Helllooooooo *^* And welcome to- Story number 2~

Survival of the doomed *0*

xD Bet you didn´t see this coming xD

I know I know- some of you might be wondering now why I didn´t choose to write one of the story descriptions that I offered for the Poll, ne? But the thing is- I have just been watching zombie shit for the first time recently xDD usually I´m way too scared to watch that stuff- I´m actually a scaredy cat ahaha xD But it really hit me like WOAHHHH SHIZAYA IN THAT SCENARIO LIKE- *0*0*0* And I really wanna write THIS right now xD

So yeah- you read right ZOMBIE SHIT MWAHAHAHAAHA *0*

Once I get bored of the story or you get bored I can just kill them off and call it an end like in- you know which story- *cough cough* nearly spoilered there xDDDD Though there the death was actually planned from the start- just didn´t know when exactly I would kill them off x'DD

Here… hmmmmmmmmm I don't know yet~ Will they die? Will they survive~? You will see~ and me too I guess since I don´t know where I´m heading with this xD If they die or survive will depend on your reactions hehehe~

Oh well, enough rambling~!

I hope you will enjoy this lil passion of mine *^* I thought some zombie killing might be nice next to the depressing "The wish to disappear" and the now rather sweet (at least at the beginning ;3) "Behind closed doors."~ cx Not to mention "No escape" xDDDD

Thank you for correcting this chappy SoylentRamen~! *^*

Well then~!

Enjoy~! *0*

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ஜ Chapter 1: Antidote ஜ

11thDecember2015

Research on prehistoric viruses- going too far? TVNewsreport 666

A new super virus, just recently thawed- escaped from Yagiri Pharmaceuticals and has now started to infect normal citizens of the city. The head of the corporation insists, that there is no need for panic. We have further been told that the virus will die within a few days. Being a threat to humankind, it has been modified by scientists to die within a few days. "Research on these viruses is a necessity for human kind since they could be set free by global warming soon," the head of Yagiri Pharmaceuticals states. Those that got infected are being treated without charge at the central hospital in Shinjuku.

23rdDecember2015 Miscalculations? TVNewsreport 666

The number of infected rises as christmas approaches. By now the numbers far exceed what the scientists of Yagiri permaneutics calculated in their first estimate. Dr. Yagiri Namie´s statement:"I can just repeat what I said before. The virus will die in due time. It´s a laboratory modified strain and it doesn´t have the necessary contents to survive outside the laboratory for too long. Just like all our ameliorated viruses are designed to."

2ndJanuary2015 Killer-virus TVNewsreport 666

The numbers kept increasing despite Yagiri Pharmaceuticals´ continuous reassurances that the virus was harmless and now- the first death. A young student from Raira Acadamy, Kururi Orihara has now died of the virus- the citizens are in an uproar fearing for their loved ones. Yet the scientific unit doesn´t seem to progress any further in this case. Dr. Yagiri Namie issued the following statement. "This is not our virus anymore. It should have decomposed long ago, what we believe now, however, is that it modified itself when it was carried to the outside. This is a very rare if not even impossible occurance for this type of virus. A team of immunologists and virus experts of our own have been researching this new virus and believe that we are now able to treat the amplified virus directly- we are in control. There won´t be any more deaths."

8thJanuary2015 Battle against time TVNewsreport 666

Professor of medicine, Dr. Kishitani Shingen and a team of six other researchers at Shinjuku identified 396 humans that are infected with what they call now the "Meta-virus." While Dr. Yagiri Namie´s death has shocked us all, Dr. Kishitani is now sure to have found the cure for this disease.

12thJanuary2016 Dr. Kishitani- the first to use the antidote TVNewsreport 666

The pharmacies are being flooded. The antidote has been approved and set free on the market. While typically there should be skepticism about the efficiency and safety of the medicine, especially when being fabricated and set free on the market this soon, Dr. Kishitani Shingen took the first step and injected the antidote himself stating that he was 100% positive that this is the cure.

