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Chapter 15: Nothing Like a Long Relaxing Night at the Diner.

Jack glared at the guy holding the rifle to his face. He vaguely remembered this guy's face from school. From the guy's build, he was definitely the school's jock; maybe even the captain. He wore a too tight t-shirt which showed off his bulky muscles. The shirt was white and was covered with blood splatter. Some even looked fresh. The jock wore blue jeans but with the amount of mud and dried blood on it, it almost looked completely brown.

Jack's eyes traveled across the diner to the right. He first saw Rapunzel, who still held onto Hiccup who was leaning on her completely now; his good arm over her neck. She hadn't even sat him down yet and he guessed the jock was the reason for that. Rapunzel's eyes met his and she gave him a pleading look as if to tell him to be careful in handling their current situation and to hurry up and do whatever he wanted to do so Hiccup could rest.

Hiccup looked sick; he needed to lie down as soon as possible so whatever happened next, Jack would have to make it fast. He saw the bandage on Hiccup's shoulder had turned red. Shit! Hiccup must've ruined the stitches when the zombie tackled Jack before. Guilt rushed into Jack's heart like a flood. It's all my fault! Hiccup's hurting cause of him. If only he had been more careful… Why do the people who are close to him always have to pay the price for him? It was so unfair…

Merida stood right next to him, holding her head. Even if he couldn't see her face he knew she was glaring at the jock just as he was. He knew she had a concussion, judging from her sluggish movements, her terrible aim, and the lack of clear thinking. He suffered from many concussions before so he knows what it feels like. She was swaying slightly from dizziness, though she was trying very hard to seem stable. She needed to lie down as well.

Jack's eyes then traveled to the left of the diner. Looks like the jock wasn't alone, a girl stood a few feet behind him; her hair went up to her waist and her fringe covered one of her blue eyes. She had blonde braided hair too, but unlike Rapunzel's, hers was much thinner and less golden more white. She wore purple leggings with a matching buttons up cardigan. She was resting her hands on her hips and looking at them judgmentally.

Jack also saw another guy with brown hair both parted at his forehead and tied to a little rattail at the back of his neck. He wore a black leather jacket on a dark green ochre V-neck shirt. He also wore green cargo pants and thick leather boots. He was resting his own rifle on his lap and was leaning on the table at the far end of the diner near a booth. He was quiet… A little too quiet; almost indifferent; suspicious even.

In that same booth, a girl sat quietly. She had long bouncy red hair. She wore a long silver chain with a big cross dollar hanging. Unlike any of the others, she wore a long pinkish-beige colored dress that went down to her calves. The dress had frills from her waist down and some on her shoulder sleeves.

So a total of four people in the diner besides them that Jack would have to deal with then. At least now they knew who had shot at the zombies earlier; either the jock guy or the rattail guy or both. The only question now was, were these people friend or foe? Cause in situations like these, you can never be sure.

Since the jock didn't look like he was going to start the conversation any time soon, Jack spoke up. The sooner they got this over with the better. "We don't want any trouble, alright. We just need a place to spend the night."

The jock eyed him from top to toe before he gazed at the rest of Jack's gang. His eyes lingered on Rapunzel longer than Jack would have liked. He still held his colt in his hand. Things could get messy if he wasn't careful. It looked like anything could set this guy off. He was taking too long to come to a decision so Jack spoke again. "Look, my friends need rest-"

He was cut off by the rattail guy at the back. "Were any of you bitten?"

"No," came Jack's swift and simple answer.

"What about him?" The jock asked disdainfully, pointing his rifle at Hiccup. "Looks to me like he's been bitten."

"He was shot," Jack snapped in irritation. He was quickly getting tired of these questions. A long exhausting day that just doesn't seem to be ending will make anyone snarky and impatient. All he wanted to do was get his friends to safety and go to sleep. Was that too much to ask?

"Just leave 'em alone, Flynn." The blonde girl standing behind him said. "They look like they're telling the truth."

"We are. So mind getting that rifle outta my face so I can help my friends?" Jack glared. It's not like the jock-Flynn had any other choice in a few more minutes-he'd fight him if that's what it took.

Flynn's eyes slide back to Rapunzel and she nodded. Some sort of a silent communication was happening between them, Jack noticed. He wondered if Rapunzel knew Flynn or how well she knew him. The scowl on his face reminded Jack of someone, but who, he couldn't remember. The jock finally lowered his rifle and stepped back allowing Jack and Merida to move to where Rapunzel and Hiccup were.

They helped Hiccup lay down in one of the far right booths; as far away from the other teenage gang as possible. Hiccup was completely unconscious now; having exhausted what little energy he had left in the zombie fight earlier. He only groaned when his shoulder shifted but otherwise seemed blissfully unaware of his surroundings.

"Those need to be cleaned and re-treated," Rapunzel said out loud to the others, gesturing to the bloodied bandages. "Before it gets infected."

"The first aid kit's back in ta car," Merida said. As much as it pained her to say it. "We can't go back out there,"

Jack sighed in frustration as he combed a hand through his white hair. If they didn't have a choice then they would have to go back out again. Why didn't he maneuver the car even closer to the door while running over those zombies? He whined in his head. Who knows, maybe the other guys would be generous enough to help them. Just when Jack finished the thought he saw the girl with the blonde hair come up to them.

