Continuing from where we left off...
"Well we need to do something. So we should make a vote. We can either stay put, try to sneak past the zombies, or fight our way through them."
The sound of growling and snarling suddenly got everyones attention as a group of three zombies barged in from the next room of the building, one of them managing to bit Sarah and Ed's mother in the back of her neck.
"MOMMY!" The two siblings screamed out.
"LET GO OF HER!" Their father shouted as he punched the zombie in the center of its face. The other two zombies soon crowded around him. The zombies outside heard the ruckus and found the group. Despite the knife he had, Ed's father was soon killed.
"You... YOU BASTARDS! DAVID WAS MY FRIEND!" Eddy's dad shouted as he charged at the zonbies, revving up a chainsaw he had. While he had managed to decimate the zombies that had killed his close friend, one of them bit Eddy's dad in the leg.
"Dad!" "Robert!" Eddy and his mom screamed, helping the man up to his feet and to safety while the others fought off the zombie horde. Sarah used her brute force to tear limbs off of zombies and bash others with them.
Rolf and his family did the same though they also used weapons such as clubs to bash the zombies into pieces. Rolf himself even used Victor as a makeshift battering ram.
Jonny tried to help bring Jimmy to safety but when a zombie grabbed Plank and tried to bite the hunk of wood, Jonny became enraged, pouncing on the zombie.
"Let go of my buddy you big bully! ARRGH!" Jimmy said, pulling on the zombie's head until he decalitated it, saving his friend.
While everyone was fighting off the zombies, Jimmy was hiding behind a tree, he looked at the chaos and saw Sarah. A zombie was behind her and was ready to strike, she herself was unaware of it as she was dealing with zombies in front of her.
"Sarah!" He screamed, but she couldn't hear her over the madness. Jimmy shivered with fear, his retainer falling out of his pocket as he shook. He studied it for a second, he had kept his retainer as a sort of reminder of how long he had to deal with it and was able to get by having it, and despite all the troible it caused having it around and the restrictions it brought, he overcame them.
Jimmy then felt a fire in his heart, feeling a surge of rage just like when he was furious at Eddy and beat up Double D in the process. Jimmy charged at the zombie, his retainer clutched tightly in his hands as he pounced on it, using the retainer as a garotte. He pulled with all his might and managed to cut the zombie's head in two!
"Help me!"
Ed and Double D turned around and saw Eddy being grabbed by several zombies with one about to bite into Eddy's head.
"Eddy!" Ed screamed as he charged towarda the zombies. A pebble zipped by Ed's head and right into the zombie that almost bit Eddy, splattering what was left lf its head all over the pavement. Ed then took care of the other zombies holding Eddy, which set him free.
"Eddy, are you alright?" Double D asked, his voice full of concern.
"I'm fine." Eddy answered, he sounded rather embarrassed about having to be saved again. "Did we get 'em?"
"From the looks of it, yeah." Kevin replied.
"It's not safe here, we need to leave. Now." Kathy reminded them.
"But my husband was bitten!" Eddy's mom said in a panic.
"It's ok, I can still walk." Eddy's dad said, trying to stand up and move only to fall down after taking a step.
"Sir, I'm afraid you can't walk in this condition." Dr. Vincent stated. "Now while zombies may be, or rather were once a being of fiction, if their behavior and physical composition is the same as in the realm of science fiction, then their bites are toxic and could cause you to become one of them."
"Are you saying in going to turn into one of those things?!"
"It isn't certain but there is a large possibility. However I refuse to let that happen and I believe all of us would agree."
"So what should we do doctor?" Eddy's mom asked, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I'm afraid there is only one solution, and I'm not certain it will work..."
"Well what is it do?! Spit it out!" Eddy rushed.
"We must amputate his leg..." Dr. Vincent said in a somber tone. Eddy's dad looked horrified but he sighed and relented.
"Do what you gotta do doc."
"We may need some time though. I have to ask you all to watch over us as I begin the operation. Eddward, I know this may he sudden but I may require your assistance."
"Of course doctor!" Double D said.
"Would it be alright if I joined you as well?" Kathy asked. "If something like this were to happen again then we may need more people ready to do another procedure like this."
"Of course! Now come, hurry!"
The four hurried over behind a tree and some bushes to begin the operation. Eddy grabbed Double D's shoulder as he was about to leave.
"Hey Double D, make sure my old man makes it through this, he might give me a hard time but he's still my dad." Eddy pleaded, he looked serious and afraid. Double D hesitated for a few seconds, he had never seen Eddy act this way.
"Dr. Vincent and I will do everything we can to make sure your father pulls through Eddy, you have my word." Double D answered.
Fifteen minutes had passed, everyone could hear Eddy's dad grunting in pain. He would habe been screaming had he not used a block of wood to bite down on. Dr. Vincent didnt habe any form of anesthesia to dull the pain so they had to do the procedure without it.
Eddy and his mother were anticipating the results of the operation with bated breath, they were fearful before but now they looked like they both might uabe heart attacks.
Once the operation was over, Dr. Vincent helped Eddy's dad over to his family. His left leg was now amputated up to the knee, he was a bit pale.
"Oh my God, Robert." Eddy's mom cried.
"It's all good, Rachel." Eddy's dad answered.
"The operation was a success, he should be fine. However he will require some rest."
"What happened to the leg?" Eddy asked.
"As morbid as this sounds, I have it packaged in several plastic bags and stored in a cooler. If we can find a sort of laboratory with the right equipment then we just may be able to crack the code of how people became zombies and if there is a way to stop or reverse its effects."
Meanwhile, Ed and Jimmy were trying to console Sarah, who was crying about what happened to her family. Ed and Eddy joined them and placed a hand on Ed's shoulder.
