and Shelley.
"where's Randy?" Kenny asked.
The Marsh mother scoffed and rolled her eyes, "I locked him in the RV, if I let him out then he'd waste all our ammo."
"we're heading to the Observatory." Tweek quickly told them, "can we get a lift there?"
Sharron frowned, "why there?"
"cos Craig will be there." Tweek replied simply.
Nodding Stan lead the way back to the RV, Randy waving from the window, and they were treated to a hot drink while Randy was allowed to drive the way.
"we saw your grandpa." Kenny whispered to Stan.
The football player nodded sadly, "he was one of the first to turn, mom up him in the front yard before we packed up."
Tweek nursed his hot drink while staring longing out of the window and, sooner than expected, the Observatory came into view.
Illuminated against the dark sky the dome like Observatory looked safe enough, the telescope fully extended and sitting innocently upon a hill.
Tweek climbed out first, taking in the happy feeling that came with the building, his stomach gave a happy flip when he saw Craig's crappy car parked by the side of the main door.
"he's here!" Tweek called into the RV before bolting towards the Observatory.
The main doors banged open loudly, echoing through the whole building and flooding the inside with the light from the RV.
Any happy feeling disappeared from Tweek; the whole place was empty except a single dead body on the floor in a pool of blackened blood.
