Chapter 21: Introduction at Depression Land

Lincoln, Clyde, Lucy and Haiku followed the zombie now known as Will Shoehorn with the night still going. They went deeper into the woods with no time turning back on to civilization. The cold wind blew on to them making only the two boys shiver while the two girls were already familiar with the cold wind.

"Alright kids, here is a destination," said the zombie with a grin showing is decaying teeth and jaw.

The four kids look around seeing many tombstones and a bit of fog surrounding the area. This was the Royal Woods graveyard.

"W-Why are we here Will?" asked Clyde while trembling in fear.

"This is where I rest and many others like me, which I also happen to know this is the only entrance to the other world."

"This where the dead can walk among the living," Haiku clarified. "It's the only way to make them feel like they are still living."

"You'll be right there little one. This is where many of my own kind would like to get out just to experience living again. We think of it as reliving our life a bit and doing what we like or used to do the most."

"Woah, I can't believe that you guys want to relive your life," said Lincoln.

"Well it beats being just dead instead of the living dead."

"So have any other zombies come out of this resting place?" Lucy asked.

"Yes they have, but they won't hurt anybody unless they are super hungry."

"S-So, is there a way to enter to your world?" Lincoln asked, wanting to get this over with.

"Oh yeah, it'll only take a second."

Will walked while limping through many graves on his path. The kids follow the zombie, staring at many passing tombstones. Many of them show the passing of elders, young adults, and young child, with many time periods they used to be alive, and many photos of them showing each individual smiling to show their happy lives they once had. Lincoln felt a bit sadden to see many died as he knows he might live longer than anyone has in the graves and currently living.

"Here we are!"

The four look to witness a large tombstone with Will's picture in the tombstone.

"Don't mind my living looks; I was just an average guy. Now to enter the monster world, you all must enter my grave."

Will then light tap his grave three times and then step back. After that, the ground begin to rumble and shake with the kids thought an earthquake was happening in the graveyard. What it is was a brown casket rising from the grave vertically and it open to reveal itself to be some sort of an elevator.

"Now then, we must here to get down to the monster world," Will announce.

The kids and the zombies enter the casket before it slowly closes; now blocking the living world. Everyone look around the casket to see a light bulb that only gave the elevator red lightning.

"Alright kids, if I was you, I would brace myself for this part."

Will press a button before the casket felt like it was drop down. Lincoln and Clyde were screaming in fear while Lucy and haiku were screaming in joy. The casket continues to fall down below before a suddenly stomp halted the drop. The kids stopped screaming and Will Shoehorn was rubbing his hands in excitement, not knowing he was slowly peeling his skin.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, we are now here to Depression Land!"

The zombie opened the door, where everyone was in awe of what they were viewing upon their eye sight. There was the monster world, as it looks like a modern city with the sky dark purple, the ground red and brown mixed, and the many monsters in different forms. Lincoln was the first to step out and walk forward, with the monsters now looking at the white head boy in front of them.

"He's the one!" some whispered.

"That's got to be the new vampire," said others.

Lincoln starts to feel a bit nervous hearing each and every single monsters talking about him as if he was a big and well known celebrity.

"Hey everyone, I would like to greet you all with this new fellow. he's name is Lincoln Loud, and I want all of you to retreat with the most respect just like we all have to one another," Will speak in front of now gathering crowd. "Also, he has brought us his human allies. Now to clarify myself and everyone here, they are not food, they are friends."

Clyde, Lucy, and Haiku exit the casket and were behind Lincoln as they all see many monsters waving at them and trying to approach them to speak with them. This was definitely a new experience for Lincoln to become a vampire after being kidnapped and tortured. Maybe this could be better days ahead of him.

Back in the living world, Lisa was now out of the streets and was entering Royal woods, but it didn't go unnoticed. After her escaped, there were some police vehicles patrolling around the area in search of the now mad young scientist. She manages to hide herself in an alleyway, hiding behind a dumpster. The stinking and disgusting smell of filth did not bother Lisa. In fact, it was the least of her worries.

Before she was hiding in the dumpster, she had to make sure to no one knew her location. She knew everyone in the town have heard the news and everyone might to paranoid of her. They believe she is the monster in society. Her, the living genius instead of Lincoln, the living dead walking among the living, was considered to be the true monster. So she enters an alleyway, and lucky for her there was no witness around. Or so she thought.

As she lay behind the dumpster, there was a groaning noise in the distance. The noise got her attention and she slowly raises her head to view who was around the alleyway in the night. What she spots was an elder looking man, with ripped clothes staggering from each step he takes. Lisa observed the man as he moved forward, seemingly trying to search for something. She continues her observations of the man before the man stopped. Lisa then ducked her head, thinking she was spotted. Yet, instead she heard a squeak. She raises her head once more to see the man eating a rat in his hands. Lisa felt like she was going to throw up, but on a closer look she notices the man was missing half of his scalp.

"N-No, it can't be," Lisa whispered.

Upon her observation on the appearance and behavior of the man, Lisa concluded that this man was not another homeless elder man, but rather a walking corpse. Or in a simple term, this was a walking dead.

"It can't be more... Lincoln was supposed to be the only one after the incident."

The zombie continues to eat the rat, tearing it apart with only its teeth and jaws. After doing so, it then gulps every single part of the rat and licked its bloody hands before walking off. Lisa was dumbfounded to see another monster here in the middle of the night. She has to stop this monstrosity from spread. And so, she looks around to see a piece of brick, grab it, stood up on her two feet, and begin to pursue the zombie. If there was many more like this zombie and Lincoln, then she could use them to save the world.