Kairo was, more or less, satisfied.
In her small pale hands she held a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, neatly wrapped in a paper towel that was almost consumed with said food. Kairo temporarily stopped munching on her sandwich and looked around. There were friends surrounding her, something that she'd longed for her entire life.
There was that meddlesome raccoon, Rigby, and she knew that he would admit this, but he considered her a friend as well. He caught her glancing at her as he sat at the table awaiting his pizza, and he quickly stuck his tongue out and turned away. She chuckled under her breath and continued to take in what was around her.
There was Mordecai, the tall blue jay that liked video games and a wide variety of music. He was kind to her as well, much kinder than Rigby was by far. The blue jay felt he was being watched by the girl, and had he not feathers on his face, you could've seen him clearly blushing. He continued standing against the refrigerator, fiddling with his hands and refusing to look up from them.
Eileen was out there, for sure - she stood behind and stared at Rigby, and although it was in a rather creepy fashion, it was pretty cute. She was always looking at him longingly, a dampened glint in her eyes behind the glasses that she constantly readjusted. For some reason, Kairo knew that she was just buying the pizza for Rigby. Anyone could see that, of course.
Then there was the yeti named Skips, who by now probably knew everything about Kairo there was to know. She didn't necessarily like how that sounded though, because that also meant that everyone else that was immortal or whatever knew that as well. It filled her hybrid brain with questions that could very well be left unanswered forever; Questions such as, how did immortals become that way? They weren't vampires, were they? And how were they connected to the Portal? What was the Portal? Why did it choose to rescue her, of all people. Skips turned his head and smiled at her warmly. The questions were replaced with reassurance in an instant as Kairo smiled back, all except one: could he read minds?
Ignoring the question, she searched around some more. Pops wasn't in the room, she must have assumed she was up in his bedroom singing and playing with dolls or something. Yeah, he was sweet and all… but sometimes Kairo just thought he had a few screws loose. But that's what made him so lovable. Muscleman and Fives were out doing what Benson had told them to do, thank god. She didn't want to be around that green oompa-loompa after he called her short and managed to push her on her face both at the same time. It was most unpleasant, and she was thankful that Benson intervened.
Benson. There was one person (or, gumball machine, rather) that she couldn't have survived in this new world without. Sure, she thought to herself as she watched him scold Mordecai for forgetting to feed Kairo when they visited the girls, he had one hell of a temper at times. And at others, he was as sweet as Pops. It was sort of strange, the way he acted all angry and defensive, when really he was trying to express concern and wisdom. She sighed. Mordecai and Rigby were just a little to stupid to see that, she supposed, and giggled a bit at the thought. She couldn't have asked for a better place for the Portals to send her. She had friends, food, safety… Now all we need, she thought to herself, is some zombies to kill together, like that one videogame. Then life would be perfecto.
"ZOMBIES!" Muscleman screeched much like a woman as he burst through the door, doused in perspiration -eww- with Fives following up not far behind.
How convenient, Kairo smiled slyly.
"What!?" Mordecai and Rigby asked simultaneously, drawing everyone's attention to the conversation being held in the center of the kitchen.
"Zombies, bro!" Muscleman repeated as he gasped for air. "The pizza delivery guys are zombies, and they're making their way down to the cemetery, probably to get some backup!"
Mordecai shook his head. "That's impossible, we got rid of that stupid old movie player as soon as movie night was over. How are they still alive?"
Rigby stood up on the table and scratched his head. "Maybe the zombies had other comrades dispersed throughout the city specifically to watch over certain sectors of the city in hopes of locating the ones who had revived their allies in the cemetery, so that they could all rendezvous and invade to turn us all into zombies!" he concluded with a finger in the air. Everyone around him just stared at him.
"Whoa." Kairo said out loud, breaking the awkward silence. Maybe Rigby was a lot smarter than the others took him for. Which was pretty scary, when you came to think of it.
"Okay, hold on just a sec!" Benson said, walking towards the now panicking group. "Someone better explain to me just how these zombies are connected to the park's movie night."
Mordecai sighed. "Well, you know that one movie player? Rigby broke it and it sent out a beam of-"
"Hey! I didn't break it!" Rigby intruded. "That was your fault!"
Mordecai pushed Rigby on the shoulder. "Don't try to pin this one on me, loser!"
"Too late!" the raccoon snarled viciously and jumped into him, causing the both of them to fall backward.
Benson sighed with a large frown written upon his face. "Do they do this every day?" Kairo asked.
"Only on work days," he grimaced as he grabbed the raccoon by the tail and yanked him off of his friend. "Would you guys stop fighting for two seconds so that we can get this zombie thing resolved!?" Benson shouted, setting down Rigby and helping the blue jay up.
Skips skipped forward. "We have to hurry; they're making their way to the house. Muscleman, Fives, get the provisions from the attic." Skips said with his naturally scratchy voice. The two nodded vigorously and headed up to the attic. "Ya hear that Fives?" Muscleman said as he made his way up the stairs. "We're gonna kick some zombie butt! WHOO!"
"ZOMBIEEEES!" Kairo exclaimed excitedly, jumping up on the table in a rambunctious manner and shaking her fists high in the air. "AHMYGAWD! I've never seen real life zombies before! C'mon! Let's go get 'em!" The hybrid jumped from the table and was just about to burst through the door before someone just barely managed to grab the back of her shirt.
"Not gonna happen, Kairo." Benson calmly replied, pulling her back and replacing the half eaten sandwich in her hands.
"Whaa-? Butbutbut-"
"No buts! You're in no condition to be fighting, much less zombies."
Her eyes went wide, fearing the worst for a second or two, only to remember that she had fainted from not eating. That's what he was talking about, not the wounds that had just begun to heal.
"Oh, so what if I'm a little weak? No biggie!"
"I said no." Benson said sternly.
"Aww come on Benson!" she said, eyeing the rest of the guys go out the door with various objects in their arms. "I promise I won't faint!"
"You can't control when you're gonna faint, smart one,"
"I will this time! Watch me!"
"What I'm gonna watch you do is sit your cat butt down back at the table and finish your sandwich. Stay here, I need to talk to Skips." And with that, Benson went out the front door.
"Hmmph!" Kairo huffed, slumping down into her chair and crossing her arms, before wincing and sitting back up. Well, there were zombies. The only problem was that she wouldn't be the one killing them.
Kairo looked around the room, and noticed the back door was unlocked, it was just beckoning her over. Well, sitting around here ain't no fun, Kairo thought, her smirk growing wider. She plucked a knife from one of the knife holders on the counter and burst through the door.
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"So we'll need to barricade around the entire park as well as in front of the house. It'll keep them from attacking the city."
"Right," Benson agreed, walking back into the house. "Ya hear that, Kairo? You can help put up the barriers, but that's-" Benson stopped short as he walked into the empty kitchen. He noticed a number of things. One, the only thing sitting at the table was a half-eaten sandwich. Two, there was a toppled over knife holder on the counter. And the back door was wide open.
Both Skips and Benson said simultaneously the first words that escaped their mouths.
"Oh shit."
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Author's Note: I told you guys I wouldn't stop the story! Sorry for uploading so very (very, very, very) late, and sorry for it being so short. The next chapter's gonna be nothing but action and it'll be jampacked. That should hold you guys off for a little longer! ;D