The Virus Spreads

Chapter 4

Numbuh 362 watched the monitors as several different tree houses were under attack by zombies. Switching to another satellite she could see the Powerpuff Girls fighting against zombie Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, Princess, and the Gang Green Gang. Yet another satellite showed the Justice Friends fighting against zombie villains, as well as some of their own members turned in the chaos.

"This is horrible and I'm the cause of it," She said, as the screen switched over to show Father and several villains fighting against a zombified Sector V. "I brought that thing here to lower the adult population to give kids a fighting chance."

"It's not your fault sir," Numbuh 35.3 said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You couldn't have known this would happen-"

"Don't make excuses for me!" She shouted, turning to face him. "That virus affects adults and kids alike. I have to do something."

"Where are you going sir?"

"To Earth, we need to save as many people as we can," she said, heading for the door. "Protect this Moon Base with your life as it could well be the last safe haven for us all."

"Yessir," 35.3 replied, saluting as 362 left.

Earth

The trailer park was dead, everyone was gone. Eddy quickly ducked behind a car and peeked over the trunk and glanced around. He waited a second before waving his hand behind him, the sounds of quick footsteps announced the others coming.

"Ed boy, can you see any of the flesh eaters?" Rolf asked, kneeling down beside Eddy. Ed and Johnny crouched behind the two, Plank was left back at the van, mainly so Johnny could carry with both hands.

"No, I think their gone-," Eddy was cut off by the sound of running feet. Dropping down he slowly peeked over just as Marie and Lee came around the side of a trailer. Both were covered with bite marks, Marie's left hand was gone, leaving a bloody stump. Lee was missing part of her cheek, teeth blackened with dry blood could be seen.

"You sure you heard somethin' Marie?" Lee asked, as she looked around the trailer park, missing Eddy by a second as he quickly ducked down again. "Cause I don't see anybody."

Marie scoffed at this and crossed her arms.

"Are you calling me a liar?" she asked, before Lee grabbed her sister by the shirt and pulled her dangerously close to her face.

"I ain't callin' ya for dinner!" Lee retorted, this earned her a punch to the nose, causing it to erupt in a gusher of blood. "Dammit you broke my nose!"

"Quit your belly aching," Marie said. "We can't feel pain remember?"

Lee glared at her from behind her hand.

"That still doesn't change the fact you broke my nose Marie," Lee growled, before seizing two handfuls of blue hair, and driving Marie's face into her knee. Letting go, Lee smirked at the sight of Marie with a mouthful of broken teeth. "Now we're even."

"Yeah yeah," Marie said. "Lets go find our boyfriends, their supposed to be back from Wrestlemania today."

"Good idea," Lee said, as the two headed off in the direction of the Cul-De-Sac. "Glad I thought of it."

The four waited until the two bickering zombies were gone before coming out of hiding. Reaching into his pocket Eddy pulled out a piece of paper folded up into a neat square.

"Ok, sock head's list say we need an engine, wheels, barbwire, a blowtorch, and weapons," Eddy said, as he read from the list. "Ok, Ed you get the engine and wheels, Rolf you come with me to find a blowtorch and weapons, Johnny you can get the barbwire."

Two hours later the group had collected everything on Double D's list, luckily, they were able to find one of the heavy duty blowtorches with a tank. From the trailer park Eddy and Rolf had found several handguns, two scoped rifles, and a double barrel shotgun. They also decided to take several baseball bats for melee combat if it came to that.

"Ok gentlemen," Double D said, igniting the blowtorch. "Time to build our escape vehicle."

Mr. Boss along with Count Spankula, Father, Gramma Stuffum, and Knightbrace fought hard against a zombify Sector V. Numbuh 4 leaped at Gramma Stuffum from behind as she created more food monsters to fend off a ravenous Numbuh 2. Just before the zombie KND operative hit her, Knightbrace hurled his retainer, and slashed Numbuh 4 across the chest, shredding his hoodie, and sending him flying across the room.

"Father!" the Count exclaimed, as he slapped Numbah 3's butt, sending the zombie flying. "They killed your children! They ripped them apart!"

"Count I can deal with that right now!" Father shouted, as he fought against Numbuh 1, who had knocked Father to the ground. "Keep fighting! Don't stop!"

Several shots rang out, seconds before the zombie children's head exploded in a shower of skull and brain matter. The assorted adults looked up to see jetpack wearing Numbuh 362 holding a S.C.A.M.P.P.

"This is a new world adults, its kill or be killed," she said, as she came down to the ground. "If you can't accept that then kill yourselves now and save time."

"Numbuh 264! Who are you to come here and talk to us like that?" Boss asked.

"I'm an uneasy alley in this war for the human race," she replied.

The van was up and running, Rolf being the tallest was in the drivers seat, Eddy sat in the passenger seat, tha shotgun lay across his lap as he watched for any zombies. In the back Johnny and Ed were wrapping barbwire around the baseball bats, while Double D cleaned and loaded the rest of the guns.

"Now, we should all carry a handgun, as well as two extra clips of ammo," he said, as he loaded another handgun and put in a full clip. "We'll decided who uses the rifles by trying them out when we get the chance to-"

"Brainy Ed boy, Rolf see a van on the side of the road," Rolf said, causing Double D to look up over the seat to see a blue and green van with orange flowers sitting on the shoulder of the road. "Should Rolf stop?"

Double D thought it over, there was a risk of endangering the group if zombies were nearby, but; if they did find survivors the groups ranks would grow and make for better safety in the fights with the undead that were inevitable.

