Hey! I'm not dead!
Sorry, this chapter took so long but I had to rewrite it completely and I also little time writing lately.
Anyway, hope you'll enjoy.
Chapter 14 – Reunion
I don't know where exactly we got out, but it was fucking cold.
"Fuck that's cold." Was all I got out.
"No shit Sherlock?" was the response I got "At least you got fur."
"Right, let's get you to that camp, before you freeze to death."
It really wasn't far. After two minutes I already saw the camp, though fort would be a better world.
It looked to be an old prison, with fences as the first line of defense and thick walls several meters high as the second.
'Three times you can guess where they got the idea from for choosing a prison.' I thought 'I just hope they don't make similar mistakes.'
We got to a big gate in the wall. The main entrance.
"Now how do we get in?" I asked as I started to search the gate for something.
"Is that a doorbell?" Olivia exclaimed.
There really was a doorbell. But what was odd about it, the button was illuminated.
"They've got power?"
"That surprises you? They've probably got a fusion generator in there."
I just stared at her with a blank expression.
"What?"
"Nothing, just forgot we're in the fucking future." I said while I pressed the button.
For a few seconds nothing happened, but then a door within the gate opened.
A male bear stepped outside.
"About time you got back Frank. And you forgotten your keys again."
Only then he noticed us. And stares at us like he has seen a ghost.
When he manages to snap out of this frozen state he doesn't even speaks to, he just flees back inside and closes the door behind him.
"What the fuck was that about?" I ask.
Olivia just shrugged her shoulders.
I got to the door and pressed one of my ers against it.
"Shaun, there are two 'Newbies' out there!" He sounded scared.
"No way, mate. You know everyone is dead or infected out there and the next camp is on the west coast." Somebody answered in an Australian accent. "No way somebody from over there made it over here."
"Then look for yourself."
"Yeah, but if you are wrong again you organise me a six pack of beer."
And with that the door opens again, we hear laughing while a koala comes out.
He stops laughing when he sees us.
"I think the propper introduction would be: G'day mate." I say in hope he doesn't have the same reaction like the bear.
"G…G…G'day." he stutters out.
He continues to stare at Olivia.
'At least he isn't running away.' I think.
"Uhm … might we come in? I think you can see that she isn't really 'dressed' appropriately for the weather."
"Huh?" He finally stops to stare at her and looks to me. "Sure. It's just she looks like one of the infected."
"I know it's a long story."
"I am still here you know." Olivia interrupted.
"Aww … do you feel left out?" I made a pouting face and got a hit to the side for it.
"Aua." I exclaimed. "I thought with a dad like yours you know how to take a joke."
"Yeah, that's why he always complains why his arms are so sore." She said and went inside.
I followed her and the Koala closed the door behind us.
We could see the courtyard filled with all kinds of different mammals. You could mistake it for sahara square.
The bear from before was sitting in a small office besides the gate.
"OK, we need to ..." He stopped when he noticed that Olivia was chattering her teeth. "Oh, we need to get you warm sweaty. You're lucky we have some thick clothing for the mammals who are used to warmer climates." He turned to the bear. "Hey Otto, could you go with her into the storage and get her some warm clothes."
The bear got out of the office and still looked a little bit weary to Olivia.
"Come on, follow me." he said and the two made their way.
"And afterwards bring her to the chief." He shouted after them.
"That's where we'll go now."
'That's exactly where I wanted to go.' I thought.
"Sure." I answer.
Shaun got a radio from his belt.
"Hey, Roy."
After few seconds the answer.
"Yeah, Shaun, what's the matter?"
"Where is the chief, I need to bring someone to them."
"Probably in the armory with her husband. She said they want to make sure we got enough for the summer."
Shaun gestured me to follow him.
"Who do you need to bring to them?"
"Some newcomers."
"Newcomers!? We havent had some in two years and you say it so casually like it happens every other day. You need to tell me everything."
"I'll do that over lunch, mate. Out."
He put the radio back onto his belt.
