The Smashing Dead

Ep 1 Part 3

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Link's car was slowing to a stop in the middle of a street in Tellius.

"This is as far as we can go." Link remarked when the car stopped.

"Then it's far enough." Ike replied as he stepped out of the car.

The group strolled down the street before coming across a small shop. Ike felt chills up his spine. It wasn't just a shop. It was his mother's.

"Look!" Toon piped up, pointing out a crouching figure.

"Hey there!" Link called, waving his hands, "You friendly? The truck's run out of gas!"

The figure stood up, revealing itself as a walker.

"FUCK!" Link screamed.

Walkers surrounded the group, closing in on them.

"We're trapped!" Zelda cried.

A walker fell on top of Toon.

"AHHH!" Toon cried "No!"

The walker suddenly was shot in the head, splashing blood all over Toon. A woman with dark hair shot more walkers while Link and Zelda grabbed Toon.

"Run!" Another person, a kid screamed.

The group ran in and the woman shot more walkers before following them. The kid ran in after them and locked the gate, blocking out the walkers.

"We can't take risks like this!" A teenage kid growled.

"And we can't just let people die either!" The woman retorted.

"When I say 'that door stays shut no matter what.' I fucking MEAN it. We don't know who these people are; they could be dangerous!"

"They could've led them right to us." A man in a lab coat added.

"Where the hell is your humanity?" The woman snapped.

"Chill the fuck out." Ike butted, "We're people who are trying to avoid those things, just like you!"

"Don't you come in here and swear at me!" The teenager yelled.

"I'll say whatever I want when you start threatening these people!"

"You'll have to excuse him." The lady said.

"The hell he, or ANYONE will. This is about survival. Do you guys not see what's happening?"

Ike felt Ness tug on his hand.

"What is it?" Ike asked.

"I…I have to pee." Ness said.

"In a minute, Ness."

"They got kids Ash, like me." The kid said.

"Those things outside don't care." Ash retorted.

"Maybe you should go join them then." Link interrupted, "You'll have something in common!"

"He's an asshole, that's for sure." Ike added.

"That's what it takes." Ash barked.

"Well you don't have to be a bitch about it!" Ike riposted.

"Holy shit." The old man said. "One of them is BITTEN!"

Ike saw he was talking about Toon.

"He wasn't bitten." Ike inveighed.

"Hell he wasn't! We have to end this. Now."

Link blocked the man's way.

"Over my dead body."

"We'll dig one hole."

"No! I'm cleaning him up, there's no bite!" Zelda protested.

"We've seen this before. He turns, and we're all dead! We got a throw him out, or smash his head in!"

"Link, stop him!" Zelda pleaded.

"Ike, what do we do about this guy?"

"Professor, it's just a boy." Ash sighed.

"We reason with him." Ike said.

"With the bloody end of my sword, maybe!" Link argued, "Nobody threatens my boy!"

"Everybody CHILL THE FUCK OUT!" The lady stepped in.

"Nobody's doing anything." The teen interrupted.

"Shut up Ash." Professor Oak flashed, "And you, shut the fuck up. They will find us and they will get in here and none of this will fucking matter. But right now we're about to be TRAPPED with one of those things."

"What are you talking about?" Link challenged.

"He's bitten! That's how you TURN." Professor Oak flared.

"He's not bitten. Ike please stop this, it's upsetting him!" Zelda pleaded again.

"Oak right? Look around, this is his son!" Ike brought up.

"You look around dumbass. I have someone I care about, YOU have someone you care about. Get your head out of your ass, boy." Professor Oak grunted.

"We've all got people in here and we can figure this out without killing anybody! There's another way." Ike said through gritted teeth.

"Yeah. With a shovel."

"I'm gonna KILL him Zelda!" Link said, "Just take care of Toon."

"Ike?" Ness called, standing by the bathroom door.

"Yeah?"
"There's someone in there."

"It's just locked. There's probably a key on the counter."

"Hey! I'm not the bad guy here, I'm just looking out for Ash here." Professor Oak said.

"No, you're just a guy arguing for killing a kid." Link lamented.

"He's covered in muck! She'll find the bite. WATCH."

"She WON'T."

"And if she does? The first thing he'll do is sink his teeth into his mom's face. Then once she's dead, he'll probably pounce on YOUR little boy!" Professor Oak snapped, looking at Ike.

"Then we'll deal with it then, but now we're just freaking everybody out!" Ike shouted.

"Then get ready to deal with it because that boy is BITTEN."

"That's not gonna HAPPEN!" Link snarled.

"It is and we're tossing him out now!"

"No!" Ike smashed his way in, "You don't touch that boy. You don't touch ANYBODY."

Ike stepped forward, challenging the professor.

"I've got someone I'm trying to take care of too! You wanna get violent you old fuck? Well, COME ON!"

Ike's voice raised after every word he spoke.

"You better have a plan to kill be though, because it's ME BEFORE ANYONE ELSE IN HERE!"

Ness screamed from the other side of the store, a walker pursuing him.

"Jesus!" Professor Oak gasped.

"Ness!" Ike called.

Ike ran to the walker, but tripped and smashed his head on a shelf, leaving him dazed. Ike quickly recovered and grabbed the walker away from Ness.

"Get away from him you son of a bitch!"

Ike wrestled with the walker, struggling.

"Get…off."

A gunshot rang through the store and the walker flopped on the floor, dead. Ike turned to see the woman from before pointing a gun.

"You okay?" She asked, putting the gun down.

"Just great, thanks." Ike groaned.

