The Chicken Zombies

Chapter 26-- Everybody Gets Very Scared Except Betty May

Ace's eyes opened slowly as he woke up and groaned. "Ergh, what happened," he mumbled to himself. His back hurt, and that was pretty much all he knew until he remembered what had happened with the Chicken Zombie.

He slowly rose, using the tree for support. Well, he thought. That was embarrassing, getting beat up like that. He pulled himself into a standing position.

Then, he suddenly remembered that the chicken zombie was going after Shakira. He had to make sure he didn't catch her and turn Shakira into one of those monsters.

Ace took off into the forest. "SHAKIRA! SHAKIRA! WHERE ARE YOU? ANYONE!" He ran frantically through the woods, pushing past the trees. He saw a figure and ran to it.

It was Dante, who started shouting before Ace could even ask what happened. "ACE GUESS WHAT? YOUR STREAK IS NOT BROKEN! I GOT THE HAT AND WE WON EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN'T DO MUCH WE STILL WON! WOOOOO!"

"Is Shakira alright?" He intensely asked.

She nonchalantly waved a hand. "Fine. Where have you been, man?" They began to walk through the woods.

"I got the crap beaten out of me by one of those Chicken Zombies!"

Dante laughed. "Psh, Dolph? Yeah, I beat him up and chucked him in the pool. He's totally fine and so is Shakira. Your concern is sweet though." She patted him on the shoulder.

Ace paused, baffled and confused. "Well, where is everybody else?"

"Looking for you. Actually, Dolph and Hillbilly and Abi went inside to explain the situation to Betty May. Though, they're not telling her the true story. I think they're saying that he's Abi's brother and they're having a family emergency, so Dolph, Shakira, Abi, and I have to leave sooner than expected. We're gonna pick up some fresh clothes with Hillbilly's mom, and then we leave for Jimville," Dante explained.

"You guys are leaving?"

"Well yeah. We were gonna have to eventually," Dante pointed out. She cocked her head. "Did you forget that our town is overtaken by a supervillain with a slightly inappropriate name?"

Ace shrugged. "Nobody really seemed that concerned. I thought maybe you'd just move to Texas and escape the chaos."

Dante snorted. "Please. I live for chaos. Noah!" she called to yet another figure in the darkness.

"Is that Ace?" Noah called back.

"Yeah!"

"Cool. Shakira!"

Shakira's short frame appeared in the moonlight. (Okay, she's not actually short, but everybody she hangs out with is taller than her, giving her the illusion of shortness.) "Hey!" she shouted, waving. Her skin was still pink.

Noah and Shakira trotted over. "What happened to you?" They asked when they saw Ace, whose cheeks (which still had pink handprints on them) were smudged with dirt and who had a long scratch on his nose.

"Dolph," answered Dante.

"Ha, ha," Shakira sang. "I knocked him out with one punch. And like, ten kicks to the stomach."

Dante turned to her. "I never asked- how did you knock Dolph out?"

Shakira turned red. "Ummmmm...."

"You were dancing along to Fergalicious, weren't you?" said Ace, smirking. "That's what gave you away, too. Your rapping abilities."

Dante laughed. "You were singing Fergie?"

"I'm gonna go inside now." Shakira began walking away.

"Wrong way!" Called Noah. She turned on her heel and began walking in the other direction.