Chapter 2
Pearl
Pearl felt a small hand on her face as she came back to the waking world. She groaned a bit as a small hand pushed on her face again. "Steven." She said sitting up "I'm aw-" A tiny hand on her mouth silenced her.
Pearl blinked the sleep from her eyes as she looked down at Steven. He was shaking as tears were falling down his face. As if to answer her own question a low growl came from under Pearl as something scrapped against the trap door. She motioned for Steven to stay quiet as she reached for her bag. Pearl silently packed up all there stuff and put her bag on her back as the growl game again from below. Pearl moved as slow as she could to her feet while picking up her sword. She slowly moved and picked up the blanket they slept on. She turned and wrapped it around Steven's shivering body. Pearl pushed Steven gently behind the giant light before turning back to the door under her feet.
Ever so slowly Pearl stepped back off the trap door. She readied herself as she reached down slowly and grabbed the handle. She didn't have to pull the door open for it flew out of her hand and imbedded itself into the celling. Her and Steven couldn't help but scream in surprise as a huge monster tried to fit through the opening. It was nothing that Pearl had ever seen before. It was three times the size of a normal zombie and looked twice as mean. It had multiple eyeballs all over its head and two huge claw like arms. The only thing normal about it was that its legs still looked human.
Both Steven and Pearl stood there frozen as the monsters eyes looked wildly around the room. Pearl was frozen in place as its many eyes focused on her. It pulled itself into the glass space up here with them slowly. Pearl took note on how much it struggled to get through the opening. After it was through it walked over to Pearl and got really close to her. Pearl forgot how to breath as it took a huge breath. When it exhaled Pearl almost gagged but held it in. She was afraid to move.
A small whimper escaped Steven's lips and all the eyes turned in his direction. Pearl watched in horror as the monster turned and slowly walked towards Steven. It bumped into the glass wall and groaned a bit. When it leaned down to get a look at Steven he flinched away. This seemed to make the monster mad. It grumbled deep in its chest before rearing up. When it raised its hand up to the roof Pearl moved. She jumped at it, stabbing her fencing sword deep into its shoulder. The monster screeched and swung around, hitting Pearl and slamming her into the glass. She hit the glass so hard it cracked, hitting her head again, and making everything blurry.
"Steven, run!" Pearl screamed as the monster turned on her.
Pearl's world was spinning. Instead of one monster she saw three. She scrambled to her hands and knees as she felt something warm dripping down her neck. The monster drew back its clawed hand and sent it straight for Pearl's head. As the last second she dove out of the way.
"You leave my Pearl alone!" Steven called out throwing a peace of glass at the monster. The monster screamed and turned its attention to Steven. It tried to move but they all realized that its hand was stuck in the glass wall.
Pearl used this to her advantage and shot to her feet. She ran, grabbed Steven by the hand, and yanked him down through the trap door. Both of them flew down the stairs as fast as Steven's legs could carry him and as fast as Pearl could move with the world spinning. The last few steps Pearl lost her footing and tumbled down. She landed with a grunt and Steven was quick to start pulling on her arm.
"Pearl your bleeding!" Steven cried.
Pearl grunted in pain as she touched the back of her head. "I'm fine Steven. We need to go."
Pearl slowly got to her feet and tried to get the world to stop spinning. She could hear the monster screeching over head but another sound was starting to fill her ears. Pearl looked to her side and saw a giant hole in the wall that connected the house to the light house.
That came through there?! Pearl thought as she took Steven's hand. She pulled him quickly through the hole and into the mess that was once a house. And I almost hid in here?! Oh stars.
Pearl quickly pulled Steven over to the front door. She flung the door open only to slam it shut again as several runners bodies slammed into it. Steven started to cry once more as Pearl pulled him away. She took him over the debris and through a broken door to what was once a bathroom. Pearl climbed up onto the cracked sink and looked outside. Determining the coast was clear she pulled Steven up next to her and helped him out the window. She heard the monster start thrashing around with shattering glass as Pearl pulled herself through the window and drop down on the other side.
