A/N Hehehehehehe Samantha and Abbey are not who you think they are. And Alice knows what fanfiction is!
When Alice woke up, it was 9:05 and she was hungry. So she decided to wake Brandon. "Hey, Brandon..." She shook him until he woke up.
"What?" he asked, waking up.
"I'm hungry. Can we get something to eat?" Alice asked.
"Sure." he said, grabbing the supply bag. "Here." he said sleepily, throwing a steak at her. She hungrily chewed the steak. Though she was hoping for something hot. Cooked food was beginning to grow on her. Brandon opened up a mini box of cereal and ate it down.
"See. You're hungry, too!" Alice laughed.
"Of course." he said, throwing the box on the ground.
Alice giggled. "...Wow. I really am bipolar, aren't I?"
"Eh, every one is a little bipolar when their in their teen years." he said, opening a Mountain Dew.
"What is that?" She asked, looking at the Mountain Dew.
"It's a soda. You want a sip?" he asked, offering her the bottle.
"Sure," she said, taking the bottle and taking a sip from it. "This tastes really good..."
"Keep it." he said, grabbing another bottle from the bag and opening it. Alice shrugged to herself, then took another long swig of the Mountain Dew. Brandon finished his quickly. "We should see how many people survived at the academy." he said, throwing the bottle in their trash pile.
"OK," Alice said, putting the cap on her soda and setting it next the bed.
They got into the car and drove to the academy. Brandon parked the car in front of the academy, and they walked up. "I wonder if Stein captured any of the zombies and we have to dissect them." Brandon joked as they walked up the stairs.
"I wouldn't put it past him." Alice replied, following her meister.
"I am NOT dissecting a zombie brain." Brandon said as they reached the top of the stairs.
Alice giggled, then grew serious. "If I have to look at another Zombie, I will scream."
"I'd most likely stomp it's skull in." Brandon said.
"I hate Zombies." Alice growled. "Zombies're just a weak, rotten version of Wendigos. And they smell bad, too!"
"But thankfully they die easily." Brandon said.
"Like I said, they're weak." Alice replied. "Very weak."
"Yes they are. Hey look, it's Spartoi." he said, noticing the group were outside. Brandon ran toward them, and Alice followed. "Hey." he said, walking up to them.
"Hello..." Alice said.
"Oh, hey. It's you two." Soul said.
"Yea." Brandon said. BlackStar glared at Alice.
"What? Still mad about being beat up by a girl?" She taunted.
"Leave him alone Alice." Brandon said, stepping between them.
"Aw..." Alice replied, pouting. Then she decided she'd just stare at BlackStar until he screamed.
"Did any of the teachers survive?" Brandon asked.
"Yes. All of them survived." Kidd replied.
"Good. I don't think anyone else did though, judging by the amount of zombies we had to kill." Brandon said.
"Actually, a lot of students survived." Liz said.
"The entire school was locked down, even the gates. No-one could get in or out." Maka said.
"Dude, why is she staring at me like that?" BlackStar asked, creeped-out.
"She does that a lot. Right now, I'm guessing she's just trying to creep you out. Alice, stop it." he said. "The outer gates definitely were not locked, since Alice and I drove in here with no problems." he said, turning his attention back to Maka. Alice giggled.
"Of course the city gates weren't locked. They were kept unlocked in case someone came to help. The school gates, however, were locked." Maka replied.
"Oh, duh." he said. "Wait, if the school gates were locked, how did we find Samantha and Abbey in the hunting store?"
"Who?" Maka asked.
"Samantha and Abbey! They're students in Mrs. Marie's class." Alice explained.
"There is no-one in this school named 'Samantha' or 'Abbey'. And Mrs. Marie isn't a teacher." Kidd replied, a bit concerned.
"Then who the hell were they?" Brandon asked, looking over to where the two girls were originally standing. "They're gone. Of course." he said, sighing.
'This universe is like a really cliché, yet well-written fanfiction...' Alice thought, also looking at the spot where the two girls used to be standing. "...Maybe they were ghosts."
"Can ghosts play Xbox and hold guns?" Brandon asked.
"...I guess not." Alice said.
"Did you see their souls Alice?"
"Yeah. They had human souls..." Alice said, deep in thought.
"Did anything seem off at all?" he asked, thinking they might have been Kishin spies.
Alice then came to a realization. "Strong witches can hide their souls, right?" She asked.
"Do you think they tried to spy on the academy, like Medusa?" he asked, coming to realization of that possibility.
"Possibly..." Alice said, deep in thought.
"What are your thoughts on the subject?" Brandon asked, turning to Spartoi.
"I think we should look into this." Maka said. Everyone else agreed.
"If we're going to look into this, we need to find a place to start looking." Brandon said.
"Now... where DO we start looking?" Alice asked.
"We should ask Kim if she knows anything." Brandon said.
"...Yeah. We should." Alice said.
