"We need to get out of here" Ana said as she looked around the others in the dark mall. It had been a few hours since the lights went out and the damage was worse than anyone could have expected. While the couple hoped to be able to fix the thing it had a catastrophic malfunction that basically required the thing to be replaced entirely. which meant everyone was fresh out of luck in a world destroyed by the dead. Sure, they had a few smaller generators to keep up the hydro farm and entertainment, but clean water would be getting harder when the water companies' automated systems crashed.
"Logan fixed up those buses and enhanced them so we can get the hell out of here, looks like it's time to use them" Michael said. Steve, some rich ass who survived so far by being lucky and self saving during this whole fucking mess, laughed out as he walked by.
"Yeah, sure, how about we take those buses to the Marina," he said, getting himself some coffee. "then we can take my boat to ride off to some island" he exaggeratingly offered.
"How far is the marina?" Michael asked, looking around. Steve chuckled out while looking at the group like they were crazy. He could see a lot were actually considering the wild idea and he laughed more.
"Are you all nuts? We would have to drive straight through the city, straight through hell" he said, sipping his drink.
"It's a good idea Steve!" Monica said, looking at the man. she had reluctantly started to shack up with the man during the month they were here after her advances towards Logan failed at the gate. She still remembered the look his wife gave her when she caught her looking at him. She knew how to judge a bitch who would kill and who would punch, and Akane looked like she would torture her slowly to death.
"Oh shut up Monica, I don't want to die!" Steve said before looking around with desperation. His expression didn't earn him any support and he scoffed and shook his head before just shutting up and looking down at his coffee. Logan, Akane, and Andy were off in the corner cleaning and reloading the guns the group had.
"We could always head to the countryside, plenty of animals to hunt and not many people," Andy said to the two. He wanted to test his thoughts with the two people who looked like they were going to survive till the end, group or no. The couple shook their heads at the same time while watching the group start to plan their escape.
"The dead are lasting too long , Andy," Logan said. He didn't know too much about the human body but after reading a medic book on the subject he had a better idea. "The walking corpses should have started rigor mortis weeks ago, let alone decomposition from the sun and bacteria that should be getting from the heat of the day." Andy thought about that and then nodded his head.
"best bet would be to get to a large enough island for crops and livestock, though Steve is correct in the fact we would be driving through hell to get to his boat" Akane said wiping down her cleaned Glock. "It would be better to drive on the backroads to another less populated marina to grab a boat that's closer to the island we want to get to. though that's still a risk if we can't find a big enough boat to hold everyone." again Andy nodded as he wiped down the barrel of his rifle. The couple knew the right path was the one Akane offered up but they weren't going to push for it.
They didn't want to survive, they wanted the chaos of the drive through the city. they realized during the month of living in this mall that they weren't survivors. the first week was fine as they found there outfits, fucked a few times, and played some nostalgic games. Yet after that they grew restless as they waited for something fun to happen, something exciting to capture their attention span. they realized they were the ones who were the type to drive around killing zombies looking for the last remaining Twinkie.
"Okay everyone, here is the plan" Sgt shouted out as he stared at the map. his shout was answered with a rack of Logan's AR charging handle as he looked over to listen.
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The plan was simple and suicidal as they would force there way through the city on Logans tricked out buses, then use them to block off the dock to then load up the boat and get the hell out of dodge. All in all a terrible plan that had so many things going wrong that it should have been vetoed from the start, but the group panicked and they decided it was the best plan they had. so with quite a few boxes of supplies they loaded up the trucks with Logan tossing out the chainsaws Terry brought.
"But then we could cut them up, maybe put in some openings to really do damage!" he said with a smile.
"you want to carry around open spinning blades into a closed environment that will likely be jerked around and shaken to the point of being a maraca?" Logan said, waiting for the guy to understand the issue with his plan. He looked at Logan as the man's words processed and then he grew chagrined. Logan patted his shoulder, "just get on the bus and get ready with your gun."
"I thought it was a good plan Terry" Bart said before looking to the ground when Logan glared at him. He and C.J. were let out when everyone was taking off as the group weren't monsters. Bart easily joined in with the group with C.J. keeping his distance from Logan and Akane. as people hopped into the buses for the final push Akane stopped Steve. she held out her hands with a smile.
'What?' the rich man asked as he looked at her hand. "You want a tip" he laughed and Akane laughed with him before smacking him across the face. "OW!" he shouted and glared at her.
"Boat keys" she said with a smile never leaving her face.
"what no, I'm not going to-FUCK!" Steve started but this time got a solid punch to the face. it felt like he got hit with a brick and he looked at the eyes of the petite woman in front of him. He flinched at the anger hidden by the smile and handed over his keys, which she took with a giddy nod. When she turned around and got into the bus she looked back at him.
"I don't care when a prick stares at my ass," she said before going cold. "But to cop a feeling when you think I'm distracted? be thankful my husband didn't catch wind as he's the type to castrate a man." With that she left and Steve gulped. He, much like Nichole, had some thoughts about one of the power couples. her exotic Asian look and smaller and built body were turn ons for the rich domineering prick.
during a more drunk filled night he found her dancing with a few of the other girls in the music store. She was wearing nothing but a sports bra and sleep shorts as she danced around. all of them were out of it, or at least he thought, and he took the chance to join the dancing. His goal was to get her drunk enough to not remember before taking her to an empty store for a bit of black out drunk fun. Yet when he reached a hand to cup her ass as he was grinding on Monica, who was receptive to his advances, he found a knee inserted to his balls.
