A Regular Outbreak
Season Two: In Plain Sight
Episode Four: Escaping
12th of March, 2024, Early Evening
Day 238
If you chose 'Stay to find Mordecai', don't read the following part.
"I've managed to convince Stan to let me watch over you tonight." Ann said, on the other side of the closed garage door. "Good." Alpha nodded. "How's Rigby?" Ann asked. "He's going along with the plan, but he isn't happy about it." Alpha replied, glancing over at the raccoon. "If I was in his shoes, I'd be sad too. Leaving someone that important behind." Ann sighed. "I know." Alpha shook his head. "Ann! Where are you? I need your help!" Stan shouted. "Coming." Ann replied. "I gotta go, I'll be back soon to help you guys." Ann said, running off.
"You ready?" Alpha asked, walking over to Rigby. "As ready as I'll ever be." Rigby sighed. "It's alright, we'll come back for him. Ann said we would." Alpha pat Rigby on the back. "I know, I just wish we could get him out now. I mean…we couldn't go search for him could we?" Rigby asked. "No, it would be too risky." Alpha shook his head. "Damn it." Rigby sighed.
If you chose 'Leave without Mordecai', don't read the following part.
"I've searched everywhere for him Rigby, I'm sorry. He's not here." Ann said, looking through the garage door. "He has to be here." Rigby grasped onto the door. "I swear, I've searched everywhere. Even Stan doesn't know where he is." Ann replied. "Stan could be lying." Rigby shrugged. "Rigby, he's not here. We're gonna have to leave without him." Axel approached. "This is so unfair! He couldn't have just disappeared. It's not like him!" Rigby shouted.
"Mordecai isn't himself anymore, as we both know." Ann crossed her arms. Rigby was on the verge of tears. Sean walked over. "I think…I think he gets it." Sean sighed, as he grasped Rigby's paw. Ann nodded. "I'll go see what I can get to help us out, once again Rigby. I'm so sorry." Ann sighed, walking off. Axel walked over to Vivian while Sean walked with Rigby back to his bed. "We're gonna get out of here, then we'll come back for him. Okay?" Sean convinced the raccoon. "Okay…thanks kid." Rigby hugged him. "No problem." Sean shed a tear.
If you chose either of them, go ahead and read the rest, as this combines both choices.
An hour later
After the sun set, Ann returned back to the room, where everyone was preparing to escape. "There she is." Axel said, walking over to the door. Axel helped Ann open the door and she walked in. "What's the plan?" Vivian asked, walking over with everyone else. "Okay, they've got low guard patrols, but there's no way we'd get through there, there's security cameras on out there. So…I improvised." Ann held up some ropes with hooks attached to them. "We're going to scale the walls." Ann said.
"Are you crazy? We could all get killed!" Sean exclaimed. "Quiet down, yes I know it's a risk, but what else is there?" Ann crossed her arms. "We don't even have any weapons, what do we do if something goes wrong?" Vivian asked. "I managed to get a few of these…" Ann opened her backpack and pulled out a few knives. "…they could be useful." Ann finished. "How are kitchen knives gonna help?" Sean asked. "Wanna leave unarmed? It's all I could get." Ann smirked. "Fine." Sean took one. "You sure you should be able to hold one of those? You're just a kid." Rigby asked. "I think I'll be fine." Sean chuckled, putting the knife in his shirt pocket.
Each of them grabbed a knife of their own and glanced at the ropes that Ann had placed on the ground. "When can we leave?" Rigby asked. "Now." Ann answered, glancing at the ropes. "I'll go first." Axel said, grabbing one of the ropes. "Wait, don't you want any of the gear you guys had?" Ann asked. "Should we risk it?" Rigby asked. "Yeah, we had some good stuff." Axel glanced at Vivian. "The supply room, where all of your gear is, is on the top floor of the supermarket. We can access it from the roof." Ann said, pointing to the roof. "Then let's make a move." Axel said, grabbing one of the ropes.
Axel through his hook onto the roof and pulled it so that it got stuck on the edge. "Okay, I'll go first." Axel said, pulling, making sure that it was definitely in place. Axel placed his feet onto the wall and began scaling the wall. A few seconds later, Axel reached the top. "Okay! I'm up." Axel whispered loudly. "I'm next." Vivian said, quietly, grabbing one of the ropes and throwing it onto the roof.
