Chappie 16

My eyes widened. Blood was smeared heavily across the wall in brutish patterns of panic and death. I gagged.

"'vat's not it, read it."

I stepped back on saw the message written in the fresh blood

I will find you, Samantha…

Claw marks were dug deep into the wall after the sentence. I gulped and began quivering. 2D put his hand my shoulder. It calmed me a little.

"It was to freaky like to ignore so I called ya." He cracked his knuckles "I'll take care of 'em fer ya."He looked quite intimidating as a bodyguard. Cute but intimidating.

I forced a smile "N-no you do-don't n-n-need to. I'll be ok. After all… I-it's h-h-happy H-hugday!"

He stroked my hair "Nah worries, I'll be 'ere fer ya."

"Oi! 2-Dents, get ya ass up 'ere, somthin's up. Bring Sam too." Murdoc's shout came from outside. We both rushed to see what was so urgent. My stomach tightened into a knot as I heard a few frantic squawks from Cortez.

Noodle, Russel and Murdoc stood on the edge of the mountain looking down in what seemed to be shock and horror. 2D held my hand as we peered over the edge.

Hundreds upon hundreds of zombies were springing from their graves. Rising again. The thing that confused us the most was that… All the zombies were bunnies!

I gasped too loud and all of them turned their heads to me, adorable eyes shining in the Sunlight, ears erect and alert. Their numbers stretching to the tips of the horizon.

Noodle leapt up and pointed at them "Kawaii! Kawaii!" They still stared at me. I smiled, Noodle was right, they were really cute.

"Cortez," Murdoc ordered his pet "Eat!" The bird looked at his master as if he had grown an extra eye and seemed to shrug. Murdoc growled "I'll get me shot gun!"

"Gonna need a bazooka!" Russel suggested.

"Rocket launcher!" I chimed in.

"Atomic bomb that would inevitably blow every single bunny to Oblivion?" Noodle said. Everyone turned to her with confused expressions. It was a good idea but how'd she say it? She wasn't exactly the Grade A English speaker.

I was just about to ask when the bunnies began their ascent of the mountain. They marched, not hopped, marched up. Murdoc shoved a boulder down with his foot crushing a few but, despite lost limbs the bunnies kept coming.

"Unko." Noodle cursed stepping away from the edge.

"Oi! Noods! Language!" 2D yelled, cross at her use of Japanese.

"Hontou-ni moushiwake-gozaimasen…" she muttered afterwards.

Suddenly, a bunny leapt up high and landed on Murdoc's face. Cortez frantically pecked at it while Murdoc tried wrenching it off of his face. Russel hurried over, grasped the bunnies head and pulled hard. Me, Noodle and 2D flinched at the sickening crack that followed. I gagged.

"Huh?" Russel grunted as he looked down at his hand. The bunny head was in it, he ripped it clean off! The other half attached to Murdoc's face dropped off. He had deep claw marks in the sides of his head.

"Little buggers!" he snarled picking the body up and chucking it at the advancing horde of bunny beasts.

"We should all go inside." Russel said wiping the bunnies bloody head on the ground and heading towards the front door.

"Good idea!" I agreed rushing after him. Everyone else followed.

We all ran through Kong studios. I heard a crack and I stopped everyone "You hear that?" I looked up and gulped as I saw a crack stretch across the ceiling. Bits of debris fell. Russel grabbed me just before it collapsed. Bunnies fell like a waterfall from the ceiling and gave chase. We continued our flee.

Murdoc and 2D, being the rather tall members of the group with longer legs kept tripping over bunnies emerging from the ground. Noodle tripped, I grabbed her hand and kept her running.

We turned around a sharp corner and had to skid to a halt. In front of us was a wall… A BULGING wall. Fluffy tails and ears poked through holes forming in the wall.

"Shit."

"Oh man…"

"Kawaii!"

"Crap."

"Not good."

We all said simultaneously and fled in the opposite direction. Me and Russel ran fastest at the front while Murdoc began falling behind a little. I saw this, turned and took hold of his hand tightly. He looked up at me and smiled slightly. That smile turned to a snarl as I catapulted him forward. In the immense chaos of the situation, I managed to fling him across the floor. He skidded but was wise enough to get up and continue running.

I caught up with 2D. He was panting slightly. He looked at me and I nodded up ahead. He glanced up then back to me, this time with a smile. We clasped hands tightly and sped far out front. We were faster together.

"To the bunker!" I yelled back to the others. Russel grabbed Murdoc and Noodle under his arms and thundered forward. It was a long way to the bunker, which was located in the car park.

We couldn't take the lifts because they too were bulging with zombie bunnies. Their monstrous bounding echoed and shook the ground. We came to the stairs. We would have to run up to the top floor then back down another way to reach the carpark.

Murdoc glanced Cortez flying alongside outside through a corridor window. He felt comfortable to know he had someone who cared deeply enough to follow him despite the danger.

My Phoenix necklace (I received for my birthday) flew out behind me. I had my hair up so it wouldn't of got tangled.

Suddenly, me and 2D heard a crash from behind us. We looked back, still running. Russel had fallen, flinging Murdoc and Noodle forward. The bunny like tsunami closed in on him. I gasped and dragged 2D across to Russel.

"C'mon!" I shouted to the other two "Help us pull him onto his feet!" The other two rushed to our aid and we all managed to hoist the exhausted Russel onto his feet. He panted loudly but managed to gain energy and continue his run with the rest of us. We had lost ground between the bunny wave and us so they were hopping right on our heels.

