Author's Note- Hey everyone, RenLen123 requested a Zombie Run! short and I am happy to present that today. But before we get to that, several of you all wanted to know how your well your state did in the Zombie survival rankings. Well they don't allow me to put up links in the story but I can tell you how to find the study. First go to Google. Type in "Zombie survival by state study" into the search bar. The link you want should be the second link from the top. It is a blog by the estately company. While we are taking about the last chapter here is a quick shout out to all you wonderful readers who left a review. Thank you AmeBel is my Life, Michigan, saoirsewolf, and BloodLily16 feeding the author virtual cookies.

Disclaimer- I do not own Hetalia…or Apple…but I could probably out run a zombie…if I needed to…

Zombie Run!

Life as a state could be pretty stressful sometimes. You had to deal with politics and natural disasters, civil unrest and economic pitfalls. Sometimes you needed a mindless activity to take away the fears and disappointments a state faced, if only for a little bit.

Mississippi was taking one of her brain breaks. She had found lovely patch of grass in a local park and enjoyed half laying in the newly cut grass. Without another care in the world she pulled out her iPad and started to play her favorite game. It was an impractical game but Zombie Run! was just the right combination of strategy and ridiculousness that it helped her relax. It was amazingly freeing. She was just about to beat a particularly difficult level when an unexpected shadow was cast across the screen causing her to misjudge a tap and causing her character to get eaten. She had to bite her tongue to keep from swearing.

"You do realize that just because you out run a zombie in a game don't mean that you would be able to do it in real life you know." Vermont interrupted her calm revelry and she instantly wanted to strangle him. "If you just a little bit healthier lifestyle then you would totally be better prepared.

"Did you just call me fat?" Mississippi glared at him one eyebrow raised.

"Not fat." Vermont attempted to back track. "Just slow, your people drive your cars everywhere so you never really get to really experience the joys of exercising in the great outdoors."

"Have you ever been in the middle of the Bayou in August?" Mississippi looked up at him clearly unimpressed.

"No, and from your tone of voice it would appear that I really don't want to."

"You've got that right." She said with a roll of her eyes and turned her attention back to her game. Unfortunately Vermont didn't pick up on the nonverbal cues that his sister state wanted to be left alone.

"Sorry sis, you are totally doomed if the zombie apocalypse comes. You're lack of exercise makes you just plan too slow. You would totally get eaten in under an hour."

"Want to test that theory?" Mississippi slammed her iPad shut, her eyes daggers.

"Why not?" Vermont shrugged.

"Okay." She tucked it into her purse and turned a level eye on her competitor. Standing she walked so close to her brother that he could feel her breath on his cheek. Playfully she tapped the end of his nose with her finger. "Well, you get to be the zombie. Catch me if you can."

The Southern state turned and took off at a dead run leaving her fellow standing alone in the middle the grassy park. He sighed.

"Sisters!" Vermont muttered under his breath before sprinting into the woods. There was no way that he was going to allow Mississippi win at this game.

End Note- Well I have been doing my best to spread the love I didn't actually use the states that walk/runs the most/least. Currently the highest rate human powered commuting takes place in Alaska, while Texas is at the bottom of the pack. If you want to know how much foot traffic your state has take a look at the Alliance for Biking and Walking website. They have a great yearly report there. Also, we are done with the zombies for now so I will move on to another subject that raises heart rates in the United States…food.