"Pull over Rolf," Double D said. "We should investigate just in case."

"Are you sure about this sock head?" Eddy asked, as Rolf stopped the van and killed the engine.

"It never hurts to be sure Eddy," Double D said, as he and Johnny hopped out the back. "Ed, stay here and keep a lookout."

"Can do Double D," Ed replied, as he grabbed a baseball bat and stood at attention behind the van.

Approaching the stranded vehicle the group saw blood smeared handprints on the side of the van. Mystery Machine was written on the side, and covered with blood splatter. Double D moved to the rear door, and grabbed the handle. Eddy stood away from him and raised the shotgun to his shoulder and nodded. Pulling the door open they were greeted by a tarp covering four bodies, one of them was a large dog.

"What happened here?" Double D mumbled, the cocking of a shotgun caught his attention. The four turned to see a tall, lanky teen dressed in a green shirt, brown pants and sneakers. His arms were covered with blood, as was his shirt. His long hair had pieces of grey matter in it. He aimed a large, automatic shotgun at Double D.

"Like, get away from them," he said, waving the shotgun back from the van. "Get back before I, like, blow your fucking head off man."

"Take it easy friend," Double D said calmly, as he held his hands up and stepped away from the van. "What's your name, mine's Edd with 2 D's."

"Shaggy…. My names Shaggy," he said, before pointing the shotgun at Eddy, who had slowly swung his own around to aim it at the blood covered teen. "Put your gun down, like, now before I put you down man."

"Do as he says Eddy," Double D said, not taking his eyes from Shaggy, who, seemed extremely agitated, and twitched every few seconds. The heavy thump meant Eddy had reluctantly dropped his weapon. "Can you tell me what happened here Shaggy?"

Shaggy looked back at him, his eyes were bloodshot and puffy.

"We were, like, investigating a ghost a few miles back when, like, this goony girl dressed like a zombie bit Daphne on the arm. We all hauled ass into the Mystery Machine and took off for the hospital. On the way there, like, Daphne started to get real pale and weak. It wasn't five minutes later she was, like, dead. Fred pulled over here and we called the paramedics but, like, only got a dial tone man. She woke up a little while after that. Me and Scoob were, like, standing out here while Velma and Fred were inside with Daphne. We heard Velma say Daphne woke up, like, then it all went to hell man. Velma and Fred started screaming that Daphne had bit them. Me and Scooby panicked as like, Velma came out of the Mystery Machine clutching her shoulder. She was crying, like, Daphne had woke up and bit her, then, like, had ripped Fred's throat out," Shaggy said, as tears started to fall from his eyes. "I went and like, opened the driver's side door and like, got the shotgun Fred kept there for, like, emergencies. I told Scooby to watch Velma, while I, like, checked out what was going on. Daphne was eating Fred, like, how me and Scoob eat at buffets. She looked at me and smiled and asked if I wanted a, like, kiss. She lunged at me, and I, like, fired, her head, like, exploded like a watermelon."

"That's horrible," Double D said, as Shaggy lowered the shotgun slightly.

"Johnny-The-Wood-Boy, while he is distracted you go and try to grab his weapon," Rolf whispered.

"Ok, I'll try," Johnny said.

"Fred started to move and I, like, didn't wanna take any chances, and, like, blew his head off too," Shaggy said. "I thought we we're safe, but; like, Scooby started yelling, and I, like, saw Velma tearing into him. So, I, like hollered her name, and , like, when she looked at me I, like, blew her head off. It was then, like, the pieces all came together for me man, you, like, get bit and, like, turn into one of them. Scooby told me he was scared, and I, like, told him not to worry, and to, like, close his eyes. It took me a while, but; I, like blew his head off too. I, like loaded them up in the Mystery Machine and covered them up with, like, one of the old tarps Fred used for his, like, traps. It was, like, the least I could do for my friends."

By then, Shaggy was all out crying, tears ran down his face, as the shotgun sank lower. Johnny moved up beside Double D and began to move closer, stopping every few steps to make sure Shaggy didn't see him.

"I, like, killed my best friend," Shaggy sobbed. He looked up just as Johnny leaped forward, raising the shotgun he pulled the trigger, and Johnny's side erupted in an explosion of blood and organs.

"You bastard!" Eddy shouted, diving for the double barrel, but; the sound of a large group stopped him from picking it up.

"We need to go Eddy!" Double D said, grabbing his arm and running back to the van.

"But; Johnny?" Eddy exclaimed.

"There's nothing we can do for him now Eddy!" Double D said, as he and Eddy clamored into the back with Ed as Rolf started the engine and stomped the gas.

Shaggy watched as the van sped off down the road, before moving to the door, and looking at the bodies covered in the tarp.

"Don't worry, like, I won't let those things get you guys," he said, closing the door and locking it. Turning around he saw zombie DJ, Harold, Gwen, Jimmy, Mung, Chowder, and Courage. "Come and get me! I'm, like, the Sonofabitch that killed Scooby Doo!"

Watching from the rear window, Double D and Eddy watched as Shaggy fired several rounds, until, he was overwhelmed by the zombies.

"If we'd only been a little earlier Eddy we could have prevented that tragedy," Double d said, Eddy scoffed. "What?"

"He killed Johnny!" Eddy exclaimed. "He deserved it!"

"If you had to do the same to us Eddy, you'd be a mess like he was!" Double D replied.

"Where to now Ed boy?" Rolf asked.

"I don't know Rolf," Double D said. "I just don't know."

End Chapter 4