Play Your Cards

Resurrection Z

The group stopped on the side of the road. They all sit around and wait for Murphy to finish his business.

"No z's in sight." Mack says walking round the truck with his hands on his hips, coming to stand next to Addy.

"Anybody else worried about Mr. Sunshine out there?" Doc asks as he leans on the bed of the truck.

"I know. He's looking worse." Garnet agrees.

"Yeah, he was pretty creepy to start with." Warren says.

Addy huffs, leaping off of the truck. "Come on, guys. Give him a break. It's the Apocalypse. None of us look our best. It's like one long bad hair day." She says.

"That lasts forever in his case." Ace grumbles jokingly.

"Speaking of hair, what's with all the bald patches?" Mack says.

"Maybe that vaccine is like zombie chemo." Cassandra says.

"Or maybe..." 10k trails off, looking over towards Murphy.

"That vaccine isn't working." "It's not working." 10k says at the same time as Ace.

They look at each other and blush, either of them looking in the other direction.

Neither of them dared to tell the group how their little "run" went during their last trip. Though, Ace's mind can't help but think back to his hands running over her chest.

Ace chuffs, looking over towards her friends for some help to ease her mind. Addy looks her at them and smirks, ruining her peace of mind.

Murphy looks back at the group and sees them all staring. Though, they all act as though they weren't just talking about him.

"What do you think Doc?" Garnett asks, still staring at Murphy as though he's not openly using the John.

"I've seen z's look better than him." He responds.

"Will he make it to California?" Garnett asks.

"If we haul ass,"

"If he goes zombie, we might have to put him down." Garnett says as he taps his chin

"Dibs." Ace and Warren say but Ace says faster.

"Jinx. I said it first." Ace says, smirking over at her. Warren simply rolls her eyes. 

"If he turns, piking him's the least of our problems." Garnett says.

Murphy turns around to see everyone starting at him.

"What?" He shouts over.

"Pit stop's over. Let's get moving." Garnett says, leading them towards the truck.

"I have a ginormous bladder. Sue me." Murphy grumbles.

Ace climbs into the top of the truck and 10k stands in the bed. Mack and Addy sit in the bed as everyone else climbs into the truck.

She groans, huffing and looking towards the sky. "Ugh, I would kill for a burger right now." She whines.

The sound of everyone's stomachs rumbling fill the air, cuing Ace's stomach to cry out for food next. None of them have eaten in two days.

"One could dream." Mack huffs, throwing his arm over Addy's shoulders before pulling a pair of shades over his eyes.

Warren start the car and they drive down the endless looking road.

As they drive, they pass a z holding another z's head. Ace shoots the head with her slingshot as 10k shoots the full z.

"One thousand five hundred and fifty four." 10k says out loud.