Well this took a long time didn't it? Haha, i hope you aren't too mad. Now, this happens to be the end of this story (I know, sad right?). I am ending this because...i literally have nothing to get this story anymore. I am in love with writing Ember Island, Sharing, Text and Corruption, but that didn't stop me from finishing this for you all. Now, it might suck...because it does suck. I literally ran out of ideas and stuff like that, but i did add some humor to it. There is also a little surprise at the end and i will leave it up to you all if i should continue or just end it here. So, see you at the bottom.
Sokka shot another Zombie in the head; the crimson mess seeped down the wall. He loaded another clip into his gun, making sure he didn't run out in case of a swarm of Zombies. "Ty Lee, what are you doing?" She was moving the bodies over to the side of the hallway.
"I'm making sure they don't get stepped on or anything, it's a small hallway ya know," Ty Lee informed him, moving another dead body to the side.
He sighed, "You are so lucky you are Aang's cousin…"
Ty Lee huffed angrily, "What does that mean Sokka?"
"You are just numb to all of this aren't you Ty Lee? We're trying to survive and the mutant Zombies aren't helping. Not only that, you had someone try to take you over and you're acting still bubbly!" Sokka yelled, "How can you even-"
"STOP!" She screamed, shutting Sokka up, "I'M TIRED OF YOU ALL BITCHING ABOUT THIS! I'M COPEING MY OWN WAY! I DON'T HAVE TO BE A PUSSY ABOUT THIS LIKE YOU ALL ARE!"
He didn't make eye contact with her and nervously tried to complete a sentence, "Well…I uh, um, kind of…uh."
"Exactly what I thought you would say," She seemed disappointed in him. Ty Lee picked up her bags, "I'm just done with you, keep bitching by yourself, I'm getting out of here as soon as I can."
Sokka was still in shock; he had never seen or heard this side of Ty Lee. She had to be the strongest out of them even if she did act like nothing was happening. He found a new found respect for the girl. "Ty," She turned back towards him and pulled her in a hug, surprising her. "I'm sorry Ty; I shouldn't have said what I had said…I'm just…messed up because of this. I'm not myself."
Ty Lee smiled warmly, returning to her normal self, "I know Sokka, it's because you lost someone you cared about. It hurts doesn't it?" He nodded, still against her. "You know that Suki would have wanted you to be happy, just like Toph would if she died." Sokka didn't even dare think about losing Toph again. "We're so close to getting out of here Sokka, just hold on, can you do that?"
"Yeah…"
"Good, now let's keep going, you shoot 'em and I'll move 'em!" She exclaimed as she lightly skipped down the hallway. They turned a corner and were met with some Zombies standing in front of a stairwell. Sokka made quick work of them; Ty Lee moved their bodies to the side of the hallway. "See? We make a great team."
All Sokka could do was chuckle, some static came over their communicators, "Sokka? Are you there?"
"Yeah, what's going on?" He asked.
"Where are you and Ty Lee? Zuko, Haru and I have made it to the stairwell and so have Toph and Aang," Katara reported.
Sokka and Ty Lee started for the stairs, "We just got to the stairs, just about to go down to next floor."
"Okay, hurry up and get going," Katara told him. She sighed and readjusted the straps of one of the bags. "I can't wait for this to finally be over."
"You can say that again," Haru muttered as the soft clank of his shoes hitting the metal steps echoed in the small stairwell. "I'm fucking tired of fearing for my life."
"At least it's shorter than the first time," Zuko chimed in.
Katara nodded, "Yeah, but then again they weren't running or threw fire at us."
"So about yesterday…I'm sorry what happened…Haru." Zuko apologized. Katara raised a eyebrow, but continued, "I shouldn't have called you gay."
"I shouldn't have said that you bitch all the time…or that you have crabs," Haru awkwardly laughed and scratched the back of his head.
