{"sf1_id":191561,"sf2_id":null,"title":"The Zombie Apoc-Fur-Lypse, Group 4, Concludes","author":"comidacomida","words":3258,"posted_at":"2010-11-03T07:31:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Fennec","Fox","German Shepherd","Gore","Horror","Husky","Squirrel","Wolf","apoc-fur-lypse"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/191561-the-zombie-apoc-fur-lypse-group-4-concludes","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/191561","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=191561\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"The Zombie Apoc-Fur-Lypse\n\nGroup 4, Concludes\n\ncopyright 2010 comidacomida\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe three survivors remained atop the building as more and more of the zombies filled into the\n\nopen square beneath it. Andy remained staring down into the massive crowd of undead while Becca\n\nhuddled in the center of the roof, \"Get away from there.\" she snapped at him, \"You're only\n\nkeeping their attention.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf glanced back at the squirrel and shrugged, \"They aren't meandering about like most of\n\nthem... they're here for a purpose.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yea... they plan on eating us.\" Becca stated flatly.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"We can't stay up here forever, Becca... eventually we'll die of exposure... or starvation...\"\n\nMandy explained, \"We have to start looking for a way out of this mess.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Surrounded by an angry zombies... suddenly coming up here doesn't seem like such a brilliant\n\nidea.\" the squirrel sighed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMandy moved over to take a seat on the roof next to Becca and put an arm around her, \"We stick\n\ntogether, and we'll find a way out of this... got it?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"And into our next mess?\" the squirrel questioned, \"It just seems like I've been going from bad\n\nto worse ever since this whole thing started.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"You're not dead.\" Andy offered, glancing back to the girls, \"That's something.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"For as long as it lasts, yea.\" Becca shrugged, \"When you figure out what we're gonna do next,\n\nTHEN I'll be happy.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy lowered his head, gazing to the left, then to the right... and his tail suddenly puffed\n\nout, \"Becca... I think you can be happy.\" Both girls looked to Andy, who was already fast in\n\nmotion.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What exactly are you--\" Becca began, but paused as Andy jumped right over the edge of the roof,\n\n\"ANDY!\" she jumped up and raced to the lip, Mandy by her side in a split second. Both girls\n\ngazed over the edge where the wolf was balancing on a thin ledge about eight feet down.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy looked back up to them, \"See the arch the carriageway?\" he motioned to the brick and mortar\n\narch that spanned over the alley below and stretched across the way. The arch emerged from their\n\nbuilding just below the ledge upon which Andy tread and connected just below the roof overhang\n\non the building opposite theirs.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"What's that supposed to accomplish?\" Becca questioned, \"There's zombies over there too.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Those are row houses.\" Mandy pointed out, motioning to the large line of collected buildings,\n\n\"We could run forever.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Not forever...\" Andy pointed out, \"just long enough to lose any zombies following us on the\n\nstreet.\" and he began to work his way across the ledge toward the arch.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"But why bother going along the ledge?\" Mandy questioned the wolf, following next to him on the\n\nroof top, \"You could have just jumped down onto the archway.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I want to be seen.\" Andy replied, motioning to the throng of zombies following him on the\n\nground, \"We're going to split up.\" he explained.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"No.\" Mandy announced with finality, \"I don't like that idea.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"It'll be fine.\" Andy offered calmingly, \"I'll head west, you head east and you, Becca,\" he\n\nglanced to the squirrel, \"you head south.\" he let out a breath, \"We'll all meet up on the north\n\nside of the Asda car park.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"The one across from Sainsbury's?\" Becca asked.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy nodded, \"That's the one.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I hate that store.\" the squirrel scowled.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Which one?\" Mandy asked, \"Asda or Sainsbury's?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Yes.\" Becca answered, offering no further explanation.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Alright... I'll go first to make sure it'll hold your weight.\" Andy offered, slowly climbing\n\nfrom the ledge to the archway. He shuffled his feet out across onto the bricks, still holding\n\nonto the roof with one paw, \"Okay... it looks steady... wish me luck.\" He looked back to the\n\nother survivors as Mandy leaned over the rooftop to take his face in her paws and share a kiss.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe romantic moment, sadly was shattered by a scream. Becca cleared them both as she soared\n\nthrough the air and onto the brick archway. A soft groan from atop the building caused Mandy to\n\npull away from Andy and gaze back out of view; she screamed as well.