The crash into the Shadow's building was nothing short than epic.
Micro-Ice hopped to his feet and brushed glass off "Wow that was nothing short than epic!" He exclaimed.
D'jok nodded "Yup,"
Benett shushed them both "We crashed just below Sinedd's room, we don't know if there are any zombies around here,"
"Whoah man," Micro-Ice said.
Benett clasped his hand on D'jok's mouth before he could speak.
"Whoah man," Rocket agreed.
Benett glowered at him.
"It's very dark in here," Mei grinned.
"Why are you grinning about that?" Rocket asked.
Mei shrugged.
Benett shook his head "I should've gone by myself," He grumbled.
"Mmmuumuummummurrmmumumm," D'jok said from behind Benett's hand.
Benett removed his hand "What?"
"Shouldn't we go get Sinedd?" He asked.
Benett nodded "Yes we should," He walked over to the room's door "Come on,"
The young group followed Benett out of the door and into a corridor covered in blood.
"This corridor is covered in blood," Micro-Ice said.
"Whose blood do you think it belongs to Benjy boy?" D'jok asked.
Benett shrugged "I don't know, and I don't want to find out,"
"Why?" Mei asked.
Benett rubbed his eyes from under his shades "Because I don't,"
"I wish I'd brought my pizza now," Micro-Ice sighed.
"You have pizza?" Rocket asked.
"Not for you dude," Micro-Ice scowled.
Rocket frowned and folded his arms angrily.
"What about me? Can I have some of the pizza?" Mei asked.
"I told you, you've got to stay slim if you want me to stay with you babe" D'jok said as he walked ahead with Benett.
"Oh yeah!" Mei exclaimed before giggling loudly.
"Shut up!" Benett hissed. "What are you stupid!?"
"Benett man...she's very stupid" Micro-Ice laughed.
"It's true! I'm extremely stupid!" Mei giggled.
"I'm starting to realise that now" Benett groaned.
The gang pushed through a door, stairs were to the side of them, suddenly a bullet came careering past Rocket's head and hit the wall behind him.
"Whoever just did that is about to get extremely fucked up" Rocket growled, rolling up his sleeves.
"No" Benett murmured holding back the teenager. "Zombies can't hold guns!" He turned to the source of the gunshot. "Hello!? Who's there!?"
Artegor appeared out of the shadows with a gun over his shoulder.
"Kill him!" Roared D'jok.
"No he's human!" Benett exclaimed.
"Hey its Artegor kill him!" Micro-Ice announced once he spotted Artegor.
"Try and kill me and I'll shoot that cute little button nose right off your face" Artegor warned, he turned to D'jok. "I'll shoot off your ginger hair" He turned to Mei. "I'll shoot off your stupidly long hair" He turned to Rocket. "I'll shoot off your chin" He turned to Benett. "I'll shoot off your hat and sunglasses"
"Oooh double whammy for you Benjamin!" Chuckled D'jok.
"What're you doing here?" Artegor demanded.
"We're here to save Sinedd" Rocket informed Artegor.
"Why do you want to save that little prick for?" Artegor asked.
"I thought Sinedd was your favourite player?" Mei asked in confusion.
"Oh hell no...I like the goalkeeper, he has class" Artegor said smiling.
"Favourite player's aside, Sinedd's still your star player, why don't you want to save him?" Rocket mumbled.
"Because there's a shit load of zombies up there" Artegor shrugged.
"Living impaired" D'jok corrected.
Artegor looked at him for a while, his expression undistinguishable from behind his glasses. "...No" He said.
"But you've got a gun, you could shoot them" Benett mumbled.
"That was my last bullet" Artegor shrugged.
"Is that a lie?" Micro-Ice asked.
Artegor nodded.
"Look, come and help us get Sinedd then we'll all go back to Aarch Academy...its safe there, marginally" Benett pleaded.
"...Fine" Artegor sighed. "But only if Mei will go out with me"
Mei blinked at him.
"Mei's my girlfriend!" D'jok roared.
