Suzy’s Strange Saga
Billy has made it quite clear that no matter what happens you’re going to be on the bottom rung of any sort of restructuring so why should you even bother? This whole area is going to shit and it would be best if you just got the hell out of here.
“Do any of you have keys to your vehicles?” you ask.
“I got my truck keys.” Lifto remarks.
“Good, we’re getting the hell out of here while everyone is distracted.”
“What?! We’re just going to leave Billy?” Shrimpy asks.
“Look, if YOU want to help Billy then go right ahead, but he’s basically said that I’m the low girl on the totem pole, and I am NOT going to go through a bunch of verbal and possible physical abuse for the rest of my time here. I left home to get away from that shit. Quite frankly given how disliked clowns are around here, I’d suggest the rest of you follow me because no matter who wins, you’re going to lose.” You say and turn to leave
Lifto, Klepto and Fatty don’t even think twice, they’re following you out the tent and leaving the chaos of the carnival clash behind. Shrimpy however is unsure, his loyalty to his “kind” is still holding him back, but you’re not waiting around.
When you exit the tent, things aren’t much better. There aren’t any guardsmen in the immediate area, but you still hear the shooting and their yelling. You also hear odd growling sounds and a couple of screams.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but we need to get to your truck NOW!” you exclaim where upon Lifto takes the lead.
You don’t get too far when you see Roger staggering from between two other tents. He’s wounded heavily and bleeding profusely. He sees you and desperately calls for your help.
“Suzy…hel…” is about all he gets out before collapsing a few feet from you. He tries to crawl towards you and you nearly head towards him to help, but given all the gunfire going on and the big brawl still going on, you focus on your goal of placing as much distance as possible from this place.
“Sorry, Roger.” You say quietly and continue moving.
Lifto points towards a pick up truck in the area where you first parked your own vehicle.
“Shh, you hear that?” Klepto remarks.
“No.” you remark.
“Exactly. All the gunfire stopped.”
“Well we need to hurry up because that either means the guardsmen killed whoever was attacking and they’ll be returning to us soon or…”
And then from behind one of the army vehicles you’re passing something leaps onto Lifto. It’s human but its snarling and growling unnaturally. If you didn’t know any better you’d almost think it was a….
“ARGH! ZOMBIE!” Lifto shouts and struggles to get it off of him. Fatty moves in to help immediately and between the two of them they easily knock it to the ground. Lifto then proceeds to stomp on its head repeatedly with his brightly colored clown boots.
While Lifto is determined to smash its head into mush, another one of these creatures pop out of nowhere and nearly grab you. You scream and manage to pull away before Klepto steps in and tries to help.
Unfortunately the creatures manage to bite him in the process. He cries out in pain, but manages to get the creatures off of him thanks to someone else helping by blowing the thing’s head off. Blood, bone and brains splatter all over Klepto.
“Come on! I don’t know how many more of these things there are!” Shrimpy shouts with one of the guardsmen’s assault rifles in both hands. Looks like he’s made his choice.
Lifto finishes destroying the one that was attacking him and soon all of you are off and running again. You look around as you run thinking more are going to be jumping out at you, but that doesn’t happen. You are slightly concerned about Klepto getting bit though. You don’t think anyone else has noticed it yet except you and of course him.
When you get to the truck, Lifto quickly opens up the driver side and opens up the passenger door. You get in, followed by Klepto, meanwhile Fatty gets in the bed of the truck along with Shrimpy.
“Where the hell are we going?” Lifto says as he drives from the carnival.
“I don’t know yet, but we probably should stay away from large areas of population if those…things are any indication. Just head further away from the town for now.” You say.
Honestly you don’t know what comes next, but you’re seriously starting to believe Roofie’s comments about the end coming soon. Were those creatures zombies? Crazed humans? Alive? Undead? Does it matter? How many are there? Have they overrun civilization already? Has any of your old family survived? Is this the beginning of the end?
And most importantly…do their bites work like they do in the movies?
Klepto sits next to you nervously still clutching his arm where he was bit. Lifto hasn’t noticed yet because he’s been paying attention to the road and while you haven’t said anything yet Klepto’s not subtle enough about keeping his wound secret…
“Why do you keep rubbing your arm?” Lifto remarks.
“Uh, that thing grabbed me and its grip hurt a lot and uh…”
“Klepto, I’ve known you long enough to know when you’re lying! Did that thing bite you?!”
