12/2/2023 0 Comments Camp camp apocalypse auNeil’s crossbow was running out of arrows, and he didn’t have enough time to pull them from the zombies and reload before another one would be upon him. More and more were lurching into the ally, enough that for every one that they took down, five more would appear. ‘This must be a hoard,’ Neil thought as he took out another zombie. Nikki stared at the german shepherd, eyes wide with awe. The dog was barking wildly and leaping at the zombies, sinking its teeth into their wrinkly flesh and shaking the fillings out of them. “I don’t want to die here with this shitbag.” “Take that back, you piece of shit!” Max yelled, firing at a zombie that was approaching Nikki, arms stretched out. “What? I di- you know what, whatever.” Neil pulled out his crossbow. “Neil, why didn’t you say anything?” She scolded, pulling her lacrosse stick out from over her shoulder. “Get out of the way, Nikki!” “What?” Nikki turned around and gasped. He took aim as the first couple zombies staggered into the ally. “No, there’s zo-“ “Nope!” “For fucks sake!” Max snapped, grabbing his rifle from Nikki’s feet. “Nikki, we gotta g-“ “You’re not getting out of this, nerd!” The girl dismissed him sternly. “This is stupid.” “I said hug!” Neil’s ears suddenly perked up at the sound of groaning that wasn’t coming from Max. “Now hug and make up.” The two boys grumbled and shuffled their feet. “But now we found each other, and I wanna enjoy being back with my team again! So let’s just be happy about it, dammit!” She dropped the gun at her feet and planted her hands on her hips. “I know that we got separated in the beginning and I know that sucked, but I always knew you were out there, Max! Even if Neil sometimes didn’t.” Max and Neil glared daggers at each other. “I swear to god, Max, you wanna fucking g-“ “Shut up, you animals!” Nikki yelled, setting them quiet. “We finally get back together after a million years of what? Fighting zombies! And what’s the first thing you do? Fight each other!” “It’s just cause Neil’s acting like a total prick.” Max muttered as the pair stood up, nursing their bruises and scrapes. “God, what is WRONG with you guys?!” The girl yelled. Nikki was pointing Max’s discarded rifle to the rainy sky, smoke swirling from the end of it. BANG! The dog yelped in surprise and the two boys froze as they looked at the source of the sound. Max groaned and smacked Neil’s forehead to the ground with his palm. Neil tried to shove him off, kneeing him hard in the gut. “What have you been doing this whole time? Aside from not getting any taller and still acting like you’re all high and mighty?” “We’re not going there! Not fucking now!” “Shut the fuck up, you tiny-ass gremlin!” “Make me, motherfucker!” Max suddenly jumped at Neil, throwing him to the wet pavement and throwing a punch at his jaw. “At least she knows how to defend herself against these fuckers! Knowing you, I figured you’d just hide out in an empty room, trying to find a solution to this problem until you get so trapped in your own nerd brain and go crazy!” Neil’s face was flushed as Max spewed insult after insult at him. “Out of the three of us, I would have thought I would be the only one to survive this whole damn thing! You probably wouldn’t have gotten through the first WEEK if it wasn’t for Nikki!” He gestured towards the girl, who was no longer smiling. “You thought these bastards could kill me?” Max said, offended. Part of me genuinely thought that you had died the second you were out of our sights back at school!” Angry tears were starting to appear in Neil’s eyes as he continued towards Max, who was standing there, stunned. “You know what I thought? I thought you were DEAD, Max. “What’s up? What’s up? We finally catch up with you after three months, and that’s all you have to say?” “Neil-“ Nikki started, her grin faltering. Who did he think he was? “Hey Neil, what’s up?” Max said casually, and suddenly the taller boy snapped. He had almost given up hope, and now here he was, with an attack dog and a gun, acting like it was no big deal. He approached Max and Nikki, mind swimming. Neil was climbing carefully off of the dumpster, eyeing the dog nervously. “I knew this damn apocalypse wouldn’t be enough to stop you from being Nikki.” He noogied her, drawing a laugh from the girl. Max brushed off his shirt, cracking his signature Max Smirk. Nikki let him down, her face still shiny with excitement. “Alright you freak, time to let me breathe.” He wheezed, chuckling. “You got us all worried!” “Yeah it’s been pretty- ack!” Max was lifted from the ground as Nikki squeezed him tighter, grinning ear to ear. “You’re okay!” Nikki gushed as Max returned the embrace. She grabbed him tight around the chest, ignoring the threatening growls of the german shepherd. “Max!” Nikki’s face lit up as she leapt off the dumpster and sprinted towards her friend.
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