A/N : Well, here we are with the second chapter! Thanks for the reviews and submission, guys. This story wouldn't stay alive without you all!
Brace yourself. This is a VEEEEEEEEEEERRRRYYY LONG list of chars. Don't flame me for this. I need to get everything right.
I finished this in Word Pad. So, the Horizontal Line will be replaced by texts.
Characters (so far) :
1. Me
a. Anatoly "Grass" Levinski Prower [Fox]
2. ReaderWriterLoner
a. Mike [Hedgehog|Vampire/Demon (King of all of them!)]
3. Shadow's Party Girl 96
a. Chelsey [Hedgehog]
b. Starlight [Cat]
4. anything170
a. Don Anderson[Wolf|Vampire]
b. Ghost[Wolf|Vampire]
c. Cole[Wolf|Demon]
5. [NAMELESS ANONYMOUS]
a. Ryan "Fang"[HedgeWolf|WereVamp]
6. NEVERBACKDOWN7727 [Anonymous]
a. Wrath [Fox]
7. PhantoMNiGHT321
a. Typhoon [Hedgehog]
8. swiftshadow123
a. Reimaru [Fox|Demon]
0. SEGA (Sonic The Hedgehog)
a. Miles "Tails" Prower[Fox]
b. Cosmo [Seedrian]
c. Shadow [Hedgehog|Ultimate Lifeform]
d. Abraham Tower [Human] (In here, he'll be addressed as Samuel Abraham Tower)
Coming Soon Characters (so far, again) :
1. Izaackjl
a. Joseph Pierce R. Rose [Chipmunk]
b. Jonathan R. Rose [Chipmunk]
c. Isaac Smith R. Rose [Chipmunk]
2. Casino Nights [Anonymous]
a. Alex [Hedgehog]
3. PhantoMNiGHT321
a. Light [Wolf]
4. BlueAlpha54
a. Lacey Faldelt [Polar Bear]
b. Ordoz Telsoa [Wolf]
c. Zolva Telsoa [Wolf]
5. OSHUJAX
a. Vegeta [Hedgehog]
6. Gameking40
a. Ein [Echidna]
b. Kefka [Fox]
Disclaimer : I don't own anything I don't own.
Chapter 2 : Battle on the Streets.
Numerous of zombies started to pour inside. Most of them were ablaze due to the interior on fire. The survivors started shooting and hacking against the infecteds, killing each and every last of them. It didn't take long before a female zombie who drolls... acid... came over and spit on the wall.
The result was a burning pain as the group came to physical contact with it. "Stay away from those things! It's acidic!" warned Mike as the spit sizzler, creating smelly reaction smoke as the acid melted the surface and dissolved. "Shoot that spitting b*tch!".
It didn't take a while before the zombie died, creating a pool of acid on where it was. The zombies however, was completely unaffected by the acid as they kept swarming the cooped up survivors.
"Damn it. Air... Blow!" exclaimed Levinski, thrusting his crystal blue Machete and created a wave that throws the zombies against the wall.
"Flame Strike!" Don set an area on fire, incinerating several zombies. If then put his special gloves on and created a sword of flame, and started attacking the zombies, but if had trouble with the hazmat ones as they were fireproof. The wolf let his sword disappeared and used his claws instead. With one swipe, the infected was dead on the floor.
Suddenly, a black Mobian figure flew to the elevator, almost hitting Mike in the process. The brown hedgehog examined the Mobian, and recognized him as some line of hedgehog and wolf hybrid. He had blue highlights in his quills. He wore a blood-tattered bulletproof test and black jeans with a dark see t-shirt. His eyes were purple with flecks of red in a circle in both eyes.
And from the scent, Mike could tell that he was a vampire-werewolf hybrid.
"Hey, you alright, man?"
"T-t-tank!"
The hedgewolf pointed forward, right at a hulky zombie beast that somehow resembled an Echidna. It had massive muscles that makes everyone think it had steroids. Its head was small like normal people's. But its arms... and body... He only wore pants as the body was waaaay to big for it to wear any other clothes.
