Chapter 11

The rest of the day the friends spent playing duel games, talking to each other, watching the news and occasionally Yami would check to see how the vaccination process was going. Soon enough night time came and the gang had to retire to bed. With a bigger group now, all the girls went into one room, Joey, Yami, Tristan and Duke headed into the other. "I need to talk to Yugi about what's going on. I promised him I would." Yami explained and left into their bedroom. He sat down against the headboard and focused.

"I don't think he's ever been out for this long." Joey muttered when the door closed and turned to look at Duke and Tristan. "It's nice to get to hang out with him more. It's a shame they can't have separate bodies." He knelt down and rummaged in the fridge. "Hey, you guys hungry?" he pulled out a pack of sandwiches and grinned, tossing one to Tristan and taking out some drinks.

"How are you both so hungry already?" Duke twirled a dark strand of hair around his finger and leant back, one lithe leg crossed over the other. "We should play a game of dungeon dice monsters in the meantime." He picked up the cold beverage and popped the lid. "Not that you'll ever beat me."

"Then you play against whoever wins!" Tristan pushed in and looked to Joey with a grin. "Not that I'll be defeated by you."

"Hah! I'm the one who keeps coming second in tournaments." Joey sniffed and got Tristan in a head lock, the two laughing together, happy to be back.

"Yeah well this is a different game!" Tristan shoved Joey off and looked to Duke quickly. "I'll face you soon!" he laughed and yelped, knocked off the chair by Joey who stood on his back, grinning at Duke. "No I will."

Yami returned at that moment and looked between the two friends. "Actually I think you'll find I'm the king of games. If anyone faces Duke in the finals it'll be me." He chuckled and sat down beside Duke, watching the game getting started.

The next afternoon as the group were in Seto Kaiba's private swimming room. They were interrupted when Mokuba barrelled in excitedly. "Guy's we've done it! We've managed to make a vast amount of the cure to vaccinate anyone infected. Big brother is busy right now sending a shout out using the television, radio and one of the Kaiba Corp blimps so everyone can see it and they will all be here in an hour, all the way until midnight when we have to shut the doors until tomorrow. Though… would you be able to go outside and inoculate all those zombies in the streets? We aren't sure if all infected have family, friends or anyone else who can bring them in so we need to get them ourselves."

"I'll do it." Yami climbed off of the deck chair and tugged his black shirt back on and some pants, only wearing boxers already.

"Hey wait for me! I want to come too!" Joey waved and looked apologetically to Serenity. "I'll be fine this time! We have the vaccination and I'm tough." He winked and hugged his sister tightly.

"Well I'm coming with you guys. I was one of the first attacked and I want to finally help." Tristan burst in and climbed out of the large swimming pool, shaking off droplets of water and Duke followed behind a few steps, glaring at Tristan's back when hit with splatters of water. "I'm coming too."

"Then we can split up into two groups of two." Yami looked between the three men. "Duke and Tristan, you will be one group and Joey and I will be the other." He turned to look to Mai. "Can you look after Tea and Serenity?"

"Don't worry! I won't let anything happen to the girls." Mai wrapped an arm around each of them and grinned. "You lot be safe! If you run into trouble just give me a call and I'll come and rescue you all." She winked and turned, ducking under the water and pulling on Tea's ankle. They re-emerged seconds later laughing and Mai grinned, glancing out of the corner of her eye as the small group disappeared.

"If only I had my motorbike." Tristan looked to Duke as the two of them walked down the street, their coats full of needles held in little straps Mokuba had sorted out. "I- shit, there's one." He ran over to the zombie turning a corner and pulled out one of the needles, stabbing the creature in the side of the neck and pulling back. "One down!"

"I wonder how many people have already been to Kaiba's with their relatives." Joey yawned and stretched his muscles as they padded down the street.

"Yeah who knows but we need to focus on those outside." Yami narrowed his eyes, spotting a small hoard of zombies slowly moving towards a young girl trapped in an alleyway. "There." He moved over swiftly and pressed one into the nearest zombie's arm. Joey followed suit and got another zombie in the throat. The two went down and Joey got another in the leg while Yami pushed to the front and stopped the nearest from getting the small girl who hid trembling behind his pants leg. "We have the vaccine, you don't have to worry." He stated and shoved the needle into the nearest zombie's neck.

Soon only one was left which Joey quickly got to. "You should get back home." Yami stated then turned and left but Joey knelt down. "Do you know how to get home from here?" he asked gently and the young girl shook her head. "Come on." He reached out and she took his hand, Joey gently smiling. "You don't want to stay here." He picked her up and placed her on his shoulders, the sound of barfing filling the alleyway and he caught up with Yami. "I need to find someone I can drop her off with." He explained and she snuggled into Joey's blonde hair. "Thank you mister."

A few hours passed and tiredly, Duke and Tristan flopped down on a nearby bench in the park. "I haven't seen any zombies in a while." Tristan exhaustedly muttered and pulled off leather shoes, tossing them aside and groaning in relief. "Ahhh feels good." He wiggled them grinning.

"Yes me either. I think we've gotten everyone around here." Duke muttered and made a face. "Can you put your shoes back on? Your feet smell nasty!" he covered his mouth and leant against Tristan's arm, eyes on the park, specifically the bloodied patch on the ground. He only hoped a young child hadn't been killed when it was a zombie. "We should go and find Yami and Joey soon." He spoke softly and took Tristan's hand. "Hey… thanks for saving me. I… never said it before."

Surprised, Tristan looked to Duke's hand and then to the dice master. "No problem. I wanted to make sure you were safe." He paused, recalling Yami's words. "And thanks for taking care of me when I was a brainless zombie."

"Aren't you always?" Duke teased and laughed, dodging a friendly punch and winking. "Come on lets go."

One chapter to go.

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