Escape from Hellview

"Escape from Hellview"

By Samhain

Disclaimer: I OWN NO ONE! Except my ocs....

Notes: I recently changed Jacklyn\'s hair color from Blue to White, if the continuity is off, please excuse it.



Chapter 4



The upstairs portion of the mall was extremely quiet, almost painfully so. It was so nerve-racking to the group as they searched every store. They found nothing every time.



Moving closer to Spencer’s Gifts, a bloody mass in the middle of the walkway caught Jes’s eye. Mousse covered Shampoo’s mouth before she could scream. Raising the gun into positing, Jes approached the body. It lied motionless. He kicked it and moved back quickly. Nothing. Looking more carefully, he noticed a bullet hole in its head. Jes lowered his gun and stared at the body.



“It’s dead. Dead, Dead I mean. Someone got to it before us.”



“What do you mean someone?” Mousse questioned, dashing to the body. He then saw it too; the bullet wound in the head.



“Someone’s here. Someone with a gun, so that’s a good thing.” It was at that moment they all heard a loud bang followed by the glass in Spencer’s shattering. “Or Maybe not.” Jes corrected himself. Everyone hit the floor immediately, Shampoo screaming again until Mousse covered her mouth.



“Who the fuck is shooting at us?” Jes yelled angrily. He lifted his head slightly to see where the shooter was coming from.



“Who the fuck wants to know?” A woman’s voice sounded from Hot Topic. A flash of white hair was all it took for Jes to realize who it was. He let out a relieved breath and climbed to his feet. The woman also came into view, surprised. “Jesus Christ! Jes?!”



“What are you doing here, Jacklyn?” Jes hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek. Shampoo, looking up from her position, suddenly burst up and tackled Jacklyn. The rest of the group did nearly the same, very relieved to see her.



“Sleeping until your noisy asses got here. Got a great little set up in Hot Topic.” She pointed back to the store. “I figured you were one of those zombies. Really surprised me cuz I thought I got rid of them all already.”



“You’ve secured the area already? The whole store? Wait a minute, how the hell could you sleep at a time like this?”



“Yes the whole store, and yes I was sleeping. I told you I had a great set up in Hot topic. Well, you guys didn’t see me, did you? I’m pretty camouflaged with all the merchandise I’m hidden in.” Once more she pointed towards the store. There by the window was her little bed composed of psychopathic records pillows and comforters. She was right when she said it was unnoticeable. “So, anyone have a plan how we’re gonna get through this?”



“Actually, I was hoping you’d have the plan. Our first destination of choice was your house, but it was a little overrun by zombies. I kinda figured we could stay here until it blows over. Either that or maybe try to get to water or something. Then we can get to an island away from them.”



“Oh my God, Jes, you’re fucking stupid.”



“Well, it worked in Maximum Overdrive!”



“We’re dealing with zombies here, not fucking alien-powered cars, you retard! Haven’t you seen Dawn of the Dead? They did the same thing. They were stuck at a mall, their resources ran low and then they hauled ass to the marina where they sailed off into the sunset to a remote island away from all zombies.” Jacklyn seemed angry now.



“Well, hell that doesn’t seem that bad.” Trunks commented.



“Yeah, it didn’t, but you see, that wasn’t the end of the movie. During the credits, it showed them on the boat. They ran out of food and drinkable water. But, they did make it to that island. Do you know what they found there? Zombies. The whole island was infested with zombies. We will be meeting their fate if we try that dumb ass stunt. Now, luckily that was a movie, so I’m gonna assume that many people have seen it and have learned from it, that means containing the victims before this can spread any worse than it already has.



“From what I’ve seen on the TV’s in Radioshack, the military is involved right now, which makes sense. I’m just hoping they’re going to be smart about this situation. What’s worrying me is what they plan to do. My guess would be nuke the whole town if this is an isolated event. They’d eventually chalk it up to being their best way of dealing with the situation. If this isn’t an isolated incident, however, we’re all fucked. That means we have literally no where to go.” She took a breath. She seemed to be pent up with this speech for hours now. Everyone could tell Jacklyn had given this some serious thought, perhaps before the situation even happened.



“Okay, then. What do you propose we do?” Mousse asked, thinking. There was a pause as everyone stared at Jacklyn. A twisted smile crept to her face.



“I say we take them on.”