The zombie picked up a shelf and threw it on the elevator. Mike held the attack with his fist clenched forward. As both his fist and the shelf collided, the wooden furniture was obliterated, while Mike felt a bit numb for a second. "God, what the hell is this thing? What did he call it? A Tank?"
The others also noticed the 'Tank' and its superhuman strength. Ghost noticed a Striker equipped with ACOG right on the hedgewolf's back. He took it and pointed it at the beast. Several shells later, the infected was completely bloody, but was still alive. Its dirt was swung on Ghost, launching him to the ceiling.
Mike charged up his power. His bluish-gray eyes turned scarlet. His fangs and nails were sharpened and elongated. He dashed toward the zombie, baring his claws and fangs. But his effort only earned him a painful bitch-slap that sent him back to the elevator. That was when if felt something on his hand. He turned around, to see a jar filled with familiar green substance. He quickly recognized it as the zombie-attracting bile from the 'Boomer' thing. An idea popped on his head all in a sudden, "Levinski!"
The green fox in question turned armou while shoving a zombie, "Kinda busy here!"
"Guess I'll have to use it myself..."
Mike hurled the jar right on the Tank, covering it with Boomer bile. All attention was diverted toward the Tank. Without even thinking twice, as if they could even think anyway, the zombies lunged toward the beast and bit it without mercy. "Zombie pile!" shouted Mike as the infecteds started swarming their hulky comrade. Unfortunately, the comparison of Common Infecteds and a Tank is like ants and a tiger. They were soon sent flying all across the room, swayed like flies. The Tank was now on full page toward everything as it also attacked other infecteds. "Great! You just made that thing mad!"
Mike turned around, to see the hedgewolf had sat on the floor, still in pain. "Well, I half-expected it to attack itself. Turns out the bile only works against weaker ones" replied Mike.
"If you want to take it down, use fire"
"The beast are already on fire, and that doesn't slow it down. You ever net things like that?"
"Twice before, but this one is a lot more stubborn. It seems like it's turning our attacks into its rage, and eventually his power."
Levinski and Tails had approached the enraged beast. Tails lifted his twin up to make things easier with the room on fire, despite his protests.
"MILES! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE! I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO LIFT ME UP!"
Tails knew that if Lev has started calling him with his real name, that means he's really p**sed off. But it's either that, or him getting incinerated.
Eventually, they both landed behind the Tank, a little too close due to Levinski shaking himself off. "Don't you ever take me on a ride like that again..."
"Okay. I'll keep that in mind"
Levinski prepared his machete and started transferring his inner power on it. A transparent energy was formed in front of his machete. "Air WHIP!" The green fox slashed the Tank's back with the machete, which was now sharpened and elongated with his wind power. If repeatedly attacked the beast until it was full of blood.
He then held his machete high in the air as he prepared for the 30th strike. "SLASH!"
The Tank was thrown backward as the built-up wind energy collided with its back. Surprisingly enough, the Tank managed to get up and roared fiercefully.
But before it could do anything...
CRACK!
The unmistaken sound of broken bone could be heard as a grey Mobian figure appeared and had his fist connected with the Tank's spine. The beast fell dead with a loud thud.
It was a dark grey fox with three demonic tails flowing behind him. His eyes were red, as red as vampire's. His right arm and left leg were replaced by metal, with metal guard covering his mouth.
There was an awkward silence before the mysterious fox dashed toward the exit. "Hey! Wait up!" Tails called. But the fox was already gone. "Who's he?"
"I don't know. But I don't think he's intending to leave us that soon" replied Levinski.
The others soon approached both foxes, "What happened?" asked Don.
"Some guy just jumped in and finished the Echidna Tank for us" replied Levinski, "By the way, who are you?" he turned to the hedgewolf.
"Ryan, but people mostly call of Fang"
"Okay, Fang. Do you happen to know a three-tailed fox with red eyes and has metal body parts?"
"Er... no. Why?"
The vulpine just turned around, "We should go now. If we can find this 'Safe Room', then we might stand a chance against those rotten corpses."
They soon found a metal door at the exit. It was surprisingly wide open, and a shadowy figure could be seen there. "Guys, I think we found the room. And someone's there" said Mike
"Why is the door open?" asked Chelsey.
