A Regular Outbreak
SEASON ONE: AMERICA'S DOWNFALL
Episode Two: Bad Circumstances
18th July, 2023, Early Morning, 2 Years after Gold Watch, 1 Month after Expert or Liar
Day 0, 20 Minutes before the 'Prologue'
Felix held a bag of groceries and pushed the door of his house open with his back. He walked in slowly and sat the bag of groceries on a nearby bench. The door shut behind him.
"Is that you, honey?" A voice asked, in the next room.
"Yeah." Felix replied, unpacking the groceries. The voice walked in, it was Felix's wife, which looked similar to Riley.
"How was work, honey?" Felix asked.
"Calm, not as busy as usual." She replied.
"That's good, dear, is Chris still at school?" Felix asked.
"Yeah, Oh! And I also grabbed the mail." Felix handed over a few letters to his wife.
"Bills, Bills…" She threw some of the letters into the bin beside her.
"Ah! Felix and Taylor Marsh, you've won four million dollars." Felix's wife read.
"Honey, it's a scam, read the rest of it." Felix said, opening the fridge.
"Thank you for entering this competition…um…" Taylor turned the envelope, searching for something.
"It doesn't say which competition." Taylor commented.
"And, there you go." Felix chuckled, emptying the bag of groceries into the fridge.
Taylor ripped the letter up.
"Meh." She shrugged and walked over to the couch.
"What's on TV?" She asked herself as she grabbed the remote.
"I'm gonna head upstairs." Felix said, walking out of the kitchen.
"Wait dear, do you mind taking out the trash?" Taylor asked.
"No problem." Felix walked over to the front door and grabbed the garbage can.
"Back in a sec." Felix said, walking outside. Taylor watcher her husband walk out and switched on the television.
"…I'll be back." The television spoke.
"Oh god…Terminator…" Taylor switched the channel.
"Civilians are urged to stay in their homes until the issue is dealt with." The television spoke.
"Say what?" Taylor asked, confused.
"The following areas have been affected; Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and Iowa." The television spoke.
"Jesus Christ…wait…Pennsylvania? That's where we are!" Taylor exclaimed. Felix walked in and stopped behind the couch.
"What's going on?" Felix asked.
"Watch." Taylor turned the volume up on the television.
"The infection is spreading at an alarming rate, so once again you're being advised to stay in your homes." The television spoke. Taylor switched off the television.
"Infection?" Taylor looked over at Felix.
"That doesn't sound good." Felix commented.
"Is it bad?" Taylor asked.
"Dunno, but…I guess we shouldn't take a risk." Felix rubbed his chin.
"What do you mean?" Taylor asked, confused.
"Grab some food out of the cupboards, and some water, we're going into the panic room." Felix stated.
"Oh…okay." Taylor stood up and walked into the kitchen.
A few seconds later, Taylor and Felix's son; Chris walked in.
"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" Chris shouted, as he entered.
"Chris, help us pack the panic room, there's something going on!" Felix shouted.
"What?" Chris asked, surprised.
"Just do it!" Taylor shouted.
"O-Okay…!" Chris walked into the kitchen.
3 Hours later, at the park.
It was pitch black in the bomb shelter, and it was silent. Rigby was cowering in one of the corners of the shelter, while Mordecai was comforting him. Skips was asleep close by, while HFG was floating beside the door of the shelter.
"We're all gonna die…" Rigby muttered.
"Now we won't." Mordecai sighed.
"For god's sake, we've been in here for hours!" HFG exclaimed.
"We know, but we can't go outside." Mordecai looked over at HFG.
"I don't hear anything, let's just go." HFG said, grabbing the door.
"Christ…Skips, wake up. We're leaving." Mordecai helped Rigby up.
"Oh…alright." Skips yawned and stood up.
Rigby ran to the door, and stood beside HFG.
"So eager." Mordecai rolled his eyes and walked over to the door with Skips. HFG placed his hands on the door and opened it.
"Ahh…fresh air." Rigby said, walking out with HFG. Mordecai and Skips followed them outside.
"Wow…what happened out here?" Mordecai asked, looking around.
The park was a wreck, the house was almost destroyed and there were no trees.
"Where is everyone?" Rigby asked.
"Not sure." Mordecai glanced at the house.
"Should we go back to the house?" HFG asked.
"I don't know…maybe." Skips glanced at the house.
