Foosha: Hey guys I'm back! Sorry for the delay but everything is figured out now so things will be back on schedule! And sorry this chapter is slightly shorter than the rest. It was hard to come up with stuff with so many things going on lol -
Nicky: Foosha does not own Zombieland, Left4Dead or any other references she forgot about! Teehee.
Vash: Let's start this thing!
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"All right everyone settle down. I has in mai possessionz, da moovee ov uhmazingz!"
"Nicky quit being weird and just put on the damn movie. You're confusing them." I stomped one of my feet in irritation before starting up the DVD. She never lets me have any fun. Pfoo! Yup, after dinner I eventually convinced Vash to watch the zombie movie with us. We both weren't really fans of scary stuff, but how could I say no to zombies? I couldn't! They're just too fun! And this movie wasn't even really scary. So Vash had no choice!
"Let the movie fun begin!" I returned to my seat between Foofy and Spirit, cuddling up under a very comfy microplush blanket, which I so graciously shared with them, and pressed "play" on the screen. "I think you guys might like this. It's one of my favorite scary-ish movies!" Foofy scoffed from my left.
"If it's something you like, I doubt it would be scary, yeah." I felt Spirit move next to me.
"I actually agree with the brat this time. You don't seem like the type to handle scary films." Muttering a "whatever" under my breath, I decided to not let it get to me and just enjoy watching Zombieland. Vash remained quiet through the whole conversation from her spot on the other couch between the armrest and Konan. She seemed content though, I'm assuming because it was a movie she liked. I'm glad she didn't get stuck next to someone that bugs her, or this would be a looooonnnnnng-ass movie. Tobi bounced excitedly in the lazy-boy on my right.
"Tobi is excited for this zombie movie!" An evil voice cackled in my head. Kekeke… I can't wait to see their reactions. You're evil you know that? Yeah only slightly though. This movie really isn't that scary. I suppose.
After the Movie…
After changing into my pajama shirt and sweat pants, I walked over to the bathroom to brush my teeth, only to run into Vash also heading for the bathroom. I gave her a small wave.
"Hey, I dunno about you, but I think they enjoyed the movie. Pretty cool, huh? We're educating them about neat stuff one step at a time!" She smiled and chuckled.
"Yeah I guess so. Did you notice how the Bitch, Blondie and MaskBoy bolt out of there right at the end? Seems a bit suspicious."
"Maybe they were secretly terrified. I wouldn't put it past them. Bahaha! But isn't Marshy immortal or somethin'? I think he told me about that once, but I can't remember. So he's kinda like a zombie… a zombie that thinks… sometimes. But then again Prolay Patch Face could be a zombie too. He's super old and has like a zillion hearts or something like that."
"Prolay Patch Face? Are you talking about Stitches?"
"Yup. I just added Patch Face to the end of his name… because I felt like it."
"Well all right then. You can use the bathroom first if you want. I was going to shower anyway." I nodded and walked in the bathroom before shutting the door behind me and then I was paranoid again, but this time it was about random zombies climbing through the window, even though I knew that'd be impossible. We're on the second floor and there's nothing for them to climb! Hah. That'd be ridiculous… wouldn't it? And then the "what-ifs" started to invade my brain. What if there was an abandoned scaffolding right below the window with a ladder leading up it? Can zombies climb up ladders? Or would they be more like traditional zombies who would just gather at the bottom and moan loudly? Shit! I have to be sure!
Terrified of what I might find, I decided to get it over with and thrust the medium sized window open, gazing down at the ground with a sense of dread filling my stomach, which dispersed at the site of an empty yard. "Oh thank god. There's nothing there. Nothing, nothing, nothing. No need to be paranoid now. I could take care of zombies anyway! I'm totally prepared for that stuff."
"Uh… could Nicky-chan close the window now? Tobi is getting cold."
"Eep!" I jumped back and slipped on the bathroom mat, landing on my bottom. "Owie… my tail bone…" I grimaced in pain, but forced myself to look back outside to see Tobi holding onto the window in his pajamas. He hopped back in, landing on the bathtub and looking at me curiously (at least I assumed since he had his head cocked to one side).
"Why is girly looking outside?"
"Err… no! Why were you outside the window? That's messed up!"
"No! Tobi didn't mean it! Tobi was just outside looking for zombies when Tobi decided to make all the windows closed so zombies wouldn't get in!" I facepalmed. Tobi normally didn't bug me, but at the moment he was really irritating me/creeping me out.
