Author's Note:
Sorry it's been so long, I won't bore you with the details but basically I moved and didn't have internet. But now I do so here you go, a fresh new chapter out of the proverbial oven. Last chapter our hero's embarked on a journey to reach a settlement for medicine and had to fight a dearman monster. Now they hope to finish their quest and return with the needed antibiotics. I do not own Regular Show or its characters. (Also sorry if there are any typos, it's late, I really want to get this up, and I didn't have time to proofread a lot)
And now, chapter 4

The spread of the weapon is expansive, it appears to be covering more ground than anticipated.
Most of the Midwest is exposed now and it is only a matter of time till the rest of the country meets the same fate.
And now it appears that humans aren't the only species affected, animals exposed seem to be mutating as well.
Most of them take on more human features which is fascinating, but given the situation we won't be able to look into this further.
We need to focus on decontaminating effected areas, as well as uncovering the cause of all this.

User ID 4261986- 8 days after incident

Chapter IV
False Summit

Mordecai opened his eyes and adjusted to the light, he was woken from his sleep by the sound of weeping. He sat up and looked over to where the crying was coming from, he saw Margaret tossing and turning on the ground. Mordecai got up and walked over to her, he knelt down and gently shook her shoulder, "Margaret!"

She opened her eyes and looked up at him, "Mordecai?"

"Are you ok?" he asked quietly.

She slowly nodded her head in response, "Yeah, just having a bad dream is all". She sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Yeah, Eileen mentioned you've been having nightmares lately" Mordecai said in empathy, "I'm sorry to hear that".

Margaret rolled up the tarp she was sleeping on and placed it in her pack, "Thanks, but they're not really nightmares" she replied, which threw Mordecai through a loop, "They're actually quite nice, it's usually me and my dad hanging out like we use to. I feel happy… but then I realize it's just a dream and…" she started to choke up.

Mordecai placed his hand on her shoulder, "I understand, I use to have dreams like that after I lost my parents".

"It's just… I thought I would have moved past it by now" she said in frustration, "I mean, it's been a month already!"

Mordecai lowered his head, "You don't move past it, you just learn how to move with it" he then walked over to his supplies, "Just give it time"

While they were packing up their supplies Eileen sat up and stretched her back, letting out a loud yawn as she did so before putting on her glasses, "Oh, you two are up already" she said as she rubbed her eyes, "Why didn't you wake us?"

Margaret looked over at her and smiled, "We had some time to spare so I thought I'd just let you sleep for a bit more".

Eileen got up and started gather up her stuff, "Oh that was nice of you but you didn't have to, I don't want to keep you waiting".

Mordecai let out a loud laugh, "You don't have to worry about that Eileen, if we're gonna be waiting on anybody it'll be…" Mordecai looked over to where Rigby was sleeping, but he wasn't there, "Where the hells Rigby?"

Everyone looked around, but none of them could fine him. After realizing his absence they all started to call his name. After a minute of shouting for him he emerged from the trees, "What!"

"Rigby, where were you" Eileen asked, "We were worried".

Rigby rubbed is eyes, "I couldn't sleep with all of you guys" he let out a yawn, "Usually I have to deal with just one person snoring, but three, screw that!"

Mordecai shook his head while rubbing the bridge of his nose, "Whatever dude, just get your stuff read. We need to head out soon".

Rigby began walking towards his pack, "Ok, get all pissy with me for trying to get some sleep!"

"Oh yeah, because you know, it's not like we all got attacked by a crazy dearman last night or anything" Mordecai scoffed facetiously.

They all continued to pack up their supplies, once they were done they followed the rough and haggard path out of the woods and into a large flat plain, "The other settlement is right there" Margaret said as she pointed to the building in the distance.

"Seriously?" Rigby scoffed, "But that's soo far"

Mordecai hastily punched Rigby in his shoulder, "Knock it off" and with that they began their long march towards the colony.

After hours of walking they finally reached the front gates of the settlement. Like Margaret said it was significantly larger than their little operations, possible housing hundreds of people.