She pulled it tightly and began to scale the wall. "Think we'll get spotted?" Sean asked, as he watched Vivian climbing the wall. "I'm sure we'll be fine." Rigby reassured him. "I don't think I'll be able to do that." Sean said, as Vivian made it to the top. "It's alright, I'll carry you up." Rigby replied, grabbing his rope. "Thanks." Sean smiled at him.
"Okay, I'll go last." Ann said, watching Alpha climb up. "Thanks Ann, we won't forget this." Rigby smiled at her. "It's fine. I'm coming with you anyway." Ann shrugged. Rigby nodded. "Our turn." Sean glanced at Alpha, who had made it up. Rigby threw his rope up onto the roof and tightened it. "It's safe, let's go." Rigby grabbed Sean and held onto him. "Alright, keep a hold of me and don't let go." Rigby said. Sean nodded and held on tightly to Rigby's chest.
Rigby began to pull himself up the wall, with Sean tightly holding Rigby. "Almost there." Rigby groaned, as he continued to pull himself up. "I hope we find him." Sean sighed. "I…hope so too." Rigby said, in-between breaths. "I hope so too." Rigby sighed, as he pulled himself up to the top. Rigby grabbed Sean's left hand and placed it on the edge. Sean grasped the edge and Rigby pushed him over the top, onto the roof.
Sean put down his paw and pulled Rigby up. "Now what?" Rigby asked. Ann climbed up. "That was quick." Sean commented. Ann just shrugged. "This way." Ann walked away, everyone else follow her.
A few seconds later, she stopped. "The supply room is through this." She said, opening a small glass hatch. "Why do they have a skylight over the supply room? That's stupid." Axel chuckled. "I know, right?" Vivian hi-fived him. "Okay, it's all in a pile. Only a few of us should go down there, in case this goes to hell." Ann suggested. "Good idea." Rigby commented. "I'll go." Axel said, slipping into the hatch after Ann.
"I'll go." Rigby followed him down. "You guys stay up here." Axel looked up at Vivian, who was glancing at Sean. "Take good care of them." Axel nodded. Soon enough, Ann, Axel and Rigby disappeared into the room below them.
A few seconds later, backpacks were being thrown up onto the roof. Axel's blue backpack was first, followed by Rigby's orange pack and Sean's small school bag. A few minutes later, Vivian's purple back came up, with a small guitar strapped to the back and Alpha's black hiking pack was thrown up. "Okay…there's all the bags." Ann sighed.
"Is my gun down here?" Axel asked, searching. "The Mk14?" Ann asked. "Yeah." Axel answered. "Um, Stan kinda confiscated all the guns. He didn't want us getting to them." Ann shrugged. "Damn it." Axel sighed. "Sorry." Ann apologized. "It's fine, let's just get out of here." Axel said, climbing back up through the hatch.
"I missed you." Vivian said. "Thanks Viv." Axel blushed. "I was talking about my saw." Vivian chuckled, holding up a home-made saw in her hands. "Screw you." Axel growled. "No thanks." Vivian laughed. "I'm gonna kill you!" Axel shouted. "Keep your voice, down." Ann ordered, climbing back through the hatch. "Sorry." Axel sighed. Ann helped Rigby climb back through the hatch. "Thanks." He glanced at her, before wiping some dirt off of his fur.
"What's he doing?" Axel asked, referring to Alpha, who was staring at something. "Dunno." Vivian said, throwing on her backpack. "Alpha?" Rigby slipped on his backpack and approached. "Holy crap." Rigby gasped. The whole parking lot was packed with the undead.
"When did this happen?" Rigby asked. "So…that's what the shots were." Ann walked over to the edge, standing beside Rigby. "There were shots?" Alpha asked, surprised. "Yeah, I thought they were just practicing, I guess they were trying to reduce the population of undead out there." Ann pointed to the parking lot. Axel and Vivian walked over with Sean. "How do we get down?" Vivian asked, looking below them.
"The playground." Ann grinned. "Playground?" Axel questioned. "Before the apocalypse, this certain WALMART would have a playground. And, that playground contained…" Ann pointed to the ground nearby, which had a slide, swings and a jumping castle. "…A jumping castle." Ann said, confidently.
