Every second mattered. Every minute wasted could be the factor that decided who lived and who died. Perhaps they would reach them in time, perhaps not. After a short eerie silence Fox had thrown his head into a confused and also conflicted shake as everyone stared at him intensely. He kept deciding one decision and then changing it over and over again. Why he was put into a position of leadership and authority he didn't know, or at least no one else was being looked up to make decisions that would decide their fates. This decision was going to make or break them, continue or cease their young lives that have a chance at ending right here and now. As they prepared to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, Fox clenched his eyes as he first spoke.
"We can't leave the girls on their own while they were thrown into the most populated part of the school, and with nothing to defend themselves" As Bill's expression lightened up, Krystal only hardened. Fox continued on opening his eyes. "We have to put our faith and trust into Slippy's ingenuity and resourcefulness to keep them alive." Fox stepped up to the blue vixen as she only gave a hard glare.
"Slippy is going to have to hold out."
"You better be right about this Fox." She gave back in an angered tone, "We need Slippy's advanced intellect to survive this."
"I know." Fox only nodded as they swallowed hard, "Believe in him." He looked to all his friends who put their faith in him, just as they would have to put their faith in Slippy to hold out until they could double back and reach the amphibian. He could see the very real fear in all their eyes, he himself was scared shitless. But he had to be strong, strong for now only himself but his friends. Their lives were in his hands of reasoning and judgment.
Fox gave the command. "Bill stay close to me as you and I will clear the front. Krystal and Fara keep the sides free of threats. Falco watch our six."
"Okay."
"Right."
"Will do." The vulpine took head of the group as he gripped his metal bad tightly, looking down as it was still dripping with the blood of just one of many of these hellish beings in the building.
Fox steeled his nerves as he began to run. "Let's go!"
X
Katt, Fay, and Miyu kept on running and running, no matter which direction they ran they were cut off from the dead everywhere, they were just lucky there were multiple floors of classrooms on this side of the building as they ran to the second floor. Although it was filled with fleeing students there were no signs of the infected. The three girls ran into the large room that was the art classroom and immediately shut the door behind them locking it. As the feline tried to catch her breath she knew this door wouldn't hold them for long. As appointed leader of survival she had to think of a way to get out of the building but everywhere they went to try and escape they were cut off from the dead. She looked to the two other girls as they held one another, trying to hold back tears as they were scarred out of their minds. They looked to her, pleading and begging for a way out.
It was at this moment Katt noticed they were not the only people in the classroom. Over a dozen beings occupied the room as some gave her terrified looks while others gathered in the corner balling their eyes out. A few others tried to silence those crying and soothe them from attracting attention from the dead.
"Y-you got in?" The brown furred vulpine who was shorter than her got out stuttering.
"The door wasn't locked you fucking moron." Katt gave back harshly as she looked to the room. This was a class devised of lower classman, those younger and probably more fearful. The same vulpine quickly ran to the second entrance of the class on the opposite side to make sure it was lock, it wasn't as he secured the bolt.
Katt stepped to the group of students as she spoke. "Why are you all hold up in this room?"
"We can't escape." The same vulpine gave her an answer with terror filled eyes, "The floor below is filled with those things."
"We're all going to die…" A vixen crying in the corner let out quietly yet audible enough for everyone to hear. With that statement all of the student's eyes' went even wider. Some tried to be optimistic, try to keep hope yet their hope was shattered so easily with five simple words. "Why…Why is this happening to us!?"
"I don't want to die!"
"Makers please help us!" One by one the students began to crumble and break down in tears as Katt looked all around. Her heart rate sped up as she began to panic at just how dire the situation was. It would be easy to give up hope, their fates seem sealed as the situation grew more hopeless. The feline looked to her two friends behind her as they couldn't hold back the tears anymore. Death was coming for them, it was a fact. Unless they do something here and now it will claim them.
Katt stepped up as she tried to rally them together. "Those things are coming for us. There's too many of us to run through the halls some will get caught and die. We have to put up a fight and hold our ground or it's all over for us."
"How do you expect us to do that?"
