Creativities Dead End (Book 1, Series 1) (Zombie Apocalypse Au)

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Thomas stood by the river. It was getting late. His sister was being buried. He felt alone. So many emotions flew around Thomas's head. He was angry, sad, confused, scared, and lonely.

"Thomas-"

Thomas jumped and yelped. He turned to see Oliver and glared. "What do you want?"

Oliver stepped up to him. "I just wanted to see how you were doing."

Thomas looked away and frowned. He was silent. The orange and Pink sky glowed as the sun started disappearing beyond the horizon.

"How are you doing?"

Thomas shook his head and rubbed his eyes. "Im fine-"

"Are you really though?" Oliver asked before sighing. "I'm sorry Thomas."

He slowly patted Thomas's back before Thomas burst into tears.

---

The final pats on the dirt were made and Adam, Alistair, and Jay stepped away with their shovels. They looked down on the grave.

There was Charlotte's grave with a small teddy bear sitting beside it. Teddy bear? Why that?

Denton thought it would be cute... something like that. He just felt bad.

Besides the teddy bear was a branch lodged into the ground and a headband wrapped around it. This was for Nikolai. They couldn't bury him but he deserved a grave. He was a part of the group.

He was El's best Friend. And El had Nikolai's other headband.

The three campers walked off to the medical cabin.

"She's buried." Jay stated as they walked in.

Hulu looked at them and nodded. "Good... good- Who still isn't back from Supply hunt?"

"I think it's El, Virtual, Spot, and Nari." Alistar responded. "We weren't having a lot of luck though.... We are getting low on food and have to travel farther for the possibility of getting supplies."

"What- What does Ezmeralda or Jean have to say about this?" Hulu asked as they put away some bandages.

"Jean says that we're going to try and work with what we get... Ezmeralda hasn't been seen since earlier today-" Alistar stated. "Or... that's at least what Oliver told me."

Hulu nodded again and sighed. "Last, how's Thomas?"

"Thomas is okay.... Kinda." Oliver stated as he walked in. "He's calmed down."

Everyone nodded and looked away. The awkward silence fell over them....

"Get in the fucking truck!"

Everyone in the medical cabin ran to the door and windows to see Robin and Ezmeralda arguing. Ezmeralda looked over at them and bit her lip before storming to the truck.

Oliver nearly knocked everyone to the ground as he walked outside. Robin saw him and ran off to the truck in fear. Oliver was going to chase him but he stopped.

He didn't know why.

---

Robin got in the truck and sped off as Ezmeralda coward in fear in the passenger seat. Ezmeralda refused eye contact and looked at the speedometer.

"You're going 60- this is a 30 zone-" she mumbled.

Robin scoffed, "Why does it matter!? There isn't anyone out here!"

"What if we crash-"

"We won't!"

Ezmeralda snapped at him. "WE WILL! YOU ARE GOING TO FAST AND THERE IS A NARROW CORNER UP AHEAD AND-"

Robin violently braked.

He nearly yelled as he noticed a person behind the truck. The person walked up to Robin's window and Robin rolled his window down.

"Hey kid-" Robin sighed. "What's your name?"

"JJ-" the person stated. He went to speak more but hesitated.

They stared at each other. JJ had brown hair and blue eyes with a white shirt and jeans. He had to be cold.

Robin looked up to the storm clouds and shook his head. "Get in JJ. It's going to storm. You should stay with us till it blows over."

JJ got in the back seat hesitantly and sat there awkwardly.

Robin pulled the front of his car out of the ditch and drove back to the camp... doing the speed limit. "So what were you doing behind my truck?"

"I was in the woods... I ran from the city... I- I'm sorry I gotta ask, why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Nearly crash?"

Robin glared slightly before smiling. "Im sorry, I have no idea what you mean."

Ezmeralda rolled her eyes.

---

Robin pulled into the driveway. The others had gotten back. "Alright-" he huffed "So go find Jean... or Thomas... or someone-" Robin told JJ. JJ nodded and ran off. Ezmeralda slammed her door and stomped away. Robin was going to chase after her.

"Hold it!"

Robin turned to see Oliver. "Oliver!" He exclaimed nervously.

"What happened- Who is the stranger?" Oliver asked.

"How about we talk in private-" Robin responded with a smart ass tone to it. Oliver wasn't going to argue with that... Why would he?

Robin and Oliver walked to the furthest corner of the gate. Robin was pushed. He grunted in pain and was caught off guard about the man in front of him.

"W-Where's your mask-" Robin asked nervously.

Oliver's piercing green eyes glared at Robin. Oliver was just as scary, if not, scarier without his mask. And he was 6 inches shorter than Robin-

"Listen here you disgusting piece of shit. I normally don't take my mask off around people but this is a special occasion." Oliver spat with a hateful hiss. "At this point, I am not impressed with you. I don't care if Ezmeralda says the opposite. You are a slimy snot ball and you disgust me. I know what fucking goes on in that cabin and I will kill you if you hurt her more than you already have. You will burn in the pits of hell and die alone in a void of darkness. Do you understand me?"

Robin let out a whimper... but no answer.

"ANSWER ME!"

"Yes! I understand!" Robin panicked.

Oliver scoffed and pushed him away. He put his mask back on and looked back at Robin.

"I'm watching you. Everyone is."