20thJanuary2016 Is the antidote working? TVNewsreport 666

A week has passed and most of the symptoms have died down. Currently the only known side effects of the antidote are drowsiness and lack of concentration from the contents. However, a small number of people keep dying. Dr. Kishitani is experiencing the same side effects, but assures the public:"The people that died after taking the antidote- were simply too late. The antidote is a success."

25thJanuary2016 Possible failure? TVNewsreport 666

Emergency increases have been reported and people that took the antidote are now experiencing fever and palpilations. The doctor himself has been delivered to the hospital as well, but could be stabilized. Speaking from the emergency tract; Dr. Kishitani Shingen is there any possibility of the antidote failing?

"The antidote is 100% safe it won´t fail. As I said before. Those that die after taking it were already lost cases before. I repeat:

There is NO risk."

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27th January 2016

-Afternoon. Izaya´s point of view-

"How come you´re alive, flea?!"

...this was a joke right?

That brute was not going to start a fight now.

Not, in a city where ... these things were running around.

Haha, but oh how fucking wrong was he to think that protozoan had even the slightest streak of intelligence in himself-

This way they would both end up dead!

-A few hours earlier. Izaya´s point of view-

Glaring, Izaya stared at the computer screen in front of him.

He knew he had to save battery if he didn´t want to carry around a useless piece of trash, but what was he supposed to do? He had been watching these shitty news reports over-

And over-

And over again.

"No risk my ass-" A hiss was formed in the darkness, and after a harsh clicking sound, the laptop was closed and turned off.

Gnawing- screaming and other disgusting noises were coming from the old metal door, constantly making Izaya´s head snap back to check if it was still holding up-

The world was fucked. Well, maybe not the world, so far only Japan was fucked.

But considering how people were travelling around by planes even though they were infected with the virus, it probably wouldn´t take long until the world was fucked, as well.

Two days.

Two fucking days was all it had taken for Japan to come to an end.

The virus spread faster than anyone had expected. The... illness... broke out almost everywhere at once. And then there was just chaos-

Chaos and a lot of unneccessary deaths in the panic that occured.

One would think that people knew from all kinds of horror and zombie movies what to do, but haha-

No one should underestimate a mass panic.

People were running around, heading for safe places, carrying smart weapons around like knives, baseball bats, and even guns. But you see- People driving around with their cars, knocking people over without a care because they just wanted to get to the airport as quickly as they could, or others running around, basically shoving people in front of these... things... to survive, slimmed the chance of survival even for these smart exceptions.

It should have never come to this. Never.

Whatever it was that had gone wrong with this virus or whatever it was- it had gone terribly wrong.

The antidote had been a death trap, you could say. Whatever it contained, it made the virus react... evolve or whatever. People started to get a high fever, passed out- Izaya refused to even use the term "zombie" for these things because they did not actually die, no.

Those things were still alive somehow- and deadly infectious.

Izaya was lucky.

He survived... well... so far.

A soft sigh escaped his lips as he stared at the metal door in front of him. It was already bending slightly and he could see from here that it wouldn´t be able to keep them outside for much longer.

If he had to choose between slowly falling asleep- or getting caught by one of… these- he liked to think he would have preferred the first option, thank you very much.

But now he was here in an empty hall-

People had died, many people that he knew, be it personal or just via the internet, but they were dead nonetheless.

Only for a second Izaya had to think of his former boss. He had been the first Izaya had seen fall victim to this… virus.

He had taken the antidote.

… And he was the first that Izaya had to kill.

- Izaya´s point of view. In his apartment. 24th January 2016-

"You think the antidote works?" Izaya couldn´t really do anything to hide the surprise in his voice.

Really now. Of all people, he hadn´t expected Shiki to be one of the first who took it.

It hadn´t even been really tested. Sure, Shinra´s dad injected something into his arm in front of all those people. But Izaya seriously doubted that he had actually volunteered to become the first guinea pig for this project.

