In response to Communistcomrade: Majority of the times I've played zombies he usually spoke in third person. Do you want to help me correct his way of speech? I didn't mean to make him sound like a retard, and thank you for telling me.

Who knows how many hours, days, and weeks passes. The five of them killed zombies all the same, got mad at the box, and saved one another with each passing wave of zombies. Takeo and Richtofen kept a close watch on each other. Dempsey thought it was a little odd to see Richtofen and Takeo fighting side by side.

While Richtofen watched Takeo, he also watched Viridian. He felt a warm feeling in his stomach that made the voices sick and yell every time she was near him. He didn;t know why the voices strongly disapproved of Viridian. Sure they hated everyone, but they put more emphasis on despising Viridian.

Takeo noticed Richtofen;s infatuation for Viridian. Whenever she was around, Richtofen would pay closer attention to her; which gave Takeo a chance to observe Richtofen. Takeo noticed some cuts on Richtofen's leg where a zombie got him. He noticed the scalpel Richtofen always carried around. The Swastika armband was getting drenched in blood and dirt from the lack of cleaning it off, same with his clothes. That's all Takeo had time for when Richtofen snapped his head back around and met with his venom green eyes.

Richtofen gazed in awe at Viridian. What he enjoyed the most was the new blood that was splatter on to her. Body limbs flew everywhere as she fired her ray gun at the zombies. She left in a hurry as a mob of zombies came from behind her Edward! He snapped his attention back at Takeo. He caught Takeo staring at him and he cursed at himself for letting his guard down.

"Fuck me! I reek!" Dempsey yelled. Nikolai only shrugged; he was use to the stench.

Takeo didn't say a word. What could he say? Hygiene is important? Richtofen didn't mind the smell as he use to dissect corpses. It's been a while since the zombies stopped coming after them. Maybe an hour or so. The team was getting a little tired when Viridian came on to the stage with her hair wrapped in a towel and the blood and dirt was gone. More importantly, she was wearing different clothes. Everyone exchanged looks.

"Did you... shower?" Dempsey said.

Viridian nodded. "Yup. While I was running around I did some exploring as well. There's a bathroom with two showers upstairs. I found these clothes in the next room-" she pointed her thumb over her shoulder. "And I washed my clothes in the sink. They're hanging to dry in the sun in the alley." She unwrapped the towel out of her hair and shook her head. Droplets of water sprayed on the wooden stage. "Help yourself."

Dempsey felt more than welcome and ran upstairs, already stripping his clothes off. Richtofen didn't know who he was trying to impress. It was just going to be the five of them. He looked at Viridian who was still messing with her hair, and he decided to take one just for the sake of not having a shower in a long time. Nikolai was only going to drink vodka, so he might as well do something to eat up the time. That left Takeo alone with Viridian. He felt he should use this time.

"Viridian?" he approached. Her nose was to her knees while she dried her hair.

She looked up and stood up straight. "Yeah?"

"Has Richtofen tried doing anything to you? Something odd or suspicious?" He had to see if Richtofen was infatuated or trying to keep a close eye on her too because she knew too much.

"He gave me a makeshift pad," she said. Takeo looked at her funny. She shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Boys..."

"And... you hear the same voices Richtofen hears?"

She looked around as if the answer was in the room. "We talked about it before. Our voices are different, and I thought everyone's voices were the same. Ours just don't like each other. Do you hear voices?"

"No. Did he say anything about Nikolai, Dempsey, or I?"

"Nope. Should he have?"

Good. That meant he wasn't trying to manipulate her. "No. And keep this conversation between you and me."

Viridian sighed. "I don't get boys. We're all her together. Just get along and put all your problems aside." She sat on the floor. When Takeo was just staring at her she patted on an empty spot next to her. Reluctantly, Takeo sat in front of her. "I know I have some serious issues. Richtofen does too. Nikolai also... Just everyone does." She raised her hand and slapped Takeo full across the face, making his head jerk to the other direction. "Now get a hold of yourself and cooperate."

Takeo held his hand on his throbbing cheek. She just slapped the shit out of him. Viridian got up and helped Takeo up.

Viridian went to the direction of the alley to check on her clothes. Takeo stood there for a moment and tried to comprehend what she meant. After a few moments, he decided to go take a shower.

Yeah, this isn't something you guys probably weren't expecting, and I have a lot more work done on paper than I do on the computer, but I'm swamped. I actually came home from school today because of my migraine. Just wait a little longer for longer chapters to be updated. Thank you all for reviewing and waiting so patiently! I have opened up Beta reading, so just message me and I'll let you know what I do and don't do. And if you want to help me with my physiology and anatomy homework, that would be awesome too.