"Name's Astrid," She introduced herself. "The hard-case over there's Flynn. And the lovely couple over there's Jim and Ariel."

"For the last time, Astrid. We're not a couple!" The boy yelled out and the girl- Ariel blushed but signed the same. Ariel could hear but she couldn't talk so she used sigh language to communicate.

It reminded Jack of a certain golden haired friend back home.

"Sure, that's why your always hanging out together," Astrid threw over her shoulder; chuckling. Her friends were just too easy. She knew they weren't a couple but she was sure they were getting there… They just didn't know it.

"Great, so did ya come here just to introduce yerself n' yer gang or wha'?" Merida asked with the least amount of concern. These guys are the ones who were pointing guns at their faces not ten minutes ago so excuse her if being polite wasn't at the top of her list right now.

"No, actually. We overheard you guys talking about first aid stuff so we decided to help you out," She said as she lifted up the big white box that she had been carrying so they could see. "Besides, the dude looks like he could use it."

"Thank you. We really appreciate it," Rapunzel said taking the box from Astrid. "I'm Rapunzel. This is Jack, Merida and Hiccup."

"Hiccup?" Astrid chuckled. She knew the other three teens. Rapunzel; the polite rich girl, Jack Frost; the coldest kid in town and Merida; the archery expert-who, one day, would make their school proud. She's never heard of Hiccup before. "That's a weird name. Anyway, there's only a little antibiotic left so you better be careful about how much of it you use. Make sure you don't use it all up."

"Oh, don't worry. I won't ne -" Rapunzel said, continuing to treat Hiccup's shoulder just when she heard Flynn mutter something loud enough for them to hear.

"If you ask me, we shouldn't have even wasted any bullets on you guys, let alone allowed you to stay here and give you our supplies," They heard him say.

"Hey! What the hell's your problem, man?" Jack said with frustration as he stood up and strode over to the jock.

Flynn moved away from the door he was fixing back up and met the snowy haired boy half way, his back straight, shoulders squared; ready to fight. He was taller than Jack by a few inches and was well built with bulkier muscles.

"Is that a trick question?" Flynn shot back. "Look around! We're at a zombie war! We should be saving our ammo and supplies, not wasting it on a bunch of losers! If it wasn't for Ariel-"

"Alright that's enough, Rider." Astrid said calmly walking up to the two of them and placing a hand on Flynn's shoulder. This wasn't the time to be fighting.

Wait a second… Rider? Now Jack remembered where he had seen that scowl before. This guy was the son of Officer Rider, no doubt about it. The cop always scowled and glared at him whenever he had gone to the police station. Though Jack never actually met the man in person, he could easily tell that the cop's attitude was very similar to Flynn's current one.

Wait another second… Wasn't Officer Rider the one who had completely turned robo-zombie and chased Hiccup and grabbed onto their car until they killed it? Jeez… Talk about small world… Or town.

"You know, your dad must be so proud of you for being all selfless like this," Jack said sarcastically. He knew what he was about to say next was hitting below the belt but he couldn't help it. Words just rolled out of his tongue before he could hold them back "Well, he would be if he didn't have an umbrella sticking out of his throat."

Hurt flashed across Flynn's face when the realization of what Jack said hit him like a brick wall. Damn it, dad! How could you be so careless! Officer Rider was Flynn's step dad. But even though he was a step dad, Flynn loved the man. The look on his face was gone and was now replaced by an emotionless one. Although instead of the hurt, his eyes showed rage.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" He hissed as he grabbed a fist full of Jack's hoodie and pulled him closer. So close that their noses were practically touching.

Jack just glared back with equal intensity. Just because this guy was bigger and maybe stronger than him didn't mean he would have to back down. He was never the type to back down from a fight anyway, besides he had speed on his side. He balled up his fists and almost said something but Rapunzel beat him to it, yelling out from the other side of the diner. "Back off, Flynn. For your own good. He's Jack Frost!"

Immediately after hearing that name, Flynn's rage filled eyes widened; not from fear, mind you but from surprise. He wasn't expecting that at all. The Jack Frost? The child killer? Here? Seriously? His eyes moved to Jack's silvery hair and he smirked, forcibly letting go of the blue hoodie and thrusting the other teen back.

"Jack Frost, huh? I didn't know you had… white hair," Flynn snickered, momentarily looking behind him at his friends "Guess he took the name seriously." He said before bursting out in laughter.

Jack wasn't the least bit fazed by the jock's insult. He rolled his eyes and raised an eye brow. Just a minute ago this guy looked like he was about to burst a blood vessel but now he was close to passing out from laughter. Jack just stood there, arms crossed over his chest, resisting the urge to roll his eyes again. C'mon, the name wasn't that funny and the hair was more of a rebellious act.

Rapunzel, who couldn't take the jock mocking her close friend anymore, smirked and said out loud so everyone in the diner would hear her "You shouldn't be the one to talk about names, Eugene Fitzherbert."

