The Four Hearts of the Newworld [JenxAnna fic]

It was a wasteland. There were no more greeneries; all was dead. Mankind had fallen a victim to its own disease; hate. It was the year 2024 when humanity died.
A decade ago was the last war. Motivated by hate, each party invested great efforts into eradicating the other group, and the result was devastating. From the nuclear bombing the air and water were polluted and a new virus was born. The people in that area who breathed that air and drank that water became infected and soon became mindless, hungry savages, also known as zombies. Nothing could satisfy their hunger, whether they fed on cattle or human beings. Craving flesh, they expanded outside the country and began eating others who weren't infected. Some of them managed to get away after a bite, unaware that they themselves have been infected by the bite. It didn't take long before this new race of mankind populated the world and became the dominant species.
However, there survivors…
"Anna let's go!" Jen shouted from the jeep as zombies were making their way towards him. Having a feeling that Anna wouldn't make it in time, he took out his magnum and shot the head of any zombie coming their way.
"I'm coming!" Anna shouted back as he killed as many zombies as he could.
Out of bullets, Jen reloaded his revolver, but not fast enough; a zombie came towards him for a bite but Anna shot him in the head just in time. He jumped in the jeep. Jen drove into the zombies in their path and ran them over. They got up again.
"Let's get out of this infested hellhole."
That was the way they lived life now; this apocalypse have transformed them from lovers to fighters.
"Wait, stop the jeep!" Anna said.
"What?" Jen said as he stopped.
"Shshh.. do you hear that?"
"No hear what?"
Anna jumped out of the car, and followed his ears. It was quiet here as there weren't any zombies in this area; all of them have piled up in the location where they just fled from.  However, seeing how Anna had sharp hearing, he picked up on something. It was the sound of someone crying; a girl's voice crying. Armed and ready to fire, Anna made his way closer and closer into the maze of walls, and the more he walked, the louder the crying grew. Until finally the sound was clear. The voice belonged to a girl in her early twenties, and it was coming from right behind the door he was standing in front of. He kicked it open and saw her sitting on the ground crying. Now she was even more terrified from what she saw.
"Don't worry," Anna, seeing that she wasn't a zombie, said as he made his way towards her, "I'm not gonna hurt –"
"Stop right there!" Another girl said as she came running into the room.
Turning around, Anna saw that she was half the other girl's age, but the way she made an entrance made him realize that she was just as much of a warrior as he was; she was holding a metallic baseball bat and it had blood stains on it. There was also blood stains on her face, but what was scarier was the look she wore on her face; she had a demonic look in her eyes that said it all.
"Take one step closer towards her, and you're dead."
Anna smiled right then, realizing that he had just made a new best friend.


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The Four Hearts of the Newworld
[Annagris x Jenderous fiction.]
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A few years later...
"Mikki.. I'm not comfortable being here.."
"Relax sis, it's daytime and the sun is bright. You know they're always lazy when the sun is up," Mikki told her sister as she scavenged the empty house for food; Josie was still not comfortable so she stood at the door entrance, looking left and right in a paranoiac manner.
"Sis.. you know I don't like closed places," Josie told her, "what if one of them is inside this house."
"That's what the bat's for," Mikki replied, waving her baseball bat as she went further into the house.
The house was a mess. The furniture were out of place; lamps were fallen; dust was everywhere. There were rodents and bugs running around here and there. Still, desperate for food, Mikki scavenged. She was now in the backside of the house; Josie could no longer see her now.
"Sis.. let's go, I really don't think it's a good idea to be here.." Josie cried out.
"Alright canned bacon! Sis we have dinner for tonight."
"Okay now can we please go?"
"Stop your wining already.. oh yes!" Mikki exclaimed from a distance.
"What? What happened?"
"I found a chocolate bar!"
"Mikki!"