"Whoa, this place is huge" Rigby exclaimed in astonishment.

Margaret walked up and cupped her hands around her beak, "Hello!" she shouted, "We're travelers from another settlement and we wish to trade!". A silence fell upon them for a moment before the large gate began to slowly open, a few men walked out and greeted them, "Right this way".

The four followed the men through the gate as it closed behind them. Everyone was amazed by the quality of the settlement, everything was well constructed and clean. It was as if the city was untouched by the disaster, they continued to follow their escorts until they reached what appeared to be city hall, "Marcus will see you now".

They walked into the building and inside was a large desk with a man sitting behind it, "Can I help you?" he asked in an agitated voice.

Mordecai stepped forward and cleared his throat, "Yeah, we came a long way in hopes that we could trade for some medical supplies, mainly antibiotics".

Marcus looked up at them and shot them an angry glare, "That's not possible, now on your way".

Their jaws dropped, after all they've been through it was all a bust, "You don't understand, we have people dying back home" Mordecai implored.

Marcus slammed his fist against his desk, "And you don't understand, we were just hit by bandits a few days ago. They stole most of our supplies so even if I wanted to trade I couldn…" He suddenly stopped and rubbed his chin. After a moment of thinking a grin crept upon his face, "Actually, I may be willing to trade the medicine for a task".

"I don't like the sound of that" Rigby whispered to Mordecai.

"What kinda task?" Mordecai asked.

Marcus leaned forward onto his desk, "If you can infiltrate bandit hideout and retrieve our supplies, then the medicine is yours".

Mordecai walked over to the desk and stared at Marcus, after a few seconds he held out his hand and they shook on it, "Deal".

"What!" Rigby shouted, "We can't break into a Marauder base, that's crazy!"

Mordecai snapped his head towards Rigby, "We don't have a choice".

"Very well then" Marcus said as he stood up and walked around his desk, "Let me brief you on the details". Marcus exited the building and led them further to the other side of the city where a fence stood, people were working on fixing a large breach in it. "They drove a large truck through the fence and made their way to the storage facility, then they proceeded to load as much as they could into the back before leaving" Marcus clenched his fists in anger, "They pulled it off in mere minutes, they must have been planning it for weeks".

Mordecai was shocked by Marcus's story, what he was hung up on the most was how well equipped these bandits were. Having a working truck was surprising enough, but having fuel to use it was almost unheard of. "So if they got it there by truck, then maybe we can bring it back by truck" Mordecai said before turning to Rigby, "We'll look around and find out where they stashed the supplies, then we'll steal their truck, load it up, then haul ass out".

"Oh great, sound great" Rigby ground in response.

Mordecai then turned to Margaret, "I take it it'd be pointless to ask you to wait here, huh?" Margaret crossed her arms and glared at him, insulted that he would even ask. Mordecai shrugged his shoulders, "Well, can't say I didn't try" he said before looking at Eileen, "How about you?"

A large smile crept onto her face, "Not a chance".

"Then that's that, let's head out" Mordecai walked over to Marcus, "Just point us in the right direction and we'll get going".

Marcus turned and pointed out the large hole in the fence, "It's a few hours that way".

"Well" Mordecai said as he readjusted his pack on his shoulders, "Let's get walkin'".

Rigby let out a loud groan, "Come on, we just got done walking!"

Just like Marcus said they arrived at the outskirts of the hideout in hours, Mordecai approached the fence and instructed Rigby to follow him. Once Rigby arrived Mordecai lowered his hands and boosted Rigby to the top of the fence. He then repeated this with Eileen and Margaret before climbing over the fence himself. They all congregated behind one of the shacks and peeked around the corner to examine the area. There were men patrolling the area, but not that many. They would wait till the coast was clear then would quickly dart to the next shack. They repeated this many times, looking in the buildings to see if that's where they stashed the stolen supplies, until they came to shack that was exceptionally larger than the rest.