"Let's take a look around, there's got to be something in here we can use!" As they all looked to her did she know she was their beacon of hope, of faith if they wanted to continue on living and not an empty shell of a soul. Some got up on their feet but it wasn't many. "Move the cabinets block the doors!" As Katt gave the order did the students on their feet quickly move. They moved the large crude white cabinets in front of the two doorways to try and halt the dead's advance in the room. As the same white vulpine was about to completely cover the door did a vixen with red fur press her face against the glass screen. Her eyes were wide as she only shook her head.
"No. No! Let me in! Let me in!" She fiddled with the lock and banged on the glass as she begged to be let into the room, as the dead were slowly but surely closing in on her from all angles. At first the boy was stunned in fear, but he soon came to his senses. He would never forgive himself, but he wanted to live. His life was more valuable than her's at this moment.
"I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I'm sorry!"
"Please Jack! I love you! Please let me in!" She pleaded but to no avail. She was suddenly yanked from the window as that was the final time he would see her for who she was. The dead quickly swarmed her entirely as she screamed at the top of her lungs, the pain and agony of being torn apart bit by bit would forever scar the young man's life. He clenched his eyes as he began to cry, and finished pushing the cabinet in front of the door minus a small crack. Katt pushed him to the side so she could see through the small opening as her mind was completely blown. She saw the few beings devouring the girl, but behind them was an army of dead walking toward their position. Dozens and dozens of zombies came for a bite as that girl's screaming rang the dinner bell.
Katt back away in fear as her body trembled and her leg's went numb. She tried to think of what they could do, but those doors wouldn't hold forever and once they got in it's all over for them. Katt quickly ran to the other door as a few zombies were now there but nothing in comparison to the numbers on the opposite side. She didn't know what to do. Should they try and make a break for it? Or was staying in one spot to fight the better way to go? Surely they couldn't run forever, and there was bound to be more of them as they tried to escape. But it would only be a matter of time before they would be overwhelmed in the classroom and torn apart alive.
There was a large number of students in the room, but far more undead ones barely separated by a frail wooden doorway and a makeshift gate of cabinets. If Katt wanted to fight she would need the aid of the other students, but if she wanted to die she would have to leave them to die. She had a hard time walking the path of right and wrong, but time was running out.
"Search the room for anything that could be used as a weapon!" She gave the order and this time everybody got up to quickly search for tools to use. Now seeing and hearing exactly what would happen to them if they just sat there and did nothing, they were all determined to stay alive knowing what other fate awaited them. There wasn't much to go around. One student found the storage of small knives used to cut clay chunks apart. They were small and somewhat dull, but better than nothing. Other students broke apart the few brooms in the room to get the sharp point out from the wooden broom heads to use as some sort of spear. Fay found an umbrella with quite the sharp pointed end, while Miyu stuck with her heavy textbook that proved to be effective. Hidden in between folders of the teacher's desk Katt found a long, sharp switch blade that she herself would use. Some students got creative and started breaking off the wooden doors of the cabinets and try and break them into pointed ends of broken wood, or break some of the finalized larger pieces of glass art to create glass knives. They had to use anything and everything.
By this time the dead were bashing against the door and the cabinets began to move with their force, catching everyone's attention as they backed away from the door.
"You five stand in a small area a few feet from the door! We have to keep the area we fight in small to avoid too many coming in at once!" Katt yelled as they listened to her order just standing there, awaiting the dead to come at them as many trembled in fear yet stood there bravely clutching whatever they could scavenge as weapons. Katt had them stand side by side in lines behind one another. The first five stood in front of six that stood in front of another five. Only two other students stood with the group of girls as they guarded the other door way. The male Siamese feline that stood near Katt began to piss himself as he was shaking uncontrollably. Another loud thud came from the opposite doorway as the barricade began to give, a few of the hands and arms of the dead reaching for those inside.
It was enough for him to abandon the rest and save himself. "Fuck this I'm out of here!" He quickly gave everything he had in one hard shove to knock over the makeshift barrier as he unlocked the door and bolted out. Katt stood more toward the center of the room as she couldn't stop him. Panic began to infiltrate the student's courage with the sudden departure of the male feline. Katt watched in horror as the doorway was broken free and the dead began to pour in, quickly grabbing their first victim as they tore into the student. The barrier and strategy didn't work as more began to pour in vast numbers that the students couldn't handle. The first line of defense was completely wiped out only taking a few zombies with them as the other students backed away, some running to save themselves.
