Z Nation (10k FanFic)

Is This The End?

After what seemed like days we finally made it to the drop off point. "We finally made it!" I said relieved. "Let's get inside, but keep your guard up" Warren said. We disguised Murphy then headed inside. "Hello there how can I help ya'll?" A little old woman asked from behind the counter. "Hello, um how about a couple of drinks" Warren asked. "Tea okay?" She asked. We all nodded and she brought out some cups, a tea pot full of hot water, and some tea bags. "Thank you" Warren said. "So, what brings ya'll to California?" She asked. Warren just looked at her and said, "just passing through." Before the old woman could ask anymore questions a group of bounty hunters burst through the door with a Z in shackles. "You aunt Annie?" One of them asked. "Who's asking?" She asked. "We found the Murphy and we want our reward" he said coldly. "Why don't you boys have a seat and I'll see what I can do" she said. We all stiffened up a bit when they sat down in the stalls next to us. "Hey aunt Annie how about a round of drinks for me and my boys? Actually a round of drinks for everyone!" He said. Aunt Annie passed around glasses full of alcohol to everyone, but only the bounty hunters drank. "Awe come on baby, it's a celebration!" The leader said motioning towards Warren. "No thanks I got a drink" she replied and set her gun on the table. The man put his hands up in surrender and said, "alright, alright" while all this was going down the Z that the bounty hunters had with them was desperately trying to get to Murphy. "Seems he likes ya darling" one of the men said walking over to Murphy. "How bout a dance?" He asked. Murphy didn't say anything he just shook his head and swatted the mans hand away. "Ooo she's a feisty one, I like em feisty" he said. "Hey! The lady said no" Vasquez snapped. The room went quiet for a moment, before everyone drew there weapons. "Hahaha I should have figured you people couldn't be civil" the man said. "Excuse me?" Warren asked. "Who's the lady under the scarf?" The man asked. "None of your business!" Warren said irritated. "Chuck lets see who's really under there?" The man called out. The other man standing in front of Murphy reached out to pull off his disguise but Vasquez stepped closer with his weapon, he looked over at Warren and she motioned for him to let the guy take off Murphy's disguise. The man unmasked Murphy, "what the hell is wrong with him?" The man asked. "He's the Murphy" Warren said with a smug look. Just then a random shot rang out and all hell broke loose. I went to shoot one of the men, but he shot first and just missed me. "Oh you shouldn't have done that." I said then shot him right between the eyes. Soon after the shooting stopped and aunt Annie pulled out her own gun and yelled, "put your weapons down! Slowly..." we all carefully put our weapons down. "Now who are you!" She demanded. "My name is lieutenant Warren we were given a mission to deliver Murphy to the CDC." Warren replied. "Your name Murphy?" She asked. Murphy looked up at her and said, "yeah." She smiled and put her gun down, "It's about damn time!" She grabbed a black phone from the counter and made a call. "Dr. Merch, her assistant doctor, and the general are on there way." She said. "Ahh, I've been shot!" 10k's voice rang out. My heart sank and I ran to him. "Oh my god! Some help!" I said frantically. Doc quickly ran over and gave me a cloth and said, "keep pressure on it." I nodded as we waited for the doctor. "He's losing a lot of blood" I said crying. "Don't worry kid they'll be here soon" doc said to 10k. The door swung open and a man dressed in a naval uniform walked in with two other people in lab coats. "I'm lieutenant Warren sir, we have a wounded man here." Warren said. One of the men stepped forward and said, "I'm the ships doctor, let me take a look at him." "How do we know you are who you say you are?" Warren asked. "I understand your reluctance, Lieutenant Warren." He said stepping forward. "We've been tracking Delta-Xray-Delta for two years, If I'd been through what you'd been through, I'd make damn sure I was giving that package to the right person too." He said sincerely. "Doctor is this the Murphy?" The general asked. "I... I'm not sure... I only saw him for a minute before we were evacuated." She said. "Perhaps this'll jog your memory... Pike me! Pike me! Or I will hunt you down and eat your brains!" Murphy yelled. The doctor looked down as said, "That's him..." "Satisfied?" Murphy asked. The general nodded and said, "Let's get you back to the sub, we have a lot of work to do Mr. Murphy" the general said. "Wait! I need your word that he will be treated humanely." Warren said stepping in front of Murphy. "You have my word" he said. "It's going to be okay kid, they have a real surgeon and there going to fix you up." Doc said. "I'm his physician, I'll need to go with him" Doc said to the doctor. "I'm very sorry, but we barley have room for these