"W3LL, W3 4R3 4LL H3R3, K4RKL3S," Terezi pauses, "WH4T DO YOU W4NT TO T4LK 4BOUT?"
Karkat fixes his turtleneck sweatshirt, glancing at everyone, individually.
"WELL, I CALLED EVERYONE HERE FOR A MEETING."
John glances up at him, giving him a questionable look.
"a meeting?"
"what kind of meeting?" Dave asks.
He didn't have his shades on, everyone thought he looked even "cooler" without them on. He took their advice, this will be the third day he didn't wear them.
"WELL, TO START OFF," Karkat pauses, "I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT I AM THE LEADER."
"What do you mean?" asks Rose, holding Kanaya's hand.
"You Are A Wonderful Leader"
"WELL, THE LAST BATTLE WE WERE ALL SEPARATED," Karkat pauses yet again, "I DID THE BEST I COULD TO FIGHT; YET IT SEEMS LIKE I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE ZOMBIES."
"where are y0u g0ing with this?" asks Aradia, brushing her long black hair way from her face.
"WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT . . ."
"what are y0u trying t0 say, kk?" Sollux asks, reaching out for Aradia's hand.
Dave slaps Sollux in the arm.
"shut up and listen."
"THANK YOU STRIDER." Karkat takes a deep breath in, "WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY WAS . . . THAT WE NEED TO VOTE FOR A NEW LEADER. I DON'T THINK I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT GREAT OF A JOB."
"YOU H4V3 B33N DO1NG 4 WOND3RFUL JOB."
"THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, TEZ." Karkat pauses, "BUT, I THINK THAT IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE."
"A change?"
Karkat holds up a piece of paper, with something written on it.
"I WILL GIVE YOU EACH FIVE MINUTES TO VOTE," Karkat pauses, looking down at the hideous bucket, "PLACE IT IN HERE."
"is that a . . ." John starts.
"a bucket!" Dave exclaims.
"I KNOW, WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT!"
Roxy writes down a name and places it in the bucket, John sighs, then does the same, Dave follows right after John, Terezi sniffs her red chalk, then writes down a name, and places it in the bucket, Sollux follows right after, then Aradia does the same, Rose hesitates for a minute then places her written vote in the bucket, Kanaya writes down a name and places it in the bucket.
"ALRIGHT." Karkat pulls out a name, "ONE VOTE FOR ME."
John sits back, as Karkat pulls out three slips.
"THREE VOTES FOR KANAYA."
Kanaya gasps to herself as she looks around, seeing the group of survivors. Karkat then pulls out four slips.
"TWO VOTES FOR ROSE." Karkat pauses, "AND THE REST ARE VOTES FOR KANAYA."
Kanaya bites her lower lip.
"so, this means kanaya is our new leader?" asks John.
"she has to agree to it first." Answers Dave.
Kanaya takes one more glance at everyone.
"Can I Ask Something"
"grow ahead." Roxy says.
"Why Me"
"why?" Dave asks.
"Why Would You Like Me To Be The New Leader"
Karkat looks down at her, with his red eyes.
"WELL, MY ANSWER IS SIMPLE." Karkat pauses, "YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ZOMBIES THEN THE REST OF US. YOU TELL US EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU. I MEAN, YOU HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE THEN THE REST OF US ON HOW TO SURVIVE."
"I Would Not Say That I Have That Much Knowledge"
"Well, my answer is basically the same as Karkat," Rose says, as Kanaya turns to look into Rose's purple eyes, "you keep us in order, you tell us when they are too dangerous to fight."
"my reason is the same as rose and karkat." Says John, with a dorky smile.
"kanaya, you just keep us in place and tell us everything you know." Dave adds.
"Really" Kanaya pauses, "You Think I Am"
"0f c0urse." Aradia smiles brightly.
Kanaya looks around her group of friends, seeing the hopefulness in their eyes. She glances at them, one-by-one, reading their moods. She did this for a solid three minutes, before she slowly stood up.
"Then I Accept" She announces.
Karkat smiles then puts his arms around her, pulling her into a hug. Kanaya's eyes focus up on one of the roofs of the abandoned drug stores, she sees what looks like Feferi, she pushes Karkat out of the way grabbing a pistol, shoots high in the sky towards Feferi, the bullet only hits the zombiefid troll's left forearm.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Karkat asks.
"They Were Planning An Ambush" Kanaya pauses, "This Isnt Going To Be Good"
Rose stands up and goes to her matesprit.
"What did you shoot at?"
Kanaya's eyes were not drawn away.
"Sollux"
He gives her a questionable look.
"yeah?"
"I Think I Believe You Now"
"ab0ut what?" He asks, vulgarly.
"I Just Shot Feferi In The Forearm"
"y0u mean, y0u saw feferi?" Aradia asks.
Kanaya nods.
