hotel sweet cuisine [pinned]

- ali violently hit her face against her palm, groaning in disappoint while staring at the signal bar - "that's so stupid" - she said, stuffing her phone in the pocket before picking up the pole that's on the floor. maybe she could use it as defense. after bandaging her fists, she found a pair of goggles and didn't hesitate to pick it up and place it on her forehead for now - "okay here i fucking go"

echo looks at the big metal door at the other side of the room. The tape should hold for now but theres no qaurantee that the zombies could break through. There's no way of knowing how you get infected too. Echo stands up and goes to the windows to see if there's any sign of life. He squints his eyes and gasps when he sees a red haired person walking to the hotel. Quickly he stormed down the stairs to the front door to meet the stranger

- allium rub her cheek with her fist while looking around, she hate this, she hate everything that's happening. clicking her tongue, she walks inside the hotel, focusing every little sound incase if something shows up. as soon as she hears the rushing footsteps from the stairs, she tightened her grips on the pole , ready for the attack but pause once immediately when she saw a brunette survivor instead -

Echo runs infront of the redhead brimming with newfound energy and hope. 'OMG OMG your alive! Where did u get those goggles? where are you from? whats your name? where is your family?' echo attacked the stranger with qeustions

- which makes ali back off a little with a dead face - "i uh- woa- i jus- let me speak dawg" - she palce a hand on her forehead before sighing and then she looks up to met echo's eyes - "look, i know this seem weird like we can die any moment but not now. my name is ali, how about you?" - allium said, she would usually hold her hand out but since they have no time for that right now.

- Ren gets out of the school only to be met with a swarm of zombies “..death would be easier” they mutter with a heavy sigh then make their way to the garage “alright get to the car drive to the hotel don’t look back get to the car drive to the hotel don’t look back get to the car-“ they kept whispering to themselves 

“Hey is everyone alright?” They send a message to the other survivors hoping they’re still alive

- allium phone went vibrant and immediately she pull it out of her pocket, noticing the signal bars and new message which she immediately text back 'hey im, in fact, echo, we're okay! i made it to the hotel but we're not quite sure where to take shelter or to go' - she tried to response as quickly as can and hit the send button immediately she done typing 

-upon arriving at the parking lot Ren feels their phone vibrating, they give a sigh of relief and as they start typing the reply they realize they lost the signal “FUCK” they yell only to realize that they weren’t alone and the other beings just so happened to be zombies.

They start running to the car and the moment they enter it and lock the door they start driving, ignoring the blood splattering on the car windows,and the feeling of the tires ripping the zombies to shreds “all is gonna be fine” they say as tears start falling down their face.

Meanwhile echo was still bombarding ali with qeustions when suddenly they heard a rip. The tape at the door ripped of. Slowly a green gas seeped from under the door into the room it went a lot faster then last time.

- ali head perked up at the sight, gasping slightly before she immediately grab echo's hand, start pulling him away - "the fuck, dude?? do we have any mask for that!?" - ali whisper-yell as she pull echo along with her while running far away from that door.

'Uhh no?' he said sheepishly

"doesn't matter" - with that she turned her heels, getting outside the hotel just to see a car driving to their way in the distance.

-Ren arrives at the hotel and sees the first human in a long time, they slowly come to a stop near them “hey I’m Ren” they say in a low whisper then shake their head slightly “ahm your the other survivor right? Have you been doing okay?”they say a bit more cheerfully although it sounds a bit forced.

- ali let go of echo hand before walking toward Ren - "yeah we are, you must be that one in the message, correct?" - she asked in a beam, hoping they are, if not that'll got her worried for the person in her phone to be okay out there.

- Ren get out of the car and stands on shaky legs “yeah yeah I’m the one” they take a deep breath before glancing at the person besides the redhead “so why are you both out? Isn’t it safe in the hotel?” Ren asks, nervousness clear in their voice.

"well,, " - ali trailed off, didn't know how to explain but it doesn't took her long before she heard sound of tape ripped and the iron door open wide - "um well you see-" - ali turned around, seeing a distance sight of dead walking inside the hotel, clearing her throat she turned back to Ren - "-not anymore-"

-Ren looks at the direction Ali is looking at “well fuck” they say a bit defeated.