They then went into the academy in search of Kim. They soon found her, where she was talking with Jackie. "Excuse me, are you Kim?" Brandon asked, feigning lack of knowledge of her existence.
"...Yes. Why...?" The pink-haired meister responded.
"We are investigating a possible witch infiltration in the academy. You wouldn't happen to know of a witch named Samantha, would you? She is about fifteen, this high," he said, measuring her height with his hand, "And is always around a younger girl named Abbey." he explained.
"...How did you know that I was a witch?" Kim narrowed her eyes at Brandon, her tone defensive.
"Uh..." he started, but Alice stepped in.
"Don't worry, Kim. We're like you. We're not witches or anything, but we also have secrets that the academy doesn't really need to know. Don't worry. We won't tell anyone." Alice told her. Kim was still hesitant.
"So, do you know her?" Brandon pestered.
Alice looked at Brandon. "Don't pressure the poor girl," she said coolly. "If we do, she might not tell us. I don't blame her either."
"...I... might... know her..." Kim responded.
"Thank god. We would have been screwed if you didn't." Brandon said, sighing a sigh of relief.
"Well, we can discuss this later." Kim looked around, a bit paranoid. "Is there anywhere we can talk in private?"
"The infirmary probably." he said, looking around.
"Then can we meet there?" Kim asked.
"Sure!" Alice replied.
"Where is the infirmary?"
"Follow me, Alice." he said, and began walking to the infirmary, which he has visited quite a few times in his dimension. When they walked in, they saw only Kim and Jackie were there, with Stein most likely teaching a class. "We're here, as promised." he said as they walked in.
"Um, Samantha is- er, was- a friend of mine." Kim started. "When she found out I couldn't hurt people, but heal them, she told the other witches... Know i'm basically an outcast in the witch world because of her!" Kim looked away flustered and angry. "And she was always trying to hook me up with people that she thought I would look 'cute' with."
"...Is that why she kept saying me and Brandon should date?" Alice dead-panned.
"Yeah. That's kind of her thing. Her magic specializes in fire and, as she likes to say 'love'. She really means 'lust' though." Kim replied.
"One of the seven deadly sins..." Brandon muttered to himself. "She was a bit overzealous trying to get us to date."
"What about Abbey?" Alice asked.
"Abbey? She was the outcome of one of Samantha's match-making scemes. She specializes in the same kind of magic." Kim said.
"So, she isn't a weapon?" Brandon asked, thinking back when Samantha said she was a chainsaw.
"Actually, yes. She is. Her father was a weapon and her mother was a witch." Kim replied.
"That certainly is messed up." Alice said.
"Wait, so Samantha can wield her? Jesus Christ, it's the best of both worlds." Brandon exclaimed. Alice stared at him with a confused expression. He saw her confused stare and decided to explain. "This witch can use weapons like a meister, but can also use magic like a witch, so it's the best of both the theoretical meister and witch worlds." he explained.
"Oh." Alice replied. Kim just stared at her.
"She has a little difficulty when it comes to social matters." he explained.
"I'm kind of... antisocial." Alice explained further.
"I can tell." Kim said.
"Do you know where we can find Samantha?" he asked, pulling out a notepad that he grabbed earlier and a pencil.
"Unfortunately, no. She moves around all the time. Always a city with a large population. Maybe you should try New York City or London." Kim said.
"Let's see...she was strangling around here so she couldn't have much money, so I'd say the the Big Apple would be a safe bet." he said, deep in thought as he spoke.
"Then lets go there first!" Alice said, then turned to Kim. "Thank you, Kim."
"Thanks Kim." Branodn said before jogging off to the airport, with Alice following close behind. They quickly got into the car and drove to the airport. Unfortunately, all of the clerks there have died during the outbreak. "Well fuck." Brandon said, looking over the counter at the dead corpse.
"We could always go by car." Alice retorted, glancing at the red-and-black mustang. They walked back outside, where Brandon saw an RV in the parking lot.
"Road trip!" he yelled, jogging over to the RV. "Besides, we could bring Spatori in this, just in case we need back up." he said, breaking open the window and unlocking it.
"OK! Lets take it!" Alice exclaimed.
"On it." he said, opening the door, sitting in the driver's seat, kicking open the electronics under the steering wheel, and hot wiring the car. After a tiny bit of tinkering, the engine roared to life. "Got it." he said, revving the engine. He quickly glanced at the fuel gauge. "We have half a tank. We should probably load as many gas canisters as possible in this, as to not raise any attention." he said.
"We still have some gas canisters at home, right?" Alice asked.
"Yea, but only three. I bet this hunk of steel is less efficient than the mustang though." he said. "Now get in so we can go pick up more."
"OK." Alice climbed into the RV.
Brandon then did something incredible. He drove normally to the gas station. "Grab as many 10 gallon canisters as possible." he said to Alice as he filled the RV's tank to capacity.
Alice walked into the gas station and turned to the cashier. "How many 10 gallon gas canisters do you have?"
"Fifteen." The cashier replied.