He bet it wasn´t the actual antidote that he had injected himself with.

"I do think so actually. Well the part about the drowsiness is true, but that´s all. Haven´t had a palpilation yet. Lucky me, huh?" Izaya frowned. Well if he had to be honest, then Shiki didn´t particularly look like he was 100% fine right now.

He was pale, and his eyes looked a tad glassy. Not "fine" in his terms.

He hadn´t let that antidote anywhere near his body yet.

Who knew what they had really been experimenting with?

Nebula was, after all, secretly researching things like Celty´s head- a company like that really couldn´t be trusted.

Not that Shiki would know that.

He wasn´t going to let this "cure" near his body anytime soon.

"Well, it´s your body. Let´s just hope you don´t get any palpilations soon, ne~?" He grinned, setting his trademark smirk in place.

"I´m surprised you can keep so calm about this matter. Your sister was the first to lose her life over this, no?" the raven paused, letting his eyes travel over to Shiki who had already fixated him with his stare.

A frown crossed his expression for but a minute. Was he testing him or something? Why would he bring that up now?

"Indeed, she was. I would be intrigued to know why that would be of any interest to you."

A cold glance was thrown at the man in front of him as he nodded to his statement.

"Nevermind, sorry to pry into a delicate topic," Shiki apologized as he put an envelope onto the table.

Izaya look at the dubious letter, raising an eyebrow.

"What is this about? New information or a job?" He reached out to the object, eyeing the envelope as he tore it open.

"Well, actually this concerns… concerns-" The raven blinked at the repetition, and he raised his head.

"What?"

BAM

Surprise flashed over the raven´s face as well as the guards.

"Shiki-dono-!"

He had fallen over onto the table- motionless, hard breathing was wracking his body as he lost consciousness.

Almost instantly the raven´s hand shot forward and he felt the man´s pulse.

Fast-

A frown carved itself onto his face as he glanced at the two men who were still just standing there, not moving or knowing what to do.

"Oi you, call an ambulance!" he ordered the left one, prying him out of this frozen state. The man nodded, quickly pulling a phone out of his pants´pocket, almost dropping it as he fumbled with it.

"What´s wrong with him?" the other one asked, finally unfreezing himself as he took a step towards his boss.

"I don´t know, but his pulse is really high. That´s probably what caused him to pass out." He frowned as he got up from the couch-

If anything, then this was probably caused by the virus, or even by that antidote.

They said it on the news right? Heart palpilations and fever. Izaya wouldn´t be surprised if those weren´t the only symptoms that could occur.

A normal ambulance probably wouldn´t be able to help the man at all. If anyone, then maybe Shinra.

That was what he thought when he drew one of his phones out of his favourite fur jacket´s pocket.

He knew the doctor had been researching that virus together with his father. Maybe he would know what to do- that´s what he thought as he called the man, his back to the table as he looked out of the apartment´s big window.

But simultainously, that was when he heard it. That strangled noise.

That strange sound from behind.

The moment he heard it, he wouldn´t call it instinct- that was something too primitive for his tastes- he just knew it.

He knew there was something going on behind him- something dangerous.

Without any sound, he turned around, the phone still on his ear.

And suddenly- those white eyes stared at him-

A rushing noise started to fill the raven´s ear as he stood there- completely frozen.

Shiki- no. That thing- was staring right at him.

The two men?

They were dead.

Dead.

It was as obvious as it could get.

Shiki was on the ground, hovering over one of them. Blood decorated his hands and face- the two guards laying on the ground, not moving anymore, as those glassy white eyes stared right at the raven-

Almost without any sound at all, he let his switchblade flick open. Just when it had switched places with the phone was a mystery even to him. The device was laying on the ground next to him, still calling while he stared at the figure in front of him.

Whatever this was, it wasn´t Shiki anymore-

Predatory this… thing, sat there, just staring into Izaya´s direction.

