Teenage Apocalypse

Chapter 2: Death and Entanglements

" We need to go.. like now!" Cheryl said ripping her knife out of a zombies chest. She took a closer look at the zombies face. Cheryl shrieked and stumbled back. "Cher are you okay?" Mercy asked concerned. She started to cry uncontrollably. Mercy went to look at the zombie. "Is that your mom?" Mercy asked freaked out. She started to pace back and forth when Cheryl started to have a panic attack. Just then they heard leaves crunching and a low growl. Mercy looked over and saw red eyes staring right at her walking slowly. "Cher, baby we gotta go.. like now." Cheryl sat paralyzed and stared at her mothers undead body. She wouldn't budge. Mercy kneeled in front of her. "Cheryl I know this is hard but hey look at me okay. We're gonna get through this together." She slowly helped Cheryl up and they began running away from the zombies that began to surround them. They got back to the party and noticed blood everywhere. "What the hell happened here?!" Mercy asked. She noticed Cheryl shaking and slid off her jacket to give it to her. "I don't know but something very bad happened out there." One of the jocks spoke up. "Yeah no fuck idiot." Brady said. That wasn't like him.. he only acted angry when he was scared. They heard sobs and saw Harry crying. "Dude are you crying right now?" Brady asked. "We're all gonna die." Harry said between sobs. "No ones gonna die okay. Get in your cars and meet me at my gangs hangout." "No way I'm out of here!" The jock yelled running into the woods. Everyone else started shuffling to go. "Be safe out there!" Mercy yelled. She walked Cheryl to the car and let her in the front seat. She hadn't heard a word from her. Mercy crunk up her car before realizing she hadn't seen Santana anywhere. She tried calling but she didn't pick up. Just then she heard a yell. "Get the fuck off me!" Santana yelled fighting off a zombie across the lot. Mercy put the car in reverse and drove as fast as she could to get to her. She swerved to the side before sticking her gun out the window and killing the zombie with a perfect head shot. "Get in. NOW!" Mercy yelled throwing the back door open. She took off as soon as Santana was safe and sound.

"Cut your headlights off it'll draw attention to us." Cheryl finally spoke up. "Hey are you okay love?" Mercy said looking over while trying to stay focused on the road. Cheryl just shook her head softly. "What the fuck is going on!" Santana said breaking the silence that had consumed the air. "Your guess is as good as mine.. all I know is we need to be prepared." Mercy said as she pulled into the mall. She parked the car and began to hatch a plan. "We're gonna go in there and get everything we need to survive this.. weapons, food, clothes, anything you can grab really." Mercy said as she handed Santana her back up gun out of glove department. "Santana you're gonna go into the car lot and get the biggest thing they have.. U-haul is the goal really. Cheryl and I will handle the supplies and you meet us out front to load it up and go" Mercy reloaded her gun and stopped to pray. She then got out the car and the three made their way to complete their tasks. The mall was a wreck. There were dead bodies in every corner. Mercy noticed a pattern of adults only being dead.. well undead. She grabbed three shopping carts and began grabbing everything she saw. She took knives, mace, tasers, guns, and lots of ammo from the ammunition store. She then went to the electronics store for batteries, flashlights, walkie talkies, and a few other things like computers and TVs. Cheryl had went to the clothing stores. Mercy had walked into one to check on her when she saw her trying on a beautiful black dress. She froze in her tracks. "Wow.. um you look beautiful Cher." She said blushing. They smiled at each other when they heard a horn honk outside. They quickly grabbed the rest of the stuff and starting sprinting outside. The loaded the stuff into a giant truck Santana had grabbed from the dealership. "I'm gonna take my car and you two can ride back together." Cheryl and Santana looked at each other awkwardly. " Look we don't have time for this. Just go please." They sighed and got in hesitantly. Mercy ran back to her car and got in. She sat back frustrated before hitting the steering wall angrily. She sat and cried before wiping her tears and starting the car. She sped out of the lot and onto the highway to make her way to the gangs cabin.

