Drunken Hamster: Guess you didn't have to wait long.

PotterPhantomKitten: I was hoping to apply some chemistry between the two, being husband and wife after all. And later on, chemistry between them and their daughter.

Js: Okay, you got it all right except for the part with Bill and Jill. They're looking for supplies, not the missing group.

Antha1: Come on, they wouldn't do that... the story would be over way too soon then.

The 379th Hero: Indeed it could...

Korrasami 88:... You don't know? He was introduced in three chapters ago.

Satsui no Hado Ryu: Thank you.

The Batista: Oh look... nobody died.

I am a burglar: Stop whom, exactly. Because Riley (ahem, Yellowjacket) has already been dealt with.


About an hour later, Bill and Jill found themselves riding a double-seated bicycle with an unconscious Riley resting on Jill's back. An hour ago, neither had even questioned taking the girl with her, but as they were nearing the apartment, they began to have second thoughts.

"Honey, what are we even doing?" Bill asked, suddenly stopping the bike. "We're riding a bike nearly half our size carrying our zombie daughter to an apartment full of people that shoot zombies for a living."

"Well, we couldn't just leave her!" Jill argued, reaching over to caress Riley's hair. "She's only thirteen, she can't take care of herself."

In her mind, however, Jill's emotions were having conflicting opinions on the matter at hand.

"We should totally have left her," Jill's Fear said. "She's only thirteen; she can take care of herself."

"We can't abandon her again, we're her mother," Sadness argued. "What kind of parent would that make us?"

"Ones with common sense!" Disgust butted in. "We love our Riley, but the moment she wakes up, we're at the top of her menu."

"But we love her, right?" Joy chimed in, hoping to ease the situation. "We can't just put a bullet in her head like we do the other zombies we come across. We're not monsters, after all."

The other emotions stared at Joy for a moment, then Sadness said, "Hey, who's controlling Jill?"

The emotions then realized that Jill had been staring mindlessly at a garbage can while the emotions had been bickering with each other. Suddenly, Bill shouted, "Hey, watch out!"

An infected man suddenly lunged at Jill, forcing the emotions to get back to the controls. Jill dodged out of the way, and she and Bill desperately dove towards a different building as dozens of infected citizens descended on them. They carried Riley with them.

"Okay, so we're taking Riley with us, no questions asked?" Jill asked, cradling Riley in her arms. Bill paused for a moment, hesitant for a moment, but upon receiving a begging look from his wife, nodded.

"Fine," He said, conceding.


The first thing Bill and Jill did was give Riley a bath. The two found it a rather awkward situation to give a thirteen year old a bath, much less a zombie, but it was much easier than they would've thought. They just dumped her in the bathtub (which they were amazed still worked) and turned the water on, then after ten minutes pulled her out and dried her up with a towel.

In the back of Bill's mind, he was wondering how Riley was managing to sleep through all of this. He pushed the thought away as he carried Riley to a bed.

Jill helped settle Riley down onto the bed. Now that things were quiet, the two took the moment to stare down at their daughter. Even though she was essentially a zombie, the two ignored that for the moment. Asleep, zombie Riley seemed almost as adorable as when she was normal. Bill let a tear slip out, as it had been nearly a year since the last time he'd seen his daughter.

Inside his mind, Fear noted, "You know, we should probably tie her to the bed in case she wakes up and... you know..."

Anger briefly snapped to attention, and said, "Fine. We don't want this to be a disaster."

Pulling out some duct tape, Bill taped Riley's wrists to the bed. Moments after he'd done this, the two heard Riley's breathing become heavier, followed by her eyes opening slightly.

Now that their zombified daughter was awake, Bill and Jill began to feel some worry now. The two backed away, wondering if Riley was going to lash out at them once she had fully regained consciousness.

Riley's eyes widened, and she stared at the two. However, neither Bill nor Jill saw murderous intent in her eyes.

If anything, the two saw terror.


"What's happening?" Nerve asked, shaking frigidly, at the control panel. The emotions had been knocked unconscious the moment Riley had collided with that wall nearly an hour ago, and now that they had awoken, they'd stirred Riley awake. But, they hadn't expected to be in the situation they were in.

The emotions soon noticed Bill and Jill in the room with them. "Gah!" Pixie shouted, jumping. "It's the Freaks!"

"Are they going to kill us?" Teardrop asked. "That's sad."

"We have to get out of here!" Brick suggested, and started beating on the control panel and pulling levers, anything to get Yellowjacket to struggle against her restraints. However, she was still weakened, so she could do little more than pull futilely against the tape.

After a moment, Pixie said, "Guys, we're stuck."

Brick turned in her direction. "No we're not. We're just... we're stuck."

The emotions stared blankly at each other. Then, Brick's head lit aflame, and he screamed in anger.

Meanwhile, Star began to stare hard at the two Freaks that stood in front of her. She couldn't help but think that she'd seen those two somewhere before.

As she did, nobody noticed the core memories in the dysfunctional circular tray begin to glow...


Bill and Jill stared blankly as Riley started screaming at the top of her lungs. She was making no attempt at fighting back at her restraints, so they had no idea why she was bothering to scream now.

"I'm beginning to think this was a bad idea," Bill whispered to himself. Jill meanwhile, cautiously approached her daughter, and rested her hand on her forehead.

"Hey, dear... ssh, we're here, it's okay," She whispered to sooth Riley. She only realized after she said those words how weird it was, given the situation. It did apparently seemed to ease Riley, as she stopped shouting.

Bill just stared at his wife and daughter, unsure what to make of the situation. Riley just stared up at the two now, looking like she was about to cry.

Then, she shocked them both by speaking.

"Who are you?" She asked, flinching as she spoke. Bill and Jill backed away, not knowing that zombies could ask such questions. They had heard the infected speak before, but it had always been things like, "Maul!" or "Ravage!" or "Oh, my..."

After struggling to find their words, Bill said, "...We're your dad and mom. Riley."

Riley stared hard at the two, trying to comprehend what they had just told her. Eventually, she responded.

"Who's Riley?" She asked. "My name is Yellowjacket."

Bill and Jill stared at her.

"...Oh, dear..." They both said in unison.


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