Flynn's laughter died instantaneously and his face turned red. He let out an absurdly high pitched whine "Rapunzel! You promised you wouldn't tell anyone!"

She shrugged in response and smiled sweetly at him, as she stuck another piece of tape on the gauze on Hiccup's shoulder. Merida was suppressing her own snickers with one hand over her mouth and the other giving the golden haired girl the last bit of tape. Toothless, who had been super tense before was now sticking his tongue out and wagging his tail happily as if he had sensed the tension in the room dissipate.

Jack shook his head; clearly amused.

"So what are you guys doing out here anyway?" Astrid asked.

"We were planning' on leavin' town but Hic her' got shot." Because of me… Merida said as Jack came back to sit with them.

"Oh… We were gonna do the same thing too,"

"Then what made you guys stay here?" Rapunzel asked.

"Flynn's dumb Ford broke down, good thing we were close by," She shrugged "The three of us got here only a few hours before you guys showed up."

"Three of ya?" Merida asked with her right eyebrow raised.

"Yup, Flynn, Ariel and myself" She shrugged. "You should have seen the diner when we got here. Tons of zombies walking around until we killed them all and dumped their bodies out back." Like the freaking bad-assess we are!

They all looked like they didn't believe her; especially Jack and Merida. "What? You thought this diner was zombie-free when we came here?"

They shrugged in response. Guess not… nothing was zombie-free anymore.

"And 'im." Merida asked jerking her head to the brunette boy with Ariel.

"Jim? Oh, he wasn't with us. He came here just like you guys about six hours ago. He was hunting with his father when some zombies got the drop on them but Jimbo somehow managed to escape and made it here," She left it at that. Not wanting to give too much information away.

"So only the three of you made it this far from town?" Jack asked. He only then began to wonder how many fortunate people managed to escape the Zombie Apocalypse.

"No. There are a lot others…" She said confidently "Believe it or not, they're all safe and sound back at St. Paul's Church. We all decided that the three of us should come out here and find a way out of this cursed zombie-infested town."

The others said nothing but nodded.

Astrid shrugged again. They looked pretty wiped out; and she didn't doubt for a second that it was easy for them to get this far. It hadn't exactly been a walk in the park for them either. In fact, if it wasn't for the mini arsenal that Jim fortunately brought with him, they'd be zombie food by now.

They had to kill a lot of zombie that lingered inside the diner which included the customers, the cooks, and the waitresses. Every one of them had been turned. Then they had to dump all the bodies out back and board up the place. No, it wasn't easy at all. And now… They could ALL use some good night's rest

"C'mon, Eugene… Time for a nap big fella," Astrid said, tugging at Flynn's arm, holding back a chortle. He hunched his shoulders and surrendered in embracement and followed her to the other far side of the diner where the other two were no doubt chuckling at his newly revealed name too.

Jack then turned back to the two girls who sat across from him. Hiccup was sleeping blissfully on the table between them and Toothless was staying guard near the window, just in case. He could see their eyes drooping already. He practically chuckled. "Why don't you two get some sleep," he suggested.

"And what about you?" Rapunzel asked rubbing the back of her hand over her right eye.

"I'll stay awake to keep watc-"

"No way! You're just as exhausted as we are, if not more… You need to rest too."

"I'll be fine, Punz-"

"Listen ta the Doc, Snowcone. She knows wha' she's talkin' about," Merida said. She knew just how to make Jack listen to them. One guilt trip with extra-large fries coming up. "Ya won' be any good ta us if ya pass out later when weh need ya. Besides we got Toothless here to keep us safe, right boy?" She said, stroking the beautiful black fur on his back.

Bark! Bark! Bark!

"See?" Merida smirked and Rapunzel looked at him, almost in a pleading way to tell him to go to sleep.

Jack grinned and shook his head. They're all ganging up on me. A guy just doesn't stand a chance, does he? But Merida was right though, he won't be able to help them if he wasn't charged up… She was also right about another thing; he was exhausted; beyond belief in fact. His arms and legs ached and he was starting to feel a headache come on. Suddenly, a good night's rest didn't seem so bad after all "Fine…" He said knowing that he had already lost the argument. He lifted his legs up onto the plastic bench and crossed them casually at his ankles. He lay on his back, resting his head on his crossed arms. Might as well get comfy while he's at it, right?

Rapunzel and Merida shared a knowing smile then the latter got up from the bench to give the golden haired girl more space. She had no problem resting in the adjacent booth. But before she left she tapped Rapunzel's shoulder and asked. "Is he gonna be okay for ta night?"

Rapunzel's smile widened but she pretended like the red-head's words had no deeper feeing in them and answered. "We gave him those pills for the light fever he has, remember? He should feel fine in the morning."

"Ya sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Okay, good night then,"

"Good night, Merida."

At least they all hoped it would be a good night…

Ahh... Some peace and quiet at last. And looks like they're getting their well deserved rest too. (But not for long...?)

I donno why I made Flynn such a douche... I donno, I felt like it suited him in my story and the characters fit the part well so yeah. Gosh I'm so tired I dont know how to make proper sentences anymore.

Hope you liked this one. You'll never guess what I have planned for next chapter. Hang in there!

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