"Tobi. Zombies aren't real. I was checking for them too but, I promise they aren't real." He giggled and patted my head.
"Oh Nicky-chan, zombies are real. Tobi just saw them on the news. They are in Park City!" Heh… what?
"Uh… that was probably a weird commercial or something then… zombies aren't real, I promise. I'm just paranoid and think stuff comes to life when I think about them. So… that's my excuse."
"Whatever girly says! Tobi saw it though! And Tobi is building a fort so zombies can't get in!" And with that he scampered out of the bathroom, leaving the door ajar and me still sitting uncomfortably on the floor.
"Hahaha… Oh… Tobi…. Silly man child. Zombies don't exist… right? Ahaha… ha…. ha…"
"Talking to yourself again?" I glanced up from the floor tiles to see Spirit and his read hair. Not sure why his hair color was relevant, but that's what I first noticed.
"What's with guys and invading my bathroom?"
"I did not invade. You left the door open and I was simply walking by it when I heard you conversing by yourself." Getting to my feet I scoffed, waving him off with my left hand.
"I do not wish to hear of these lies you speak. Now leave Pinocchio!"
"Who's Pinocchio?" I was about to reply, but didn't get the chance, because the lights suddenly shut off, leaving me unable to see much at all. I was never very good at seeing at night. Guess I didn't eat enough carrots in my younger days. But besides that, I was beginning to have a panic attack, and could feel my heartbeat speed up. Argh curse this fear of the dark! I blame it on that show "Are You Afraid of the Dark". I never even watched it! The commercial and beginning of the show were scary enough!
"Hey uh… are you still there, Spirit?"
"No." I sighed quietly in relief, even though I was slightly put off by his sarcasm. He is kind of a jerk though.
"… Uh… don't leave yet, okay? Let me just get up." I felt around the floor with my hands until they bumped into the counter. Success! Grabbing the top of it, I used it to make sure I wouldn't fall when trying to stand up, something that happened quite often when I would sit on the floor.
"Why? Are you afraid of the dark?" He just had to use those words, now of course every image I've ever glimpsed from a scary movie is running through my head! Damnit!
"Just wait, okay? So what if I am?"
"What are you, a child?" Ugh it just had to be this guy didn't it? Didn't it!
"Just shut up." While we were arguing, I was able to navigate towards the door. I reached out again towards the shadow in front of me and felt the fabric of Spirit's shirt, gripping it tightly in my hand. "Now, let's go find everyone else and some flash lights."
"You're almost as bad as the other brat. I'm not babysitting." I let out a growl of frustration and tried to aim a kick at his shin, but completely missed, making me lean into him in my unbalanced state. Immediately I jumped back and started walking forward while pulling on the bottom of his shirt.
"Fine I'll just lead you then and hope we don't fall down a flight of stairs!"
"You really can't see?"
"Nope." There was a sigh and eventually he was the one walking ahead, muttering something along the lines of "blahblahblah stupid brat… blahblahblah". Not in the mood for arguing with his stupid face, I remained silent, concentrating on the texture of the fabric between my fingers so I could take my mind off of the feeling that I should look behind me because someone was following us. Don't look don't look. What if you see something really creepy? But despite my better judgment, I peeked over my shoulder anyway, to see something move slightly. I tensed and gripped his shirt tighter. "Hey uh… did you see that?"
"No. I don't have eyes in the back of my head." Scowling, I turned back around and trudged after him. Asshole! Grrr…
Eventually, we made it to the main floor living room where Konan and a few others sat around with random candles and flashlights. I released Spirit's shirt and scuttled over to Konan.
"How did you guys find those when it's so dark?" She looked up at me.
"Well we're ninjas so we're used to traveling in the dark and such. Our eyes just adjust faster than yours."
"I don't think mine adjust at all," I mumbled before observing Pein stand before the small group.
"Who are we missing?" Glancing around, I noticed an absent Vash.
"Hey, where's Vash?"
"Hidan, Deidara, Tobi and Kisame are also gone," Konan added. There was a cough to my left and I looked to see Itachi's eyes glowing red, looking calm as ever.
"Kisame went to the hot tub after the movie. He's probably still there." Pein nodded to him and looked back to the rest of us.