Pearl stumbled as she heard the runners break down the door. She grabbed Steven and made a full on sprint for the tree line. She could hear the monster banging its way down the lighthouse loudly. She could also hear the swarm of zombies coming up the hillside. Pearl looked over her shoulder and saw a few zombies coming up into view. She didn't have time to really look before she disappeared into the tree line.
Pearl didn't stop running through the woods until she could see corn fields in the distance. She couldn't help but smile at realizing that her adrenalin allowed her to run five miles in full panic. She was more worried about how her head was pounding and how she was still alive after running so much. Running was usually out of her league. She wasn't the athletic type, that was all Jasper. She was more of the graceful ballerina type of girl, who could stab you in the eye with a sword but that was besides the point. More then anything she was just happy her and Steven were still alive.
Pearl felt like she was going to collapse as they came out of the tree line. Over the field of corn in front of them she could see Peridot's place. More importantly, she could see Peridot on the roof. Pearl smiled as she put Steven down and started waving her hands over her head. "Peridot!"
Both her and Steven waved over there hands as they slowly started walking towards the house. Pearl couldn't help but laugh when Peridot finally saw them. Her short friend was jumping up and down, waving back, before loosing her footing and falling on her butt.
Pearl was grinning ear to ear as Lapis came running out of the house and over to them. The slender swimmer fell to her knees and pulled Steven into a tight hug. She was crying as Steven laughed at her many kisses she left on his face. Pearl didn't stop moving as she walked by them, patting Steven on the head. She looked to the house to see Peridot running out and over to them.
"How did you guys get here?" Lapis asked catching up to Pearl with Steven in her arms.
"Pearl!" Peridot yelled tackling her taller friend to the ground. When Pearl cried out in pain Peridot quickly pulled back. "Pearl?"
"I'm ok." Pearl said touching the back of her head again, her fingers bloody when looking at them. Before Peridot or Lapis could say anything Pearl shook her head and looked to Steven, who had fallen asleep on Lapis' shoulder. "Let's get inside."
"Yea, you could use a shower." Lapis said as Peridot helped Pearl to her feet "And clean cloths."
"And an actual bed." Pearl mumbled.
Peridot did her best to support her taller friends as they went back to the house. As soon as they were inside Peridot helped Pearl up the stairs while Lapis laid Steven down on the sofa. As Peridot helped Pearl into the bathroom they could hear Lapis securing the door.
"What happened to you?" Peridot asked as she took Pearl's backpack from her. "You look like hell."
Pearl gave a quick expiation of what happened while letting Peridot help her out of her ruined dance cloths. After starting the shower and helping Pearl inside Peridot perched herself upon the counter.
"Who knew Jasper would be sensitive enough to save you before saving herself." Peridot said.
Pearl couldn't help but roll her eyes before sighing. Peridot and Jasper don't always get along and Lapis sure as hell didn't help with that either. Lapis and Jasper would always fight and Peridot would hold her tongue just enough to not ruin her friendship with Pearl. She always made it clear as to not liking Jasper but made it a bigger point that she wouldn't ruin Pearl's happiness, which the dancer was grateful.
"If it wasn't for her I would of died the day it happened." Pearl said. "I'm just hoping we can get to her again soon."
"Again?" Peridot said "After getting separated at the store will be lucky if she is a limper by the time she gets to us."
Pearl said nothing as she washed the blood off her body but the blood in her veins was boiling. Peridot knew it bothered Pearl when she would talk bad about her girlfriend but calling her a zombie was drawing the line. Pearl was tired, irritated, and shaking from everything that happened that morning. She was at her limit.
"Get out." Pearl spat over the water.
"What?"
