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 3: Saved?

Central Street was completely void of life, except the sight of a mass crowd of zombies, roaming about. Occasionally, one of them would trip and fall. However, a moment later, a zombie suddenly fell and didn't get back up. As quickly as that, other zombies in that area began to fall, as hidden snipers were taking cracks at them. "Command, zombie subjects have been seen in Central Street. No survivors, over!" A sniper spoke into his radio as he took another shot at a zombie. "Understood, commander." The sniper replied again after the command post sent him his orders. "Men, we are to stay on this rooftop and cover the other squads on the ground, if they need it. In the mean time, let's keep having some fun. Oh look, the mayor of the city!"

And it was indeed the mayor of Townsville, wondering through the central plaza in Central Street. The mayor was a bloody mess. Apparently, the zombie that attacked him bit him in the neck. The poor man didn't even have the chance to react when he was killed almost instantly. The short zombie just scuttled about on the ground as it tried to find food. Apparently, he was too short to be able to attack on his own and the much bigger zombies would keep him away from any victims they might have brought down. However, the mayor's suffering was ended when a sniper's bullet shattered his monocle and ended his undead life.

The Utoniums drove around the corner of First Street and ended up in the Plaza of Central Street. "Oh my god!" They exclaimed when they saw the mayor's corpse lying in the middle of a zombie crowd. "He's really dead!" Bubbles exclaimed as she covered her eyes and wept. "I wonder who else is alive?" Blossom asked sadly. Suddenly a loud rifle shot was heard and the Utoniums saw another zombie in the crowd shot down. "There are survivors!" Buttercup exclaimed as she saw yet another zombie shot down.

"Hold you fire!" The sniping squad's commanding officer said when he spotted the survivors in the cop car. "Holy shit! Contact the ground squad!" He said as he opened fire at the zombies that got too close. The snipers opened fire repeatedly as one of them contacted the ground rescue team on the radio.

The Utoniums stood still as they watched a few of the zombies converge on them and get shot down before they even got close. "Are they helping us?" Brick asked as he watched the scene happen before him. The Utoniums just watched when they suddenly saw the entire crowd of zombies charge at them. "Well, they better be!" Butch yelled as the professor frantically stepped on the gas to get away. They had a wild chase around the plaza, when suddenly a black truck suddenly sped into the area. From the sides, a panel opened and a mechanical chair extended from within. On each of the seats, a trooper sat strapped to it, and fired their assault rifles at the zombies that were attacking the cop car.

"Whoa! Who are they?" Boomer inquired as he watched the black truck speeding around the plaza, while the troopers mowed down zombie by zombie. The truck then stopped suddenly as it opened its rear hatch. The survivors watched in awe as a dozen black body armor clad troopers jumped out and secured the area. They noticed the patch on their chests that said, "ZVES, Zern Virus Elimination Squad." The troopers then ran over to the car and signaled the Utoniums to get out and follow them. The professor reluctantly agreed and got out. "We won't outlast the zombies much longer in the cop car. I think we're safe now, in their hands."

The kids and the Professor got aboard the truck while two troopers carried the stretcher that Brick was lying on. They gave him some morphine to relieve his pain. "Don't worry, young man, you'll be alright in no time." One of the troopers said as they got on the truck. They sealed the back hatch and the truck sped away from the scene quickly. "Where are you taking us?" Blossom asked as one of the ZVES medical officers were scanning her with a device. "We have quarantined the city after the zombies started showing up. Our mission is to rescue uninfected survivors and send them beyond the quarantine line to safety…" One of the troopers said as he took off his helmet. "My name is Major James Quinn. My brother, Henry Quinn is the commanding officer in charge of the ZVES. He is outside the quarantine right now."

Suddenly the medical officer said something as the scanning device showed something odd. "That's odd…the children's anatomy is very different from the adult. And it seems that their genetics are similar to the infected victims." The major stood up suddenly as he heard the news. "Relax, major…the infected strain…here…is not present on their DNA." The medical officer said as showed the major the comparison of the kids' DNA to the DNA of a killed zombie. When the professor took a look at the readouts, he went pale.

Blossom looked at the professor and asked, "What's wrong Professor?" "It…it can't be…" "What do you mean?" The major asked. The professor took a deep breath and let it out. "How…how did it become like this? How…how could it be?" The Professor broke down, as he could not believe that his most recent findings became the doom of the town. "Professor? Is there something you need to tell us?" Brick asked. "The thing affecting the zombies…it's the XY formula. Except its' mutated with something organic!" The professor exclaimed as he studied the readouts once more. "Are you saying that this mess was started by you?" Buttercup exclaimed, as she could not believe what she had heard.

So, during the ride, the professor explained his recent findings. "I don't know how it ended up like this, capable of infecting and turning people into blood-thirsty zombies!" The major looked up from the sample readouts and said something. "That's alright, the zern virus was also something developed for the sake of medical breakthrough. There's always some criminal organization that fouls this up." Major Quinn stopped himself as a tear rolled down his eyes. His aid resumed for him. "Excuse the major, he's seen a lot of his close friends die in the hands of the Zern virus. A powerful corporation originally kept the Zern virus in an underground lab. Then some crime syndicate broke into the lab and stole the sample. We don't know for sure how it happened, but something must have happened during the theft and the virus reached the surface the day, spreading its chaos."

The major took a breath and resumed. "I believe that your case is the same. It could be the same syndicate that caused the outbreak of the Zern Virus. They have many branches of their organization all over the world. We never know, but they always have something to do with many thefts of revolutionary medical breakthroughs." The major was interrupted when the driver spoke something. "Sir, I think you gotta see this!"

