"Come on Bro. I'm younger than you and less muscular. Keep up, Toothless."
Hiccup shouted while preparing to jump the next roof. They had been hoping on and roofs for over 30 minutes non-stop to avoid the undead creatures below plaguing the city streets.
Toothless was starting to become tired. Yet Hiccup was blazing through the rooftops. He shouted, "Shut up jackass."
Hiccup just smiled. There was always competition between them. Even during a zombie apocalypse. And according to Toothless, that's what it was.
The smell of sulfur wreaked though the city. They both hated it. It was an assault on their senses. Something they needed if they were going to survive this nightmare.
To them, Hell had no more room for them. Mankind will suffer, but they will be survivors.
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Nighttime fell on the household of the Winter sisters. The house was dead silent. The windows were covered in wooden planks, the door barricaded by the sofa and chairs. The top of the stairway was blocked by a wardrobe and two coat-hangers to prevent any further intrusion by undead and the living alike.
The two sisters shared the same room ever since this epidemic started. Both were sound asleep. Elsa slept with her father's trusted rifle and survival knife while Anna slept with a standard Glock 9mm caliber pistol their mother got her for her 18th birthday.
But only Elsa had a small amount of gun training from her Dad. None were prepared for this problem. And Elsa wasn't a Marksman; she didn't have the heart to shoot anyone or anything.
That night, Elsa had a dream.
"Elsa, your sister is dead. She's become one of the things ". A man shouted to her over the flames of a building.
"No, you're lying, Hans. It can't be. ", Elsa fell to the ground, thinking she failed to protect her only remaining family, failing to notice Hans raise a gun to her.
At that moment, everything stood still. Anna, with a bite mark on her arm, on the brink of death stood helplessly far away. Anna couldn't help. Both were going to both die.
But it seemed fate wouldn't allow it to happen. In a split second, the brain matter of Hans splatted all over the sidewalk, leaving nothing but the lower half of his head.
Elsa turned and looked up at the collapsing body and to hear two male voices. One voice soothed her.
That's when Elsa woke up, covered in sweat, ready to scream her sister's name.
She almost screamed but she quickly remembered her surroundings, Anna was okay, lightly snoring and her handgun right beside her. They were both safe and okay. There was no Hans or two men. Elsa quickly scuttled over to Anna, embracing her sleeping sister, never wanting lose her.
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With Hiccup and Toothless
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Evening came; the smoke was still visible behind them as they finally came to the edge of the city, the last safe rooftop. Then it would be a walk through the remaining streets to get to the countryside and the railroad tracks to a hidden place where Hiccup would always go. A forest area called Raven's Point. Nobody knew about it. To Hiccup, it was sacred.
The only problem was they would have to past a small town called Arenville. For them, that was the fastest way. It would take two days of walking get the place but Hiccup and Toothless were prepared.
Hiccup and Toothless both pulled out their knives at the last building rooftop and cautiously approached the door that would lead into the stairway that would take them to the bottom floor.
"Ready, Toothless"? Hiccup said with a smirk.
"Born half ready." Toothless remarked.
Hiccup slowly pulled open the door and walked into the building, the Sun was setting and they needed to get out of the city. Fast.
They slowly trekked down the descending stairway, encountering dead bodies, all with bite marks and scratches. Hiccup, remembering some movies and started driving his knife into every dead bodies head.
Toothless saw this but didn't question Hiccup. He just followed along. They slowly walked, not daring to go into the wings of the apartments. They thought that avoiding confrontation with others would be best. Especially with people now panicking and acting hysterical.
After 10 minutes of careful walking and head stabbing, they finally reached the lobby of the building. Empty, cold, Grey, and barren of any form of life. The stench of Death was stronger here.
They both needed to move, darkness would soon approach and they knew it would get worse.
Hiccup said, "Let's hurry. We've got one hour until compete darkness and we can't spend it in the open. Let's at least find a car, house, or anything secure."
Toothless agreed and they hurried off. Not waiting to find out the horrors of the night. Would they be safe? Can they survive? Will they all live?
Their only hope was to make their way to Arenville and find shelter along way. Then they would stay at Raven's Point.
Sometimes, it can't always be Survival Of The Fittest. Sometimes, Survival Of The Smartest can keep you alive…especially when the undead are hunting you.
Inside a plane. Above Berk.
Inside a Boeing 747, panic was spread amongst the passengers. The onboard TV showed news of New York, Berk, California and various other states in ruins. All were scared or in a frenzy to contact their loved ones.
The three pilots inside the cabin were also shocked and even fearful to put the plane down. The three pilots, Captain Astrid Hofferson , First Officer Trevor Reyes and Engineer Jorgenson .
They were also intent on listening to the news. They had lost contact with the other cities and now they were flying blind. Berk was the last city to respond saying , "The city is lost. Canada isn't letting anyone in past their borders and fences. They've already shot down 6 planes trying to land there. Go North, they say it's safer. This is my last message. I need to get to my family. Good Bye."
All three were clearly unsure of what to do. All three were also heartbroken for they all came from Berk. Captain Astrid was only thinking about her family. Were they safe? She knew her Dad owned a knife and sword store so she had a glimmer of hope. Her Mom passed away years ago leaving her and her Dad all alone in this world.
Trevor was also thinking of his Mom, he knew his Mom was smart and had plans for any emergencies yet he didn't know if she was ready for this kind of thing. This wasn't a natural disaster. He also wondered about his Dad, were they both safe ?
Scotty Jorgenson was acting like he was not afraid but in truth he was quaking in his boots. He always had a macho man attitude , also to impress the ladies and Captain Astrid. What about his Dad? Mom? And cousin Gustav? Were they all safe?
Captain Astrid spoke up to the two, "There's an abandoned military bunker and landing strip near Arenville, we have more than enough fuel and it's far away from whatever this thing is. "
They both checked the data and maps and sure enough it was there. They all input that data to the plane's computer and set course. Captain Astrid picked up the loudspeaker hesitantly and announced the change of plans.
Welcome to the Apocalypse .