Zuko froze for a second, "Wait, you never said that…"
"Sooooo, Katara," Haru changed the subject, "Are you and Zuko going to make up?"
Katara scoffed quietly, but turned towards Zuko, "Yeah, Zuko, are you going to make up?"
"What is there to forgive?" He asked as he went past to and down the last step, he was about to grab the door handle, but Katara stopped him.
"You had me come with you guys for a reason and I know it wasn't for me to make sure you two don't fuck each other up," Katara poked him in the chest, "If you want to make up for all what happened yesterday, hurry up because we're about to go fuck up some dead people."
He was silent for a minute, not looking at Katara anymore. "Oh come on Zuko, hurry up and just apologize." Haru told him.
"Fine! Katara, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I had some time to think about it and realized I really don't care about what happened between us anymore, Ty Lee is the one who I care about now…" He said. Zuko turned to Haru, "You happy now?"
"Kind of," Haru confessed.
Katara lightly slapped him on the cheek, "That's for being a dick about it. I'm sorry about how our relationship ended, but you had to understand that the end of our relationship wasn't going to be okay. I was trying to cover up my feelings for Aang and you unfortunately were given the job of being my boyfriend." She readjusted her bags again, "We good now?" Both of the guys nodded, "Good, now let's get to making Zombie's an endangered species."
Aang shoved back a shambling Zombie and stomped on its head. "Wow, that was fucking disgusting," Toph wiped the blood that had splattered on his pants. "Couldn't you have just shot it?"
"Everyone does it in movies, why can't I try it?" Aang rhetorically asked. He wiped the brains from his foot and they continued in the room. "So…how are you feeling?"
Toph shot a Zombie, making it fall back in a sitting position against the wall, "Never been better…"
"We're surrounded by Zombies and you've never been better?"
"Yep."
Aang stepped in front of her, "Okay, cut the bull, I'm your friend and I care, even if we use to be a couple."
Toph angrily sighed, "I just don't want to talk about it Aang, I am thankful that you did what you did yesterday, but other than that, I don't want to talk about my feelings…"
"Fine…but you know I love you, right Toph?" Aang asked. Toph nodded, he gave her a hug, "Don't ever forget that Toph."
"Yeah, yeah, now let's unsync our periods and kill some Zombies," Toph grunted, she shot a couple Zombies, dropping them to the floor.
Teo sat in his throne once again; the loud guns shots from above kept him from resting. His multiple attempts to stop the teenagers didn't work. Tyler came into the room, making his way through the walking dead. "Sir, we need to leave, they will soon be here to kill us," Tyler told him.
"What makes you think they will kill us?" He questioned. "I'm stronger than those 'soldiers' my Dad hired to take care of us! I am your master Tyler and you will question my strength!"
"Sir, I didn't say anything like that at all, I just wouldn't want you hurt," Tyler explained.
Teo eyed him, "Your working for my dad aren't you?"
Tyler looked puzzled, "What sir?"
"You've been working for my father this whole time, that's how they know where I am, every time you go off and do something, you're informing them about me!" Teo accused him.
Tyler looked at him like he was crazy, "Sir…I'm only working for you." He noticed that the Zombies were now looking at him and started shambling towards him. "Sir, please don't let me be eaten."
"Why? So you can keep informing my father about the situation?" Teo accused. "Kill him!" The Zombies instantly were on him, Tyler's loud screams filled the room. Teo got off of his throne and walked past the feasting Zombies. The dark aura that once surrounded the symbols were now gone and surrounded him. "My brother and those feeble minded idiots will soon feel my wrath." He extended his arm towards the Zombies and a dark aura came out of their bodies and transferred to his body. The now normal Zombies stood up from their last meal and made their way towards him. Teo laughed at them and raised his arm to them again, but this time blasting them with the dark aura, turning them into ash. He marveled at his new power, "This will work perfectly…"
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what? The Zombie's brains painted on the walls?" Haru asked.
