Yo guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while... Been really busy! So... I hope u like this chapter! Btw... The video thing, Arianne wrote it cuz it was my birthday on the 11th September lol... So don't ask!
Anyways... Enjoy! And remember to review!
Shannon x =)
Columbus was clearing through the boxes in his room, at his parents' house.
That's where the unruley zombie-killing family ended up, because Arianne and Shannon wanted to see their old house.
He came across video tapes in envelopes, one labelled "Shannon's Birthday", another labelled "Mad House", and a last one named "Random moments."
He went down the stairs to where everyone else was and of course, Shannon and Arianne were on a raid.
He put the first video in the VCR as everyone else came in and sat down.
VIDEO!
(Shannon's Birthday...)
"Whoop it works!" Shannon appeared on the screen in a school uniform in what looked like a canteen, she had a badge on her saying 'Happy Birthday' she was at a table with boys and girls that looked like her friends.
She moved the camera so it had a view of everything and everyone including her.
"Even sits on the mini tri-pod! Thanks! EPIC PRESENT GUYS!" she exclaimed giving everyone hugs.
Suddenly Arianne appeared with some other people the same age as the older sister, they were carrying a big present, hidden behind them so Shannon couldn't see, and she had a little square cake in her hands with a candle in it.
Arianne sat down next to Shannon as did some of the people with her and she gave her little sister a kiss on the cheek, setting the little cake in front of the younger sibling.
"Happy birthday Darlin'." Arianne said to Shannon who was grinning so wide.
"Anyone looking?" She asked looking at the people sitting next to her.
"All clear." One of them said, looking about.
Arianne took out her lucky lighter and quickly and lit the candle and put the lighter away still making sure she hadn't got caught.
"Quick make a wish before the smoke alarm goes off." Arianne said with her arm around Shannon.
Shannon laughed and blew out the candles.
Everyone was cheering.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were on senior lunch, not junior?" Shannon asked looking up at her sister.
"You're just jealous you don't get the awesome upper 6th tie and cardigan." Arianne said jokingly.
Shannon rolled her eyes.
"Me... I had a free period and this means I eat lunch with you guys and then when everyone is having senior lunch we get to help the next music class." Arianne said ruffling Shannon's hair.
"We have music next!" Shannon said excited.
"Hence why we are helping out, anyway here's your present," Arianne said signalling for her friends to give it to Shannon, they did, Shannon opened it to find a Guitar.
(A/N SHANNON I FORGOT WHAT TYPE YOUR GUITAR IT'S A LEZ PAUL? Lol (Arianne)...)
She gasped.
"I was hoping you would like it, I saw it and was like-" Arianne broke off when Shannon gave her a bone crushing hug.
Arianne smiled and hugged her little sister tighter and set her chin on Shannon's head.
"Thank you." Shannon mumbled in her sister's top.
"Come on you can play it in the music block." Arianne said dragging Shannon off, someone took the camera and everyone followed.
"Miss G can we use one of the rooms?" Arianne asked the teacher.
"Yeah sure and happy birthday Shannon." The teacher said.
They went into the music room.
"Thank you!" Shannon said as she was dragged into a music room.
Arianne and someone else set up amplifiers for Shannon as they went into the room.
Shannon started playing Chasing Cars, then Just Say Yes (Snow Patrol) everyone was jumping about, dancing and singing along.
Arianne was doing air guitar with a tennis racket from someone's PE bag back-to-back with Shannon who was playing guitar they were both full on singing, then the camera came right up in their faces, and they both used their hands to block it.
OVER
Everyone looked at Arianne and Shannon and Shannon went red and slid down a bit and Arianne laughed and put her arm around her.
"Fun day." She said, ruffling Shannon's hair.
"Yeahh." Shannon mumbled.
Columbus then put in the next video. "Mad House."
VIDEO!
Shannon was about 10 and was holding the camera and following after Columbus who was 17, and an older woman who looked like their mother, and she was holding a 3 year old Brooke.
"Where's Arianne, Zack?" Shannon asked, tugging on Columbus' hand.
"I dunno Shanzy... We'll find her in this dump sooner or later." Columbus replied.
"Shannon... Why are you recording this?" Their mother asked.
"'Cause, I'm never letting Arianne live this down." Shannon giggled.
Their mother hissed and shook her head.
Then, you could see a 17-year-old Arianne, she was in a room and was glaring at a doctor and was grumpy.
"There she is!" Shannon called.
Arianne must have heard, for she looked out the door and her face turned as bright as a button.
"Arianne!" Shannon called and the camera moved and the view was of Shannon running, so Shannon obviously gave the camera to her older brother.
Arianne smiled and kneeled down and Shannon ran into her arms.
"Shannon." Arianne sighed and closed her eyes and started stroking her little sister's hair.
Their mother went into a seperate room and spoke with the doctor.
Arianne sat down a chair and sat Shannon on her lap. She continued to stroke her hair.
Columbus then walked in and sat on another seat and kept filming.
"We've missed you sis." Columbus said from behind the camera.
"Yeah... Six months in this hell hole is... horrendous." She shuddered.
Shannon set her head on her big sister's chest and wrapped her arms around her again.
"It's all my fault that you're in here." She mumbled into Arianne's shirt.