Katt grabbed Fay as she realized how futile it was, "We have to get out of here!" She headed out the door as the two girls followed her to see the male Siamese on the ground, a zombie eating into him as it looked up to Katt. With no mercy she stabbed the knife straight into the skull of the flesh devourer and quickly pulled it out, blood spewing from the wound as the zombie fell over. They ran fast as Katt cut down a few more blocking their way, where they were going she didn't know, she could only hope and pray it was somewhere safe. As she started to descend down the stairs she could faintly here the cries of the same young vulpine who sacrificed his girlfriend to save himself.
"Don't leave us! Please!"
X
Luna led the two frogs into the wood shop room that was connected to the welding shop. It was empty of both zombies and living beings as they looked around. It seemed as though it was safe as they were totally alone. Screams of terror quickly caught their attention however as they walked toward the center of the room and peered outside. The large garage type door was wide open as they could see a few zombies devouring a being on the ground who was suddenly silenced.
"Luna get the door!" Slippy yelled out as he quickly ran to the bench that was covered with all sorts of tools that they could use to defend themselves.
"Right!" The she-wolf listened as she quickly ran for the door. As she grabbed the chains to start pulling the door down did a zombie approach her. Luna gave the dead bastard a hard kick in the gut as it easily stumbled and fell over on the ground. Luna yanked on the chain bringing the large door to the ground just as a zombie reached for her, its hand halfway over the door as it fiddled around for her. Luna stomped on the hand over and over again until she began to separate bone from being and the monster pulled away, leaving its two fingers as just a taste for Luna.
Slippy and Amanda quickly closed the door they came in shut as a few zombies moved toward them. They put their combine body weight against the door as the dead tried to push them back. Luna ran toward a large metal block as she dragged it to them, placing it up against the door as the two frogs still pushed against the bodies racking up against the door. After it was placed Luna grabbed a nearby crowbar and stuck it in between the latch slot as the three backed away. It would hold for a while but for how long they didn't know. The three looked toward one another as they tried to recuperate their breath.
"Nice work." Slippy gave to the two girls as he turned toward the workshop table. The two girls joined them as they were in luck, it was filled with all sorts of tools they could use at their disposal. Slippy gazed around as he saw nail guns and hand held power saws, wood saws and crowbars. He reached for a few things as he tried to think.
"Look around and see if you can find anything else." He called out to the two girls as they did as they were told and took a look in the huge room. Luna searched the welding shop as Amanda went into the wood works class. It was filled with all sorts of big machinery but there's no way they could use those. That's when it hit the pink frog, if she could find a body large enough to support the weight, and a power source and a way to rotate it, the 18 inch saw blade would be a great weapon to fight off the dead. The only question was how was she going to get the blade out and how would she construct it together?
Luna spotted the axe sealed behind glass that was meant for in case of fires, but she figured this was a hell of a bigger emergency than that. She reached for a nearby screwdriver as she broke the glass and grabbed the giant axe as her weapon. Luna grabbed the rest of what they could actually use, a few crowbars as she and Amanda met back up with Slippy at the giant welding table.
"Amanda I need you to drain the gas in the welding tanks and fill these glass bottles up with them." Slippy said to his girlfriend without even looking at her. There was over a dozen old fashioned glass bottles one of the students must have brought in to share a sugary beverage with their friends, they wouldn't be needing them anymore.
"What are we going to be doing with them?" Luna asked as she set what she found on the table.
"Molotov Cocktails. They're an ancient grenade type weapon that you manually light and throw. They're simple to make but are deadly." Slippy was diligent at work cutting boards and nail gun gas tank packs as Amanda excused herself. "Luna I need you to gather all the nails you can find, both in strips and singles."
"Okay." Luna ran toward the storage drawer finding large stockpiles of equipment. The three worked hard and fast, as Amanda drained the tank of what gas it had left did she have over a dozen filled glass bottles of gas. Luna kept coming back again and again with her arms filled with striped nails for the nail guns. Amanda began cutting fabric away from a grease free rag as she would stuff one end with the gas and leave the other exposed for when to light. Luna ran toward the wall and grabbed three utility belts that had many pockets and slots for horizontal shaped items to store on your waist. The two girls gave each belt six Molotov Cocktails as Slippy went on to explain next.
"For now fill up these empty cans with the spare nails or anything else you can find that's sharp."
"What are you going to do with those?"
