A Lovely Mess

August 12th 2023

Alex stood, the heat of the fire was finally getting to him. Yet he couldn't move, he was frozen.

He watched as his home burned, how the flames flew out of the window and danced up the walls.

Sweat fell down his forehead and neck, his palms could barely grip the gun between them.

His body ached, it was bruised and beaten. A menacing chuckle was heard from somewhere in the bushes, as it drew closer the man he wanted to escape appeared.

"Thought you could kill me that easily
pumpkin?"

"Please just leave me alone!" Alex cried out raising his gun, his hands shook as he pointed the weapon, he felt as if at any moment it would slip between his fingers.

"Oh honeypie, you're just emotional, put the gun down" The make took graceful steps towards him, gliding almost. Alex could already smell the alcohol despite the space between them.

"No schlatt! I'm done with your shit" He kept the gun firmly pointed at him.

"You wouldn't dare" Schlatt growled

"Watch me!"

Quackity let the gun off, a bullet flying straight through schlatts shoulder, he flew back onto the dirt road beneath them, the fire still crackling beside them.

"JODER TÚ" Alex spat, dead began to emerge from the trees

"You can't leave me alex, you ain't shit without me and you know it!" Schlatt yelled from the floor, gripping at his bleeding shoulder as dead began to crowd him, he took his own gun out and recklessly began to shoot at them, yet before long the gunfire stopped and all alex could hear as he ran were schlatts bloodcurdling screams for mercy.

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After hours of running alex found himself in the deserted city of cedar rapids. The streets felt quiet and the gentle hum of the river could be heard not too far off.

He wiped his brow looking back at his hand, ash that had come from his face was now across the back of his hand.

He sighed pulling on his bagpack continuing to walk.

Two figures could be seen in the distance running across the street, quackity hid behind a wall taking out his pistol, he held it up and peaked around the corner, the figures were no longer there, yet a group of four Z's seemed very attracted to something.

Alex snuck over, he was careful with his steps making sure not to make a sound. He could hear yelling as the Z's banged on the windows of a car.

Alex raised his gun shooting one, another turned and he shot it. The gun clicked to signify it was out of ammo, he looked down beside him and a plank of rotting wood lay hanging off of the sidewalk, he ducked to grab it and raised it hitting it down on a z that had begun to approach him, with the final Z he kicked its knees causing it to fall down before pushing his boot down into its skull, ultimately killing it.

He shook his head and stressed her his arms before tapping on the window to signify for whatever was in there to exit, he could hear mumbling coming from inside as he reloaded his gun.

"If i wanted you dead, i would've let the muertos get you" He chuckled pulling back on the barrel.

The door opened and a short brown haired boy exited, followed by a much taller one with black and white hair, the white in it had begun to fade.

"Thank you" The taller said
"You saved us" The shorter boy chuckled
"It's no big deal" Alex shrugged sliding the gun into its holster

"We were almost goners there ranboo" The shorter looked up to the taller
"You two seem a little young to be out here alone" Alex cocked his head back
"Im sixteen, he's fifteen" The shorter gestured from himself and up to his friend alex now knew as ranboo.

"Why are you two out here alone, you lost your group?"
"No- actually we're escaping"
"Escaping- from what"
"Our group"
"That doesn't seem like a wide idea, shouldn't you both go back"
"It's not like that- theyre bad people"
"How bad"
"They're the reductioners, they murder for fun and gamble people's lives. We couldn't stay, they were going to kill us" Ranboo explained, using his hands in an animated way as he spoke
"That sounds- shitty"
"That's putting it light" the shorter scoffed

"I'm alex" He smiled crossing his arms
"Tubbo, that's ranboo"
"It's nice to meet you both"
"You seem to know what you're doing when it comes to this whole undead business, would you mind if we stuck with you for a little" Tubbo asked
"Some company sounds nice actually" Alex smiled
"Thank god, i wouldn't know what we'd have done if you would've said no" Ranboo beamed grabbing his bag from the car.

A/N
Quackity lore, some nice little backstory :]

some more on george next chapter