"Well, guess there's only one way to find out, huh?" replied Starlight.
The group entered the safe room. There the gray fox was, standing by the wall with his eyes wandering on the group.
The fox walked toward the door and closed it, "You did a good job fighting the Infecteds" he spoke.
"Thanks. And thanks for saving us" said Tails.
"Echidna Tanks are really nasty. They're a lot stronger than any other kind of Tanks"
"Of course, my twin-tailed little friend. I've dealt with this kind of disaster before. It didn't go anywhere out to the city before, but I guess someone's being careless"
Everyone was surprised to hear this. But before they could say anything, an emerald green hedgehog walked downstairs. He had golden eyes, long hair-like quills that reached his waist with a bang-like quill in is face that stops at his chin. He wore black shoes with a white stripe going vertically down the middle. He also had an long gray jacket which was open, and a pair of white gloves with black rings around them.
"Another survivors, Wrath?" the hedgehog asked.
"Yup, and seems like a tough group, Typhoon" replied the fox.
"Well, okay. Name's Typhoon. My friend and I are searching for other survivors who might've been left for dead here. Unfortunately the exit was blocked by the Infecteds and we couldn't find a way out by ourselves, not with lack of weapons. So we waited in the Safe Room, taking turns to search inside the building"
"Um, actually we just started this routine, so I guess the last part wasn't exactly true." Wrath then looked at the group, "So, mind telling you your names?"
"Mike"
"Chelsey"
"Starlight"
"Cole"
"Don"
"Miles, but call me Tails"
"Cosmo"
"Ghost"
"Levinski"
"Ryan, but people call me Fang"
"Well, my name's Wrath. I used to be a scientist, until they experimented on me, resulting there... body parts and tails. GUN imprisoned me, claiming I was insane, but luckily Typhoon here knows about the experiment and broke me out"
"It's cool man. Considering I'm also used by GUN, I think I need to do something"
"Always hated corrupted authorities..." muttered Levinski, "Reminds me of how Gorge almost suck Atlantis III inside that black hole. Well, that is one-way trip to NEG prison moon"
"What's an NEG?" asked Typhoon.
"It's... complicated, but well, what matters now is for us to get out of here. Where do you think we should go?"
"Well, we passed a mall to get here. I think that's the only way out. There are 2 Safe Rooms inside the building, probably more if I missed some. There's also a nearby gunshop according to the map. A good place to get real weapons for real actions."
"Okay, then! Let's go!" Mike exclaimed.
"Now? But we still need to rest!" said Levinski.
"The sooner we get out, the better. We better go before the light's out"
"Is it safe for you to get out in the open? What about sunlight?" asked Typhoon, "In all movies I've ever seen, vampires can be killed by sunlight."
"Eh, it's pretty cloudy and foggy out there. It'll be safe enough for a while, but how did you know I'm a vampire?"
"Wrath is a good observer"
"Okay then! Let's go!" said Wrath.
"Yeah, that's a good idea." said Cole.
"I'm with him." Ryan spoke.
"Me too"
Everyone, except for Levinski, went to the red metal door and opened it, preparing to leave.
"Well, bye Grass" said Starlight as she closed the door again.
"But... we should... OH, for crying out loud!" The green fox stomped toward the door angrily and opened it, only to erase the 'safe' part from the word 'Safe Room'. A zombie with one hulky arm charged onyo him and hitting him on his chest with its shoullder.
"CHARGER GOT THE GREEN FOX!"
"GRASS"
The grass green vulpine couldn't do anything as the 'Charger' started pummeling him on the ground. He could feel his airway being cut as his body was squeezed on the floor. Luckily for him, Ryan came to his aid as he thrusted his katana on the zombie, stabbing it on its chest. Levinski was dropped on the ground, still in pain, "T-thanks comrade. That thing was really nasty..."
"Tell me about it. It's good that only one of its arms was mutated. If it had been both, the guy could become Tank's substitute."
Meanwhile outside, the group was being swarmed after Ghost accidentally bumped on a car rather hardly, starting its alarm and at the same time, called in a massive horde of zombies. As the zombies were amassing, Wrath pulled something from his bag.