"Hey. Shannon... Put it this way. No one touches my little sister and gets away with it. That a-hole had it coming." She said, looking Shannon in the eyes.
"I don't see why you should be in here..." Shannon mumbled.
"The jury or judge just aren't smart." Columbus said.
"I know. It's not my fault that I was protecting Shannon. She's only ten! She can't defend for herself!" Arianne exclaimed.
"Bastards." Columbus muttered.
"I'm still here." Shannon said sleepily. "When are you getting out?" She then asked.
Arianne opened her mouth but then snapped it closed again when the doctor and their mother walked in. She wrapped her arms around Shannon and glared at the two again.
"Well... She's been doing well... She'll get out tonight, I can see nothing has been wrong with her." The doctor spoke up.
"Thank you doctor." The mother said and set Brooke down on her two feet.
"Awiiii!" Brooke yelled and ran, off-balance towards Arianne.
Just before she fell, Arianne reached out and grabbed her arm and she slid in a circle and landed on her butt.
She stared at her feet and then started giggling non-stop.
Arianne looked at her 3-year-old sister and smiled and let go of her arm.
"Hey Cookie." She chuckled.
"Hi!" Brooke laughed.
"You miss me?" Arianne pouted.
"Yeth!" Brooke said, trying to say 'yes.'
Arianne laughed and set Shannon down and lifted Brooke and kissed the top of her head and hugged her.
Shannon ran over to her older brother and latched onto his leg.
Columbus reached out and ruffled her hair and kept his hand on her head.
All of a sudden, you heard high-heeled shoes, clap against the tile floor and the screen went black.
OVER
Everyone stared at the TV screen and then Little Rock was the first to speak up.
"What were ya in for?" She chuckled.
"Something..." Arianne said, hesitating.
Shannon set her head on Arianne's shoulders and Columbus got up and put the last video in the VCR, labelled "Random Moments."
VIDEO!
There were tons of people in the house and Arianne then came onto the screen and yelled. 19-years-old may I add... And Shannon was 12.
"PAAAARRRRTTAAAAAAAAAYYYY!" She yelled.
Everyone else in the room cheered and yelled and then the camera was lifted.
Music was being played and it turned to find Shannon jamming out on her guitar.
"We got everybody singin'!" She sang loudly.
"Whoa! Who-oa! Whoa! Who-oa!" Everyone yelled.
She nodded and started playing again and head banging.
The camera was turned off, then it came back on again and Arianne was on the table, break-dancing and completely drunk off her head.
She fell off the table and the whole room went silent, then she jumped back up and screamed.
"I'm okay!" She smiled.
Everybody laughed and the camera turned to Shannon who was sitting on an amp, bored out of her mind.
Someone then walked over to her and handed her a tin of beer.
Her eyes were wide and she lifted the beer up and and stared at it.
All the noise fell silent again and someone cleared their throat.
"Shannon. Get over here!" Arianne called angrily.
Shannon ducked her head, preparing herself to be yelled at.
She walked up to her older sister and Arianne stared at her.
"Hand me the beer." She said, holding her hand out.
Shannon hesitantly put the can in her older sister's hand and looked up at her.
"You don't drink beer... WE'RE DOING SHOTS!" Arianne yelled.
Shannon dropped her jaw as Arianne handed her a shot glass.
"A-Are you... Sure?" Shannon asked.
"Yeah! Why not! You're twelve, I mean... Go ahead!" Arianne replied.
She poured two shots and the room slowly started to fill with...
"Chug. Chug. Chug. CHUG. CHUG. CHUG!"
Shannon looked at everyone and put the glass to her mouth and downed it quickly without choking.
"YYEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Everyone cheered and Shannon started hiccuping and laughing.
"You did it!" Arianne said, putting her arm around her little sister.
"Heh heh... Yeah!" Shannon smiled.
The camera went off again and then when it went back on, it was just Arianne sleeping and Shannon was tip-toeing over to her bed with a can in her hands.
She turned to the camera and put her finger up to her lips.
"Shhh Brookie." Shannon whispered.
So, Brooke was holding the camera.
Shannon crept up to Arianne's bed and squirted whipped cream in Arianne's hand.
She then blew in her face and Arianne smacked herself in the face and whipped cream went all over the side of her face.
She jumped awake and questioned herself. "Did I just bitch slap myself?"
Shannon giggled and Arianne looked at her.
"Shannon..." She sighed.
She then wiped her finger down the side of her face and examined the goo.
"This better, be whipped cream." She growled. (A/N... If you have a sick mind... You'd know what I mean Lol)
Shannon put her thumb up to her mouth and started biting her nails.
Arianne licked the goo on her finger and relief washed over her.
"Oh thank God... It's just dessert." She sighed.
"Hey... Wait a minute. Why am I sitting here? You just put whipped cream on me!" Arianne said, jumping off the bed and started to run at Shannon.
Shannon screamed and ran away, taking the camera off Brooke on her way. Arianne chased after her and the camera was going in every direction and shape.
All of a sudden, Shannon was running up stairs and Arianne must have grabbed onto her leg, for she fell and was being trailed down them.
"NO! ARIANNE PLEASE! NOO!" She screamed and held onto the banister for dear life.
