A Regular Outbreak

by RegularShowMemorabilia

An apocalypse has struck the world, people begin to die and relationships begins to crumble. But through it all, Mordecai and Rigby find something to keep them going. They come across a little boy, who eventually is left alone. The two lovers teach the child how to survive, in a perilous world, where being alone is the only way to really be safe. (COMPLETE!)

7. Episode Seven: New Home

A Regular Outbreak

PREVIOUSLY ON A REGULAR OUTBREAK

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"…there will be no help for the remaining states of America, if there's anyone else alive. May god be with you."

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"Can I help?" Chris asked his father. "Just take this stuff out to the car." Felix answered. "Anything else?" Chris questioned. "Just do it!" Felix shouted. "Yes dad." Chris sighed, walking out of the 7/11.

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"Dad, wake up." Chris was crying over his dad's dead body. "Dad?" Chris cried. "Take him to the car." Mordecai ordered. Taylor nodded and took her son to the car, kicking and screaming.

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Felix was getting closer to the blue jay. "Kill him or don't. It is your decision." Rigby said, sternly. The blue jay held in a breath and ran to the car with the raccoon. "No." Mordecai plainly said.

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"Taylor took Chris up to California. I hope they made it safe." Carly said, quietly. "We all do, honey." Micheal comforted his wife.

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"Micheal! Get away from her! She'll…" It was too late, Carly bit into Micheal's neck, tearing it apart and killing him instantly. "Dad…" Sean cried, as Rigby walked him to the car.

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"You take care of that raccoon. You're a great care-taker." Sean grasped the bird's wing. "You should be proud." Sean glanced at Mordecai. Mordecai smiled at the wolf. "Let's go." He quietly said.

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"We make sure they don't escape." Stan said, calmly. "How do we do that?" Ann asked.

"We make sure they don't remember who they are."

Season Two: In Plain Sight

Episode One: New Home

10th of March, 2024, Afternoon

Day 236

Our three heroes slowly made followed their captors to an unknown location. They had no chance of escaping alive. Two people were behind them, with rifles pointed at their heads just in case they did a runner, and three people in front of them, to keep them in line. "Where are we going?" Rigby asked, quietly. "I don't know." Mordecai sighed. "Are we going to die?" Sean whispered, glancing at the bird. "I'm sure we're going to be fine." Mordecai reassured the kid. Sean kept his head down.

Their captors brought them through a part of the forest and into a parking lot. "Eh?" Mordecai was confused. "This is where you're taking us?" Rigby turned around, facing Stan. "Just shut up and keep moving." Stan growled. Rigby turned around quickly and glanced at the sight before him. "A supermarket?" Rigby furrowed an eyebrow. "What did I say?" Stan glanced at the raccoon. "Sorry." Rigby sighed. "Bring these…things to the 'guest' rooms." Stan said, to Ann. "Yes sir." She nodded, watching her boss run into the supermarket.

"Guest rooms?" Rigby glanced at Ann, who towered over him. "Just keep moving, kid." Ann glanced at the supermarket. "I'm not a kid, I'm twenty seven." Rigby glared at her. Ann pushed her gun up against the raccoon's back to keep him moving. Sure enough, it worked. Rigby moved towards the supermarket with Mordecai and Sean. A few seconds later, they were in the supermarket. "…I apologize for the loss of man power, but we have some joining us today." Someone spoke, over the loudspeaker. "These…things joining us today, even though they're not one of us, they're still alive and moving, and shall be treated with the respect they deserve." It was Stan.

"Is he talking about us?" Mordecai asked. "I think so." Sean nodded. "Who're these freaks?" A woman asked, glancing at the three friends. "Don't look at them, they're abominations." Her husband replied. Rigby growled. Mordecai pat Rigby's shoulder, calming him down. "And with these things joining us today, they're going to help all of us, including myself, make this place, a beacon, of hope." Stan finished.