One wrong movement, he knew it, one wrong movement and he would be dead.

And then it moved-

BANG

Startled Izaya snapped his head towards the metal door of the warehouse making him snap out of his reverie.

His bangs were sticking to his dirty face and he felt the adrenaline pump through his veins once more- something aking to fear was visible in his eyes for but a second.

The laptop had been put back into his bag already- even if he was almost sure by now that he wouldn´t get any more valuable information from it. The internet had been dead since about yesterday afternoon and the battery was at 53%.

Another loud thud followed, making Izaya´s skin jump-

They were going to come in here.

Now.

Quickly, he shuffled the backpack on and grabbed a stone.

And then the door broke down-

And Izaya-

stood still.

He did not move.

Not a muscle.

He could see the first; he took a step into the warehouse.

Izaya didn´t move.

He didn't make a sound.

Because that was the very first thing he learned.

-Izaya´s point of view. His apartment. 24th January 2016-

Frozen, Izaya remained standing in front of the window- not daring to move a muscle.

The knife was pointed at the creature right next to him. But it didn´t seem to notice him at all.

That thing-

Had attacked the phone.

"Izaya? Are you playing some prank on me?" Growling was to be heard as that thing grasped the device between its fingers-

And that´s when he realized it.

Only slowly he started to wave his hand at the thing, but it didn´t react.

The white eyes…

It had to do something with them.

How glassy and white they looked.

Shiki- no… it couldn´t see him.

But he would be damned if it couldn´t hear him-

Slowly he took a step away from the creature- quietly. Trying not to make any noise.

It was still sitting on the floor, hissing and growling at the noise making device.

And then Shinra hung up.

Silence.

The raven stopped, freezing in his position. That damn doctor, couldn´t he have rambled some more for once?!

Movement-

And suddenly that thing was staring right at him.

It was staring, it couldn´t see, but it was definitely following Izaya with its eyes-

And that was when Izaya realized it.

Smell.

The thing shot forward from its position on the floor, charging the raven. Izaya didn´t even have any time to react as his heart jumped out of his throat and his eyes widened in fear as he stumbled backwards, over the couch.

Almost instantly the thing was after him-

Hovered over him in but a second-

Izaya tried to pry the bloody face away, but that thing was strong!

He couldn´t push it away-!

Hands were clawing at his jacket and suddenly immense fear welled up in him as he thought about the possibility of this thing being contagnious-

His hand shot forward, and he rammed the knife inside the man´s skull before he could even think about what he was doing-

Easily, the knife slid through the slick glassy eye of the monster and pierced the man´s brain from inside- A scream tore from the man´s lips-

Blood splattered across the ground, and Izaya squeezed his eyes shut as he turned his head away, avoiding getting too much of it into his face.

One twist, and another, it screamed- it tried to get the knife out, blood splattered all over until it finally stilled.

Finally.

Shaking, the raven looked at the dead creature-

It was dead-

He could see the hole in the place where Shiki´s left eyes was supposed to be; he could see the knife sticking inside.

Disgusted he pulled his flickblade out of the skull-

But that was a mistake; the second he removed it more blood flowed out of the head and spread over the floor, the eye´s halves hanging around loosely, a piece of the brain hanging from the eyesocket-

The knife dropped from his palm.

Nausea welled up inside the raven as he shoved the thing away and scrambled to his feet-

But that´s when he saw the guards up close.

Their stomachs were opened, bleeding, the insides laying next to them on the floor- the smell…-

God the smell-

It was too much.

With a retching sound, Izaya let himself slump down to the ground, barely grabbing the dustbin that was under his table in time before he convulsed, returning the meal he had taken in earlier-

That. Was the first time he had to kill one of them.

-Warehouse. 27thFebruary. Izaya´s point of view.-

Quiet.

His heart was pounding relentlessly against his chest.

Despite having faced them so many times his heart still wouldn´t calm down whenever he encountered these… things.

