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Rated: 18+ · Campfire Creative · Appendix · Animal · #1799808
The futuristic world of Ionel, anthro citizens are turning into zombies! Who will survive?
[Introduction]
The world of Ionel is under attack by anthro zombies! A resistance team must fight them off and find a way to stop them!
WARNING: Story may contain gore, blood, violence, etc.

No vore, sex, or stuff like that
It seemed like a perfectly normal day. Time went on, people argued, laugh, all the regular stuff people did. No one would really expect anything particularly out of the ordinary to occur. And yet it was that day that changed a certain rhino, the group surrounding him, and the entire world.

Athos was busy shelving CDs in the back of the store. He was at a music store, where he made money working there as a day job. He glanced over at the only two others in the store, a beautiful vixen named Lyeum, and her brother Darel. Lyeum was 18 years old and stunning. She was wearing a purple t-shirt that covered up her round B-cups, though they were still visible. Her younger brother Darel was at the cash register. Athos wasn't sure of his actual age, but he was a few inches shorter than Lyeum.

Athos himself was a pretty regular guy. He was 20 years old and 5' 10" tall. He was of average build, not necessarily weak and scrawny but nothing particularly special. He was wearing a red t-shirt and jeans. Athos was usually a pretty nice and cheerful guy, trying to help others when he could. All in all, he was pretty normal.

Suddenly, a bell chimed and all three young employees looked towards the door. Standing in the doorway was their boss, Urada, back from his lunch break. They all smiled, happy to be in the presence of the loving bear who treated them like family.

However, looking closely, Athos saw there was something a little... off about him. His eyes seemed saggy and without life, and his skin and fur were more worn away then usual.

"Is... is everything alright, Urada?" Athos asked.

That's when it happened.

Without warning, Urada bared his teeth and lunged at the nearest living object, which happened to be Darel. He barely had time to let out a scream before Urada bit into his neck, causing blood to squirt everywhere, even on Lyeum, who screamed. Darel dropped onto the floor, dead.

Adrenaline kicked in and overrode the shock, giving Athos and Lyeum enough common sense to run to the back of the store, as far away from Urada as possible, who was slowly moving towards them. The real shock came, however, when the two exasperated employees saw young Darel slowly stand up, starting to look more and more like the seemingly mindless shopkeeper.

Then it clicked. The mindlessness, the rotting people, the unprovoked attacking. Athos had seen enough movies to know what was going on.

"Zombies."

That's when Athos noticed the door near to them, a hope-giving escape route. He quickly grabbed Lyeum's hand and practically dove for the handle. He pulled down hard. It wouldn't budge. They were trapped.

The zombified versions of Darel and Urada were moving closer and closer. Athos furiously whipped his head around, looking for another way out. There wasn't one. Athos used all his brainpower to think of a way to save him and Lyeum, but he couldn't think of anything. As the zombies were only 5 feet away from them, Athos closed his eyes and waited for their inevitable demise.

However, instead of the horrible pain that the two expected, they heard a WHACK sound right in front of them.

Curiosity got the better of them and they opened their eyes to an astonishing sight. Zombie-Urada was lying on the ground, unconscious. But what was standing over him was even more surprising. It was a bull, but no ordinary bull. He was 7' tall, and had the body of a bodybuilder. No, that was an understatement, bodybuilders themselves would kill to have that body. Bowling ball biceps and 8-pack abs were all on prominent display, though they were partially hidden by the armor that the bull was wearing.

Quick as a whip, the mighty beast whirled around and delivered a kick to Zombie-Darel's gut, sending him flying into the nearest wall before collapsing into a heap on the floor.

The two enemies defeated, the bull reached down and offered a hand to the two frightened onlookers. "Come on, we don't have much time," he said with a sense of urgency in his unnaturally deep voice.

Athos and Lyeum glanced at each other. Going off with a stranger normally wouldn't be the greatest idea, but he had just saved them from zombies, so it was hard to argue with him. So together the three quickly ran out the front door, all of them wondering what would happen next on this no longer ordinary day.

Athos followed the mysterious bull out of the store while Lyeum was still morning over the loss of her brother. The bull went back to her. "Get up," He said, "There's nothing you can do. He's dead. Let's move!" Lyeum got up and met with Athos at the store's doors. The bull got in front of them. "Follow me." He commanded.

As they were running in the same direction as the bull, Athos and Lyeum were still confused. What in the world happened back there? What was going on? Athos broke the silence. "Could you please explain to us what in world is going on here." He asked the bull. "Long story," Said the bull, "Tell you later. Right now we need to go somewhere safe." The bull pulled out a walkie-talkie and began talking to it.

"Thriv, you there?" Said the bull. The walkie-talkie responded, "Loud and clear, what's up?"
"I found a couple of survivors in this area. We need to get them out of here now. I saw more of the scum coming. Do you know a place where we can meet?"

"Well, I requested a chopper to be sent to the tallest structure in the city to pick us up within the hour. The stucture just so happens to be an industrial building. Meet me in the front."

"Ok. See you then." The bull hung up and directed his attention to Athos and Lyeum. "We need to go to the tallest industrial building in the city. Ring any bells?" Lyeum spoke still shaking, "That would be the Xenox company building. But it's several blocks away." The bull sighed in disappointment and out of bad luck. "Ok," He said, "We better get started then. Here, both of you take these." The bull tossed Athos a couple of pistols and a shotgun to Lyeum. He then said to them sternly, "If you see something move, shoot it." Athos and Lyeum went their way to the Xenox building in hopes they don't see any unfriendly people along the way.

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