Crynime: Encryption

Chapter 12: Are Those...Zombies?

<<(In the Real World)>>

"Cry!  Crrrrrrryyyyyyyyy!"

A blonde huffed as he entered the said brunet's home, tossing the spare key under the mat at the doorway.

"Cry!  Bro, are you here?"

His sky-blue eyes darted around the entrance as he tugged off his shoes; his green headphones rested on his shoulders.

"Cry...come on, bro!  I brought some games to play!" The blonde stepped further into the house and set a plastic bag, which was full of DVD cases, on the table. "Are you even here?!  You said you would play with me!"

The teen huffed as he headed for Cry's room.

An adult, brown cat came sauntering over to the blonde guest.

"Oh, hey, Kat.  Have you seen Cry?"

Kat flattened his ears as he gave a sad mew, pawing and Cry's closed door.

The blonde narrowed his eyes before quickly walking over to Cry's room; he jiggled the handle.

"Cry?  Bro!  Open the door!"

Suddenly, the blonde heard static on the other side; it idly made him think of Slenderman.

"H-Haha!  A-An outsider?"

'He sounds like Cry...but that's definitely not him!'

The blonde shivered slightly at the glitchy voice that reached his ears; he grit his teeth in determination.

'Cry must be in trouble!'

The blonde brought his leg back before kicking the door down.

'I'll have to fix that later...' "Cry!"

In the center of the room, the said brunet was standing there; his back was facing the blonde.

The blonde sighed, slowly walking over to the brunet.

"Geez, bro.  I thought you were dead or someth--"

"Y-You must be o-one of his f-friends..."

The blonde froze once he heard the voice.

"C-Cry...?"

The brunet slowly turned his face to show the blonde a glowing, maniacal, sea-green eye.

"I-I'm not Cry!  But y-you can c-call me V-Virus!"

The blonde knew no more as his vision was filled with that eerie, sea-green light.

~~

"Where are we now?"

Cry shadowed his mask as he placed a hand over his eyes.

"Looks like a swamp to me..."

Scott pinched his nose.

"Urgh.  We should head out.  This place smells like rotting corpses!"

With that, the four started to find a way out.

~~

'Hmm...why does this place look familiar to me?'

Cry tilted his head as he shouldered his Thermite Rifle.

Russ was staring at the empty streets pensively.

"There's no one here.  I can't sense a single life form..."

Scott kicked an empty can on the side, stuffing his hands into his pocket.

"Looks like something bad happened here."

Red simply looked at their surrounding, keeping a sharp eye out for enemies.

"Oh!"

Everyone immediately looked at Cry, who had a finger pointed in the air.

"What is it, Sir Trooper?"

"I know where we are!"

"Really?  Where?"

"Well, we're--"

"GYAAAAAH!  THERE'RE ZAMBIES CHASING AFTER ME!"

Everyone turned to see a blonde with green headphones.

A horde of zombies was moaning and groaning after him, but the group of four wasn't paying attention to that.

Cry was widening his eyes beneath his mask as he recognized the other.

"Pewds?"