Subject: Pete Kowalski
He finally managed to get away from a large group of the undead heading for him and he stopped at the worn in store close to New Coventry. He didn't see a single soul in the shop but he knew if he wanted to survive he had to find a better hiding spot and fast. He knew these things would just pile in and he knew he wasn't the best shot with a weapon. He fended off a small amount, but with a large quantity of bullets. He knew there was probably about fifty chasing him, and he dropped some ammo close to the bridge leading from the town to Bullworth. It was a destination he wanted to reach before being attacked by the monstrosity. He peaked out the window and saw the large group of the undead walk back the direction of the school and he popped out of the store.
He peered around each side of the store as he began to sneak away from the undead. He wandered the streets a little bit and came across the comic book store the nerds used to hang out at. He walked in and realized the shop owner was one of the undead. He was a big one but Pete knew it was just one and so he took out his knife before the zombie knew he was there and stabbed the giant with the knife in the head. Pete felt relieved that he was the only undead in the store as he looked around for anything that could aid him. He knew the knife was getting rusted quickly and looked for any sort of weapon that could help him. He saw a replica sword from a nerd movie and knew this probably would break instantly. Stupid comics. Pete thought to himself as he walked past them.
He didn't see much else other than a pair of nun-chucks on the floor. "I know these would only hurt me." He said to himself. He saw the door leading to the nerd cave was open and he went down to a locked door. "Shit." He said to himself. He went back up to the store to find a key to open the door. He knew the shop owner had one in his pocket so Pete searched for one. He finally found a set of keys and he knew which one it was, it had a dragon with its mouth open over the key and he went downstairs to open the door. He was half worried over what he would find but knew whatever it was the owner had to keep it locked up. He finally got the door open and looked around seeing nothing. "Should have known." Pete said shaking his head.
He walked through and saw the arcade game was shut off, and saw a ton of Grottos and Gremlin pieces scattered across the floor. "Nerds must have left in a hurry." Pete said to himself. "Yes they did." The voice made Pete jump from where he was. He soon saw a hooded figure walk from the shadows. "What is with everyone wearing a hood during the apocalypse?" Pete asked himself. "You don't seem to understand this situation young one." The hooded figure said with a raspy voice. "What situation?" Pete asked a little scared. "It is obvious isn't it, the end of the world?" The figure said. "So it is true?" Pete asked.
"For America this is only the start of it all. America was the starting point and soon the whole world will be overrun. I've only tried my best protecting these people." The figure said with a sigh. "It is unfortunate that Bullworth was the only safe haven from many downfalls. Even then the school, the town, everything went to Hell. The dead came back to take the lives of the living, the monsters from the labs genetically engineered an advance version of the wasp, and then they made those monstrosities come to life. Former God's became mere mortals at the hands of those scientists with the power of different faiths they stole from. The one with the chainsaw chasing you was Osiris, the Egyptian God of death. He was only the beginning of the end. He may have been lengthened in height, given a much larger weapon, but he was still brought down quite fast. He became a mortal, thanks to those Godforsaken scientists. I cannot bear to see these atrocities committed anymore. Soon many different faiths will bear true witness to God's and Goddesses alike trying to destroy the world. The Egyptian rulers of the second world will collide with Greeks, Romans, and the Biblical God will attempt a fight with other religions. It was foreseen for a very long time by many faiths, the end of the world, and unfortunately they all had very different views. They were all wrong. Thanks to these so-called advances, they brought false God's to life, made them mortal, and it makes people feel invincible when they are gone." The figure explained. "I don't understand. Osiris tried killing us; bullets deflected off of him like nothing. He is immortal!" Pete said hysterically.