Klepto doesn’t answer so you try to unsuccessfully help.
“It was just a little bite, we don’t even know if…” you start to say before you’re interrupted.
“Oh fuck! That’s it man! Game over!” Lifto shouts and suddenly stops the truck. Fatty and Shrimpy both knock on the window shouting what’s going on.
“Klepto, I know we’ve known each other a long time, but you need to get out of this truck right now.”
“Lifto, I…”
“I don’t wanna hear it. Get out before I make you get out or worse.”
“Lifto, we don’t even know if this is infectious! This isn’t a movie you know!” you exclaim.
“And you willing to take that chance? You’re sitting right next to him! Not to mention he’s covered in that thing’s blood when Shrimpy blew its head off. Who knows what the hell he’s caught.”
As paranoid as Lifto is right now, you have been feeling a little nervous sitting next to Klepto this whole time.
Without another word Lifto shifts towards you and reaches over towards the glove compartment. He opens it up revealing a pistol, though Klepto already figured out what he was doing and tries to grab it before Lifto can.
Despite Lifto being in an awkward position and you being in his way, he’s strong enough to get the grip on the gun first. Klepto grabs his hand and the struggle ensues.
At this point Fatty opens up the driver side door and Shrimpy opens up the passenger side.
“What the fuck is going on here!?” Shrimpy asks.
“ARGH! Sonofabitch!” Lifto suddenly shouts, Klepto has bitten his hand causing him to drop the pistol on the truck floor.
“Shrimpy keep that rifle on Klepto!” Lifto shouts.
You’re stuck in the middle with Lifto’s body half on you. All you know is you’re scared and desperate to get out. You manage to wiggle down a bit and grab the pistol on the floor.
Klepto hasn’t proceeded with an attack and doesn’t look any different.
“I’m not a zombie! Or whatever you think I am! I’m fine! And if you kill me, you’re going to have to kill Lifto too!” Klepto exclaims to everyone.
Klepto may or may not be right, but he was pretty quick to bite Lifto. Whether that was a desperate attempt to ensure his own safety or a possible glimpse of what’s to come, you don’t know.
With the pistol in your hand you don’t know if you shouldn’t just shoot them both.
“Do any of you have keys to your vehicles?” you ask.
“I got my truck keys.” Lifto remarks.
“Good, we’re getting the hell out of here while everyone is distracted.”
“What?! We’re just going to leave Billy?” Shrimpy asks.
“Look, if YOU want to help Billy then go right ahead, but he’s basically said that I’m the low girl on the totem pole, and I am NOT going to go through a bunch of verbal and possible physical abuse for the rest of my time here. I left home to get away from that shit. Quite frankly given how disliked clowns are around here, I’d suggest the rest of you follow me because no matter who wins, you’re going to lose.” You say and turn to leave
Lifto, Klepto and Fatty don’t even think twice, they’re following you out the tent and leaving the chaos of the carnival clash behind. Shrimpy however is unsure, his loyalty to his “kind” is still holding him back, but you’re not waiting around.
When you exit the tent, things aren’t much better. There aren’t any guardsmen in the immediate area, but you still hear the shooting and their yelling. You also hear odd growling sounds and a couple of screams.
“I don’t know what’s going on, but we need to get to your truck NOW!” you exclaim where upon Lifto takes the lead.
You don’t get too far when you see Roger staggering from between two other tents. He’s wounded heavily and bleeding profusely. He sees you and desperately calls for your help.
“Suzy…hel…” is about all he gets out before collapsing a few feet from you. He tries to crawl towards you and you nearly head towards him to help, but given all the gunfire going on and the big brawl still going on, you focus on your goal of placing as much distance as possible from this place.
“Sorry, Roger.” You say quietly and continue moving.
Lifto points towards a pick up truck in the area where you first parked your own vehicle.
“Shh, you hear that?” Klepto remarks.
“No.” you remark.
“Exactly. All the gunfire stopped.”
“Well we need to hurry up because that either means the guardsmen killed whoever was attacking and they’ll be returning to us soon or…”
And then from behind one of the army vehicles you’re passing something leaps onto Lifto. It’s human but its snarling and growling unnaturally. If you didn’t know any better you’d almost think it was a….
