Things had gone wrong very quickly; one minuet it was a few randoms getting sick and the next Craig was shooting his little sister in the back of the head.
It took less than five days for the whole of South Park to become infected, a lot of people left within the first couple of days but Craig had been trying to find his jittering boyfriend before he left.
Craig was a skinny teen but with a lot of power behind his punches, his pitch black hair was hidden under a hat and his pale skin rarely saw daylight.
It had started with Token rolling up in his supped up Jeep, covered in camouflage and war paint.
"oh, who knocked on my door, I can't see anyone." Craig joked when he opened the door but Token didn't laugh.
"this is no laughing matter dude, this towns gone to shit." Token said sternly.
Craig snorted, leaning on the doorframe, "no shit."
Token looked ashen, "no really, something is really wrong." He gestured to the street.
Peeking out the Tucker saw that people were panic packing their cars, he frowned deeply, "is this about the stupid virus?"
"it's zombies, don't fucking laugh Craig!" Token snapped, "my parents saw them at the hospital, it's already got the Tweaks'."
Craig's gut twisted painfully at the mention that Tweek might be in trouble; Token knew better than to joke around when it came to Tweek.
"get the hell out of here Craig." Token told him firmly, "be safe dude." He said shoving a gun into his friends hands before climbing back into his Jeep.
Without thinking Craig rushed to his boyfriend's house, not even bothering to knock he flung the front door open shouting Tweek's name; there was no answer but the blond's parents were standing motionless in the middle of the living room.
"where's Tweek?" Craig shouted at them.
It seemed like forever for them to turn to him; their blank stares and clumsy movement scared Craig, Token had been right, it was zombies.
Granted it was very slow moving zombies so Tucker was able to run past then upstairs to search for Tweek but he wasn't anywhere in the house, or in any of his usual hiding placing; the Tweaks had only just got around the couch by the time Craig barrelled down the stairs and out the door.
Searching a town of panicking people and shuffling zombies wasn't easy, he smashed a couple of zombies in the face, Craig checked all the places he could think of for his blond boyfriend but he seemed to have vanished.
Tweak Bros was in full lock down and there was no noise from inside.
It didn't stop Craig from looking over the next couple of days but every time he came away without any clue as to where Tweek could be; he'd even been back to the Tweak house, the parents no longer inside, but all of the blond's belongings were still littered around his room.
On the third day Craig returned home to screaming; slamming the door open he saw both his parents sinking their teeth deep into Ruby's skin, one at the neck and the other her arm.
"Get off!" Craig shouted, grabbing his mother by the back of her shirt and throwing her across the room.
Grabbing Ruby he was able to remove her from their father's grip but he didn't stop reaching for her so Craig smashed him over the head with the decretive lamp.
Craig held his little sister close to him, she was shaking and bleeding terribly, "I don't want to die Craig." She sobbed.
"don't be stupid." Craig snapped without venom.
As they made it out onto the street Craig felt Ruby droop against him, whatever happened to people was happening quickly to his sister.
"Ruby, I can't let you become like them." Craig told her softly, gripping her tightly.
The youngest Tucker sobbed loudly, she knew what he meant, she'd seen all the zombie movies too, but if she didn't die from whatever caused it then she was about to die from bloodloss.
"okay." Ruby whispered and detached herself from her brother; she knelt in the snow of their front yard, her back to Craig.
Taking the gun Token had handed him, with a shaking hand, Craig aimed for the back of Ruby's head but faulted in shooting, "I'm…I'm going to miss your annoying voice." He said with a watery laugh.
Ruby gave a small laugh before Craig pulled the trigger.
Bright red blood splattered onto the white snow, melting it instantly with its warmth; a chocking sob escaped Craig before he could stop it and his chest heaved, unable to take his eyes from his little sister still form.
Craig didn't realise that tears were rolling thickly down his cheeks until someone approached him, nearly getting shot by a surprised Tucker.
"whoa dude, chill." Bebe Stevens held up her hands, her eyes darting momentarily to Ruby's dead body.
Craig sighed deeply, "what do you want?" he snapped and turned away, wiping his face roughly.
Bebe held out a camping bag, "here, get out of town quickly." She looked like she wanted to hug Craig but knew better.
She was relatively clean for someone in the middle of a zombie shitstorm but she was kitted out to high heaven.
Craig took the bag offered before running upstairs to collect some of his stuff and shoving everything into his battered car; Bebe was still stood in his driveway.
"what's your plan then?" he asked, his eyes darting around for incoming dead people.
Bebe shrugged, flipping her wavy hair over her shoulder, "might stay here, fight the hoard, my whole family is dead so I ain't got nothing."
"I'm sorry." Craig said genuinely.
"we all have to do shit we don't want to." Bebe told him softly, glancing at Ruby again.
Craig climbed into his car, watching Bebe's retreating form before speeding off out of town and trying to figure out what to do.
The last Tucker didn't get too far before he spotted a familiar figure sitting by a crashed Hybrid; he could recognise that red hair anywhere.
"you're going to get bitten sitting there!" Craig called rolling down his window.
Kyle looked up with puffed eyes, "Tucker!" he approached the car quickly.
Craig managed to peer past the red head to see the Brofloski parents biting and licking the window of the car to get to their beloved son.
"get in." Craig told him simply.
The young Jew grabbed his single bag from the Hybrid and with one last longing, sad, look at his zombie parents Kyle climbed into the car and Craig sped off down the road.
They made an odd pair for a roadtrip; Kyle was the model student, his grades perfect and he was good at sports while Craig was constantly in trouble and would rather stare at the wall than do any real work.
"where's your brother?" Craig finally asked when South Park was well and truly out of sight.
"the government took him so he can use his genius to help stop whatever is happening." Kyle explained.
Craig frowned, "you're a genius, why not take you too?"
The red head laughed bitterly, "yeah, not as much as Ike. At least he's safe."
"mine are all dead." Craig said quickly before Kyle could ask.
They drove in silence for a while, Craig was trying to figure out where to go.
"let's stop at a motel, get some sleep, find some stuff." Kyle suggested as it started getting dark.
Unfortunately the only motel on the desterted road was pretty sleazy and had it been under normal circumstances the teens would have received some strange looks.
"I don't want to touch anything." Kyle admitted as they stood in the doorway of one of the rooms.
The whole motel was empty, obviously abandoned for longer than the apocalypse had been going on for but the electric and water were still working and all the keys easy to get to.
Craig laughed lightly to himself at the thought of bringing Tweek to such as a place but stopped because he still didn't know if his boyfriend was even still alive.
"it's only for one night." Craig tried to reason, "wanna take turns keeping watch."
Kyle wrinkled his freckled nose, "nah, the zombies move so slow, it'll be days before they even make it to the door."
Falling asleep on a water bed was much harder than Craig expected, it didn't help that the person sleeping next to him wasn't his boyfriend.
So as he lay awake in the horrible motel room, the sounds of buzzing signs and Kyle snoring filling the space, Craig gazed out of the grimy window, looking at the bright stars above them and smiled softly.
Craig suddenly sat up, an idea forming in his head, "hey." He poked Kyle roughly.
"wha?" Kyle gasped, looking around wildly.
"we're going to the Observatory." Craig told him in an excited voice.
The Observatory was the perfect place to hide out; it was far from nowhere, plenty of food in the customer kitchens, everything could be locked down with a single button and Tweek would know exactly where to find Craig because it was their special place.
A sleepy Kyle nodded before falling back onto his pillow and Craig finally got a few hours rest, happy he knew where to go.