The group walks through a thick green foamy fog. It's so thick they get separated and can no longer find each other.
"10k! 5k!" Ace calls into the thick fog.
She swings her ax around in hopes to clear some of the fog. Her bandanna lays tightly on her nose and mouth. She coughs on the toxic foam as it blows into her face.
"Warren! Doc?!" She calls
"God I can't see anything," she complains to herself.
She keeps swinging her ax and accidentally stabs something and ends up decapitating it. Thankfully, it was a zombie.
After an hour of pushing her way through the fog, there's a hand on her shoulder and she yanks them over. They land on their back and it's 5k.
"Oh my god!" Ace sheiks
"I am so so so so sorry! Are you okay?" She kneels down and gives him a bear hug
He hugs Ace back and laughs.
"It's ok, mom." He says
5k started calling Ace mom and 5k dad now. They're practically a family and they all love that.
"There's a shop nearby. We can stay in there." 5k says
"Let's go then." Ace says as 5k takes the lead.
—
Ace finally finds the door and yanks on the handle.
"Huh, they're the first one to pull." Someone says from inside
"If that's who I think it is you guys are toast." A familiar voice says
5k walks in first and there's a sigh of disappointment. Then Ace and everyone tenses up. Sketchy, Skeezy, Doc, Murphy, 10k, and Sarge sit around the room being held at gun point.
A bald man holds two pistols and another with long reddish hair holds a ak14.
"Tan mom!" Murphy yells as a overly tan zombie makes its way into the room.
The zombie tackles Sketchy and Skeezy and they fall to the ground screaming in horror. Ace pulls the zombie off of them and yanks it on its back. It's saggy, over-tanned lady parts flop with it. She stomps on the zombies head and everyone's eyes will widen.
Ace gets angry really quick as she puts her gun away and lifts her ax.
"What the hell is going on?!" She shouts
"Tiny? Take that thing out of here." The bald man says to the very tall red head man
"My queen! Kill him!" Sketchy yells to Ace
She immediately swings her ax and holds it to the bald mans neck.
"5k, go to dad."
"They had a kid?" Skeezy asks Sketchy in a whisper
Ace looks to Sketchy with a glare and noticed he only has half a beard.
Skeezy feels his neck.
"Ahh! She bit me!" He yells
"She bit you!" Sketchy yells
"That's what I said! She bit me!"
"Me too!" Sketchy agrees
"She bit you?"
"No, she bit you." Sketchy's face sinks with sadness
"But you said that-" Skeezy stops
"She bit you." Sketchy says sadly
Shock overwhelms Skeezy's face and he begins to shake in fear.
"Am I gonna tan?" Skeezy asks
Ace lowers her ax from the mans neck and checks his shoulder.
"No, little buddy. You're gonna Z." Sketchy tells him
Everyone steps away from Skeezy.
"Get me out of here, Sketchy! I don't wanna die! Not like this!"
"You're not gonna die okay? You might be going Z but you're not gonna die. Here, grab that." Sketchy motions his head to barbicide
"Grab what?"
"The barbicide! It'll kill anything."
Skeezy takes the blue liquid and pulls the lid off and proceeds to chug the entire container. He begins gagging on it and coughing.
"Did you just drink that?" Sketchy asks in a whisper
"Yeah." Skeezy says between gags
"Do you feel any better?"
"Nooooo." He coughs
"Ok, you weren't supposed to drink it." Sketchy now tells him
Ace rolls her eyes and plops herself down on a couch against the wall. The bald man and tall man both load a gun.
"Woah, woah, woah. Wait one minute. Just one minute, alright? Then you can do whatever you want to him."
The tall man signs, 'I'll kill him'
"Just give him a minute for Christ sakes." Ace says to the tall man as she kicks his knee
The tall man glares at her as she signs a 'fight me, I'll beat you into the ground' to him
"All right, lets all be calm here." Sketchy chuckles nervously. "Let's step through this logically, huh? We've kept Skeezy here for a while, and he hasn't turned yet, has he?"
"Proof is in the pudding." Doc says
"Yeah I agree." Murphy says as he scratches his chin. "If he hadn't turned by now, bacon lady didn't get him."
"Explain the bite." Sarge growls
"Okay, I bit him." Sketchy admits
"You bit him?" Everyone asks
Ace starts laughing. "This just gets better and better." She says as she leans back.
"You bit me?" Skeezy asks
"Yeah. I did. Scouts honor." Sketchy swears
"Why didn't you speak up?" The bald man asks as he thrusts his gun around.
