Chapter Nine: Death
A/N: Thank you all for your wonderful reviews. I enjoyed them. Kilnorc, if Mokkie was comatose, then Seto would have to carry him all around town because Mokkie would be in a state of shock and apparently he's not so the little boy got over it quick. Either that or he's bottling it up like Seto does with his emotions. And thank you Yami no Kilnorc, I'm thankful that you and your hikari both enjoy my fics. Anyways, enjoy this chapter!
As the girls bathed, the boys were packing to leave. Even though the warehouse was safe, it wasn't going to be safe for long. Zombies would follow them and never give up until they were all dead. Bakura had climbed up on the roof top to get a good look in case any zombies came but for his own purposes, he went up there to get a good look on the bathing girls. Unfortunately, the former pharaoh had to go up with him in case Bakura fell asleep or something like that. The former King of Thieves mumbled under his breath as his keen eyes searched the field and woods for any undead. A rabbit hopped in the field, a squirrel was hopping from branch to branch but no signs of the dead creatures.
Serenity and her companions walked back to the guys while drying their hair with towels and gossiping about something. "Glad to see that the female population keeps its news in check," Bakura yelled to the girls.
"Shuddup you stupid freak," Mai shouted. Yami chuckled.
Bakura shot him a dirty look and jumped down to yell at Mai. "Listen here you fucked up harpie, the next time that you ever yell at me and then faint some where, I'm leaving your ass behind. There is no fucking way that we need you fat ass for anything other than fucking!" he shouted causing Serenity to cover her mouth in shock and Ishizu to hold Mai back.
Mai struggled against Ishizu's grip as she reached out and tried to either punch Bakura or rip out his hair. "If it wasn't for that fucking pansy you share a body with, I would rip your head off and feed it to those man eating things!" Mai yelled back.
Bakura ripped Mai out pf Ishizu's grip and punched her in the face. "What the fuck did you just call my hikari? No one may ever call him that especially not a fucking slut like you, you fucking harpie!" he yelled, watching Mai bleed through her nose.
A zombie was attracted by the smell of the blood and came limping out of the woods. It was Rolen. Though he was without arms, he had managed to eat three people, a widowed mother, an old man and an infant. Serenity gasped and helped Mai up. Ishizu and Bakura ran to the warehouse as Serenity was stuck with a broken Mai. Yami had seen the whole thing and was appalled by Bakura's actions. He jumped down from the warehouse and helped Serenity with Mai.
The rest off the guys came running out and looked around. Apparently, Mai's blood had also attracted more zombies. Joey looked at Mai and took her to one of the vehicles as the others started to shot the zombies. A zombie had snuck inside the warehouse through a hole in the floor and wall and limped over to Mai. "FUCK!" she shouted and ran to Joey.
Joey saw that there was a hole in the warehouse wall and that they should all get out of there. "Come on, let's move!" he shouted and they ran to the cars. A zombie grabbed Joey and Marik before they ran off and started to bite them.
Mokuba turned around and saw Joey twitching from the bites. Marik had been fighting of the zombies before one grabbed his arm and ripped it out of the socket. Another had grabbed his leg and ripped it off too. Marik was in excruciating pain before a zombie grabbed his hair and tore his throat out. The Millennium Rod glowed as Marik's spirit returned to share a body with Malik.
Joey kept twitching before he died. Seto looked behind and aimed his gun. "Sorry Joey," he muttered and BANG Joey's head blew off. Malik looked at his yami's body and also shot the head off. They all loaded into the cars and drove off. Seto saw Rolen and BANG no more dead Rolen.
Serenity and Mai were crying over the death of Joey. Mai really cared about him and Serenity wanted him back. "Kaiba, is there anywhere safe that we can go to for a little while?" Tristan asked as he leaned across the girls.
Seto looked at Tristan funny. "Listen, if there was a safe place around here, don't you think that we would be there instead of wandering around town looking for one?" he asked in a sarcastic and pissed off tone of voice.
