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A gunshot rang through the room, everyone went still. BonBon pulled his gun away and turned around.
"Please. . .Listen. . ." A.J. said, lowering the pistol in his hand. A few small pieces of the ceiling fell to the floor where he had shot a hole in the roof. "There's Biters outside, they broke in. . .This place is going to be flooded with them soon."
"Shit. . ." BonBon muttered under his breath.
"Hey," Artie spoke up, "What're we gonna do with these two fuckheads?"
"Who gives a shit?" Renesmee said. "Let 'em fend for themselves."
BonBon looked at the chicken and fox on the ground, then at Renesmee. "We need to keep them safe."
"Who put you in charge?" Artie said.
"Me." The bunny stepped closer to Artie. "Those two know something. Especially her," He gestured to the chicken. "
"You're a real piece of work, you know that?"
"Artie," Renesmee spoke up once again. "Shut up and focus on what we're doing. We're gonna be Biter food if we don't hurry up."
"I'm not going to be bossed around by some fucking twelve year old!"
Renesmee and Artie looked at each other eye-to-eye. BonBon glanced at A.J., both of them looking uneasy and scared.
"Biters are on their way up here right now, Artie! Save your complaining for when we're safe!"
The bear shoved the fennec fox, "Don't fucking tell me what to do!"
"Dad!" A.J. screamed. "Don't hurt her!"
The fox and chicken on the ground slowly got up, noticeably hurt. While Artie had his back turned to face his son, Renesmee held her gun to the back of Artie's head.
BonBon moved towards Renesmee and reached his hand out, as if he could stop her. "Renesmee don't-!"
Before Artie could turn around, Renesmee pulled the trigger. A bullet shot through his skull with ease. Splotches, spurts, and gushes of blood pooled from his head. He fell to the ground, dead.
A.J. screamed in horror. He ran over to the limp body of his dad, falling to his knees. He put his hands on his head, still screaming. He couldn't believe his eyes, his face pale, filled with terror.
"RENESMEE!" BonBon shouted. "WHAT THE FUCK? WHY DID YOU DO THAT?"
"He was holding us back, BonBon!"
"SO YOU KILLED HIM?"
Renesmee exhaled, "Just get somewhere safe before those things get to us!"
BonBon looked at A.J., then at the fox and chicken, then back at Renesmee. "Not until they do first."
"BonBon, I'm not playing these games, get somewhere safe."
He stepped closer to Renesmee, "No. Not until they do first."
She growled and rubbed her temples, "BonBon. Listen to me this one time, please-"
"Or what? You'll shoot me too?"
Renesmee went silent, not expecting BonBon to say something like that. He looked her in the eyes, silent.
"Just. . ." She exhaled once again, "Hurry up."
With that said, BonBon turned around and went over to A.J. The bear was still on his knees, crying and bawling. BonBon put his hand on A.J.'s shoulder. He jumped, but steadied realizing it was BonBon. He continued to cry.
BonBon hugged him. A.J. hugged him back tightly, unable to do anything but bawl. Renesmee watched, not saying a thing. The fox and chicken watched everything unfold silently.
BonBon pushed A.J. off of him and grabbed his shoulders, "A.J., look at me."
He looked at BonBon, still teary eyed and sobbing.
"We need to get somewhere safe. Quick. I need you to calm down, at least for a few minutes. If we don't hurry up, you'll end up like your dad. Please, come with me."
A.J. grabbed BonBon and pulled him close, kissing him. He was caught off guard, but gladly kissed him back. Renesmee looked away, though she had a very small hint of satisfaction from guessing they would end up falling for each other. The other two in the room just watched, still in silence, though they looked a bit shocked.
The two pulled away from each other. A.J. wiped his eyes, though he still sniffled and had uneasy breathing. He nodded to BonBon and the two stood up. A.J. was obviously weak, but still stood.
Renesmee looked at the fox and chicken, "You two dickweeds ready to go?" They nodded in response. Renesmee looked back at BonBon and A.J., "You two go first. If you're up front then you'll be safest from the Biters."
BonBon grabbed A.J.'s paw and pulled him along as he headed for the door. He gripped his M9 just in case. The two went out the door and went for the stairs. Renesmee followed suit, gesturing for the fox and chicken to come as well. They did as instructed and followed, still silent.
As BonBon and A.J. entered the stairwell, the familiar sound of hungry walking corpses was heard from down below. Not far down either. BonBon put A.J. in front and pushed him forward,
"Go, go!"
The bear quickly hurried up the stairs, stumbling a bit. BonBon rushed behind him, followed by Renesmee, the fox, and the chicken.
They made their ways up the stairs, BonBon having to give A.J. a little push occasionally. He looked down the gap in the middle of the stairwell, seeing a horde of Biters going higher and higher up the stairs.
"Shit! Shit! A.J. hurry up!"
A.J. looked back at BonBon, slowing them down a bit, "I'm going as fast as I can. . .!"
"Okay, I'm sorry," BonBon said. "Just keep going!"
He looked back in front of him and continued up the stairwell. The chicken and fox kept saying things to each other, but kept quiet as to not let the others hear. Renesmee kept her ears up, trying to secretly eavesdrop on them, though didn't hear very much.
Finally they reached the top. A.J. went to turn the handle and open the door to the roof, but it wouldn't turn. He jiggled it, frantic. Nothing happened.
"I-It won't open!"
"Kick the fucking door open, then!" BonBon shouted.
A.J. kicked the door, only getting a hard thud with no luck. "OW! Shit that hurts!"
"Hey, you might want to hurry up, the Biters are almost here!" The fox called from the back.
