Chapter Five: Finally Together

A/N: Thanks for your reviews. I'm trying to get all of these people to meet up somewhere and get them some weapons. Anyways, enjoy the chapter, it's kinda long.

Joey followed Malik for 15 miles before finally stopping for a moment at a local gas station. "Man, why'd we have to stop here?" Joey asked as he stepped out of the car. His passengers also got out and grouped up with Malik and his family.

Ishizu walked unsteadily to the group as she tried not to fall to her knees in shock from the motorcycle she was sharing with Odieon. "We came here because we needed to stop for a while and fill up the tanks. I don't think that you want to be wandering the streets on foot with those things around," Marik said as he looked at the pumps. Ishizu grabbed her stomach and ran to an outside bathroom to vomit. "That's right, Ishizu doesn't like motorcycles and gets sick when she rides one," he said hitting his forehead. He then ran to her to make sure that she wouldn't get attacked.

Yugi also looked at the pumps then at the store inside the station. "We could get some things while we're here. Besides, we can't go around unarmed, maybe this place has a gun or something," he said as he and Tristan walked to the doors and peered inside the grim stained windows.

Yami looked at Duke with concern. "Are you okay, Duke? You look like shit," Yami said as Duke nodded slowly. He was extremely pale and his once bright green eyes were now dull. Yami looked at the wound and grew even more concerned for his friend. "Let me take a look at that. This place might have a first-aid kit as well," the ancient pharaoh told Duke while removing the bandages. The wound was disgusting with dried blood and it looked green, black, blue and purple in several areas. "Shit, what the hell happened to you?"

Duke looked at his arm at the bite. "One of those things bite me not too long ago and now it's infected. What the fuck did it do to me?" he asked aloud.

Malik looked at the wound as well and cringed. "Hey Yugi, let's check out the store to see if we can get some essentials," Malik suggested and Yugi nodded an agreement. Yami, Duke, and Joey stayed outside while Malik, Yugi and Tristan, went inside to get some things. Odieon went with Marik to protect him and Ishizu.

Joey went to try the pumps and surprisingly, they worked. He grabbed the motorcycles and car and started to pump the gas into them. "Hey Yug, get some gas cans while you're in there. If we run out and there isn't a gas station around, we can fill up the tanks easily," Joey called out to his friend. Yugi nodded and followed Malik and Tristan inside the store.

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At the bathrooms…

Marik went over to his hikari's sister and rubbed her back. "You going to be okay, Ishizu?" he asked her softly with concern in his voice. Ishizu nodded and stood up from where she was vomiting. They turned around only to find a zombie walking right beside them. The zombie didn't notice them and continued to walk. Odieon saw the zombie and went behind it to snap its neck. The zombie dropped to the ground and thankfully, there weren't anymore around the bathroom areas.

Ishizu looked at her friend and smiled gratefully. "Thanks Odieon," she whispered and the three of them went back to Joey and the rest.

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In the store…

Yugi had passed a candy aisle and had a couple of plastic bags filled with junk food and fruit to feed them for a while until they reached a shelter. Tristan was looking behind the counter for a gun and finally found one. A double-barrel shotgun and a lot of ammo for it as well. (A/N: I don't know the different types of guns so I'll give brief descriptions and let you all use your imagination.) He had also found a pistol and it ammo as well. He stood up and filled a plastic bag with the ammo while putting the guns on the counter. Malik also walked around and saw a knife collection in a glass showcase. A lot of the knives were sharp and some where in their scabbards. Malik had grabbed a plastic bag and broke the glass to grab the knives. He failed to realize that breaking the glass woke up a zombie in the back room.

Yugi went to the drinks and was stuffing his sixth bag with drinks and reached far back, but when he was pulling his hand back to him, something grabbed it and he screamed in shock. Tristan heard the scream and went to his friend with a gun in hand. The zombie had knocked away the shelves of drinks and was on top of Yugi trying to get a hold of the squirming boy to bite into. Yugi struggled against the zombie's strength and saw Tristan hold up a cocked pistol. Yugi pushed the zombie's head up and BANG, one of the zombie's eyes was shot out. Blood had squirted out and splattered against the wall. The dead creature fell on top of Yugi and was still. Yugi squirmed out from underneath it and Tristan cocked the gun again and shot the zombie's head again, just to be sure.