"Shrapnel bombs." Slippy answered, almost finished with his new toy. "To complicated to explain right now just do it quickly." Luna did as she was told as Amanda looked around to what else she could find. She found a few students' backpacks that were abandoned on the floor as she ran to them and picked a few up. Amanda dumped their notebooks and papers on the floor as she went back to the table. As Luna was able to fill up six cans of spare nails was Slippy finally finished with what he was doing, he had attached a wooden stock to a nail gun to make it easier to steady and balance. He also attached the tanks and filled them with strips of nails. As he began to work on one for Amanda did the pink frog fill the bags up with extra crowbars and an extra bottle of gas to use for later if need be.
"I'll finish the bombs, Luna finish stocking up the belts then take one last look around." The wolf did as she was told, putting extra strips of nails in the front pockets of the utility belts. As she finished she put a pack and a belt together in pairs until all three were lined up. Each bag had two extra crowbars, each belt had strips of nails and Molotov bombs. Amanda finished the nail bombs as she carefully put them into the side slots of the belts. Luna took one last look around the room as she found a few rolls of duck tape and a few extra gas tanks for the nail guns and two bottles of water only. She put the supplies in the bag as she zipped them up. Just as Slippy finished the gun did he hand one to Amanda.
"I was able to attach sights for extra accuracy." Slippy finally looked toward Luna as realization poured into her face. "Luna we need you to be the frontline against the dead. We aren't as athletic as you and need to stay back. We will pick them off just focus on the ones directly in front of you." As Luna kept eye contact did she reach for the large axe she took from the wall. She didn't like it, she didn't like being a frontline distraction but what other choice did they have?
"Okay." She gave back as the trio put on their belts and their bags, the two frogs picking up the nail guns and the wolf her axe. They took one final look around the room, grabbing small things to put into their pockets for later. Slippy found a ring of keys that the teacher had left behind and grabbed them as they could be useful later. The three met back at the table as the girls held a questioned look.
"What should we do? Should we just stay in here or try and go out?" Amanda asked as Slippy pondered over their choices. Staying in here had proved to be somewhat safe and effective shelter from the dead. But they would eventually have to leave, and the longer they waited the more dead would pile up against them. Not only that their chances of finding anybody else alive in the school would get slimmer and slimmer in time.
"Should we wait until police or the army arrives?" Luna asked out loud.
"No." Slippy gave plainly. "This thing is a major crisis, the military or police isn't going to waste resources to save us. We are on our own." Those words rang loudly in the girls' mind. It's one thing to fight off until help arrived, but to be on their own forever seemed hopeless.
"We should go find everyone else." Luna suggested. "Some of them may still be alive and they could help us."
"Or they already left and got out themselves." Amanda intervened as she didn't know what to think of the situation. "We can't do that without knowing anything its too risky. They could all be dead for all we know."
"We need to leave." Slippy finally gave an answer as the two girls looked to him. "Things are only going to get worse over time, the longer we wait the worse the situation becomes. We have to try and leave while their numbers aren't completely dominating. We need to go and try to find Fox and the others."
"Why would we do that?"
"Because I know Fox wouldn't just abandon the others." Slippy gave a harsh look into Amanda's eyes, trying to be brave and sturdy. "He was in P.E. with a lot of them when this started, he probably grabbed the metal bats and is fighting their way through the school to find us or the others."
"If that's what you think is best…Then fine."
"We do this nice and easy." The three were suddenly interrupted as the main door into the welding room had been breached, and the dead began walking in. Luna stepped in front of the two frogs as they raised their makeshift guns and put their backs against the garage wall. They were slow, but there was already a dozen more heading their way and more coming in. As Luna reached for her lighter and a cocktail did Slippy intervene.
"Don't Luna!" He shouted at her as she stopped. "We don't know anything about them for all we know the noise is going to attract more. Destroy the brain cut off their heads and aim for that ultimately." Luna began to breath heavy as she quivered in fear. They got closer and closer as the two frogs still hadn't fired on them. They began to spread through the large room as Luna was outnumbered.
With no verbal cue Slippy and Amanda began to open fire on the dead, shooting two or three nails in their brains until they fell limp. They did as they said and shot the ones approaching from the sides and left two up for Luna to deal with. By building up her courage and steeling her nerves, Luna let out a loud battle cry as she sliced the first zombie's head clean off, and quickly raised her axe to chop the other zombie's down the top in the center, blood gushing and getting on the she-wolf's clothes and fur. Although they had brought down six many more were still pouring in.