"N3V34 M1ND TH4T," Terezi pauses, splitting her cane in half to revile the swords, "W3 H4V3 COMP4NY!"
Rose takes out her wands.
"Why must this happen now?"
"its just our luck." Dave replies.
Kanaya steps away from the group, narrowing her focus to the middle, seeing something coming her way.
"LOOK OUT!" Karkat pushes her out of the way, feeling something sharp going into his upper left arm, "SHIT!"
Terezi goes to him, smelling his candy red blood. John glances over and sees an arrow in his arm.
"K4RK3LS!" She screams, trying to get him out of there.
"watch over him terezi," John pauses, "we can handle this."
Kanaya keeps a hold of the pistol, aiming it towards the middle.
"They Are Wasting A Lot Of Their Time Getting Here," Kanaya pauses, "Are They Retreating No They Wouldnt Not Without A Fight"
"I Will Go On Ahead Slowly" Kanaya pauses, "Watch My Back"
"kanaya, don't." John pauses, "you're still injured."
"I Will Be Fine" Kanaya turns to see them, "I Have You Watching Me"
Rose glances into Kanaya's eyes, and smiles.
"kanaya, the . . ." Sollux starts.
"did y0u dr0p the pist0l?" Asks Aradia.
Kanaya looks at her hand, the gun wasn't there.
"No I Didnt"
A shadow appears on the grass.
"looking for th8s?" Asks Vriska, holding up the gun.
Kanaya lifts up her head, glancing at the zombie, who was once her ex-moirail.
"damn it!" Dave yells.
"Kanansta, run!" Screams Roxy.
Rose sees Gamzee, Equius, and other zombies circling around, blocking the view of Kanaya and Vriska.
"this is just fucking great!" John hisses.
"We have to get passed them somehow," Rose pauses, "or else this could turn into like my nightmare."
John sees Kanaya on the ground, Vriska pinning her so she couldn't move, holding the gun to the troll's head.
"damn it!" John yells.
He goes running passed Dave and Rose.
"john don't!" Yells Dave.
John's left shoulder was pressed in between Equius and Gamzee.
"don't worry kanaya," he pauses, "i'm coming!"
Kanaya turns to see the pain on his face.
"John Dont Your Shoulder"
"i don't give a fuck," John pauses, as Gamzee and Equius squish his shoulder, making it crack, "i need to get you out!"
Rose holds her wands out, knowing that she couldn't use them, she might hit John or even Kanaya. Dave looks at her, holding out a broken sword.
"John, get out of there!" Rose screams.
"not until i get kanaya!" He pauses, "you would be doing the same thing, rose."
Rose stays speechless; he was right, she would have done the same thing.
Everyone could hear a loud SNAP. John hisses in pain.
"fuck!"
Gamzee gives out this eerie laugh.
"look equius." Gamzee pauses, "WE MADE THE HEIR OF BREATH CRY!"
"D- aw, did we hurt you?"
"fuck you both!" John screams.
Kanaya looks at John.
"Damn It"
Vriska laughs.
"what a fowl mouth. did this out8reak change that?" Vriska leans closer to Kanaya, her lips almost touching the jade blood, "of course it did. and i find it cute when it comes out of your mouth."
Kanaya struggles.
"Get Off Of Me"
Rose gasps. Dave looks at her, shoots her a smile and a small wink. He pushes John out of the grip of Gamzee and Equius, pushes Vriska off of Kanaya, knocking the gun out of her hand, and holds the blade close to her heart.
"why the hell would you fight us now?"
"you really want to know, strider?" Vriska laughs, "simple, we love to play with the survivors."
"leave!"
Kanaya slowly crawls to John, but Gamzee stomps on her back, making her cough.
"YOU AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE!"
Rose shoots at Gamzee and Equius, knocking them to the ground.
"You better leave us alone!"
Kanaya finishes crawling to John, looking at his swelling, bruising shoulder.
"Oh God I Am Sorry John"
"don't worry about me kanaya." He says.
Kanaya takes off her shirt, leaving the second layer on, slinging up John's arm as Dave took care of Vriska.
"leave us, spider bitch!" Dave yells.
"seems like we are not wanted," Vriska pushes Dave off of her, and stands up, "oh well, i am sure that we will meet again."
Before the zombies vanished, Vriska winked at Kanaya, when she was looking at them. Kanaya gasps.
"Well, that took longer than expected." Rose says.
Kanaya nods her head in agreement.
"Looks Like I Will Be Taking Over First Aid Until John Gets Better"
"i can still fight!" John says, flopping his right arm.
"careful, you might break that arm too." Dave jokes.
"Shut up, Dave."
Karkat stands up, with his arm wrapped up.
"WHAT FUCKING NOW?"
"I Guess We Go Looking For Another Place To Hide"
"s0unds like a plan." Says Aradia.
