[MEANWHILE WITH SIMIAN]
Simian had managed to find refuge in her office and she had a weapon to get rid of the Joy Virus.
Sad music.
As Simian contemplates a way out, as an infected now occupied her door,Carrie faded through the wall. "Oh thank the undead you're okay miss Simian. Are you okay..?" Carrie asked worriedly. "Im about as fine as I can be. I have a cure,as well,the problem is getting out of here."
"Speaking of..Gumball and Darwin are alright,and are holed up on the second floor in the home room. They're preparing to make their way to you." Carrie explains. Another scream rings out in the hall,exciting some of the infected away from Simian's office door.
"Well it beats going it alone. If we can get to the PA system,we have a chance. Go ahead and tell those two to get here,and I already have a plan."
Carrie nods,and disappears to return to Gumball and Darwin,who had finished up making their 'equipment'.
"Hey,I've got news. Simian is unaffected and has a plan to get to the PA system for some kind of cure. She's on the first floor. The problem will be getting there." Carrie explains.
Gumball tosses her a protractor axe. "Hope you know how to fight. We might have to get rough to get to them."
"WAIT!! If there's a cure our friends could still be in there!" Darwin quickly interjects.
"Darwin,letting those things get close is as good as sharing cooties with everyone in the lunch room. Do you even want to suggest how awkward it would be to play nice with something that's chasing you down for a hug or kiss?" Gumball asked,shivering slightly at the thought of having to play nice with the Hot Dog Guy in this apocalypse.
"What is this,kindergarten?" Carrie asked,checking her protractor axe for sharpness.
Darwin raised a fin to say something,to immediately retract whatever he was about to say.
"Then it's settled. All arms and legs away from the staff. We do have weapons." Gumball said as he approached the impomptu barricade that was set in Carrie's absence. It was basically a long metal ruler jammed between the door and wall to create a crossbar,backed with a student's desk.
He carefully peers out of the classroom door window,to see empty, color smeared hall. There was only one infected,A student who was small and relatively avoidable.
"It seems clear. Not a sound you two.." Gumball said as he carefully pulls the ruler and desk away from the door, slowly opening it...
The trio left the safety of the classroom,and into the dark hall. The infected student turns to them,and begins stumbling toward them. "Gumball...We gotta pass that thing..." Darwin said softly as he gripped his axe..
The student stumbled faster,chuckling insanely.
Gumball grips his axe as well, firmly breathing in and kicking the student in the gut,making them kneel over and spit up some of the fluid.
"Gogogo-" Gumball whisper-shouts,as the trio fled for the stairs. After ascending the flight and running down the hall,they stopped at a corner.
A deep purr emits, followed by deep,even footsteps. The Trio finds cover behind a locker door. A very much infected Tina was stumbling around right in front of them,Simian's office within reach.
"You have a plan for fighing a joy-addled T-Rex...right..?" Darwin asked.
"Yes. It involves running in the opposite direction." Gumball whispers,as Tina narrowly spots them,though she doesn't do much as her attention turns away once more.
"Gumball,Simian's office is behind the T-Rex. Running can't be your only plan,right?" Carrie asked.
"Carrie if I wanted to fight a T-Rex with improvised Melee weapons made of school supplies I'd go to a prehistoric college. Can't you like,posess her or something?" Gumball asked as he quietly opened a classroom door and checking inside while they came up with a plan.
"You've possessed a T-rex before right? It's like trying to drive a Semi-truck on two comically small wheels. Youd have to be a former T-rex to posess one." Carrie stated,crossing her arms. "Right..." Gumball said as he sat down to think.
"Well,Carrie,if not a T-rex,what about another distraction?" Darwin asked as he kept lookout.
"Well there's a junction box in the next hall,it would be enough to warrant a distraction...But we would also risk all hell breaking loose while doing it." Carrie said,as she sketched out a small game plan on a piece of paper.
"WAIT- There's a classroom in that hall..! What was it again...? Home entertainment...? Home eclair..?" Darwin guessed.
"Home Economics. Basically a cooking class. It's one of the only classes that Simian can find pride in teaching me." Gumball said.
"So,you know that class,what could we possibly use?" Darwin asked.
"Everything in there. There are cooking knives, timers,blowtorches,among other things,but we would at least have actual weapons and distractions at our disposal. Since we are pretty much stuck here,Carrie we will need you to step up to plate again and get us the stuff we need. With luck that classroom should be empty enough to grab the basics." Gumball said confidently,returning to the door.