"Which one of you is the leader?" Stan approached. "Um…I am?" Rigby raised his paw. "Come with me." Stan ordered. "But…" Mordecai argued. "Take the other two there, I'll take care of this one." Stan nodded. Ann acknowledged Stan and forced Mordecai and Sean away. "What are you gonna do with him?" Mordecai asked. "Don't worry, he'll be fine." Ann reassured the bird. Mordecai sighed.

"Come along." Stan began to walk. Rigby followed him a fair way around the supermarket and around to the manager's office. "Why am I here?" Rigby asked, as Stan shut the door behind them. "To talk." Stan sat down. "My hands are binded." Rigby shrugged. Stan rolled his eyes and walked over to the raccoon. Stan pulled out a knife and cut the ropes binding his paws. "Now, sit. And don't try anything stupid." Stan warned him. Rigby nodded and sat on a chair.

"Who are you?" Stan plainly asked. "What do you mean?" Rigby glanced at Stan, confused. "You seriously didn't understand the question." Stan rolled his eyes. "I did, but…" "Nevermind." Stan interrupted the raccoon. "What is your business in Missouri?" Stan asked. "Please don't tell me you guys are heading to California." Stan pinched the bridge of his nose. "A few of our friends are, but we're not." Rigby replied. "Then where are you headed?" Stan questioned. "Up north I guess, going south is a mistake." Rigby replied. "Smart." Stan complimented him. "I guess." Rigby shrugged.

"I guess you're not as stupid as I thought." Stan put his feet on his desk and relaxed. "What do you want from us?" Rigby asked. "We need assistance and man-power to keep this place alive, so we can – as I quoted before – make this place a beacon of hope." Stan replied. "Hope for what?" Rigby questioned. "Hope for life, Hope for survival, Hope in general." Stan shrugged. "So what can I do?" Rigby questioned. "You can keep your group in line until tomorrow." Stan replied. "Why only until tomorrow?" Rigby asked, suspicious. "Because tomorrow, we have something planned for you." Stan replied. Rigby was confused, he didn't understand.

Then again, it could be worse. He could've killed Rigby already.

Meanwhile

Back in the coffee shop, Thomas and Fives slowly regained consciousness, only seconds after they were knocked out accidently by Margaret and Eileen. They're eyes opened slowly, and were greeted by the sight of the two girls. Eileen helped HFG up, while Margaret assisted Thomas. "We thought you died." Thomas hugged the red robin. "Woah…it's good to see you too." Margaret blushed. "It's been so long." Eileen hugged HFG. "I know, it feels like years." The ghost, replied.

"What are you guys doing here?" Margaret asked. "We heard screams, we killed the zombies that were outside, you knocked us out and here we are." Thomas chuckled. "Sorry, we thought you were zombies." Margaret apologized. "Meh, its fine." Thomas shrugged. "Are you two here alone?" Eileen glanced out the window. "No, we have Benson with us." Thomas answered. "Really? Where is he?" Margaret asked. "He's back at our base, we'll go get him. He's in…a bad mood." Thomas explained. "That's an understatement." HFG rolled his eyes. "We'll be back." Thomas walked out with the ghost.

"Now, what was that?" Eileen glanced at Margaret, with a smirk across her face. "What do you mean?" Margaret asked, confused. "Seems you enjoyed that hug more than Thomas did." Eileen chuckled. "Shut up, what about you and Fives?" Margaret smirked playfully. "Stop talking!" Eileen exclaimed. "Wow, you're turning into Rigby." Margaret poked her tongue out. "Speak for yourself girl. You just poked out your tongue." Eileen shrugged. "Whatever." Margaret rolled her eyes.

Back at the house, Thomas and HFG walked through the front door. "Where is he?" Thomas glanced at the ground, the only thing that was there was an empty bottle of whiskey. "You check upstairs, I'll check downstairs." Fives ordered. Thomas nodded and ran upstairs. "Benson?" Thomas called. "Benson!" Thomas could hear HFG downstairs. "Where is he?" Thomas muttered. Suddenly, there was a noise on the roof. "The roof?" Thomas walked over to one of the windows and hang out, facing the roof.