"One question, those things that chased us, were they mutants, or zombies?" Rigby questioned.
"Dunno, it seemed like they were both mutants and zombies but…I can't be sure." Mordecai sighed.
"Wait, why don't we call Felix? Or Margaret or someone? And see if they're okay?" Mordecai asked.
"Meh." Rigby shrugged.
Mordecai pulled out his phone.
"Great, no service." Mordecai sighed.
"Well, what do we do?" Rigby asked.
"Should we…walk?" Rigby asked.
"Why don't we just have a look in the house, maybe we can use Benson's computer?" ordecai suggested.
"Good idea." Skips nodded. Mordecai, Rigby, Skips and HFG walked into the house and walked into the remains of the computer room.
"No computer." Skips stated.
"What!?" Mordecai exclaimed.
"No!" Rigby shouted.
Rigby walked out, while the other three stayed in the computer room.
"What happened to the computer?" Mordecai asked.
"Not sure, but it looks like it's been unplugged." HFG commented.
"Well, no shit!" Mordecai exclaimed.
"The military has closed off most of the eastern states of America, due to the infection spreading. The military have told us most of the towns in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Carolina have already been overthrown by the infection. We've also been told that the military have given up on helping those states, due to how many people are dead. We at Channel 1, say, that if anyone in those states is alive, may god be with you." The television spoke.
"What the?" Mordecai asked, walking into the living room.
"Dude! Did you hear that? They gave up!" Rigby exclaimed.
"Oh man." Mordecai sighed.
"What are we gonna do?" Skips asked.
"Not sure, if they've given up, that means we'll have to leave Pennsylvania." HFG explained.
"I don't want to leave this place." Mordecai sighed.
"None of us do." Skips shook his head.
Meanwhile, at Felix's house, he Chris and Taylor were still in the panic room.
"Well, I'm bored." Chris muttered.
"Same here." Felix sighed.
"Are we going to die here?" Taylor asked.
"W-Why would you ask that, dear?" Felix asked, shocked.
"The news broadcast said that there was an infection…doesn't that mean we're infected too?" Taylor asked.
"Wow. I can't believe you just said that." Felix said.
"Sorry." Taylor sighed.
"Don't worry, we're fine. We'll survive." Felix comforted her.
At the same time, in the state of New York, Micheal, his wife and son were in their car, driving away from New York.
"What is wrong with everyone, daddy?" Micheal's son asked.
"You tell him Carly, I'm trying to drive…" Micheal said, in an angry voice.
"Sean…um…people are just sick…okay? Just try not to worry about it." Micheal's Wife; Carly, turned around and looked at her son.
"Oh…okay…" Sean sighed.
"Micheal…we've been driving for ages, where are we even going?" Carly asked.
"Out of here." Micheal replied.
"Honey…Sean's scared, he needs some closure. Do we even have a plan?" Carly asked.
"I…I'm not sure…" Micheal sighed. Micheal looked back at the road and noticed something.
What the hell?" Micheal suddenly stopped the car.
"What is it?" Carly asked. "The military…?" Micheal gasped.
"They've closed off the border!" Carly exclaimed. Micheal got out of the car, with his wife and son and walked up to one of the military personnel.
"Um…excuse me sir, is it possible to cross the border...?" Micheal asked.
"Sorry sir, Pennsylvania has been emptied of survivors, there's nobody left and there's no reason to enter." The man answered.
"But…I've got friends…family in there." Micheal pleaded.
"Sorry sir, there's nobody left." The man lied. Micheal looked at his family, who were standing beside their car and sighed. He walked back to the car.
"Honey? What did they say?" Carly asked.
"He said…they're all dead." Micheal answered, getting into his car.
"What do you mean? Who?" Sean asked.
"Some…really close friends of mine." Micheal sighed.
"Sorry Micheal." Carly got into the car. Sean got into the car aswell.
"What now?" Sean asked. "I don't know son…we're stuck in New York." Micheal sighed.
2 Weeks Later
A/N; lots of shit went down between the eighteenth of July and the first of August, lots of people died and lots more turned into mutants. Thanks for reading.
In a small supermarket in the outskirts of Twin Peaks, Rigby gripped his fire-axe and snuck up behind a mutant.
"Remember to tread quietly…" Rigby thought to himself, as he used the fire-axe to decapitate the mutant.
"Nice." He said to himself.