"GET DOWN HERE YOU LITTLE BITCH!" Arianne shouted, still pulling on Shannon's leg.
"NO! GET OFF ME!" Shannon yelled.
"I'LL GET OFF YOU IF-" Before Arianne finished, Brooke was standing behind them, staring wide eyed at them.
"W-What are you do-doing?" She asked.
"Brookie... Go back into the livingroom and watch TV... And turn it up... REALLY loud." Arianne said sweetly.
"Umm... Okay!" Brooke agreed and ran into the livingroom again.
Arianne and Shannon looked at each other and Shannon whimpered and kicked Arianne in the face and jumped over her while she was covering her face.
"OOWWW! SHANNON!" Arianne shouted.
Shannon ran into the livingroom and was cornered. She didn't have anywhere to go.
"Shh...ugar." She muttered.
Arianne then trudged into the room narrowing her eyes.
Brooke got the camera and put it on the two.
"You're. Dead." Arianne growled.
"Umm." Shannon stopped.
Arianne walked right up to her and glared down at Shannon and they both put their hands around each ones neck and started strangling.
"S-top... It!" Shannon choked.
"Y-You s-stop!" Arianne gurgled.
They both looked at the camera with wide eyes and then tried to kill each other again and they both fell to the floor.
OVER...
All eyes were on Shannon and Arianne and they were both smiling.
"You tried to kill each other?" Wichita asked.
"Tsch... Yeah. About that." Shannon said awkwardly, scratching the back of her neck.
"Is it a surprise to you?" Boise laughed.
Everyone was deep in thought and they all agreed.
"True, true." Tallahassee nodded.
"Are they THAT bad?" Idaho asked.
Everyone stared at them and all burst into laughter.
"Uh, yeah!" Little Rock laughed.
"I'm not saying anything." Columbus smirked.
"So... You drink Shannon?" Boise asked in disbelief.
"Wha- NO!" Shannon exclaimed. "That was one time!"
"Yeah... Right." Arianne muttered.
Shannon slapped her round the face without taking her eyes off Boise and smiled politely at her.
Arianne had her jaw dropped and furrowed eyebrows and stared at Shannon.
She pulled her little sister back onto her lap and started tickling her.
"N-N! No! Arianne! STOP! I-I-I c-can't b...reathe!" Shannon gasped thorugh fits of laughter.
"Say you're sorry!" Arianne taunted.
Shannon shook her head.
"Okay then. You're asking for it!" Arianne said in a sing-song voice and tickled her even more.
"NO NO NO!" Shannon yelled and rolled off the sofa and onto the floor... Onto Little Rock's legs.
"Wow!" Little Rock exclaimed.
"I'm so sorry Little Rock!" Shannon apologised.
"It's okay." She chuckled in reply. "But, um... Ards."
"Yeah?"
"I can't feel my legs."
"Crap."
Shannon crawled off her and she stretched. Arianne then looked at Shannon's ankle and saw a mark of some sort.
"Shannon..." Arianne said in a concerned tone.
"What's up?" Shannon asked, sitting up against the sofa.
Arianne got off the sofa and kneeled down infront of her younger sister. She slightly pulled up Shannon's trouser leg and gawked at what she thought was a bite mark.
"Upstairs. Now." Arianne said in a harsh tone.
Shannon looked at Boise with pleading eyes and Boise opened her mouth to say something.
"Uh, Bangor... Shouldn't she stay downstairs with all the fun?" She asked.
"Boise... Not, now." Arianne growled. "Shannon. Go. Now." She threatened.
Shannon looked at everyone else in the room and got up.
Arianne watched her as she trudged up the stairs. Then she followed after her.
Wichita furrowed her eyebrows and looked at Boise.
As soon as Arianne dissappeared up the stairs, everyone burst into trivia.
"Boise, what's wrong?" Wichita asked.
"What happened?" Little Rock asked.
"Come on Punk Angel! Hurry up and tell us woman!" Tallahassee said in his southern accent.
"Okay. Okay! Quiet down would ya? They'll hear us!" Boise said quietly.
The room fell silent and all eyes were on Boise.
"Okay... Girls. Remember when Ards was on the roof of the car, killing off the zombies?" Boise asked.
"Yeah! And I killed the zombie that was on her... ankle... Oh my gosh, is she bit?" Little Rock screeched.
"She nearly was." Boise said quietly again. "Lucky you were there when you were Little Rock, or she would've been."
"So, what's up then. Is that why she ran off with you a few days ago?" Tallahassee asked.
Boise nodded in reply. "She broke down guys. She didn't know if it was real or not."
"Sooo? What?" Wichita asked.
"It was just a mark. But I didn't wanna say anything to Bangor incase she got even more frustrated." Boise said in despair.
Everyone nodded and went silent to see if they could hear Arianne and Shannon's conversation.
Shannon was sitting in her bedroom on her bed and watching Arianne pace back and forth infront of her.
"Right. Please Shannon. Don't tell me, that is what I think it is." Arianne said, stopping and staring down at her little sister.
"It depends on what you think it is..." Shannon mumbled.
Arianne's eyes turned the smallest bit bloodshot.
"Shannon, please, tell me the truth. I don't want to hurt you." Arianne pleaded.
