Chapter 1
Just another ordinary day in Beach City. Steven was eating fry bits, waiting for the Gems to get back from a mission. They soon returned with nothing new, but they were done with missions for the day, and decided for them and Steven to hang out at the arcade. Pearl tried once again at road ragers, Amethyst started cheating again at the skee balls, and Garnet tried to steer clear of Meat Mania. Suddenly, an explosion erupted in town.
Pearl: What was that?
Garnet: I'll check it out.
Garnet jumped on the building and saw a huge crowd of people running in one direction. She saw people jumping on and tackling people. Garnet jumped back down into the building.
Garnet: We have to go now!
Steven: What's wrong?
Garnet: There's people out there! Jumping on them and tackling them! Then, when they get back up they start tackling people!
Pearl: Lets move it! Stay close, Steven.
The Gems ran out into the chaos and saw that the people tackling others had been hit with a strange virus.
Amethyst: Those tacklers don't look like people!
Steven: They look like zombies!
Pearl: We need to find a way out of this chaos. They're targeting the centers of population.
She took notice of an alleyway.
Pearl: This way!
The Gems ran into the alleyway, looking for a way out. Steven suddenly took notice of a victim being bitten by a disfigured human. 12 seconds went by before that human resumed the other's work.
Steven: Oh my god! It's spreading like a virus.
They suddenly ran into infected humans, a huge swarm.
Steven: Oh no!
They were suddenly all ran over by a van. It was Greg Universe, Steven's dad.
Steven: Dad!
Pearl: Your timing couldn't be better.
Greg: Get in. Let's go!
Everyone boarded the van, with Steven in the front and the Gems in the back.
Greg: Sorry about the clutter in the back.
Steven: Dad, what's going on?
Greg: What I've gathered is some epidemic is sweeping this nation. It turns people into these weird zombies. They go around and just bite people. 12 seconds later, you're one of them.
Steven: I gathered that much. Where are we going?
Greg: There's an old apartment I used to live in, before I got kicked out. That's where we're headed.
Steven: We can't just camp out there forever.
Greg: I know. I got a friend in the UN. He has an evac coming for us first thing in the morning. They'll meet us on the roof of that apartment building. We just need to survive the night. We're stopping at the store first. We'll need supplies.
They stopped at a nearby pharmacy and picked up medicine, food, water and gasoline. They then drove out to the apartment building, and spent the night. The next morning they moved carefully through the deserted halls.
Steven: You sure they'll be there?
Garnet: They'll be there.
Amethyst: I hope.
They slowly crept through the halls and were suddenly ambushed by a swarm of infected.
Garnet: Go! I'll hold them off!
Steven: But, Garnet...
Garnet: I'll be right there!
Steven, Greg, and the Gems ran up the stairs while Garnet attacked the infected with her Gauntlets. She knocked one down, tripping up all the rest. She ran up to the roof to find the helicopter waiting for her. She ran and hopped on, with Steven and everyone else already boarded. They flew out to the Atlantic where a large carrier was waiting for them.