The Apocalypse [Dreamnotfound AU]

An Exit

Tw: swearing, weapons, mild zombies

Techno shuts the caf doors behind them, and Skeppy suddenly feels a hundred times more nervous than before.

Bad squeezes his hand like he knows how he's feeling, and Skeppy tries to focus on that warmth, on Bad's nearness.

"Well, good luck, guys!" Karl says animatedly, but his voice trembles a little. Quackity steps closer to him protectively, but he nods at Bad, Skeppy, and Techno.

"If you motherfuckers die or something..." Quackity starts, and Bad yelps, "Language!" before he can finish. Quackity looks incredulous. "You really just interrupted my speech? This could literally be the last time we ever see each other, and you just interrupted me?"

Bad blushes. "Well, you didn't have to swear, you muffinhead."

"Okay, fine," Quackity says. "Have fun killing all those zombies without listening to my speech, asshole."

"Quackity, wait," Skeppy says, stepping in, and he catches Techno rolling his eyes at the seriousness of the conversation. He glares at him, but Techno raises his brows. So he turns back to Quackity, who's avoiding his gaze. "Bad didn't mean it. We wanna hear your speech."

"I mean..." Karl says, but Quackity ignores him, looking between Skeppy and Bad.

"You really mean it?" he asks, and Bad sighs, but nods.

"Okay!" Quackity says, dramatically. "If you motherfuckers die or something, I will literally kill you for being stupid. Got it?"

Karl cups a hand over his mouth to keep from giggling, Techno clears his throat but can't keep the smile off his face, and Bad just stares at Quackity.

Quackity looks proud of himself, like he's waiting for Bad or Skeppy to say something.

"That's your speech?" Skeppy asks.

"You made us wait for that?" Bad says, and Quackity looks offended enough that Karl clears his throat and steps in.

"Before we get into that," Karl says, a smile tugging at his lips. "We should probably get moving. You know, George is still missing, right?"

"No one asked," Quackity mutters, and Karl bites his lip to keep in his laughter, even as Bad glares at him. But Quackity goes serious again as he looks between Bad and Skeppy. "See you guys, later," he says, offering them a half-smile, and Bad waves as him and Karl disappear down the hallway to start their mission.

"I guess my speech is pretty much the same as Quackity's," Techno says, and Bad looks exasperated.

"Does no one have anything better to say?" he wonders aloud, and Skeppy giggles.

"See you, Techno," Skeppy says, throwing his arms around him. Techno hugs him back, and smiles at both of them before they all split up to go on their own missions.

"Okay, let's go, Skeppy," Bad says, grabbing Skeppy's hand, and starting down a random hallway.

"Where are we even going?" Skeppy asks, as Bad pokes his head into every classroom they pass by.

"We need to find weapons, right?" Bad says, looking into another room. "But we don't know where they are, so we have to start looking somewhere."

"So we're gonna go through every classroom?"

Bad sighs. "Yes, Skeppy. What, do you have a better idea?"

"I mean..." Skeppy starts, and he stifles a giggle as Bad glares at him. But then, a growl sounds behind them and Skeppy shrieks, hiding behind Bad. "Protect me, Bad!"