"What in the world are you still doing here kid?" Gretchen asked, looking at the boy on the ground. Seedos was shaking uncontrollably; he couldn't look at the woman. His eyes wouldn't leave the severed head on the ground of his bully. Sure, he didn't like Bear, but he didn't want him to die.

"Y-You killed B-Bear!" Seedos said, scooting backwards on the ground. He knows it was her who did it. All the evidence was right there. She had some kinda of blunt-looking weapon in her hand, and she was covered in blood.

"What, did you want to die or something?" Gretchen said, taking a few steps towards him. Seedos let out a slight yelp, scooting back faster until his back hit a tree. He was shaking more violently as she continued to walk up.

"P-Please don't kill me!" Seedos cried, covering his mask with his hands as he started to sob uncontrollably. Gretchen rolled her eyes behind her mask, reaching down to yank him up to his feet.

"Get a grip Kid," she said, "Your lucky I was out hunting when that thing tried to get in. Why haven't you left for town?" Seedos tried to speak, but all that came out were stutters worse then Patch's. Gretchen let out a grunt, shoving him forward.

"Come on," She said. Seedos turned, shaking his head.

"N-No! I can't," He said, "H-how do I know you won't kill me?"

"Because your human. Bear here," She pointed to the decapitated body, "Wasn't human. Can't you tell?" Seedos forced himself to look at the bloodied body once again. In a way, the huntress was right. Bear's skin, the little bit that was exposed, looked like it was rotting, and his eyes from the severed head were almost completely white. He started to shake all over again. Gretchen grunted.

"Listen, if you want to live, then you stay close, but I am not going to sit here and wait for you to collect yourself," Gretchen said before she quickly darted through the trees. Seedos sat there a moment. He didn't know what was going on, and he almost didn't want to know. He wanted to get up and fallow the huntress, but Dastardos might be back soon and he DID tell him not to leave-

"W-wait Ms. Fetchem!" Seedos cried, getting up and scrambling the way the huntress had gone. It was only minutes before he crashing into her, his butt once again colliding with the swampy ground. Gretchen was unmoved however, and her mask looked incredibly irritated.

"Of fuck me..." She muttered, staring at the army of zombified Ruffians lurking around before her. Seedos turned his head and looked around the adult woman before blackening out.

"Okay, so it's pretty clear that this is probably some kind of virus, like in the movies," Maxime said. Just about everyone was sitting around her, deciding that there was nothing much left to lose. Besides, Dustin would have thrown a fit if they decided not to listen to her. The only one who wasn't sitting with the rest of him was Arfur, who was digging around behind his bar.

"Well obviously," Leafos said, having calmed down quite a bit from her fit from earlier ago, "Why, do you know what we can do?"

"OH! OH! I know what your supposed to do! I saw the movies too," Dustin piped up. Everyone groaned. Maxime, however, raised a brow.

"You? You watch Zombie movies?" She said, turning a seat around. She took a seat in it, her arms folded on the headrest as she looked right at the blonde boy, "I'd believe that when Eddie stops crying into his girlfriend's shoulder after seeing a romantic 'chick flick'." The room went quiet for a second.

"I do NOT do that!" Eddie said from the side. Seiko turned her head, putting a fist up to her mouth to hide the smile that said "I'd beg to differ". Eddie turned his head though, just barely catching her smile as he turned a bit red. Of course, he didn't notice that Dustin took up Maxime's challenge as he leaned in a bit, his face a bit closer to hers.

"Rule one, their head is the weak point. You have to destroy it or decapitate it if you want to kill them. That's why you use blunt objects instead of knives, even though knives are just as effective, blunt objects will make it easier to get the head off. If you only have a gun, you shoot it twice in the heart. Not once, twice-"

"Why do you have to do it twice-"

"Quiet Maddie, I am SPEAKING," Dustin said loudly, "As I was saying, one bite can turn you into one of them. If someone is bitten, kill them immediately. Scratches from zombies are just as bad. Also, you NEVER have sex!" He paused, "Oh wait. Actually, I think the last one is from the 'Scream' movies. Still, you probably still don't want to do that while Zombies are running around." Maxime gave him a hard look, her head showing a slight nod. She turned to the others.

"Did everyone get that?" She said, "Believe it or not... Blondie's right for once." Dustin's whole face lit up at her comment, and he started to lean forward, his eyes closed and his lips puckered out. Maxime turned back to him, raising a brow as she leaned back slightly.

"What in the world are you doing?" She asked. Dustin's eyes shot open, and he brought his head back.

"Uh... nothing," he said, turning bright pink at the snickers around the room. Maxime stared at him a few more seconds before rolling her eyes. She was about to say something else when a loud 'click' was heard on the other side of the room.