two, but don't worry we'll take very good care of him" he said reassuring us. They loaded 10k into the back of their jeep. "Don't worry 10k, I won't leave you I'll be right here waiting for you to get back" I said in tears. He didn't say anything, he didn't even open his eyes. I cried into Addie's shoulder. "He's going to be okay" she said. "Hey Murphy! I'm countin' on you" Warren said. Murphy stuck his hand out for a hand shake, Warren just shook her head and pulled him into a hug. "Go do some good" she whispered into his ear, Murphy nodded and hopped into the jeep. "I hope the kids going to be okay" Doc said to Warren. "I hope she's going to be okay" Warren said motioning back to me. "Come on gang we should help auntie clean up these bodies" Warren said. As we were cleaning up the bodies bullets came flying out of nowhere followed by a familiar voice. "Warrennnnnn" the voice rang out. It was the leader of the cartel. "Remember there is no such thing as death, only eternal life for La Reina de la Muerta... So bring me El Murfi." The voice called out. "How the hell did they find us?!" I asked. "I think the better question is why isn't she still dead?" Doc said. "Where are you little kitty?" She said calling out for Warren. Auntie hurried us all inside. "Okay who's got what?" Warren asked. "I'm good" Vasquez said. "I left my bag out there and I don't know how far I can chuck this crow bar" Doc said. "I'm out" I said. "Me too" said Addie. "Well if you guys would have just asked nicely" Auntie said dropping down a wall of weapons. "Well well well aren't you full of surprises!" Doc said. We all got locked and loaded.
~On the Submarine~
"We got a young male with a single large caliber gunshot wound to the abdomen" the doctor said placing 10k on the table. "Is the kid going to be okay?" Murphy asked. "They'll do everything they can, but you've got other things to focus on right now" Dr. Merch said. "We've been waiting for you a long time Mr. Murphy" she said. Murphy rolled his eyes. Dr. Merch lead Murphy into a room and had him sit down. "Have there been any side effects from the vaccine?" She asked. Murphy gave her a funny look and said, "lady, I'm a walking side effect" Dr. Merch shifted in her chair and asked, "Any cravings?" "For brains?" Murphy scoffed, "no". "So who does the CDC work for? I thought the government collapsed years ago?" Murphy asked. "We work for a new type of government called Zona." Dr. Merch replied. "Zona?" Murphy said. "You've probably already encountered a Zona member at Area 51." She replied. "So what is Zona?" Murphy asked. "Early in the apocalypse, a group of visionary world leaders and businessmen embarked on a plan to save humanity, together they created a zombie free island where the seeds of the next human race have been planted" she said. "What about the old human race? All the survivors out there?" He asked. "Unfortunately, their time has run out, and ours is cutting it close so we should get started" she said trying to change the subject.
~The Gang~
"Cubrirse! Cubrirse!" The leader of the cartel Reina ordered her men. "Now what the hell are they up to?" Warren asked peering through the window. "Hey, Roberta! Hey! It's not you I came after, just Murphy." She called out again. "Too late, Chica! He's gone!" Warren called back. Obviously Reina didn't like that because bullets started flying through the walls and the windows. "Apunten! Machetes! Go!" Reina ordered.
~On the Submarine~
"Are you comfortable Mr. Murphy?" Dr. Merch asked. "Perfectly" Murphy said coldly. "We need to take a few samples of your blood so we can run some tests" she said. "Have at it" he replied. While Dr. Merch was taking Murphy's blood he began to look around at some of the other crew members on board and he noticed things weren't quite right with their eye. "What's the deal with the crew? Their eyes?" He asked. "It's a side effect from one of the early vaccines given to everyone on Zona." She replied. "Why don't your eyes look like that?" He asked. "I was never vaccinated, I haven't seen the outside of this sub since the outbreak started" she said. "How do you even know this thing is legit then?" He asked. "I worked for some of the people who first founded Zona before the outbreak." She said. "If these guys are so powerful and have already created a vaccination, why do you need me?" He asked. "The vaccine only slows down the virus. It doesn't kill it or make you immune." She replied. "The first people to receive the vaccine are starting to turn, including the founder of Zona" she continued. "You know I thought you might be different than the others" Murphy started "But I was wrong." He snapped. "I did not spend three years fighting my way across ten thousand miles of zombie crazed America just so I could be a human blood bag for a few billionaires in Hawaii." Murphy said standing up and ripping out his IV. "What are you gonna do?" Dr. Merch asked. "What I should have done a long time ago." He said.