The girls laughed at the action, too drunk to really understand what happened, but Akane smiled at him with death as she looked down at him. Steve shook his head and walked to the other bus to not deal with the woman. as everyone finally hopped in Sgt. Kenneth gripped the wheel.
"hang on everyone, it's gonna be a crazy ride" he said, starting the bus and putting pedal to the metal. Logan joined him as he followed the Sgt. with Akane watching the front with a wild smile.
"I'm going to shoot him, you know," Logan said as he drove. He wasn't ignorant of Steve's advances on his wife, he just didn't want to cause fear in the group if he cut his balls off in the mall. out here with the risk of possible death? well the boats gonna be a little more roomie when they head out. Akane smirked and leaned down to kiss his cheek before leaning back up to enjoy the rush of this plan.
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"Aragh" Ted moaned out as he walked around aimlessly. as an undead he didn't have many thoughts as it was mostly to find fresh meat, eat fresh meat. over and over that rang as the truth of life to ted. it just made sense on every level and answered all of life's hardest questions. Why did Ted exist? to find fresh meat, and eat fresh meat. What made Ted happy? to find fresh meat, and eat fresh meat. That was his purpose and it sang to his soul at its truth. as these thoughts raced through his mind he felt as though he was grasping at a feeling. Ted's stumbled walk slowly grew more focused and his eyes grew clearer as looked at his rotting hands in understanding.
"I, I am Te-" was all the zombie got out as a fortified bus slammed through the gate he was standing In Front of, obliterating his slowly evolving mind into nothing. gone was his legacy of being the only zombie who had found his mind once more. The zombie's mangled body landed back on the ground to be crushed by Logan's bus next as the two buses drove through the small mall hoarding and into the streets.
"Logan, can you hear me?" Michael asked over the radios they brought.
"We can hear you just fine," Akane answered as she stood close to the driver. with the radios proven to be working they went silent as they were unneeded at the moment. The buses moved the first few blocks without the sight of the dead as most had moved to the mall due to noise the survivors made over the past month. a few cars were rammed out of the way and some turns were cut harder then the Sgt. had to. "easy there Kenneth, you tip and your fucked" Akane said as she watched the heavy bus amazingly raise it's right wheels on a hard turn.
"Copy" Michael sounded out over the radio. After they cleared the twist and turns and got on the main road for the long stretch they noticed quite a few undead lingering. Akane smiled as she walked over and popped open the roof entrance. Logan had installed a ladder and padded rim that Akane used to brace herself as she took a gunner position up top. as the dead saw them they screeched murder before rushing to the two buses. with a giggle Akane sent round after round at the approaching dead. The buses were still moving and able to break through the first few clusters of dead. yet the further down the road they got the bigger swarm there was.
"Molotov!" Akane shouted and Nichole handed her one. The swarm grew to a massive degree and started to shake the buses. grabbing it, she lit it and chucked the thing at the front of her bus. the dead In Front ignited with screams as she was handed another. The bus in front opened and CJ stood up with a propane tank. "Oh good, I liked this scene," Akane said as she flung another Molotov and watched him toss the tank into the now heavy swarm surrounding the two buses. She dropped down and covered her ears. "Everybody brace!" she shouted and soon the world was rocking as the tank created a massive explosion. Logan watched the fireball consume the front of the leading bus, his own smile wide as he always wanted to see something like that. Now he wanted to do something like that, but he could wait.
As the explosion cleared the front bus was free to move, and the large container Molotov's Akane flung had killed off the dead In Front of Logan's bus to allow him the option of driving forward.
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With a crash the gates to the marina flung open as two buses rammed through them. with a bit of play the Sgt. and Logan swerved their buses to load out the survivors. unlike the movie the survivors were greater which the couple accounted for with supplies. each ran out with said supplies as Akane, Andy, Kenneth, and Logan took up a firing line. CJ ran out carrying two propane tanks to the wooden dock. The hoard was fast approaching and the four started to drop one after another walking back quickly. The dead were dropping fast, but coming faster and the four knew this was going to get bad if CJ didn't finish.
"were good!" he shouted and the four paused as Andy tossed a grenade he had kept for his personal use. The explosion took out the closest dead, and knocked back the ones behind, giving the four the time to run past the tanks and brace against a boat as CJ took aim. The tanks had a burning flare attached like the one he flung in the bus, and with a crack of his revolver the tanks exploded in a fantastic fireball that took out the docks enough to block off the undead. Everyone's ears rang but were nonetheless saved from the hoard and ready to find safety elsewhere.
The survivors cheered and cried as they got on the boat. Logan and Akane seeing the size of the thing moved over to another nearby oversize boat and hotwired it. it was too small for the fifteen people they had so another boat would do wonders. taking half of the survivors let people breathe more and two boats sailed away. as they did Logan and Akane seemed to freeze as movie credits started to play in their vision. slowly the world faded away and the two found themselves growing tired until the credits ended and the world went black...