"Ah, here we go," Arfur said, holding a giant rifle in his hands. Just about everyone gasped at the bartender.

"Arfur, is that a GUN?" Bart asked, his eyes wide with shock. Guns weren't legal in the southern village, or most of the island for that matter. Arfur nodded, placing the weapon onto the counter.

"Why, yes it is. I have quite a few of them actually," He said, picking up a box, "Now, who wants one?"

"I do," Maddie said, standing up and raising her hand into the air before Willy forced her to put her arm down. Arfur shrugged, taking out a small pistol.

"Catch," he said, tossing it to Eddie. The Lizard boy shrieked, throwing his hands into the air as the deadly piece of metal landed in his lap. Arfur let out a chuckle.

"Relax, it should be on safety right now," He said, walking out into the crowd. Eddie nodded, his face pale.

"Where in the world did you acquire guns?" Bart asked, flinching a bit as Arfur handed him a pistol that was a bit bigger then Eddie's. Arfur shrugged, handing another one to Sahari, who looked at it with an admiring face.

"Well, I used to live in a village where guns were actually permitted. I never got rid of them when I moved here,"

"But why do you have so many?" Sparcticus asked, looking at Sahari with concern as she was trying to figure out how to turn off the safety.

"Well, I got most of them when my grandfather Arthur died-"

BANG!

"AHHHH!" Dustin shrieked. Arfur turned around, sighing at the sight. Eddie was now holding his gun up a little, and a bit of smoke was still floating in the air. Seiko's jaw was open as well as his, her hands coming up and sliding over his hands to put the gun back down. Dustin was trying to hold back a scream as much as he could as blood oozed outside his fingers as he covered the newly made hole in the back of his pants- right over his right butt cheek.

"That was MY ASS! WHAT THE HELL?" Dustin screamed, glaring daggers at Eddie. The shocked teenager raised his hands into the air, the gun on the table.

"I d-didn't mean to!" He said quickly, stuttering a bit. He was shaking as if he couldn't believe that he just shot a gun. His chest was moving up and down as his breathing starting to become very quick. Dustin was about to retort when he started to howl in pain again until Maxime ran up and covered his mouth.

"Are you TRYING to tell the zombies where we are? Keep it down!" she hissed into his ear. Dustin stopped at the feeling of her breath over his ear. To hear her voice so frustrated like that, her warm breath feeling so warm and smelling so much like bacon-

"It would be easy if my ASS DIDN'T HAVE A BULLET HOLE IN IT!" Dustin shouted at her. Maxime frowned, slapping the blonde boy upside his head.

"If you would quit bitching, then we can take it out before it becomes infected and kills you," She said. Dustin whimpered a bit.

"I don't want to die-"

"How are we GOING to do that? In case you haven't noticed, the doctor is DEAD!" Lottie said, shaking her hands angrily as if to exaggerate her words. Everyone looked around at each other.

"... nice going Eddie. You managed to kill someone already," Maddie muttered on the side, causing the boy to sink in his seat a little bit. Seiko made a face, frowning.

"Well, first off, Arfur said that the gun was on safety-" Eddie put his hand up to stop her.

"It's okay Seiko, I can handle this," he said before pausing a moment, "... First off, Arfur said that the gun was on safety! I didn't know!" Arfur touched a few fingers to the bulky chin of his barrel-like mask.

"I knew there was one I forgot to set," He muttered quietly. Seiko decided to speak up again.

"Besides, even if Patch is dead, we aren't totally helpless," She turned to Leafos, "Didn't Patch teach you a couple of things about healing?" Leafos hesitated, but she nodded.

"Well, yeah, but... I never learned anything about bullets," she said, glancing at the blonde boy, "Let alone extracting them." Dustin whimpered once again.

"You mean... I'm going to die?" He said, "Thanks a lot EDDIE!" Eddie sunk in his seat a little more, his lip quivering a bit.

"I didn't know! How many times do I have to-"

"Oh for the love of God, Leafos just go help Dustin so he won't make Eddie cry," Maddie said quite loudly. Seiko rolled her eyes, putting her pale hand on her boyfriend's shoulder to try and comfort him.

"It's not your fault Eddie. It was an accident," She whispered to him so Dustin wouldn't hear and make another comment. Although, Dustin was looking at Leafos.

"... You promise you won't stick your fingers anywhere else but the bullet hole, right?"

"Oh for the love of God Dustin..." Leafos muttered.

ELSEWHERE

"Where are we going Stardos?" asked a tiny little voice. A little Macaraccoon head poked out of the top of the tattered red sweater, curious green eyes looking up. Dastardos was floating a bit more quickly then usual, his fingers wrapped tightly around his pinata stick. He was hoping that Seedos did what he was told and stayed in his little hut.