"Move!" BonBon shoved A.J. aside and kicked the door with a great force, breaking it open.
Once it was open, they all funneled through. First BonBon, then A.J., Renesmee, the chicken, and the fox.
"So, uh. . .Where do we go from here, exactly?" BonBon asked.
"Um. . ." Renesmee looked around, "Shit."
"You didn't think this through?" The fox spoke up.
Renesmee turned to face the fox, "Oh, I'm sorry my thoughts are scrambled while I'm trying not to die."
BonBon looked around the roof for a way to a place with no Biters. What had happened? First there were no Biters at all, now they were all suddenly here?
A.J. went to the edge of the building, looking down at the streets below. He was still upset, he wanted to breakdown and cry, but he didn't. He remained standing, silent, trying to seem content. But he wasn't. No matter how he felt or what he tried to feel like, he did nothing but look over the edge.
While Renesmee and the fox fought, the chicken had her eyes fixated on BonBon. With everyone else distracted and looking away, she walked towards him. She looked like she was about to cry, like she'd just seen something she'd never thought she'd see.
"BonBon?" She said, her voice soft.
He turned to look at her. He took a step back, his grip on the M9 tightening. He didn't say anything, just stared at her.
"You wanted to know how I knew your name, right?"
BonBon nodded, refusing to talk to her.
"It's. . .It's because-"
She was interrupted by the sound of Biters making their way to the top of the stairs. Renesmee and the fox quickly ran to shut the door, but were too late. Just as they thought they got it closed to hold it shut, the horde of Biters pushed it back open. The two stumbled back and quickly moved away, Renesmee getting out her gun.
BonBon rushed over beside Renesmee, getting out his gun as well. They shot into the horde, keeping their distance from them. With only the two of them shooting bullets into and through the nightmare-worthy creatures, they were too outnumbered to kill them all. Nonetheless, they kept shooting. When one needed to reload, the other protected them.
"Find us a way out of here!" BonBon shouted.
A.J. and the fox were already trying to figure out how they could get away. The streets below were flooded with a sea of Biters, so they couldn't go down even if there was a safe way to get there.
The chicken did nothing but watch BonBon. She wanted to help him, but she was defenseless, what could she do?
The Biters grew closer and closer, forcing BonBon and Renesmee further and further away. They did their best to hold them off, but weren't doing good.
"Hurry the fuck up!" Renemsee screamed.
"Window! Broken window!" The fox shouted, "The. . .The building across from this one! There's a broken window! Someone can carefully get down and into there and help the followers!"
"Then what are you waiting for? A kiss goodbye? GO!" BonBon barked.
Without hesitation, the fox hopped off the roof. He pushed forwards towards the other building, grabbing onto the ledge of the windowsill. He pushed against the wall with his feet, scraping a few small pebbles from the brick off to fall down the alley and into the flood of ravenous cannibalistic walking corpses. He pulled himself up and used his feet to give him one last push of success.
He climbed inside then leaned back out the window, holding his arms out, "Next!"
A.J. proceeded to hop down. He grabbed onto the ledge. . .Then slipped.
Thankfully, the fox had grabbed his arms. He pulled the bear up and into the building.
"Th-Thank you." He said to the fox.
"No problem. . ." He leaned back out the window, "Who's coming next?"
The chicken spoke up, "BonBon should go next."
"The fuck-"
Renesmee cut off BonBon, "Yeah, let the kid go next."
"Wha- Hell no! One of you two go next!"
"BonBon, just fucking go!" Renesmee said, backing further from the crowd of Biters inching closer to them, pulling BonBon by his shirt to move back with her. The chicken backed up as well, sticking next to BonBon.
"I'm not jumping! One of you go first!" The rabbit shouted.
Before anyone else could say anything, the chicken moved around BonBon and shoved Renesmee off the roof.
She screamed as she fell, her life flashing before her eyes. It was true, you did see everything all at once before you died. But there was something missing. After the sudden flash of memories. It wasn't gone. Nor was she. The fox leaning out the window had barely grabbed her arm. She was pulled up to safety, just like A.J. was nearly a minute ago.
BonBon pointed his gun at the chicken, about to pull the trigger. She smacked the gun out of his hands and grabbed him by the shoulders, getting down on her knees. She looked him in the eyes,
"BonBon. . .Listen. . ."
He tried to kick her, but she shook and shoved him before he could swing. When he steadied, she looked him in the eyes once again. This time he looked back.
"I know your name. . .because-"
A pain filled shriek escaped from BonBon. He screamed over the sounds of all the Biters combined, the only thing heard by everyone was him. Not a single second of it didn't sound horrifying.
He had been bitten by a Biter.
Her face filled with fear, panic. Before anything else could happen, she picked him up and jumped off the building. Escaping the Biters.
Both of the foxes grabbed her and BonBon, quickly pulling them up and into the building. They struggled with the amount of weight they had to pull up, but they managed to succeed.
A.J. watched while staying out of their way. He was in complete disbelief, he was distraught. He wanted everything to crumble around him.
"NO! NO! H-He's okay! It's just a scratch! Right?! RIGHT?!" The chicken screamed in sadness and lunacy.
"WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?!" Renesmee exclaimed.
"HE NEEDED TO KNOW!"
"KNOW WHAT?!"
"THAT I'M HIS MOTHER!" Charlie screamed in Renesmee's face.
Renesmee was taken back by the statement, going silent. Effie was pacing around the room, bawling, his paws covering his mouth. A.J. was in tears, just starting, his jaw hanging open. BonBon lie unconscious on the ground. He wasn't one of them yet. But he would be soon. It was only a matter of time.
