Startin Up a Fire (~Wyatt from Zombies 2~)

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"We were made for this, there's nothing we can't do"

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*beach scene*

~Zed~

Hey! I'm Zed. And yup, still a zombie. For zombies in Seabrook, things are changing. Every day is better than the last. Seabrook is getting rid of all of its old anti-monster laws, so now, Zombietown is open to everyone!

In a couple days, we're even tearing down old Seabrook power to build a new cheer pavilion. And not to take too much credit for all the positive changes, but yeah, I did good. It's hard to believe there was a time when people were afraid of zombies.

*cheer camp*

~Addison & Bianca~

"Cheer camp!" Bree cheered. "Even more sparkly than I dreamed!" she laughed, running off to join the others in the building.

Hi, I'm Addison, and this is cheer camp, a place we're everyone belongs. We're a unified squad and...

"Split up!" Bucky's shrill voice echoed through the field.

Usually unified...?

~only Bianca~

Ugh finally, my time to shine. Don't worry bout my cousin and her little boyfriend. This is all about me, obviously.

I blew the cheer captain whistle and did a front handspring in the walkway the team provided, right behind my twin brother-

"Yay, Bucky!" the team cheered.

Wow, okay. Rude.

"Yay, Bianca!"

That's more like it.

As I grabbed my clipboard, I noticed Addison standing in the crowd all giddy and focused my attention on my brother who began to speech.

"You've all heard the stories of blood thirsty monsters who roam these woods, feasting on innocent cheerleaders," Bucky began, the mascot, Shrimpy, cowering behind him. Suddenly, the Aceys jumped behind Bree and Bonzo, causing them to hug each other in fear and embarrassment. I rolled my eyes and continued for my brother.

"Well, those stories are just silly make believe." I continued. "But you'd better believe we're gonna break you down and build you back up into peppy little cheer machines like...
Lacey!
Stacey!
And our most recent Acey, JC." I proudly pronounced as they posed.

Suddenly, JC turned to me with an innocent smile.

"I'm Kevin."

Bucky and I shared a quick glance, scoffing and looking at him in disbelief until he understood our message.

"...right. We changed my name to JC, which I love by the way." he said, going to stand with the two girls.

"Long live the Aceys!" Bucky exclaimed, encouraging everyone to clap along, before I silenced them.

"You three lead the veterans. You're the A team," Bucky began. "Addison. Bree. You take the newbies. You're the, uh, you're Z team." I finished, backing away a little at the excitement of the zombies.

"Nice thinking putting Addy with the zombies. I wouldn't be surprised if she was a zombie herself." I laughed to Bucky as I popped a piece of gum into my mouth, watching the zombies struggle with their shirts.

*Seabrook power*

~Zed~

"Hey hey! Ho ho! This demolition has got to go!" Eliza's voice echoed through the building. "They can't tear it down, Zed."

"Seabrook Power hasn't worked for years."
"It's an important part of zombie heritage!"
"This is progress, Eliza. And now, we can even go to Prawn." I pulled out the school flyer and handed it to her.

Prawn is like super-sized prom, but Mighty Shrimp themed. And, this is the first year zombies can attend. And it's gonna be epic.

"I'm loud and proud to be a zombie!" Eliza shouted into her speaker.

Sometimes too loud.
Soon, Z-band tech will get so good that zombies will blend right in.

"I dream of the day we ditch our Z-bands and let our inner monsters roar." Eliza let out and ear-splitting scream to get her point across, just as I pulled her away.

*cheer camp*

~Bianca & Addison~

"Zombies, this is obviously your first cheer camp." I spoke. "Now, I'm not anti-change-"
Addison scoffed and looked away when I glared at her. "-I'm just pro keeping things the way they are, because you don't mess with success." I smiled, waving my hands.

Bucky pushed me aside rudely. "This week, the veterans and the newbies will compete for the Cheer Camp Cup to see who is more cheertastic! The veterans have always won the Cheer Camp Cup, right Aceys?"

"Right!"

"We'll see about that." Addison piped up. "Watch it, Snowball." I snarled. "To the cheer course!" I hopped off the podium with Bucky and walked to the A-team area.

The Aceys marched past the Z-team, but not before Lacey could say "Watch and learn, Snowball."

Ah, yes. My hair. Still white, still well-conditioned, and still drawing fire from the Aceys and Bianca.

"Addison! Get those pom-poms pumping!" Bucky ordered.

"Let's show 'em that we got this." I could hear Addison pepping her team. A rousing cheer from the Z-team erupted.

Whatever.