"Alright already, we'll leave," Mikki replied as she unfolded and wrapper and took a bite of the Hershey's chocolate bar. "I don't understand why the rush though, we've been in this town for nearly an hour now and Jen and Anna aren't coming back for another half an hour or so, but if you don't wanna find food for yourself then suit yourself cause you know I'm not gonna share my – SIS!"
The minute Mikki came from the back, she exclaimed as she dropped the chocolate bar in shock of what she saw.
"Sis, what is it?"
"GET DOWN!" Mikki yelled as she dashed towards her sister with her bat.
Josie turned around to see what was scaring her sister, and when she did, she saw a zombie in her face swooping in to bite Josie's neck.
"AHHHH!" Josie screamed as he grabbed her and thrust his teeth into her neck. However, just before he took a bit, he met Mikki's bat in his face; she swung it with so much force, the zombie was blown away several feet back. He fell on the ground. However, even though his face made no sense now 'cause of what Mikki's bat has done to it, he still got up and started walking towards them. Mikki ran towards him and drove her bat into his stomach; he fell on his knees. Mikki raised her bat one more time, and drove it into his skull. His brains were starting to show now. Josie looked away in order not to puke; the scene was extremely grotesque and she had a sensitive stomach. Seeing the zombie suffer as he failed to function anymore, Mikki swung her metallic bat one more time, putting him out of his misery.
Rushing back to her sister, Mikki grabbed her head and examined the injury.
"Am I infected?" Josie asked.
"No," Mikki replied immediately, not caring if it was the truth or a lie.
Mikki studied the injury closely; there was no bite. There were piercing, but it was impossible to tell if she was infected or not. She had yet to witness the consequence of a mere zombie piercing on a human being. If Josie was infected, she would know at sunset. First signs appear usually after six hours. Another six hours after that, she would become one of the living dead. Mikki tried not to show her feelings.
"You're telling the truth, right sis?" Josie asked in fear.
"Yes, you're fine, don't worry."
"Sis, if I am infected, I want you to –"
"shshhhh," Mikki silenced her.
"– to end my life."
"Sis, I told you to shut up. Now you're not infected so stop talking like that."
Josie listened to her and didn't bring up the subject again. In fear of another close encounter, they stayed away from closed places and walking in the middle of the deserted town. The sun was hot and they wanted to drink water, but they knew it was probably infected. They had to wait till Anna and Jen arrive so they could drink from the water they had there.
Then, a jeep showed up in the distance. Josie smiled as it was their home.
"Finally! About time!" Mikki complained, "What took you so long?"
"Ugh.. umm sorry, we were," Jen tried to find an excuse, "busy."
Both Jen and Anna smiled devilishly; Mikki did not.
"Next time," Mikki added, "I'm taking the jeep and you two could sit here and get attacked."
"What? Why? Did something happen?" Jen asked worriedly."
"You didn't run into any zombies, did you?" Anna added as he stood up in the jeep and examined the area; he wanted to spot one so he could kill it.
"No, nothing happened," Mikki lied, "let's just get out of here."
Josie and Mikki got in the jeep and Jen drove off. Mikki took out the canned bacon from her pocket and handed it over to Anna who kept it in a small cabinet.
"What? That's all you got?" Anna asked.
"Next time, why don't you go look for food while I fool around with your boyfriend?"
Anna took out his gun; Mikki grabbed her bat.
"Guys! Come on!" Josie butted in, "Mikki you don't mean that; Anna she doesn't mean that."
"She better not."
"Then shut your mouth or you're not getting any of my bacon."
"Your bacon?" Anna asked.
"Yes my bacon, I found it. So shut your trap or it's going to just me and my sis."
Things were going to get heated up again if it weren't for Josie butting in and cooling them down again. Mikki and Anna were a lot alike; both of them were hotheads. On top of that; both of them were extremely violent and loved to kill zombies; Jen only killed zombies when he had to; as for Josie, she has yet to kill. Furthermore, both Mikki and Anna had someone they loved more than life itself; for Anna it was his boyfriend; for Mikki it was her sister. That's why she was pissed off; she couldn't stop thinking what would happen if Josie was in fact infected.
