Addison remembered answering the call she recieved in the early morning hours. She remembered registering the words the man on line said to her. She remembered grabbing her keys, quickly slipping on her shoes and then slamming the door as she left in a hurry.

She doesn't remember the actual trip, she doesn't even really remember how Bucky is suddenly there with her, all she now knows is that she's sat in the laboratory's waiting room.

Her mind is on Zed, "It's Zed, I think you should come down Addison" Dr. Roberts had said when he had called her. She had tried to ask what was happening to no avail, the doctor only continuing to insist she'd come down as soon as she could, and then he hung up. As she sat there, she was scared. She was horrified. This fear that was cursing through her was ten times worse than seeing Zed getting dragged away after the homecoming game incident.

Usually when Zed had to go for these check ups it was only a matter of a couple of hours, but by the time the call had come, it was nearing to nearly Zed having been there for 5 and a half.

"Addison calm down, I'm sure everything is okay." Bucky said, grabbing her hand and giving it a sweet squeeze as reassurance. Bucky was worried about the zombie as well, since the two of them had gotten closer over the years he had started to care about Zed and was one of the ones supporting the two the most as well now. But he had to stay calm in order to help Addison stay grounded.

"How do you know though Bucky? I know I always freak out when he has to go however he has always returned safe and sound and then all of the sudden, years later since this has started where everything was as it should be, and they call me up to have me come down here ASAP today?" Addison cried, turning to face her cousin. Tears was welling up in her eyes, threatening to eacape and her hands was shaking with fear as she tried to hold herself together. Even though it was hard to do so, she had to stay strong for Zed in case he was really unwell on the other side of the wall. This wasn't about her.

"Addison?" A voice spoke up, immediately Addison stood up, Bucky following suit and walked to where the doctor was standing. It wasn't Zed's usual doctor, this one was younger and he looked... confused? His eyes was narrowed as he looked at the two of them, waving his hand at them to walk first. Addison's shaking was worse now, fearing the worst of what she'd see once in there. She let out a breath of relief that she hadn't even realised she had been holding in when she saw Zed sitting on the table in the middle of the room. He was alright. He was half undressed and had multiple wires attached to him but he was okay.

Running to the zombie she didn't even give him a second before she had smashed her mouth onto his. Pouring all of the feelings she had held in for the last hour into the kiss. Eventually once Zed caught up with what was happening did he start to kiss the girl back, his hands fisting at the hem of her shirt to get her even closer to him than she already was.

Bucky cleared his throat awkwardly, getting the couple's attention who pulled away from their kiss but stayed wrapped in each other's arms, the only movement that was made was Addison turning to face Dr. Roberts. Zed laid his head on top of hers, resting it there and closing his eyes. He had been given so much information that he was unaware what to do with it. At no point when he had gotten picked up from his home had he thought he would end up getting told he had a heartbeat. He had a heartbeat. Heartbeat. His mind kept repeating itself over and over. His arms tightened around the girl, wanting her close enough hoping she could feel it beat against her if he pulled her close enough.

"Ah young love." Dr. Roberts said, smiling softly at the two.

"Is Zed okay?" Bucky finally asked before Addison had a chance to herself. Even though he was sitting right there, his arms wrapped around her, she didn't dare hope too much, they wouldn't have called if it wasn't for something. She couldn't even think about what he would say if it wasn't anything good. She didn't want to think about anything that wasn't good. Zed had to be okay.

"Oh yes, extremely, a lot more now actually. This is extremely exciting!" Dr. Roberts said, clapping his hands excitingly as he went around the table where Zed was sitting, turning a screen around for them to be able to fully see, as he rebooted it. It was connected to some of the wires that was connected to Zed. Once the computer was up and running, the screen changed to show a heart monitor that usually was found in hospital rooms to keep track of heartbeats. Turning on the volume, Bucky cursed loudly without thought, Addison's mouth dropped open in disbelief. Was that Zed's heart?

"Is that?" she whispered, one of her hands coming up to rest lightly on his chest, where Zed's heart would be.

"Yes, that's mine." Zed answered, finally speaking up for the first time since they had arrived. When he lifted his head, they could all see the clear tracks from tears. Bucky didn't need to ask if they were out of sadness or happiness, the soft smile on his face enough to tell so.

Pressing her ear against Zed's chest without warning, she lifted her hand up to cover up her other ear to make sure no other noise would interrupt what she was straining to hear.

