Previously….
We saw Fionna's first adventure in her post apocalyptic town. We know what happened to her town. But what happened to Finn? What else is she to face? What's going to happen next?…
I run out of the diner, with my full backpack. I look down at my clothes and find that they're tattered. My shoes are falling apart.
'I told my mom that I needed new ones… Oh… mom… I hope you're not like that man. I don't know what I'd do if I had to… To…I don't wanna think about it.' I think to myself as I look for a place that isn't all rubble, and ashes. It takes me a while to realize where I'm at. I see the tall poles where the fast food signs would glow, attracting people like moths to a flame. I see the red roofs of crumbled hotels, and the shells of stores. I'm on the Main Strip. I see the remains of Super Sports Outdoor Gear, and I take off running. I jump over debris, and make my way over to where the shoes are suppose to be. I find two hiking boots, of course they don't match, but they're the same size and opposite feet, so yah know, I gotta take 'em. I go over to the shattered knife counter, and pick up all the knifes I see. You can never be too prepared. Especially now. I go to the sporting center, and look at the fishing poles. I don't know if I'll be able to eat anything I catch, but I grab one of those folding rods, and hooks. My backpack is now reaching at least five pounds, but compared to what it normally was for school, this is a walk in the park. I grab some twine and fishing line, a hammer, and some nets, and I leave the store. I walk down the street, keeping my eyes open for any more of those… things… I saw earlier, when my phone vibrates and I practically jump out of my skin. I dig it out of my pocket and look at who text me. It was Finn! I look at how charged my phone is, and when I see that It's half charged, I call him.
"Fi! How did you know that this was going to happen?!"
"Remember when my dad took me to see my uncle Simon?"
"Yeah, why?" "Well he said that this would happen. And when we were walking in the woods I remembered. And that was the first sign. That the animals would leave. And I just felt that it was true. Finn, where are you?"
"I'm over at the diner, why?"
"Stay out of the diner. Make your way over to…" I look around and see "the fallen plane director."
"Ooookay… We're on our way. Come on Jake!"
Then the phone hung up. I turn my phone off, and shove it in my backpack, and stand there waiting for Finn. It doesn't even take him ten minutes to get there. Of course he's running with Jake at his heels, and laughing like an idiot. I can't help but smile, and wave at him. I stop smiling, when I see a flash of something from behind him.
"Finn! Finn hurry!" I scream at him. But he just stops and stands there, trying to tease me like he always does. That's when I saw Jake turn around, his fur sticking up on the scruff of his neck.
"What's wrong boy? What is it?" Jake's bark echoes through the still air. I start to run to them, my feet crunching the earth below. I land next to Finn, and put my back against his. I take a knife out of my backpack, and hand it to him. I grab a knife for myself.
"Fi, what are these for?"
"Finn, I don't know how to explain this, because I really don't know what it is that I have to explain, but these aren't people anymore. And they won't hesitate to kill us. So we can't hesitate to kill them. Oh, and don't let their blood get on you. It'll hurt. A lot."
"Fi, I… I don't know if I can do this."
"Come on, you can take guys twice your height, and at least three times your size. Finn, I know this is gonna be hard, but you gotta do it. Please Finn, I can't loose my best friend." "O-Okay Fi. I'll do it. I don't wanna loose you either.." With all this said, and out of our systems, we take our fighting stances. Jake still barking at the surrounding area. He zeros in on one space, and barks and growls, spit shooting out from his mouth. Two mutants shoot out at us. Their gnarled mouths ripped apart, in permanent smiles. Their teeth soaked in blood. Of what, who knows. But I don't wanna be the next reason why there's blood in their mouth.
"Aim for their head! It's the only thing that will kill it!" I yell at Finn as the, the only word to describe them is zombies, come at us, trying to scratch at us and bite us. We spin around, entangled in each other as we kick and stab the zombies. Fin hands me his knife, picks me up around my waist, and spins us around. I extend my arms out and slice through the necks of the two zombies with two small thuds. The lifeless bodies fall to the ground, and spray their acidic blood on the ground behind them. I stab the knifes into the dirt to somewhat clean them, and put them back into my backpack. I turn to Finn, and I see him bent over a broken piece of wall, throwing up all the stuff he's eaten today.
"Finn…?" I say quietly, placing a hand softly on his back, "Finny are you okay?"
"No," he says wiping his mouth off, "I'm not okay. Fi, we just killed two people." "Finny, they're not people anymore. If you haven't noticed, they were trying to eat us. It's survival of the fittest now Finny. I know it's gonna be hard. Hell I killed one of those by myself this morning. I didn't have you to help me through it." I say, the tears stinging my eyes, realizing what I had actually done. It hurt. What if that thing had been one of my friends? What if it had been Finn? Or my parents? What would I have done then? Finn looks up at me and hugs me. He pushes my face against his chest, and holds me, petting my hair and making shushing noises, like my dad did when I was little and crying during a thunderstorm. I wrap my arms around him and sit there for a little while. Jake walks up to us whimpering, and lays his head on the ground under his paws. I pull back, and take some water out of my back pack.
"Here. Your breath smells like old stinky dog buns."
Finn laughs and takes the bottle of water and washing his mouth out.
"Thanks Fi." He says shoving the bottle of water in his backpack. We make our way through the rest of the strip, and come across a Superplex Everything store.
"It's getting dark Fi. Do you think we should stop and make camp?"
"I think we need to find a blanket or two, and find a cave in the woods." That's the great thing about Aaaustin. After you get out of the city limits, all two and a half miles either way from the center of town, it's just all woods and mountains. There's a valley about seven miles or so into the woods. Then a huge river, and lake.
"Why can't we just stay here?"
"Do you wanna sleep with all of those things here? In the woods, there's more space for them to wander. They won't notice us. We need to find something to sleep with before it gets dark. Come on Finn." I said, walking off in the direction that the Bath and Bedding Dreamworks store was in, and Finn fallows me. We walk for about ten minutes until we finally reach the ruins of the store.
"Go look for pillows, and stuff, I'll find blankets."
"Got it!" Finn says with a mock salute. I smile and shake my head as I turn around, and go on my search for blankets. I pick up a medium sized blanket, with charred holes, and tattered ends. There aren't many holes, so this will work. I find two other blankets that are like this, and I fold them up as small as I can and shove them into my backpack. It's now full, and I smile.
'I have at least a week's worth of food stored away. I have equipment. Wait. I might wanna put my knifes on top of everything.' I take the blankets out of my bag, and take all the knifes, and hammers, and everything I might need as a weapon, shove the blankets back into the bag, and all the weapons on top of them.
"Finn!? Finny I'm ready!"
"Okay Fi! I am too!" We meet up in the middle of the store, and we walk out into the woods, completely terrified, and not knowing what will come next.