They didn´t see him. He knew that much.

They also wouldn´t be able to smell him now. He was dirty enough to cover up any smell that would give him away as a living human being.

But- if they got any closer, they would touch him.

They attacked warmth without any hesitation.

As if they knew they had found prey they would attack anything that wasn´t as cold as themselves.

He had seen it.

A poor man.

He was keeping quiet- he had seemed as if he had noticed that they were blind, too- and Izaya really thought he would survive when one of those things approached him.

But once it touched him-

Nausea welled up in Izaya once more as he thought about it-

His guts were ripped out so fast the man was able to see his own insides before he died-

He had to get out of here.

Now.

As quiet as he could, he lifted his arm and-

BANG

The stone he had picked up crashed into the window on the other side on the hall.

Incoherent babbling and noises were to be heard as the creatures turned their heads around, walking towards the source of noise.

Cautiously, he made a single step forward.

Under no circumstances could he make a mistake now- He knew his steps wouldn´t be able to be heard by them- but his backpack was what was worrying him slightly.

While he had pulled socks over the outside of his shoes to swallow any sound that they could emit with each step, the contents of his backpack weren´t all that quiet. One wrong move and one of his several knifes could bump against the laptop- making it emit a clicking sound.

Really now. Why had he come here again?

Right- to find people.

It was the first thing Izaya did after he left his apartment. Things started to get worse faster and faster and he knew the possibility of surviving would rise once he had some valuable and possibly useful companions. But so far everyone he had met was either dead, or one of these things.

Quietly, he moved away from the hall. He had managed to get outside.

The creatures where still in there, trying to find the source of the noise.

And then he ran, ran as fast as he could- staying there for too long would be his death. Those things were way too numerous. Killing one would result in it screetching and calling way too many others to the spot.

And the worst thing was, they were fast. Not faster than an average human, but they sure weren´t just walking around in slow motion.

Making noises, they were mostly wandering around in groups, and they attracted each other.

If he stayed anywhere near that place, he woud find himself surrounded by more of these things than he could ever defeat or flee from.

And so he ran panting through the streets of Ikebukuro.

Yes, Ikebukuro. Shinjuku was already a dead place. He had looked around as much as it was safe to do, but the only people he met had already turned into one of these things.

Shinra, that was his only hope since he had arrived here, but that doc was either one of them or had run away.

At least his apartment was empty and Celty was gone.

What more?

Izaya nearly stumbled over a flight of stairs as he ran up the street.

He was exhausted.

Since this whole thing had started, he hadn´t slept even once.

How?

There was no-one. He hadn´t met a single soul that hadn´t been bitten or turned by these things already.

Not to mention trust.

Who could he actually trust not to murder him in his sleep?

Izaya was tired. The last time he slept had been around 3 days ago. Sure, he was used to pulling all nighters, but pulling all nighters while exerting himself to this extent was something he couldn´t keep up for too long.

Panting, he came to a halt on the middle of a sunlit street.

For once, he was alone.

His eyes darted around, scanning every alley that led to this street, scanning every broken store window for movement.

But no, this time he seemed to be lucky for once.

For once.

That was what he thought until he appeared.

Who?

Shizu-chan.

It took but a second for Izaya to recognize who the blond guy was that stepped onto the empty road.

Just a second more for the guy to notice him.

A second to realize that Shizu-chan hadn´t turned into one of those things, that he was indeed still human.

And just the blink of an eye before Izaya realized that this was the worst that could have ever happened to him-

"How come you are alive flea?!" The blond growled these words in a way that made it easy for Izaya to guess what his mood was like right now.

Anger.

...this was a joke right? This was a fucking joke-

That brute was not going to start a fight now.

To be honest, even though Izaya called him a protozoan all the time, he did know that Shizu-chan had at least slight scrapes of intelligence inside his head.

That was what he thought.

Was.

His eyes darted around almost instantly as the brute raised his voice, and he took a few steps backwards.