Sure enough, Benson was sitting on the side of the roof. "Benson, what are you doing?" Thomas asked. "Thinking." Benson replied. "Come with us." Thomas ordered. "Is it important?" Benson asked, emotionless. "Yes. We've found Margaret and Eileen." Thomas answered. "The coffee girls? So?" Benson shrugged. "Get down here." Thomas ordered. "Fine." Benson rolled his eyes and slipped back into the top floor. Thomas walked with Benson downstairs and noticed Fives smoking in one of the main rooms.

"Are you serious?" Thomas facepalmed. "You were searching for me and you stopped for a smoke?!" Benson began to get angry. "Here we go." Thomas sighed.

At the same time…

"Lights out at nine." Ann said, slamming the garage door behind Mordecai and Sean. The two friends turned around and glanced at the room around them. "So much for a guest room." Sean rolled his eyes. "What do you expect from a prison?" Mordecai shrugged. "Good point." Sean sighed. Mordecai glanced around the room, there wasn't many people in there. He was happy that not many people had been 'captured', but yet felt sorry for the people that were already here.

But what caught the blue jay's attention, was that two people over in one of the corners of the room were arguing about something. "Not true!" One of them; a Hispanic teenager exclaimed. "Is so!" The other one; a young albino man exclaimed. "Aw screw you! You just aren't as good as me! I could thrash you!" The girl shouted. "Whatever." The guy rolled his eyes and walked off. "Asshole." She muttered.

The guy noticed the blue jay and the wolf and walked over. "I see you're the new prisoners." He commented. "I guess." Mordecai glanced at Sean. "Name's Axel, what's yours?" The guy asked. "I'm Mordecai, this is my kid Sean." Sean smirked after Mordecai finished that sentence. "Hi." Sean greeted. Axel waved at the wolf. "What was that about?" Mordecai glanced at the woman in the corner. "Eh, just a friend of mine. She's an ass but…she's okay I guess." Axel shrugged. "I can hear you, you know." The girl walked over.

"Hi." Mordecai greeted. The girl just waved. "Vivian." She said. "Mordecai." Mordecai replied. "And this is Sean." Mordecai introduced the wolf. "Welcome to Hell." She shrugged. "In there." Ann said, opening the garage door. Stan grabbed Rigby by the shoulders and threw him in. "Argh…" Rigby groaned as he hit the cement. "Rigby!" Mordecai exclaimed, running over to him with Sean. "Hey!" Axel shouted at Stan. "Lights out early tonight, that'll teach ya." Stan slammed the garage door shut. Rigby had bruises all over his stomach.

"What did he do to you?" Mordecai asked, helping his friend to his knees. "He beat me up." Rigby coughed. "Is he one of yours?" Axel asked, pointed to the raccoon. "Yes." Sean answered. "Could you keep it down? Some people are trying to sleep!" Someone shouted, from the back of the room. "Sorry Alpha! We'll be quieter!" Axel shouted.

"I hurt…" Rigby groaned. "I wish we could help." Vivian shrugged. "Same here." Axel sighed. "Here…" Mordecai helped his friend up. "Let's get you to bed." Mordecai picked up the raccoon and carried him over to one of the beds. "Does he do that often?" Axel asked. "You have no idea." Sean crossed his arms. "You seem awfully mature for your age, you're…five?" Vivian guessed. "Seven, turning eight in next year." Sean replied, unfazed.

Axel glanced at Mordecai who nurturing his spouse. "I'm gonna go back over there, get some sleep, I'll be back soon." Mordecai said, quietly. "O…kay…" Rigby groaned. "See you soon." Mordecai stood up and walked back over. "Nice…ring?" Axel glanced at the blue jay's wing. "Thanks." Mordecai replied. "Where'd you get it, it's pretty." Vivian asked. "On my wedding day." Mordecai smiled at them. Sean glanced at Axel, whose face turned to a frown.

Sean knew what Axel was thinking. "I'm sorry for your loss." Axel said. "Loss? What have I lost?" Mordecai was confused. "You're wife?" It was Axel's time to be confused. Vivian had the same though process as Sean. "You've got it all wrong. My partner is over there." Mordecai pointed to the bed Rigby was sleeping on. "Oh! I apologize." Axel coughed. "It's fine." Mordecai chuckled.