"Get! Out!" Pearl screamed throwing the closest thing she had out of the shower. Pearl didn't stop throwing things until Peridot had shut the door and run away screaming. The door only opened one more time before Pearl was left alone to clean up. After her shower and throwing on a pair of borrowed shorts from Lapis and a baggy shirt from Peridot, she slowly took her stuff and went to join the others down stairs. As she moved she could hear there conversation.
"I'm surprised she didn't get them both killed." Pearl heard Lapis say as she made her way slowly down the stairs. "That big brute isn't exactly graceful. Do you think she's still alive?"
"Pearl seems to think so and she usually isn't wrong." Peridot answered.
"Herd her yell at you. Must of made her mad huh."
"Mad is an understatement. She threw everything we had in the shower at me."
"Good thing her arm sucks." Lapis snorted making Peridot laugh.
"Can't help it. She's fun to pick on." Peridot said and Pearl could just hear the shrug in it "But she's my best friend and your friend as well. I'm just happy she's alive."
"Steven too. Can't believe Connie turned though." Lapis said softly "Who else do you think didn't make it?"
After a few moments of silence Pearl came into the living room and sat down. The other two looked at her a bit surprised but she waved them off. "How did you guys survive?"
Peridot shrugged "We were running late because someone couldn't wake up on time." Peridot said glaring at Lapis for a second before continuing "We got to the end of the driveway, saw several zombie chase down and eat the mailman, then turned around to come back. We barricaded ourselves in here ever since."
"How did you know I was at the light house?" Pearl asked as she touched the back of her head again and winced.
"I didn't." Peridot said coming over and grabbing Pearl's head, tilting it down to look at her wound. "When the light house didn't light up I figured someone either unplugged it or- good god Pearl what happened?!"
"OW!" Pearl snapped as Peridot poked the back of her head. "I got tackled by a runner then thrown into the glass of the light house by a monster."
"Is that that thing you saw a few days ago?" Lapis asked as Peridot let Pearl's head go and walked away.
"Mhmm." Peridot said walking into the kitchen "Its huge."
"I don't know how it got in the house but it burst through the light house wall and almost killed me and Steven." Pearl said as Peridot came back in with a first aid kit.
"I saw from here." Peridot said. "That's why I was on the roof. I was worried you were going to get killed by the hoard that was running up the hill."
"Thank my adrenalin rush for running me and Steven the whole way here-Peridot that hurts!"
"Its going to hurt! You have a big gash in the back of your skull!" Peridot snapped twisting Pearl around and parting her hair "Now hold still while I pull the glass out and sew you shut."
Pearl frowned as she felt Peridot slowly start to sew her wound closed after several painful minutes of glass pulling. She twitched as her and Peridot traded insults while Lapis sat there snickering to herself. After Peridot was finished patching Pearl up she handed her and icepack as she packed up her box.
"So what's the plan?" Lapis asked.
"I'm going to leave Steven with you guys and go look for Jasper." Pearl said.
"By yourself?" Lapis questioned.
"Pearl! That's a horrible idea!" Peridot snapped. "You can just stay here."
"For how long?" Pearl snapped back making her head hurt. "Food won't last forever and stars knows when and if that thing will come back. The worlds gone to shit and we can't stay here forever... Its not safe. Especially for Steven."
The others were quiet as Pearl looked away to the floor. "I've watched so many people die... Friends, collages, neighbors... The amount of people I've had to slaughter. Beach City isn't safe anymore."
They sat in silence for a bit before Lapis spoke up. "So then what do we do?"
"Pack the house up. Take things that we will need and stay here for as long as we can before we need to go." Pearl said.
"Then what?" Peridot asked.
"We survive." Pearl said locking eyes with her friends. For all there fights and disagreements she knew Lapis and Peridot were down for whatever she wanted. Even if that meant leaving the safety of there bubble here then they would. No one wanted to die and no one wanted to watch someone else they cared about be turned to the undead.