"Because I knew you wouldn't believe me." Sketchy says
The tall man points his gun at Skeezy and loads it. Ace springs from her chair and snatches the gun from his hands as quick as lightening.
Then the bald guy points the gun at her.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Murphy, Doc and 10k say at the same time
"Well, why not?" He asks
"She will have you a Z before you can even fire the bullet." Murphy says
"Very well," he points the gun at Sketchy and Skeezy
"Whoooaaaaaa." Sketchy says as he holds up his hands and steps in front of skeezy. "Put it away, broheim."
"Don't be stupid the bullet will go right through you."
"Two for the price of-" Sarge was cut off by Sketchy
"OK! Fine! Shoot us both! But what are you gonna do when we go mad Z, huh? You can't kill two crazies. Not with a pair of .45s and... three bullets."
The bald man looks to the tall man. "Cut off their arms and legs. Then throw them in the basement with the rest of the Z's."
"What?" Sketchy and Skeezy whisper in shock
"That'd do the trick." Sarge agrees
"Who's side are you on?!" Sketchy yells
"Sorry."
"Wait, there are Z's in the basement?" 10k asks
"You can't hear them?" Ace asks
Everyone shakes their head. She pounds her foot on the ground and the Z's growl louder.
"Heard them from the second I waked in." She mumbles
10k walks over and stands by Ace.
"Doc help us out." Sketchy pleads
Ace rolls her eyes and ignores them. Everyone starts to bicker and Ace holds her head in her hands as a headache begins to form.
"All right. THATS ENOUGH!" Ace yells over everyone. "We're gonna do this a different way."
"Dissolve them in acid?" The bald man asks
"No. It sucks, but god dealt you the shitty card and you played it. We play by one rule. Survival of the fittest. We toss him out on his ass, let Darwin do the rest."
"My queen." Sketchy says in shock. "How could you?We're talking about Skeezy here."
"Yeah, Ace." Skeezy begins to shake in fear again. "After all we've been through."
Ace picks at her nails. "Yeah, um...uh-uh." Ace shrugs her shoulders
"Look, I know you guys are close and you been good to each other. What do you think we should do? Tie him to a chair and wait?" Ace asks
Skeezy leans behind Sketchy's back and intimidated a high pitched voice.
"I say we let him go." He says not sounding anything like Sketchy
Ace shrugs her shoulders and sits back down again and remotely gives up on the situation.
"If anybody's shooting this weaselly man here, it's gonna be me." Sketchy says
"Here we go..." Ace says as she massages her face with her palms.
She ignores them again as she tries to get rid of the headache.
Sketchy eventually holds a gun to Skeezys head but it all goes south when Skeezy grabs it and holds it to his own head.
"I say we heed The Queen's advice."
Ace looks up.
"I'm sorry, what...what advise was that?" She asks confused
"The bit about rules." Sketchy says
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the Darwin thing. Yeah, do that." She dismisses.
"Yeah the Darwin thing." Sketchy says as he slams his hand on a table. "That's what I'm talking about. I'm talking about freedom! I'm talking about free will! Independence!" Sketchy shouts
"Shut up! You're giving me a headache!" Ace yells at him
"Sorry." He whispers. "Choice. I'm talking about a man wrestling date into his hands, you know? I'm talking about riding on the wings of destiny." Sketchy flaps his arms as if they're wings.
"Yeah, that's what I'm looking for." Skeezy agrees
"I like my idea better. Chop off his arms and legs."
"Put it down." Ace growls to the bald man
"Ace is right. Sometimes the best weapon is upstairs." Doc says. "I'm gonna need your buddy's hat."
The tall man signs, 'my hat?'
'Yes your hat, dimwit' Ace signs back
"What do you need his hat for?" Sketchy and skeezy both ask
—
"All right lets count the ballots."
Everyone put their decision into a hat.
"Chop off limbs. Exile. Cut off limbs. Another limbs. Exile. Exile." Ace reads. "It's a tie."
"Ace, did you vote?" Doc asks
"Hm? Oh, yeah, no." Ace says as she picks at her nails again
"Please, Queen." Skeezy pleads
"Ugh. All right. What are you giving me for my vote?" Ace asks
"His undying loyalty." Sketchy says
"As you two bring my cards I'd expect that already." She rolls her eyes. "Where's the pen?"
Ace is about to write her answer when the door bell chimes.