"Uh…guys?" The kid asked.

There were moans coming from the entrance of the store and banging noises on the barricades.

"Everybody down! Stay quiet!" Ash ordered.

Ness grabbed Ike's shirt and hid behind him, shaking.

"They're gonna get in!" Professor Oak hissed.

"Shut up." Link cut off.

There were suddenly sounds of many gunshots being fired.

"Is that the military?" Ike asked.

"I don't know." Ash responded.

"Thank goodness for whatever it is." The kid stated.

"We almost DIED because of this bitch and her itchy trigger finger!" Professor Oak pointed out, "That was stupid! That was-"

The professor fell onto the floor.

"Oak!" Ash ran over to him.

"What's going on?" Ike asked.

"It's his heart. It stops working if he gets too stressed out." Ash explained, "We're out of his medication."

"You mean nitroglycerin pills?" Zelda guessed.

"Yes. We've been trying to get into the pharmacy since we got here. Please try to get in there." Ash pleaded, "Behind the counter where the pills are!"

"We'll get there somehow." Ike promised.

"Thank you. Just get the pills and I'll look over the professor."

"Everyone should get themselves comfortable and find useful things. We may be stuck here a while." Link suggested.

"I'm starting to think this place isn't a permanent solution." The kid said.

"This isn't exactly Hyrule Castle." Link mentioned.

"What do you suggest?" Ike asked the kid.

"We need as much has as possible, so we can get out of Tellius fast." The kid planned, "There's a motel-like place not too far from here. I'll go there and come back, siphoning what I can."

"You're insane." Ike said. After all it was just a kid.

"Well, it's gotta get done. Plus, I'm quick and I know Tellius."

"Local?"

"Moved here when I was young."

"Well, if you get in a tight spot, here's a walkie talkie." Ike said, handing him the radio, "Hopefully you won't need it. Ness has the other one."

"Cool."

"What's your name by the way?" Link asked.

"I'm The Villager." The kid smiled proudly.

"Alright. You, you keep an eye on that front door, you're our lookout." Link told a small man.

"The name's Olimar, and you got it."

"And I'm Lucina."

"Ok Lucina. You'll shift in with Doug when he needs it. For now, you need to rest. You're a good shot and I'd like to keep it that way."

"You got it boss."

"Ike, you get the pills" Link told him.

"What I was thinking." Ike agreed.

Ike walked in through the back door, Ness trailing right behind him. When they entered the room, there was nothing there except a bloody mattress, empty shelves and a desk. Ike felt the tears well up in his eyes when he stepped in.

"I can't…I can't think of them now…"

Ike stumbled upon a picture inside a broken frame. He slid the photo out of the broken glass. He saw the stocky figure of his father and the kind loving face of his mother. Ike smiled at the photo of his family. The smiled disappeared when he saw the person next to his parents. It was him. Ike's 14 year old self was smiling widely, his father's hand placed on his shoulder. Ike closed his eyes and ripped of the cheerful young boy from the picture, leaving only his parents.

"Find anything?" Lucina's voice piped up from behind him.

Ike whipped around.

"Just…" Ike stuttered, dropping his part of the photo, "Just a picture of the family who lived here. It might help us track the keys down."

"I know who you are." Lucina stated, "You're Ike, son of Griel. You lead the Griel mercenaries after your father died. You killed a general when you caught him sleeping with your wife. This is your mother's store. People around here know the owner's son got himself a life sentence, I still heard all the news in Ylisse. I paid attention to that sentence. Maybe you're a murderer, but I don't care. Frankly, that's a skill that might come in handy."

"Hmph." Ike grunted, slightly offended.

"Did you tell anyone who you are, or that you're tied to this place?"

"No. I've been sticking to just Ike for a reason."

"You seem like an ok guy, and the last thing we need is drama out there. You have this kid to take care of. Look, don't make me wrong on this." Lucina told Ike.

"I don't plan to."

"Good. Because if this lasts longer than a few days and you're a detriment to the group, then we'd have a problem."

"I hear you."

"I'll just keep it to myself."

"Thanks."

"Don't worry about it."

Lucina walked out of the room. Ike had sworn he had saw the slightest hint of a blush on her face.

Ike walked up to Ness, who was standing next to the door, clutching his walkie talkie.

"Everyone seem alright to you?" Ike asked.

"Yeah. Well, maybe not the sick guy." Ness stated.

"Yeah. We'll keep an eye on him." Ike laughed.

"There was that thing in the bathroom, it tried to get me." Ness remembered.

"I know."

"But you stopped it."

"Yeah, I did."

"Can you do that more?"

"Well, I'm not gonna go looking for them."

"I mean get the dangerous ones."

"I'm going to try."

"Good."

Ike sighed.

"Let's go back to the drugstore." Ike suggested.

"OK…Ike?"

"Yeah?"

"You're not bad right?" Ness mumbled.

"I…why are you asking that?" Ike replied.

"That lady said you killed someone." Ness recalled, "Was that because he was one of those things trying to eat you?"

"…It's complicated. Sometimes things happen…or you do things and you can't explain them."

Ness just nodded and slightly looked down.

"Let's head back to the others." Ike said.

Ike walked back to where everyone else was, walking away from his past, and escaping the truth.

A/N: Before you guys complain, YES Ash was rumored to be considered a playable character in SSB 4 and Professor Oak is a trophy. It took me all the time to write 3 chapters combined to make the entire character list, and I'm STILL changing it! If you don't like these character choices, then I'm sorry for meeting you expectations that I was totally aware about and totally knew.