Chapter 1: Off-Track

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2 Years Later..

At past noon, cold wind breezed through the dark forest as an astray peashooter navigated the thick, tall trees. Leaves crunch as he took another step, and the unending darkness left him helpless as rays of light barely shined through the dense canopy of the forest. Moments later, there were footsteps. It was faint but the peashooter was able to hear it. They felt heavy as if it was going on the peashooter's direction. He was confused but decided to follow whoever was there.

His burning curiosity has led him upon two zombie heroes, Super Brainz and Rustbolt. The situation escalated into a fight when they tried to grab the peashooter. The peashooter felt threathened and fired at them. It was powerful enough that the surrounding trees bent down and knocked the two zombies several kilometers away. Super Brainz grasped on the ground, slowing him down as he left a huge trail with his fingers.

"What was that? It's so loud!" Zomboss speaks as he wonders what is happening. He checks the cameras in the main entrance and he saw the bent trees in the horizon.

"Hell nah, I can't afford seeing my city getting DESTROYED AGAIN!" He shouted as he quickly deployed maximum security to Zomburbia and an army of zombies to patrol the whole forest.

He leaps straight forward and rams himself into the peashooter, sending them both forward as the forest get torn apart. The peashooter manages to land, but Rustbolt appeared and flies above him firing scorching-hot lasers.

Despite, he dodged them all and shoots down Rustbolt. Screws rain and a thick black smoke comes out as Rustbolt dives onto the ground. Super Brainz tries to strike again, but the peashooter was able to react in time and fired at him too.

The peashooter runs away. His heart was racing, and cortisol rushes through his veins. He unexpectedly met hundreds of zombies on the way, and they all started dashing towards him. He tried fighting back, but another army of zombies joins and he was overwhelmed.

Zomboss was baffled of why the zombies are all gathering in one place, but it did not take a rocket scientist to figure it was the escaped specimen he's been looking for.

"THERE HE IS!" Zomboss screamed in excitement as he swiftly called a few zombie heroes to aid in the capture.

The whole situation escalated even more when Impfinity, Immorticia, and The Smash indeed arrived at the scene; Impfinity cloned himself into armies; Immorticia summoned more zombies and healed the two fallen zombie heroes; The Smash leaped high up into the air.

"There's no way he's gonna be able to fight back, we are superior in NUMBERS." Zomboss vocalized as he glared in one of the main entrance cameras.

The peashooter was able to ward off the zombies swarming him, but then he met another army of zombies, and approximately five zombie heroes. They were too many, so he decided to retreat. The Smash suddenly landed right in front of the peashooter, but he was able to avoid him by sliding down.

"NO, they're getting AWAY! I got to CATCH UP!" Zomboss hurriedly went into the storage area and deployed another drone.

The chase lasted for hours. Many trees toppled down, and the whole forest is a mess.

"We are many, and you keep on running. Let's see how FAR you can get." Zomboss spoke through the drone while chasing the peashooter.

Fast forward to 3 hours.

The chase went for so long that it led them out of the forest and into a deserted land. Thick fog covered the whole place, and nothing but the dead, brown sand landscape can be seen stretching endlessly through the pale horizon. Sunlight also can't penetrate the atmosphere there, so going further would lead them into darkness even more.

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