At times, Josie felt her role was minor to the group. Jen was the driver and the planner; he was brilliant when it came to making tactics; Anna and Mikki were the fighters; when zombies got too close, they always protected the group. On top of that, Anna was the cook and Mikki was the watchman; she was a nightowl so she always stayed up late to ensure that no zombies came to their jeep; she would sleep later in the day while Jen would drive. But Josie, she felt like she had no role; she cleaned the jeep from time to time, but that was trivial. She wished she could find a cure that could turn the zombies back into people again, but however, that was only wishing. She felt useless.
In a couple of hours, Jen parked the car and Anna started a campfire. He started cooking the bacon in one of the pans they had. Like always, Josie looked for vegetables to cook as she wasn't big on meat. However, all of the plantation next to them was dead.
"Sis don't wander off," Mikki advised her.
"I won't," Josie said as she continued looking in nearby bushes.
"So," Jen initiated smalltalk with Mikki to pass the time, "when did you know she was your sister?"
"She's always been my sister," she replied.
"Yeah, but I mean, when did you know she wasn't a boy?"
"'Cause she was never a boy. Seriously dude, stop it."
Mikki shut him up 'cause she knew her sister wasn't comfortable talking about her past. Josie was a bit slow, she always knew she was transgendered but that subconscious knowledge never emerged until a few years ago when she and Mikki met Anna and Jen.
Anna and Jen didn't talk about their past either; Mikki knew some stuff about them, not a lot though, but compared to her, Josie knew almost nothing about Anna and Jen. Jen and Anna always thought they were fortunate that their significant other was with them. They tried to not show it in front of Josie and Mikki as to not rub it in their faces. Mikki's past was a bit tragic, her girlfriend was eaten alive by zombies, which marked the dark period of her life. As for Josie, she lost contact with her boyfriend a while back. They were supposed to meet at a certain town but he never showed up. She knew he loved her, and she loved him too, so she tried not to think about what might've happened to him. It only depresses her when she would think that way. Instead, she tried to not worry and be strong for her sister and friends' sake. He was alright, she kept telling herself; he was hiding somewhere, fighting zombies, and would find her soon.
"Guys, dinner's ready," Anna called.
"Great, I'm starving," Jen replied as he came towards the fire.
Mikki noticed that Josie wasn't back yet.
"Sis!" She called out.
No reply. Mikki decided to go look for her. It was getting dark. Seeing how Josie hadn't wandered far, Mikki found her before the sun had set.
"There you are. Come on the guys are eating. Wait, what's that on your neck?" She asked.
"oh, what is it?" Josie asked as Mikki examined it.
There was something growing there. Her vines were starting to show and that part of her skin was turning dark red. Mikki didn't say anything.
"Nah it's nothing, just a dead leaf. It fell down now," Mikki lied smiling, then took off her scarf, "it's getting cold though, you better warm up," she added as she wrapped her scarf around her sister's neck, "come on, the others are waiting."
They went back to the jeep and sat around the fire and had supper. They talked and laughed about trivial stuff, like how ironic it was that their little group consisted of the LGBT alliance, cause Mikki was both a lesbian and a bigender, Anna and Jen were gay, Mikki thinks she might be bisexual, and Josie was a straight transgender. Later that evening, each one said good night to go to bed. Like usual, Jen and Anna got the tent out and set it up for Josie. The two slept in the jeep together, and, like always, Mikki stayed up looking after them.
"Okay goodnight sis, I love you," Josie said as she yawned.
"Good night princess, sweet dreams, love you too."
Josie hugged her sister then went inside her tent. As she did, Mikki looked at her, hoping that it wouldn't be for the last time. Mikki usually complained about tomorrows, saying that they're only gonna be repeats of today; but not on this night. On this night, as she looked at her sister as she made her way to the tent, she wished that tomorrow wouldn't hold any surprises.