"The rest will find their way back. In the meantime, Itachi and Sasori try to find out why the power went out. The rest of us will remain here." I raised my hand slightly. Pein gave an exasperated sigh. Psh no need for dramatics. I barely see you! "What?"
"I need to look for Vash… but I'm kinda scared. So… does anyone wanna go with me?" Of course, no one moved. Finally there was a groan and Cal stepped forward almost reluctantly.
"Fine. We'll go with the girl. Wow you're being nice today. Shut up idiot. I'm just tired of her whining."
"Yayy! Thank-you! Both of you! I guess? Yes. Now let's go find Vash!"
Vash's POV
Uh… where did all the light go? Of course I was looking through my suitcase for something when the lights went off. Immediately I reached for the phone that was supposed to be in my pocket, but realized that I had put it somewhere else since I was going to take a shower. Damnit. I sat up on my knees and contemplated my next move. Hm… guess I should go find everyone else. They're probably downstairs since that's where we left the flashlights. Standing up, I suddenly bumped my head on something hard, causing me to fall back onto my knees, holding my head.
"Ow!"
"Oh Tobi is sorry short girly! Tobi was just trying to see what short girly was looking at!"
"What the hell are you doing in my room MaskBoy!"
"MaskBoy? Tobi wants to know who this "MaskBoy" is, but first Tobi must take short girly to zombie fort!" There was a rough pull on my arm and I was soon standing up, somewhat dazed.
"Tobi, zombies aren't real and they aren't taking over the world. I told Nicky we shouldn't watch that movie, since you'd probably have trouble comprehending that." There was silence, and suddenly a giggle.
"Oh short girly, Nicky-chan said the saaaaame thing! But Tobi saw the zombies outside already! So Tobi knows there are zombies."
"Sure Tobi… sure. I need to get downstairs so… leave." I looked up to see him shrug and scamper out of the room. Now aggravated having to deal with him, I got up and stomped out of the room, easily finding the stairs and the lights emitting from the living room. When I walked in I noticed the only ones there were Stitches, Bastard and Konan. They looked towards me as I walked in. "Where is everyone?" Stitches answered from the couch.
"Hidan, Deidara, Tobi and Kisame are missing. Nicky and Zetsu went to find you, and Itachi and Sasori are trying to fix the electricity." I nodded at the thoroughness of his explanation, and became worried when I heard Nicky was looking for me with the creepy plant man.
"Where did Nicky go?"
"I believe she went downstairs first because she thought you might have been using the bathroom down there," Konan added. I picked up a flashlight and nodded to her.
"All right. I'm going to go look for her." And without waiting for them to comment, I left to go find Nicky.
Nicky's POV
"Well I think we've been down here long enough… maybe we should go. It's kinda creeping me out." Even though I felt a little better knowing that I had a ferocious plant guy with me, I was still afraid of the "what ifs". What if a bunch of monsters come out and distract him enough that he has to fight them off and I'm left alone to die!
"Maybe she went out to the car or something?" Gathering my courage, I agreed with his suggestion and we left through one of the backdoors. I was soon met with a rush of cool air, and promptly folded my arms closer to my body, though that seemed to do little help. Cal seemed unaffected by the drastic change of temperature even though he was wearing no shirt and striped boxer shorts. Ugh and of course now I just noticed his lack of clothing. How wonderful! Out of instinct I scooted away from him, embarrassed by his near nakedness. Darnit now I'm awkward again!
"So uh…-" Suddenly there was a loud rustling sound from the bushes besides me. I yelped and jumped back towards Cal. After about a minute of standing there frozen, nothing happened, so I relaxed, thinking it had been a squirrel or something.
"BWAHHH, UNNN!"
"HOLY CRAP FACE! ZOMBIE!" I jumped and took off, before I was yanked back by the collar of my shirt and held up towards the source of the scary noise, to see Foofy laughing hysterically. My face was steaming in anger, and I was never angry. Maybe it was more from the humiliation. "CURSE YOU FOOFY! I NEARLY DIED! DIED!" And as usual, I reacted in the only way I could in an extremely embarrassing situation; with violence! I kicked his shin as hard as I could and started punching him in the chest. "!" Eventually he grabbed my hands to stop the weak hits.
"Chill out, yeah. I was just trying to scare you and it worked, hm," he smirked as he released me, and I just scuffed the ground with me foot in frustration. Fuck I hate him! Fuck fuck fuck fuck! I don't even say that word! But he makes me say that word! Argh! Hate!