"We are going to get Seedos, and we are getting as far away from this hell hole as we can," Dastardos answered quite bluntly, "Now quiet down a little bit Magnar." the Macaraccoon nodded, though he did not crawl back into the sweater. Instead, he looked around at the Ruffians that seemed to have invaded that weird blonde kid's garden. They were limping around, and looked really sick and more distorted then usual.

"What is-" Dastardos shushed him right away, gently putting his bony hand over the pinata's mouth to keep it closed. Magnar was still able to see, however, and what he saw next was something he never thought he would have to see.

"AHHH! RUFFIANS!" A young Weedling squealed, using the garden as part of her walk back to the inn. Her squealing had gotten the Ruffian's attention, and it didn't take long before they surrounded her. Dastardos made sure to cover Magnar's eyes as the blood started to fly as her screams were cut short.

ELSEWHERE

"You know what I just noticed?" Willy said loudly out of no where. Most of the people looked over at him while Dustin let out a scream from the back.

"OW! IT CAN'T BE THAT FAR IN!" Dustin shouted. Leafos sighed.

"It is. Eddie was pretty close when he shot you," she said, ignoring the upset whimper Eddie let out. The Lizard boy was in a booth, hugging his legs in with one arm while his free hand was running through his purple mop. Seiko let out a long exhale through her nose.

"What did you notice Mr. Builder," She asked, turning to the man. Willy scratched the side of his head.

"Well... I just noticed that a lot of people are missing," he said. Everyone started to look around, realizing that he was right.

"He's right... Fannie isn't here," Sparcticus said as he had a quick glance.

"Good. She would just be crying loudly and would have no idea what she is supposed to be doing," Maddie added.

"Yeah. I don't think Petula is here either," Sahari said.

"She would just whine a lot and then smash her boobs into Eddie's face to see if he would feel better," Maddie added once again while Seiko let out a bit of a scowl.

"Please, like she even has any," the gardener muttered, half to herself. Maddie, on the other hand, snorted.

"Well, she has bigger boobs then you do," Maddie said. Seiko crossed her arms.

"She does not- and how would you know anyway?"

"Well, before I went blind, I remember you being almost flat chested," Maddie said. Seiko made a face.

"I am NOT flat chested! Eddie, am I flat chested?" Seiko asked, turning to the Lizard boy again, pointing to her chest. Eddie looked at her, his cheeks turning a bit pink. He didn't quite answer her question when Leafos decided to move on from the boob talk.

"Gretchen. She isn't here either; I think she's out on a hunt or something," Leafos said, still working on Dustin's wound. Bart's face turned into a bit of worry for the huntress.

Gretchen is a strong woman, he thought to himself, she can handle herself just fine.

"Oh, then she's dead," Maddie said bluntly. Bart's thoughts quickly washed away and were replaced with anger just as quickly.

"Gretchen is certainly NOT dead!" He said, "Gretchen is a strong woman who could kick these zombies asses into the middle of next week! Not to mention that these slow Shellybean's couldn't catch her if they wanted, and why would anyone want to kill something that is so beautiful-"

"I think you made your point Bart," Arfur said, patting the smaller man on the shoulder as if to tell him to calm down. Bart's anger quickly went away as he started to calm himself. The room was silent for many moments.

"... SEEDMOUR! He isn't here either!" Dustin shouted in horror, his hands gripping his hair as the thought of his best friend being mauled by the undead. Leafos gasped too, dropping the bloodied rag in her hand left hand.

"Dad! I left him at home," She said, tears starting in the corners of her eyes. Jardiniero was all by himself, handicapped and by himself to face against the undead. Dustin suddenly cried out in pain.

"What?" Maxime said from the other side. Dustin inhaled sharply, his hands balling into tight fists. Leafos' right hand still held the tweezers she was using, and as she brought her hands up to her eyes to cry, the tweezers revealed to have something small and hard in it's grasp.

"... She got the bullet," he said as he almost collapsed over.

I AM SORRY I HAVE BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE! But finals are coming up, and for once I am trying to study for them, and the more I am on here- you know what, nevermind. I'm not going to bother you all with my problems xD I just hope this is long enough to make up for it :D

Please review!

Alive: Arfur, Sparcticus, Sahari and her child, Seiko, Eddie, Maddie, Maxime, Dustin, Seedos, Lottie, Willy, Gretchen, Bart, Dastardos (I don't think he can die anyway), Magnar, Jardniero, Petula, Fannie, Leafos, Storkos, and Babochka

Dead or Undead: Sprinkling, the Diggerling Twins, Pester, a few ruffians, Bear A. Marcus, Patch, and a random Weedling.