AN: Whoops, and last time I'd left you guys hanging. Hehehe
Well, for those who think that no one's even going to survive the first five minutes of this shit...You're off the mark. Not wholly, but you're off the mark.
So, in this chapter, we get to see people NOT DIE! How exciting is that? Very!
Oh, and now there'll be a quote from an actual person at the end of each chapter! Well, one that's not said aloud, but in their heads. Some are more apparent than others.
- -CHAPTER II: SAMPLING OF THE DEAD- -
"You fuckers! Get out of my way!" Natalie screeched at the group of zombies that successfully had her cornered. She had her switchblade in her hand, already covered in blood and slime from all the zombies she sliced open.
"They just don't stop coming!" thought Natalie angrily. Really, it was a good thing she always carried her handy switchblade on her at all times, or else taking them all down would be much harder. She wasn't, after all, as good at close-combat as Liam, who once actually took down an Abomasnow with his bare hands.
When did this all happen? Natalie remembered the morning clearly, and how normal it seemed compared to now.
The girl had woken up that day early to bathe. She had showered, and had went to the cabin to wake up Liam.
"Liam," she whispered, gently shaking his shoulder.
He gave a sound in protest and lazily opened his eyes. "Natalie?"
"Yes, Liam," the girl said patiently, smiling down at him. "He looks so adorable when he's sleepy," she thought.
"What time is it?" he asked her blearily, giving a yawn.
"It's 7 am, Liam. Wake up," Natalie told him.
Liam groaned. "Can I please just sleep in today?" he asked.
Natalie raised an eyebrow at the strange request; her cousin usually never wanted to sleep in. "I suppose so."
"Thank you…And if I'm not at the Mess Hall when it's time to eat breakfast, can you please bring me some?" he asked her.
"Of course," Natalie said, nodding her head. Liam then raised the blanket over his head and shifted to his side, going back asleep again.
Natalie had gone to train in then woods that were close to the Mess Hall. When it was time for breakfast to start, she ate in the Mess Hall, being one of the first ones there. She was keeping an eye out for Liam, but he didn't show, and she was getting impatient.
She went and asked for a second tray for Liam, deciding to already take his breakfast to him. She exited through a side door, and that's when she got jumped.
A zombie with half an arm missing had lunged at her, and she dropped the tray of food in a clatter, dodging its assault. She got her switchblade from the band of her dress and slashed at it.
It fell to the ground, but there were groans coming from the trees. More zombies came out, congregating towards her. A small red-headed zombie child came at her, and Natalie swiped her weapon under-handed, the blade going straight through its skull.
Natalie pulled the blade out, and kept on slashing at more zombies coming towards her.
…
And now she was where she is now, trying to fight all the monsters.
The morning was normal, but now, everything went to hell.
What was worse, she couldn't get to Liam with the mob of damn zombies in her way.
Anger surged through her veins, and the brown-haired teen let out an angry roar. She charged at the zombies, trying to force her way through the crowd.
She was going to get to Liam, or she'd die trying.
And she did, for many of the zombies had grabbed onto her limbs, holding her in place and digging their jaws into her flesh. All she could do was continuously slash at them in a blind frenzy until she felt her life slipping away.
"I'm sorry, Liam," she thought remorsefully. "I at least tried. I took down as many of these fuckers as I could."
The zombies let go when the girl in their clutches slumped over, her heart stopping permanently; she wasn't alive and fresh anymore. She wasn't edible anymore.
Then the zombies left to find more food, knowing that the girl was going to join their ranks soon enough.
...
A full minute passed, everything deathly silent there, even though the rest of the camp was in chaos.
...The dress-wearing girl slowly rose up from the ground that was covered with her own blood.
She was one of them now.
- -MAGIKARP OF THE DEAD- -
Taro led the group of pickups he had.
Campers had went to him for instruction, and he did what he had to do; he became their leader. He took the position in front, forcing all the zombies in their path away.