Her response generated a reaction from everyone. Almost in unison, the group screamed out “WHAT?!” It was Trunks who then stepped forward.



“What the hell are you talking about!? Are you fucking crazy!? Take them on with what!? Pool cues and baseball bats!?” Jacklyn smiled and held up her hand.



“Hear me out, I’ve had a lot of time to think about this. Listen, in the movie they shot at propane tanks to make them explode onto zombies to buy time. Well, when they did that, it took out a good three hundred zombies. If they just kept doing that over and over, hell they could beat to death the rest of them.”



“Jacklyn, that sounds okay and all, but I seem to remember an episode of Myth Busters that just shot your whole theory all to hell. “Jes interrupted. “They were proving or disproving the scene in Jaws where the dude shot the propane tank in the shark’s mouth. Well, the reality is that there is so much pressure in the tank that the bullets all bounced off of it.”



“I saw that episode too, Jes. That’s why I’m not proposing we shoot propane tanks.” She then dashed into Hot Topic for a moment, emerging again with a Psychopathic Records back pack. “I’m saying we shoot off these babies.” She pulled out a long tube with a fuse at the end.



“Is that what I think it is?” Trunks gaped at her.



“If you think it’s a bomb, then yes you’re correct. I came prepared.”



“Jacklyn, how in the hell do you have bombs? It’s not like you can just buy them at Wal-Mart, you know!” Mousse seemed highly confused at her arsenal.



“Actually, you kinda can. Thanks to our good friend Burt Gummer from the movie Tremors, in his words. they’re just ‘A few household chemicals in the proper proportions.’ A few controversial websites helped me from there. Plus that little time Trunks made mustard gas in Chemistry, remember? All he did was put bleach and ammonia together and there you have it. Insta-death!”



Trunks laughed a bit and Jes was just staring at her in amazement. “How do you know they even work?”



“Tested them myself. And luckily, the recipe is very simple. Being in a mall, we practically have everything we need on stock.”



All anyone could do was stare at her in total shock. It was clear she really did have a lot of time to think about her plan. Jes gave a chuckle and let his arms hit his sides.



“You’re a fucking genius, Jei. Insane, but a genius.” Jacklyn smiled again. “So, do you plan on doing this now or what.”



“Actually, I was thinking of relaxing for a bit. Let them realize we’re here so we have a big crowd to take care of. From there it’s like fishing almost. Just toss a bomb in a crowd of zombies and boom! We’ve got some power right now, let’s take advantage of it and eat and have fun. At least as much fun as one can have in this situation. I mean, this is the first time we\'ve ever had the whole mall all to ourselves and no one cares what the hell we do.” She paused for one more moment, getting their attention once more. “Look, you guys, I’m not suggesting this is going to work or anything. I mean, it does sound crazy and everything. I’m just suggesting this because I’d rather take as many out as I can then to die without doing anything. If this is going to be my last day on earth, well fuck then, I’m going out with a bang. Fuck starving or bleeding to death, I’m fighting back! Fuckers want me? Well they can have me with a bomb in hand, fuse lit.”



Everyone nodded. They had to admit that they had rather not heard the last part of her speech. It was better for them to believe that they had a solid shot of getting out alive before Jacklyn wised them up to a possible reality. It did begin to sink in for most of them, Shampoo starting to cry again, as they realized that they could possible die a very horrible death if everything did not go right.



“Okay. Enough of that shit. Let’s get to the food court and fire up the grills. I’m hungry and we’re gonna need strength. Just let me grab my stuff.”



“Stuff? You mean you have more bombs?” Trunks asked in awe.



Jacklyn laughed a bit as she rummaged through her bedding in the Hot Topic window. She returned with two more bags, one being an orange Sesshomaru messenger bag and the other a large green duffle bag. She unzipped the duffle bag to reveal an arsenal of guns and ammunition.



“Holy fuckin’ shit, Jei!” Jes exclaimed, examining a 9mm. It was loaded and in great shape. “Where the hell did you get all this?”



“Looted a few stores before I came here. Got as much as I could carry. The other bag has my laptop in it. God knows I can’t live without that.”



“How could you carry all these bags? They’re heavy as fuck!”



Jacklyn bowed her head slightly and for the first time that night when silent and pale.



“I’ll explain later. I just really want some food right now, okay?”