Artegor trained his shotgun onto D'jok's head. "I bet you'll miss your hair when I shoot it off"
"I'm not sure it's possible to shoot people's hair off" Rocket mumbled.
"Yeah? Well it's possible to do this!" Artegor announced.
"What?" Rocket asked.
Artegor kicked him in the knackers.
"Ooo ow," Rocket said without reacting.
"We're wasting precious time," Benett said.
Artegor nodded "You should go get Sinedd if you're all so gay for him. I'll stay here for like...protection...yeah..." He smiled to himself, satisfied with his lie.
"Okay," Rocket nodded "We'll go get Sinedd!"
Rocket ran up the stairs like a mad man on acid.
"Slow down!" Benett shouted as Rocket leaped up the stairs "There might be zombies up there!"
"Nawh!" Rocket laughed "I'll save Sinedd!"
He ran through the doors at the top of the stairs and was gone.
Benett shook his head and turned to the remaining three "Come on let's go,"
Mei beamed at him.
Benett looked at her with a frown and then walked up the stairs, with the three following him.
"Bye guys!" Artegor called.
Benett opened the doors and stepped into a new corridor. The floor was swamped with blood and right in front of him laid the body of Rocket.
"I slipped," Rocket chuckled.
Benett shook his head and stepped over Rocket "He's in that room," Benett said pointing at the room labelled 1408.
Mei, Micro-Ice and D'jok looked at Rocket.
"On the floor eh?" D'jok asked.
Rocket smiled with blood stained teeth "Yep, fell in the blood didn't I?!"
They all nodded.
"In here," Benett whispered to the gang.
He grasped his katana and kicked the door open.
Immediately a Shadow zombie flung itself at him forcing him to crash into the corridor wall. It wildly gnashed it's teeth at him. Pressing his feet against the wall he was able to propel the zombie off him.
The gang clapped and murmured praise.
"You can help me you know?!" Benett roared at them as he ducked a slash from the zombie.
Micro-Ice shrugged "Nah, you seem to be doing alright Benjamin,"
Benett ducked another slash and brought the katana up in a swift movement through the zombie's throat and into it's head.
As soon as the zombie fell to the floor D'jok, Micro-Ice, Mei and the blood soaked Rocket ran into the room.
"Oh my god!" Rocket exclaimed.
"What?!" Benett asked worriedly as he followed them into the room.
"This is a really nice room," Rocket smiled.
Benett frowned at him "Where's Sinedd?"
Micro-Ice shrugged and sat on an over-turned chair "Maybe he's in that wardrobe which that other living impaired is trying to get into,"
"Shit!" Benett cursed "I didn't see that one!"
"He swore," Mei said.
Rocket held back Benett from going to the zombie, which resulted in Benett having a very bloody shoulder.
"I'll take care of this one," Rocket winked.
Benett raised an eyebrow but gestured for him to deal with the threat.
Rocket slightly chuckled and stepped forward rubbing his hands together "Time to take out the garbage,"
"Rubbish," D'jok interjected.
Rocket ran straight at the zombie and rugby tackled it. The force of the tackle took the zombie by surprise and it was powerless to stop him. Unfortunately the tackle was way too powerful and they both crashed out the window.
"Remember meeeeeeee!" Rocket called as he fell.
"Okay!" D'jok answered.
Benett shook his head "That was a needless sacrifice,"
"I'm not dead!" Rocket shouted back from out in the street "I'll meet you back in the building!"
"Okay!" D'jok answered.
Benett walked hesitantly over to the wardrobe and opened it quickly. In the wardrobe stood Sinedd dressed only in a towel with his arms crossed.
"Took you long enough Flatfoots," He sneered.
"I like your towel Sinedd... is that Pokemon?" Mei asked smiling.
"You know damn well its Pokemon Mei" Sinedd said nodding.
"Sinedd get dressed, we need to get out of here, Artegor's waiting for us downstairs" Benett sighed.
Suddenly there was a scream from downstairs and Rocket burst into the room, he slammed it shut, then picked up the wardrobe with Sinedd still inside and barricaded the door.
"Rocket what happened?" Benett demanded.