"Reloading!" Slippy let out as he quickly ejected his empty nail strip and exchanged it with a fresh one. Amanda quickly followed having to do the same. They kept gunning down the flanks while Luna kept acting as executioner chopping off heads left and right. Tears strained from her eyes, she couldn't believe the horror she was committing. She didn't know if she was ever going to forget or forgive herself. She was still alive but the old Luna might as well have been dead, they would all have to adapt and change to stay alive.
X
Fox and friends finally reached the Eastern side of the school as it was as they feared. Zombies were everywhere and blood stained the walls and floors. The floors were littered with bodies of all kinds of beings. Fox noticed his surroundings as the zombies began to close in on them and the group each gave a bit of ground on all sides and fronts.
"Listen to me." Fox talked as he prepared himself mentally and physically. "When I give the word, we are going to run through. We can't stay in one spot to long we'll get pinned down. Cut the ones that matter and run." They all listened to his leadership and waited. As one got close to Fox did he swiftly smack it across the head, blood gushing toward the wall and the body joining the many on the floor.
"Run!" The group ran through the hall, cutting down all the ones that were close enough to swing at. It was a frenzy of blood and flying flesh as all the teens kept running, blood splashing all over them as they continued on. Many began to breath heavy and cry, they would never have thought this could occur in their lives. Fox barely dodged one zombified being lunging for him as he quickly side stepped and smashed its skull in. Fox would have kept running but noticed the being he hit was an officer. Fox quickly had an idea as he went into the office leaving the rest all dazed.
"Fox!"
"Just hold on one moment!" They did as he said and fought back the closest zombies coming for them. Fox grabbed the weapon still attached to the officer as he took off his belt and put it on himself. He quickly went through the desk and found a spare pistol and a few extra clips. The vulpine put it into the spare holster as he ran past the group, ducking their swinging and batted back a zombified vixen himself.
"Let's go!" They continued the pace as they went on running, desperately searching for their female friends.
X
Katt dragged the other two girls with her as she ran into the boy's bathroom, instantly closing the door. She ran the three of them into the biggest stall and locked the door. They had been running, barely ducking bloody hands and teeth filled with hair and flesh to get to where they are now. They couldn't keep running, they needed a plan but nothing was open. Miyu and Fay were completely out of breath as they broke down and the two began to cry and embrace one another. But before they could make a sound Katt silenced the both of them as she looked into their eyes.
"Shut your fucking mouths and keep it together!" She scolded them quietly. They both just nodded as she removed her hands. The halls were just full of those things now, running was soon going to be an empty attempt at life. They were still on the second floor of the classrooms as they couldn't go down below with that many swarming them. Perhaps it was time to count their minutes and give their final prayers.
"We should do it." Miyu spoke with tears in her eyes as she looked up to the feline. "We should kill ourselves and get it over with. It's better than being torn apart by those things!"
"We can't do that Miyu! We have to keep running and avoiding them. Someone else in the school is surely still alive! A teacher or a group of students, somebody!"
"Look around you Katt." This time Fay spoke she was on the suicidal band wagon. "Most of the school has been torn apart and are dead. The few people who are still alive are looking out for themselves. No one is coming to look for us."
"Falco is I know it."
"He may be dead too. Same with Bill and Fox…"
"Don't say such things!" Katt scolded them as tears escaped her eyes. "Maker's sake we can't just give in to our horror! We now have to fight to live! Don't give up and die on me!"
"You're right." Miyu agreed. "We do have to fight to live. But we're on borrowed time. I'd rather go quick then suffer at their hands."
"Stay with me dammit!" Unfortunately the girls' chatter had attracted a nearby group of dead, and they began to bang on the latched door to the entrance of the bathroom. Katt immediately ran to block the door with her bodyweight but alone she couldn't hold them for long. Miyu reached for Fay's knife as she held it to her throat, saying her final goodbyes and prayers.