"Good one, dude." Mordecai said, sneaking up behind his friend.
"Nice to see you, where were you?" Rigby asked.
"I went to get the painkillers, like you asked." Mordecai replied.
"Oh, sorry love." Rigby apologized.
"It's fine, dear. Now, did you manage to collect anything?" Mordecai asked.
"I managed to grab a few cans of beans, but since the looters came through, there isn't much left..." Rigby said, handing over the cans.
"Damn it, Twin Peaks is empty." Mordecai sighed.
"Sorry man." Rigby apologized.
"It's fine, let's just go back to our camp." Mordecai pat his friend on the back.
Meanwhile in the state of New York, Micheal, Carly and Sean were taking refuge in their car.
"We're trapped." Carly commented.
"The military are dead…New York is gone…there are walls…everywhere…we're trapped…" Carly continued.
"That's it, we're getting out of this shithole." Micheal growled.
"Dear, we can't. We're trapped." Carly said.
"Damn it!" Micheal cursed.
"Don't worry dad, we're gonna be fine." Sean smiled at his father.
"What would I do without you son…" Micheal turned around and smiled at his son.
"I can't let you guys live this life anymore! It's time we get the hell out of New York!" Micheal exclaimed.
"How? The military have set up blockades everywhere." Carly asked.
"Weren't they overthrown by the undead?" Micheal looked at his wife.
"Oh, shit. Good point." Carly chuckled.
"Let's go." Micheal turned on his car.
"I can't believe this piece of turd still works." Micheal chuckled and put the car in drive. Micheal drove the car towards the border and looked at the wall.
"We can drive through it, can't we?" Micheal asked. "Of course, its wood, dumbass." Sean commented.
"Sean!" Carly scolded. Micheal chuckled.
"Yep, he's our son alright...!" Micheal put the car into first gear and drove through the wooden barricade and down the road, having just entered Pennsylvania.
"Are we going to find your friends, daddy?" Sean asked.
"Yes son, yes we are." Micheal answered.
At the same time, Felix, Chris and his wife were eating alone in their house.
"We've been in here for god-knows how long, when can we leave?" Chris asked.
"When this clears up." Felix answered.
"Honey, the military has fallen, we're going to need to survive on our own." Taylor explained.
"Shit, your right." Felix sighed.
"Come on, let's grab our bags and get in our car. We can't stay in this town. I heard that there's a safe haven in California." Taylor answered.
"How did you know that?" Felix asked.
"Before the lines were cut, I had a friend that called me, telling me about the haven." Taylor replied.
"And you didn't think that was important enough to tell us earlier." Felix narrowed his eyes.
"Sorry honey." Taylor apologized.
"Let's just pack and go." Felix sighed and walked upstairs with his wife.
Meanwhile, Mordecai and Rigby were sitting in the destroyed living room of the park house.
"I'm so booooored." Rigby groaned.
"Yeah, I know man." Mordecai sighed.
"I miss the adventures we used to have. The times where we fought…the times we caused problems and then solved them…now it's just…well…shit." Rigby sighed.
"I miss everything." Mordecai sighed, aswell.
"I still can't believe Skips and HFG abandoned us." Mordecai growled.
"Yeah, assholes…they don't know what they're missing." Rigby sighed.
"Least we still have our bed." Mordecai said.
"Speakin' of bed, I'm gonna get some sleep." Rigby said, standing up.
"Can I come?" Mordecai asked.
"Sure, dear." Rigby said, walking up the stairs with his friend. Rigby opened the door to their room and let his friend in.
"Help me barricade the door again." Rigby said. Mordecai nodded and grabbed a dresser with Rigby and sat it against the door. Rigby took off his backpack and put it beside Mordecai's backpack at the end of the bed and jumped into bed.
Mordecai got into the bed and slipped under the covers with his friend.
"I miss this." Mordecai said.
"What?" Rigby asked.
"The fresh and passionate mood." Mordecai answered.
"Oh…well, you can't miss something that has been here the whole time." Rigby chuckled.
"You really need to stop reading those sappy romance novels." Mordecai chuckled and held his friend against his chest.
"Your feathers are like cotton." Rigby commented, softly.
"Romance novels!" Mordecai exclaimed.
"Sorry." Rigby chuckled.
"I love you." Mordecai looked down at his friend.
