I do not own WWZ, Pokemon or whatever other reference I used
I do own my OCs though, Rust, Johnny, Surge, Captain Sylvia
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Nokamiso: Thank you for reviewing so often. And yes, I totally agree that updates are wonderful things. Though truthfully I like torchic better.
Riffing: Big Lipped Alligator Moment, huh, didn't expect that. Then again, the implications are rather interesting. As for a mulit-chapter fic, that is a possibility, though I don't have a good story line for one yet.
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121. Creepy Child
There is something decidedly off about the children who are growing up during the Z outbreak. All of them have an almost sociopathic obsession with destruction and fire. Not that this surprises anyone, after all, broken skulls and burning bodies are equivalent to safety in the minds of children now.
122. Decay
"Shouldn't the Gs be decaying faster? After all whenever they move they destroy their muscle fibers, and Gs can't heal at all, so they should be immobile in a matter of months instead of years."
123. Bacterium
"Well, the good news is that we did manage to produce a strain of bacteria that consumes Z flesh. The bad news is that it also has a taste for living flesh as well. Just as a precaution we destroyed all the samples of bacteria and decontaminated the lab."
"…That explains why the laboratory is on fire."
124. Lawful Stupid
Jessica once fit into this category. I say "once" because she is a G right now. Why? Cause the idiotic woman refused to leave her infected daughter behind and was bitten after her daughter died and reanimated in her arms. Perhaps her actions can be seen as noble, but really, staying with your infected daughter who is just hours away from death is really damn stupid.
125. Savior
Surge is the reason that Rust is alive. He saved the lieutenant from being devoured by ghouls. He gave the lieutenant a job. He was the one to comfort Rust when the younger man woke up trembling from nightmares. He was the one to stand by Rust's side when the lieutenant goes on various homicidal rampages. Surge is the reason that Rust is alive. And he will continue to be that reason till the day he dies.
126. Awareness
Rust knows he is a fictional character, this knowledge was a gift from his Creator. He knows that his life is horrible because the Creator decided it would be. He knows that nothing he does is ever going to change the fact that he is fictional, a mere plaything for the Creator. He does not resent these facts, he accepts them as truth. He accepts that all his men will die in various horrible ways because of Gs, and that he will die alone and forgotten. Rust knows he is a fictional character, this knowledge was a gift from his Creator, and he hates that fucker with all his heart.
127. Candle
Considering how little electricity there is, candles have come back as a main source of light. The only problem is that a lot of candles in the New Sunnyvale community are scented ones, meaning that they attract Zedheads. Lots and lots of Zedheads.
128. Koi
Poor koi, trapped in your little pond with that G trying to eat you. Let me help you out. Cause pretty fishes shouldn't be eaten by such an ugly creature.
(short distance away)
"Sir, Captain, sir, did Lt. Rust just halt the entire company to save a pond full of koi?"
"Don't think about it too much PFC Johnny, or you'll drive yourself as crazy."
"If you say so Sir."
129. SMT Strange Journey
If there was anything that told Rust that Captain Jack and his men where Chaotic Evil, it was the fact that the fucker used ghouls (and other such creatures) as his demons. Ghouls, motherfricking fleshing-eating ghouls. Of course, that made killing the bastards soooooooo much sweeter.
130. Cursed with Awesome
Sure, it might be a cursed sword, but since any target it is swung at is always decapitated nobody really sees the curse as a setback. Okay, so maybe the handler isn't able to let go of the sword until the blade's bloodthirsty spirit is sated, but that isn't that big of a problem.
131. Kill the Scrappy
"So you're saying that in order to permanently destroy the threat that Zack poses to humanity we have to help you find the seven swords of heroism, which are the Spear of Longinus, Kusanagi no Tsurugi, Excalibur, Gae Bolg, Durendal, Tyrfing, and Lu DongBin. Then you (with our help) have to take the swords and forge them into a single spear known as "The Guardian". The spear pole needs to be made from thirteen different living trees all of which are over a thousand years old, with the wood still alive even after being cut. After all that is done, 108 pure willing maidens (which we have to find) have give up their souls to infuse the spear with "holy" power. Then the spear will have to be taken to Shambhala and you have to conduct a lengthy week-long ritual in order to purge the world of ghouls. And the ritual has a really high chance of failure, but you're certain that with our help you can pull it off successfully." Johnny stated, a dubious expression on his face.
"Yes, that is what God has told me." Nyle (Ultimate Player of RPGs and Self-Proclaimed Genre-Savvy Hero) said seriously, not noticing Johnny's doubts or Rust's growing desire to murder him. "If the world is to be saved The Guardian must be remade and taken to the holy land. If I do not do so soon, the human race is doomed to be overrun by ghouls."
"I don't think…" Johnny's protests were cut off as Nyle continued his lecture on why the AGS absolutely had to listen to him and lend him their help. And how everyone was doomed and other things like that.