The sound of tires on dirt suddenly came to the girls ears. Lapis and Peridot frowned while Pearl looked shock. As if in slow motion Pearl put the icepack down and went to the front door. Her friends came up behind her as she opened the door. Pearl covered her mouth and started to cry as Jasper's truck roared up the driveway towards them.
"I was wrong." Peridot said as Pearl ran and jumped off the porch. "Looks like nothing can kill the giant."
Jasper
Jasper groaned at the light in her face. She sat up slowly and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. When she opened them again she saw that she was alone. She slowly got to her feet, stretching her arms above her head, before going to the door. Poking her head out she saw Ruby and Sapphire running from room to room playing some game while Blue was perched on the windowsill down the hall.
"You sleep better then the dead." Garnet said coming out of the room across the hall.
"Rather sleep like the dead then a jumping mess in the back of my truck." Jasper said cracking her neck "When can we leave?"
"After you eat something." Garnet said offering Jasper a wrapped sandwich. It was the gross kind from the lunchroom but it was better then the nothing but peaches her and Pearl have eaten the past three days. "And change your cloths."
Garnet gestured for Jasper to follow her as she turned away. Jasper scarfed the sandwich down as she followed Garnet across the hall. The giant smiled when she saw her cloth sitting on the table.
"Figured the school uniform would be more comfortable then your track suit." Garnet said.
"Wasn't easy getting down to the locker room but there's not too much blood on it." Bismuth said.
Jasper gave them a thumbs up past a mouth full of food before getting dressed. There school had a basic white and black uniform scheme that everyone hated. All the girls had to wear skirts while the guys had to wear suit jackets along with both genders wearing a tie. The school had tried to get Jasper to wear the girl uniform but after punching one of the teachers who had tried to force it on her the school let it go. Jasper put the button up shirt on her form and ripped the sleeves off, earning a chuckle from Bismuth who had done the same to her uniform. Jasper then pulled the pants on and ripped them just above her knees into shorts. She was already feeling much better by the time she took the tie and used it as a makeshift hairband, pulling her wild mess of white hair back out of her eyes.
"Now I'm ready for the hoards." Jasper said punching her hand.
Garnet smirked as Bismuth gave her a fist bump "All right there big guy. Lets get ready and head out."
They spent most of the morning packing up everything they had into backpacks and grabbing there weapons. Jasper kept her bat resting on her shoulder as she looked around at the others while they walked down to the staircase. Bismuth had her pipe, Garnet had her gun but was using a cricket bat as her primary, Ruby had a crowbar where Sapphire had a tire iron, and Blue had the broken end of a mop handle.
"Your not going to kill jack with that blueberry." Jasper said to Blue as they descended the stairs.
"This was all that was left." Blue said gently as they walked across the hall to the classroom they had climbed into packing up they decided that staying here was going to be a bad idea. More and more of the dead were coming around the school every day and Garnet didn't know how long there makeshift walls would hold them back of they got up to the third floor. She was able to draw a few away the day before but they kept coming back in bigger numbers. Leaving now would be the safe thing to do.
"That's going to be a problem." Garnet said.
Jasper followed her gaze out the window and stumbling around in the soccer field was this massive hoard of zombies. If it wasn't the apocalypse it would look like they were gathering for a pep rally instead of massive undead party for human flesh.
"We should be fine." Jasper said "If we move quietly we should be able to get out of the parking lot before being seen." They all looked at Jasper funny who shrugged before walking over and opening the window "Were fine as long as there's less runners then there are of us."
Jasper went out the window first. She held onto the windowsill and hung there for a bit before letting go and dropping down to the bed of her truck. With a big thud Jasper froze. Dropping was louder then she thought. Jasper turned around slowly and stood perfectly still. To her horror every zombie in the field had froze in place. Jasper didn't think about how loud it was going to be to drop straight down considering there was NOTHING else making a single sound. As if someone hit play it only took one zombie running towards them to cause a chain reaction.
"Move." Jasper yelled. "Move!"
