ZombieStuck

Alternate Routs

John

"Hey, Dave," I started looking at the ground and trying not to make eye contact, "Can we talk?"

I look up at him and he shrugs. I nod my head toward the door of the chapel. He walks towards the door and I follow him. Once outside I shut the door and only the glow from the cathedral was the light we needed.

Dave crossed his arms and leaned against the stone wall looking down, at least I think anyway. I couldn't see in the dark so I wasn't a expert in what he was doing.

"Why do we need to talk Egderp?"

Dave's tone was light and it brought a smile to my face hearing a name he used to call me, "I just want to talk Dave... Bout earlier I guess."

Is voice turns tense, "what about it?"

"Well, I mean, you had to put your brother down..."

"I'm really not interested in talking about my feelings John." Dave turns away from me and starts to walk away and back to the door, but I grab his hand and pull him back.

I pull too hard though and he stumbles into me. My breath catches as he is very close to me. So close I could feel his breath on my lips.

I don't know whether it was from the stress, uncertainty of tomorrow or maybe there doesn't have to be a reason: I kissed Dave.

Karkat

"GAMZEE? GAMZEE ARE YOU OKAY?"

"oh I'm perfectly fine brother, IM ALL MOTHERFUCKIN FINE UP IN THIS BITCH."

I took a step back up the stairs, "JEGUS FUCK, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HAD SOME SLIME?"

"SLIME? I don't need no fuckin slime, it rots your think pan. When they motherfuckin threw me down here into darkness, I finally saw the light. I FINALLY SAW WHO I MOTHERFUCKIN WAS! I AM YOUR MOTHERFUCKING MESSIAH!"

Gamzee took a step up and lifted his club, but before I could react a shadow from behind him struck him over the head and the psychotic clown fell forward unconscious. I held the light up closer and Aradia stepped into the light.

"It's ab0ut time I shut him up." She said cheerfully.

Dave

John "no homo" Egbert was kissing me? I get it, it's the fucking apocalypse, but seriously?

It felt like I had just walked into a dream, I kissed him back and it felt so right. A world full of zombies or not doing this was the rightest thing I have done in a long time.

Then a blood curdling scream broke up apart. John's eyes were wide and he hovered up the wall and looked down at me, "it's Nepeta! She's alive!"

I watch as John leans over the edge and a swirl of wind picks up. Then I see Nepeta being held by John as she was shaking. He floats down on a breeze then suddenly drops.

Nepeta lands on her feet, but John embarrassingly lands flat on his ass. I reach down and grab John's hand helping him to his feet.

"What the hell happened bro?" I asked.

He looks down at his hands astonished, "I-I don't know, the wind, it just stopped."

I just shrugged it off, "it's probably just you John."

Before he could reply nepeta put herself between them, ":33 What about Ampurra? He's down there too!"

I cuss and tell John to give me a boost. Reaching the top section of the wall I pull myself up and look over. So many zombies crowded below the wall jumping up and pushing at it, they were nothing like the zombies I've seen in the day time.

I scanned the area, but the fish prince couldn't be seen. The zombies didn't seem to be the only threat either, flames could be seen in the distence wafting smoke in this direction, everything around here will be up in flames before daybreak.

One of the zombies jumped up and reached the top of the wall. I kicked it down, but I was amazed that it could reach this far up. I jumped down and ushered John and Nepeta inside. John was trying to ask me what was going on but I clamped his mouth shut with my hand.

Dragging the two inside I shut the door. Everyone looked at us, Feferi squealed and ran towards us yelling Nepeta's name. The heart warming hug between them was sweet, but we didn't have time for that.

"This place isn't safe, there's a horde of zombies out there and this place will be on fire before day break! We have to leave now!"

Rose stepped forward, "If we leave those things will get us."

"If we don't we die regardless, they can climb over the wall and there is a fucking fire headed straight for us." I said point in the directed as if they could actually see it.

The door to the basement then opened and Karkat walked out followed by the other time manipulator, Aradia I think her name was.

"WE DONT NEED TO GO OUTSIDE YOU DUMB FUCKS." Karkat says, "THERES OLD SEWER SYSTEMS UNDERNEATH THIS PLACE, WE CAN AVOID THOSE SICK CANIBLEISTIC FUCKERS AND THE FIRE BY GOING UNDERGROUND."

John steps farward, "And we are just supposed to stay down there? Where do they even go?"

Aradia chuckled a little bit like this was just a normal discussion, "T0 the 0cean 0f c0urse, that's where sewers g0."

I didn't like the sounds of that, but what choice did we have? Scratching was then heard on the cathedral door and it started to shake. Groaning could be heard from the other side and to was getting louder as the door began to buckle.

Everyone then started to run towards the basement in a mad panic, Aradia leading the way. I was the last to get to the basement steps before the front door caved in and the zombies began flooding in.