1 day after Z-day
Subject: Drew
Drew sat in the cafeteria, as the other survivors were asleep, including the girls and various others. He and Edna were the only ones awake, he didn't realize this because she was eyeing him from the other side of where he was sitting. He sat on the far left near the entrance as Edna had a chair pulled up close to two girls sleeping together. It was Christy and Mandy lying there trying to be normal. Drew sat next to Pinky whom he had grown a liking to, despite the fact she barely knew him, let alone trust him. He brushed his hand through his hair and let out a deep sigh. He sat staring at Pinky and how beautiful and calm she was sleeping.
Drew could hear Edna walking toward his general direction as he let out a soft chuckle. "Can't sleep either?" Edna asked Drew. "Watching and waiting. There's a difference." Drew replied. Edna sat on the other end of the table staring at him pistol in hand. She pulled out a cloth and started cleaning it in front of him. Drew looked at her cleaning the gun. "Is that a scare tactic of some kind? Because I've seen worse than a gun used."
"I'm sure you have sonny. You like this girl don't you?" She asked in reply. "I knew her, I don't think she recognizes me yet, but she will. She's still as beautiful as I remember. Short black hair, as dark as mine, cute little eyes, everything about her is perfect, yet she still has to marry that blonde moron Derby." Drew emphasized Derby's name in anger. "Not in this world anymore sweetheart. Derby's gone as far as anyone knows. You may have some shot with her, but I can't guarantee your safety in that sense. Smoke?" Edna offered him. Drew took it with a smirk.
"Got a light?" Drew asked. Edna nodded and lit his smoke. He inhaled a breath and breathed it out. "And here I would have thought you'd go all guard dog and shoot me." Drew stated. "Not my time of the month yet. Besides you seem like an okay kid to me. Are the rest of the kids really at the power plant?" Edna asked. "Definitely. Your leader had better hope he make it in time. The way it looked down there was a way worse Hell than here. Even with all of the biters and stingers out there. Last time I checked the security feed all of the ones chased ended up caught and dead. Luckily none of them looked like they were from this school. Have you guys checked out the observatory yet?" Drew asked.
"No. They say the nerds might be there. Though when I saw it last it was pretty much destroyed, walls caved in, and crap all over the place. Didn't look like a good place to hide anymore. Even for the townies." Edna explained. "I don't doubt your judgment, however in this world to find any good spot is a rarity, those things won't stop until all of us are dead." Drew explained as he looked down to where Pinky was. He brushed her hair out of her face to look at her again. She turned over and moaned a little. "I've seen some nasty shit Edna. Quite frankly the person I happen to care about the most is this beauty right here. I'd fuck things up just to get to her, help her in anyway I can. Even though she doesn't even acknowledge my existence. See this scar on my cheek, my eye, and this one." Drew lifted his shirt up to reveal a huge lash on his back.
"The one over my eye was self-inflicted, on my cheek was some asshole cutting me with his knife. The one on my back; was from none other than Derby himself. He doesn't care about Pinky at all, just the money. If only she knew I'd go through Hell just to see her for five minutes. Me coming here should have proven it to her, but I don't think I can reveal my feelings for her just yet. She can't know Edna, don't tell her at any cost." Drew tried making Edna promise. "Fine kid. Just remember at some point, you'll regret not telling her earlier. I never told Dr. Watts my true feelings for him, now he's gone. Don't take this the wrong way, we did some things, but I never truly realized what made me feel good. It finally hit me after I saw his splattered around and eaten. His body disappeared without a trace. Tell Pinky as soon as you can, I admit she's a brat at times, but she does deserve a guy who will treat her right, I can only hope it's you kid. Not even Hopkins could take care of her for very long." Edna explained.
"That is the leader of this little band of brothers huh? I hate talking about people behind their back but; he doesn't seem like the type to hold a strong relationship that some people can. He handles the redhead very well though, not too controlling, no favoring to either side, and they seem to have a real connection." Drew looked down to the ground to see Pinky still asleep. He took the last drag of his smoke and threw it down and rubbed it with his shoe. "I'll take the rest of the night kid. Go have a rest. You look tired." Edna said. "There's no time for resting now. The wicked have come out to play-ay. I feel the need to protect her." Drew explained. "I'll take care of her. Besides I do have weaponry you don't have." Drew nodded as he went to sleep; Edna remained in the seat and cracked her neck and knuckles in preparation for any upcoming entity. They were lucky to find Pinky hiding out in the girl's dorm, thanks to Drew checking around.
Subject: Jimmy Hopkins
"Wasps incoming!" Zoe yelled as everyone charged through the industrial park. Bryce ended up running alone and getting caught by a wasp, the wasp picked him up and stung him repeatedly puffing Bryce up so much his body soon exploded in the air. Juri found Ted and Damon holed up in the wonder meats slaughterhouse scared shitless. "Come on we have to get out of here! Get back to Bullworth!" Juri yelled to them as the two giants got up and trekked toward Juri. "Watch out!" Damon yelled as a group of zombies caught hold of Juri. He fought a few of them off with his fists but he was soon bitten on the arm and not long after being eaten as he shouted at the dumbfounded jocks to leave. They ran out and looked around at the chaos.
Jimmy tried to find Edgar and some of his townies but realized half of them had become the undead. Zoe quickly looked at the horror of some of her old friends being reanimated in front of her eyes. "No. No, no, no, no, no!" It was all Zoe could say. "Zoe, take it easy. Be brave, they aren't who they used to be. Just come with me, Edgar should be fine." Jimmy told her as she realized tears were coming up. He pulled her along hoping she wouldn't get caught. Soon Jimmy saw Edgar, Gurney, Clint, and Omar run out of the building screaming their hearts out. "What is it Edgar?" Jimmy asked. "Big… Fucking… Monster!" Edgar replied cowering in fear.