Shannon looked at her big sister in the eye and bowed her head again.
"It's..." She started.
"A zombie bite." Arianne finished.
"Not, entirely..." Shannon muttered.
"What do you mean?"
"It's just a mark... The zombie didn't actually bite me."
Arianne bent over to look Shannon in the eye.
"Are you... Are you sure?" She asked.
"I-I... I think so." Shannon whispered.
"You think." Arianne nodded and looked away.
"Arianne-"
"No Shannon. How did it happen?"
"Well... When you were unconcious in the Hummer with the guys... Boise was driving and she lost the guys and a horde crowded round us... I stood on the top of the car to hold them off-"
"You, what?" Arianne growled.
"To hold them off." Shannon whined.
"And a zombie sunk it's teeth into you." Arianne predicted.
"NO! JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME FINSIH!" Shannon shouted.
Arianne locked her jaw and her eyes went a little redder and she stayed quiet.
"I was standing on the top of the car and the zombies were crowding round it like crazy, and there was one loose zombie and it got a hold on my leg and its teeth just touched my ankle. It didn't fully bite me like a friggen' chicken leg! Little Rock killed it before it bit me." Shannon explained, nearly on the verge of tears.
Arianne stared at her. "So, you were showing off again."
Shannon started grinding her teeth and she shook her head slowly.
"No." She said calmly. "I wasn't showing off. I was protecting the people I care about."
Arianne cocked her head just the slightest.
"So, you're not bit?"
"I don't think so." Shannon stated again.
"Well then how do you know for sure?" Arianne yelled.
Shannon narrowed her eyes and got up and headed for the door.
"Where do think you're going?" Arianne growled.
"I'm getting Boise." Shannon growled and continued to the stairs.
She walked down them and all the whispering stopped as she hit the bottom of the stairs.
"Boise. Can we talk to you for a minute?" Shannon asked quietly, holding back the tears that threatened to spill over.
"Sure." Boise said softly and got up and headed towards the stairs.
"You alright?" She whispered to Shannon as they headed up the stairs.
Shannon sighed and shook her head and jogged the rest of the way up the stairs.
Boise watched after her and followed suit.
She followed Shannon into her Paramore and Avril Lavigne covered bedroom.
She smiled to herself and went and stood beside Arianne.
"Boise..." Arianne started.
"Bangor..." Boise copied.
"Is Shannon bit or not?" Arianne asked, still looking at the floor.
"Well..." Boise sighed. "When I took a look at it, it seemed fine. Just a mark, nothing major."
Arianne looked up at her. "Are you sure about that?"
Boise looked down at Shannon who was curled into a ball on the bed and back at Arianne who was staring at her intently.
"Definitely. There was no blood coming out of it and there was no holes either." Boise answered.
Arianne turned her head to look at Shannon and then back up at Boise.
"Thanks." She said with meaning.
"No problem." Boise smiled.
"You-... You can go downstairs if you want." Shannon said into her knees.
"Umm... Are you-... Well... If you want me to, I don't mind." Boise struggled.
"Yeah, go on down. We'll see you down there." Arianne said, a little more calm.
"'Kay." Boise replied and walked down the stairs.
When she closed the door behind her, Arianne turned to look at Shannon and sighed.
"Shannon..." She sighed, walking over to Shannon.
Shannon flinched and turned her head to look at the wall.
"All I wanna' know is... Why-... Why didn't you tell me?" Arianne asked softly, sitting down on the bed infront of her little sibling.
Shannon moved her eyes to look at her older sister who was smiling softly at her instead.
"I didn't want to make you worried or upset or anything..." Shannon mumbled.
"Shannon. Don't worry about me! Just please, tell me if anything goes wrong or happens to you." Arianne said, moving to sit right beside her.
Shannon nodded while staring at the floor.
Arianne closed her eyes for a minute and then wrapped her arms around Shannon.
"You know I love you, don't you?" She whispered.
Shannon nodded.
"Well, why are you being so awkward all of a sudden?" Arianne whispered again.
Shannon shrugged.
"Seriously. What's wrong?" Arianne then said seriously.
"It's nothing." Shannon muttered.
"It's something." Arianne corrected.
"This is constant." Shannon blurted out. "It's never gonna stop."
Arianne furrowed her eyebrows and pulled away from the hug and sighed. She moved to sit infront of Shannon again and lifted her little sister's chin so she could look her in the eyes.
"I promise you Shannon. I'll try and make it stop. It's just because... This whole anger thing is new to me, and I swear, if I EVER do anything to you... I'm-" She couldn't finish before Shannon put her hands on her shoulders and pushed her down on the bed.
Arianne lay there and stared up at her little sister who had her pinned to the bed.
Shannon stared down at Arianne and looked into each of her eyes and gave a small smile.
Arianne smiled softly up at her too.
"Forgive me?" She whispered.
Shannon nodded and and collapsed onto the bed beside Arianne.
Arianne turned on her side to look at her little sister.
"Shannon? What are you doing?" She asked, panicking.
"Shut up and let me sleep." Shannon grumbled.
Arianne smirked and got off the bed.
She pulled the covers over Shannon and kissed the top of her head.
She walked up and turned the light off and walked downstairs.
When she got there, she went in and sat down on the sofa beside Little Rock.