Ren looks at the ground before saying getting back to the drivers seat “get in unless you want to turn into a nice warm meal for these things” they say looking at the dead.

- allium nodded before dragging echo along with her inside the car and closed the door shut - "I don't know where we should fucking go but let's get out of this shit quick,," she said it kinda rush and paused a bit. "please" she quietly added, thinking she sounded rude -

echo qieutly watched the two converse. As naive as they were they wanted to protest and go back to the dead beings. 'what if there's a way to save them?' echo thought to themselves while fastening their seat belt.'The world is fucking ending a seatbelt wont save you' ali said looking at echo. 'better safe then sorry' echo said not feeling like arguing with the redhead. Echo gazed in awe at their surroundings as they passed by the abandoned buildings and vechicles. There was trash and personal items scattered everywhere. A ragdoll lay on the street infront of them next to a discarded suitcase who probably slipped from the persons hands while running away. Clothing was scattered and echo squinted their eyes and managed to make out the face of a little girl on the picture in the suitcase. 'STOP!' echo shouted suddenly. Ren hit the brake in suprise and everyone was launched forward except for echo. 'what the fuck' ali said in annoyance as they rubbed the front of their head that hit the dashboard. Echo jumps out the car and runs over to the suitcase they grabbed the doll and the picture and  stuffed it inside their backpack. 'dont collect any unnessecary weight' ali said looking angry at the brunnette. 'i know but- echo was cut off in the middle of their sentence as they locked eyes with a family in a car. The girl strapped in place in the backseat looked like the girl in the picture. Just when echo was about to yell and ask the family if they were alright ali squinted their nose frowning and said 'don't bother they're dead'. Echo could then make out that the little girl wasen't sleeping but in fact dead with blood seeping from between the girls black curls. echo gulped as they felt their heart sink to their stomach. 'i- i need a moment' he said while dragging himself shaking to a trash bin before throwing up their breakfast in it.

"echo!" - ali whispered-yelled, caressing her finger between her brows in disappoint, she then sigh before patting echoes back while looking away in embarrassed - "there, be quick, we're in middle of you know what" - she said, trying to sound not mad -

- Ren stays in the care glancing between echo and the dead family “hey guys” they said a bit loudly “do you..perhaps- I mean do you have families?”

Ren starts tapping the steering wheel progressively the tapping get faster “ I mean mine lives in a fuckin mountain so they’re probably fine right? I mean we’re kinda fine and we’re in the middle of the city” they said glancing at echo worriedl

"of course" - ali pursed her lips, still with her hand on echoes back - "I want to believe they're still alive but,, I'm not sure" -she looked down, try to not sound sad since she feel like it's weak. echo look at ali and noticed her mood - "do you want us to check em out?" - He asked, Ali just shook her head as she just accepted the fate. they both get Inside the car before they start moving again. the whole time they were oddly quite.

- Ren drives to a secluded part of a beach and turns on the hearse song “aren’t you happy I illegally download songs” they said trying to lighten the mood with a forced smile “it’s quite appropriate to our situation too” one look at the other two Ren knew it was a failed attempted.

“well we can rest here until we figure where we should go…a gas station will be the first stop” they ramble on trying to fill the silence and failing miserably when they themself can’t muster up the energy to talk.