"I love you too." Rigby looked up at his friend and kissed him. Mordecai kissed him back and closed his eyes.
"Your safe with me, don't forget that." Mordecai said.
"I know man. I know." Rigby hugged his friend and closed his eyes. They fell asleep in each other's arms shortly after.
At the same time, Micheal and his family were not too far from Twin Peaks.
"Dear, are you sure they're still at Twin peaks?" Carly asked.
"I'm sure, honey." Micheal answered.
"Okay, we trust you." Carly said. Micheal continued to drive further into the outskirts of a ruined Twin Peaks.
"Dad, what happened to everything?" Sean asked.
"Just don't worry about it." Micheal replied.
"Okay, dad." Sean sighed, disappointed.
A few minutes later, Micheal was back in his friend's home town; Twin Peaks.
"I thought there would be lots of zombies or mutants or whatever." Carly commented.
"Carly!" Micheal whispered, scolding his wife.
"Sorry." Carly apologized. Micheal drove through the empty streets of Twin Peaks. Himself and his family looked through the windows and noticed tipped over cars, destroyed buildings, as if a riot just took place.
"Daddy, I'm scared." Sean commented.
"Don't worry Sean, we'll be fine…" Micheal said.
Suddenly, another car was coming from the left and smashed into Micheal's car.
"What the fuck!?" Micheal exclaimed. The crash wasn't severe, but it destroyed their car.
"Stay here." Micheal said, getting out of the car.
"What the hell buddy? Watch where you're going!" Micheal shouted at the driver of the car. The driver of the car got out. Micheal was stunned. It was Felix.
"Oh my god…Felix? You're alive!" Micheal laughed in joy and ran over to his friend.
"Micheal! Christ, it's so good to see you!" Felix hugged his friend back.
"Felix? Who's that?" Taylor asked.
"This is a close friend of mine, Micheal. Micheal, meet my wife, Taylor." Felix said.
"Nice to meet you." Taylor shook Micheal's hand.
"Sean, Carly come on out!" Micheal exclaimed. Carly and Sean got out of the car and walked over to Micheal.
"This is my wife; Carly and my son; Sean." Micheal introduced his family.
"Nice to meet you." Taylor shook Carly's hand and hugged Sean.
"How old is Sean?" Felix asked.
"He's turning four in October." Micheal looked at Felix's car, noticing Chris in the back seat.
"Felix, you have a son? What's his name?" Micheal asked.
"His name's Chris, he's the same age as Sean." Felix answered. Sean waved at Chris and Chris waved back.
A few minutes of silence suddenly came in.
"What're you doing back here?" Felix asked.
"We've come to see Mordecai and Rigby, to see if they're still alive." Micheal answered.
"Oh fuck! I forgot about them!" Felix exclaimed.
"You didn't remember? Goddamn!" Micheal exclaimed.
"And why is this town empty of people and mutants?" Carly asked.
"Christ Carly." Micheal sighed.
"All the people cleared out of here, only a few of us were left. And…we don't know about the creatures." Taylor answered.
"Let's go find Mordecai and Rigby." Felix said.
"Our car's fucked." Micheal said.
"Oh. Um…well, our car's a SUV, why don't you jump in?" Taylor asked.
"Yeah, go ahead." Felix said, getting into his SUV. Carly shrugged.
"Let's go." Sean said, getting into the car with Carly and Micheal. They squished beside Chris in the back seat.
"Hi." Chris greeted Sean.
"Hey." Sean replied.
Felix turned the SUV on the put the car in drive.
"Let's move." Taylor said. The SUV drove through the streets of Twin Peaks, past the coffee shop, the game store, the school and they finally reached the park.
"The wall of the park's destroyed. We could just drive in." Taylor pointed to it. Felix nodded and drove onto the grass of the park.
A short time later they arrived at the park house.
"There it is. You think they're still in there?" Micheal asked.
"Probably." Taylor shrugged. They all got out of the SUV and walked up to the front door of the house.
"It's been barricaded." Felix said, trying to open the door.
"Can we go through the window?" Micheal asked.
"It's been boarded up." Chris said, looking at the window.
"Damn it." Micheal cursed.
"Can't we just knock?" Sean asked.
"Suuuuuuree, they'll be there…let's just knooooock." Chris mocked Sean.
"Hey! Shut up Chris!" Sean confronted Chris.
"No! You!" Chris got in Sean's face.