Katara shook her head, "No…it sounded like…screaming." She pushed her communicator button, 'Is everyone okay?'
Aang was the first to answer, 'Yeah, why do you ask?'
'Did you hear that screaming?' She asked.
"It was probably him," Zuko joked, 'Did you find a spider Aang? We all know how you scream like a little girl when you see one.'
There was a little bit of static before Aang answered, 'Nah, I just remembered what you looked like and it gave me a cold chill, thinking my girlfriend actually had to kiss you. But no, no one here screamed.'
'Shut up you two, Sokka, how about you and Ty Lee?'
'No screaming here.'
Katara paused for a moment, "Then what could it have been." She heard a gunshot and then felt a splatter of blood on her. "What the fuck was that?"
"Maybe we shouldn't stand around and think about a scream when we are in the middle of a room full of Zombies," Zuko informed her, "One snuck up behind you." She looked behind her and saw the body of a Zombie, its head blown completely off.
"Where was the, 'Watch out Katara' or 'Hey Katara, there happens to be a dead thing behind her' or maybe even a 'Duck!'" She asked as she picked the chunks of skull out of her hair.
Zuko shrugged, "I was too busy getting ready to take care of it," He turned to Haru, "Why didn't you say anything Haru?"
"I don't know, it looked like you both had it taken care of," Haru said as he shot another Zombie coming towards him, "But I suggest we hurry this up, I would like to not die today."
Katara huffed 'Aang, Zuko just shot a Zombie in the head and sprayed me with dead people stuff.'
Aang laughed, 'Well did you deserve it?'
'AANG!'
'I'm sure he didn't mean to Katara, I'll see you soon,' He shot another Zombie that came after him. "How many do you have now Toph?"
She let another round go off, "About 20." Another Zombie dropped, "Make that 21."
"Damn, we're tied," Aang laughed, then he saw another Zombie shambled into view, "Now I'm in the-" Before he could shoot, the Zombie dropped.
"I win," She cheered. "I kicked your ass in Resident Evil and I can kick your ass in real life Zombie apocalypses." Aang groaned in defeat as Toph continued to rub it in his face. They had made a full circle around the room and were back to the stairs. After their little talk, Toph came out of her quiet shell and became the girl that he knew her as: The cocky tomboy who was not afraid to talk shit. "You ready to do this Aang?" She asked.
He nodded, "As ready as I'll ever get." They shut the door behind them as they entered the stairwell and bounded down the stairs. On the last floor there was the lone door, a purple light came from under the door. "That's that just creepy." He commented.
"Don't be a girl about this, that's my job." 'Is everyone in place?' She asked.
'We are at our door,' Zuko reported.
'We're going down the stairs now,' Sokka said, the sound of them going down the metal stairs echoed through his message. He jumped the last couple steps and stopped at the door. 'Ready when you guys are.'
"You could at least for me," Ty Lee complained as she made her way down the set of stairs.
Toph's voice came over the communicator again, 'Okay, on 3, we bust in, 1…2…3!' As soon as all them opened the doors and entered the room, they found themselves being flung across the room into each other. They all landed in a pile on top of each other.
"Ow," Sokka complained, "What the hell just happened?" A dark aura surrounded them all and they lifted into the air. "This is just getting better." Teo held them in place as he eyed them all.
"So you're the soldiers that have been doing my dad's dirty business," A dark evil voice echoed him. There was a purple glow to his eyes and around his hands, "So sad to come this far only to die."
Aang struggled against the dark force, "You're Mr. Smith's son?"
Teo bowed a little bit, "Nice to meet you all too…now…I was told by my father that one of you is my brother…" He brought them all closer to the ground and walked towards them. "Hmmm, it can't be you," He pointed to Sokka, "Because you're this one's brother." He pointed to Katara. "My father doesn't have a thing for darker skinned girls."
"Good to know we are under the control of a family of bigots," Toph mumbled. Teo came to her next and looked her up and down.