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Mandy?\" Andy called and quickly grabbed her arm as she leapt down onto the ledge with him. Her\n\nother hand stretched out into the long drop below, barely managing to balance on the edge of the\n\nledge with just her toes. The paramedic tightened his hold on the bricks and pulled with all\n\nhis might, helping Mandy secure her footing on the ledge.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Zombies got onto the roof!\" she announced.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Go!\" Andy ordered, flattening himself as far against the building as he could. He motioned to\n\nthe arch, \"Go!\" he repeated.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"I can't get around you.\" she announced quickly, ducking low as a pair of rotting arms meandered\n\naround head-level, the zombie searching blindly for them, \"Go first... I'll follow.\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf reluctantly let go of the fennec fox's paw and began to situate himself for the climb.\n\nHe gripped the bricks of the archway and hauled himself up onto it, panting as he exerted\n\nhimself, \"Remind me... to get well rested next time... before trying something like this.\" he\n\ngrunted, finally pulling himself up onto the arch.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBecca reached the opposite side and glanced back to them, \"There're three on the roof!\" she\n\nshouted.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Shite.\" Andy announced, getting to his feet atop the archway. Mandy ducked down as an agile\n\nzombie practically flew from the rooftop and landed adroitly upon the archway; the fox's\n\ncrumpled foot didn't even seem to affect it. \"Tommy...\" the paramedic breathed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe zombie stalked forward, heedless of the bits of dust and mortar falling from the archway\n\nbeneath their combined weights, \"Andy! There's too much wei--\" but Mandy couldn't finish her\n\nsentence, screaming as a pair of ratty-furred wolf paws latched onto her blouse and began trying\n\nto pull her up onto the roof.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"MANDY!\" Andy shouted, stepping back again as the zombie that had been Tommy continued to\n\nadvance. The medic felt the archway shake slightly, but he as more focused on his beloved\n\nfiance, who was fighting to get free of the zombie's grip... it was Steve, Andy realized-- Steve\n\nhad Mandy. Tommy took that opportunity to press the advantage.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA swirling mass of bloody fur, claws, came at Andy and he was stumbling backward before he could\n\neven cry out; three swift impacts sent him reeling. The wolf groaned, falling backwards, arms\n\ncartwheeling as the double punch and kick left him breathless and seeing stars. He lost his\n\nbalance, and fell-- but he was saved; the wolf had fallen straight backwards and onto the\n\narchway. Unfortunately, the impact of his weight was more than the belabored architecture could\n\nstand.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf howled out as the archway gave way, flailing his arms and legs as he began to fall.\n\nAndy's trajectory suddenly changed however as a paw reached out and grabbed his wrist. Becca\n\ngrunted from above as she retained hold of him, even as she was forced to take on his full\n\nweight, sending the wolf swinging into the side of the building upon which the squirrel stood.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Ugh... I thought paramedics had to stay in shape...\" Becca grunted, keeping a tight hold of\n\nhim.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy quickly regained his bearings, \"I'm not that--\" and his breath froze in his muzzle as\n\nsharp, agonizing pain seared through his leg. Andy screamed, and barely managed to maintain his\n\ngrip on the bricks of the building as Tommy gnawed into his ankle, \"He's on my leg!\" the wolf\n\nscreamed, howling out again as the zombie renewed its attack.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBecca strained, trying to pull Andy further up onto the roof, but with Tommy hanging onto him it\n\nwas no use. Andy kicked with his free leg, hitting the fox on the side of the head. He kicked\n\nagain, connecting his toe to Tommy's jaw, finally knocking it free of his foot. A third kick,\n\nand the zombie was knocked free, slamming face-first into a window, hurtled into the building by\n\nthe force of the blow.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Damn...\" Andy murmured, \"Damn damn damn damn damn...\" and he planted his feet against a\n\nwindow frame, starting to climb up. He winced, unable to put any weight on his injure leg, but\n\nBecca helped him over the ledge and onto the roof of the house.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy lowered his head, taking a deep breath before he turned back to face the other building...\n\nand he wished he hadn't. \"Look away.\" Becca ordered, and Andy didn't argue, the horrific scene\n\nacross the way etched into his memory. Blood everywhere... the zombie that had been Steve\n\ncovered in red... Mandy's unblinking eyes staring across the distance... Andy let out a howl of\n\nanguish.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Andy...\" Becca offered quietly, \"We have to--\" but her sentence was left incomplete as the\n\ndoorway leading to the stairwell exploded outward; Tommy stood in the opening, eyes glazed and\n\nvacant. A long trail of bloody spittle dribbled from his muzzle.