"From what you had witnessed. One of your friends Gary Smith killed him with a weapon so simple. It made him seem immortal, and he will soon feel immortal. This you cannot let happen, if he thinks he is immortal, people will soon catch on, and you cannot let that boy be at the top." The figure explained. "How do you know all this?" Pete asked. The figure chuckled as it brought out a vision all around them. "You see over there? Gary is now being crowned the new king of the school, and possibly the world. He will gain much just simply from slaying the beast on this very day. People soon began to follow him instead of the Hopkins boy, the mysterious Drew, and even the principal and you. Gary will soon lead the people on an unstoppable rampage across North America collecting supplies, killing the undead, and even women to collect. You must not let this happen, for lives from your town and around the world will be at stake, people will soon start dying if they continue these conquests, but Gary will still be there, alive, healthy, and well. He would salvage many of the supplies for himself and leave very little for those around him. Those you once cared for will be lost. There will be absolutely no hope if you don't kill the Smith boy. He is too young and far too dangerous to let power be in his grasp. You must kill him Peter. You must destroy the tyrant before it is too late." The figure explained. "Where is Jimmy now?" He asked.
"That is where your first problem lies. You must make a decision that could possibly alternate the future, in one hand you will have Jimmy and Drew alive, but Gary will destroy things around him. The other hand you will stop Gary from dominating the world, and you will save your friends, but not for very long." The figure explained. "Isn't there any way around this?" Pete asked much worry on his face. The figure thought a very long time. "There is only one way to stop both Gary's dominance, and saving your friends. It will be the greatest risk, and a very slim chance you will survive. It has only been done twice to two people you know, and possibly a third time, unfortunately I cannot see past his future. Peter the thing you have to risk more than anything in this choice is your own life. In this you have a small chance to save your friends, an even greater chance of defeating Gary, but the slimmest chance of any of these things coming to be, including you keeping your life." The figure said. "What is it?" Pete asked.
"You have to travel to the chemical plant. Find the waste and form into a supreme being. Like I have said before, your chance of survival is very little, your friends may die, and Gary will rule nonetheless." The figure said shaking their head. "I have to." Pete said. "Who are you anyway?" Pete asked. The figure chuckled and turned away disappearing into thin air. "What?" Pete asked nothing. "I don't think I could do any of this. I have to though. Just stay strong Pete." He said trying to encourage himself. He soon walked out of the store and had to make the decision now.
Subject: Jimmy Hopkins
He turned the corner into the chemical plant he was very familiar with and followed Drew there. He soon walked the very same path he once did to face Edgar, he followed Drew but knew his motives. He soon followed him into the chemical plant and found himself at the bottom where the technology was, and he tailed Drew to the very bottom where the chemicals were. "I know you are there James." Drew said Jimmy freezing at the door. Drew turned to face him and Jimmy soon realized that Drew had a bandage wrapped around his head. He only smiled at Jimmy in quite the demented sort of way. "What are you doing here James? It is far too dangerous for a boy like you to be down here." Drew stated walking the circle of the plant.
"I have been down here before. The question is what are you doing down here?" James asked. The smile soon fell from the others face. "You know what has to be done James. The doctor said it herself not too long ago, and I have to destroy myself. The host has already taken enough control over my actions. I don't even think you'd recognize me." Drew stated. "Nobody notices. You don't have to do this." Jimmy said pleading with him. "No you don't understand James. I have become something else over these past few weeks being here. Death has had a firm grasp around me for such a long time now, and I need to humor him now." Drew said turning toward the chemicals. "That's just the virus talking man. That isn't you! The doctor said she could help you, take the virus out of you, and fix you so you're back to normal." Jimmy said truthfully.
"You don't understand do you? I don't want to be back to normal. I can't face being a mere mortal again! It's either death or the mortality. I'd rather be in the cold grasp of deaths bony fingers. I can feel deaths cold breath on me now; it is only a matter of time before I am truly dead. I can't take being around those people anymore James." Drew said inching closer to the chemicals. "It's about your sister isn't it? After the incident at the fight you haven't been the same!" Jimmy stated Drew stopping in his tracks and turning towards him. "Carly? Is that you?" Drew asked as James turned around seeing nothing. "Please don't do this to me! You have to come back I can't handle this world without my strong sister by my side!" Drew pleaded with air. He walked closer to what James thought was where Drew was seeing her. "Just find your way back. I promise we'll go somewhere special, away from all of the madness, and you did say you wanted to visit Hawaii." He tried pleading with the ghost.
