A Regular Outbreak
Season Four: Friendships Divided
Episode Four: Electricity
15th of May, 2024, Late Evening
The two kids sat beside each other, their eyes locked onto one another. Luke rubbed his shoulder and turned away. "Come on Luke…just tell me." Sean placed a paw on Luke's shoulder. Luke turned back to his friend and cleared his throat. The room was once again, filled with the dreaded silence, which both of the wolves absolutely hated.
At the same time, Alpha had climbed up the steps, searching for the bathroom. He noticed the opened door and peered inside. He noticed Luke and Sean looking over at each other, with awkward looks on both of their faces.
Luke looked into Sean's eyes and cracked a smile. Suddenly, Luke reached over to Sean, and in a matter of seconds, their lips were connected. Sean didn't have to react, before Luke had begun exploring the kid's mouth.
Luke suddenly pulled away, and the two friends stared at each other with shocked looks on their faces. "I'm…I'm sorry…" Luke said, jumping off of the bed and running out of the room, knocking Alpha over as he exited the bedroom.
Alpha watched Luke descend down the stairs, before turning back to Sean, who had his face buried in his paws. "Sean…are you alright…?" Alpha asked, entering the bedroom. Sean remained quiet. Alpha quietly walked over to Sean and sat beside him on the bed. Alpha decided to remain silent and pulled Sean in for a hug. Sean returned the hug, and a few tears strayed from his eyes.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Rigby, Cody and Mordecai were in a fit of laughs, watching the television. "How do they come up with this stuff?" Mordecai asked, a lot happier than earlier. Luke suddenly sped down the steps and ran out the front door of the house.
"What the he-…Luke!" Rigby jumped off the couch. "You can't be out there all alone!" Rigby said, following him out the front door. Luke ran off the porch and around the side of house, with Rigby following him close behind. "Stop!" The raccoon demanded, while Luke continued to run along the grass.
"Stop!" The raccoon shouted. Luke tripped over a rock and landed on the ground. The wolf looked up and saw Rigby's angry face. He quickly stood up and faced the raccoon.
"What the hell are you doing out here!?" Rigby exclaimed, catching his breath. Luke remained quiet and just stared at the raccoon. "Luke…?" Rigby tilted his head. Luke remained quiet. Rigby noticed a few tears falling from Luke's eyes and sighed. "Come on…let's get back inside." Rigby rubbed Luke's shoulder and began leading him back to the house.
The two men walked up the steps of the porch and walked back into the house. Mordecai and Cody directed their attention to them as they entered. "What happened?" Cody asked, getting off the couch, with Mordecai mirroring his actions.
"I'm not sure…" Rigby said, rubbing Luke's shoulder. "He's not talking to me." Rigby sighed.
Cody looked out the window and noticed that the sun had set. "How about we do this in the morning. We're all very tired." He suggested. Rigby nodded in agreement.
"Yeah." Luke said, in a quiet voice. "I'll sleep down here, on the couch." Luke said, escaping Rigby's grip and walking over to the couch.
"I think you should come up with us, we don't want any-…" "I'm sleeping on the couch." Luke sternly answered, interrupting the otter.
"Sounds like he means business, come along. Let's go upstairs." Cody said, ascending the stairs with Mordecai. "Goodnight kid." Rigby approached Luke and kissed him on the forehead. "We'll see you in the morning…alright? And please…don't run off." Rigby frowned. Luke nodded and watched Rigby climb the stairs.
Luke reached over to the television and switched it off. He didn't want anything disturbing him while he attempted to sleep.
But how could he sleep? He just kissed his best friend. He knew he had to get it out of his system, but maybe that wasn't the best thing to do.
Luke decided to put these thoughts to sleep, while he attempted to get some himself. Luke laid on the couch and closed his eyes. But no matter how he tried, the wolf would never get to sleep.
An hour later, Luke heard footsteps coming from the stairs. He opened his eyes and glanced at the staircase. He saw Sean walking down the stairs, as quiet as he could. Continuously looking back to see if anybody heard him. Sean noticed Luke on the couch and approached him with caution.
"Luke…please…" Sean begged, before he even got within a metres radius of the wolf. Luke sat up and looked over a Sean, with a distraught look on his face. Sean knew that Luke had regretted what he'd done. But Sean, on the other hand, was happy that he did.
"Scooch." Sean said, sitting beside Luke on the couch. Luke moved over a little bit and glanced at Sean.
"You know…" Sean began. "Back in school, I knew this girl." He explained. "And she was the hottest girl in our grade." Sean continued. "One day, I decided that I would muster up my courage and tell her that I had feelings for her. So…I did." Sean readjusted his position on the couch as he continued.
"You see, I've read all those crappy romance novels, and seen all those television shows about love. And how they would always say that you would get…a good feeling, when you kiss someone that you truly know that you should be with." Sean continued. Luke just stared at him in awe, actually understanding every word that was coming out of Sean's mouth.