"I have a hunch this is it" Mordecai whispered as he peered in, "Yeah, it is".

"Awesome" Margaret cheered quietly, "Now we just need to find the truck".

Mordecai looked over at her, "That shouldn't be too hard, we just need to find a garage".

Suddenly they all heard the sound of a gun being cocked, they turned around to see a man standing behind them with a sawed off shotgun, "Oh, you won't be finding any garages".

Mordecai reached for his sword, but before he could grab it he felt something cold against the back of his head, "Now don't go doing something foolish" Mordecai glanced back to see another man holding a revolver against his head. "What should we do with em'?"

"We'll let Cyclone Jack decide" the other man replied, we motioned them to move with his shotgun and lead them away.

After a few minutes of wandering the hideout the man with the revolver yelled up to the shotgunner, "Where the hell is he?"

He glanced back at him, "Fuck if I know!" he then stopped and turned to another bandit on patrol, "Hey! You know where jack is?"

The patrolman turned towards him, "Last I knew he was at the garage" he answered before continuing his route.

The shotgunner just shook his head, "Damn it, now that kickass line I said before was for nothin'" he turned back to the man behind them, "Let's go to the garage".

The man with the revolver kicked Rigby, "You heard him, move!"

They went back to marching when Rigby looked up at Mordecai, "Any ideas?"

"I'm working on it!" Mordecai whispered.

Eventually they arrived at the large garage, they all walked in and saw a huge semi complete with trailer. They walked to the back of the opened trailer to find a man with a black trench coat inside with several crates.

"Hey Jack!" The shotgunner yelled at him, placing the weapons he collected in the trailer.

Jack turned to face him, "Craig, would you mind telling me why you never finished taking inventory of this new stuff like I asked you to?"

Craig rubbed the back of his neck nervously, "Um, I uhh"

"NOW!"

"I guess I forgot, I'm sorry Jack" Craig stuttered out, sweat dripping from his face.

Jack crossed his arms, "I see… I'll take care of it this time. Just don't let it happen again!" Craig franticly nodded his head. Jack cracked a small smile, "Now, what do you need?"

Craig quickly composed himself, "Uh, I found these trespassers. What would you like me to do with em'?"

Jack turned around and went back to doing inventory, "Just lock them in the holding cell, I'll tend to them when I'm done with this".

Craig scratched his head, "But Jack no offense, but isn't this more important than doing inve…"

"You're on thin ice Craig!" Jack snapped at him, "Now you know I like to take care of captives myself, but I also don't want to lose count. So put them in holding, and I'll get to it later".

"Ok sir" Craig answered hesitantly before signaling everyone to follow him. He lead them out to a set of cement steps leading down to a steel door. He pulled out a key and unlocked it, "In you go". The four listened and walked into a dark, dirty room with stone walls, "Gary, chain them up". Gary holstered his revolver as he approached them and placed their ankles in shackles attached to the wall. Once they were locked in Gary stood up and made his way to the exit, as the two were leaving Craig turned back to them, "Make yerselves comfortable" he cackled before slamming the door shut.

Once they were alone Rigby let out a loud groan, "Ahh, I can't believe we went through all this just to die!"

Rigby's outburst was met by a swift punch in the arm by Mordecai, "Don't talk like that, we're not dead yet".

"Well then" Rigby mumbled as he rubbed his arm, "I guess you have some 'brilliant' plan to escape then, huh?"

Mordecai stopped and looked around the room, trying to piece together an idea, after a minute he sat down on the floor and placed his feet next to the wall. He then grabbed the chain and pushed against the wall with his legs.

Rigby chuckled as he watched, "Seriously, that's your plan?"

"I don't see you coming up with anything!" Mordecai scoffed as he attempted to pull the chains from the wall.

