When Zombies Attack: Epilogue
Epilogue: Round Up The Usual Suspects
23 December 2011
"Sometimes, our timing is kinda awesome," Spoony announced, self-satisfied. He was right about that, Linkara admitted. Two days until Christmas, and New York City was officially clean. Their small group had grown exponentially over the past six months, especially since they'd started hitting towns and small cities, and spreading the vaccine, and now the New York survivors had been added to that. He suspected this couldn't last; they were going to have to split up into smaller groups soon.
But for now, they were swarming the Hilton, and celebrating a major victory, and preparing for Christmas. In fact, he saw that someone had already found and put up a bunch of decoration, including, somehow -- "Wait, is that a Christmas tree? Where'd they get that?"
"It's New York," Spoony shrugged. "I'm just glad they haven't found any mistletoe yet."
"Not that that's stopping some people," Linkara noted.
Through the crowd, he could see the Critic dragging the Nerd off into a corner for what he assumed was a make-out session, and shook his head. He was about to comment to Spoony about them, when he noticed his friend was looking distracted. He followed the other man's gaze, and rolled his eyes.
"Spoony. Spoony!" A smack to the back of his head snapped Spoony out of his daze, thankfully without attracting the attention of Marz, Goggles, or the Chick. "They're not going to start having sex right there, you know."
"They might," Spoony protested.
"They're just giggling and holding hands," Linkara said, exasperated. "How do you-- Oh, never even mind." He saw Ma-Ti make his way towards them through the crowd.
"Hey, guys!" He called cheerfully. "We just got a message from Europe!"
"Benzaie?" Spoony asked, brightening even further, possible lesbian threesome apparently forgotten, at least for now.
"The one and only. They managed to replicate the vaccine and the bombs." Spoony cheered.
"That's great news," Linkara said. It was almost overwhelming, really, this sudden fast-paced progress after more than a year of barely surviving. Not that he was complaining, mind.
"Hi," a voluptuous blonde suddenly appeared behind Ma-Ti. "Which one of you is the one with the ring?" She asked brightly.
"That would be me," Ma-Ti told her.
"Hi, I'm Sarah. I was told you can do .. interesting things with that ring," she smiled. Ma-Ti grinned back.
"Oh, absolutely. Excuse me, guys," he said to them, as the girl led him away.
"... Not gonna ask, don't wanna know," Spoony said.
"Probably a good idea," Linkara agreed. He'd been following that policy for months, himself. There were some things man was just not meant to know, he figured.
"Oh, great," Spoony said. "It's official: everyone is getting laid except me," not very discreetly pointing towards a corner where Paw seemed deep in conversation with a girl. "Okay, maybe not everyone," he amended as Insano came towards them.
Six months of fresh air, sunlight, and, lately, a lot of people who knew nothing about him except that he'd found the vaccine and the bomb, had done him some good, Linkara thought to himself. He was still clearly uncomfortable out in public, though.
"Here comes the saviour of the human race," Spoony said good-naturedly. Linkara elbowed him sharply.
"Shut up," he said amiably. It was still weird to see the two of them together, although luckily most of the others had accepted the 'from the FUTURE!" weirdness easily enough, he knew.
"Just ignore him," Insano said. "It's what I do. It doesn't work, mind you, but at least it saves your breath."
"If you two are gonna start conspiring against me, I'm gonna go get some food," Spoony glared at them. "And I should probably go and find a room key somewhere, too, before all the rooms are taken."
"Actually, food sounds like a good idea," Linkara said, following the other two to the dining room. "And don't worry about rooms," he added, holding up the key he'd procured earlier that day, and allowed himself a small feeling of smugness. "I got us the penthouse."
The identical stunned looks were gratifying, if also a little disturbing. Spoony beamed at him, and slung an arm around his shoulder. "You are so my new favourite person ever," he said. Linkara smiled back, and put his free arm around Insano's shoulder.
