Dead Frontier/Issue 101

This is a preview for Issue #101 of Dead Frontier by Walkerbait22, titled ''Fate. This is the fifth issue of 'Volume 17. '''The entire issue is planned to be posted the week of August 12, 2013.

Issue 101 - Fate
''"What do you think happens when you die?" Finn asks. It's really a question that comes out of nowhere, in Billie's eyes. She can't imagine what prompted him to ask it, as all he does is lie on the stiff mattress in their room in the office building, eyes fixed on the ceiling, as she sits on the nearby dresser, flipping through the pages of an old magazine.''

''"I dunno. I'm not dead, so I couldn't tell you," she says, gazing at the magazine pages. "I wonder if Kim Kardashian's dead? You think so?"''

"Oh, yeah, you know she died on, like, the first day, the freakin' bimbo."

"Should ask her what it's like being dead, then."

''"I would, if I could," he says, sitting up. "My question still stands, though."''

"Geez, Finn, since when are you so...introspective? Is that the word? I seriously don't know."

"Uhh...reflective? Not sure. And I don't know, it's just a weird question. We live around the undead, and crazy people."

"Then what about you? What do you think?"

"Eh...I dunno. My parents were all into Jesus and took me to church, but I always just shrugged it off as BS. But it'd be nice, having a heaven. I think there could be one," he says, ending with a shrug.

"I think...you die. There's just black and a whole lot of nothing," Billie says, shutting her magazine.

"Boo. Boring. I want heaven and rainbows and angels."

"I'm not saying there aren't. Totally could be. But in all honesty, I think it's nothing more complicated than just dying. Don't overthink it."

''"Yeah..." he says, looking down at the floor. She hops down from the dresser and sits next to him on the mattress, linking her arm with is.''

"Why are you worked up about this so randomly?"

''"It's not really random. I think about it a lot. It's a weird thing. Just dying...you don't exist anymore. You don't feel. And then heaven, too, I don't know, I just didn't bring it up because it felt dumb. Heaven." He chuckles at himself.''

''"It's not stupid. If you wanted to talk about the possibility of Jesus actually being a chicken, Finn, I would sit down have a serious conversation with you about it, okay?" She smiles as he laughs, something she'll never get tired of hearing. ''

"And that's why I love you. For our chicken Jesus conversations."

"Good to know that's my only positive quality," she says sarcastically.

"Nah, you've got around...another ten million. Don't worry."

''She rolls her eyes, but still holds his face with both her hands and gives him a kiss. They open their eyes and smile.''

''"What?" he says with a laugh.''

"Nothing. You just need haircut."

"Come on, it looks good a little long like this. You don't like it?"

"Not the biggest fan."

"Not the biggest fan...fine. Tomorrow, I'll have Devon give me one when we get back."

"Thank you. And speaking of, we should probably go to sleep. Late, big day tomorrow."

''"Yeah, tell me about it," Finn says, yawning and then laying back on the mattress. "Hannah's first run...still not sure she's gotten over everything."''

"She hasn't, but we can't keep her locked up in here like a little kid," she says, and she makes herself comfortable, setting her head on his chest.

"I know, but...forget about it. She'll be fine, she can handle herself. You're right. I worry too much now."

"Just a little."

''He reaches to his left and turns off the battery powered lamp that sits on the nightstand, extinguishing the room's only light source and shrouding them in darkness. He grabs the covers and pulls them over them both, afterward giving her a peck of the forehead. "'Night."''

"Goodnight," she says.

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