"Hey guys, calm down. Let's just knock." Taylor separated them.
"Fine." Chris rolled his eyes. Felix knocked on the door.
"Hello?" He called. Felix waited a few seconds and continued to knock.
"Hello?" He called. Suddenly, Sean and Chris looked frightened.
"What's wrong kids?" Taylor asked, turning around.
She screamed. A horde of mutants were approaching.
"I thought you said they all cleared out!" Micheal shouted.
"We thought they did!" Felix exclaimed. Suddenly, all of them started knocking on the door frantically.
"Help! Help! Open the fucking door!" Felix shouted, his voice cracking.
Meanwhile, upstairs in the park house, Mordecai and Rigby were sleeping together in their bed. Rigby opened his eyes slowly, he was disrupted by some banging.
"Mordecai…Mordecai…" Rigby tried to wake his friend up.
"Urgh…later…Rigby…" Mordecai ignored him. Rigby rolled his eyes and pushed his friend off the bed.
"Ah! What was that for?" Mordecai asked.
"I just heard…um…dude, you're…" Rigby cleared his throat. "Balls…are showing." Rigby snickered.
"Oh! Sorry." Mordecai covered himself up with his fur.
"No problem. Anyway, do you hear that?" Rigby asked.
"Hear what?" Mordecai asked.
"Just shut up and listen." Rigby commanded.
Mordecai and Rigby stood there for a second. "I hear banging." Rigby said.
"Probably the mutants at the door again, let's go make sure they don't destroy the door again." Mordecai said, grabbing his hammer from his backpack and walked out. Rigby grabbed his fire-axe and followed his friend downstairs.
"I'm scared." Rigby said, following his friend.
"It's okay, I'll keep you safe." Mordecai protected him.
They made it to the end of the stairs and walked over to the door. "…Let us in! Come on…" Mordecai and Rigby heard voices.
"Dude! There's people outside!" Rigby shouted.
"Move the couch!" Mordecai shouted. Rigby and Mordecai grabbed the couch, barricading the door and threw it away. Suddenly, Felix burst in, with Taylor, Micheal, Sean, Carly and Chris following them inside. Mordecai and Rigby ignored the fact that they'd just barged in and grabbed the couch again and quickly re-barricaded the door.
"Now…who…are you?" Mordecai asked, helping Rigby up.
"Mordecai…? Rigby? Jesus Christ! It's so good to see you!" Micheal exclaimed, hugging them.
"Micheal? How did you…?" Before Rigby got to answer, Felix hugged them. Felix and Micheal backed off and stood with their families. Rigby and Mordecai gasped.
"Micheal…you got a family…" Rigby commented.
"Yes…this is Carly; my wife, and my son; Sean." Micheal introduced his family.
"And…we know your family." Mordecai smiled.
"Yeah…" Felix looked at his son and wife proudly.
"What do we do now?" Micheal asked.
"Well, we're running out of food and we don't see the point in staying here…we're thinking of leaving Twin Peaks, once and for all." Mordecai answered.
"Wow, we were gonna leave too." Felix said.
"Where could we go?" Micheal asked.
"Well, there's word of a safe place in California." Felix said.
"We could go there…but that's far away." Rigby shrugged.
"We're not going anywhere until morning, or until those mutants go away. It isn't safe." Mordecai said.
"That's fair." Sean shrugged.
"Mordecai and I have the bed upstairs, there's a few guest bedrooms upstairs." Rigby said, poking his friend's feathers.
"Okay…well, we'll find our beds and we'll see you guys in the morning." Felix said, walking upstairs with his wife and son.
"Night." Rigby said, watching them walk upstairs.
"Well, see you guys in the morning." Micheal walked upstairs with his wife and son.
"Let's head to bed." Mordecai walked upstairs with his friend.
They walked into their room and set their tools beside their backpacks and jumped into bed.
"I can't believe Micheal is back." Rigby said.
"I know, right?" Mordecai chuckled.
"Well…it's interesting that he has kids too…I never thought he'd have kids. I always thought he was gay." Rigby said.
"So did I." Mordecai turned to face his friend.
"Let's go to sleep now…" Rigby leant in and kissed his friend.
"Night bro." Rigby closed his eyes.
"Goodnight." Mordecai closed his eyes. Rigby smiled to himself and thought to himself, before falling asleep;
"I guess we're not alone in this world."
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