"Shizu-chan shut the fuck up-" It wasn´t the usual tone Izaya used to communicate with others, but he couldn´t even bring himself to give a damn about his way of speaking at the moment.

This fucking stupid brute had just basically given away their position to all the meateating infectious creatures that now populated the city-!

"Why are you alive? Why you?!" Izaya frowned as he glanced at the brute once more.

He looked like shit. To be honest, Izaya was surprised that idiotic protozoan hadn´t been infected yet.

A miracle.

Then again, maybe he was- how would he know?

He was covered in blood from head to toe, dirt was sticking to his entire frame, and he didn´t look like he got a wink of sleep the past nights either.

To be honest- he looked like shit.

The raven frowned, he had asked why he was alive, didn´t he?

Hah, Izaya could ask the same. Why was Shizu-chan alive but someone useful like Yagiri Namie was dead?

A frown crossed his face as he eyed the blond.

He was the first human he had met that hadn´t been bitten by one of these things yet.

"Well, sorry I´m not Kasuka or someone else- Go search for them or something if you want to see them so bad. I´m not interested in dying today just because fo your stupidity Shizu-chan," he hissed. So far, no one had entered the street except for them. There was no creature.. yet.

"Why the hell are you still alive?" The blond´s voice had tuned down a bit, making the raven frown once more.

Why was he so hung up on the fact that he was alive?

"Shizu-chan, just saying, if you want to start one of your stupid fights now, then I would like to ask you to reconsider that. I don´t know if you noticed, but some things have changed." He wasn´t going to deal with a fight right now that would lead to his definite death.

"Tch, why the hell are you still alive Izaya?!" the same sentence again- Izaya was getting irritated by this-

But that´s when he heard it.

Almost instantly, he snapped his head around as the flickblade found its way into his hand again.

And then he saw them- those things.

He had been stupid- the moment Shizuo raised his voice, he should have made a run for it.

He should have just fucking run away.

One after the other, they suddenly appeared.

They came from the alleys, from the closed shops, from behind destroyed buildings-

From everywhere-

Izaya snapped his head around, but it was too late to run.

Too fucking late; they were coming from everywhere.

Izaya knew they knew his position already; he had been stupid enough to reply to the blond before.

He just knew it.

He had to fight.

Without wasting another second he approached the creature that was closest to him and stabbed it in the eye- a screetch tore from its throat, so loud Izaya wished he could have made it stop somehow.

He was fucking done for.

He turned around, facing another who was running towards him.

But he knew it was useless, he might as well give up already.

That thing had screetched, and so did the second and the third and the fourth.

He could hear them coming, he could see them coming- in more and more numbers from the alleys.

They were too many- panting he tried to get them. One after the other got killed by his flickblade sinking into its skull.

He tried to keep at least those that were closest to him at bay, trying to just survive somehow- but he was at his end.

They were only getting more and more.

It was useless. He was going to die-

He didn´t want that!

Fear started to well up inside him and adrenaline pumped through his veins as he fought the gnawing creatures off-

But they were coming from all sides, they were attacking simultanously from behind from the side, and the front-

And that was when he spotted the blond for just a second.

Struggling.

He was bashing their heads in. One after the other as those things tried to get him.

But he wasn´t doing any better.

They were too many.

Even for him.

And that was when their eyes met.

"Tch-"

A glance was exchanged, shorter than a second, but it conveyed a clear message-

Only a few steps were needed- a few creatures in their way as they hurried towards each other.

And then they turned their backs to each other, brushing just slightly-

Facing those things together.

This wasn´t about hating the other anymore- this was about surviving this fucking situation.

C: Yayayayayaya, ending here for now~ x3

Happy late Easter xD hehe, I hope chu like this so far~ Also that Shizuo appeared so soon *^* I considered letting them run around separately for a while and get some experience and stuff, but then again, having them together like this for now should be more interesting hehe~ ;3

See chu on sunday~! xD