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBecca readied her pipe, which she still held. Andy took a step back until his tail brushed the\n\nlip of the roof. He spread his stance, but winced, unable to keep any weight on his injured\n\nleg. The medic unlatched his kit from his hip as the zombie fox stalked closer. Becca and Andy\n\nexchanged nods and the squirrel moved closer to the wolf. That was the moment Tommy chose to\n\nstrike.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe fox charged, leaping into the air, claws outstretched, letting loose a gurgling, wet roar\n\nthat came out of the hole in his throat instead of his muzzle. Andy threw himself to the ground\n\nand Becca ducked... but the squirrel wasn't quite fast enough. Tommy soared overhead and over\n\nthe edge of the roof... but one well-placed claw dug into Becca's shoulder and she tumbled right\n\nover with him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"NO!\" Andy shouted, and quickly straightened up, grabbing hold of the squirrel's foot before she\n\nwas carried over the whole way. Becca screamed from her upside down position, Tommy's claws\n\ndigging into her shoulder, supporting the undead fox's weight at her expense. Blood poured down\n\nfrom the open wound. Andy maintained his grip on the squirrel's ankle, moving his second paw\n\nover to grip it as well.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf spread his legs to gain a broader stance and better leverage then cried out as blood\n\npoured from his ankle wound. \"Becca!\" he wheezed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Andy...\" Becca cried, and screamed as the zombie wriggled in the air, drawing larger gashes in\n\nher shoulder. Andy's eyes went wide at the loud, fleshy sound of an audible rip, and the\n\nsquirrel screamed at the top of her lungs. The weight supported by the wolf was suddenly\n\nlessened and he worked to pull Beth back up onto the roof.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA moment later a loud \\*THUD\\* sounded from down below. Andy didn't pay it any attention\n\nhowever-- he was focused on Becca, who was staring at her torn shoulder where her arm had once\n\nbeen. \"Oh my god...\" she murmured, eyes wide, and passed out.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\*\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Come on, Becca... come on...\" Andy knelt beside the unconscious squirrel. He had done what he\n\ncould for her arm, which had been anything but a clean separation. The wound was closed and\n\nbandaged but she had lost a lot of blood, and, nearly four hours later, she remained unmoving,\n\n\"Stay with me.\" he encouraged of her.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe wolf couldn't manage to look back across the way to the other rooftop; he knew that it would\n\nbe too painful. \"Mandy...\" he whispered to himself, \"...no... not you too...\" several tears\n\nfell down from his cheek, landing upon his paws as he replaced Becca's bandages. \"She's gone...\n\nso what was this all for? \" he asked of Becca, but the squirrel didn't reply.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy let out a deep breath, laying down beside the unconscious squirrel, \"And now it's just the\n\ntwo of us... at least... until the zombies find a way up.\" the paramedic closed his eyes, taking\n\na steadying breath. His body felt heavy. Physical, mental, and emotional fatigue began to flow\n\nthrough him making it harder and harder to resist the urge to fall asleep.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy sat up with a start, \"NO!\" he forced himself awake, \"I am NOT going to sle--\" and his\n\nmonologue slowed as he glanced around, the dark gray of the early morning dawn casting long\n\nshadows across the rooftop; he HAD fallen asleep. The wolf cursed himself and his weakness.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nIt was quiet... very quiet. Andy glanced to Becca, who remained in the same position as where\n\nshe had lay before he had given in to unconsciousness. The medic reached out and felt for a\n\npulse. He sat there for many long seconds, adjusting the positioning of his fingers more than\n\nonce. In the end, however, he slammed his fist into the roof... and began crying.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe sun was just starting to rise when Andy finally got to his feet. The wolf glanced slowly\n\nmoved to the ledge, glancing over it and out onto the street. There was a large amount of\n\nrubble in the alleyway below but, much to Andy's dismay, there was no sign of the zombie Tommy.\n\nAndy closed his eyes and took a deep breath, steadying himself. He stuffed his paws into his\n\npockets... and only then did he remember the ring.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe paramedic slowly drew the box out of his pocket, flipping it open with his thumb. He\n\nwatched the way the diamond glinted and flashed in the light of the dawning sun. His eyes began\n\nto water again and he closed the box. Squinting his eyes shut, the wolf out out a primal scream\n\nas he closed the box and hurled the ring out into the square with all his might. He picked up\n\nlooses pieces of rubble that had fallen onto the roof and threw those next, screaming all the\n\ntime.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nFinally, exhausted anew, the wolf slumped back down to the roof, gazing out across the empty\n\nsquare, not a soul in sight... not even the zombies. He breathed heavily, gazing down at the\n\nunmoving squirrel, and he knew that she wouldn't be able to stay up on the roof with him. Andy\n\nrealized that it was possible that she would turn into a-- his blood chilled when Becca's foot\n\ntwitched.