"It's…like a feeling…electricity! You know?" Sean smiled at him. "So…when I told the girl my feelings, we kissed. And straight away, I realised…that, that wasn't what I wanted." Sean continued. "But…when you kissed me, the thing that shocked me the most, wasn't that you suddenly kissed me." Sean shifted closer to the other wolf and smiled at him.
"It's that I actually felt the feeling when you did." Without warning, Sean reached over and kiss Luke on the cheek. "You should've told me earlier." Sean chuckled, pulling away.
Luke's cheeks were now a dark shade of crimson. Luke hid his embarrassment away from Sean, by turning the other way. "There's just one thing that I'm unsure of." Sean said, his good mood diminishing.
"Why do you like me?" He asked. "Is it because I'm the only kid in the group? Or is it because you're just bored?" Sean asked.
Luke turned to face him. "It's none of those reasons. The reason why I like you, is because of how…calm you can be. The way you can rave on passionately about something that is important to you. The way that you smile at everyone you see. And the way how you're always so helpful to the group." Luke explained.
"I don't love you because you're smart." Luke smiled at him. "I love you because you are unique. Special. One-of a kind." Luke added. "All of those things." He added.
"That was so cheesy." Sean laughed. "But I loved it." He added, pulling Luke into a hug. Luke wrapped his arms around Sean and let out a sigh.
They pulled away from each other and just stared at one another. "What happens now?" Sean asked.
"I dunno. We're only kids, Sean." Luke chuckled.
"I didn't mean anything like that." Sean blushed. "I meant, what do we do now? Are we in a relationship or…what?" Sean asked.
"I thought you were smarter than that." Luke chuckled. "Of course we're in a relationship." He added. Sean smiled back at him. "Good." He said, in a happier tone.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door. "Did you hear that?" Luke asked, glancing over at the front door. Sean nodded. Luke jumped off the couch, followed by Sean and approached the door. Luke pushed Sean back.
"Stay back, I don't want you getting hurt." Luke said, in a man-like voice. Sean knew that Luke was trying to impress him, but he bought it anyway. He nodded and walked over to the couch.
Luke approached the door and considered his options. His conscience was telling him to not open it, but he thought that he should. Luke reached over to the lock of the door and was about to lock it, before the door swung open.
Luke stood back and looked up, his eyes widening at the sight. Behind the door, was an otter holding a shotgun. "What the hell…?" The otter stood there in shock. He was obviously not expecting a kid to answer the door. "Um…who are you?" The otter asked, holding the shotgun in both of his hands.
"I'm…" Luke quickly thought of a lie, while Sean quickly ducked behind the couch. "Mitch." He answered.
"Okay…Mitch…does anybody by the name of Cody live here?" The otter asked, looking through the doorway.
"No…I live here with my partner." Luke narrowed his eyes and leant on the wall beside him, trying to act cool.
"Are you sure? I was just here yesterday and I saw him." The otter narrowed his eyes and glared at the smaller man. "He's my brother." The otter added.
Luke was slightly taken aback by this, but kept his cool. "I did see an otter down the road, but he doesn't live here." Luke smirked. The otter nodded and sighed.
"Alright, I apologize, I'll go look for him. Thanks for your time." The otter nodded and walked off the porch.
Luke slowly closed the door and looked over a Sean with a worried look. "What's going on down here?" Luke looked up and noticed Alpha, Rigby, Mordecai and Cody descending the staircase.
"There was somebody at the door. He's gone now." Luke explained.
"Who was at the door?" Cody asked, in a stern voice. "He was an otter. He said he was your brother." Luke added.
"I don't have a brother." Cody tilted his head in confusion. "That's what he said dude." Luke shrugged.
"Was he carrying a weapon?" Mordecai asked.
"Yeah, it looked like a double barrel." Sean answered, walking over to the group. "Luke made him go away." Sean added.
"What did you say to him?" Alpha asked, scratching under his neck.
"I just told him that I saw you down the road, so he'd leave." Luke answered, regretting that he'd told him.
"I know who he is…he isn't a good guy." Cody glanced at Rigby. "His name is Era. He is part of a local bandit group that is camped a few blocks away." Cody explained. "He sometimes comes here and robs me for supplies." Cody walked up the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Alpha asked, facing the staircase.
"Once he realises that what Luke told him was a lie, he's going to return with the rest of his group to hunt me down. That includes killing all of you guys to reach me." Cody replied, facing the group.
"I doubt that. I think we can handle them." Mordecai scoffed. "They're just bandits. We've got weapons too." He added.
"Don't be so stupid." Cody snarled. "They've got rifles, shotguns, pistols…any type of weapon they can get their hands on, they've got." Cody explained. "They've got cars too." He added, watching the group follow him up the stairs.