"Gentlemen," he said. "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
END
23 December 2011
"Sometimes, our timing is kinda awesome," Spoony announced, self-satisfied. He was right about that, Linkara admitted. Two days until Christmas, and New York City was officially clean. Their small group had grown exponentially over the past six months, especially since they'd started hitting towns and small cities, and spreading the vaccine, and now the New York survivors had been added to that. He suspected this couldn't last; they were going to have to split up into smaller groups soon.
But for now, they were swarming the Hilton, and celebrating a major victory, and preparing for Christmas. In fact, he saw that someone had already found and put up a bunch of decoration, including, somehow -- "Wait, is that a Christmas tree? Where'd they get that?"
"It's New York," Spoony shrugged. "I'm just glad they haven't found any mistletoe yet."
"Not that that's stopping some people," Linkara noted.
Through the crowd, he could see the Critic dragging the Nerd off into a corner for what he assumed was a make-out session, and shook his head. He was about to comment to Spoony about them, when he noticed his friend was looking distracted. He followed the other man's gaze, and rolled his eyes.
"Spoony. Spoony!" A smack to the back of his head snapped Spoony out of his daze, thankfully without attracting the attention of Marz, Goggles, or the Chick. "They're not going to start having sex right there, you know."
"They might," Spoony protested.
"They're just giggling and holding hands," Linkara said, exasperated. "How do you-- Oh, never even mind." He saw Ma-Ti make his way towards them through the crowd.
"Hey, guys!" He called cheerfully. "We just got a message from Europe!"
"Benzaie?" Spoony asked, brightening even further, possible lesbian threesome apparently forgotten, at least for now.
"The one and only. They managed to replicate the vaccine and the bombs." Spoony cheered.
"That's great news," Linkara said. It was almost overwhelming, really, this sudden fast-paced progress after more than a year of barely surviving. Not that he was complaining, mind.
"Hi," a voluptuous blonde suddenly appeared behind Ma-Ti. "Which one of you is the one with the ring?" She asked brightly.
"That would be me," Ma-Ti told her.
"Hi, I'm Sarah. I was told you can do .. interesting things with that ring," she smiled. Ma-Ti grinned back.
"Oh, absolutely. Excuse me, guys," he said to them, as the girl led him away.
"... Not gonna ask, don't wanna know," Spoony said.
"Probably a good idea," Linkara agreed. He'd been following that policy for months, himself. There were some things man was just not meant to know, he figured.
"Oh, great," Spoony said. "It's official: everyone is getting laid except me," not very discreetly pointing towards a corner where Paw seemed deep in conversation with a girl. "Okay, maybe not everyone," he amended as Insano came towards them.
Six months of fresh air, sunlight, and, lately, a lot of people who knew nothing about him except that he'd found the vaccine and the bomb, had done him some good, Linkara thought to himself. He was still clearly uncomfortable out in public, though.
"Here comes the saviour of the human race," Spoony said good-naturedly. Linkara elbowed him sharply.
"Shut up," he said amiably. It was still weird to see the two of them together, although luckily most of the others had accepted the 'from the FUTURE!" weirdness easily enough, he knew.
"Just ignore him," Insano said. "It's what I do. It doesn't work, mind you, but at least it saves your breath."
"If you two are gonna start conspiring against me, I'm gonna go get some food," Spoony glared at them. "And I should probably go and find a room key somewhere, too, before all the rooms are taken."
"Actually, food sounds like a good idea," Linkara said, following the other two to the dining room. "And don't worry about rooms," he added, holding up the key he'd procured earlier that day, and allowed himself a small feeling of smugness. "I got us the penthouse."
The identical stunned looks were gratifying, if also a little disturbing. Spoony beamed at him, and slung an arm around his shoulder. "You are so my new favourite person ever," he said. Linkara smiled back, and put his free arm around Insano's shoulder.
"Gentlemen," he said. "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
END