While he was pulling the door swung open and Craig charged it, he looked at Mordecai and busted into laughter at the sight of his escape attempt, "Oh, that's too good" he chuckled as he wiped a tear from his eye, he then walked up to Mordecai and crouched down to look him in the eye, "I'm afraid it's no use, this is the only way out of them chains" he held up a steel key. "And guess what" he held out his tongue and place the key on it before mumbling, "You're not gonna get it". He pulled his tongue back into his mouth and, while still laughing, swallowed.

But his laughter came to an abrupt end as he eyes widened and he started gagging. He clutched his throat and fell to his knees, he then began hitting his chest. Soon his face began to turn blue as his eyes bulged out before collapsing on the floor. Everyone just stood silent as they stared at his body.

Then suddenly Rigby erupted in laughter, "Ha ha, what a dumbass!"

Mordecai jabbed him in the arm again, "It's not funny".

"Sorry" Rigby groaned, "But it's a little funny, the guy tried to act all tough and ends up choking to death".

Mordecai shook his head, "Yeah, but that key was our only way out and now it's gone".

Eileen hesitantly tapped Mordecai on the shoulder, "Um, actually. That's not entirely true".

Mordecai looked down at her puzzled, "What do you mean?"

Eileen nervously rubbed her arm, "Well, I mean the keys technically still here" she then pointed towards Craig's body. Everyone stared unblinking at it, knowing exactly what she was getting at, "Oh man, this is gonna suck for you Mordecai" Rigby finally blurted out.

Mordecai shot him an angry glare, "What, why me?"

"There's no way I'm gonna cut open some guy for a key" Rigby answered.

"Don't be such a pussy Rigby" Mordecai snapped, "Our lives are at stake!"

Rigby crossed his arms, "Alright, let's rock, paper, scissors for who has to do it"

Mordecai slapped his forehead to groaned, "Fine!". The two readied themselves, they counted to three, Mordecai played rock while Rigby played scissors, "Ha, you lost. Now get to it".

"Son of a bitch" Rigby mumbled under his breath as he approached the body. He searched him and found a knife holstered on his belt. He grabbed it and took a deep breath, "Here goes nothing". He stuck the knife into his neck and slowly slid it down, making a large incision from the chin to the collar bone. He reached his hand inside and reached down, he then grabbed onto a long tube like stricter and gave it a pull. He felt it jar loose and slowly pulled the tube out of the incision. He took the knife and stuck it in one end and dragged it along the tube before running his thumb along the inside.

"Hurry up Rigby!" Mordecai shouted.

Rigby turned and shot him an unpleasant look, "Shut it Mordecai!" he lifted his hand from the tube, it was now covered in a thick slime causing him to gag.

"Suck it up man" Mordecai chuckled.

Rigby looked back at him again "What do you want from me Mordecai" he sneered, "My hands are covered in blood and… throat jizz!"

"Actually" Eileen interjected, "That substance you're referring to is probably mucus, you see the esophagus and windpipe are coated in mucus to help…"

"Eileen" Rigby mumbled, struggling not to vomit, "Seriously not helping". He continued to finger through the tube until the key finally fell to the floor, "Finally!"

"Great, hand it here" Mordecai said as he held out his hand.

Rigby grinned deviously, "Sure thing" he then slapped his hand against Mordecai's, smearing the filth on it all over his hand.

"Ah, sick" Mordecai bellowed before unlocking his shackles, once free he went and unlocked the others, "Let's go before they notice". They all ran to the door and made their ways up the stairs, Rigby immediately turned and ran towards the fence until Mordecai hollered at him, "What are you doing?"

Rigby stopped and looked back at him, "Getting out of here, what do you think?"

"No, we need to get that truck!" Mordecai stated firmly, "They haven't even emptied it out yet so it'll be easier than we thought"

Rigby threw his arms into the air, "What, we almost died Mordecai. We need to get out of here".

"Rigby, I'm not leaving without those supplies" Mordecai said, "If we go home empty handed then this will all be for nothing".

"He's right Rigby" Margaret added.

Rigby moaned out in anger, "Fine, the truck will make it easier anyway".