Alice held up two gold coins. "If you give me all of them, I'll give you this."
...And she walked out of the gas station with fifteen canisters of gas.
"Nice." Brandon said, and began filling them. He soon finished, with all of the canisters fitting into one of the four luggage compartments. "Man, this thing has a lot of room for cargo," he said, inspecting the luggage compartments.
Alice chuckled and climbed into the passengers seat. "We going or what? We need to get supplies from home. Y'Know, food and stuff."
So they drove back to their home...
...To be greeted by Kim, who was apperantly waiting for them.
Brandon opened the garage door, only to see Kim waiting. "Uh, hi." he said, startled by her.
"Look, I have some more information that you're going to need if you run into her." Kim said.
"What?" he asked, starting to walk back to the RV.
"Whatever you do, DO NOT let them blow kisses at you." Kim said. "It will make fall in love with the first person you see." And then she left.
"Sounds like we're going to fight Cupid." Brandon said, pulling the RV into the garage.
"Ew. I hate that emotion..." Alice said. "It's so annoying."
"Eh, it's a russian roulette emotion. It can either give you great happiness, or cause you much sorrow." he said, putting the RV in park. "We should go see if Spartoi wants to come on our little trip." he said, getting out of the car. "But I left the Mustang back at the airport." he said, face-palming.
"...And you just now noticed that?"
"No, I just forgot when we were talking about emotions." he said. "I have to go get it." he said, and began sprinting to get it. He got their within five minutes, and turned it on. "Aw, ain't she a beaut!" he said to himself, listening to the engine roar. He then floored the accelorator and quickly arrived back. "Ok, NOW let's go ask Spartoi." he said, unlocking the passenger door.
"Boys." Alice huffed and climbed into passengers seat.
Brandon drove to the academy, where Spartoi were talking out in front. "Hey guys, remember that possible witch spy we were talking about earlier?" Brandon asked, walking up to the group.
"Yes." Kidd answered. "Why?"
"We have a possible lead as to what her location might be, so Alice and I were wondering if you guys would come with us on our little road trip." Brandon replied. They all looked at Maka for approval.
"Yeah, we'll go." She said.
"Great! pack your bags tonight, because we're leaving tomorrow." Brandon said.
Alice sighed. "And don't let the damn witch blow a kiss at you."
"That too, unless you want your first love to be the first person you see." Brandon said, and began walking to the car. "Alice, get their addresses so we can pick them up tomorrow." he called from the bottom of the stairs. Alice went to each Spartoi member- including Killik, Ox and their weapons, because everyone forgets them- and wrote down their addresses. Then she gave the peice of paper to Brandon.
"We should get to packing." Brandon said, starting up the Mustang.
"Yeah. We should." Alice said, and the two drove home.
Brandon quickly stopped at the convenience store and picked up a 12 pack of Mountain Dew, Coke, Sprite, and . "There we go, enough drinks to last the trip." he said, putting the cases in the trunk.
Alice looked at them. "...They all look different." She turned to Brandon. "Do they taste different, too?"
"Yea." he said, starting the car back up. "Do you want to try them?"
"No. Maybe later..." Alice replied.
"Suit yourself." he said, speeding out of the convenience store parking lot, heading quickly back home. They arrived and immediately began packing their belongings. Brandon remembered something. "What if this RV was used before?" he said to himself, and ran straight for it. He backed it outside and opened the waste bucket. It was completely dry. "Hey Alice, I think we jacked a brand new RV." he called, beginning to fill the water supply with the outside hose.
"Cool!" Alice called from inside the house.
He filled the water tank completely, and began charging the component battery,bringing the generator outside and hooking it up. While th battery was charging, he began to pack all of the soda in the minifridge. He then brought his fully packed bag outside and put it in the RV. "If I'm driving, I'm going to need sunglasses." he said, walking inside.
Alice, who had finished packing, was taking her luggage outside. Then she bumped into Brandon. "Sorry..."
"Oh, sorry. I didn't see you there." he said, opening the garage door to get the Mustang.
'What just happened?' she thought, putting her stuff in the RV.
Brandon got into the Mustang and started it up. As he was pulling out of the garage, he stopped next to Alice. "Hey, I'm going to pick up sunglasses for the trip tomorrow. Do you want to come get a pair too?" he asked, rolling down the window.
"No thanks." she said.
"Ok then" he said, and sped off towards the clothes store. He came back 15 minutes later with a pair of Murrow sunglasses and a nice straw cowboy hat. "Like it?" he asked, taking off his hat but keeping his glasses on.
"Dude, what's with the hat?" asked Alice.
"It helps keep the sun off my forehead." he said, putting it back on.
"Oh..." Alice replied.
Brandon checked his phone quickly. "It's 9:00. We have to be up early tomorrow to pick everyone up." he said, walking inside. He then put his glasses and hat on the floor behind the futon. "Good night." he called before falling asleep in the futon.
Alice curled up on her new bed. "Good night..." she said, before slipping into sweet unconsciousness.