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!)

9. Episode Nine: Important Decisions

A Regular Outbreak

Season Two: In Plain Sight

Episode Three: Important Decisions

11th of March, 2024, Evening

Day 237

"What?" Benson seemed confused. "Dude, you've been bitten." Fives commented. "Where?" Benson asked. "It's right there." Thomas pointed at Benson's arm. "I'm sure it's nothing." Benson crossed his arms. "Face it dumbass, you've been bitten. Now you're gonna die." Fives shrugged. "Harsh." Margaret glanced at the ghost. "I can't die, I haven't got any skin." Benson crossed his arms. "Dude, anything alive or dead is gonna end up dead if they're bit. Except me." Fives explained. "And why is that?" Benson asked. "Dude, I'm a ghost." Fives rolled his eyes.

"So, I'm gonna die?" Benson asked. "Do you feel anything? Like…anything weird?" Eileen questioned. "I do feel a little sick." Benson answered. "When did you even get bit?" Thomas asked. "Dunno, I don't remember being bitten." Benson shrugged. "How can you not remember being bitten?" Margaret rolled her eyes. Benson just face-palmed.

"You guys remember Skips, right?" Benson spoke up, his voice cracking a bit. "Yeah, he was a cool dude." Thomas sighed. "He was a great guy, he was a hero throughout life and died a hero. And that's how I tend to die." Benson sighed. Margaret and Eileen exchanged worried looks. "I'm gonna go get us some supplies…then…I'll see what else I can do…" Benson sighed. Thomas glanced at Benson. "He's a goner." He sighed.

The next day

Day 238, Early Morning

"Let's make this short and simple. Go into town and scavenge as many supplies as you can. When you're finished, bring them back here." Stan said, glancing at Mordecai and Rigby, who were standing in front of Alpha and Axel. "Do we get weapons?" Alpha asked. "Yes." Stan handed over a pistol to Mordecai and a baseball bat to Rigby. "Now get going." Stan said. "What about us?" Axel asked. "Go." Stan ordered. Mordecai and Rigby walked away from the camp, with Axel and Alpha following them. "And don't even think about trying to escape, we'll kill you." Mordecai threatened.

Alpha and Axel glanced at each other, with scared looks on they're faces. "Wait up!" Sean shouted, running after them. "What're you doing here?" Alpha asked. "I thought I'd tag along." Sean said, loudly, so Mordecai and Rigby heard. "Actually, I wanted to help you guys bring back their memories." Sean whispered. "They'll shoot us if we try anything." Axel whispered back. "Maybe we can jog their memory by showing them something they remember? I dunno." Alpha shrugged.

"I got nothing." Sean sighed. "I guess we'll see what happens. We'll try something when we get back." Axel nodded. "Are by any chance you two related?" Axel asked. "What?" Sean and Alpha replied. "Just curious, because you're both wolves." Axel shrugged. "No, we're not related." Alpha answered. Axel nodded.

A few minutes later, the five men arrived in town. "There's a boarded up shop over there." Mordecai noted. "You go check it out." Rigby turned to Axel and Alpha. "You're not our boss." Alpha shook his head. Rigby raised his baseball bat. "Fine! We're going!" Alpha shouted. Alpha walked with Axel and Sean to the boarded up shop. "Think there's people in there?" Sean asked, peering through the boards. "Dunno." Alpha shrugged.

Axel started knocking on the glass door. "Hello!?" Axel shouted. "Hey! Shut up." Mordecai and Rigby walked over. Rigby smashed through the door with the baseball bat and walked inside.

At the same time

The sound of glass breaking and shattering echoed in the coffee shop. "What was that?" Margaret asked, glancing at the door. "People are coming in!" Thomas whispered. "Hide." Margaret hid behind one of the tables, with HFG, Eileen and Thomas. "Think there's anyone in here?" A voice was heard. Suddenly, a raccoon walked in. "Search the place." He said, in a deeper voice. "But what if there are people in there?" Mordecai asked. "Just do it." The raccoon exclaimed.