“ARGH! ZOMBIE!” Lifto shouts and struggles to get it off of him. Fatty moves in to help immediately and between the two of them they easily knock it to the ground. Lifto then proceeds to stomp on its head repeatedly with his brightly colored clown boots.
While Lifto is determined to smash its head into mush, another one of these creatures pop out of nowhere and nearly grab you. You scream and manage to pull away before Klepto steps in and tries to help.
Unfortunately the creatures manage to bite him in the process. He cries out in pain, but manages to get the creatures off of him thanks to someone else helping by blowing the thing’s head off. Blood, bone and brains splatter all over Klepto.
“Come on! I don’t know how many more of these things there are!” Shrimpy shouts with one of the guardsmen’s assault rifles in both hands. Looks like he’s made his choice.
Lifto finishes destroying the one that was attacking him and soon all of you are off and running again. You look around as you run thinking more are going to be jumping out at you, but that doesn’t happen. You are slightly concerned about Klepto getting bit though. You don’t think anyone else has noticed it yet except you and of course him.
When you get to the truck, Lifto quickly opens up the driver side and opens up the passenger door. You get in, followed by Klepto, meanwhile Fatty gets in the bed of the truck along with Shrimpy.
“Where the hell are we going?” Lifto says as he drives from the carnival.
“I don’t know yet, but we probably should stay away from large areas of population if those…things are any indication. Just head further away from the town for now.” You say.
Honestly you don’t know what comes next, but you’re seriously starting to believe Roofie’s comments about the end coming soon. Were those creatures zombies? Crazed humans? Alive? Undead? Does it matter? How many are there? Have they overrun civilization already? Has any of your old family survived? Is this the beginning of the end?
And most importantly…do their bites work like they do in the movies?
Klepto sits next to you nervously still clutching his arm where he was bit. Lifto hasn’t noticed yet because he’s been paying attention to the road and while you haven’t said anything yet Klepto’s not subtle enough about keeping his wound secret…
“Why do you keep rubbing your arm?” Lifto remarks.
“Uh, that thing grabbed me and its grip hurt a lot and uh…”
“Klepto, I’ve known you long enough to know when you’re lying! Did that thing bite you?!”
Klepto doesn’t answer so you try to unsuccessfully help.
“It was just a little bite, we don’t even know if…” you start to say before you’re interrupted.
“Oh fuck! That’s it man! Game over!” Lifto shouts and suddenly stops the truck. Fatty and Shrimpy both knock on the window shouting what’s going on.
“Klepto, I know we’ve known each other a long time, but you need to get out of this truck right now.”
“Lifto, I…”
“I don’t wanna hear it. Get out before I make you get out or worse.”
“Lifto, we don’t even know if this is infectious! This isn’t a movie you know!” you exclaim.
“And you willing to take that chance? You’re sitting right next to him! Not to mention he’s covered in that thing’s blood when Shrimpy blew its head off. Who knows what the hell he’s caught.”
As paranoid as Lifto is right now, you have been feeling a little nervous sitting next to Klepto this whole time.
Without another word Lifto shifts towards you and reaches over towards the glove compartment. He opens it up revealing a pistol, though Klepto already figured out what he was doing and tries to grab it before Lifto can.
Despite Lifto being in an awkward position and you being in his way, he’s strong enough to get the grip on the gun first. Klepto grabs his hand and the struggle ensues.
At this point Fatty opens up the driver side door and Shrimpy opens up the passenger side.
“What the fuck is going on here!?” Shrimpy asks.
“ARGH! Sonofabitch!” Lifto suddenly shouts, Klepto has bitten his hand causing him to drop the pistol on the truck floor.
“Shrimpy keep that rifle on Klepto!” Lifto shouts.
You’re stuck in the middle with Lifto’s body half on you. All you know is you’re scared and desperate to get out. You manage to wiggle down a bit and grab the pistol on the floor.
Klepto hasn’t proceeded with an attack and doesn’t look any different.
“I’m not a zombie! Or whatever you think I am! I’m fine! And if you kill me, you’re going to have to kill Lifto too!” Klepto exclaims to everyone.
Klepto may or may not be right, but he was pretty quick to bite Lifto. Whether that was a desperate attempt to ensure his own safety or a possible glimpse of what’s to come, you don’t know.
With the pistol in your hand you don’t know if you shouldn’t just shoot them both.