"Think it'll take our weight?" Rigby questioned. "It should. Let's go." Vivian jumped down. "Don't scratch your guitar! That thing wasn't cheap, you know!" Axel shouted, as Vivian fell to the ground.
She landed on the jumping castle and bounced back off, onto the cement. "Ow…" She groaned, as she stood up. "Keep your voice, down. They're all around you!" Ann whispered loudly, so Vivian could hear her. Vivian nodded. "I'll keep watch, you guys take Sean." Rigby said, looking back at the hatch. "Okay, we'll keep him safe." Alpha glanced at Axel, who was holding Sean's hand so he didn't accidently fall.
"Okay Sean, when we get down there, try to stay on the jumping castle and not…well, land on the cement." Alpha explained. Sean rolled his eyes and nodded. "Okay, let's go." Alpha jumped down, with Axel and Sean following him close behind. Ironically, Alpha landed on the castle, but bounced back off and hit the cement. "Damn it!" Alpha cursed, as he stood back up. Axel and Sean chuckled, as they watched him stand up.
They'd landed perfectly on the castle. "Shut up." Alpha rubbed his head, and stood up straight. They walked over to Vivian. "See you at the bottom." Ann jumped down and landed safely on the castle. Rigby looked at the ground in horror. He was frightened. He could have probably jumped, if Mordecai was there with him.
Suddenly, Rigby heard something. He heard footsteps. "What the?" Rigby turned around. Suddenly, someone jumped at Rigby, propelling them both off of the roof and onto the jumping castle below. Rigby opened his eyes, to see his attacker. "Mordecai?" He gasped. He didn't answer, he just held Rigby still.
Rigby was about to scream for his friends to help him, but he noticed that all of his friends had disappeared into the massive horde of zombies that were converging onto the supermarket.
Rigby reached into his pocket for his knife and pulled it out. "Don't make me!" Rigby shouted. Mordecai swatted the knife from Rigby's paw and grabbed his chest. "Come on man! Let go of me!" Rigby shouted. "What's going on out there?" Stan could be heard, entering the room that the prisoners were staying in.
"Where are they!? Find them!" Stan shouted, noticing the empty room. "Mordecai…come on! It's me, please remember me!" Rigby pleaded. Mordecai just held onto him. Rigby kicked Mordecai off, with all his might and jumped off the castle.
"You are weak. The weak need to be taken out." Mordecai said, tackling Rigby onto the cement. "Come on! Remember me!" Rigby pleaded. Mordecai pulled out the gun he was using earlier and held it to Rigby's head. "No…don't do it!" Rigby pleaded. Mordecai didn't move, he just stared blankly into Rigby's eyes.
Rigby quickly swatted the gun out of Mordecai's hands. The gun landed on the ground nearby. "How dare you!" Mordecai shouted, punching Rigby in the face. Mordecai jumped off Rigby and ran over to where the gun was lying. Rigby quickly stood up and tackled his friend. "Let me go, freak!" Mordecai shouted. His voice being muffled, as his stomach was lying face down on the cement.
Rigby turned his friend over and sat atop of him. "Get off me!" Mordecai shouted, desperately reaching for his gun. Mordecai managed to reach and gun and accidently pulled the trigger, sending a bullet into the wall. The gun was totally out of his reach now, so Mordecai turned back to Rigby, trying to push him off. Rigby kept his calm and grabbed Mordecai's head, holding it firmly with his paws. Mordecai suddenly stopped struggling and looked into Rigby's eyes. Rigby leant in and kissed the blue jay. Rigby pushed his lips onto Mordecai's, while the blue jay in question was trying to push his mate off of him.
Rigby held him firmly, making sure he didn't escape. Mordecai stopped struggling and stared into Rigby's eyes. Mordecai suddenly reached out his wings and pushed Rigby's face into his. After a few minutes, Rigby pulled away. He was confused. "I missed you." Mordecai said, smiling at his husband. "You…you're back?" Rigby exclaimed happily. "Yeah…" Mordecai held his head. "Where are we?" He asked. Rigby looked around, and was horrified when he saw the sight before him.
All of his friends weren't there and scores of zombies were approaching. "The shot must have alerted them." Rigby commented, standing up. Rigby helped Mordecai up. "I don't feel so good…" Mordecai held his friend. "Your mind is probably adjusting to all the things that are happening at once." Rigby explained. "Sure…" Mordecai grinned.