Carrie teleports away without so much as a word.
[Meanwhile,in the Home Ec room...]
Carrie appears in the room,but she wasn't alone as she hid in a cupboard,as two infected students, as well as Mr. Small occupied the room. It would be tricky to navigate,but Carrie began to collect 3 knives,an egg timer,and a bag with some assorted foodstuffs and supplies. Though now the objects chained her to the physical realm,and she could no longer teleport,or go through walls.
As she looks for a way out,the Infected were beginning to get hints of her presence.
Carrie quickly approached the door,opening it to see a whole hall full of the infected. She quickly closes the door.
"Nope. Bad idea."
She returns to the safety of the counter,right as Mr.Small turned,cocking his head slightly with a soft crackle. Carrie shivers,and looks up to a-
Vent!! Yes a vent!!
She quickly flies up to the vent,quietly pulling the grate free and beginning to navigate back to the classroom the they were stationed.
[Meanwhile with Gumball and Darwin...]
"Sooo..." Darwin began.
"So?" Gumball guessed as he turns away from the door. Tina hadn't moved yet,and was staring vacantly at a wall.
"Do you think Carrie is gonna be okay..? She's been gone for a few minutes at least." Darwin said as he stared a little distantly to the blackboard. "Dude,she's a Ghost. If anyone would be fine in this joyful hellhole it would be her. There isn't a day where she doesn't have a frown. I wouldn't be surprised if she's immune." Gumball assured.
A clatter emits outside,somewhere down the hall,followed by the ringing of a timer. Tina growls and moves to investigate. Carrie comes in,and motions for them to follow.
In a final sprint they ran down the hall,bursting into Simian's office and closing the door.
"About time you got here." Simian said as she sipped some coffee. "I was stuck in here long enough to steep some coffee. So,have we learned anything?"
"That a T-rex hopped up on joy is more terrifying than almost losing your life?" Darwin asked.
"Close enough,do you have a weapon to spare..?" Simian asked. She was passed a protractor axe,as Gumball,Darwin and Carrie donned metal cooking knives.
Simian looks to the axe,then the students before her. "You're serious,right? This is as effective as cutting steak with a butter knife." She said as she crossed her arms in slight disappointment. "If you want to go to Home Ec on our way to the Principal's office be my guest. That hall is pretty damn full of those things." Carrie said with a slight shiver.
Simian sighs,and opens her desk drawer,pulling away a hidden panel within to expose a handgun. She loads the clip,and prepares it-
"What th- A gun?! What in the actual hell Simian that's a felony!!" Gumball silently shouts.
"What? I'm not a student and I don't want to be caught unarmed if a criminal breaks in with a gun of their own. Youre also one to talk because you have a rap sheet so long it can be legally classified as a country border." She said.
Gumball sighs...
"Look,to avoid conflict let's just get this over with
.. Ive had enough continuity errors to be written into the next year.." Gumball said in disappointment.
"How long have you even had that pistol..?" Darwin asked as he peers out the door. "Vietnam. At the time I was so hairy and disgruntled I was easily mistaken for a man. That tour certainly beat teaching for a short time.." Simian said with a slight smile.
She approached the door,gun prepared. "Anyway,how bad could it be?"
She slowly opens the door,and walks out,leading the Trio down the hall. As they walked,the scene slowly turned from modestly creepy,to dark and gritty. Police had already arrived in the short time,many of them trampled,and leaking the colorful fluid themselves..
The closer they got,the worse the scene became.
"Dude...this is spreading quicky..." Gumball said,as they approached the office.
They got into the office,and Simian prepped the recording. It began to rewind as the group stayed ready ...
There was a sound...chuckling...
Simian was surprised by an infected principal Brown,and the tape player containing the cure was accidentally thrown out the window...
It broke on impact with the ground as Darwin hit the principal with the book of rules,making him fall out cold. He was stuffed into the closet.
Simian gently sighs...
"Don't tell me that was the player..."
Gumball peers out the window,to see that the player was destroyed from it's fall.
"Uhhh...it wasn't the player...?" Gumball said nervously.
"Shit...shit shit SHIT!!" Simian growls,"That was our ONLY chance at curing the school!! How are we going to cure them now?!" She asked,dispair lacing her voice some.
"Uh...We'll think of something...I think the best option would be to wait things out a bit. Maybe it'll get better." Darwin said with some optimism...