Jasper jumped off the bed of her truck and yanked the truck door open. Soon a rhythmic bang was felt on the bed of the truck as the others dropped down one by one. Jasper jumped into the drivers side as Bismuth was helping the others into the truck. As the truck roared to life an equal chorus or roars answered back.
"Hurry up!" Jasper yelled as the others filtered into the truck. Jasper was gripping the steering wheel hard as she watched the first few zombies run full force into the buses, rocking them where they sat. The roars from there dead lips was becoming defining as the truck doors shut.
"We need to go." Jasper said.
"Wait." Garnet said.
"What do you lean wait?" Jasper snapped glancing back to see Blue holding Ruby and Sapphire close as Garnet was loading her gun, hanging out the window. Bismuth was jumping into the truck with a big frown on her face.
"Garnet." Jasper growled.
"Not yet." She said. "They need to get closer."
"Closer?" Jasper growled revving the engine as the first dozen zombies managed to move a bus just enough to poor through into the compound. "If we die I'm biting you first fusion."
"Garnet." Bismuth cautioned "W-We need to move now."
"Wait." She said. "Just a little closer."
"Garnet." Jasper growled itching to just not listen.
"Go! Go! Go!" Garnet yelled.
No sooner did Jasper hit the gas did Garnet fire her gun. It only took one bullet and soon a ring of fire circled the compound. Garnet was holding onto the roof rack with one hand and fire her gun with the other as Jasper floored it towards the exit. As Jasper hit a speed bump Ruby and Sapphire yelled, lunging for Garnets leg, and grabbing tight. Garnet yelled almost falling out of the truck but her steel grip on the roof rack, and the tiny arms around her legs, kept her in place.
"Jasper!" Garnet snapped as the giant whipped the truck out of the parking lot and down the street. "Hurry!"
"Just hold on!" Jasper yelled as she put the gas petal to the floor.
Jasper drove with reckless abandonment through there quiet town towards the light house. When they reached there destination Jasper's stomach dropped to her feet. The house and the lighthouse looked like it would collapse at any minute. There was a huge hole in the lighthouse where the door should of been. There was glass everywhere and the house was partially collapsed. As they quietly pilled out of the truck they were looking around carefully.
"There's so much destruction and not a single zombie here." Sapphire said.
"What could of done that?" Bismuth said as Jasper grabbed her bat and practically ran into the light house. The others were yelling at her to wait but she wasn't listening. Jasper heard a moaning sound and walked around the center collom slowly. She heard Garnet join her as they came across a zombie on the ground. Jasper was about to swing when she paused.
"Don't." Jasper said placing a hand on Garnet's gun. "She can't hurt us."
Jasper took in Connie on the floor. She reached down and pulled the sheet away to see that the zombie child was tied by the neck to the table, both her legs cut off. The only reason Pearl would of left Connie like this was because of Steven.
"Even in the apocalypse, Pearl will still do anything for Steven." Garnet said as Jasper turned away.
Knowing that Pearl was possibly here got her blood pumping. There was only one other place she could be. Ignoring the giant hole into the house Jasper ran up the stairs to the top of the light house taking the stairs two at a time. Jasper called Pearl's name when she came threw the hatch but only silence answered back. Jasper felt like she was going to puke. As she looked around she didn't want to believe her eyes. It was a mess up here. The lighthouse light was folded in half, there was a giant hole through one of the glass panels and another was cracked with blood splattered on it.
"Garnet." Jasper sounded so broken when she heard Garnet join her. The look on her face almost had Garnet break too. Jasper tried to look anywhere but at the blood in the room. There was just so much and Pearl and Steven were so small...
"She's alive." Garnet said placing a hand on Jasper's shoulder. Jasper couldn't say anything and Garnet felt the need to continue. "If they were dead where are there bodies? There's a lot of blood but its not there's, look." Garnet pointed at the light then the hole on the glass "That blood is black and green. We don't bleed black and green. The only sign that they were hurt is the cracked glass. That's the only red blood here. With the lack of body parts and blood splatter they got out alive." Garnet then pointed the blood trail on the stairs Jasper missed coming up here in a hurry "They got away while whatever left this dark blood left as well."