Thum Thum, Thum Thum.

She didn't realise she had started to cry as she continued to listen, scared to move incase it would suddenly stop if she did.

"But how? This is amazing... But how?" Bucky asked dumbstruck, his eyes never moving away from the monitor as he asked, too busy following the lines that registered the rhythm of his heart.

"At first I wasn't sure how this had happened so I call around to our other apartments if they had experienced anything like this. The first few of them had never and was eager to learn more, as you might be aware, this could help us turn it all around! Anyway, the last one I had nearly given up when they said they had, they had actually had 48 out of their 76 zombie residents turn by now. How I have never know this is a wonder to me, and slightly upsetting but I guess they wanted to wait until they had it all figured out." Dr. Roberts answered, a wide smile spread across his face and his eyes shining with excitement.

If they could crack the code of how Zed's heart had suddenly started working again after having not since he was born, since he was born zombie it was even more amazing. They could turn everything back and give zombies back their lives. Even though must had come to terms with what they were, they still knew well that they had lost out a lot compared to what humans could.

"So how did it happened?" Addison asked, her hands moving to squeeze Zed's ones that had remained around her waist and connected by her stomach. She knew how much this meant to Zed, how much it would mean to anyone. For this to happen now was absolutely amazing.

"You actually made it happen Addison. You see at our other department, they had encountered a zombie that named himself R, to stay close to this girl and not having the urge to eat her. And this is without our Z-Bands! The more time he spent around her, as one would say it, he started to fall in love with the girl, and that caused his heart to react. Over time he went back to being a perfectly normal human being, one who wouldn't know, would never guess he had once been a zombie. But basically, Zed is slowly, but surely turning human because of your love for each other." He explained, his eyes moving from Bucky, to Addison and then to Zed.

"Zed will still continue to look like he does, as it's in his DNA since he was born to two zombies, but I wouldn't be too surprised if some changes started to appear in his appearance. Now that your heart is beating. I would like to keep some checks on you if that is alright Zed, to make sure we can continue to work on this and that you stay as well as you are now. And I have a feeling that one day I will be able to remove that Z-Band of yours and your new human instincts will kick in by itself like they did for this R. But for now until I know more and how to move on from here, I would like you to keep it on." Dr. Roberts finished, now only looking directly at Zed who only nodded his head. If he could be the start to make this happen to others like him then he would do whatever it took to achieve it. The thought of losing his Z-Band one day felt strange to him. He had worn it since he was only a tiny zombie, every day and every night, only haven it taken away once when he was in zombie containment.

"Anyway, I'm sure Zed must be quite exhausted, it's been a long day for you! Could you return here to me in, let's say a week from today? And I should have had more time to talk to my colleges in our other department, and get some more information on R and the other zombies that have successfully turned. And I would like to continue taking some tests as well, so I would expect another long day that will be for you dear boy." Dr. Roberts said, his tone sounding apologetic for what was waiting for Zed ahead, but his eyes continued to only hold pure excitement.

Zed grabbed his shirts, quickly threw them back on so he wasn't half naked anymore and engulfed Dr. Roberts in a big hug. Thankful for the doctor's help and continuing support. The doctor smiled and hugged the green haired young man back, before waving goodbye to the trio.

Addison had continued to keep a tight hold on Zed's hand as they walked from the office to the carpark where Bucky had parked earlier on arrival, her mind repeating all the information she had received over and over. Zed had always said she had made him feel alive, and now he really was coming to life. A smile spread on her face as she thought about it.

She was interrupted in her thoughts by Zed suddenly bursting out laughing once they existed the building he had sat in for the last 7 hours by this point. He couldn't believe it. When he had said he felt something inside him when he met Addison, it wasn't just his mind playing a trick on him, something had actually happened and it had continued to grow. She had actually made him come to life.

Without thinking about it he pulled Addison to him and planted his lips on her in an even more heated kiss than the one they had shared when Addison had arrived at the laboratory. Pouring all of his love for the girl and the happiness that was running through him right that second into the kiss. He needed her to know how he felt, how much he loved her.

Pulling away from a slightly dazed Addison he couldn't help himself but shout.

"I'M ALIVE!"

Can anyone guess where I got my idea from now? :) I really wanted to throw in some kind of cross over and I thought these two would fit perfectly! For anyone who doesn't know, R is from a novel and movie, called Warm Bodies and I highly recommend it!

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