Chapter 15 - Beware the Crimson Head
Dan, Lobo, Copper, Kevin and Hades walked out of Hades' house, after getting
the guns.
"How do you suggest we split up?" Dan asked.
"Well, I think Lobo should go with Dan. Kevin should go with Officer Cooper."
Hades replied.
"What about you?" asked Lobo.
"I prefer to work alone." Hades replied.
"Look over there!" Kevin shouted. He was pointing to Leopold's house. In front
of it was a dead rat. "It looks like a dead zombie rat or something."
"Dead zombie rat?" Dan asked.
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"To-to tell the truth, I'm not quite sure myself." Rover explained to them. "I
remember... a rat came on the train. He-he wasn't very social, and then he ran off the
train the moment it stopped but dropped some... briefcase along the way."
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"That must be the rat that caused this!" Dan exclaimed.
"Or it could be Anicotti!" Lobo barked back.
"No." Dan replied. "That isn't Anicotti. Anicotti is smaller than that..."
"Is that who I think it is?" a voice said from inside the house. The door opened a
bit and Leopold peeked out. "Well, I'll be damned! It's Dan, Kevin and Lobo!"
Leopold walked outside. "And Officer Copper, too! Dude, some freaky stuff has
been happening!" He noticed Hades. "Dude, Hades!" he started walking towards them,
"I haven't seen you for awhile-"
"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" Hades yelled.
"Huh?" Leopold asked. Then he perceived what Hades meant. The rat wasn't
dead. It got up. It got up quickly. It looked much different than before. It now had
claws, sharp claws. He was even more mutated than before.
The mutated zombie rat turned around in a flash and was staring into Leopold's
eyes.
"Shit." said Leopold. The mutated rat slashed Leopold with his claw. Hades took
out his magnum and shot the creature in the head. Unfortunately, it was too late for
Leopold.
"LEOPOLD!" Dan shouted.
Leopold's friends ran to his aid. Hades was the only one who did not check on
him.
"Leopold?" Lobo asked. "Are you okay man?"
Leopold coughed out some blood. "I've... been better." he said as he gave a slight
smirk. "I don't know what the hell is... going on... but... be careful... you... guys..." With
that Leopold passed on to the afterlife.
His friends shared a moment of silence.
"Well, let's go." said Hades.
"What?!" Lobo shouted, "Leopold just DIED!"
"Yeah," replied Hades, "What the hell are we going to do about it? You guys
better get ready to loose some friends because I have a feeling you've already lost most
of them."
There was another moment of silence."
""What was with that rat?" Dan asked, coldly.
"The rat became a Crimson Head." Hades replied.
"What's a Crimson Head?" asked Copper.
"It's a zombie that hasn't been taken care of completely. A zombie can never die.
Not unless shot in the head or the body is incinerated." said Hades.
"Incinerated?" Lobo asked.
"The body is burned." said Kevin.
"Oh."
More silence. Hades than spoke up. "Forget splitting up. We have more of a
chance of making it out of this hell if we stick together."
"We have to go make sure everyone else is okay!" said Lobo.
"I don't see the point. But if you insist..." said Hades. He rarely got around to
seeing anyone in the town, so he didn't have much compassion for anyone. "Where do
you suggest we go?"
"Let's go over to Nook's." Dan replied.
"Very well." said Hades. "We will, but don't be surprised if he's a zombie." And
so the five known survivors, Dan, Lobo, Kevin, Copper and Hades, made their way to
Tom Nook's store and home.
Dan, Lobo, Copper, Kevin and Hades walked out of Hades' house, after getting
the guns.
"How do you suggest we split up?" Dan asked.
"Well, I think Lobo should go with Dan. Kevin should go with Officer Cooper."
Hades replied.
"What about you?" asked Lobo.
"I prefer to work alone." Hades replied.
"Look over there!" Kevin shouted. He was pointing to Leopold's house. In front
of it was a dead rat. "It looks like a dead zombie rat or something."
"Dead zombie rat?" Dan asked.
**********
"To-to tell the truth, I'm not quite sure myself." Rover explained to them. "I
remember... a rat came on the train. He-he wasn't very social, and then he ran off the
train the moment it stopped but dropped some... briefcase along the way."
**********
"That must be the rat that caused this!" Dan exclaimed.
"Or it could be Anicotti!" Lobo barked back.
"No." Dan replied. "That isn't Anicotti. Anicotti is smaller than that..."
"Is that who I think it is?" a voice said from inside the house. The door opened a
bit and Leopold peeked out. "Well, I'll be damned! It's Dan, Kevin and Lobo!"
Leopold walked outside. "And Officer Copper, too! Dude, some freaky stuff has
been happening!" He noticed Hades. "Dude, Hades!" he started walking towards them,
"I haven't seen you for awhile-"
"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" Hades yelled.
"Huh?" Leopold asked. Then he perceived what Hades meant. The rat wasn't
dead. It got up. It got up quickly. It looked much different than before. It now had
claws, sharp claws. He was even more mutated than before.
The mutated zombie rat turned around in a flash and was staring into Leopold's
eyes.
"Shit." said Leopold. The mutated rat slashed Leopold with his claw. Hades took
out his magnum and shot the creature in the head. Unfortunately, it was too late for
Leopold.
"LEOPOLD!" Dan shouted.
Leopold's friends ran to his aid. Hades was the only one who did not check on
him.
"Leopold?" Lobo asked. "Are you okay man?"
Leopold coughed out some blood. "I've... been better." he said as he gave a slight
smirk. "I don't know what the hell is... going on... but... be careful... you... guys..." With
that Leopold passed on to the afterlife.
His friends shared a moment of silence.
"Well, let's go." said Hades.
"What?!" Lobo shouted, "Leopold just DIED!"
"Yeah," replied Hades, "What the hell are we going to do about it? You guys
better get ready to loose some friends because I have a feeling you've already lost most
of them."
There was another moment of silence."
""What was with that rat?" Dan asked, coldly.
"The rat became a Crimson Head." Hades replied.
"What's a Crimson Head?" asked Copper.
"It's a zombie that hasn't been taken care of completely. A zombie can never die.
Not unless shot in the head or the body is incinerated." said Hades.
"Incinerated?" Lobo asked.
"The body is burned." said Kevin.
"Oh."
More silence. Hades than spoke up. "Forget splitting up. We have more of a
chance of making it out of this hell if we stick together."
"We have to go make sure everyone else is okay!" said Lobo.
"I don't see the point. But if you insist..." said Hades. He rarely got around to
seeing anyone in the town, so he didn't have much compassion for anyone. "Where do
you suggest we go?"
"Let's go over to Nook's." Dan replied.
"Very well." said Hades. "We will, but don't be surprised if he's a zombie." And
so the five known survivors, Dan, Lobo, Kevin, Copper and Hades, made their way to
Tom Nook's store and home.