"Soo..." She said. "What's up?"
"The sky... Nah, I'm gonna' hit the sack." Boise chuckled.
"Me too. Come on sis." Wichita said, taking Little Rock's hand.
Everyone headed to a room to sleep in.
Scotty and Tallahassee stayed in the living room and Arianne and Brooke stayed in Brooke's room. Little Rock and Wichita stayed in Arianne's room, Columbus stayed in his room and Boise and Idaho stayed in the parents' room.
The next morning, Shannon was up first.
She stretched and scrunched her nose up in disgust at the smell of her clothes.
She checked the water and luckily it was still warm. So she got a nice hot shower and found some other clothes from her room.
She got out black and grey super skinny jeans, a white vest and a black and red checked shirt over the vest. And, to top it all off, black military boots.
She got out some bags and packed all of her converse - boots and shoes - and some other clothes to pass the time.
Shannon then thought about setting clothes out for everyone else and shrugged and went to do so.
She went to Brooke's room and got out some pink leggings and a long purple checked shirt for Brooke, plus some white shoes.
Next, she went to Arianne's room, and she got out a pair of blue skinny jeans and a red and white top for Arianne and a pair of black converse and set them out in Brooke's bedroom.
Then she went back into her room and got out a green and black striped top and some black skinny jeans and a pair of purple converse for Little Rock and set them out in Arianne's room and poked around in Arianne's closet to get something for Wichita to wear.
She got out a long, light, black top and grey skinny jeans, and got out some long black boots and for Boise, she got a pair of red converse, baggy blure jeans with some chains around them and a baggy black 'Greenday' top.
For Columbus, she got out a simple yellow hoodie and blue jeans and some shoes.
For Idaho, she got a pair of blue jeans and a white and blue striped top and a black jacket and grabbed some white shoes..
She then looked in her old dad's closet for Tallahassee. She found an army printed top and some stained blue jeans anf for shoes, she got out black ones.
Then for Scotty, she got a black top with an orange symbol on the side and some dark blue jeans and some trainer shoes. (A/N sneakers lol)
She then looked around in the fridge for edible food to make for her breakfast and found a bottle of orange juice, jam, butter and bread. How lucky!
She made herself some toast and had a glass of orange juice and went back upstairs and pulled down the ladders that lead to the attic and climbed up, and then, unclipped some roof and climbed through a hole.
It was from when she was younger, Columbus used to take her up on the roof to tell her about the moon and stars.
But she climbed up this time with a Sniper Rifle to check for any wandering corpses.
She caught out a few, but, apart from that... Nothing.
She just sat on the roof and looked aroundat the town she used to live in. It used to look so friendly and homely... Then after the freakin' apocolypse, it looks like people killed themselves there. All the houses were burnt down, there was blood and guts EVERYWHERE. And it looked like Hell on Earth. Apart from Satin and all the fire but you get me.
When the others woke up, they saw the clothes sitting out for them.
Wichita looked at her little sister and furrowed her eyebrows. "Did you do that?" She asked, pointing to the clothes.
Little Rock shook her head slowly an shrugged.
"No. But whoever did it has a good sense of style." She said happily and grabbed her clothes and ran to the bathroom first.
Arianne was awaken by Scamp and Hayley jumping on her and licking her face.
She sighed, still with her eyes closed and groaned.
When she opened her eyes, she widened them and shut her mouth.
"Eww! Scamp! Hayley! Bad dogs!" She exclaimed and wiped her face with her hands.
But the two puppies started barking and playing with each other.
Arianne shuddered and looekd at the clothes set out for her. She raised her eyebrows and shook her head.
The same with Tallahassee, Columbus, Scotty, Idaho and Boise.
Everyone had their showers and got dressed. All looking pretty well in the clothes Shannon set out for them.
They all sat down and had some breakfast and Wichita was the first to speak up.
"Bangor... Where's your sister?" She asked.
Arianne raised an eyebrow. "I have no idea."
Columbus then shifted in his seat. "I think I have a hunch." He spoke up.
"Where is she?" Idaho asked.
"I'll go get her." Columbus smiled.
He went up the stairs again and got out the ladders to the attic, then he unclipped the piece of roof.
He poked his head up to see Shannon looking at him.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Hiya." Columbus replied and climbed through the hole.
"What are you doing up here?" The big brother asked.
Shannon shrugged in return. "I thought it would bring back good memories... Apparently not." She said.
Columbus sat down and put his arm around Shannon and pulled her close to his side.
"Remember the Big Dipper?" He asked her smiling.
Shannon looked back at him and gave a wide smile. "And Vega. That's my favourite."
"Now look at it." Shannon then frowned. "It's all ruined because of stupid Hell."
Columbus looked down at her and a frown tugged at the corners of his lips.
"Everything will be alright." He reassured his little sister.
"I doubt it. This place is Hell on Earth. We're probably the only people left in the world that are actually alive and anywhere we go we have to kill people! When we die, we'll go to Hell as well for killing people! Zack, promise me, if I turn into a zombie, that you're the one that kills me. Not Arianne, Tallahassee... Anybody. You." Shannon quizzed her brother.
Columbus raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth to say something but Shannon shook her head. "No. Just you. Okay?"