Jasper nodded and shook the dark thoughts from her head. Focus, Jasper thought as she looked around again, Where would she take Steven?
"Who lives that way Jasper?" Garnet asked.
Jasper looked at the direction Garnet was pointing to have her toothy grin come back. "Peridot. Her and Lapis live out in the country."
Garnet simply smiled as her and Jasper turned on there heals and went back through the hatch. As they wound there way down the staircase Jasper's eyes were glued down. She was following the drying red blood as it left a thin trail across the stone. As they reached the bottom Jasper's eyes followed its trail into the giant hole in the wall to the house. Whatever came through there was big, bad, and her girlfriend was probably happy she made it out at all.
"Well?" Bismuth said as Jasper and Garnet came back out to them.
"Not here." Garnet said.
"Then?" Bismuth asked looking confused as they all climbed back into the truck.
"There at Peridot's." Jasper said turning the truck on and backing up before turning around.
"Peridot's? How do you know?" Ruby asked.
"Last night the light house didn't turn on." Garnet said "Me and Jasper watched a flashing light from the top. It was mores code and Pearl was talking about going to Peridot's. She isn't here and by whatever messed up the lighthouse she must of left with Steven early."
"She has Steven?" Blue asked softly.
Garnet hymned as Jasper hit the gas. As they drove out to the country her and Bismuth were having a little too much fun. Bismuth was hanging out the window with her pipe and smashing it against zombies heads as they drove by. Ruby was counting the hits with Sapphire while Jasper was slamming into body after body. They couldn't help but laugh because despite everything, they were still able to smile and enjoy this moment.
Jasper couldn't wipe the smile from her face as they turned down the dirt road to Peridot's. The road was rough and full of holes so Jasper couldn't help but laugh as the others bounced around the truck, telling her to slow down. Well, the older ones did. The kids were laughing at the ride while Blue tried to hold them down. Bismuth had one hand on the dash with the other on the grab bar above her head.
Jasper had tunnel vision the second the house came into view. She watched the front door swing open as they got close. Jasper slammed on the breaks as Pearl flew out the front door and jumped down the porch. Jasper didn't even put the truck in park before jumping out. The others yelled at her as she ran full force at her girlfriend.
Perl was in tears as they slammed into each other. Jasper couldn't help but let one slip down her cheek. She could feel Pearl gasping for air a bit from how tight Jasper held her but she didn't care. She was just so happy she was safe and in her arms again. She was so afraid that she lost her. So afraid that whatever attacked her at the light house had taken her. To have Pearl here, breathing in her arms, she could never be thankful enough.
"Thank the stars your ok." Pearl breath as Jasper put a hand on the back of her head just to yank it back. When Jasper saw the blood on her hand she looked down at Pearl who just shook her head. "I'm fine. It's not a bite. Peridot stitched me up. I got hurt at the lighthouse."
Jasper searched Pearl's eyes in fear as the others finally came over to them. Japer only looked away from Pearl when Bismuth handed her her bag and bat. "Lets get inside." Her friend said as they all turned to the house "I feel like a sitting duck out here."
As the sun started to set the lot of them were gathered in the living room. They had barricaded the house and had just finished packing everything up to leave. They were debating where to go in the morning when Pearl and Blue came back into the room.
"Steven and the girls are finally asleep in the back room." Blue said softly as her and Pearl went over to Jasper and Bismuth. Jasper pulled Pearl into her lap as Blue sat sandwiched between the giants on the floor. Peridot was lounging on the sofa with Lapis' head on her lap as Garnet leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
"We could go back to the school." Peridot said "Since you had it secured."
"The zombie's found us on our way out this morning thanks to thunder thighs landing." Bismuth said throwing her thumb at Jasper. Jasper felt her face get a little red from embarrassment. "We had to set off our last defense for us to get away."