Rigby held Mordecai's hip, making sure his friend didn't tip over. Mordecai's vision was going blurry. "Are we gonna make it?" Mordecai asked, as he glanced at the horde of zombies that were approaching. "Yes! We've come too far." Rigby exclaimed. Suddenly, the sound of gunshots were heard. Stan and a few of his men were out the front of the supermarket taking the zombies out one by one with their Ak-47's and pistols.
"We're not going to make it…we're both gonna die…" Mordecai said, as Rigby and Mordecai backed into the wall of the supermarket. "We gotta make it, for Sean." Rigby grasped Mordecai's hand tightly. "Damn, you're stubborn." Mordecai smiled at him.
Rigby and Mordecai suddenly ran into the horde of zombies, as fast as they could. They sprinted through them, not giving any of them the chance to bite them. "We can do this!" Rigby shouted, as they pushed their way through the crowd of the oncoming undead.
Rigby could see the forest in front of them. "We're going to make it!" Rigby exclaimed. Mordecai suddenly regained confidence and picked his friend up. "What're you doing!?" Rigby shouted. "Saving our lives." He said, running through the crowd of the undead. Soon enough, Mordecai ran into the forest, with Rigby in his arms.
There was silence, Mordecai sprinted through the forest at an extremely fast pace. Rigby could hear the sounds of screaming and guns being fired behind them. It seemed like hours, but they put a lot of distance between themselves and the supermarket. Mordecai placed Rigby down softly onto the grass. "Thanks." Rigby said, standing up. "No…problem." Mordecai leant against and tree and slipped down the trunk, landing on the ground.
"Where is everyone else?" Rigby asked. "Everyone…else?" Mordecai asked, in-between breaths. "Sean…Alpha, Axel, Vivian and Ann." Rigby replied. "Sean!? Where's Sean?" Mordecai asked, panicking. "Don't worry, they're taking care of him." Rigby assured the bird. "You sure?" Mordecai asked. "I'm sure." Rigby placed his paw on Mordecai's head, rubbing his feathers.
"Wait, did you say Alpha?" Mordecai asked. "Yes, I did." Rigby nodded. "The same Alpha we met over fifteen years ago?" Mordecai asked. Rigby nodded. "That's great." Mordecai smiled at him. "Wait." Mordecai said, plainly. "What now?" Mordecai glanced at Rigby. "I…I don't know." Rigby held his chin. "Oh wait, there's also something else you missed." Rigby interrupted himself.
"What? Was it important?" Mordecai asked. "Yes." Rigby nodded. "Then what is it?" Mordecai questioned. "Well, we found Margaret." Rigby replied. "Really?" Mordecai was surprised. Rigby nodded. "She was camping in a café with Eileen, Thomas, Fives and…well…Benson was there." Rigby's head drooped. "They…they're all alive?" Mordecai exclaimed, happily. "No…Benson…Benson got bit." Rigby sighed. "I'm sorry, Rigby." Mordecai held the raccoon close to his chest.
"Wait…where were they all?" Mordecai asked. "In a town, nearby." Rigby answered. "Do you know where the town was?" Mordecai asked. "It wasn't too far away, it was just west of the prison." Rigby answered. "If we can find a road, it will lead us to the town." Mordecai said, standing up. "Where is the road?" Rigby asked. "I don't see a road, but I see a dirt path." Mordecai pointed over to a nearby dirt track. "We can follow it until we find the road." Mordecai said. "Good idea." Rigby looked up at the blue jay.
"Thanks, man. Now, let's go." Mordecai walked towards the dirt path, with Rigby following him close behind. "Think we'll find everyone else?" Rigby asked. "They wouldn't have abandoned us, they would have to be close by." Rigby replied. Mordecai nodded and walked down the dirt path with the raccoon.
"It's so great to have you back." Rigby caressed his friend's leg. "That's creepy." Mordecai chuckled. "I know." Rigby continued to hold his friend's leg. Mordecai smirked. "You know, you wouldn't like it if I held your leg continuously." Mordecai glanced at him. "I wouldn't like it." Rigby sighed. "I thought so." Mordecai laughed. "I'd love it." Rigby chuckled. Mordecai just rolled his eyes.
"Once we get to the café, I'm so gonna hold you to that."
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