"No!" Katt yelled as the lynx looked to her. "Don't die on me! Fight your fear and help me!" Katt was shoved away for a brief moment but kept her ground, but her strength was fading as theirs grew. Miyu debated for several moments, she wanted to give in, but if she was going to die she wanted to see the vulpine she loved one last time. She swallowed her fear and ran to the door, Fay following her as the three pushed back, holding out as long as they could from letting the dead inside.
X
The group had to halt for the time being as they were completely surrounded. This group blocking them from the stairs. Fox reached for a second bat as he held one in each hand, his training from Youth Slayers Court allowing him to handle the weight while still staying nimble and agile. They didn't break formation, allowing the zombies to line up one by one as they easily took him down. Fox took out many on his own as he was drenched in blood all over his clothes and body hair, both metal bats bleached red with blood.
"Let's go." They headed up the stairs at the very end they could see a large group of dead banging down a door to a bathroom.
"There's other survivors! It might be Fay!" Bill ran ahead as he broke formation, swinging at zombies in the halls to get them out of the way.
"Bill wait! Dammit." Fox let out a loud grunt as he ran to catch up with his friend. The others followed in pursuit, bashing in skulls and spilling more blood as they finally reached the group. Bill and Fox let the undead come to them, pulling their numbers away from the door one by one as Fara, Krystal, and Falco watched the backside from more coming.
On the inside however the three girls finally gave way as they quickly backed off with their backs against the wall. They prepared to defend themselves as a few got in and the smell of death was coming for them. Katt quickly the large trash can and chucked it at a group of them knocking two over. Fay stabbed one right in the skull as blood shot onto her face mixing in with her tears and grunts of despair. Miyu smacked one against the noggin hard with her heavy textbook that was for their health class, she had learned that if the brain takes too much trauma and bleeds it could just give out, and that's what she was hoping to do. Katt ran past the downed zombies as the two on their flanks died, and stabbed the first one right in the skull. As she was doing this however the second one grabbed her by the throat, trying to pull her down into biting distance.
Katt let out the loudest grunt of anger and fear as she defied against the idea of her body being a lunch for this hungry teen zombie. She kept her steady footing and posture using all her muscles to yank the knife out and stab it into the other teen. As the dead's arms flailed around violently did it take a moment for them to cease movement all together. As she removed the knife a gush of blood shot onto her face as she pulled away.
On the outside the back defense cleared all known threats from their end, and Fox and Bill took care of the last few zombies in the front. Bill bashed the final despicable being that was once a simple teen like himself in the knees forcing it into a downed position. He then let out all his anger and rage onto the beings skull, it practically exploding in a gush of blood. As they all took a look around did they breathe heavy and stay on alert. Finally all the known zombies had been cleared. Fox walked away as he looked to his other friends, everybody was covered in blood and had tears in their eyes. They weren't proud of what they did and could tell they were learning how to cope with this new pain and torment of a lifestyle. He wish he had the answers they sought, on how to escape this hellish nightmare. But sooner or later they would have to come to terms with this new life, this new world they were all apart of with no way out in sight.
Bill looked up to his love as the two met eye contact and exchanged small smiles. Fay had tears escaping her eyes, but instead of tears of sorrow and fear, they were tears of relief and even joy.
"Bill…"
"Fay…"
"Bill!" The poodle ran for her boyfriend and lover as he opened his arms awaiting her embrace. However sadly it was not as it should have been. This new world slowed down for just a second, one tiny moment since it had started. But that was all they needed to see to shake off this harsh shock of their new reality, that drove the realization of the rest of their lives would be. A few dead beings from the boys' bathroom of the opposite side sprung out of nowhere, all grabbing the canine's body as they dragged him to the ground. Everyone else stood there in shock and fear for a mere moment, until Bill's cries of pain and suffering brought them all back to this new world that they lived in.
"Bill! No!" Fay ran to her beloved being torn apart as Katt and Miyu held her back. She struggled desperately to break free as she cried out in torment to watch such a thing, to watch your love one be ripped from your arms. Fox and Falco ran past the girls as they bashed the skulls in of those ripping Bill apart and they all slumped to the ground by his side. After they had all died the two girls let Fay go as she ran to Bill's side. She let out her uncontrollable cries as she held his hand and overlooked what had happened.
In those few seconds Bill had several chunks of hair and flesh missing from his downed body. He struggled for breath as they ripped nearly a third of the flesh from his neck off. Fay could actually see his collarbone on his right side.