Tristan held the gun to the ceiling as he looked at the zombie. "So they go down by a shot to the head," he mumbled and helped Yugi up. "C'mon, I think we got enough stuff for a while," he said and grabbed his bags and some of Yugi's. Tristan walked out of the door and put the bags next to the car's trunk.

Joey looked at his friend and saw the pistol at Tristan's belt in a holder. "You found a gun and ammo. What else did you find?" Joey asked as he filled Marik's motorcycle tank.

Tristan held up the double-barrel shotgun and smiled. "I found this, Malik found some knives, and Yugi's found food and drinks. We have to go back inside though to find a first-aid kit for Duke and we're going to check the back room for more guns," Tristan said and Joey grinned. Yami started to grab Yugi's bags and put them in the trunk. He knew that if he put the bag with the ammo in the trunk, they would be screwed. Marik appeared with Ishizu and Odieon. Malik came out of the store with a bag of knives and Yugi followed with the rest of his bags.

Marik followed his hikari back inside of the store and walked with him to the back room. Malik whistled at the well-organized room. "We have to find a first-aid kit and what ever else we need," he said and started to look in drawers for supplies.

Marik opened up cabinets and smiled. "Looking for something?" he asked aloud and held up a first-aid kit. Malik turned and smiled as well. He went back to the drawers and pulled out some walkie-talkies. They looked around for more things but the only other thing they found was a couple of gas cans.

Tristan walked in and smiled at the tomb keepers. "Good work. Now all we need to do is get out of here to find Serenity and the others," he said and picked up the gas cans that Malik and Marik couldn't carry. Malik spotted some oil, stuffed the oilcans in his cargo pants and walked outside. Tristan handed the gas cans to Joey and helped Yugi with Duke's arm. "Damn bro, this things looks so fucking disgusting," he said as he bounded the arm again and sighed.

Duke suddenly felt sick and ran to a wall to vomit up blood and bile. Ishizu felt sick when she saw that and also went to throw up. Marik followed her and rubbed her back while she puked all over the ground. "What's wrong with Ishizu?" Joey asked.

Marik looked at the blonde and shook his head. "She can't stand motorcycles and vomit. The stuff going on around us she can handle but not those two things. It's nothing, really," Marik assured as Ishizu continued to vomit. Joey nodded and walked next to Ishizu as well. He pulled her hair away from her face while she puked. Joey pitied the Egyptian woman.

Yugi came up and looked at them. "Guys, we're ready to go," he said and Joey and Marik nodded. Duke on the other hand drop to the ground right then and there. Ishizu gasped and hid behind the boys helping her at the moment.

Duke stood back up and Odieon ran to him. Before Odieon could get close, Duke turned around and they all saw a difference in him. His eyes were no longer green but a sick looking blue. Despite the fact that they were blood shot, Duke's skin also turned a disgusting pale color and everyone could see his blue veins through the skin. "Duke?" Yugi asked and Duke looked at Yugi. Duke threw a hiss at the small duelist and lunged at him. Yugi panicked and stood right there. Tristan grab his gun and started to shot but the pistol was out of bullets. Malik grabbed one of his knives and threw it at Duke's arm. The knife hit its target but it didn't stop Duke. The knife was there and Duke didn't seem affected at it at all.

Yami grabbed the shotgun and shot Duke's head. Duke's head exploded, the brain chunks were flying in separate directions and an eyeball landed in front of Ishizu, who screamed. The headless body fell to the ground and blood oozed out of it.

"What the fuck happened to make him act like one of those things?" Yugi asked some time later when they cover the body with a blanket from the store. Yami shook his head at his hikari. Duke wouldn't attack them at all. He was always joking but never actually attack one of them. Something didn't settle right for the ancient pharaoh as he tried to figure it out.

