Quarantine Zone: Townsville
Disclaimer: I do not own Powerpuff girls or anything that relates to them. They are the property of Cartoon Network and Craig McCracken. I do own the ideas for this story however. I would like to thank certain authors and movies for inspiring me in doing this kind of fanfic.
A/N: This story is almost of a Resident Evil/dawn of the dead spin off for the PPG and RRB. This would relate to something horrible happening in Townsville, and the main characters will have to rely on what they know in order to survive. NOTE: Deaths of some main characters will result. Don't continue if you're squeamish about this. Besides that, please enjoy the story. This story is rated R for graphic violence, horror and Gore, and mild language.
Chapter 2: The Chaos Spreads
As the kids carried the professor and flew out the windows, the zombies overran the barricade on the kids' bedroom. As they watched, they noticed the horrific sight of the zombies, with their bodies maimed, torn, and extremely bloody in all areas. Just then Brick felt a surge of weakness flow through him and he began to plummet to the ground. He landed on the ground with a "thud" and the sound of a fractured bone. Brick cried out in pain as he felt the fracture in his left leg. The others quickly landed to prevent themselves from getting hurt as well, while they helped their injured friend and sibling. As the girls made a makeshift stretcher to carry Brick in, the boys kept watch. The zombies were still inside the various neighbors' homes as well as their own.
A zombie finally shuffled out of the Utonium residence and noticed the Utonium family. As it ran towards them, Butch looked around. Nearby, a dead neighbor lay still clutching a pistol in his hand. Butch immediately wrenched the gun out of the dead man's hands and shot the approaching zombie in the head. The zombie fell to the ground, as blood began to gush out of what's left of the head. Butch then shot the neighbor he took the gun from when the corpse began to get up. The other zombies began to climb out of the broken wall in the house and converge on the survivors. With a shout, Brick said, "Quickly, let's get outta here! Butch, Boomer, carry the stretcher sideways so I can shoot as we run! Girls, thanks for the stretcher and splint, now run ahead of us!" After he said that, he took the pistol from Butch as they carried the stretcher and started running. Brick shot down zombie by zombie, as they ran further and further down the road.
Brick knew running was not a good option. He could already see that there were more zombies on approach. They were not shuffling slowly, but running at full speed, except for some of those who were seriously injured at death, and the body movement became limited when the zombie rose. Brick also noticed that Butch was getting tired while grabbing the stretcher. Boomer noticed a cop car dead ahead of him. He also noticed that there was a dead cop lying facedown just a few feet from the car. A lone zombie was roaming the area. When Buttercup saw the dead cop's pistol shining in the sunlight, she ran as fast as she could for it. She lunged for it and spun around, gunning down the zombies that were getting too close. She then swung the pistol around and shot the lone zombie whom had just noticed them.
The survivors quickly got themselves into the cop car and closed the doors. As Brick got in the back seat with the girls to look after him, the two boys sat in the front passenger seat. The professor saw that the keys were still in the ignition and started the car. He stepped on the gas and they soared down the street, trying to get away as quickly as possible.
The Utoniums drove around in shock and horror as they witnessed the chaos around them. Zombies attacked every single person that was unlucky enough to be on the streets. Occasionally a zombie would lunge at the cop car that the family was in, smearing the windshield and windows with its bloody hands as it tried frantically to open the doors. The professor would step on the gas and get away every time a zombie did that. They drove around frantically, trying to stay away from the horde of zombies, occasionally running over the lone zombies that tried to attack them. They felt hopeless as they watched the rest of the town get overrun at a horrific steady pace. "Mojo!" Bubbles suddenly screamed as she noticed the simian wandering around on the sidewalk. The evil monkey was all bloody, with bite marks all over his body. A large chunk of his exposed brain was also bitten off. The chimp saw the survivors in the police vehicle and ran at them, pounding on the windows with his bloody hands as he tried to break into it. The professor just stepped on the gas as he sped away from the undead chimp.
Somewhere on the outskirts of town, two masked soldiers observe the city's condition with their sniper scopes. "H.Q, this is kilo-4…the situation in this town appears to be spread in an epidemic form. Spread by infected individuals. Recommend quarantine measure Omega 5, over." At the makeshift headquarters, a soldier clad in metallic battle armor listened to his subordinates reporting to him. "Roger, we're proceeding with Omega 5. Does it look like the Zern virus?" The recon troopers replied to him after a few moments of closer examination of the subjects, "Negative sir, it appears to be a much slower mutation…a new strain perhaps?" "Roger that, we'll investigate later, now I want you two to return to base to help us set up the quarantine. No one must leave or enter the city except our personnel."
Minutes after the commander's command, six heavy transport helicopters flew into the area, headed for the outskirts of town. They plan to set up a quarantine of defenses in a hexagon shape around the city, successfully sealing off the town from the outside world. They had covertly taken care of a similar situation in another country in the past, but this was the first time they had to quarantine a town in the United States. As the choppers landed, their passengers got off one by one, clutching assault rifles in their arms. After the troopers got out, something big rolled out of each of the choppers and proceeded to get into a set alignment. The choppers took off and returned back to their point of origin as the large objects unfolded themselves and released a hexagon shaped laser beam, effective connecting their beams with the other objects that have aligned and unfolded around the city. The "towers" then increased their laser intensity as metallic gates were established in each of the six points of the quarantine. They have successfully sealed the city from the rest of the world with a strong laser fence. Machine gun turrets were also established around the perimeter of the quarantine.
"Commander, the quarantine is in effect…shall we move in and carry out operation clean-wipe?" One of the troopers replied while arriving at his post by the quarantine. "Affirmative, we're sending the offensive troops now, stand by to cover them as they enter the city." After that, the machine guns would fire loudly every once in a while as several zombies were mowed down when they were stupid enough to wander into the range of the computerized turrets.
On each of the roads leading into Townsville, a large black truck sped towards the city. They stopped just outside the quarantine at the gates, received confirmations and words of good luck from the guarding team and drove into the city as the gates opened. The 4 trucks each had a set destination in the city, to eradicate all undead in a particular area and rescue any non-infected survivors to beyond the quarantine. One of the trucks headed to southern Townsville, which was where the kids were fleeing north. As they reached the outside of the area, the truck stopped and opened its rear hatch. Inside a single platoon of troopers jumped out, armed with a variety of weapons. They took aim at the nearest zombies and gunned them down with deadly accuracy. The operation to clean the mess up in this city had begun.
A/N: And this is the end of chapter 2. I know it's a tad short, but this plot is a little difficult to come by, as you probably noticed by how long it has been since my last update. Besides, that, I plan to reveal the rest of the story much later, and showing just how difficult the situation is. Stay tuned for Chapter 3: "Saved?", which will be made much sooner, as soon as I finish the 10th chapter for my PPG/Startrek fic.