After their altercation they ran back to the garage, they gathered by the door and Mordecai cracked it open to look inside, "Coast's clear" he opened the door and everyone followed him inside. They ran to the truck and stopped at the driver's side door, Mordecai lifted himself up and glanced inside the truck, "Shit, there's no keys inside" he groaned as he dropped down.

"Dang, figures" Eileen said, "They obviously wouldn't leave them in the truck".

"Yeah, and we don't have any weapons to take them by force" Mordecai said disheartened.

"Oh, I got that covered" Rigby chuckled as he pulled out a sawed off shotgun from his jacket.

Mordecai's eyes widened, "Where the hell did you get that?"

"I swiped it from that Craig douche before we ran out of the holding cell" he said proudly, "Thought it'd come in handy".

"Well, just use it sparingly ok" Mordecai whispered, "Ammo is hard to come by these…"

Before he could finish a guard walked from behind the front of the truck, Rigby immediately turned and fired his gun at him, blowing the top of his head off. The body dropped to the floor as Rigby started to cheer, "Alright faceshot, boom!, squish!, YEAH-UH!".

Mordecai rolled his eyes as he wiped the blood from his face, "You got anymore ammo for that?"

Rigby's smile disappeared, he then stared down at his feet, "No".

"That's what I thought" Mordecai scoffed, "Check him for keys" Rigby ran to his body and searched him, but he turned back to Mordecai and shook his head, "Damn it! I should have known we wouldn't be that lucky".

A clicking sound came from behind them, they all turned to see Jack pointing a gun at them, "Oh you have no idea".

"Ah crap" Mordecai grunted as they all held up their hands.

"I just want to finish doing inventory, is that too much to ask" Jack chuckled, "I mean, I leave for a five minute lunch and have to come back to this shit". Jack moved his head to look around Mordecai at the body on the floor, "And you've killed one of my men. And judging by the fact that the short one has Craig's gun I assume it's safe to say you killed him too, which I'm honestly not that pissed about he was an incompetent fucktard but still". He started shaking his head, "I guess I have to kill you for that, so which of you will I shoot first?"

Everyone stood silent for a moment, then Mordecai stepped forward and lowered his head, "Me, this is my fault after all".

A smirk came across Jacks face, "How cute, but that hero shit seems pretty pointless don't you think?"

Mordecai lifted his head and smiled, "That has nothing to do with it, I just don't want to have to watch everyone I care for die so…"

Jack erupted into laughter, "Stop shooting for lamest last words ever, I think you won ok!"

While Jack was laughing Margaret looked down at the floor not wanting to watch Mordecai get shot, but then out of the corner of her eye she saw Craig's knife sticking out of Rigby's pocket. Quickly she snatched it and threw it at Jack, hitting him in the shoulder and forcing him to drop his gun. Mordecai saw his opening and ran for the gun, but Jack dove for it at the same time. The two slammed into each other head first, while they laid on the ground dazed Mordecai accidentally knocked the gun under the truck with his hand as he attempted to lift himself up, "Crap!".

Margaret ran over and helped him up, as she did that Eileen ran and searched the dazed Jacks coat pockets. "Got 'em" she cheered as she pulled the keys from his pocket.

"Awesome" Margaret said as she grabbed them from her hand, "Let's get out of here!". She helped Mordecai over to the truck door when Rigby ran up to them from behind the trailer.

"Mordecai" he yelled, Mordecai looked back and saw him holding his sword that Craig took from him earlier, "Catch!"

Rigby tossed it over to Mordecai, he caught it nodded, "Thanks".

Rigby ran to join Eileen in the front of the truck when he suddenly realized something, "Wait, the trailers still open. I have to close it!" he turned and ran back.

"Hurry" Margaret said as she climbed into the truck, followed by Mordecai who stuck the key into the ignition and started the engine.

Rigby reached the back of the trailer and climbed in and attempted to jump to reach the strap the close the door, but he was too short to reach, "Damn it!" he quickly scanned the inside of the trailer and noticed on of the crates, "Hmmm-Hmmm" he ran to it and started to push it towards the back. He then climbed on top of it and tried reaching the strap again, but as he was reaching Jack snuck up and grabbed his arm.