A huge crowd of zombies had gathered themselves to block the way of the speeding truck. Not just that, onboard the truck's computers, a sensor picked up a particular face that was a wanted suspect on the ZVES database. "Johnson!" Major Quinn exclaimed as he recognized the face of the zombie that had appeared on screen. "I thought he was killed in the Zern incident in Kyoto!" "Well…this is not good sir, we have to contact your brother immediately. Johnson was definitely here, and it seems the zombies got to him. We could have an outbreak of the Zern here!" Butch asked after he has heard the commotion. "Who's this 'Johnson'?" The major quickly explained, "He was a suspected infected business man during the zern incident in Kyoto. He was tested as infected with the negative strain of the virus, meaning he's not an immediate threat. But the bastard escaped our quarantine facility and is now spreading the virus everywhere. If the negative strain is exposed to something like this, it will mutate to positive, making it extremely dangerous to be here!"

"Oh no!" Blossom said as she realized the horror of such events. "If you already think it is bad now, wait till the Zern gets mixed with the XY variant!" The major exclaimed. A moment later, the truck opened its side panels and released its mounted gunmen. "We have to shoot through this crowd! Hang on!" The major said as he opened a window and placed his rifle in the opening. The gunmen on their extended seats were using a different weapon than the assault rifles they were carrying. They needed something with more power so they basically mounted a machine gun fed with chains of .50 caliber rounds to the gunmen stations. Butch wanted a weapon to defend himself and asked one of the troopers to give him a spare gun. "Here, be careful kiddo!" The trooper said as he gave Butch a 12-gauge shotgun.

The gunmen opened fire and it seems they were cutting down the zombies quite well. But suddenly, major Quinn noticed something behind the line of zombies. "Oh shit! Just as I expected." Suddenly the passengers felt something land on the roof of the truck. "Zern zombies!" The troopers exclaimed as Brick watched in horror as zombie after zombie outside leapt into the air and landed with a thud above his head, as they worked to pound into the truck. "How can this be?" Bubbles squealed with fear as she clutched Boomer hard. "Don't worry, they can't break in…can't they?" Quinn was going to reply to Boomer when the driver suddenly screamed and lost control, sending the truck spinning down the intersection, and rolled over and over crushing the zombies on the outside while hurting its passengers on the inside.

Brick came to just in time to see a large tear in the interior of the truck. Brick quickly grabbed a pistol out of a dead trooper's holster and shot the first zombie that popped out in the head. He looked around to see Blossom still unconscious next to him. She had a massive gash on her forehead. "Without our powers, we're just as vulnerable!" He screamed as he kept fending off the zombies with the pistol. Survival looked bleak, when he suddenly heard a shotgun being fired. The zombies that entered the crack in the truck were blown back from the weapon as Brick noticed that his Brother had fired his shotgun. "Is everyone alright?" Butch asked.

Bubbles and Buttercup came to just in time to join the others in fending off the merciless zombies. Boomer and Blossom were still unconscious from the wreck. They looked for the professor while they defended against the zombies. They found him lying in a heap among the other troopers that were killed in the crash. He was bleeding heavily from his head while his body looked like it was twisted. Brick reached over and felt his pulse. "No…no…no! The professor…he's…gone!" Brick exclaimed as he suddenly stopped his shooting in shock. "That's nothing we can do! He broke his neck!" Butch said as he inspected the damage on their professor. "I know it's horrible, but we must find a way to get outta here!" Buttercup explained as she grabbed some ammunition from the storage compartments while the two boys and Bubbles continued to fend off the zombies.

Brick had somehow recovered from his broken leg. "What the hell?" he exclaimed as he stood up, moving the alleged wounded leg around easily. "Morphine must have interacted with our DNA! Worked like a healing salve!" He said a moment later as he was able to move around more easily. He picked up his sweetheart and strung her to his shoulders while the others did so to their wounded partners. Buttercup had to carry Butch since he had suffered a large gash on his leg during the crash.

The heroes got out of the wreck and ran for the subway entrance they saw some feet away. The zombies around them began to charge at them. As they ran, guns blazing, they watched in horror as the zern types jumped passed their weaker comrades. Brick ran down the stairs to the subway at full speed to find the switch to the gate was operational. He led the others inside and quickly sealed off the subway entrance to the surface. "We'll be safe down here…I hope." Brick said as he followed his companions down the stairs.

Remarkably they found the main controls to the subway station open. They went into the control room to find a dead operator trying to seal off the subway station from the rest of the city. "Remarkable, that Townsville's subway stations also served well as shelters incase of monster attacks." Butch said as he monitored the surveillance tapes. "Yep…this poor fellow was killed when the zombies overran the station. And here…watch…they ran up the stairs that we came down in, about 20 minutes ago, just when we were coming in the truck." The operator's corpse began to rise suddenly and Brick shot it in the head. "I think we should complete what he wanted to do."

So, the kids sealed off their section of the subway from the city. Besides sealing off the main entrance that they came down in, they sealed the tunnels on both directions and any other exits to the city. "Until we have a better assessment of what is going to happen to us…we're staying here." Brick said as he went on to tend to Blossom's wounds. She was alright and just knocked out. He took a deep breath and sighed as he sat in a chair and rested. The others also sat down and rested, as they tended to their wounds and mourned for the professor's death.

A/N: Things just keeps getting worse does it? The kids are surely in a fix. Will they restore their powers? Will they survive? Find out in the next chapter, "Hell on Earth." Thank you, and please review!