spin_kick_snap: Kang Min Kyung as Kathy/Banzai (Hurt/Upset)
spin_kick_snap ([personal profile] spin_kick_snap) wrote2016-04-13 05:23 pm

Koreatown, Los Angeles, Wednesday

After discovering that Anders could heal the infected, the heroes of LA had been buoyed up by the knowledge that they could stop the spread of the zombie virus. Regenerator couldn't change anyone who had become of full-fledged zombie, but he was able to heal those they got to in time. It helped that the victims tended to have as much as a whole day between when they were bitten and when they turned. Stealth got word out to the populations that were most vulnerable, promising 'free and discreet care' to anyone who needed it, for whatever reason, and soon people were coming to them, either to be healed by 'Genny or two get heroes to help transport the infected back. 'Genny set up a walk-in clinic in a warehouse Stealth had procured and rather than patrolling, Banzai had started helping him there. She was fast, she was agile, she was good at calming people down--she made an excellent assistant and a new rapport sprang up between them.

They were saving lives. They were making a difference. It even made having to move back in with her family (under the guise of visiting for 'spring break') more palatable.

This rush of good feeling lasted for three days. Just three days. They knew they weren't stopping new zombies from turning, but between the people they were healing and the zombies the rest were killing, they really thought they were making a difference.

They were wrong. They were so wrong.

It was Sarah who woke Kathy up from her nap, eyes wide and a little scared. The fear alone had the bottom dropping out of Kathy's stomach; Sarah didn't do scared. She'd gone to school everyday through Seventeen territory and hadn't even flinched. "Sarah," she said, holding out a hand. "What is it?"

"Something's happening," Sarah said, going to sit on Kathy's bed and curling up against her big sister. "Something big. There was some kind of terrorist attack today--like a biological thing. People were screaming and rioting and attacking one another on Hollywood and Highland. Just out in the street in the middle of the day! Like--people ripped one another's throats out and stuff. It's all over the net--people were taking videos and running and screaming--they attacked little kids! And the way they looked--!" Sarah shuddered, hiding her face. "It was awful. Like a horror movie but for real. I watched people die. It looked like some were getting eaten."

"You shouldn't be watching this kind of stuff," Kathy said absently, stroking her sister's hair while her mind whirled. "It's just going to freak you out. Don't worry, the superheroes will fix it."

"I hope so," Sarah said, cuddling close. "Cause the videos I saw? It looked like the end of the world."

[NFB, but Kathy's going to be calling people. If you want her to call you (or want to call her), ping in and she did!]
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2016-04-15 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I can, but I'm not good at making it spin," Raven said. "And that's good to know. I'm hoping it's nice and easy to tell the difference?"
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[personal profile] soniaroadsqueen 2016-04-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, it should get there soon. I mean, you know deliveries sometimes."

Because now that Kathy had mentioned it as a joke, Ringo was totally going to do it.
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2016-04-15 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"So pretty obvious, yeah," Raven said. She looked around the room. "Hey, you want me to bring your stuff with me when I come out there? You were only packed for two weeks."
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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2016-04-15 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
He was about to find out he couldn't do anything more to help out his mentee going into the fight of her life. The word the narrative was looking for was impotent.

"Hey darlin'," he answered. "How's the zombie problem shapin' up?"

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-04-15 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
A text came in sometime that day: Is it important to vote for Prom? Because I don't know who to vote for.

How is Los Angeles?

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-04-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hanna sent her a frowny emoji, and then answered, Thanks, I will vote for ... someone. Maybe Kathy! How is the crisis going? Good complicated, or bad complicated?
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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2016-04-15 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Somewhere outside his office, a radio started playing ominous music.

Probably some ad or something.

"In my experience when someone says it like that, they mean there ain't really any good news," he said. "But you're still kickin', so I s'pose it ain't all terrible."
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2016-04-15 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Raven wouldn't argue with portalling out or with having another Li as a roommate. She also wasn't arguing with Kathy's prediction for the summer, but she was also planning to pack more than just more clothes.

She might not remember much of it, but she had lived through the Depression and World War II. "Plan for the worst" was hardwired into her.

"Must be a trip for you, huh? You might have to take summer school for something other than getting ahead."

She had no idea how bad "the worst" actually was.

[identity profile] hexentotchen.livejournal.com 2016-04-15 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Hanna stopped outside Chilly Boulder, and frowned at her phone.

Do you need help? Although she had no idea what she'd do to help in a zombie apocalypse.

Are you safe?
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[personal profile] tigerundercover 2016-04-15 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"If anything," Raven said, "they should want you more."
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[personal profile] vdistinctive 2016-04-15 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
"That's great," Eliot said, not sounding nearly as enthusiastic as Kathy probably would think he should. "Sounds like he's got his work cut out for him."

Being one person in the face of a zombie outbreak, with a skill he couldn't teach or pass along to anyone else.

. . . Okay, seriously, had the kitchen staff put on Fantasia or something? He could swear that was "Night on Bald Mountain" playing.

"Alright, let's hear the bad news."
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[personal profile] not_every_mage 2016-04-15 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm going to have to start banging on walls if they don't turn it down," Anders sighed, then closed his eyes to focus on what Kathy was saying. If he didn't let himself worry about zombies, it was almost like they weren't there. Like Kathy was only gone for the weekend and would be back beside him any minute.

"And that makes me sad for you, but I'm going to guess the kind of parents who give their 18-year-old a bedtime wouldn't be too happy with vibrator noises."

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