the sun had gone down everything was pure silence not a single bird or peron to be heard. It wouldve been comforting if not for the bitter truth. Echo was asleep in the back seat when suddenly he felt himself being shaken awake. He looked annoyed at Ali who looked serious at something behind him. He turned around to see a gas station with what seemed to be smoke coming from between the doors. He was relieved to see it wasen't the gas from before but something still seemed off. Ren gripped the steering wheel thightly when Ali got up from her seat and jumped out the car. Everytime Ali's shoes crunched against the ground echo looked around scared that something would hear them. Ali raised her hands to form a tube around her mouth and yelled at the gas station 'is anyone there?!' ren and echo were terrified trying to motion Ali to get back in the car so they could get out of there instantly. Ali shrugged her shoulders when no answer came and turned around to the car when her boot hit a broken bottle of beer. With a loud clinck the bottle rolled forward to end up at the wheel of the car. It felt like the sound went through their spines and could be heard everywhere. A shiver went down ren's spine when they saw something move behind the glass doors in the dark of the gas station. Ali slowly turned around to find what seemed to be a middle aged man standing there. His brown locks were drenched with dried blood and his face seemed like it had been ripped apart by a wild animal his eyes were barely in their sockets and a side of his mouth was completly gone leaving a big gaping wound from wich blood was gushing. Echo could count all his teeth, his clothing was ripped of his body revealing his chubby stomach ripped by what could be claws with bugs inhabiting his flesh eating the man alive while they created their homes in his intestins. The man gurgled in an attempt to speak. Coughing up blood he suddenly fell face forward in the dirt. A pool of dark red liquid formed around his head as he lay there trembling and coughing. He looked up at the teens looking straight into their eyes before he finally went limp. a few twitches went through his body before he froze. Ali slowly took a few steps back and jumped in the car. All the colour had dissapeared from her face. Ren gripped the steering wheel before ramming he foot into the car pedal and they went forward with a sudden haste to get away from the disturbing sight. How many times were they gonna have to see people dying. Echo curled up in a ball and tried his best to fall asleep but whenever he closed his eyes he could see the dead man's eyes flash before him. Everyone stayed silent, what was there to say? If they weren't carefull they'd end up like the poor guy coughing up their insides before being completly forgotten. Echo looked up through the back window and saw a small light far behind them where the station was with smoke reaching up to the skies.

(DAMN GURL I DIDNT ASKED YOU TO WRITE A WHOLE ESSAY)

"You.. should change your platforms" - echo murmured between his knees quietly but ali heard nonetheless, she sighs heavily - "yea no what should I wear then? I can't walk around with bare foot" - she rest her cheek on her fist with her elbow on her knee while staring out at the dark sky - ali was trying her best to not think too much on what they all just saw but everytime she feel remember it, she felt like throwing up. Echo rolled his eyes a little, groaning - "maybe yes, it'll be better than making a lot of noises" he response before turning his gaze away from ali. she just huffed, looking at ren who's driving silently, she lean on her seat "Hey ren um.. tell me a little about yourself" - ali voice was hush but she keep it up a little for them to hear.

(Echo if you ever write a book tell me please ·̀.̫·́✧ )

-Ren gives a long sigh “I…uhh.. grew up near the mountains in a family of farmers, we went hunting a lot too and ironically I’m now vegetarian” they gave a slight chuckle before continuing “I have 4 siblings and as the youngest I try to make them all hate me so I may or may not stole this car from them” they ran their hand on the steering wheel as if they can still feel the warmth of one of their siblings hands on it “I only came to the city to finish high school it’s like- ah sorta of a tradition I suppose in our family ya know? like a bird leaving a nest kinda thing”

As they were saying the last sentence they slowed the car to a stop, before echo or Ali could say a thing they left the car looking at seemingly nothing before snapping their finger in a nervous manner and began heading towards the trunk.

The pair inside of the car exchanged curious looks when they heard loud rummaging. 

Ren slammed the trunk shut and walked back into the car, throwing a gun at echo and sneakers at Ali “I don’t know if they’re your size but you can try them” they said to Ali before turning to echo “Glock 19, relatively easy to use” they paused before adding quickly “I definitely stole the car”.

Ali and echo looked at them expecting a small explanation but Ren just continued driving to nearest repair shop to get fuel.

 “Dude” Ren heard Ali say in a low voice and decided to ignore her by playing music.

- ali looked down at the sneakers ren throwed then look at echo who's carefully scanning over the gun, hopefully it's not already loaded. she place one knee up before she start to take off the belts from her boots and do the same to another knee and put the sneakers on. it surprisely fits. - "hm" - she hummed, leaning back in her seat again. her eyes starts to get heavy but she want to stay full attention but fighting to sleep is harder than fighting a zombie, not even some minutes, ali drift off to sleep finally.