He didn't even have a weapon. To be honest, he didn't know where to start to get weapons. He just knew that leading the campers to safety was first priority.
He led them to where he thought would be best; the safest place he could think up in his cluttered, foggy mind.
"You guys doing alright back there?" he called out, looking behind him.
"Yes!" said Lessly Opalin, who used a cafeteria tray to block a swipe that a zombie made at her. Astrio came from the side and gave a hard punch to its skull, causing some damage. Cynthia finished by kicking the zombie down.
"We're getting close!" said Taro, as they neared their destination.
"We better be!" Kevin yelled, an annoyed scowl on his face.
- - M. O. T. D- -
Jessie was very grateful that Taro had helped her out.
To be honest, if he hadn't come along, she wouldn't have survived.
Now, all she had to do was try to survive the rest of the zombie apocalypse.
- -MAGIKARP OF THE DEAD- -
Liam had already woken up and dressed, ready to leave his cabin to go to the Mess Hall, when the screech echoed across the camp. The boy just raised his eyebrow questioningly and strolled over to his bed. He opened a bag under his bed and took out the new baseball bat he bought just before coming to Camp Magikarp.
"Should I bring a knife for Natalie?" Liam wondered aloud. "I think she's be fine though; she has her switchblade after all… But it's better to be safe than sorry." Liam then searched through his things and found his set of knives. He chose two, put them in a sheath, and then placed them in one of his coat's large pockets.
He also put on a pair of thick gloves. The blonde boy then pocketed some snacks for later, in case they were needed.
Liam then strolled through the door, and thoughtfully closed it behind him. He started to stroll along the side of his cabin.
"Where could Natalie be?" Liam murmured to himself, turning his head in all directions, scanning the area for his cousin. A zombie that was close by lunged at him. Liam just kept on searching, and without even looking at the zombie, grabbed its skull in his gloved hand. The boy then spun around, looking about, and smashed the zombie's skull against side of the cabin.
"I don't see her…" muttered Liam, letting his gloved and bloody-covered arm fall to his side, his brow creasing in worry. He raised his left arm and slammed his bat down on another incoming zombie's head, and scratched his head confusedly.
"I definitely heard her earlier… Maybe I was just hearing things," Liam quietly said to himself as he walked away from his cabin and towards the Camp Square. He brought his bat down on a zombie who almost got Chase in its clutches.
Chase just stared at Liam's sudden arrival, his mouth agape. After a bit, Liam swung around, smashing his bat at a zombie that just happened to be behind him. He turned back to Chase, giving an eye-smile, and told him "Thanks for noticing the zombie behind me."
All Chase could manage was a shaky nod, his mind whirring; first, of all the stuff that happened a few short minutes ago, and next, because Liam was scaring him with how good he was at fighting zombies without even breaking a sweat.
"Chase, have you seen Natalie around, by any chance?" Liam asked him kindly.
"I-I saw her in the Mess Hall. I'm not sure where she is now, though," Chase supplied.
"Alright, then," Liam chirped, stepping around Chase and kicking in the face of a little boy zombie that had lurched in their direction.
"If by any chance you see her, tell her that I'm fine," Liam said, looking over his shoulder at Chase.
"I-I will," were the words that tumbled out of Chase's mouth.
Liam started to walk towards the Mess Hall. "She's fine. She'll probably meet up with me later," Liam told himself optimistically after a bit of walking.
He then changed his course to be away from the Mess Hall area after half-way getting there. "She's fast. She wouldn't be in the Mess Hall area after this much time," he thought.
He went and defeated a zombie that almost got a hold of a Bidoof camper before the camper got bit (Trick, he thinks her name was), and decided to just head straightforward into the woods.
"That's were Natalie would go," Liam reasoned in his mind.
- -CHAPTER II: SAMPLING OF THE DEAD. END- -
- -"Really, all I cared about was finding my cousin. Everyone else didn't matter; my goal was to find Natalie."- -