"I don't think so!" he snarled.

Rigby let out an unmanly whimper as he kicked Jack it the face out of panic. Jack stumble back and fell out of the trailer. Rigby ran and stuck he head around the corner so Mordecai could see him through the mirror, "Go! Go! Go!" he shouted while motioning them to move forward.

Mordecai listened and immediately drove the truck out of the garage, Rigby held on and tried his best not to fall out. He eventually found his balance and moved away from the open door.

As they left Jack stood up and walked over to his gun, he picked it up and holstered it. Soon his men came to investigate the scene, "Somebody" Jack shouted, "Get the carts ready!"

Mordecai drove the truck through the fence and continued to drive towards Marcus's settlement. Mordecai struggled to shift it into gear at first, but eventually got the hang of it, "Wow, how'd you learn to do that?" Margaret said in amazement.

"Played a lot of Big Rig Rally" he replied.

Eileen looked out the window at the side mirror, "I hope Rigby's ok back there" she said worriedly.

Margaret turned to her and patted her on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine"

Back in the trailer Rigby was getting thrown from side to side, slamming repeatedly into crates. He eventually fell on his back, "Stupid Mordecai!" he sneered as he sat up, "Would it kill ya to drive straight?"

He started to rub his head before looking out through the opening of the trailer, he was met with an unpleasant sight, "Oh crap!" Three small, homemade vehicles were catching up to them. Jack stood in the more heavily armored one as they drove up to the back. "I hope they can see this!"

While Eileen was looking at the mirror, she could barely notice the carts behind them, "Oh no" she shouted while slapping her cheeks with her hands, "They caught up to us!"

Mordecai looked in his mirror and saw what she was talking about, "Ah man, that's not good" he turned to Margaret, "Take the wheel, I gotta help Rigby".

She grabbed onto the wheel and Mordecai reached for the door handle, "But I don't know how to drive this thing".

"Don't worry" Mordecai said as he cracked the door open, "Just keep it at this speed and you should be fine" he opened the door and slowly crept to the trailer, he climbed on the top and crawled on his stomach to the back, "This is so dumb, why did I do this!" He reached the back and managed to swing down into the trailer, unfortunately he swung right into Rigby. They both barreled to the front and slammed into a bunch of crates.

They slowly got up and dusted themselves off, "Glad you could join me" Rigby said sarcastically.

Mordecai looked down at him, "Oh get over it" suddenly he was thrown to the side and hit the wall of the trailer, "Damn, you really get tossed around back here".

"Oh really? I didn't notice" Rigby chuckled, "So any ideas?"

Mordecai shrugged his shoulder, "I don't know, maybe we can look for anything that's unessential and throw it at them?"

"Sounds good to me" They ran and looked into all the crates to check their content, eventually Mordecai found one filled books.

"Here, throw these!" they each grabbed at armful and ran to the back and started hurling them at the carts.

Rigby managed to hit the driver of one in the face, causing him to veer off and hit a huge bump, launching him into a barrel roll. He landed upside-down, "Alright, that's one" Rigby cheered as they wreck shrunk in the distance.

They continued to throw literature at them when Mordecai hit the hood of one of them which exploding into a bunch of loose paper. A piece of which got stuck on the drivers face, as he struggled to remove it he spun out and to cart began to do a series of flips before coming to a stop as a mangled pile of metal. "Whoa, all tied up. Next one wins it!" his celebration was short lived when Jack climbed to the back of his cart and armed what appeared to be a spear gun. "Duck!"

Jack fired the spear and it flew towards them, but the jumped out of the way at the last second. The spear impaled so deep into the front that it actually managed to breach the back of the truck. Eileen and Margaret looked at the sharp spear between them in shock, which caused Margaret to swerve to the left. This caused Mordecai and Rigby to again be tossed into the wall, they slowly got up and noticed the spear was attached to a cable. They looked about and saw Jack crawling towards them on it, "What! That's straight up pirate shit" Rigby groaned.

