Drop Dead Gorgeous/Issue 1

This is Issue 1 of Drop Dead Gorgeous.

Issue 1:
Three figures sprinted down the hillside. Two familiar, one not so familiar. Behind them, tens, maybe even hundreds, of undead figures were hot on their trail.

“Britney!” The tall blond man shouted as he tossed one of the two females a handgun.

“I knew we should have gone back to the barnhouse for the van, Harrison!” Britney called.

“That was four months ago!” Harrison shouted back. “Let it go!”

“What’s that?” The smaller girl shouted as they began to run.

At the bottom of the hill, on the other side of a bunch of trees, there was a campsite. It was deserted, several tents stood torn open and tire tracks can be seen deep in the mud, as if an RV had previously been there.

“Get in a tent and don’t move.” Harrison told the others as the three split up to make their way through the small foresty area before the campsite.

Britney sprinted straight forwards and headed straight for a camouflaged green tent. All of a sudden, she lost her footing on a piece of mud and slipped onto her back. She quickly jumped to get up but found her black leather jacket to be stuck on the tree behind her. Britney pulled the jacket repeatedly as the walkers began to get nearer. She decided to abandon her favorite jacket and frantically scrambled for the buttons. Out of nowhere, a walker dropped on top of Britney and went in for the kill.

Before it could sink it’s rotted and disgusting teeth into Britney, it splurted out blood from it’s mouth and fell to the ground. She pushed the walker out of the way to see the smaller girl had just saved her life.

“Thank fuck for you, Sofi.” Britney said before she was offered and hand and helped up, ripping her jacket.

“That was my favorite jacket!” Britney whined as the two began to run, hand-in-hand.

“We’ll find you a new one.” Sofi told her as the two dived into the green tent.

The two covered their mouths to stop the sound of their heathy breathing from attracting any more walkers.

Sofi closed her eyes and buried her face into Britney’s chest as the walkers passed, scared. Britney watched as the limping, decayed walkers passed their tent. The pair waited until the sound of footsteps had faded into the difference until they crept out of the tent.

“Psst!” Harrison called ina harsh whispers. Britney and Sofi crept over to the man. The two crouched behind a rundown car. The three watched as two army vehicles drove along a jagged road, approaching the campsite. The vehicles had M.O.O.S. printed on the side.

“Who are they?” Sofi asked.

“I don’t know but they’re not gonna be friendly.” Harrison told her. “Get in the car.”

Harrison pulled the door open and let the girls climb in before entering the vehicle himself. The first army vehicle drove past the car but the second stopped just next to the car where the group were hiding.

Several men dressed in army uniforms got out of the cars and stood together.

“Shoot to kill.” One man said. “Even if they are living.”

“We can’t take any risks.” Another said.

“They’re going to kill us.” Britney whispered in a scared tone.

Sofi noticed a blonde girl in the passenger seat of the army vehicle. Duck tape covered her mouth and her wrists were tied up with a rope. The girl spotted Sofi and the two shared a tearful look.

“We’ve got to rescue her.” Sofi said to the others.

“Who?” Harrison asked.

“In the car.” Sofi told him. “See?”

The three watched as the female wrote something on the window with a free finger.

“‘Car works. Key under seat.’” Britney read it aloud. Harrison scrambled to get the key. After turning on the engine, Harrison slowly rolled the car forwards, trying not to attract too much attention.

“HEY!” One of the men shouted. “STOP THE CAR!”

Harrison passed a handgun to Britney. “Do it.” He said.

“I can’t kill a living person!” She shrieked. Sofi sighed, before snatching the gun from Britney’s hands and kicking the passenger door open. She stepped out and sent a single bullet through the skull of a M.O.O.S. operative. Spinning around on one foot, Sofi shot another two operatives before turning back to see that Harrison was using the bottom of his gun to bust the door of a M.O.O.S vehicle to rescue the girl.

After a lot of effort, the door finally swung open. Harrison pushed the girl aside and climbed into the vehicle as Britney protected Sofi who was running into the back of the army vehicle. She had finally built the courage up to kill two M.O.O.S agents.

Britney jumped on the back of the vehicle as Harrison started the vehicle. M.O.O.S. operative shot at the vehicle, annoyed that the group had stolen one of their vans.

Harrison helped the blonde girl climb into the back of the truck before Britney slowly peeled off the duct tape covering her mouth.

“What’s your name?” Sofi asked.

“Annabeth.” She replied as she watched the remaining M.O.O.S. operatives climb into their vehicle and drive off.

End of Issue 1

Trivia

 * First appearence of Sofi.
 * First appearence of Annabeth.
 * First appearence of M.O.O.S. operatives.