Thankfully, Johnny and all the other soldiers were spared from having to continue dealing with Nyle when the aforementioned deluded "hero" suddenly tripped and tumbled off a nearby cliff that Johnny swore had not been there a moment ago. To everyone's disappointment Nyle turned out to be okay, until a freak flash flood slammed into the young man. The group's hopes that Nyle had died or at least been washed downstream were crushed when the waters subsided and they saw the delusional brat clinging to a large rock. Rust groaned and wondered if he might have to appeal to his Creator for help, which he was spared from doing so when a group of zombies spontaneously dropped from the sky and devoured Nyle in an extremely graphic and messy fashion.
"You know, even though we just all saw a defenseless human get brutally murdered by a group of Zack at are still feeding on his corpse, I don't feel even one bit of guilt or remorse." Johnny said, gazing at the bloody mess that was Nyle, "I've got to ask, does anyone feel guilty at all?"
Everyone else in the group shook their heads, feeling absolutely no guilt or sadness at Nyle's abrupt (and rather unusual death). After a few more minutes of watching Zack tear at the few remaining scraps of flesh they all prepared to continue sweeping the area, minds free of any thoughts or desires (besides going their jobs of course).
Except for Rust, who was disappointed that he hadn't been able to kill Nyle himself.
132. Whimper
There really isn't any other way to describe the sound that seeps so easily from the lips of children and adults when they meet their first G. A sound that says the one who voiced it is soft, weak, and utterly harmless. But Zack doesn't care about such things, and the meek whimper is usually the last sound that the speaker makes.
133. Story
He ran from Zack for several days, stopping only briefly to rest before continuing the hopeless race for life. He was stuck in a tree for a bit, having fallen asleep in the great plant's branches, before jumping and floundering in the thick mud that surrounded the trunk losing a shoe in the process. It was probably then, that he was bitten, but he kept running until his blood clotted and lungs clogged. Finally, after hours of suffering, he died and rose as a new member of the undead horde.
That is the story that the dried mud tells Surge, well preserved foot prints and personal belongings imprinted deeply in the cracked earth. With this story in mind, he smiles sadly, and lifts his gun to shoot the mass of slowly approaching Gs. Hopefully, he will put the owner of the shoe out of its misery, and if not, he will do so eventually.
134. Karma Bites Back
Karma has a way of getting revenge on you. Especially if Karma is you ex-girlfriend. Who you left behind and doomed to become a G. Who is now trying to bite your face off.
135. Questions
"Who was the one to bring the Z-virus back into human life? Why did they do it? Was it on accident or on purpose? Do they regret what they have done? Are they still alive? And if so, can I kill them?"
136. Unnamed
Nobody cares how many children died because of some ignorant idea that the bodies of the innocent could purge the Z-virus, or the millions of babies who were abandoned by family members in desperation. Sure, people sympathize with the rare individual who survives, but all the other unnamed and unknown children who struggled and wept and begged for help are forgotten.
137. Replacements
Rust doesn't like to rescue parents, especially not parents who have no children with them. He can't help but question if they have abandoned their children to save themselves, as unlikely as it may be. However, he saves his paranoia and wrath for couples who should have been starting families around the time that Great Panic hit.
Rust is understanding and sympathetic if the couple suffered a miscarriage during the rough times. To him, a baby is only a baby if it can survive outside the womb without any medical help. For a young mother to willingly abort a fetus during the rough times is perfectly fine to him.
What he cannot stand are young couples who had a child or baby and abandoned them to save themselves. The logic that a parent can always replace the old child with another one never ceases to infuriate him. It isn't unusual for rescued parents who abandoned their children to an uncertain fate to mysteriously disappear. Every soldier in Rust's company knows what happens to the parents, but nobody reports it, because they often help make the child sacrificing jackasses disappear.
Captain Sylvia knows what Rust and his men do, but he never comments on it. Besides, turning them in means that he has to replace them, and he is far too attached to his slightly-crazy-mostly-amoral company to even think about such a thing.
138. Captain Sylvia
He doesn't have a tragic backstory like Johnny and Anegel. He isn't doomed to suffer like Rust and Surge. He knows that he cares for his men, but he doesn't understand why. He just exists, a barely sentient being, hardly better than the Gs that he destroys every day.
139. Angst
Rust is an angsty person, he just doesn't show it. It's kind of hard to be angsty, when the usual methods of showing off extreme (stereotypical) angst always carry the risk of being infected. Let's see…cutting is out of the question due to infection (it rhymes), sitting around listening to emo music just attracts ghouls, and writing wangst filled poetry is kind of hard when paper and pencils are in short supply. So basically, Rust is an angsty person who shows off his angst by murdering things. Which isn't all that angsty. At all.
140. MUTHERFUCKING GHOULS IN A MUTHERFUCKING SWAMP
Obviously, this is AGS after all. Nothing but swamps and ghouls as far as the eye can see.
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Next chapter will probably focus on wwz/pokemon again.