"Terror Time"
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"How long have we been running?" Veemon asked.
After running as far away from the zombie hoard as they could, the group stopped by a tree and were leaning up against it, trying to catch their breaths and calm down.
Chest heaving from the workout she had gotten, Davey slid to the ground, feeling exhausted.
Her hair had come undone from the braid it was in and was now laying down her back in wild, tangled curls with leaves and sticks poking out of it since the group had run through bushes and trees on the way to try and hide from the zombies.
"I lost count." Davey huffed.
"Man, I can't remember a time I've been this scared out of my mind." Shaggy whimpered.
"Me reither." Scooby nodded.
Cherry was sitting on top of his head, appearing unbothered by the fright everyone had been given.
"What should we do now?" Veemon questioned.
"We need to get back to the house and warn the others. I don't care if this is the spooky garbage Daphne wanted for her show. I am not becoming zombie chow." Davey stated.
"Like, I agree. Let's get the others and get the heck off of zombie island." Shaggy agreed.
Standing back up and feeling their breathing calmed, the group then looked around them and felt confused.
"Like, um, which way was the house?" Shaggy asked.
"I think we're lost. We got so caught up with running away from the zombies that we didn't pay attention to where we were going." Veemon said.
"Rats not good." Scooby frowned.
Biting her bottom lip in thought, Davey glanced around her.
Her attention was then brought up to the clear night sky and stared up at the yellow moon that provided them with the light to see in the darkness.
Patted her jeans, her hand then made contact with her D-3 and an idea formed in her head as she looked down at Veemon.
"Veemon, you need to Digivolve. Fly up into the sky and point us in the right direction." Davey instructed.
"Right." Veemon nodded.
Blue light glowed from the D-3 and then Veemon was covered in a yellow light, growing taller as white wings sprouted from his back, a horn grew out of his snout and his body took on a muscular build.
"Veemon Digivolve too…EXVEEMON!"
"Whoa, talk about a growth spurt." Shaggy commented.
"Come on. Let's climb on and get out of here." Davey said.
Everyone climbed onto ExVeemon's back and the dragon took off into the air, flying above the forest and started searching for the house.
"Like, there's nothing but trees and water." Shaggy said as he looked around.
"We ran a long way away from everyone." ExVeemon reminded.
"Rown there!" Scooby pointed.
Glancing down, the group found the Mystery Machine and noticed that Fred and Daphne were gathered around, checking it out.
"Oh, thank god. They're okay and the zombies are gone." Davey sighed in relief.
Scooby held Cherry close to his chest so the kitten wouldn't fall through the sky as she wriggled around to get a proper look around her.
"Hang on everyone. I'm going down." ExVeemon warned.
Gripping onto the dragon, everyone felt their stomachs drop as he swooped down towards the ground.
They caught the attention of Daphne and Fred who glanced up into the sky when they noticed a large blue figure heading towards them.
"What is that thing?" Fred asked.
"It looks like Veemon." Daphne commented.
Landing carefully on the ground, ExVeemon bent down to allow the group to crawl off his back and Daphne launched herself at Davey, relieved to see that her cousin was safe.
"There you are. We've been searching all over for you." Daphne sighed.
"Like, where's Velma?" Shaggy asked.
"She's looking around with Beau." Fred explained.
"What? Like, there are zombies out there." Shaggy whimpered.
"Oh, come on, guys. You don't actually believe they're real, do you?" Fred asked in exasperation.
"Believe me, Fred, we saw enough evidence to see that they're real. Oh, I feel so hungry." ExVeemon whined.
Just then, he was covered in yellow light and returned to his Rookie form.
"Oh, that's not good." Davey sighed.
Daphne was pulling out the leaves and twigs out of her cousin's hair, trying to properly groom it back to look perfect.
"What do you mean?" Shaggy asked in worry.
"It means Veemon won't be able to Digivolve again if those zombies show up again. He didn't get much to eat for dinner since Scooby ate all the food and Veemon worked the little food he did have during the hours we spent running around." Davey explained.