Mordecai ran to grab another book to throw, but before he could grab one Jack reached the trailer. Mordecai turned around and reached for his sword, but Jack drew his gun, "Don't be ridiculous". Mordecai froze as Jack squeezed the trigger.

"NO!" Rigby yelled as he dove at his legs, he grabbed his foot and bit into his ankle. Jack cried out in pain as Mordecai dove for his gun, during the struggle the gun went off. It hit the driver in the head, killing him instantly. The cart started to swerve and spin until the cable finally snapped. Mordecai and Rigby ducked as the metal cable whipped back and into the trailer. As luck would have it the wire hit Jack in the chest, impaling him and lodging itself perfectly between two of his ribs.

Rigby stumbled up and ran to him, "Suck it!" he pushed him out of the trailer, Jack hit the ground and tumbled until the wire became taut. Jack grabbed onto the cable and tried to pull himself back to the trailer while he was being dragged. Rigby started to laugh, "Yeah, good luck with th…" suddenly they ran over a bump as they reached an old paved road, which cause him to fly out of the trailer.

"Rigby!" Mordecai cried as he reached for his best friend, but he was already out of reach. Rigby hit the ground and tumbled, but eventually grabbed onto Jack. He crawled onto his back at brought himself to his knees. Jack reached up to grab him with one of his arms, but Rigby managed to stand up and placed his foot on the back of his head. He pushed down on it until his face was forced against the pavement, leaving a smeared trail of blood behind them, "Eww, gross!" Rigby stood on Jacks lifeless body, riding it like a skateboards as he struggled to get his balance. His heart was racing, "Oh Shit, oh shit, oh shit!"

"Hold on" Mordecai yelled out as he grabbed the cable and tried to pull it in, but it was no use. His hands began to slip, cutting up his palms. Mordecai let go and looked at his bloodied hands, he knew there was only one option left, "Rigby, you have to crawl across the wire!"

Rigby wasn't fond of the idea but didn't have it in him to argue, he got down on his knees and grabbed the cable. He spun upside-down and wrapped his legs around it and slowly crept to the trailer, the road speeding by just inches from his face. After what seemed like an eternity he reached the trailer and dropped from the wire. He laid on the ground as he tried to catch his breath.

Mordecai reached out his hand, "See, that wasn't so bad".

Rigby took his hand and he helped him to his feet, "stop…talking" he mumbling as he tried to get his breathing under control.

They finally reached the gates of Marcus's colony, once the guard recognized them he immediately granted them access. They drove the truck up to city hall, Margaret and Eileen stepped out and ran back to the trailer. Mordecai and Rigby stumbled out, their legs still wobbly, "Finally" Rigby cheered as he planted his foot on the ground.

"Here" Margaret said to Mordecai as she handed him the keys.

"Uh, thanks" he said confused, "But we don't need them anymore".

Margaret gave him a serious look, "Just in case".

Mordecai stared at her with a puzzled look, but soon his attention was drawn to Marcus who walked towards them, "Great, glad to see you made it. How'd it go?"

"How'd it go?" Rigby scoffed, "I'll tell you how it went!"

Mordecai jabbed him in the shoulder, which silenced him immediately, "Just give us our medicine, and we'll be on our way".

"Sure thing" Marcus chuckled as he crossed his arms, "So, what do you have to trade?"

"What!" Mordecai sneered to him.

"You said you wanted to trade, so let's trade" Marcus answered.

Mordecai clenched his fist, "You said, if we got the supplies back…"

Marcus interrupted him, "Look Mordecai, I'm thankful believe me, but if you think I'm going to just give you the antibiotics you're crazy"

"Give us!" Margaret shouted.

"You said we were trading our services" Mordecai reminded him, "We bring back the supplies, you give us the antibiotics. That was the deal!"