Columbus snapped his mouth shut and just nodded with a pained look on his face.
"It's time to stop being a wuss Zack." The little sibling spoke.
She pulled up the leg of her jeans and showed the faded ring around her ankle.
Columbus furrowed his eyebrows and shook his head. "D-D-Did you get bit? !" He shrieked.
Shannon shook her head. "No. I nearly did." She explained.
Columbus calmed down a bit. "Are you okay? How did it happen? Was everyone else okay? Did-" Shannon covered her older mouth with her hand.
"Zack... Shut. Up." She said chuckling a bit. "You always were a high-strung wuss." She laughed.
Columbus shrugged and gave in. "Yeah. And you and Arianne were always the fiesty, fun, protective bitches." He admitted.
"Why thank you bro!" Shannon laughed.
Columbus laughed. First time in a long time.
"Nice to see you laugh again." Shannon teased him.
"Yeah. Oh, hey. Do you know who set out the clothes for everyone?" The older sibling wondered aloud.
"Yeah, I do actually... Me." Shannon chuckled.
"Nice!" Columbus exclaimed high-fiving his younger sister.
"Everyone's impressed and trying to figure out who it was." Columbus then said.
"Of course they're impressed. It's me for cryin' out loud!" Shannon laughed.
"Oh zip it. Come on, everybody's wondering where you are. Let's go." Her big brother said, helping her up and both jumping through the hole in the roof.
Columbus clipped the piece of roof back up again and they climbed down the ladders and jogged down the stairs after one another.
"Hey sis." Arianne called from the sofa in the living room.
"Hey." Shannon smiled.
"Oh, I was talking to Columbus." Arianne corrected.
Columbus stopped in mid-step and a glare over-took his face.
"Hey man." He said in reply.
Arianne shot a glare at him and got up off the sofa and ran at him.
Columbus grabbed her around her waist and Arianen screamed and put him in a head-lock.
They both brought each other to the floor and were wrestling together.
"No, no no no NO!" Arianne yelled when her twin brother pinned her to the floor by the shoulders.
Shannon looked down at them and just as she was about to walk over to Boise, Arianne grabbed her foot and she fell on her face.
"Shannon! H-Help!" Arianne said through a fit of giggles.
Shannon was then dragged into the fight and her older brother started tickling her.
"N-n-n-NO!" Shannon studdered, laughing.
Arianne rolled out of the ball and fixed her shirt and tried to pull her brother off her little sister.
"Alright bro! Get off her!" She said, pulling Columbus off Shannon.
"Go to your girlfriend and tickle her. I'm sure she'll enjoy it." Arianne smirked and helped Shannon up.
Little Rock gave a disgusted scoff. "Gross man."
Idaho laughed and ran up to Arianne and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her.
Shannon smiled and walked over and sat Boise and put her head on her shoulder.
Boise smiled and put her arm tightly around Shannon's shoulders.
"Wassup kiddo?" She said smiling.
"Nothin'. Do you like your choice of clothes?" Shannon replied.
Boise chuckled. "So it was you. Yeah! You know me too well!" She exclaimed, ruffling her hair.
Shannon gave a cheesey grin and patted Boise's head.
"I'm so bored." Little Rock complained.
Wichita rolled her eyes. "We know! We ALL are!"
"Can we go find an Xbox or something? And get Modern Warefare 2? !" Little Rock begged.
"Oh my gosh! YES!" Shannon exclaimed.
"Yeah, why not?" Arianne shrugged.
"Sweet!" Little Rock exclaimed.
"Scamp! Hayley!" Shannon called.
The two pups ran into the living room and jumped up onto the sofa and nestled in beside Shannon.
Shannon stroked them both and then spoke up.
"So... Where are we going after... Home?" She asked.
"Wherever you want. We've al chosen places we wanted to go to. It's your turn." Tallahassee said.
Shannon went deep into thought. "Um... Sis? Can we go to your house?"
She looked up at Arianne and the older sister gave her a soft smile.
"Sure. You miss the fun over there?" Arianne chuckled.
Shannon got up off the sofa and ran to her big sister.
She landed in a hug and took Arianne by surprise.
Arianne smiled and swung her little sister from side-to-side.
Tallahassee walked out into the hall and Boise followed after him.
"Hi." She said smiling at him.
"Hey baby doll." Tallahassee smirked. "It's time to pick up from where we started."
Boise raised her eyebrows and nodded. "Sure is."
They then started making out then and went up to the bedroom.
An hour later, they came back down and Boise bit her tongue and winked at him and ran back into the girls.
Tallahassee sighed and smiled and Shannon came jogging down the stairs.
"Hey Tal." She said happily.
"Hey kid. Can you, um, do me a favour?" He asked awkwardly.
"Yeah... Sure. What's up?" She asked.
"Well... I wanna' get Boise a present, and I know you wouldn't tell anyone a secret, right?" He said.
Shannon nodded in return.
"Well, there was a jewellers about a mile back. I know you're really young, but if I ask Wichita er Little Rock, they'll tell everyone with those big mouthes o' theirs, and I know you're one of the best alert teenages zombie killers ever. Would you be able to go to the jewellers and get a pretty locket? You can choose since you're a girl." He asked.
Shannon opened her mouth to say something but instead, just nodded. "Yeah, okay."