"Rat's not good." Scooby whined.
Just then, an arm reached out from the bushes behind the cousins.
Sensing it, Daphne whirled around and grabbed the arm, pulling the body out and flipping them onto the ground.
Gasping, the group turned to look at the pirate zombie.
"Daphne, are you-"
"I can handle myself thank you." Daphne interrupted Fred.
"It's probably the gardener." Fred said.
"We'll just see about that." Daphne mused.
Crying out at the sight of the zombie, Shaggy ducked behind Davey to hide.
"Take it easy, Shag, it's just a mask." Fred said as he held up the camera to film the zombie.
Kneeling down, Daphne gripped the face of the zombie and tried to pull it off, thinking it was a mask, but couldn't find the place where it connected to the skin.
"If this is a mask, Fred, then it's a pretty darn good one." Daphne grunted as she tried to pull it off.
"Ha, good one? It's the fakest, cheesiest mask I've ever seen." Fred scoffed.
"Really? But it feels real." Daphne said as she stood up and exclaimed in disgust as she wiped her hands on her skirt.
"You're just not pulling hard enough." Fred said as he lowered the camera and patted Scooby's head.
"You know what, though guy? If you think it's a mask, then you should try pulling it off." Veemon pointed at him.
"Sure. Hold this, Shag." Fred grinned and handed the camera over to Shaggy.
Being given the camera, Shaggy couldn't hold still and shook in fear as he watched Fred walk over to the zombie.
Davey was worried over what would happen and was holding Cherry at the moment, needing something to preoccupy herself as she watched what was going to happen.
Glancing over his shoulder, Fred saw Shaggy shaking and frowned at him.
"Either hold it still or give it to Daphne." Fred said.
Shaggy did as he was told and Daphne took over filming as Fred tried to pull the mask off.
"It's the gardener!" Fred grunted.
"No." Daphne denied as she leaned in closer.
"It's the fishermen." Fred listed another suspect.
"No." Shaggy shook his head.
"It's the ferryman." Fred grunted next.
"Ro." Scooby spoke up.
"It's not any of them, Fred." Davey told him.
"Maybe it's…" Fred trailed off.
He had accidentally pulled the zombie's head off and looked at it in horror.
"Real." He finished.
Yelping in horror, he tossed the head over to Daphne who dropped the camera and screamed as she tossed it over to Davey who jumped out of the way and Shaggy caught it.
Yelling, Shaggy tossed the head over to Scooby and the dog yelped, tossing it onto the ground in front of the zombie's body.
"Now do you believe us?" Veemon demanded.
"I-I told you it wasn't a mask." Daphne whimpered as she handed the camera back over to Fred.
"It-It must be animatronic." Fred suggested.
"Are you kidding me?!" Davey yelled.
Moving, the zombie picked its head back up and reattached it to its neck, moving it around properly tp stick it back into place.
Once that was complete, the zombie groaned and the wind began to pick up.
Dark clouds rolled in and Shaggy clung to Davey, the duo cowering as they knew what was about to happen next.
Veemon and Scooby hid behind their humans' legs, eyes wide with fear as they anticipated what would happen and Daphne and Fred would finally see the truth.
"Fred, are you getting all this?" Daphne questioned sounding scared.
Green light appeared and swirled through the air, hitting the lake and zombies slowly began to rise from it.
"Like, it's déjà vu all over again. And we know what to do, eh, guys?" Shaggy asked.
"Run?" Davey nodded.
"Reah." Scooby agreed.
"Let's get the heck out of here." Veemon said.
Turning, the group started to run off, but stopped when they noticed a horde of zombies standing behind them, rising from their graves.
"Yikes, it's a regular zombie jamboree!" Shaggy yelped.
"And I suppose they're all animatronic, too?" Daphne pointed.
"Well, it is a possibility, Daph." Fred said, but sounded scared.
"You're not a skeptic, Fred. You're in denial." Daphne accused.
She turned to run but stopped when she realized that they were surrounded by zombies all over.