"Though…anyway, it's a nice ring." Axel changed the subject. "Once again, thanks." Mordecai smiled. "What the hell did I say?! Lights OUT!" Stan shouted, slamming his hand on the garage door. "Let's go, we don't want Stan breaking out legs or something." Axel yawned. "See you guys later." Vivian walked off with Axel. "Think Stan will wipe their memories, like they did to us?" Vivian asked. "It never works with anyone else, so I think he knows not to do it." Axel shrugged. "Good point. Night." Vivian walked over to a bedroll and laid on it.

"Night." Axel laid on his bedroll, and closed his eyes. At the same time, Mordecai tucked Sean in, on the bed to the left of Rigby. "These blankets feel funny." Sean commented. "It's okay, just don't think about it." Mordecai tucked him in. "Good night Sean." Mordecai began to walk over to his bed, which was on the right side of Rigby's. "Night dad." Sean said, softly, before drifting off to sleep. Mordecai turned around, he was delighted. He tip-toed over and kissed and wolf on the forehead. "Goodnight, Son." He said softly. The blue jay walked over to his bed and tucked himself in.

"I'm taking care of the two of you now I guess." Mordecai chuckled, glancing at Rigby, who was in deep sleep. "I don't mind, its fun." Mordecai smiled at him. Mordecai leant over and kissed Rigby on the cheek. "Night, love." Mordecai said, closing his eyes. On the other side of the room, Vivian watched Mordecai. "Cute." She commented. She used her fingers to form the shape of a love heart, with Mordecai, Rigby and Sean's beds in the middle of it. "The perfect family." She said, laying back on her bedroll.

Meanwhile

"It's great to see some friendly faces." Benson said, sitting at a table in the coffee shop with HFG, Thomas, Margaret and Eileen. "Same here. We haven't seen anyone else in…forever." Eileen sighed. "It's alright. We're heading up north." Thomas changed the subject. "Really? What's up there?" Margaret asked, curious. "Well, we heard that zombies go slower because of the snow, up north and there's talk of a safe place up there." Thomas explained. "Like California was supposed to be?" Eileen shrugged. "I guess." Benson shrugged.

"Do you know what's going on with Mordecai and Rigby? And how they're doing?" Margaret questioned. "Not a clue. We haven't seen them since the Apocalypse struck." Thomas sighed, sadly. "Hey, it's alright. We'll find them." Margaret reached over and pat Thomas on the head, receiving an odd look from Thomas.

"That…was awkward. Sorry, I won't do that again." Margaret pulled her wing away. Thomas just chuckled. "Where's Skips?" Eileen asked. "Gone." Benson sighed. "How? I mean…I assume that he got eaten." Eileen shrugged. "No…actually, he fell to his death." Benson replied. "Oh! Wow! How did that happen?" Eileen questioned. Benson fell silent. "Was Benson close to Skips?" Margaret whispered to Thomas.

"Like a brother." Thomas answered, quietly. "I apologize for the questions. We're just curious." Eileen glanced at her friend. "This place reminds me of the coffee shop, good times." Thomas looked around the shop. "I know, right?" Margaret chuckled. "Hey, HFG can I have your…help for a second? And I might need your help too, Benson." Eileen stood up, and nodded at Margaret. "Okay…what is it?" HFG followed Eileen with Benson.

"I just need some assistance with the wall, you know, I can't swing a hammer well." Eileen lied. "Oh, alright." Benson shrugged.

Thomas and Margaret sat opposite each other in awkward silence. "I miss, this." Thomas said, quietly. "Me too." Margaret sighed. "Just…being able to talk to someone…friendly, and well…nice…is just a great feeling." Thomas smiled at the robin. "Thanks Thomas, that means a lot." Margaret returned the smile by giving him one of his own.

