Gentleman of the Apocalypse

Silver Stalker

It has been a few minutes since I left Ori.

I rode my motorcycle off to find Dustin.

I had forgotten where we last left him, I'm pretty bad with directions, after all.

"HEEEEEEELP!"

I heard Dustin's voice coming from a distance, following the direction of the scream.

It was just like when we last saw him.

Most of the zombies were focused on the rooftop, where Dustin was standing and calling out for help.

I went over to the back side of the house, where there were no zombies present.

"Psst! Dustin!"

Dustin looked at me and had a smile of relief.

"Ah! Perci! I thought you left me!"

"Shhh!"

"Ah. I'm sorry....."

"Hurry up and get down from there!" I said.

"I can't!"

The zombies picked up the sound of my motorcycle and quickly ran towards it.

RAAAAAAAH!

I got out of the motorcycle and climbed over the back wall.

Before the zombies could reach me, I jumped on one of their heads and leaped up towards the lower roofs of the house.

I climbed over to the very top of the house and met up with Dustin.

"W-what are we going to do now? We're both stuck!" Dustin said.

"Do you know the way to Ori's house? I've been there already, but I forgot how to get there," I said.

"I do! But we should be worrying about how to escape first!"

"I might have an idea. Do you have a phone?"

"Y-yes!"

Dustin told me the password and I unlocked the phone.

I stared at the wallpaper of the phone. It was a picture of a beautiful girl with red twin-tailed hair eating an ice cream.

"Hey. Why does this girl look like Ori?"

"T-that's because she is! It was a candid photo of her! Don't judge me!" Dustin blushed and covered his face.

"That's Ori? I didn't think she had that hairstyle before."

I'm used to seeing the present Ori, who only tied her hair up to a ponytail instead of the twintails in the picture.

"Do you have a crush on her?"

"N-not anymore. She was my ex."

Right. She did tell me she had seven boyfriends, but I didn't expect Dustin to be one of them.

"Then why do you still have her photo?"

"I-I forgot to change it!"

"Nevermind. Let's focus on the task at hand."

I'm surprised there's still internet service.

I clicked on an app and searched "Pierce the Veil - King for a Day ft. Kellin Quinn" then played the video on loop.

The sound blasted from the phone as I increased the volume to its maximum.

"Is it ok if we sacrifice your phone?"

"If it helps us escape, then fine!"

I took a loaf of bread from my bag and created a deep hole in the center, then placed the phone inside.