Soon a monster that looked like a chemical covered bear ripped its way out of the building. It growled at the sight of Jimmy and sprinted towards him at a fast pace. Jimmy dodged its first strike as he brought Zoe down with him. "Go Zoe! Run!" Jimmy yelled. She ran off trying not to look back. The bear walked up to him pushing fatty out of the way at a brutish force. It stood towering over Jimmy with green ooze coming out of its mouth as it growled. Jimmy tried pushing it back but found his hands covered in green muck. The monster chuckled as it chest bumped Jimmy back. Jimmy flew across the pavement and was surprised out how strong it really was. "Not funny. Want to fight dirty huh? Alright lets fight dirty!" Jimmy yelled. He ripped a 2X4 off of a wall and started at the monster. The monster didn't hesitate and ran after him. Jimmy collided with the monster breaking the jaw with the 2X4.
"How do you like that?" Jimmy yelled. The monster dumbfounded and what looked like out of a trance looked at Jimmy with puppy eyes. "What the hell?" Jimmy said to himself. He realized soon he knew this monster, wasn't really a monster at all. He looked at the features; it soon started to look slightly more human than before. It had hair, and tattered destroyed clothing on it. One of the pieces looked distinctly like a tie. "Crabblesnitch?" Jimmy asked the monster. It nodded at Jimmy in approval. Jimmy then dropped the 2X4 and held out a hand to Crabblesnitch as he gladly accepted the offer. "Jimmy! What are you doing? That thing tried to kill me!" Edgar yelled.
Jimmy realized the chaos around the area had finally stopped. He walked Crabblesnitch over to the students who shook in fear. Even Ted was shivering a bit. "I'll fight him myself! It ain't a gorilla but it sure is close!" Damon yelled. "Don't bother guys. I know who this is."
"You're crazy right?" Zoe asked. "No, look at him. The hair, the cold stare, the height, and even the tie around his neck that came loose, don't you realize who this is? It's Dr. Crabblesnitch!" Jimmy said as everyone was in shock and disbelief. Jimmy looked through the crowd and looked a little beyond the crowd toward the gate of the townie hideout. He swore he could see someone he knew once before but had forgotten about. He looked different, he had tattered clothes on, but had the same hair. For some reason he had two other people with him. One in really shredded clothing, but fashionable, the other looked like he doesn't shower at all. He soon realized whom he was staring at and started to charge for him. The boy didn't notice but everyone in the crowd soon took notice of this and tried stopping Jimmy. Jimmy tackled the boy to the ground and flipped the boy on his back.
Jimmy and his paranoia was confirmed, Gary Smith. The hippie boy pointed a gun at Jimmy. "Get up boy." The deep voice commanded. Jimmy got up and stumbled back as he felt slightly lightheaded. "All the rest of you stay back! Or this boy gets it in the head, so he won't come back!" The hippie commanded. "Derby?" Bif's voice was heard from the group of people. Derby turned to face Bif who he barely recognized at this point. "It's alright Tony, let him come." Derby commanded. "Damn! You look terrible. You still look like a champ though!" Bif said half-heartedly. Derby nodded as he tripped into Bif who quickly caught him.
"You're tired aren't you?" Bif asked. Derby nodded. Bif threw Derby over his shoulder and started walking. Tony clicked and pointed his gun in Bif's direction. "Where do you think you're going with our ticket out of here?" Tony asked. Everyone looked stumped as Gary came over to Tony. "So much for covert ops. Come on we can find the damn thing ourselves." Gary said. Tony retreated with Gary. "What thing?" Jimmy finally spoke up. "Don't worry about it Jimmy boy. It's not enough for all of us, so let it go and wait for the military like in the movies or something. Simple minds make the softest shells. I'm playing it smart unlike all of you. So don't bother following us or your going to end up shot!" Gary yelled. A zombie came up behind Gary but he quickly shot it in the head without even looking. "Like that!" He yelled again.
"What is my helicopter doing in the air?" Derby was heard from over Bif's shoulder. Everyone turned his or her attention to the chopper, which definitely was Derby's. It had Harrington written all over the damn thing, they soon realized it was shifting all over. Soon it exploded in the air into a million different pieces as the force of it knocked everyone over. Including Crabblesnitch. "That chopper was our only chance out of here!" Tony yelled. Gary calmed him down. "You got no choice now Gary, you're stuck like the rest of us." Ted said to him. Jimmy got up and manhandled Gary and struck a blow at him, which was done with so much force Gary choked on air. Soon the boys were in an all out brawl one punch after the other. A few of the students pulled Jimmy back as Tony pulled Gary back, but barely hanging on. So Crabblesnitch goes over to hold him to the ground.
"Crabby you are alive!" Gary yelled. He laughed a little but it didn't bother Crabblesnitch in the least. "Dr. Crabblesnitch, take their weapons away and give them to Russell, drag the two along if you have to." Jimmy commanded Crabblesnitch. He complied and ripped the guns from the boys' hands and hand one boy in each hand, dragging their bodies along. Russell held all the firearms and accidently let one shoot Bo in the face. "Russell sorry!" He started to bawl a little bit at the sight of Bo's lifeless body on the asphalt.
"Maybe we should distribute the weapons to more responsible people. No offense." Jimmy told him. Russell nodded still having tears in his eyes. The sun soon started to come up but there was thick fog everywhere. "We got to go guys. They're probably worried about us at the school." Jimmy said. Everyone soon started to take the trek back to the school. Jimmy led on with Bif carrying Derby by his side.
A/N Apologies for the screwed up chapter. The site was acting a bit weird when I uploaded it, but hopefully it looks better now!