Thomas glanced over the desk and gasped. "It's Mordecai and Rigby!" He shouted. "No!" Fives exclaimed. "I see you there. Come out." Mordecai held the pistol and aimed it at Thomas. "Woah! It's us!" Thomas stood up and put his hands up.

Margaret, Eileen and Fives stood up. "Don't you remember us?" Margaret glanced at Mordecai. "Alpha, Axel and the kid. Tie them up." Mordecai ordered. "No come on man, these are people." Axel argued. "Damn it, Rigby. You do it." Mordecai glanced down at the raccoon. "Rigby?" Sean glanced at the raccoon. "I…I think I know these people…" Rigby stuttered. Sean glanced at Axel and Alpha.

"Rigby, it's us." Thomas lowered his hands. "I…" Rigby lowered the baseball bat. "Let's just leave these people, killing them would be inhumane." Axel said. "Fine! Just stay out of our way." Mordecai lowered his gun and walked out. "Wait!" Margaret shouted. "Stay here." Mordecai ordered. The robin nodded as she watched her former love interest disappear outside. "We're not coming back, so don't worry." Axel said, walking out. Sean and Alpha glanced at Rigby, who was still staring at them.

"Let's go." Sean brought Rigby outside, followed by Alpha. "What…?" Margaret was confused.

Later that day

Rigby was sitting by himself in the prison, thinking about the encounter in town. Sean walked up to him. "Rigby." He said his name. "Go away, kid. I gotta think." Rigby sighed. "Listen to me! My name is Sean, I am a kid who you're taking care of. My father was your best friend since you left Twin Peaks and moved to New York, you were also kidnapped when you were a kid and tortured. That's why there's a scar on your tail." Sean breathed in, after finishing his speech.

Rigby grasped his head. The memories were all coming back. "I…I'm not convinced." Rigby groaned. Sean rolled his eyes and held up Rigby's paw. "You got this at your wedding." Sean showed Rigby his light blue ring. Rigby groaned. He was quiet for a few minutes. "Rigby?" Sean tapped his shoulder. "What, Sean?" Rigby raised his head. "You're back!" Sean laughed and hugged the raccoon. "What happened?" Rigby asked. "You were brainwashed! And so was Mordecai." Sean replied.

"This is crazy…how did you un-brainwash me?" Rigby held his head. "I just reminded you who you are. Anyway, we need to get out of here." Sean said, glancing at Axel and Vivian, who were talking with Alpha. Sean made a 'thumbs up' sign at them and they approached. "Did you do it?" Alpha asked. "Yes, look." Sean pointed over to the dazed raccoon.

"Long time no see, friend." Alpha smiled at Rigby. "Alpha…? It's been so long…" Rigby stood up and hugged the wolf. "I know." Alpha broke the hug. "I feel…weird." Rigby sighed. "It takes a while for it to wear off." Vivian explained. "You've been through this?" Rigby asked. "No, but I've seen it before." Vivian answered.

"What about Mordecai?" Rigby asked, glancing at the blue jay. "We've tried everything, he just won't listen to us." Alpha sighed. "Damn." Rigby groaned. "Though we did see a few good friends in town." Sean smirked. "Really? Who?" Rigby asked. "Guess." Sean crossed his arms. Rigby thought for a second, then shook his head in confusion. "Margaret, Eileen, Fives and Thomas." Sean smirked. "They're all alive? Great!" Rigby exclaimed. "We managed to talk to them about a plan to get out of here. But…" Axel turned to Sean. "What?" Sean asked.

"One…one of your friends didn't make it." Axel sighed. "What…? Who?" Rigby asked. "There was someone called Benson…he…he was dead when we got there." Alpha sighed. "Damn it…" Rigby sighed. "Sorry Rigby." Sean comforted the raccoon.

2 Hours Later

"Damn it! They barely got anything!" Stan shouted, slamming his desk. One of his female companions was sitting opposite of him. "I don't understand why…but…isn't this a little inhumane? Controlling people to do your own commands?" The woman asked. "Only if they don't have a valid reason, which I do." Stan glared at her.