"Pull!" Everyone yells
Two men walk in and begin to cough up whatever they had last.
"Outside!" Ace yells as she pushes them away
They both spill their lunch as Ace backs into the room. They fall into the room and wipe their mouths.
"No need to get your knickers ruffled. Things already went to pot, I see." One man says
"What's his deal?" The other man says
"These guys want to throw him outside." Sketchy says as he points to everyone else.
People begin to bicker back and forth and Ace just pinches the bridge of her nose.
"This is a real cock-up." The man says
"Yeah. I mean just put him out of his misery. Toss him outside." The other says
"You wanna vote?" Ace asks as she holds up the pen and paper
"I think we just did." The men say in sync
They begin to pull him to the door.
"Wait! Let me say goodbye."
"Make it fast. And no funny business." The men say
Sketchy grabs Skeezy by the collar of his jacket and pulls Skeezy in for a rough kiss. It lasts for a good five seconds before Sketchy pushes Skeezy away in disgust. Skeezy is in a daze and is love struck.
"Why didn't you ever say anything?" Skeezy asks
"I didn't think I had to." Sketchy says
"Its a damn romance novel." Ace mumbles and then laughs to herself
"I love you." Skeezy says to Sketchy
"I know." Sketchy says back
'SHIT THATS DALE?!?!?!?" Ace screams in her head
"I know you." Dale growls
"Yeah sorry pal, I don't think so." Sketchy says
"No. No, I know him! And her!" Dale says as he points to Ace.
"This son of a bitch bit me! And she was there. They call you the Queen, don't they?" Dale says angrily
Ace doesn't say anything as she stands up.
"Yeah, yeah. He bit me too. Right here." Sketchy says as he points to his heart
Everyone awws.
"All right. Good luck, buddy." They throw Skeezy into the foam storm.
"Loves a bitch, huh? No offense." He says as he points to Ace
"None take." Ace says nonchalantly as she rolls her eyes
Sketchy leans back in the barber chair. Skeezy screams from outside. It doesn't seem like a real scream of terror. Just fake.
"Alright, we get it! You're dead!" Sketchy yells at him
"Sketchy? Do you maybe want to say a few words?" Doc asks
"Uh yeah."
The two men pull out guns.
"Mits in the air you bloody wankers!" Dale yells
—
They make everyone take off their clothes. Ace is left in her sports bra and lace underwear. The bra pushing her breasts up and revealing way too much of herself.
They have their attention on someone else and she slowly makes her way behind them.
She takes her ax and swings as fast as she can, killing them both.
"Whoo! Now that's Darwin, baby!" Sketchy cheers
Ace grabs her clothes and stuff and sneaks outside she pulls her clothes on and readies her weapons.
"Ace!" Skeezy whisper yells. "What are you doing out here?"
"Getting us out of here." She growls
Ace gently cracks the door open. She takes her ax and throws it like a spear. The points stab the bald man and the tall man in the head.
She walks in to retrieve her ax with a glare on her face. As Skeezy follows her inside.
"Man, what took you so long?" Sketchy complains
"Oh, green foam, green truck." Skeezy defend. "And then Ace just did it for me.
"You swallowed the key didn't you?" Sketchy asks
Skeezy looks at his feet. "That's all right!" They hug
"Hold up. You guys planned this the whole time?" Ace asks impatiently
"Of course. But we tried to cut you in." He says
"Yeah we didn't see that bit with you and Sal, Doc." Skeezy says
"No that almost derailed the whole thing. Coinkydinks."
"Yeah, dushe ex mashina." Skeezy says
"You mean, dues ex machina?" Ace corrects
"Kismet." 10k adds
"Horse shit." Doc concludes
"You two morons aren't masterminds." Murphy says
"Yeah well it's either that or we're lying." Sketchy says
"I believe them when they're lying. I get scared when theyre not. And I was scared. Really." Doc says
"You believe them?" Ace asks in disbelief
"I do." Doc says
"It doesn't make any sense. To go through all of this for what?" Murphy asks
"Retirement." They say in sync
"Yeah man. We're taking over the barber shop. We're gonna practice the tonsorial arts." Sketchy says
"Life long dream come true." Skeezy says
Ace rolls her eyes.
"I don't know about you guys but imma leave before something happens and they get us killed." Ace says as she begins to walk off but 10k stops her before she leaves.
"She's right. Plus we need to find Warren." Doc agrees
—
After an few hours of looking, they find her. Together, they make their way down the road to where ever they're supposed to go.