"The living...im...im...impaired...they...they were attacking Artegor...I don't know if he'll survive" Rocket said breathlessly, sitting down on the bed, where Micro-Ice and D'jok were sitting cross legged watching the TV upon the wall.
"Will Artegor survive?" Micro-Ice asked.
"Hey!" Sinedd shrieked when he realised D'jok and Micro-Ice were watching his TV. "Stop that! That costs money!"
"Calm it man" Chuckled D'jok before switching the TV off and walking up to Sinedd. "How are you doing oh arch enemy of mine?" He enquired.
"Fine, how're you doing with your smelly team the Pookids?" Sinedd asked.
"We're called the Snowkids aren't we? I thought we were called the Snowkids" Mei muttered to Benett who slapped himself in the face.
"Oh we're just busy remembering we've won the Galactik Football cup twice in a row, you?" D'jok growled back at Sinedd.
Sinedd sneered and clenched his fist, smog decorating it.
"Stop! We don't have time to fight!" Benett shrieked, he jumped in the middle of the two of them then turned to Rocket. "Rocket do you think there's any way we can get out of this building?"
"From what I saw, living impaired were littering the stairs and I had to fight about a million to get back in" Rocket explained.
"Are there any in the hallway?" Benett asked.
"Oh for God's sake I don't remember!" Rocket moaned before collapsing onto the big black bed and curling up.
"Rocket! Wake up!" Benett hissed.
"No I'm so tired...I didn't even want to come" Rocket groaned. "I only came cuz Tia's a bitch"
"Tia being a bitch again big guy?" Sinedd asked, smiling sympathetically at him.
"Sinedd get dressed!" Benett ordered.
"No because there are girls in the room" Sinedd said.
"Mei close your eyes" Benett sighed.
"I was talking about Micro-Ice" Sinedd said grinning. "Haha" He laughed to himself.
"Well that was a stupid joke" Micro-Ice said rolling his eyes. "Stupid" He hissed at Sinedd.
Sinedd gave Micro-Ice the finger then shook his head. "But seriously everyone close your eyes...I'm extremely self conscious"
"And for good reason, your voice is like a prepubescent boys!" D'jok laughed.
Sinedd snarled and punched him. "For your stupid flatfooted information that's a disease! And I was referring to my body there anyway!"
"Shut your eyes" Benett shouted at D'jok.
Everybody shut their eyes.
"K, you can look"
Everybody opened their eyes and burst out laughing when they saw Sinedd was wearing the alien version of the Shadow uniform.
"What happened to your normal kit?" Mei giggled.
"What happened to normal hair?" Sinedd hissed back at her, she burst into tears.
"Sinedd man don't insult my girlfriend!" D'jok growled.
"Try and stop me!" Sinedd hissed, towering over the ginger teen.
"I will!...later," D'jok snarled back.
"Yeah I'm sure you will" Sinedd said rolling his eyes. "Anyway I'm wearing this, cuz this is the only thing that isn't covered in blood-"
"I've got a plan!" Benett announced.
"Okay just interrupt me that's fine" Sinedd said moodily.
"We can try and drop into the room below Sinedd's then try and climb that wire back across!" Benett explained.
"Somebody carry me" Rocket said.
"I will!" Micro-Ice exclaimed before tugging and heaving at the heavier teen.
Benett smacked himself in the face.
"It's no good!" Micro-Ice wheezed as he tried pulling Rocket over his shoulder "We're doomed!"
"No," Benett groaned "Rocket will have to climb by himself,"
"I wonder what D'Jado is up to at the moment," D'jok said.
"I can phone Zoeleene!" Micro-Ice exclaimed "And ask,"
D'jok frowned "No, I'm not that bothered. You are so gay for Zoeleene with your un-developed love affair that you had with her,"
"Come on we need to get out of here," Benett ordered.
"Oh so no-one is going to carry me!" Rocket complained.
"No!" Benett shouted.
Sinedd rubbed his nose with the long alien sleeve "Have you still got that crazy lady working for you?"
Micro-Ice nodded "Dame Simbai? Yeah!"
