Lifeless World (5SOS Zombie Apocalypse Fanfiction)

Okay, Somehow

"Hurry up!" Vera shouts from the driver's seat while Enzo and I load the supplies at the rear.

"Just a few minutes more, sis!" Enzo shouts back.

I'm so worried. They can't even keep their voices down, noise can attract the zombies, and I hate facing them even if I have company now. Enzo must feel my worry 'cause he laughs, "Nothing to worry about bro. We can blow them up them if they come." He said while grinning.

I nod to answer him. He looks so enthusiastic on the thought of blowing up zombies that I almost cringe. "This is done. Let's go find your friends!" He says overly excited that I can't help but smile a little. It's a nice change of atmosphere, to have someone so energetic and happy around me, this past four years all I ever see are the sadness and hopelessness of my friends. Enzo is the opposite of them, he looks so free.

Vera drove the armored vehicle as soon as we settled inside. "Are you sure they're still here in New Mexico?"

"I'm pretty sure. They won't travel very far without me." I said in almost a whisper.

"It was not so smart of you guys to split up without communication." Enzo says. Shaking his head.

"Yeah. We didn't anticipated that they'd be so many of them in that area." I said, sounding defeated.

"Hey, we'll find them, I'm pretty sure. Then, we can team up and be bigger and stronger!" He smiles so widely.

"Can you stop shouting, Enzo? You're getting into my nerves." Vera sneered at her brother.

"I'm just excited, okay?" He said, still smiling. "By the way, you haven't told us what's your name yet. I'm Enzo, that's Vera," he motioned her hands to the driver's seat, "my despicable sister, but I think you already know that."

"I'm Michael. You can call me Mikey though."

"I'm so glad to meet you Michael, it's been two years since I saw a human, who's not trying to kill me or harass me, other than my sister. I'm sick of her face, you know, its not like it's a pretty sight."

"I'm your sister, if I am an eyesore, by default, you are too." Vera said, her voice lacked of emotion.

Vera is not pretty in particular, but I can't say that she's ugly, her face speaks of authority and power. What makes her really stand out is her eyes, they look so intense, so unnerving. They are so black. She is slightly tan like her brother, its a tan that you get when you constantly expose yourself to the sun. I think she's 5'9" but she looks taller than her height with the way she carry herself and she really looks tough and athletic, you can see that her muscles are being put into good use. I think she's very scary, like in any moment she would decide to shoot me or something so I keep my best not to laugh at what she said because it might offend her.

"So, before the world turned evil what was your job?" Enzo asks again, excited to learn new information about me. "I suppose your working already, you look close to my sister's age. I'm 19, by the way, Vera's 27."

"I was in a band with my friends. It's called 5 Seconds of Summer, we were currently on tour here in US when this all started. I was 22 then. I'm 26, now."

"That's awesome! Never heard music for like a long time now. Maybe when we find them you can play some music, eh? Guess we can find some musical instruments around? I really want to see you guys--" Enzo is speaking so quickly. Clearly excited with his idea.

"That's if we'll ever find them or if they're still alive." Vera says, cutting off her brother.

"Stop being so annoying. Just drive." Enzo smirk at his sister. "And, wait, your band sounds familiar to me..." He held his chin trying to remember where he heard our band.

Four years of constantly hiding and running could make you forget the beauty of the normal world, including music. There's nothing in the world that you can hold on anymore.

Enzo gave up trying to remember where he heard my band when he saw something outside. It's a horde of zombies attacking a car. "WAIT! Vera stop the vehicle!"

"Why? What's your problem this time?" Vera asked, clearly irritated.

"Just stop the driving, NOW!"

"Fine! Jesus!"

When Vera stopped the vehicle, Enzo immediately rushed outside.

"Where are you going?!" Vera seems to panic when she saw the horde of zombies and she figured out what her brother is trying to do. She immediately rushed outside too and followed Enzo to stopped him. We're lucky we're meters away and the zombies are too busy trying to enter the car that they haven't noticed us yet.

"I thought you want us to find his friends! You're getting out of focus again, Enzo. You can't help everyone!" She's really angry now I can tell. 

"Aren't you going to do something about that?!" Enzo points at the car. "There might be people there who are still alive! We can't just leave them to die or get bitten! Where did your sense of duty go? You used to be so passionate, Vera! You used to be!"

"Yes! I'm leaving my duty behind because of you, because I want you safe and out of trouble!"

"I don't need that. You know I can take care of myself." Enzo said calm now, clearly taken aback with her sister's words and sincerity. "We need to help them though." He said pointing at the car. 

"Stay here with him," she points at me, "I'll go." She turns to go back at our vehicle and grab some explosives, then she pulled out her gun attached to her belt. "Get the vehicle ready in case something happens."

After saying that she immediately run to the car's direction, that's when I panicked, I just recently found this people, I don't want them to get into any trouble. Enzo positions himself on the driver's seat and watched her sister approach the car.

"Are you sure she's going to be okay?" I asked Enzo. Worry is evident in my voice.

He laughed. "Oh, come on. Don't worry about her. To tell you honestly, between the three of us, she's better suited for combat. She served in the US Army for 6 years, she's been there since she's 17. She's 2nd Lieutenant, she have been waiting for her promotion as 1st Lieutenant you know, she's so close and she has done everything to serve the country. That's pretty funny I guess, she's been looking forward to that position, we didn't even have an idea this will happen. Really, we thought we'd be worrying about her all over again going to Iraq, we've suffered three years worrying for her when she was there, and honestly, that could have been a kinder fate than this." 

When he finished talking he sighed and we looked at Vera now 20 meter close to the car that have been crowded by zombies. She stopped and aimed the gun in the air and shoot.

At the sound, the zombies turned to her and immediately make their way towards her. I panicked, she couldn't be using herself as a bait so that the people in the car could escape right? I hope Enzo wouldn't allow that, she must live.