"No no no Bill…" Fay cried as he was still struggling. She looked back toward the vulpine breaking him out of his fearful shock. "Don't just stand there do something!" Fox rushed to Bill's side as he kneeled down to inspect the damage, but his friend had sustained a lot of damage. Fox didn't know what to do, why was the world like this now? Why was his friend torn apart before his eyes? Why did he do nothing to try and stop it and intervene? Fox breathed heavy as he began to cry.
"Fox." He looked over toward the canine who could hardly even speak. "I-I'm not going to make it."
"No Bill." He looked over toward the poodle that was the love of his life. They say until death do us part, and Bill was dying. He was on the last of his borrowed time, and it would soon be his time to depart. "You can't go. You can't die and leave me all alone!"
"I'm sorry." His voice was weakening, barely above a whisper. "I fought like hell to get to you."
"Please." She pleaded with the canine, but it wasn't of his own accord. The canine looked over to his vulpine friend probably for the last time. He reached out for him as he spoke, Fox taking his hand that was missing flesh into his own.
"I don't want to be one of them, please…Fox please kill me."
"No!" Fay argued but was taken back from Katt and Miyu. She struggled to break free but just couldn't. Bill slowly and with a great shake in his movements take off the promise ring Fay had given to him as it made it that much worse. The two girls let her go as she kneeled down and held out her hands.
"I love you. Always remember that." That was it, Fay broke down as Miyu dragged her away from his body. Once he died it wouldn't be long before he turned.
"I love you…" She called out to him as he gave a small smile. His breathing became more labor intensive as he looked back to the vulpine who had tears streaming down.
"I'm sorry Bill."
"It's not your fault…Fox I…I'm losing my vision…Please put me out of my misery." Fox didn't know if he had the guts to do it, unlike others he knew his weren't on the outside of his body, including Bill. He stood up as he handed out bat to Falco and looked back to everyone's faces. There wasn't a dry eye in the whole bunch of them. They were all bawling and letting their tears run down freely. They could never have imagined losing a friend, even in this cruel new world, you never know how little time you have left until it's too late. Fox only stood up as he tightly grasped the bat, so hard that his hands were getting moist with his own blood.
Bill gave Fox an approving nod as he shifted his gaze onto his beloved. He wanted her to be the last thing he saw before he died. Bill put on a small smile, it sapping away the last of his energy and soul as his vision began to darken, the shadow of death had come to claim Bill on Day 1. Fox let out a loud scream filled with rage, hatred, sadness, and regret as he swung his bat down. Blood splashed around them as Bill's lifeless body slumped to the ground. No one could speak for several moments, they just all looked to the canine's body as it would never move again from his own free will. They never would have guessed this would be the last day they would ever see their friend Bill Grey, alive and well again. Fox took off his white shirt stained in blood as he put it over the canine's broken face.
Fay quickly got up and grabbed the bat from his hand as she swung it hard into his stomach, knocking the air out of the vulpine and having him fall to the ground.
"Why did you do nothing!? Why did you let Bill Die!?" Fay was restrained by Katt and Miyu as Fox looked up to her face filled with anger for the vulpine. He didn't know how to think or how to react. He just continued to cry. As Fay received no answer she only turned away as she began to cry loudly into Miyu's chest as the two held each other tight. They all continued to cry for the departure of their beloved friend Bill Grey, the first of many to die in time in the group of friends.
In the real world life is cruel. Life plays favorite and it is not an equal life we all share. However although you cannot choose the reality life has thrown you into, you can choose how to react to your world and reality. Fox, Krystal, Falco, Fara, and all the others lived now in a new reality and world that was nothing of their old one. This new world would tear them apart one by one, Bill died today but he will not be alone, in time they will all join him on the other side.
This new life, new world was heartless and cruel. Fox and his friends would have to forsake the very feelings that makes them living beings, different from walking beings if they wished to not join them. But as Miyu had said, they were all now living on borrowed time. One day they will all join Bill and escape this new reality.
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Author's Notes
Yea I know…I KNOW! At least it's not dead right?
To be fair: I've updated High Reel Days twice, and Hit the Mark 3 times. Those two stories are higher priority but one is almost done.
Big decisions will ALWAYS be no farther apart than EVERY OTHER chapter. So you may get them back to back at the end, maybe a chapter later.
Regards – Zythxx