"Can we just go downstairs please," Benett groaned.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Rocket groaned back with double groaning power. He pushed past Benett and walked out of the room and down the hall "Just wanna get home and have some hot chocolate... I wonder what Option I will choose this time..."
Benett and the rest of the gang followed after him.
"Lots of living impaired here," Rocket murmured as he casually walked down the stairs.
"Be careful Rocket!" Benett warned.
Rocket shrugged "I've already fought them and they know not to mess with me," He shook a fist at a zombie which recoiled in fear "Yeah you better recoil in fear,"
"Oh brilliant!" Benett smiled.
Rocket shook his head "Nah they'll wanna eat you lot," He wandered off "See you in a bit!" He called.
"Bye Rocket!" Mei laughed.
Benett studied the group of zombies at the bottom of the stairs and then noticed that Artegor was now one of them.
He clutched his katana and slowly approached them with the gang following rather casually behind.
"Benett," Micro-Ice said.
Benett turned to him "What?"
"Are we there yet?" He asked.
Benett frowned at shook his head "No shut up!"
"Oh," Micro-Ice said "...Coz Sinedd needs the toilet,"
"I don't care," Benett groaned "He'll have to wait,"
Sinedd undid his zip and starting weeing on the zombies.
"Watch me get it in Artegor's mouth!" Sinedd laughed.
"No!" Benett shouted "You'll draw their attention!"
It was too late however. The zombies starting clambering up the stairs towards the gang.
"Right! Get ready to fight you lot!" Benett said.
"Nah you're alright Benjamin," D'jok smiled from the bottom of the staircase.
Benett stared at him as he held off the zombies "How the hell did you get down there?!"
"There's a lift," D'jok grinned.
"Why didn't you tell us about it!" Benett growled as he chopped one zombie's head off.
D'jok shrugged "I did, but none of the others wanted to come,"
"I'm scared of elevators," Mei said.
"Me and Sinedd wanted to walk down the stairs," Micro-Ice grinned.
Benett sighed and kicked one of the zombies in the head "Right! You three! Take the elevator! I'll be with you in a second!"
"I'm scared of elevators," Mei said.
"She's scared of elevators," Micro-Ice said.
"I wanted to come with you," Sinedd whined.
"Why?!" Benett roared angrily.
"It's probably a phobia," Micro-Ice shrugged.
"No!" Benett shouted "Why the hell does Sinedd want to come with me!"
"You might give me your hat," Sinedd smiled.
Benett raised an eyebrow "You want my hat?"
"Just to wear for awhile," Sinedd smiled again.
He sighed and stabbed a zombie through the head "I'll let you wear it if you take the lift,"
Sinedd beamed at him and then ran off to the lift. Micro-Ice and Mei stood there smiling.
"Micro-Ice get in the lift!" Benett screamed as he stabbed the katana through an eye of a zombie.
"But Mei asked me to stay with her" Micro-Ice explained.
"It's true I did" Mei nodded.
"Micro-Ice get in the lift now" Growled Benett.
"But Mei..."
"I don't care what Mei said!" Benett yelped.
"Alright calm it man" Micro-Ice sighed before heading into the lift with Sinedd who was holding the door open for him, Benett turned on Mei.
"Mei if you don't get in the elevator you'll die!" Benett told her.
"Not if I stun the zombies with my beauty!" Mei grinned.
"Stun them with your wha...?" Benett repeated, staring at the teen aghast.
"We'll see you at the bottom Benjamin!" Micro-Ice called.
A few seconds later there was the PING of the elevator doors and Benett could hear D'jok greeting Micro-Ice and Sinedd.
"With this!" Mei announced before striding in front of Benett and posing dramatically in front of the Shadow (and Artegor) zombies, the zombies launched themselves at her, but suddenly a smoke bomb clattered in front of them and the zombies were blinded, Mei and Benett were pulled up and into an air vent in the ceiling.
"Who...who are you?" Benett coughed.
The person who had saved them was dressed in a black robe; he put his hood down and grinned at them.
"Luur!?" Benett screeched.