"Ed... Are you alright." Double D asked, Ed nodded. He obviously looked upset but he wasn't crying, he then stood up and sighed.
"I know things like this can happen, guys. It happened in the comic books, the heroes always go through a lot of trouble and pain in the beginning, but they always go on and survive for as long as they can, never forgetting the memories of the ones close to them that they lost." Ed explained, leaving his best friends shocked at the depth of his words.
"That was... Rather profound of you Ed!" Double D said in awe.
"We've waited long enough, we need to keep moving forward." Armando reminded everyone.
"So where are we headed again?" Erin asked.
"Lime Lake I guess, that's where these two kids went to summer camp." Peter replied.
"Actually the camp isn't too far from here. I don't know how long of a walk it'll be but on tje bus rides Sarah and I had to camp it was only about ten minutes. Cherry River is really close to the camp." Jimmy explained.
"And Cherry River goes right into Lime Lake, we would always go there on Saturdays to swim that summer." Sarah added, wiping the last of her tears away from her face.
"So we have a set destination, we just have to hope it's still standing." Kevin announced, the group headed on the road towards the camp by Cherry River. The Vorlick family gave Eddy's dad a walking stick to help him keep balance, it took a while but he got accustomed to using it.
After about forty-five minutes of walking the group arrived at the camp. It was deserted but it was in good condition.
"Alright, we should probably split up into groups and look around the camp for any supplies, rations, or zombies that might still be in camp." Keenan announced.
While searching, Sarah and Jimmy found a carving they put on one of the cabins.
"Hey Jimmy, remember this?" Sarah asked. The carving was of the names of the four kids who shared the cabin 'Sarah, Jimmy, Stacey, and Russ: best cabin friends 4 ever'
"I wonder where the two are now?" Jimmy asked.
"Hopefully in a safer situation..." Sarah sighed.
In the camp's mess hall, Nazz and Kevin found the camp's food stock. Most of it was canned food though there were other foods like hot dogs, marshmallows, juice, water, bread, etc.
"Looks like we hit the jackpot, come on let's get everyone in here, we can eat and plan ahead." Kevin stated.
Some time later, everyone had gathered in the mess hall, those who were hungry were eating while others brought in a chalkboard from the arts and craft center along with a map of the camp and several first aid kits from the nurse's office.
Double D, Kathy, Kevin, and Nazz laid out the map and chalkboard for everyone to see.
"May we have everyone's attention please." Double D asked. "We have a plan for our next course of action! Kevin, you have the floor."
"Thanks man." Kevin pointed to the chalkboard, which had a hand-drawn layout of the camp, Lime Lake, and a nearby waterfall along with the roads.
"Ok, so we're here at Camp Maraschino, Cherry River is twenty feet South. If we follow it then we'll end up at Lime Lake." Kevin explained, he then gave Kathy a chance to speak.
"Lime Lake then leads into Canary River which, in turn, goes into Watermelon Falls. The nearby town of the same name should be the next place we go for supplies."
"Excuse me for interrupting." Eddy's mom exclaimed. "I don't mean to sound like a broken record but my family and I want to make sure our older son is alright. He won't answer any calls. He's living at the Mondo-A-Go-Go Amusement Park. For those of you who have met him I know he is a bit... brash and difficult to get along with but we still worry ahout him." The main cast shuddered a bit at the mention of Eddy's Brother, not forgetting what happened during the movie.
"Mondo-A-Go-Go... That's by the coast and in the general direction we're going in, but adding to our numbers could help us in the long run." Kathy pondered.
"I'm going to be honest here." Eddy began. "Mom, Dad, I know you don't like me cursing but I jabe to say it: my bro is an asshole. But he's still my brother and we gotta help him."
"He's a dork but I think you might he right. Even he doesn't deserve to die out here like this. So if we go after him, where would we he going exactly?"
"Well we'd have to go through Pineapple Desert, Prune Swamp and Pear Cliffs, which would take us South and then back West. It would take us a day or so and we'd be there by mid-day." Nazz calculated. Armando raised an eyebrow in intruige at the mention of the desert.
"Plus Mondo-A-Go-Go is close to the border to the United States. We would end up in Washington, but if Canada is already dealing with this epidemic then it could he worse down South. This did all start in the state of California after all." Double D added.
"Alright..." Kevin said before taking a moment to ponder.
"So we go find Eddy's brother then. We have a goal and we need to get it done." Janyse exclaimed.
"Heh, I guess so." Kevin chuckled.
"That's Janyse for ya'! Always on top of things." Lee joked.
"Nice going neighbor!" Matt said with a bit of a blush. Janyse smirked as she latted Matt on his head.
"So are we doing this then?" Marie asked everyone.
"I guess we are!" Kevin said. "It's still early and we have everything we need for now. We could get moving now to Lime Lake."
"Then onward we move!" Rolf proclaimed as everyone set out to the lake.
Back at Lemon Brook, James found the zombies that the group had slain earlier. Another horde of zombies followed James. These zombies were one's from Peach Creek... one's that either the group or the R.C.M.P had already slain.
James took the remains of the zombies and put them back together, sticking the limbs together using a drop of what used to be his blood but was now a sickly yellow and green looking liquid. James squuzed this liquid onto the torso of the zombie that Double D destroyed the head of.
Every single zombie that the group had dealt with began moving again as though they were never killed (again I suppose). Once every zombie was reanimated, they followed the road the group went on and headed towards the camp...
No choice to be made this chapter and for the next either. This is because it will contain a large amount of plot development. Consider it a taste of what is to come in the chapters following. But for now I hope you enjoyed.