"Then where the fuck are we going?" Tristan asked, getting pissed off at the stubborn CEO.
"I don't know but if you know then why don't you go out and walk," Seto said looking at Tristan before looking back at the road. Bakura laughed before letting Ryou take over. Mokuba was in shock as he sat quietly in the front seat.
In the car behind them, Ishizu, Yugi, Yami and Malik/ Marik were all there thinking about a way to zombie-proof a place for them to stay when Ishizu felt something dripping on her head. She looked up and screamed. A zombie was looking down at its unnoticing victims through the sunroof and jumped down to get them. It had grabbed Ishizu first and started to rip chunks out of her throat. Yami grabbed the zombie, opened his door, and shoved it out the window. Malik grabbed a walkie-talkie and got Seto. "Kaiba pull over, Ishizu's hurt," he said and waited for Seto to pull over.
Yugi had placed a blanket on Ishizu's wounded arms and held pressure there as Ishizu screamed in pain. Seto ran over and opened up the car door to see if Ishizu was going to turn. As soon as he did, Ishizu fell out of the car and turned as soon as she hit the ground. She grabbed Seto's leg and lunged in for a bite, only to get a broken nose from steel toed boot. The broken nose lodged itself in the brain, puncturing it immediately. Malik and Marik both watched in horror.
"Ishizu?" Malik asked in a cracked voice. The body didn't stir. Marik had to take over in order to let Malik cry all he wanted without being bothered by the others. Serenity wrapped her arms around Marik and cried in his arms, thinking that it was Malik. Ryou was also coming close to tears but felt that he needed to stay focused in order to stay alive.
Mokuba was also crying and hugged his brother's waist trying not to think of a life without his older brother. It was bad enough that Serenity had to live a life without her older brother but now Ishizu? He was starting to open up more as well. Life was too short.
Mai was crying in the car still about Joey when she saw a zombie walk up. Screaming, she felt it grab her legs and she started to kick. Ryou came up and grabbed the zombie off of Mai before snapping its neck.
The zombie crumbled to the ground and Mai collapsed in Ryou's arms as she sobbed her apologies and her gratitude. Ryou blushed and stood stiffly. Seto rolled his eyes. The little blonde harpie was scared and he was hugging on the white haired hikari of the Tomb Robber. This was going to be a long day and it wasn't even noon yet. (A/N: This all happened in one day. ONE DAY! And already there has been six deaths not counting the yamis.)
Tristan climbed into the car with Mai in it and rubbed her back so she could quit crying sooner. No such luck, she continued to cling to Ryou. Tristan shrugged and Ryou got in the car as well with him and Mai. Mokuba looked at Serenity and Marik. Marik was blushing and Serenity had realized that she was hugging Marik and was also blushing. What was the world coming to? First Tea, then… oh wait, he had totally forgot about Duke being dead as well. Now he had three more souls to pray for but at least it'll give him time to think.
Marik looked back at the dead Egyptian woman and bit his bottom lip to not cry. She was his hikari's sister and she treated them like a mother so it wasn't fair that she had to die as well. "I'm sorry," he whispered and turned around to face the road again.
Seto went back to the one he was driving and realized that Mokuba was with Yugi, Yami and Marik. "Marik, let's get out of here. We have to find a temporary shelter," he called out and Marik looked through a side window and nodded. Driving along, he could hear Mai cry for Joey to come back as a normal person but he wouldn't. Joey was gone. Even if he hadn't been shot in the head, he would still be gone. He would be a killer and probably kill them all if he could.
The dead had finished eating their newest victims and left the bloody skeleton to rot as crows came down and started to pick at the flesh but dying almost immediately afterwards from the virus in the blood. The dead limped and hobbled away from the carcasses and went to find the remaining survivors. Each one groaning and hissing, they each went to the same direction until they all saw Ishizu's body. Sensing the virus in her, the left the carcass alone and continued their path to destruction.
A/N: Okay, review even though this is a short chapter. I know, I know, update sooner. Trust me, I will be either wise these zombies will eat me alive. LOL