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe medic felt his blood begin to boil, thawing it quickly. Snarling, Andy stamped down on\n\nBecca's single wrist and put his other foot right on her neck. The zombie gnashed its teeth,\n\nstarting to struggle with surreal strength, but Andy simply twisted his foot, pushing the\n\nsquirrel's jaw into an odd position... then flexed his leg. \\*Pop!\\* and the zombie stopped\n\nmoving, its neck cleanly snapped.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAs the anger faded from him it was replaced by a deep, dark emptiness. Andy slumped to a\n\nsitting position once again. He heard the grunts and groans returning to the square and he\n\nrealized that they would be able to outlast him. The wolf watched as the zombies filled every\n\nopen inch of the plaza, quickly rallying around the building where he stood, gazing down\n\nhelplessly... hopelessly. He glanced back toward the stairwell atop the roof when it shuddered\n\npowerfully from inside.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"They're not gonna get me.\" he told himself, forcing himself back up to his feet, \"They're not\n\ngonna get me.\" he took several steps away from the door until he reached the edge of the roof.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe door finally came off its hinges, knocked open by the zombies within. There, standing in\n\nthe doorway, was a shredded young husky with his neck torn completely open. \"Oh god, Jeff...\"\n\nAndy murmured, stumbling toward his medical kit, \"oh god...\". The agony was unsurmountable;\n\nthe weariness was overpowering.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy had lost his fiance... he had lost his friends. He was all alone and he hadn't truly slept\n\nin days. He hadn't eaten; he hadn't had anything to drink. Andy recognized all the signs of\n\ndehydration... the onset of preliminary starvation... exhaustion. He realized he wasn't\n\nthinking clearly... at least, somewhere in the back of his mind he did. More importantly, he\n\nlocked gazes with the undead husky... both of them knew that the paramedic had non fight left in\n\nhim.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAndy was tired... so very tired. He wouldn't let the zombies get him... no... not like they did\n\nto the others. Andy began shuffling through his medical kit as Jake shuffled toward him. He\n\ncontinued frantically searching until he found a syringe. A few moments later he pulled out a\n\nsmall glass bottle nearly filled with a clear liquid. Tired and hunted, Andy realized he would\n\nbe able to solve both of his problems. The wolf knew the perfect dose for someone his size.\n\nTears falling down his cheeks, Andy multiplied it by ten.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003cTHE END\\\u003e\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nCongratulations Group 4, you've made it this far.\u0026nbsp; Sadly, the support readers have shown you has been minimal for this, your final hurdle.\u0026nbsp; Luck and dice rolls still play a large part in your survival, but unfortunately you have very little margin for error.\n\n\u0026nbsp; Welcome to this: the finale.  \n  \nAll characters must succeed on a Luck roll.\u0026nbsp; Characters will contribute all of their Plot Points on a 1 for 1 basis to increase their Luck.\u0026nbsp; Characters get a number of rolls equal to their Luck.\u0026nbsp; 1 or more dice rolls must be a 0-- if not, then everything ends here for them.\u0026nbsp; Good luck.  \n  \nMandy has an active Luck of 6.  \nMandy gets 6 dice in an attempt to roll a 0.  \nRoll 1 = 3  \nRoll 2 = 2  \nRoll 3 = 5  \nRoll 4 = 2  \nRoll 5 = 3  \nRoll 6 = 4  \nMandy dies.  \n  \nAndy has an active Luck of 12.  \nAndy gets 12 dice in an attempt to roll a 0.  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 1 = 5  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 2 = 9  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 3 = 2  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 4 = 1  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 5 = 3  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 6 = 3  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 7 = 8  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 8 = 7  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 9 = 9  \nRoll 10 = 7  \nRoll 11 = 2  \nRoll 12 = 8  \nAndy dies.  \n  \nBecca has an active Luck of 9.  \nBecca gets 9 dice in an attempt to roll a 0.  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 1 = 3  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 2 = 5  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 3 = 7  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 4 = 6  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 5 = 5  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 6 = 6  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 7 = 5  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 8 = 1  \nRoll\u0026nbsp; 9 = 3  \nBecca dies.  \n  \nThank you, Group 4, for taking part in the Apoc-Fur-Lypse.\u0026nbsp; We now mourn our six (plus 3) survivors:  \nSam Cox\u0026nbsp; (author supplied character)  \nAndy Silverhair (supplied by Silverhair)  \nJames Matrix (supplied by James Matrix)  \nSteve (supplied by Copper Wolf)  \nDezzi Vaughan (supplied by Tinselworm)  \nThomas (supplied by tommythefox)  \nJeff Matrix (a late-comer to the group)  \nMandy O'Conner (a late-comer to the group)  \nRebecca \"Becca\"Davison (a late-comer to the group)  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \nOne final task for the readers as it relates to the Zombie Apoc-Fur-Lypse:  \nRead through both So Furry groups and find one whose ending you do not like.\u0026nbsp; Go to that post and vote.\u0026nbsp; The storyline with the most number of winning votes will be revised and rewritten.\u0026nbsp; Go... do it now!  \n  \n\n","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/192087-the-zombie-apoc-fur-lypse-group-5-concludes.json"}