As we went through the prison I got a few weird looks.
Shaun stopped in front of a door.
"Just let me do the talking." he said before he opened the door.
"Chieeef? You here?"
I could see Judy with a clipboard, but she had her back turned to us.
"Yes, I am. What do you want? Did Otto see some survivors again?" She said without turning around.
"Well yes, but … "
"How often did I tell you just look yourself." She interrupted him.
"Yes, but ..."
"Last time the welcome was a little bit warmer and that's saying something, Judy."
She looked up from the clipboard and turned around slowly without saying something.
And she started to … smile?
I had a quick look over to Shaun who looked confused to say the least.
"I think I can handle this myself Shaun." Judy said to him.
He still stood there motionless for a second, before snapping out of thought.
"Yes, mam." He saluted.
"And how often did I tell you not to salute. I'm not your official Superior."
"Yeah, sorry." He said while leaving.
"You know Nick and I already got bets runnifn, if you'd turn up." She said with a smile.
She was considerably older, but still quite young for being in her late forties. Id you didn't knew you'd guess her ten years younger.
"That smile say's to me you won."
She chuckled. "Maybe. Let's say a certain fox has to do anything I want for one night."
"And where is the bunny that used to get embarrased at the slightest notion of 'adult themes'?"
"She met said fox and a certain bunny, who actually isn't one. The two had a really bad influence on her." She chuckled. Then another door opened. Through it stepped a orange furred fox, though a few patches already were greyed out. His view was obstructed by two big boxes he was carrying.
"Carrots, I know you can't carry the big boxes, but could you at least do the smaller ones?" He said while going past us, not even noticing me.
He placed the two boxes at the other end of the room and tuned around. Within a split second his face went from his trademark smirk to plain shocked.
"Hey, Nick. Long time no see?" I said while trying to copy his smirk as best as I could.
"W-W-What a-a-are y-y-you d-doing here?"
Judy turned to me.
"In fact that's what is bugging me as well. Why are you here?"
I made a confused face.
"Well why did your Oliver visit another universe?"
"Because he brought an Oliva from that world back to her parents." Nick said, finally being able to speak normally again. Judy did flinch at the word 'Olivia' a little bit.
"But that won't be the reason for you considering …" He stopped looking at Judy, she was near the tears. "… considering Olivia is dead."
He hugged Judy, who had tears in hear eyes.
"That's why I am here." The two looked up at me.
"My Judy and Nick were called to bunny burrow, because if the sight of a savage furless bunny roaming the streets at night."
The two actually looked terrified.
"She is one of them?" Nick asked.
I only nodded.
"She only managed to bite one other." I made a significant pause. "It was your dad Judy."
Judy now had the same utmost shocked, but at the same time pissed to the max expression on her face as my Judy when she first saw her dad tied up in the barn.
"But we actually were lucky."
Judy loosened herself from Nicks hug and slapped me across the face.
"Even though it maybe saved your world. It isn't lucky if she lost her dad!"
I hold my cheek. Judy really packs a punch.
"That's not how I meant that! I meant, we were lucky to have literal wizard with us."
Judy's and Nick's stern faces slipped to surprised ones.
I am surprised Judy didn't hear how Olivia was eavesdropping on the door.
"You can come in now."
The door opened and very hesitantly Olivia stepped in.
"Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad." She said as she waived her paw awkwardly.
Both, Judy and Nick, looked like they just saw a ghost.
After a few seconds of silence Nick let out a awkward laugh, tipped over to the front and fell unconscious.
Judy on the other hand suddenly spring to life again and ran over to Olivia and embraced her in what I tend to call the "Death hug". You know that type hug your mother gives you after she hasn't seen you in a while. It just looked like Judy actually tried to squish her daughter.
"Mom … air." Olivia managed to say, but I think Judy just squeezed her a little bit harder.
I placed one paw on Judy's shoulder.
"Judy, her face is already blue." I chuckled.
Judy shriked up like she already forgot I was there.