Slowly spinning around, Fred filmed all of the zombies, each one dressed in clothing from different eras, them he finally landed on the terrified face of Daphne.
A scream then snapped everyone out of their frozen states.
"It's Lena! We left her and Simone unprotected." Fred gasped.
"Come on!" Daphne grabbed Fred's hand and started running.
Tripping over a tree root, Fred dropped the camera and it landed on the ground, sinking into it.
"The camera! It's quick sand!" Daphne gasped.
"This way!" Fred stood and grabbed her hand, running off.
Shaggy and Scooby screamed when they saw pirate zombies rising from the ground, then they started running across the lake, trying to escape.
Left alone, Davey and Veemon took off in their own direction, trying to avoid being captured by the zombies that were all splitting up to chase after the three groups.
Panting hard, Davey and Veemon ran as fast as they could, pushing themselves to keep moving as they tried to escape the night of terror.
Zombies kept popping up everywhere they turned, making the duo turn and run in the opposite direction as quickly as they could, jumping over tree roots and running through bushes.
Tripping, Veemon groaned as he couldn't move anymore.
Seeing Veemon not moving anymore, Davey raced back and grabbed him, picking him up and holding him and Cherry in her arms before taking off through the forest.
"Just leave me behind, Davey. I don't think the zombies will have a taste for Digimon." Veemon insisted.
"No way is that happening. I'm not leaving you behind." Davey told him.
Cherry stared up at the human girl, able to smell how tired she was and wanted the poor girl to find a place to rest for a while.
Jumping out of her arms, Cherry mewed making Davey stop running and turn to look back at the kitten.
"Cherry, what are you doing? We need to keep running." Davey told her.
Mewing, the kitten took off running and the girl chased after her.
"Wait up. Where are you taking off to?" Davey asked.
Following the kitten through the forest, Davey and Veemon were surprised to find themselves back at the house.
"Wow, maybe we should have let Cherry lead the way." Veemon commented.
"Let's get inside." Davey said as she walked up the steps.
Walking inside the house, Davey found Lena and Simone about to walk down into a hidden passage way that was in the staircase.
"Hey, what's going on in here?" Davey asked.
Surprised, the duo turned around and saw Davey stared at them.
"Davey, you're okay!" Lena exclaimed and ran over to the girl.
She pulled her into a hug, relieved that the zombies hadn't hurt her.
"Are you all right?" Simone asked her looking worried.
"I think I worked off 20 pounds from all the running I did." Davey panted.
Lifted her head up, Lena smiled at Davey and brushed her hair out of her eyes.
Dropping down onto the floor, Veemon walked over to the hidden chamber.
"How long has the been here?" He asked.
"For years. It's been here ever since the war for soldiers to hide in. We were about to use it to hide from the zombies before you two arrived." Simone explained.
"I wish you had told us about it from the start." Davey sighed as her breathing began to return to normal.
"I didn't think we would need to use it." Simone said.
"We should get moving now. We have some plans to get underway quickly." Lena reminded.
"What plans?" Davey narrowed her eyes.
Giving the girl a sad smile, Lena leaned in and her eyes flashed gold making Davey gasp in horror.
"I'm sorry, Davey. I really do like you. But I'm not going to change my way of life for you. Unless you want to join us." Len said.
"What are you talking about?" Davey demanded.
Simone secretly took a needle out of her shirt sleeve and stuck Veemon with it, making him yelp.
"Veemon!" Davey gasped when she saw the dragon sway before he passed out.
With her attention on the Digimon, Lena pulled a needle out of her pocket and stuck it into Davey's neck, injecting the drug into her system.
Cherry began to yowl, disapproving what was happening and clawed at Lena's foot.
"That's enough. Shoo." Lena kicked the kitten off her foot.
Rolling on the floor, Cherry watched as Lena scooped up Davey in her arms and carried her off down into he tunnel.
Feeling worried over her friends, Cherry meowed and followed after them, not wanting to leave them alone with Simone and Lena.
To be continued…