"Okay guys, get all of your stuff. We're leaving the farm." Cody ordered. Luke remained downstairs with Sean, while the rest of the group ascended the stairs. "Quickly, let's grab our gear." Luke said, running over to the couch. Sean followed close behind the wolf. Luke reached behind the sofa and pulled out two backpacks, he handed the smaller one to Sean and threw the bigger one over his shoulder.
Sean adjusted his backpack and placed it on his back, putting his arms through the straps. "We should search the bottom floor for supplies." Sean suggested. "Good idea." Luke agreed.
Luke walked into the kitchen and began emptying the fridge. "Remember, we can't take any refrigerated stuff, we got nowhere to put them." Sean shouted to Luke, as he opened the cabinet below the television.
"I know!" Luke shouted back. He searched the fridge and grabbed a few cans of Sodas. He stuffed them in his backpack, followed by a loaf of bread. He noticed at the back of the fridge, were a few bottles of Bud Light. He reached for them and pulled out one of the bottles.
"Unopened." He said to himself, as he put the bottle in his backpack. He grabbed the other bottles and put them in aswell.
A few minutes later, the group met downstairs and they all waited for Cody. Eventually, Cody descended the stairs and approached them. "Alright, let's go out the back and take my truck." Cody said, walking through the living room and into the kitchen. The survivors followed him through the kitchen to the back door. Cody opened it and passed through it, leading the survivors outside.
The atmosphere darkened as they went outside. A storm had begun, and bolts of lightning were appearing in the skies. "To the truck." Cody said, jogging to his pick-up truck, which was parked in a small, open garage complex. The group followed him to the truck.
"Open up!" Cody heard somebody shout, followed by the sound of glass breaking. "Holy shit that was quick." Cody muttered as he searched his pockets for the keys.
"Hurry up!" Alpha exclaimed, beginning to panic.
"Fuck! I left the keys inside the house!" Cody shouted. Alpha rolled his eyes and jumped onto the side of the truck. The wolf held his arm and used it to break open the window. "We're in!" Alpha said, reaching in and pulling up the lock, unlocking the car.
"What the hell did you do that for!?" Cody exclaimed.
"I improvised!" Alpha said, opening the door and letting the kids into the back seat. Luke reached over and opened the left front door for Cody and sat back in his seat. Mordecai followed the kids into the back seat, followed by Alpha. Alpha shut the door as he entered, while Cody and Rigby got into the front seats.
"Wait, how can we start the car without keys?" Rigby asked, looking through the windscreen, at the house.
"I can hotwire it!" Cody said, looking over at the raccoon.
"Okay…do your thing, just hurry." Rigby said, looking over at the house. Suddenly, the back door flung open and Era passed through it, followed by two other fully-equipped people, holding rifles. "Take them out!" Era shouted, pointed the rifle at the truck.
Cody opened a panel below the steering wheel and grabbed two of the wires. "Here goes…" He said, putting the wires together. The car suddenly turned on. The dash lit up, and the lights on the front lit up, blinding Era and the two people with him.
"Drive!" Rigby shouted, putting on his seatbelt. Cody quickly put his belt on the grabbed the steering wheel. He pulled out the handbrake and pushed on the accelerator. The truck had trouble gaining traction on the wet ground, and the tires wouldn't move.
"Come on!" Cody said, hitting the side of his door. As soon as he said that, the truck regained traction and sped past the house. Cody pushed the steering wheel to the right, veering the truck in the same direction.
"Hold on!" Rigby exclaimed. Cody drove the truck onto the road that was in front of the farm house and increased his speed. Alpha looked over the back seat and noticed two pairs of lights pursuing them. "They do have cars!" Alpha shouted.
"I told you." Cody sighed. The lights continued to close in on the survivors, while Cody attempted to outrun them. "Okay…Mordecai, you're the closest. Grab my backpack and open the main compartment." Cody ordered. Mordecai nodded and reached for Cody's backpack. He opened it and was shocked when he noticed a pistol.
"Yes, it's a gun! Pull it out the try to take these guys out, while I drive!" Cody demanded. Mordecai pulled out the pistol and reached out the window, so he could get a shot on their pursuers. "On the left!" Cody exclaimed. The group all turned to the left, a truck had pulled up beside them and was only a metres length away from their truck.
"Pull over!" The driver shouted. It was Era. He was the only one in the truck, while the rest of his group were in the car a fair way behind them. Era veered his truck far to the right, clipping the survivor's truck. Cody held the truck on the road though, making sure it didn't veer into the ground on either side of the road.
"Fine! I guess I have to take you out!" Era shouted, reaching into the back seat of his truck and grabbing his double barrel. "How can he hold that, and drive at the same time?" Luke asked, while he hid behind Mordecai with Sean. "Multitasking?" Sean shrugged.
Era held the shotgun in his right hand and aimed it at the truck. He pulled the trigger, and the sound of the shotgun blast, forced all of the survivors to cup their hands over their ears.
However, for one of the group members, the final thing they felt, was the pellets of the shotgun piercing their skull.
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Word Count – 3000. Wow!