"Hmmm, you're obviously not my brother, but you look the part," She tried to get out of the grasp to punch him. He walked to Katara and examined her. "Like I said, we aren't related, but you make a good queen. Nice wide baby baring hips, no flaws to the naked eye. I might just rethink about killing you."
"I'll cut your fucking balls off," Aang muttered. Teo laughed and came to him.
He looked him up and down, "I think we have a winner here, you must be my brother. I guess we will keep this girl in the family, if you know what I mean."
Aang chuckled, "I'm not your brother you fucking lunatic, I'm an only child."
"Yes, but our mother had me after she birthed you, then she passed away," He informed him. Aang laughed again, "What do you think is so funny?"
"You are fucking stupid…my mom is still alive, she lives in Canada." Aang told him, "I'm not your brother."
"He's mine," Haru said, making them all turn in shock to him. "My mom died after giving birth to me. After the first incident, my father took us to England so we could start a new life, after almost losing me the first time, he wanted nothing to do with the states anymore…" Teo walked over to Haru and smiled.
"It's been a nice family reunion, too bad it has too end," He dropped them all to the ground. "After I kill you all, I'm going to take over this whole world. With my powers, no one stands a-" There was a single gunshot and Teo dropped to the ground, a hold in between his eyes.
"Villain Rule Number 1: Never take time to explain the plan," Toph laughed. Everyone but Haru laughed, he was still watching his dead half brother. Aang noticed Haru and nudged Toph then pointed at him. She sighed and walked over to him. "I'm sorry I just shot your brother."
He came out of his trance, "You did what you had to do Toph…he was going to kill us all. If you wouldn't have done it…I would have."
Aang looked between them, "Well…let's get the hell out of here."
They broke through the roof access and poured out to the roof, "Someone shoot the flare." Katara shouted, "I want to get the hell out of here." Haru took out his flare gun and shot it up in the air, the red light shot into the air like a phoenix. "Where are they?"
"Katara, rescue isn't instant, it will probably take them a little bit to start up the helicopter," Toph told her. They all saw a helicopter lift off a couple blocks away and come towards them. "See? I'm always right." Her gloat was cut short by a loud explosion below them. "What the hell was that…?"
'That was the start of the cleansing process,' Mr. Smith's voice came over their communicators, 'Each floor is being burned so there is no evidence of the Zombies.'
"You idiot! You started it when we are still on the building!" Zuko yelled.
A chuckled came from the communicator, 'Do you think that was by accident? This way I don't have to pay you all money. Also I can cover up my illegitimate child. It's a win-win for me.' The building fell down a level, making everyone scream and fall with it. The helicopter now flew over them and continued on its path away from them. 'Goodbye kids.'
1 Week Later
Mr. Smith enjoyed a cigar with a glass of whiskey. Ever since the cover up, he had no more worries. The company's stocks went up and the research continued without any hitches. The parents of the teenagers continued to call the fake number that they had given them for the rehabilitation center, but they couldn't get a hold of anyone. Even if he completely blew up a testing facility, which cost a lot more than he imagined, it solved two of company's problems. There was a knock on his door and it opened, Johnson came in with a stack of papers. "What is it Johnson? I'm celebrating."
"Well sir, it's about the Texas testing facility." Johnson answered him. "You know; the one you blew up last week, much to the company's disapproval?"
Mr. Smith took a puff of his cigar, "I'm aware."
Johnson put the papers on his desk, "But sir, are you aware that they survived?" His glass of whiskey dropped to the floor.
"How could they have survived? I cleansed the facility!" Mr. Smith grabbed the papers, a news article from Texas that told the story of the 'random' demolition that happened and the teen survivors that had escaped.
"Mr. Smith, you could not have made it any easier for them, you blew it up level by level, slowly. Once two of the floors blew up and collapsed on themselves… all they had to do was walk off of it. You are most idiotic CEO this company has ever had." Johnson told him.