A pipe bomb.
He activated the bomb and threw it away. As the bomb beeped, the zombies were attracted by its high frequency sound that they began to race toward the bomb, safe the Special Infecteds. As the time passed, the bomb ticked even faster, and more zombies came racing to their impeding doom.
KA-BOOM! (A/N : Whoa, that rhymed...)
The Infecteds were thrown away and fell in a zombie rainstorm. Some even hit the Special Infecteds. A Boomer was hit by 5 zombies, and exploded as its extra large stomach was squeezed on the ground. A Hunter was buried in a pile of zombies, trapping it on the ground and was then rained by bullets coming from Mike's UMP 45 he acquired from the Safe Room.
"Well, that's the last o them," Typhoon said after sending a Smoker colliding against the wall with his wind powers.
"Wait, you guys hear that?" Everyone soon understood what Chelsey was referring to. A loud familiar roar could be heard not far from the place, followed by some gun blazing and a sound of flame.
"Someone's fighting a Tank" said Cole.
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A red furred Echidna Tank (A/N : Not Knuckles, mind you) was fighting a black hedgehog with red stripe across his head and rings on his wrists. "Where the hell are..." but before he cold finish the sentence, the Tank threw a pole at him, as if it was a spear. The hedgehog barely dodged the debris, missing it by ten centimeters. "Think you can defeat me? The Ultimate Lifeform? You're nothing but a brainless beast! Chaos Spear!"
The attack didn't even make the Special Infected flinch, but it did make it mad as hell. It charged all its way toward the hedgehog, only to have him Chaos Controlling out of the way, just right behind it.
But before he could land a counter-strike...
"Hey! You rodent!"
The black hedgehog lost his balance as he was in the air when the voice distracted him. He hit the pavement rather painfully. The self-proclaimed 'Ultimate Lifeform' turned to a Caucasian-skinned man who had a brown eye and green eye. He was holding an RPG launcher, "Took you long enough, Samuel!"
"That's Commander Tower for you, Agent Shadow! And rocket launchers don't exactly grow on trees! Where's that demon fox, anyway?"
"You mean Reimaru? I don't..."
"HEY! GET OFF ME YOU INSOLENT UNDEAD HUMPER! I'M GOING TO TEACH YOU SOME MANNERS!" An orange fox was being ridden by a monkey Jockey. He had black tipped ears and a bushy orange tail with a red tip. His yellow eyes were wandering as his body was being steered to walls, wreckages, and even some trees. His red hooded jacket was a mess while his trousers and black trainers had some scratches.
Shadow and Samuel watched as the fox struggled to break free from the grasp of the Jockey, "You know... it ain't right being ridden like that..."
"You got that right, rodent..." Samuel looked back at the Tank, "Well, let's take out the Tank first..."
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The group also watched as the Jockey rode on Reimaru, who was launching a flame projectile upward with his pyrokinesis power, barely missing the Infected. "Hey, isn't that Rei?" said Mike.
"You know that guy?" asked Typhoon.
"Yeah, the most feared Kyuubi in the world, or at least, a long time ago. Now look how..."
"Er... aren't we going to save him? I mean, it seems our Kyuubi friend has some... trouble with that... er... Jockey thing."
"Anyone got a sniper rifle?" As the answer, Wrath stepped forward and pulled out a Barrett .50 Cal Sniper Rifle and took an aim on the Jockey. With one precise shot, the zombie lost its head, literally, and fell from Reimaru's back. The fox looked around for his savior, until he caught a glimpse on the smoke coming from the rifle's barrel.
Reimaru's eyes then landed on Mike. His yellow eyes were widened as a toothy (fanged) grin was formed on the hedgehog's mouth, "You..."
"Heeey, Rei. How's life treating ya?"
"YOU!"
"Come on, Rei. 500 years and that's all you can say? What happened to your vocabularies?"
"YOU'RE DEAD!"
The fox threw a huge wave of flame, almost hitting the others. But Mike just blocked it with a wave of his hand, "Ha, ha. You're really good at scaring people, huh?"