"Thanks kiddo." Tallahassee said, ruffling her hair. "Better get goin' now. Go on. I'll stall for as long as I can. Thanks again Ards." He then said.
Shannon nodded and smiled and picked up her fully loaded gun, two pistols and extra ammo and gently opened the door and walked out and started her journey.
Wait... Did she actually just do that?
Tallahassee watched her until she was out of sight and walked into the living room.
"Heyo." He said in a gruff voice.
"Hey Tallahassee... Where were you?" Columbus asked.
"Somewhere." Tallahassee shot back.
Wichita rolled her eyes.
"Are there any strays out there?" Idaho asked.
"Who gives a fuck? We can easily take them out." Scotty scoffed.
"Shut up dick lick." Tallahassee growled at him. "And nah. No zombies."
"Cool. So, what do you want to do?" Idaho then asked.
"Oh, I have a few ideas." Arianne winked and went over and sat on his lap.
"Hmm, really?" Idaho said and kissed her.
"Mmhm." Arianne mumbled.
Little Rock shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"So, where's Ards?" She asked.
Tallahassee raised his eyebrows. "I dunno'. I thought she was in the toilet."
Shannon stayed alert on her trip to the jewellers and about an hour, she got to it, with not that many zombies troubling her.
She looked around the store for a nice locket.
She scanned across the 24 karat gold stall and found a gorgeous locket with a diamond heart.
She smiled. "Perfect."
When she was about to walk out, she noticed a lot more rings and necklaces and thought. "May as well get one for Wichita and Arianne too."
She found a white gold locket with a ruby charm on the end that was proced $40,000.00.
Shannon raised her eyebrows and looked for another necklace for Arianne.
She saw a sterling silver locket with a golden star on it.
The 13-year-old smiled and nodded her head.
"Okay. It's been an hour! Where is she? !" Arianne said, nearly having a panic attack.
Tallahassee dug his hands in his pockets and started to feel really guilty.
"Uh, Bangor... I know where she is." He spoke up.
Arianne stopped her pacing and stared at Tallahassee.
"Well?" She asked, getting impatient.
"I sent her on an errand to getme something." He replied, looking down.
"WHAT? ! ? ! ? ! WHERE THE HELL IS SHE TALLAHASSEE? ! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING? SHE COULD GET-" She stopped shouting when she realized what she was about to say.
"Why?" She then asked calmly.
Tallahassee sighed and took her by the arm and brought her into the hall.
"Look. I wanted to get Boise a present, and obviously I couldn't go, 'cause you's woulda' suspected somethin' and I don't trust anyone else to ont tell her." He explained.
"Okay... So. You get my sister. My 13-YEAR-OLD SISTER to go God-knows-how-many-miles away!" Arianne replied.
"I'm sorry Bangor... I really am. I shoulda' thought twice b'fore I asked her to go." Tallahassee replied.
Arianne locked her jaw and nodded once and walked into the living room and sat down in a corner and pulled her knees up to her chest and started sniffling.
Tallahassee trudged back in and Wichita stormed up to him.
"See what you've done to her. You better hope and pray that Ards is okay. Because if she isn't, her sister will kill you. I sure know I'd do that if it happened to my sister." She growled into his ear.
Tallahassee sighed and nodded. "I know. I know."
About another hour later, Wichita, Little Rock, Idaho and Columbus were yelling at Tallahassee. Arianne was now sitting, curled up on the sofa.
Boise was watching inbetween everyone, and Scotty was just being Scotty.
Shannon then quietly opened the front door and walked in, and heard all the screaming and yelling and furrowed her eyebrows and shoved the three little black boxes into the pockets of her coat.
She walked into the living room with a curious face.
"Guys?" She called.
Everyone shot their heads towards her, and Arianne jumped off the sofa and ran to her.
"Oh my God. Shannon! Are you okay?" She asked, frightened. She searched Shannon's body for any marks and then pulled her so close the little sister couldn't breathe.
"I'm... Peachy." Shannon wheezed.
Arianne spun her body round to Tallahassee and furrowed her eyebrows.
"You're so lucky Tallahassee." She growled.
Tallahassee nodded and smiled and walked over to the two sister's and wrapped his big arms around the both of them.
"Guys... Can't... Breathe!" Shannon breathed.
"Oh!" Arianne and Tallahassee exclaimed in unison and released the young girl.
"Thanks." Shannon coughed.
"What were you doing?" Boise asked from a chair.
"Oh... Um..." Shannon looked at Tallahassee. "Just, getting something for Tallahassee..." She explained.
"Oh, cool, what d'ya get for him." Boise asked in return.
"A couple boxes of Smarties..." Shannon said quickly without thinking.
"What?" Boise laughed.
"Chocolate that I found in a store... Which reminds me... I could use some Toxic Waste. Sissy where's our stash?" Shannon asked, covering up.
Arianne smriked and directed her little sister to the hall and Shannon ran out and Tallahassee followed after her.
"Did you get it?" He whispered.
"Yeah. I hope you like it... I got one for Wichita and my sister as well. Here." Shannon said, handing him the black box that had 'Boise' on a small label on the top of it.
Tallahassee opened it to find the 24 karat gold locket with the diamond heart and he grinned like a mad man.