"Look Stan, I know you're trying to build a safe community here, but this place is like a prison. We should really consider letting them go and see how they fare." She suggested. "I'm doing this to protect us! If we didn't have prisoners looting town for supplies, we'd all be dead!" Stan exclaimed. "Why don't you go?" She asked, softly. "Because I'm the leader of this community and I have to be here at all times." Stan replied. "You think these…things will escape at some point? Some of the people are talking about an escape…and…they're supposed to be on your side, sir." The girl said, calmly.

"Thanks for warning me, after last time, we've had to keep an eye on Vivian and Axel." Stan said, a little less calm. "Sir, I…why don't we just let them go? Seriously, this is the apocalypse, these people don't want to be imprisoned." The girl commented. "Don't they want to be safe?" Stan asked.

"They want to be safe in their own way, not our way." The woman said, sternly. "For god sake Michelle, I've had enough of this! How many times do you come in here, talking about letting them go!? I always give you the same answer; no." Stan said, getting annoyed. "I make a valid point, sir." She crossed her arms. "Too bad Michelle, I've always…well…" Stan stood up, picking up a small suppressed pistol that was lying beside the intercom and slowly walked over to her. "…I've always hated talking to you, yet…I'll miss you." Stan placed the gun to her head and pulled the trigger.

"No room for weakness." Stan said, picking up Michelle's body and moving it over to the corner of the room. "Those things wouldn't have the balls to escape." Stan chuckled, wiping blood off of his hands. Suddenly, he heard footsteps approaching the office. "Shit." Stan cursed.

15 Minutes earlier

"We need to have someone to help us." Sean said, quietly. "Wait…what about that girl? What's her name…?" Rigby said. "Ann?" Axel finished his sentence. "Yeah! Her, I've seen her sympathise with us before we even got in here." Rigby replied. "You sure you wanna risk dying for us?" Vivian asked, worried. "Yeah, I won't be missed." Rigby shrugged. "Don't say that." Sean shook his head. "Sorry." Rigby apologized. Rigby stood up, glanced over at Mordecai, who was sitting alone and walked over to the garage door. He pulled out a screwdriver that he'd found in town earlier and lodged it beneath the garage door. He pulled open the garage door with all of his might and used the screwdriver to hold it up. Rigby had made an opening beneath the garage door and slipped under.

"Good luck." Alpha mouthed. Rigby snuck behind a few crates, out of anyone's view and searched for Ann. Sure enough, after a few minutes Rigby saw Ann sitting in a room, talking to herself, she was unarmed. Rigby slowly walked over to the room and creaked the door open. This startled Ann. "Hey! What're you…" Ann said, before Rigby held her mouth shut. "Now…when I release your mouth, you're not gonna call for help." Rigby said, watching her nod. Rigby let go. "Why are you out of your space?" Ann asked, calmly.

"I came to talk to you." Rigby answered. "Why? What do you want?" Ann asked, intrigued. "I know I was brainwashed, I have a few questions for you." Rigby said, sternly. "Okay…" Ann replied, nervously. "What's his method?" Rigby asked. "His methods are his own, I'm not sure what they are." Ann replied. "Okay…are you trustworthy?" Rigby asked. "Um…yeah. Why?" Ann asked, intrigued.

"My friends and I need your help. We're gonna escape." Rigby answered. "You can't! Stan will kill you." Ann exclaimed. "Voice down." Rigby calmed her down. "He won't…if he was distracted, or even…dead." Rigby glared at her. "I understand you need to escape…but what can I do?" Ann asked. "Help us…and you can come with us." Rigby said, outstretching his hand. "You know, If I get caught doing this for you, Stan will kill me." Ann warned.

"He won't find out. I promise." Rigby nodded. Ann sighed. "I better not regret this." She shook the raccoon's hand.

"There's only one thing that's stopping us from escaping." Rigby said, glancing at the door. "What's that?" Ann asked, following Rigby's gaze. "Mordecai." Rigby answered. "That bird?" Ann questioned. "Yes, any idea how we can bring him back?" Rigby asked. "I'm not sure…you might have to leave without him." Ann shrugged.

"We can't…he's my best friend…and…partner." Rigby held up his paw, showing his ring. "Oh…well…we'll figure something out." Ann nodded. "I'm gonna head back, please let me know when you have any ideas." Rigby said. "They're people outside, let me bring you back." Ann said, grabbing the raccoon's hand. "Let's go." She said, leading him out into the supermarket's main area.