I put the little tube with the antidote in her paw.
"Hope that helps. It certainly helped her."
I wanted to go, my Judy and Nick were probably waiting for me, when I felt Judy grab me, turn me around and hug me.
"Thank, you." She whispered.
"No worries." I said back. "It was the least I could do. After all I just trotted along with you guys through the whole thing."
She let go of the hug.
"That's not true. You got the idea to check the owners of that military base which led us to the conclusion right after you brought … ohhh. You didn't had that idea yet did you?"
I shook my head. "Nope." I smiled.
"Well, then I hope it helps. It certainly helped us."
I nodded and let out a sigh.
"Well, another Bunny and Fox duo is waiting for me to come back, so I better get going."
"Oliver." Judy said "I hope you'll settle into your new life as good as our Oliver. And I hope you don't hit a Zombie apocalypse like we did." She chuckled.
"You seem to rather take the whole apocalypse thing rather well?"
"It's been 3 years now and after what we've been through with 'other universes' you get used to crazy shit like this."
"Mhm." I nodded. "That really doesn't sound like the bunny I know."
"Well, again, it's been more than 20 years with a crazy not-bunny from another world."
"She gave me a tip." I said.
"Who?" Mike looked at me. I was back in Bunny Burrow. Nice and most importantly warm Bunny Burrow. Judy was inside saying good bye to her parents and Nick was waiting in the car.
Mike and I ware standing outside the car and I was telling Mike what happened.
"The other Judy I just met. She let slip how they found 'them'."
"What did she say?"
"Wait, what about the paradox?"
He just shrugged his shoulders. "If they got the information the same way, I think it's okay."
"You think?"
"Well if something would have happened it would already have happened when she let it slip. So were good."
"Shouldn't we also tell Nick and Judy then who Olivia or 'Robin' was?"
"No, do you wanna give that bunny a total breakdown? Well keep it secret, but you may tell her in 2041. Sounded like she got more used to these things by then." He chuckled. "Now, what did she say?"
"OK, she said that they found 'them' by looking up the recent buyer of the base."
"Really? So easy."
"Well, they probably rushed after they lost their first lab."
We got inside the car.
"What were you talking about?" Nick asked.
"Uh, I was just telling him what I saw over there in detail." I quickly answered.
"Was there something special?"
"No, it was fucking cold, but I got her to the camp and gave the antidote to the two officials in charge."
"Did they look trustworthy?"
"Yes, yes they did, although one of them looked a bit sly."
Judy came back and entered a car and we set off.
It was a quiet ride until Mike started to speak to me.
"Anyway Oliver." He was speaking to me, but made sure the other two heard him as well. "I couldn't help but notice an odd scent this morning. Did you smell that as well?"
I could see Judy and Nick getting uneasy in the mirror.
"So you did smell that as well, Mike?" I said in an overfull sarcastic tone. "Man, I would like to know what that might have been. In fact I can smell a little hint of it right now."
"Now that you notice it Oliver I can smell it too. Smells like some Bunny rode 'a red rocket' last night, if you know what I mean."
We both busted out in laughter and let the act slip. We couldn't help our self but tease the two a bit.
And Judy slammed her foot onto the breaks.
Judy turned around to us. Her eyes wide in horror and her hears so red you'd think you could burn your finger if you touched them right now."You two smelled it?"
"Yes, and if you want that your little little relationship of yours stays secret you should shower after you two have fun with each other, otherwise some of the wolfs will smell you two before you even get into the station." Mike answered, still half in giggle.
They still looked at us worryingly.
"Don't worry we will tell no one." I said and Mike and I made a gesture to seal our lips.
"But before we go any further." Mike grabbed into his backpack again and got a silver tube out. "Here."
Nick grabbed the tube and looked confused at it.
"What's that?"
"Deodorant or as it is known here 'Musk away'."
"Thanks." They both said, still with an astounded look, while they turned around again and sprayed themselves before we went on.
And that's it. I hope the next chapters don't take that long.
See ya.