"Ards! It's perfect! Thank you!" He exclaimed and hugged her.
"Sure sure." Shannon chuckled. "Can you send my brother and Idaho out here please?" She then asked.
Tallahassee nodded and walked into the living room and told Columbus and Idaho to go to Shannon.
"Hey, what's up?" Idaho asked her smiling.
"Hey, I um, I got you guys something... To give to your gals." Shannon said quickly.
The two boys furrowed their eyebrows and Shannon handed them the two labelled boxes.
Idaho opened his and found the sterling silver locket with the golden star and he raised his eyebrows.
"Are you serious? Is this REAL gold and silver?" He asked.
Shannon nodded in reply and looked to her brother to see his expression.
Columbus opened his box to find the white gold locket with the ruby charm.
He widened his eyes and his jaw dropped.
"Shannon! What the fuck? !" He exclaimed.
Shannon glared at him and put her hand over his mouth.
"It's for Wichita. Give it to her as a surprise. And Idaho... Yours is for my sister. Give it to her when you're ready." Shannon said quietly.
The two boys nodded and the three walked back into the living room with everyone else.
"Did you get your Toxic Waste?" Arianne asked chuckling.
Shannon nodded and took two tubs of the overly sour sweets and popped on open.
She took out out a green apple one and started to suck on it.
"You guys want one?" She asked.
"Yeah!" Little Rock and Arianne exclaimed and ran over to her.
Little Rock took a blueberry one and Arianne took a black cherry one.
The two girls stuffed the sweets into their mouths and almost instantly, their faces screwed up.
They both spat the sweets into their hands.
"What the hell is that? !" Little Rock screeched.
"Candy from Northern Ireland." Shannon smiled while popping a black cherry one and a watermelon one into her mouth.
"They're sour as fuck! How the hell do you eat three of them in one go? !" Arianne exclaimed.
Shannon laughed and shrugged. "I just can. They're not that bad." She said, laid back.
"Well guys... We prob'ly gotta get goin' so grab everything ya need and let's go." Tallahassee butted in.
Shannon looked to her older sister.
"Onward... To Delaware, Ohio." Arianne spoke up.
Everyone sighed and trudged around to find everything hey needed.
The girls ran to the bathroom and stuff while the guys ran to the kitchen.
Shannon ran into her room and dug through her drawers to find something.
She found a picture of her, Columbus, Brooke and Arianne and smiled to herself and put it in her pocket.
Arianne ran to her room and dug through her drawers to find something as well.
She found a poem that Shannon wrote a long while ago when she was in school.
It read:
Sometime ago, when I was born,
I had a sister and a brother,
Who sure weren't forlorn.
I was named Shannon,
I wonder why?
Was it 'cause my parents
Needed to get by?
I love my big brother,
His name is Zack,
Too bad he's not like most boys,
And doesn't have a six pack.
Then there's Arianne,
She's my big sister,
She take's care of me,
Like I'm an irritating blister.
And my little sister Brooke,
She's really quite cute,
She ALWAYS sleeps, which is good,
And when she's not, she ALWAYS wants food.
I love my brother and sister's and I hate my parents,
They didn't care about me or my siblings, and still don't,
What would you do if you had no mum or dad to look up to?
I only have my sister and brother, who are only in high school,
Arianne, Me and Brooke are in Northern Ireland,
And Zack is in Austin, Texas.
To my big, protective brother,
My little, monstrous sister,
And my big, amazing sister…
I love you all, and never change…
Love, your little and big sister, Shanzy.
Xoxo =)
Arianne smiled and a few tears stung the backs of her eyes.
'Shannon needs more love and protection…' She thought to herself.
"Bangor?" Her thoughts were interrupted by Little Rock calling for her.
"Shit!" Arianne hissed and folded the poem and stuck it in her pocket.
"Hey." Little Rock said, running into the room.
"Hi Rocky." Arianne said, looking at her hands.
"You nearly done? We're all ready to get going." Little Rock said, full of energy as always.
Arianne looked over at her window and saw everyone packing their bags and things into the yellow and black Hummers.
"Yeah." She said quietly.
She didn't even hear Little Rock walk up to her.
"Are you alright?" She asked.
Arianne blinked and shook her head.
"What?" She asked.
"Are you okay?" Little Rock asked again.
Arianne gave her an assuring smile and gave a small nod.
Little Rock looked at her suspiciously.
"You sure?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Arianne nodded.
"Okay." Little Rock sighed. "Well… We're all downstairs waiting."
"'Kay. I'll be down in a minute." Arianne ruffled her hair.
Little Rock smiled at her and went back downstairs.
Arianne looked out the window again and sighed, and got all of her belongings and bags and all and struggled downstairs.
"Oh, here. Let me help you with that." Idaho offered.
"Thanks." Arianne smiled at him.
Everyone got their things into the Hummers and got ready.
"I'll drive." Arianne said and jumped in the drivers seat of the black Hummer.
Shannon got in beside ehr big sister and Wichita, Little Rock and Boise got in the back.
And in the yellow Hummer, Columbus was driving, Tallahassee was in beside him, and Scotty, Idaho and Brooke were in the back seat.
Then, they were on their way to Delaware, Ohio.