"I can't believe we were in the same town." Thomas's smile turned into a frown. "I know right? It's crazy." Margaret laughed sarcastically. "You guys really haven't seen Mordecai or Rigby?" Margaret continued to ask. "No." Thomas plainly answered. "Sorry." Margaret sighed. Suddenly, Margaret remembered something, something which made her happy mood drift into a depressed mood.

"What about CJ?" She spoke up. Thomas was shocked, he hadn't seen her since the Apocalypse. "I…I don't know…" Thomas's tone changed. "Sorry for asking." Margaret apologized. "It's fine…I…just don't think she made it." Thomas pulled out his phone. "Look." Thomas showed Margaret his phone, it has texts written on it.

Margaret began to read. "Where are you?" She read the first one. "Call me." She continued. "Something's wrong, my friends are all…sick. Thomas? Please answer!" CJ seemed more distressed. "THOMAS!" Margaret read her last text message in her head. Thomas shed a tear. "I'm so sorry. I'm sure she made it out though." Margaret handed over his phone. "I miss her." Thomas sighed. "I'm sure she misses you too." Margaret replied, in a more cheerful tone. "What do you mean? She's dead Marg." Thomas sighed.

"How do you know that? She could've got out? It is possible after all." Margaret shrugged. "I guess…but…I really don't feel anything for her anymore." Thomas replied. Margaret was taken aback by this answer. "But Thomas, she's your girlfriend. She's been your girlfriend since Benson was fired. That sounded terrible." Margaret chuckled a bit. "I guess." Thomas's voice grew quieter. "I'm sorry." Margaret watched Thomas stand up and she stood up herself. "Want a hug?" She asked, awkwardly.

"Yeah…yeah I do." Thomas relented. Margaret reached over and hugged Thomas to give him comfort. "Thanks, Marg." Thomas sighed. "Any time." Margaret pulled away and smiled at her.
"It's dark outside, we should probably turn in." Eileen said, walking back over with Benson and HFG. "I stubbed my damn thumb with that hammer!" Benson exclaimed, sucking his thumb.

"Ha, Ha." Margaret laughed a little. "Very funny." Benson rolled his eyes and walked with Eileen and HFG over to one of the rooms. "We managed to find some sleeping bags during our last raid, here." Eileen handed sleeping bags to Benson and HFG.

Thomas looked confused. "Where's mine?" He asked. "Sorry Thomas, none left. You'll have to share." Eileen shrugged. Thomas and Margaret glanced at each other. "I'll just sleep on the floor…on the cold…hard…floor…oh nevermind." Thomas sighed. "Let's go?" Margaret watched Thomas walk over to Margaret's bedroll. Margaret glanced over at the Mole, confused. "What was that?" She asked. Eileen held up an extra bedroll. "Want it?" Eileen chuckled. "Oh shut up. Jesus you act like Rigby." Margaret walked back over to her bedroll.

"Night." Margaret said quietly, lying beside Thomas, though facing the opposite way as him. "Thanks for everything." Thomas said quietly, falling asleep. "No problem Thomas…" Margaret smiled. Then she realised something.

She was in love with Thomas.

There it is, the end of this chapter!

Welcome back everyone! Great to see you again! I absolutely HATED CJ until I watched 'Real Date'.

My opinion has completely changed over her and now…since she's so cool, I'm adding her in. Not as a character, but as a character that is mentioned.

She may become a real character, who knows? As Thomas said;

"She's dead."

Also! This chapter has brought new people in! And new personalities!

Margaret has a crush on Thomas, while Eileen is trying to help her out.

Also another possible relationship between HFG and Eileen, we'll see.

AXEL and VIVIAN belong to KevEddFan808! Though while they're in this story, aspects of them will change.

Thanks for reading everyone, here's a little preview of the next chapter;

"When I'm finished with Mordecai, I'll ask you to come up." Stan said, glancing at Sean, who had a worried look on his face. He watched Rigby walk back into the courtyard, his face looked bland, like he had no emotion. "Rigby! What are you doing?" Sean asked. "Going back to work." Rigby said softly, as he watched Mordecai walk with Stan to his office.

See you in the next chapter!

RSM