When she arrived she saw Harry, Brady, Alex, Santana, and Cheryl waiting at the front door. The cabin seemed empty and quiet. "Alright guys we're gonna sweep the house and make sure there's nothing alive, or undead, in there. Then we can unload this stuff as quickly as possible then board the doors. Once we're in.. we're in." Harry and Brady took two guns each from the truck and began to check the house. Three shots went off before Brady ran back out. "Where's Harry??" Alex asked concerned. "I don't know. There were two zombies I think they got him." Brady said rubbing his head with the barrel of the gun in frustration. Just then Harry stumbled out. "Hey man are you okay?" Brady asked checking on him. Harry just nodded before saying the house was clear. They began unloading everything in before boarding up every door and window in the cabin. They were officially locked in. The cabin was relatively big but also cozy. Four bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and two floors. Mercy told them to pick roommates and rooms and each grab clothes and electronics to put up for themselves. They then grabbed the food and put it away. It looked like it'd last them a few months at least. "I'm gonna room with Mercy." Santana said as she walked upstairs to her bedroom. Cheryl looked away in disgust before heading to the other room on the second floor. Mercy didn't understand why she was upset. She didn't even agree to room with Santana. She looked at Brady for help but he was too busy comforting a scared Alex so she just followed Cheryl into the room.

Cheryl was laying on the bed staring at the ceiling fan as it whirled around on its own. She sat down next to her. "What are we Mercy." Cheryl spoke up out of nowhere. "And don't give me some bs answer you give all the other guys and girls you mess with.. just tell me the truth, please." She said looking up into her eyes. Mercy laid on her side and brushed the red hair out of Cheryl's face. "Well I don't know tbh. I know I like you and I know you feel something for me too. I don't know the middle of an apocalypse shouldn't be the best time to figure it out." Mercy said laughing. Cheryl didn't laugh. Instead she just asked her a question. "Did you mean it when you said you loved me?" Mercy leaned down and kissed Cheryl softly. Cheryl put her hand behind her neck and deepened the kiss.. her long red acrylic nails softly scratched Mercy's neck. Cheryl pulled back. "You can't just kiss me every time I ask that love." She said laughing. Mercy looked down smiling. " I do love you. You're one of the most beautiful girls I laid my eyes on Cher." Cheryl blushed before playfully pushing Mercy. "You're such a player" she said laughing. Mercy scrunched her nose in mock offense "I am not!". She climbed on top of Cheryl and they began to kiss again before being interrupted by a knock on the door. "Guys Brady is down here freaking out." Mercy got up almost immediately to check on her best friend.

She ran downstairs and saw him angrily punching and kicking the couch. Mercy grabbed him and shoved him into the wall. She was small but still relatively strong. "Hey man what the hell is wrong with you." Brady struggles against the wall before breaking down and sobbing. "What's wrong with him." Cheryl asked Alex. Alex handed her his phone. His home security system had sent a video to his phone. They press play. The video showed his parents laughing on the porch when seconds later the blast came and tore them apart. His mother had rose up now turned into a Zombie and ate his fathers face off. Santana ran out of the room to puke. "Turn it off." Mercy whispered. "I SAID TURN IT OFF!" She said as she snatched the phone from Alex. Brady's parents had practically raised Mercy since her own had kicked her out for being Pansexual. "This isn't fucking normal. How does the world just turn into this.. I was supposed to be in my dorm room right now." Harry said getting up and pacing. "Stating the fucking obvious as usual." Alex whispered. "You got something to say to me Ms. 18 year old Virgin." Alex and Harry began arguing and soon it spread through out the group. Brady got up slowly and walked to his room and slammed the door. Everyone got quiet. Alex went to follow him but a Mercy stopped her. "Just let him be Crane." Just then they heard Harry yelling from the kitchen. "GUYS!" Everyone grabbed their weapons and ran as fast as possible. Mercy pulled her gun out. "woah what's with all the guns.. I found booze." They shook their heads and returned to the living room. "Who's up for a little truth or dare?" He asked smiling.