"Fine whatever! I'm still looking for Vash so… go away or something! You chicktopus!" He gave me a confused look.
"What the hell, un? I'm not even going to ask, yeah." And with that, he walked back towards the house, with a satisfied look on his face. I just pouted and tugged on Cal's arm.
"Let's keep looking."
"I can walk, don't pull me."
"Fine fine. Let's just hurry so I can get back and bug Foofy for scaring me."
Vash's POV
Well… she isn't down here. Maybe she went back upstairs. I raced back up to the main floor. Perhaps she went to check if I was in the hot tub? I walked to the patio and opened the sliding door to see no Nicky, but a strange mound of hair sticking straight out of the tub. I leaned over the side to get a closer look, when the rest of the creature shot out of the pool, knocking me back in surprise.
"What the fuck?"
"HAHAHA sorry shorty, I didn't mean to scare you." Wiping the water spots from my glasses with my shirt, I squinted in the voice's direction to see a large shape. I could only guess, since Stitches was inside, that it was Sharkface.
"Why are you in there in the dark?"
"I like being in the water. And this is really nice."
"Okay… have you seen Nicky?"
"Nope! Why is she missing?"
"Well… there are a few people missing. She was looking for me and now I'm looking for her."
"Do you need some help?"
"If you want, I'm sure they're okay though."
"Well let me know if you don't find them soon then." I waved to him and headed back inside. He seems like a nice guy, I wonder if the only reason he's with this organization is because he looks weird.
After about twenty minutes of checking around the main floor, I returned to my original path of going upstairs. I was looking through the nearest room to the stairs when my flashlight died. Damn now what.
"Hehehe…" I glanced around the room quickly.
"Who's there? Don't hide that's stupid."
"Fuck you bitch I'm not hiding. I was going to fucking scare you but you're just a fucking scare-proof bitch!" The Bitch emerged from the closet next to me, looking as pissed off as ever.
"So is that why you left? Because you wanted to scare someone?"
"Fuck off. I'm not talking with a fucking bitch anymore." I just shrugged and also left the room, glad that Nicky didn't get wrapped up in that mess. She would've been easily scared and this would be an even bigger mess. Where the hell is she anyway?
Nicky's POV
Okay stay calm Nicky, stay calm… Somehow, I got separated from Cal, and now I was in the woods, hugging a tree for dear life and completely lost. Probably lost him when I rushed away after hearing weird noises. Dangit. It's all my fault. Stupid stupid stupid. I know I could have screamed or yelled for help or something, but I was too terrified that I would draw unwanted attention to myself if I did so. He probably went back anyway. Fuck fuck fuck!
"I'll be okay. Someone will come looking for me. And they're ninjas so… it'll be fast! Right. Good."
"Grrraaaahhhhhhrrrr…" I stiffened and turned around immediately.
"W-who's there?" There was the sound of crackling branches. I backed up away from my current spot to an even larger tree. "Hey I took self-defense classes! I-I'll kick your ass!"
The sounds continued, getting louder and more frequent as time passed, and seemingly increasing in number. Somehow I had managed to maneuver myself up a shorter tree, so I was higher off the ground, but still reachable. That way I can kick them in the head! Finally there was a breach in the foliage near me, and out emerged something I never wanted to see in this position.
"H-holy shit! Zombie! ZOMBIE! OH MY GOD! I DON'T EVEN HAVE A WEAPON! I'M GOING TO DIE!" There were three of them, slowly approaching me. Despite my scared state, I was able to notice that they seemed more like the traditional zombies, rather than the Left4Dead zombies. Thank god. I would cry right now… even though I think I'm still going to cry right now. I gripped the tree bark as tight as I could, making my hands bleed a bit. They were right beneath me, reaching out for my feet. I kicked one right in the head and it went over easily, groaning in the process. The other two escaped my kicking and grabbed my legs, pulling me down slowly. I tried to loosen their grip but to no avail. "OH MY GOD I'M GOING TO DIE!"
Knowing the worse was only to come if they bit me or ate me, I let go of the branch and allowed myself to drop on top of them. They weren't prepared for this obviously and got squished under the sudden body weight. All too aware of the disgusting scabs and oozing sores on them, I quickly stood up and ran blindly into the forest. More zombie moans started the sound behind me, but I didn't turn my head. Go legs go! I know I don't use you enough, but if I die I won't use you at all!
