Okay, first things first, they are zombies. Well, unlike other examples, they're not DEAD per se, but they're infected. If they were dead, it'd be a whole different story...
Anyways...
Guest: Just read the above.
ErinMilne: Yeah, that was the intended reaction.
Satsui no Hado Ryu: Thank you.
The 379th Hero: I guess.
PotterPhantomKitten: Yeah, you're catching on!
I am a burglar: Good, we can agree on something.
Antha1: They... are... zombies.
Korrasami 88: Eh, it'll be explained.
Drunken Hamster: Let's find out.
The Batista: Good luck.
Bill and Jill spent the next hour or so sneaking through the city in the afternoon. It would've been hard, as hundreds of infected people walked around the city at all times, but lucky for the couple, they had very short attention spans, so they were easy to outmaneuver.
The two pressed themselves against the wall of a hospital, peaking out the edge to see if the coast was clear. Unexpectedly, an infected dressed as a police officer burst out of a doughnut shop. The two immediately got down as the man turned in their direction, then turned the other way and shambled off.
Inside Bill's mind, Fear whispered, "No sick child should be worth this."
"We have to do it... for Riley," Anger said with courage. "We'll just have to hope we make it out of here safe and get back to HQ as soon as possible."
"No sick child should be worth this," Bill had been muttering for the past minute, even when Jill broke down the door to the hospital.
"Come on, Grandpa, at this rate we'll be back to HQ by Twilight," She joked, trying to lighten the mood. Bill, however, wasn't in the mood for jokes at such a dire time.
"Let's just get the supplies and leave," He whispered as they snuck into the hospital. The area seemed surprisingly vacant. The two would've expected the hospital of all places to be crawling with infected people.
The two began to rummage through the building for some medicines and anti-biotics. The two weren't surgeons, so they had a hard time figuring out which they should take.
"Needles, no... diagnostics, yes... BMET, maybe..." Jill mumbled to herself, tossing some useless vials to the floor. Unfortunately, they clanked rather loudly onto the ground, and the two immediately froze, wondering if anyone had heard anything.
For a moment, all was silent. All the two could hear were their own heartbeats. After a tense silence, the two resumed their work.
Then, Bill accidentally flicked a syringe onto the floor.
At a upper section of the building, Noose woke up from the hospital bed with a start.
"Did you hear that?" Noose's nerve asked from the barely functioning control panel, having pulled a lever to wake Noose up. The other emotions woke up from their sleep.
"It sounded like a... glass broke or something?" Pixie mumbled.
Brick slammed his fist on the control panel. "I hate it when I'm woken up!" He shouted, agitated. "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!"
"Maybe a Freak is here?" Nerve suggested. "We have to sound the alarm!"
The other emotions instantly started shouting, "No! No! No! No! NO!"
Before they could stop him, Nerve pulled a lever, and Noose sprang up, grabbed a Plague Zone novel, and hurled it through a window. It crashed through the glass windowsill and crashed onto the road below, alerting several infected citizens.
They turned to the hospital, stared at the open door, and immediately began to shamble inside.
Among them was Yellowjacket.
"...Did they just sound an alarm?" Jill asked, having heard the window crash.
"Let's not stay to find out," Bill said as he shoved the last of the supplies into the bag. "We have to move. Now!"
The two of them began to head to the door, but stopped when they heard the sound of infected citizens beginning to shamble inside. Jill mouthed a swear word, and the two began to head in the opposite direction, hoping there would be some alternative escape route.
They stopped at a dark hallway when they barely made out the silhouette of a young girl, probably five or six, at the end of the hallway. The figure faced them, not moving. Then, for a moment, the lights flickered on, and the couple saw the dead eyes of an infected girl.
"Don't... make... a sound," Bill whispered to his wife. The girl stared at the two curiously, when suddenly the door open to reveal Noose.
Instantly, the girl shouting at the top of her lungs. Noose snapped his head over to the couple, forcing them to sprint ahead, shoving past the girl. Noose ran after them, but he had a hard time keeping up, as he was out of shape and not very athletic.
"Come on, I know an emergency exit down the hall!" Bill said, dragging his wife down the hallway at a fast pace. They were stopped in their tracks when a tall man blocked their way, growling at them. After a brief pause, Jill whipped out a handgun and shot the man in the knee, and he went down like a shack of bricks.
The two stepped over the man, and continued down the hallway when a woman came shrieking at them. Without a second thought, Bill jammed his fist into her face, sending her onto her back on the floor.
After turning another hallway, a shifty looking man blocked their way. Jill reached into her back, and pulled out a Playboy magazine.
"Here, catch!" She shouted, throwing it at him. The infected man grabbed the magazine, and curiously stared at the cover. He flipped a few pages in, and whispered sensually, "Oh, my..."
Jill and Bill took the opportunity to race through an emergency exit and outside a hospital. They lay on the door, trying to catch their breath after such a narrow escape.
"I love you..." The two said to one another, and they shared a kiss. They were interrupted by a pierce shriek, and a young girl darted out of the darkness towards them. Bill and Jill sidestepped out of the way, and the girl face-planted into the door. She slumped onto the ground, dazed from the blow.
"We have to get out of here," Bill said, staring down at the girl, but as they turned to leave, Jill said, "Wait..."
"What do you mean?" Bill asked, wondering if his wife had lost her mind. "More of them are coming."
"Look at her," Jill said, feeling the girl's face with her hand.
"Honey, don't... touch..." Bill stopped when he started to stare at the girl hard. Slowly, he began to recognize the girl's features.
"Oh my gosh, honey. It's Riley!"
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