Ishizu was crying into her brother's arms as Malik tried to sooth her. She never knew Duke very well but a death of a friend was still pretty harsh. Joey knelt beside his dead friend and said his goodbyes before he stood up and turned to the awaiting car and motorcycles. To him, Duke was like that annoying cousin that's your best friend but still as annoying as hell. Sure he and Duke fought but it wasn't for something big, more like who was going to have the last cheeseburger from the grill, the last coke, or who got to play the racing game first.

Tristan also said his goodbyes and walked to the cars. The group had one last look at the game inventor and left the bloody scene. Ishizu took his place in the car and they all drove away.

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Kaiba's Limo…

Mokuba was in shock over what the tomb robber had just said. "Tea can't be dead. She can't be…" he murmured and buried his head in his brother's coat again. Tea looked out for him like an older sister and was always there for him. Seto looked away from his brother's friends and felt sorry but didn't show it on his face. That bastard of a stepfather taught him that showing emotions was a sign of weakness. Bakura looked outside and even he felt sorry for the once cheerful girl.

Ryou saw that they passed a public bus filled with people and zombies ripping the flesh off of the living. It was a bloody image that he wished he had never seen. Bakura lost his sense of humor in watching people die any more. In fact, he wanted it all to stop. He wanted the killing to stop and life to go back as it used to be but he knew that it would never happen. Tea's dead, his hikari almost got hurt and he was wounded. He knew that life was very different, now that the apocalypse was here.

Seto watched the white haired boys in interest before he turned away. Bakura was showing emotions that were foreign to him and Ryou was quiet but it wouldn't have been the first time that he was quiet. He looked up and saw a stray dog walk through the streets and immediately thought of Wheeler. That dog looked strong and able to survive on its own. Serenity also saw the dog and felt sorry for it. "Poor thing," she whispered, making Mai jump a little from the lack of sounds. Everyone was silent during the ride until they went down a certain street. Three motorcycles had gone in front of them and a car followed. They all saw Joey drive the car and Serenity burst into tears again.

Joey looked over and nearly crashed into a telephone pole because of the sight he saw. His sister and girlfriend were safe and together. "Hold on guys, we're 'bout to make a short stop!" he cried and waited for the motorcyclists to get his jest. Pulling over all of the vehicles let go of their passengers and waited to be started up again. Joey jumped out of the car and ran to his little sister and girlfriend, hugging them both tightly.

Mokuba also ran to his friends but didn't hug them. It would've been very awkward if he did. "Yugi, Joey, you guys are safe," he said as he wiped away some tears. Bakura limped out of the car and Ryou let him lean on him. Together they walked over to the tomb keepers and started to talk about random things that happened so far.

Tristan looked around. "Where's Tea you guys? Wasn't she with you?" he asked the two girls that were hugging on Joey. They both hung their heads and didn't say a word, no one did and Tristan suddenly understood. "I see. Sorry you guys," he mumbled and leaned against the hot car. Rolen stood watch as the group spoke about the death of their loved ones. That was the count of two dead and two wounded but not from the dead creatures.

Seto suddenly heard a moan coming from a dark alley and grabbed a gun from his trench coats inner pocket. He pointed it and waited to see what the thing really was. Tristan held up his fully loaded pistol and Yami did the same with the double-barrel shotgun. Rolen had also held up a gun from the holster and pointed Malik moved his sister to behind him and armed himself incase it came close to him.

The moaning creature came out of the shadows and hissed at the group. Its throat ripped out revealing the damaged tissue and spinal cord of its neck. The bite marks on its arms and legs were dried up and held an ugly sign of infection. The zombie walked closer to the group who all gasped.

Yugi's breath came out in a single word, "Tea?" The zombie paid no mind to him but continued to walk closer to the group. Seto backed up as the dead corpse of Tea came closer to him, reaching out to grab him and eat the flesh of the living teenager. Yugi felt tears running down his cheeks and grabbed Seto's gun out of the CEO's hands. He pointed the gun at Tea's head and closed his eyes. "I'm sorry," he whispered. BANG The corpse fell over backwards, never to move again. Yugi handed the gun back to Seto and fell to his knees. Yami saw his hikari cry over the death of his childhood friend and crush.

A/N: I was writing this and started to cry because it was sad near the end. Anyways, I hope that you all review.