Suddenly I collided with something head on. I nearly fell back until whatever I hit grabbed me by the shoulders to stop me from falling.
"You stupid girl, why are you running so recklessly through a wooded area?" Steadying myself with the person's arms, I was able to gaze up at their face. Pein? Not one I was expecting. Then I remembered why I was running and hid behind his back, peeking around his right arm I pointed towards where I came from.
"Z-zombies! They were there! They ripped my pants! And-and got gross stuff on me!"
"Zombies? Like from that film you made us watch? Those don't exist here, do they?"
"A-apparently they do! Kill them! Kill them all!" There was a pressure around my waist and I was swooped up into someone's arms and carried off towards the house.
"Tobi told girly that the zombies were here but girly didn't listen!" I blinked up at the orange masked fellow.
"Tobi wait! We need to help!"
"Tobi is helping! He's going to hide you in the fort with short girly!"
"Fine. Just hurry."
"Tobi is hur-wahhh!" And then I was on the ground in mud. I sat up on my elbows and looked back to see Tobi had face planted after getting his foot twisted in a root. Then there were hands on me again, but this time they felt grimy and gross. In my peripheral vision I could see strange colored skin and I instantly flinched away from the touch.
"OH MY GOD TOBI THE ZOMBIES ARE EVERYWHERE!" I kicked with my legs and sped towards Tobi's form when I was able to stand. Unable to carry him, since he was somehow unconscious, I tried pulling him by the shirt with no luck. The zombies started to scramble after me and I panicked, releasing Tobi's shirt and running off to the direction I thought Pein was in. "SORRY TOBI I TRIED! AT LEAST YOU HAVE A MASK ON!"
Vash's POV
For some reason everyone decided to leave the house after Redhead and Chichi came back, so I stayed behind in case Nicky showed up. I sat out back on the swing bench thing, since it was dark inside still, when I saw someone running frantically towards the house. As they got closer I noticed it was Nicky and immediately stood up.
"What? What's going on?" She stopped in front of me and bent over with her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath.
"V-Vash! I'm glad you're okay, but we gotta go! There are zombies!" I looked at her face and started laughing.
"Pfft, are you serious Nicky? Did you do this all to creep me out?"
"No! I'm serious I swear! They were right behind… uh…Vash! Turn around!" Doing as she said, I flipped around to come face to face with a gruesome site of a half-decaying corpse. l
"What the fuck?" I shrieked and backed up quickly, nearly hitting Nicky. She instantly latched onto me in fear and I couldn't do anything but hold her back. "Shit, this is it." I could hear Nicky sniffling beside me as the zombie approached. Once it was within arms-length I saw my life flash before my eyes.
"CUT!" The zombie then stopped and stood up correctly, smiling creepily at us.
"Wow you guys are great actors. What company are you with?" I blinked slowly, trying to comprehend what just happened.
"Uh… what?" Nicky voiced from beside me, releasing her hold. Another group of people stepped out from a large grove of trees besides the cabin along with Pein and the rest of the ninja guys. A man in a blue hat stepped forward and held out his hand to each of us.
"Hello I'm the director. It seems like we had a bit of a mix up. We assumed we were the only people on this mountain, and when some of the zombie actors saw you guys, they thought it was part of a scene. But let me say, you guys were fantastic! Is it all right if we use the footage and just add a part where you're being killed? And sorry about the electricity. Some of the guys blew a fuse and I guess it affected the power lines around here." Nicky just nodded slowly, still not sure what was happening while I just gave him an incredulous look.
"What? Seriously? You scared the shit out of us! And why are you filming this at night anyway?" He just shrugged.
"We needed some night footage in the mountains and we're sorry about that. We're prepared to pay you two hundred dollars apiece for your participation." I sighed and looked to Nicky who was completely out of it, collapsed in Spirit's arms who had randomly ended up next to her. The rest of the guys were also nearby, some laughing at the footage one of the camera people were showing them.
"This… this sucks!" I can't wait to go home. I knew this would end badly. "Fuck this. I better have that money soon. I'm going to bed its 3am." I grabbed Nicky from Spirit and dragged her with me to the house, in hopes that tomorrow would be less stressful.
Foosha: Don't ya just love zombies? :P