2D and me clasped hands again but were now at the back. I felt something on my leg. I glanced at it and did a double take. It was that bunny Russel had beheaded! It's body clung to my leg. I squealed and ran even faster, pulling poor 2D along with me. Whenever I got scared like by a bee for example, I had sudden bursts of energy.

"What the?" I heard Russel murmur as the blur of me and 2D sped ahead. I had shaken off the beheaded bunny, which was then swallowed in the bunny wave.

We came to the next flight of stairs. These had doors on them. Noodle and Murdoc bolted them quickly and struggled to keep up with Russel let alone 2D and me! Alas, we all fell to the ground as a vicious tremor shook the studio. The bunny wave had collided with the door. We looked back. Smeared zombie bunny faces blinked in pain. However, they began squirming; the door was not going to hold out for long!

We had a good lead on the bunnies of doom when they managed to break down the doors. We took it a little easier on the running much to mine and Russel's relief. That relief was then shattered as we ran into a corridor filled with bunnies waiting for us. They remained still, unblinking and unmoving.

Russel spoke for everybody "Aw crap!"

The bunnies were between us and the other stairway and the ever-advancing wave of other zombie bunnies was drawing closer and would smash us!

2D scratched his head (more he scratched his helmet) and came up with an idea "Oi, Russ."

"Yeah." He replied glaring at the fuzzily noses around him.

"Ya 'member 'vat ol' April fool's joke last year? Wiv' da trap door 'vat we made Muds fall through?"

Murdoc's face changed to shock and anger "That was you?"

2D ignored him "'member Russ?"

Russel rubbed his chin, dismissing Murdoc's steaming red face "Yeah, yeah! I remember! It was 'bout here!" he reached to the wall and pressed it. It dented in and unlocked a trap door underneath 2D.

"Woah!" his arm shot out and grabbed Noodle's shirt who then reached out for Murdoc's trouser leg who then got a hold of my ankle. I managed to grab Russel's shirt. He tried holding onto the wall but there was nothing to grab.

"Oi!" 2D eventually shouted up "Leggo!"

"What? It's a long way down, D!"

There was a pause "Oh… I dun' f'ink 'bout 'vat…"

Noodle sighed and Murdoc rolled his eyes.

A low rumble gradually grew louder. The bunny wave!

"Russ! Leggo!"

"Drop us!"

"Let go!"

"Crap! For Satan's sake let go!" We all started yelling.

"Alright!" Russel loud bellow surprised us a little. Before we knew it we were tumbling down, Russel shutting the trap door as he began his plummet.

After a series of thuds I landed hard on my stomach. With wise thinking I decided to move as fast as I could out of Russel's way but it was pitch black.

"Oof!" I heard him grunt. He must have landed on his backside.

"Ah! I think I step in something sticky!" Noodle whimpered.

"'ey! I can' see! Mom? Is 'vat you?" 2D cried.

"Gerroff dullard! It's me!" Murdoc snarled slapping him

"Oh, sorry Muds… I neva knew your head felt like me mom's."

There was a hitting sound.

"Aiee!" Noodle screamed.

"Oh shit, sorry Noods!" Murdoc apologized "I f'ought you were 2-Dents!"

"You hit Noods? 'vat weren't nice Muds." 2D said followed by a bump and a thud "Ow! Sorry Russ."

"Shut it face-ache!" Murdoc growled

"D, that's a wall. I'm not that big." Russel sounded hurt

"Oh sorry!"

"Gah!" Murdoc yelled.

"That is for hitting me!" Noodle said.

"Why you…" There were running noises, which meant Murdoc was chasing Noodle.

"'ey! Stop chasin' me!" 2D shouted. Someone bumped into me and grabbed my neck.

"Now I got ya you little faggot!"

"…Mur- Murdoc!" I choked "Let… Let go!"

"Oh, sorry."

"O.K." Russel said "Everyone calm down and stop moving."

There was silence "Murdoc," I mumbled "Get off!"

I heard him snicker "Russ said not for us to move."

I sighed in frustration and hauled him off.

Murdoc suddenly let out a howl of pain as 2D grabbed his head in a headlock.

"Ya dun' neva 'urt Sam, awright, shit-git?" 2D growled.

"Leggo!"

2D tightened his hold "Awright?"

I found the struggling pair and pried them apart "Enough!"

"I finding the light switch..." Noodle muttered.

"Aw, come on Noods," Russel protested "There ain't no-"

The lights flickered on and we saw Noodle beaming.

Murdoc and 2D glared at each other, opening old-wounds, as they would say. I took both their hands and lifted them up "Look, you two, Kong Studios has been invaded by rabid bunnies and I expect you two to behave!" I slapped their hands like little children. 2D sucked on his red hand while Murdoc rubbed his.

The surrounding area we had fallen in was a small vertical tunnel. We saw the bottom of the trap door high above us. A narrow tunnel stretched past the light switch Noodle had found.

"Where does this lead?" I asked looking unsurely at the tunnel.

"Carpark." Russel and Murdoc said simultaneously. This caused them to look at each other angrily then away.

The thunderous hops of the bunnies above motivated us to move on.

I love bunnies! Why bunnies? I luv bunnies! But why bunnies? Ill say it slowly B-E-C-A-U-S-E I L-O-V-E- B-U-N-N-E-H-S! There is your reason! R&R!