"You're kind of freaking me out." Jimmy said as Drew ignored him. "What? What do you mean? No. That can't be true. Then I shall kill him myself." Drew said darkly as he looked towards James. Drew walked in his direction. "Don't do this Drew!" He pleaded as he realized he was still in the doorway he tried backing out only realizing that the target Drew was looking for wasn't him. Drew walked past him swiftly and James started to follow him again. "Here to spy on me too?" Drew asked as James heard a crashing noise. He walked up the steps only to see Pete lying on the ground against the wall. "Pete you okay?" He asked concerned for his friend. "Yeah. We have to stop him from killing himself!" Pete said. "Something already did. Come on!" Jimmy commanded as Pete got up quickly. "What the hell happened?" Pete asked following Jimmy as quickly as he could.
"He was about to kill himself but he must have seen his sister. Something weird, and then he said he was going to kill somebody." James explained. "Weird. I just talked to some ghost or something too." Pete confessed probably at the wrong time. "What the hell are you talking about?" James asked. "Some guy, or girl, or something talked to me in the comic store. Said something about Gary being a leader or something, just not a very good one. I had to make a decision, so I tried to find you guys instead of killing him. Apparently by the looks of it the guy must have been wrong." Pete explained calmly. "So instead of killing Gary you tried to come and get us? You're so stupid Pete why would you do something that dumb?" Jimmy yelled at him. "I… I wanted you alive Jimmy." Pete explained tears forming. "Well you got me now! Are you happy?" Jimmy asked. "I should be. I guess I'm not now." Pete explained.
"Let's just go and find out what he's doing." The two of them not realizing they had already been back close to Bullworth after all of this. James saw a large group of the undead waiting close to the gates of the school as they turned and saw Drew coming. Drew continued to walk toward them as he busted a few zombies heads open, the other two boys charged at them. They killed numerous zombies and realized Drew was already through the gates. "Let's go Pete!" Jimmy yelled to his friend as he finally got through the undead. They both followed Drew close to the main building, as he looked it over carefully. "What are you up to Drew?" Jimmy asked. Drew ignored him and walked through the front doors Jimmy and Pete followed close. Drew looked around as people saw them walk through.
They saw that Drew looked like complete shit and had looks of fright on their face. Jimmy saw Gary round the corner and realized something really was about to happen. He looked over to Drew who approached him forcibly. "Hello Smith." He said angrily. "What do I owe the pleasure?" Gary asked sarcastically. "Give me those." Drew said unrolling the sleeves on Gary's shirt. He took out the blades and threw them away from them a crowd of people soon gathered around them. "Gary Smith. I hereby sentence you to death for an act of treachery." Drew stated. "What the hell are you talking about?" Gary asked somewhat taken back.
"You are a false idol Mr. Smith. You have been found guilty on the charges of treason, attempted murder, and attempted assassinations on the following people, James Hopkins, Pinky Gauthier, Peter Kowalski, Johnny Vincent, Holly Price, and myself. Do you have any last words before you are executed?" Drew asked as Gary chuckled. "So you know?" Gary asked then laughing maniacally. Soon the shotgun Drew was carrying blew off his head, and his body was dropped to the ground as people around them looked in shock. "You may go about your business." Drew said as James soon walked up to him. "Were all of those charges true?" Jimmy asked. "Of course they were. You're lucky I found his plans stashed away in his old desk. You can check his pockets if you'd like." Drew said. "I thought your crazy ghost told you that." Jimmy stated rather than asked.
"Not just a ghost, but a vision. It told me it was happening soon, and that he almost carried it out. My suspicions of this were not truly confirmed when I just saw some plans laid out in his desk. They were confirmed to an extent when I saw him nearly kill you with a rifle while on the hunt for supplies not too long ago." Drew stated. "You saw he was about to kill me and you didn't bother telling me?" Jimmy yelled.
"Why do you think I started to walk behind you? Do you truly think I would let him kill you? I even took the bullet for you! It was a silence weapon and that is why you couldn't hear the first few shots. He is a terrible aim. The only reason I kept him around is because I knew I could deal with a few shots to the back. Soon after that he just kept trying on different people. It pissed him off quite a bit when he knew you were a hard target to kill. Soon he knew the only way to get to me was killing a few others, but I kept my ground. Be thankful for that, you and many other innocent lives could have been killed if I had not spared my own." Drew said walking off leaving Jimmy dumbfounded. "How are you still alive?" Jimmy asked from afar.