"Yeah hey" Luur said smiling.
"Luur? Of the Xenons?" Mei asked Benett.
"Yes Luur of the Xenons Mei" Benett said rolling his eyes.
"Hello I'm Luur of the Xenons" Luur said, smiling graciously.
"Why are you on Akillian Luur? Seems pretty suspect" Benett muttered.
"Hey I saved D'jok before why not again?" Luur said shrugging.
"What? Do other planets know about the zombie apocalypse then?" Benett asked.
"No just me" Luur replied.
"Why?" Benett asked in confusion.
"Since I saved D'jok that day in the final we've been pretty tight" Luur explained. "He texted me a few hours back saying that there was something called 'Living Impaired' on the planet and that he may be a little late for our friendly football match...I wanted to see if he was telling the truth"
"You're pretty paranoid" Benett noted as Mei tried to catch her hair.
"I'm not paranoid!" Luur hissed. "How rude! I just saved your life!"
"True...I'm sorry" Benett agreed. "But we need to get downstairs; D'jok, Micro-Ice and Sinedd are waiting down there for us"
"Will D'jok play the friendly football match with me?" Luur asked.
"Yes!" Mei shrieked delightedly.
"I'm sure D'jok will" Benett sighed.
"Well then I'll help you downstairs" Luur decided.
"Awesome" Benett whooped.
"Come on then...you kids" Luur said smiling before crawling off down the vent, Mei and Benett followed after.
They crawled for a tiny while and then Luur smashed a hole below him and jumped down. Benett and Mei followed him down. They were in the room that they originally crashed into.
Rocket, D'jok, Micro-Ice and Sinedd were sitting cross-legged in a circle playing cards.
Rocket looked up and waved at Benett "Hiya!"
Benett frowned "What are you lot doing?! Why aren't you in the other building?!"
"Can I have your hat now?" Sinedd asked.
Benett threw him the hat. Sinedd put it on and clapped his hands happily.
"Wanna play cards Benjy?" Micro-Ice smiled.
Benett shook his head angrily "No! Why aren't you in the other building?!"
D'jok looked from Benett to the window and shrugged "Oh Rocket cut the wire,"
"What?! Why?!"
"So the living impaired couldn't follow us," Rocket smiled.
Benett scratched his head "But... but you're supposed to be on the other side for that to work,"
"Oooohhhhhhhhhh," Rocket nodded and tapped D'jok "We were supposed to be on the other side,"
D'jok nodded slowly "Oooohhhhhh," He looked at Luur "Hi Luur,"
Luur grinned "Do you want to play that friendly match later?"
"No," D'jok said and looked back down at his cards.
Luur's lip quivered and then he got over it and starting humming to himself.
"We need to get out of here!" Benett shouted "Get up!"
They all groaned and stood up.
Benett clapped his hands together "Okay! We need to get to the entrance of this building and get out of here,"
"I think you mean exit," Luur said.
They all nodded. Benett looked at him and shook his head in exasperation "Whatever... the fact is, we need to get down to the bottom of this building which is a whole two floors down. But that isn't easy-"
"Oh?" Luur said.
"They're are zo- I mean living impaired all over this building,"
Sinedd nodded tipping Benett's hat forward "Nasty buggers,"
"I suggest you all find weapons to protect yourself," Benett said.
Luur clenched his fists "I don't need anything other than my fists!"
The teenage gang looked at him and nodded furiously.
"Me too!" D'jok growled clenching his fist together.
This was followed by numerous agreements.
Benett shook his head "No, you can't all fight them off with your fists!"
"Are you saying I'm not strong?" D'jok murmured.
"I'm just saying that you won't be able to fend them off!"
D'jok winked at him "I know you are only trying to protect my ego, don't worry I'll stay grounded,"
"Noooo... I'm trying to protect your body," Benett growled.
D'jok laughed and marched out the room "Come on guys! Let's go punch living impaired!"
The gang ran after him laughing. Sinedd fell over his long trouser legs but then got back up and continued following after him laughing.
Benett groaned and walked after them.
To be continued