Mr. Smith stood up, "Who do you think you are Johnson? I am your superior and I will be treated that way."
Johnson smirked, "That's what you think. There was a vote of no confidence Mr. Smith…you're fired and they made me new CEO."
"How dare you! I should have you killed for this!" Mr. Smith yelled, coming around his desk, getting in the new CEO's face.
Johnson didn't even flinch, "Well I guess we have something in common, I had that same exact thought." The door opened and Aang and Zuko walked in. "See, we had them picked up a couple days ago, after they were released from the hospital. We, well 'we' as in the company, are going to give them everything you promised for their troubles, but their pay…is killing you." Aang and Zuko pulled out their guns, "Have you ever seen 'Pulp Fiction', Smith? Because this is kind of like that movie." Both Aang and Zuko unloaded on the old CEO, spraying his blood over his desk and dropping him to the floor. Once they ran out, Johnson nudged him with his foot, "Well, he's dead alright. Thank you two and your friends, now this company can do some good…hopefully."
"No man, thank you for coming to save us," Aang patted him on the back. "So were you serious about that actually paying us thing?"
Johnson nodded, "Unlike Mr. Smith, I tell the truth, now let's get a cleanup crew in here…my new office is starting to stink."
Somewhere in on the coast of Costa Rica
He lounged in the warm sand, the sounds of the waves crashing into shore calmed him into a relaxed state. "Aang," He voice called to him, Aang opened one of his eyes to see his girlfriend walking towards him, fruity drinks in hand. She wore a tropical bikini top with a matching bottom. Aang sat up and accepted the drink from her and took a sip. He put on the sunglasses in his pocket and looked out of the water. "It's so peaceful here."
"That's why I picked it, it's peaceful, our parents can get a hold of us…and best part…no Zombies." He took another drink. "Plus any excuse to get you to dress in a bikini is alright with me."
Katara blushed, "Oh shut it." The sat there in silence, watching some of the happy couples frolic in the water, enjoying the nice sunshine. "It's great to be out of that nightmare…I just wish I knew how everyone else was doing."
"Katara, they live two streets away from us, would it kill you to go over there and check on them?" Aang laughed.
"I would, but whenever I walk there, some guys keep on hitting on me and I don't want to go past them," She admitted making Aang laugh harder, "Hey! I'm your girlfriend and you need to protect me!"
Aang wiped a tear from his eye, "From what Katara? All I know is how to shoot a gun, not tell a bunch of thugs to leave my girlfriend alone. I know you can protect yourself." She crossed her arms and looked away from him. "Oh, don't be that way Katara, come on, let's go visit your brother and Toph, I'm sure they'll be happy to see us if they aren't too busy fucking." He took her hand and helped her up.
She smiled, "You know my brother, if he doesn't use it, he thinks he'll lose it." Katara held his hand while they walked off the beach, past a fruit vender. As he started unpacking some boxes and turned up the radio.
'If you're now just joining us, this is 104.8 FM, the only English radio station in all of Central America. A report of a flesh eating disease was predicted to spread up from Northern South America all the way to Costa Rica, the Government has already put a blockade at the border and are checking anyone who passes through. We urge you all, get out of Co-" The vendor shut off the radio, "Travesuras infantiles." He muttered, continuing to unpack his fruit.
What did you think, sucked right? I know. I blame myself for past chapters, i've REALLY been putting character...well out of their original characters, mostly Aang, but i do that with every story. But I hope you got closer with this story. So tell me if i should make this a trilogy or not. I might not because i don't inspritation lately, but i may find some later. For now, i have to leave you, but not without telling you, i have a new story 'Corruption' as i mentioned before, it's a lot darker than any of my stories. Mainly, i made it as a middle finger to Zutarians because a lot of stories that start the way mine does, goes to Zutara, but fuck them! I'm a Kataang fan mother fuckers! so anyways, I have to get back to doing stuff, it's my birthday today so i get to do what i want to do :D
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