The other then realized that Mike didn't block the attack at all, but it was Reimaru who made his own attack just in front of the hedgehog. "You owe me big for that little stunt of yours!"
"Come on, Rei! I thought you love jokes! What happened to your sense of humor, my friend?" The fox's glare became even more dangerous. Mike then sighed, "Okay, how can I pay you?"
"Souls. You know that, don't you?"
"Afraid you're gonna say that. How much?"
The fox's face was right in front of him. It took him several seconds before he bellowed on Mike's face, spraying some saliva on it.
"IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAND!"
"WHAAAT? NINE THOUSAND?"
That was when Reimaru laughed his ass off. Mike narrowed his eyes, "It is a joke, huh?"
"And you... actually fell for it! The oldest trick in the book!"
"So, does that mean my debt is repaid in full?"
"Well... as long as you help me get out from this whole mess. Not a hard request, don't you think?"
"Ooookay, but don't get any ideas of pulling off your one of your sadistic jokes. You brought anyone else?"
"A pathetic human and an 'Ultimate Lifeform'"
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"...BLAST!"
Shadow just Chaos Blasted the Tank that stood just a centimeter before him. It was a miracle that the body stayed intact, although the brain, if the guy still had a properly working one, couldn't take it anymore, after being hit by 2 Chaos Blasts, 15 RPG rockets, 300 Chaos Spears, and Chaos knows how much bullets both Shadow and Samuel had spent against the Tank. "Phew..." said Shadow as the Tank fell on the ground, dead.
"Took the word right out of my mouth, hedgehog..." the Commander spoke.
Suddenly, Samuel's back was being tapped, causing him to panic. He pulled out a frying pan from his belt and swung it backward. With a loud ringing sound, it collided on a fleshy thing.
That fleshy thing happened to be Reimaru's face.
The Kyuubi fox was knocked out cold as the massive force of the (sacred) frying pan (of doom) struck his nose. Shadow looked at the pan, "Isn't that Hikari's frying pan?" he muttered.
"Now I know why she always bring this thing with her," said Commander Tower, "Oh boy! I gotta get myself one of these someday!"
Shadow sweatdropped as the commander did a small victory dance, probably unaware of the little friendly fire he caused against the demon fox. Suddenly he heard some footsteps. He turned to see a large group of Mobian survivors. The funny thing was, Shadow happened to know them all.
"Hey, Shadow! Glad to see you alive!" called Typhoon, "But why is Commander Tower with you? Don't you two hate each others?"
"Long story..."
Mike spotted Samuel, and then his frying pan, and finally Reimaru. Didn't take him a long time before he realized what had just happened, "Ha, ha, ha! And you called him pathetic Rei!"
"Okay!" Reimaru's eyes shot open, "I was just playing dead!"
"Uh-huh, sure..."
"Hey, Mike. Long time no see..." said Shadow.
"Good to see you, Shadster. Too bad we meet this way. How's your immortal life treating you?"
"Hmph, fine. But I'm curious. You have the fox-boy with you. And that kitty too."
"You mean, Tails and Starlight? Yeah."
"Then where's that green fox? Where's Ana..."
"Hey! You call me 'Anatoly' one more time and I'm gonna shoot your brain and pop it up, you Ultimate Asshole!" Shadow turned around to see Levinski being carried by Ryan on his back, and was then dropped on the ground.
"Looks like few things didn't change..."
Levinski glared at the ebony hedgehog. His eyes were almost red now, "Didn't know you observe me a lot"
"I didn't. You're not that hard to learn, you know?"
The fox just let out a 'Hmph!', slightly copying Shadow's facial expression. He then walked away. "You see anyone else, Mike?" asked Shadow to Mike.
"No, and I guess you also didn't. So, you know any nearby gunshop here? Wrath said there's one"
"According to the map. It's best if we split up to several groups. We'll meet up in one hour, same place"
"Sounds like a plan. You heard the guy, let's move!"
Everyone nodded and went with their own group. Only Samuel was a little bit pissed off, "Hey you rodent! Who died and put you in charge?"
A/N : Phew. That wrapped this chapter up. Review please.
And yes, I just referenced you stories, Swift.