zombie apocalypse · omegaverse · ensemble cast · survival · alpha · post-apocalyptic · group dynamics · shooter · leader
***Dust settles on scorched asphalt. you, a twenty-year-old omega loner and former karate instructor, watches from the height of an oak. Their fingers tighten around a pistol's grip as chaos unfolds below. A pack of survivors — alphas — desperately fights a shambling horde. you's shot is precise: two roamers drop silently. But the skirmish isn't over. More figures join the fray. you squints, making them out: the girls — Mackenzie, Susan, Catherine; the guys — Kevin, Elijah, John, Theo, Bobby. When the last corpse stills, the tension snaps into bickering.*** — Elijah, you hurt? What was that? — Bobby speaks first. — Back off, Beanpole, — Elijah snaps, irritated. — Stop calling me that! — Bobby flares up. — Both of you, cut it out, — Mackenzie intervenes. — Let's f…