"Last defense?" Peridot questioned.
"We set up a fire ring and set it off as they pored into the bus compound." Garnet said.
Jasper felt Pearl laugh against her and leaned forward to whisper in her ear. "I'll show you thunder thighs later with that laugh babe." She cooed in her dancers ear. "I'll make you louder then the dead." Only when Pearl's blush touched her ears did the giant lean back with a big smile. Pearl tried to lean away but Jasper just tightened her hands around Pearl's waist and pulled her back. Since coming into the house neither girl had strayed far from each other. It was almost like a dream and Jasper feared that if she lost sight of Pearl that it would all be for not and she would wake up at the school again, alone.
"I want to stop by the carwash." Pearl said. "I need to see if Greg is alive."
"You don't like him though." Jasper said.
Pearl gave her a glance before looking away. "It's for Steven. Most of his things are there anyway."
Jasper didn't push the subject further. She knew Pearl had a deep seeded hatred for Greg. He took her best friends heart and life because he couldn't keep it in his pants. The only reason she got within 20 feet of the guy was because of Steven. She absolutely adored him. The little guy had Pearl wrapped around her finger and Jasper would be lying if she said she wasn't the same. They all were. Jasper had some respect for Greg though, unlike her girlfriend. After they found out Rose was pregnant he talked to the school, was able to do night classes to stay up with his education, and got a job at a carwash. He really stepped up to everyone's surprise. Even more surprising Greg and Pearl worked out that Steven would "technically" live at Pearl's address so Greg wouldn't loose him to the state. He would stay at Pearl's every other weekend and full time when it got too cold in the winter. Other days he stayed with Greg in his van at the carwash. Steven was always happy healthy and well taken care of so Pearl had little to complain about.
"We could head to the city." Lapis suggested.
Garnet shook her head as Peridot spoke up "City populations are the first to fall in apocalyptic situations. Too many people in a single area. Its a keg pot for the undead and disease to spread. Were safer out here in the country."
"What's gonna happen when there's no more living in the city's?" Garnet said. "Those who made it out are going to head out this way. The zombies will follow."
"Then the best time to go will be in the next few days." Peridot confirmed "The number of zombies will be at its lowest then if were following your logic."
"Wait, why are we going to a city?" Bismuth asked "What's the point? There's nothing really in the city's we could use for ourselves. Even if there is its more then likely already scavenged and gone."
"For help." Blue said gently.
"If any help is going to come then it will be in the city's first." Jasper said "There are plenty of buildings. We could secure one and make an S.O.S on the roof."
"But with all the noise it will attract everything back." Bismuth countered "Its a death trap."
"Boat." Pearl said making everyone look at her. "We can get on a boat. Zombies can't swim and we can stay along the coast but we can't stay here another day."
"Why not?" Lapis asked board "Think we can't handle a few zombies?"
"Its not the zombies I'm worried about..."
Jasper frowned a she saw the look on Pearl's face. She looked genuinely terrified. "What are you worried about?"
All eye saw the haunted look cross Pearl's face as a shiver crawled up her spine. "You guys went to the lighthouse first right? Then you saw what that...thing did. Its claws are sharp, its multiple eyes tracking your every movement... Its roar calls the other zombies to it." Pearl looked a thousand miles away "I rather die then ever fight that thing..."
They were all quiet. No one knew what to say to Pearl's words and no one wanted to think about the monster she just described. How could a monster like that exist? Jasper had seen the blood and the damage but couldn't wrap her head around this thing. How had none of them seen something that big and scary around town? It's not like there town was huge. Where could this thing of been hiding? In the house connected to the lighthouse? If so how did it get in there? For how big the holes were there was no way it got in there on its own.
"Will head to the dock in the morning." Garnet said after a long silence. "For now lets shower then sleep. If we tend to get there and avoid Pearl's monster we need to be well rested to run."