"What's this?" Someone asked, approaching. "Prisoner escaped, bring him back to his room." Ann replied, in a harsh tone. "Okay, carry on." The guy said, watching Ann take Rigby back to the room.

"Good luck." She said, as she opened the garage door, letting him back in. "I'll keep you posted." She said, glancing at Stan's office. Suddenly, something caught her eye, there was blood on the window. Ann closed the garage door and ran up to Stan's office.

"So?" Axel asked, approaching Rigby. "She's in." Rigby said, confidently. "Nice." Vivian congratulated the raccoon. "Where'd she go?" Axel asked. "Not sure." Rigby replied, glancing through a hole in the garage door.

Ann ran up to Stan's office, unsure of why there was blood on the window. She burst into his office. "Stan? Are you…alright?" Ann glanced at Stan, who was wiping the blood off the window. "What did you do?" Ann asked. "I hit my head on the window…" Stan lied. "You're lying." Ann said, glancing at the window. "What? Why would you think that?" Stan asked. "You would've broken the window if you hit your head on it. You do know that these windows are like…plastic glass right?" Ann felt the window.

"Well…um…" Stan watched Ann. Ann walked over to one of the corners. She noticed the body. "Michelle! Oh my god, no!" Ann recognised the body. Ann turned around and noticed the gun in Stan's hand. "You…you killed her Stan…how could you?" Ann asked, her eyes filled with grief. "We can't live in a community with weak people. It makes us weak, and when it makes us weak, it makes other people weak, and so on." Stan explained. "This…this…" Ann cried. "I'm gonna get back to work." Ann glared at Stan, who was already regretting his actions.

Stan watched Ann leave the office and sighed. He dropped the gun. "Damn it Josh…you make me do these things…" Stan said, glancing at a picture that was on his desk. He sat at his desk, lying his head atop of it.

Ann walked as calmly as she could over to the garage door and pulled it open. "What the?" Rigby glanced at the door, as it opened suddenly. Ann walked in and shut it behind her. "We need to get out of here, Stan's gone insane. He just killed my best friend." Ann said, running over to Rigby. "Calm down…" Rigby held her. "We need to get out of here, before anyone else gets killed." Ann glanced at the raccoon.

"So, you weren't lying." Vivian walked over with Alpha and Axel. "I'm not in the habit of lying." Rigby glared at her. "How are we going to escape?" Axel asked. "But wait…we can't, he'll, wait. Where's Mordecai?" Rigby looked around the room. "He's gone!" Axel exclaimed.

"We'll find him, but we're leaving tonight. When the sun goes down." Ann said, serious. "We're with you." Axel nodded. "We all are." Vivian and Sean said, at the same time. Sean, Axel, Alpha and Vivian glanced at Rigby, who had to make a tough decision. "So…we either leave tonight…without Mordecai, or risking our lives to bring him with us?" Rigby asked. Sean glanced at the ground, he felt sorry for Rigby.

"It's your call." Ann looked at Rigby, who was in deep thought.

A/N; I can't believe I'm gonna do this…

Make your choice;

Leave without Mordecai or Stay and Search for Mordecai

Stay and search for Mordecai

"We can't leave without him." Rigby said, softly. "What can we do?" Ann asked, calmly. "We have to try to convince him that we're his friends, not his enemies." Rigby said. "And how do we do that?" Ann asked.

"I…I'm not sure, we'll figure something out…"

Leave Without Mordecai

"We…it pains me to say it…but we have to leave without him, we'll die otherwise." Rigby cried. "We'll come back for him." Ann comforted the raccoon. "What's the plan to escape?" Alpha asked, calmly. "Not sure, I guess we'll figure something out, but for now, let's get some rest, we're leaving tonight." Rigby sighed.

I can't believe I just did a 'choose your own ending'. Oh whatever, something different I guess. See you in the next chapter!

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Sorry for it being so late! Major writer's block and stress got the better of me, please forgive me. But today, I just felt like typing, so here I am! See you guys soon.

RSM