~The Gang~
"Shit! I missed" I said. Ducking behind a table. Finally Reina had enough and she had her second line of warriors stab her first line and used them has a zombie shield. When she finally made it to the shack she called out again, "Roberta!" She kicked open one of the doors. "Oh, it's so good to see you" she said. Warren raised her weapon. "Can we talk? Like sisters!" Reina asked. "We can" Warren replied, but wouldn't lower her weapon. "As you can see, I am unarmed" she started trying to convince Warren to put her weapon down. "You're not going to shoot me, are you? You know I've missed you. We would have made a wonderful team" she continued. "I don't think so" Warren said coldly. "But it is not too late, you come join me, be my consigliore Escorpion is dead I need you" She continued. Warren shook her head and laughed. Reina stiffened up and sternly said, "Help me find the Murphy" "Too late, he's gone." Warren replied. "Gone where?" She asked. "We gave him to the CDC." Warren replied. "That was a big mistake." Reina said focusing on Warrens eyes. "Not my first one" Warren said smugly. Reina lunged for Warren and they began to wrestle on the ground for Warrens weapon, but they both stopped when a figure stood over them. "Escorpion?" Reina asked. "No, mi reina, Soy Hector." He replied. "Te doy misericordia" he said then stabbed her right between the eyes with a crowbar. "Thank you" Warren said as he helped her up off the ground. "De nada" he replied. Just then Vasquez ran in with his weapon drawn. "Wait!" Warren yelled "Never leave a zombie to do a man's job." Vasquez said to himself. "He saved my life" Warren said trying to get through to him. "I don't care." He replied. "Well ding dong the bitch is dead" Warren continued and pointed at Reina. "You killed your queen... Why?" He asked still not willing to lower his weapon. "She wasn't my queen, not since she got that cooked batch of Kurian's vaccine." He continued. Warren walked outside and Vasquez forced him to his knees "She wasn't human anymore." He said. Vasquez placed his gun to Hector's forehead. "I won't rob you of your revenge. You've earned it." Hector started. " I deserves to die for what i did to your family I know you want to kill me, you go right ahead... I'm not afraid to die." He continued. "when you threw me down that hole with those Zs, in that one second, I saw every horrible and malicious thing I ever did and I wanted to die right there and then, but I knew if my life were to have any meaning, I had to get out of there, I had to survive and make up for all the things that I did maybe this is how I do it do me a favor, man you pull that trigger do what you have to, but who are you gonna be after you pull that trigger?" .....Hector walked back outside and Warren ran back in "What happened?" She asked concerned. "couldn't do it" He said. She put her hand on his back and said, "I know, but we better get going" "No... my mission is over" he said. "Yeah? So is mine" She said. "You better go" he said standing up and walking away. "Well I ain't gonna say goodbye" she said grabbing his arm. "Me neither" He said looking at her. "Watch out for those puppies and kittens, huh?" She said. "I will" he said then walked away. "Well, what do we do now, Chief?" I asked. " I don't know I'm not in charge anymore." She replied. "We should head for the beach" Addie suggested. We all agreed and started for the beach. We hadn't walked more than 50 feet befor Hector pulled up in a truck. "You need a ride? I got enough food, ammo, and z weed for a month." He said. I looked at them all and said, "I'm in". "If we need to, we kill him and we take the truck." I whispered to her. She nodded and said, "We're only going as far as the beach". "I like the beach" he replied. "Think 10k's all right?" I asked Doc. "Big sub like that, they got to have a real medical team" he replied. "I hate to admit it, but I kinda miss Murphy" I said. We finally got to the beach and walked up onto this hill to get a good view of the ocean, but when it came into view my heart hit the floor. "That doesn't look good" Doc said. The submarine was on fire. "Is it submerging?" Addie asked. "No, It's sinking" Warren said. "10k" I spoke softly. Warren knelt down beside me and put her arm around my shoulder. "Is that a boat?" Addie asked pointed out to sea. "It's Murphy!" She continued. "He has Doctor Merch and the Sub Captain" Doc said. "What about 10K? Tell me he's on that boat" I said frantically. Doc continued to look out to sea but wouldn't answer me. "Doc, tell me 10K is on that boat!" I demanded. "I don't see him" he said in a sad tone. I turned around to look at the boat, but as soon as a turned fully around the submarine exploded. "Ah!" I screamed as a large tightening feeling hit my stomach. I hit my knees right as a group of people ambushed us. "They don't look American" Doc said. "They're not" Warren replied.