Drew turned around and smiled. "I never told you? There is a doctor around here. Well someone who was studying to be one. Good enough to take care of me at least." Drew said walking away again. He disappeared around the corner and Jimmy tried thinking of someone who could have been studying to be a doctor. He couldn't think of one so he tried to find Pete who had to know anything about everyone since he was a head boy before all of this. He rounded the corner to Pete and asked him. "I have to check the records again. Unfortunately the computers are down so I can't check. I do remember it was a girl though. Why do you ask?" Pete told him. "Apparently our fearless leader has taken a number of bullets for everyone around him, literally." Jimmy stated matter-of-factly.
"Try talking to some of the girls around here. I know it was a Bullworth student though." Pete said walking away. Jimmy soon started to ask around to find the so-called doctor. "No. I wanted to be a vet. You know an animal doctor?" Beatrice said to James. He came up short for most of the girls. "Hey did you ever want to be a doctor?" Jimmy asked knowing for a fact it was going to be a no. He waited for a reply. "Actually I was James. I guess if you're asking he probably gave permission to you, and expects me to answer truthfully." The redhead answered in her cheery voice. This time it wasn't so cheery and James jaw dropped after he found this out. Christy Martin of all people wanted to be a doctor. "Why did you only help him though?" He asked.
"Well, everyone else was dead. Though there was another guy I helped out. Maybe a couple others I don't know. Still Drew was my one cherished customer you could say. He makes other men seem so… Wimpy compared to him." She said giggling. "Wait… You had sex with him?" Jimmy asked. "No! He is just brave is all, and the fact he can take a bullet when someone like Johnny Vincent can't take a punch to the face; it does turn me on a bit. He wouldn't give me the satisfaction though. He's a real man, doesn't cheat, and he doesn't even flirt with other girls. I'm really jealous Pinky is with him though. He has been pushing her away a lot though since that Gothic girl got killed at the hands of him though." She said dozing off into a sort of dreamlike state. "Christy. Whom else have you worked on?" Jimmy asked snapping her attention back.
"Sorry. I think that weird townie Omar. I closed a knife wound Gary had, boy that was a waste of time. I also helped Zoe disinfect a wound across her stomach. It wasn't a bite, but she had been opened by something. Of course multiple visits by Drew who took at least seven bullets one day…" Jimmy cut her off. "Wait. Zoe had something open?" He asked as Christy realized once again whom she was talking too. "When did she come to you?" Jimmy asked shaking Christy. "Not even a week ago!" She said between shakes as James let her go and tried finding Zoe. He finally found her in the chemistry lab helping the nerds left work on something. "Zoe!" He yelled out of worry and frightening every nerd in there. "Jimmy you okay?" She asked as James gave her a hug she wasn't expecting. "Nice to see you too." She said chuckling.
"Where is it?" He asked. Zoe a little confused. "Where is what?" She asked. He lifted her shirt up as she tried putting it down. "Not now Jimmy. Wrong place!" She said laughing a bit. He finally got her shirt up enough revealing a closed up wound. "This." He said. Zoe looked down and went red in the face. "It's nothing Jimmy. Leave it alone." She commanded slapping him. "Christy told me. How did you get that?" Jimmy asked. "I got stabbed by a rusty knife. I told the idiot to lay off but he wouldn't listen to me." She said getting a bit angry. "Who did it?" Jimmy demanded.
"Doesn't matter I killed him, but it hurt like hell, and I told Drew about it and he recommended Christy." She stated. "You asked Drew about it?" Jimmy asked raising his voice. "Sorry. I couldn't tell you, I knew how you would get. Please just forgive me!" She said. "Sorry. I got a little jealous that's all." He said apologetically. She nodded and they walked around with each other for a while. Soon James went back to the boys' dorm close to night and plopped down on his bed. He tried to remember that day Drew was talking about. He had a memory that might have fit the description.