Marcus held up his hands, "Whoa Mordecai calm down. If you don't want to trade then you can just leave, it's just a shame all those people won't get the medicine they need" he said in a mockingly saddened tone.

Mordecai was grinding his teeth in anger, but then he had an idea, "Ok then" he smiled, "I'll trade you the antibiotics for this" he held up the truck keys.

Marcus had a puzzled look on his face, "What's that?"

"Oh, just the keys to the truck" he said while pointing back at the truck, "You know, the one with all your supplies on it".

"What are you getting at?" Marcus shouted.

"Like I said, I'll trade you the keys for the medicine" Mordecai snickered, "But if you don't want to then I guess I'll just take the truck, and all its contents, back to my settlement".

Marcus got up in Mordecai's face, "You'd dare steal from me, thief?"

Mordecai just backed up and started laughing, "Steal, we risked life and limb to get these. My friend had to cut open some dudes throat. The way I see it, we've earned these supplies a lot more than you did" he said slyly, "So it's either give up the medicine… or give up everything"

Marcus was visibly furious, but knew that he was bested, "Fine, it's a deal" he held out his hand, "Take the antibiotics and go" Mordecai walked up and placed the key in his hand. Marcus put them in his pocket, "But then I don't want to see you again, if you every need anything else, you'll have to find someone else to barter with".

Mordecai turned and walked towards the trailer, "Sounds good to me".

Marcus walked back towards the city hall building, he pulled out the keys and stared at them, "What the hell am I going to do with a truck and no fuel?"

It took them about another two days to get back home, but once they did they made their way to Benson's shack. But on their way they crossed the canteen which was turned into an infirmary. Techmo noticed them and ran over, "Boy am I glad to see you guys" he said tiredly, "We did the best we could but I don't think they would have held out another day or two".

Suddenly Skips emerged from the canteen, "You're back! Did you get what we needed?"

"Sure did" Margaret answered, then everyone walked up to a table and dumped the contents of their pack onto it. They also emptied their pockets and any other containers they filled with it.

"Excellent" Skips said happily, "We'll administer this to everyone right away, you should go see Benson. Let him know you're back" he then skipped away.

They followed his advice and made their way to Benson's, when Benson saw them a huge smile appeared on his dome, "Oh I'm so happy your back, things weren't looking good around here" he stood up and walked over to them, he then proceeded to shake their hands, "Did you guys run into any trouble?"

They all looked amongst themselves, speechless. Mordecai eventually turned to Benson, "You know, it's probably best we don't tell you".

Shriek the lips, across ragged tongue
Convulsing violently
Move the jaw, cry aloud
Bound up the Dead triumphantly
The ragged they come and the ragged they kill!
You pray so hard on bloody knees
The ragged they come and the ragged they kill!
Down in the cool air I can see

Hey, Yeah
I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah
I'm your Superbeast
Hey, Yeah
I'm the one that you wanted
Hey, Yeah
I'm your Superbeast

Author's Note:

That's all for chapter 4, hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to leave a review if you'd like, and a big thanks to everyone who's read and left reviews for previous chapters. A few things I'd like to mention, the title of this chapter was inspired by something that happened to me recently. In Manitou Springs there's this trail called the Incline, which is basically a set of steps up a mountain. So I'm hiking up this thing and I'm tired and worn out, and I think I'm about to reach the top. Turns out it only appeared to be the top and I was only three quarters of the way up. Turns out it's called a 'false summit' and it was a total mind fuck. I thought it seemed fitting for this chapter, since they thought they reached their goal but they hardest part was yet to come. Next, the villain's name is from the song 'Living Dead Girl' by Rob Zombie. Next, I'd like to say I'm not a doctor and know next to nothing about anatomy. I do research before I write stuff but I still tried to make it as vague as possible to keep me from looking too stupid. Finally, the footnote is from the song 'Superbeast' by Rob Zombie.

Hope you liked it and if not, sorry for wasting your time. See you in chapter 5!