Screams, crying, and singing was all Annie could hear as she continues to flee from the streets looking for a safe place to hide.

Everything was utter chaos; people were looking for families and friends who managed to survive this whole ordeal. Those unlucky ones who managed to find whom they were looking for, were mostly too late and were forced to either engage in a rap battle or run away, knowing that the person they once cared for is no longer the same. Either way, they were doomed from the start.

[Flashback]

Annie, Garcello, Pico, and both Spooky boys were headed off to hang out and eat in Mcdonalds, they were chatting about their days, tho most of the chattering was from Skid and Pump who were talking about their adventures while the other three listened with interest.

Once they were near Mcdonalds, Garcello started coughing a bit, which caused the group to stop in their tracks. "Whoa man, are you alright?" Pico asked with concern. "Yea, I'm fine littl-" Garcello started coughing more, Annie patting his back making sure that he was alright.

Once the coughing calmed down, Garcello spoke again, "I'm sorry about that little man, I'll stay here for a bit." He said, pointing at the alleyway that they passed a couple of seconds ago.

Annie frowned after hearing what he just said "Garcy, I don't think that's a good idea, you're already coughing badly."  She said, knowing what he was planning to do.

Before Garcello could reply, Skid and Pump's stomachs growled in hunger, "Miss Annie.." "Were hungry.." Both Skid and Pump spoke, completing their sentences. "You guys go ahead, I'll be there soon, I'll just have one cig, I promise Annie." 

Annie hesitated but soon agreed, "Alright, we'll be waiting for you there, but only ONE cig Garcy! You promised you'll tone it down.." She reminded him. "I promise, now go on, Skid and Pump must be starving already." "Fine, see you soon Garcy," Annie said as she held Skid's hand while Pico held Pump's then started heading back toward Mcdonalds. "See you soon, Kitten." He smiled before going towards the alleyway.

20 Minutes passed, and the 4 of them were already munching on their orders, but Annie couldn't help but worry over her friend. "Hey, cheer up An, I'm sure he will be back soon," Pico said to her, trying to ease her worry. "I hope so.." She replied, not bothering to look at Pico, and continued looking at the window. 

Pico only grew more concerned towards his friend, despite his tough persona and seemingly a person who you would think didn't care about anything at all, he in fact deeply cared about his friends. "C'mon water gal, you haven't even touched your food, heck, you haven't even taken a sip of your drink! You ALWAYS start drinking as soon as you grab ahold of the cup." Annie ignored his concerns, so he sighed and looked towards the spooky boys, who seemed to be on the other side of the window where Annie was looking at.

Both boys seemed to be looking at something, which Pico couldn't see, so out of curiosity, he stood up and went towards them. As Pico approached them, Pump turned around, seemingly noticing his near presence. "Pico, Pico, come look!" He shouted as he pointed towards some shadows.

Pico approached the window to see what was going on but was shocked at what he was looking at. "Look! It's Boyfriend and Girlfriend, and they are wearing some spooky costumes!!" Skid pointed out, jumping with joy. "Yea! Is it already spooky month? Can we go trick-or-treating tonight?? Please, please, please Mister Pico!!" Pump exclaimed. Pico ignored them as he continued to stare at Bf closely.

The 'costume' looked so real, and wearing scary costumes wasn't his thing. Heck, even on Halloween he refuses to wear something scary! Of course, Pico would know this, they used to date after all. 'Bf's reactions towards scary costumes were always cute... No no, don't think about that Pico, you two aren't even together anymore.' He soon snapped out of his thoughts as he continued to once again watch. Something was wrong, something was wrong with him.

He soon observed the person bf was rap battling against, it was some sort of tall dude with a bomb with a head. He couldn't see their reaction well, but what did get his attention is that whenever the bomb started losing towards Boyfriend, some sort of dark grey stuff started to slowly cover the bomb, little by little. That's when it hit him.

"Pump, Skid, grab packing, we have to leave NOW!" Pump and Skid flinched at Pico's yelling but obliged nonetheless, they knew that tone of voice, after all, Pico only ever used that tone with them if they had gotten into some deep trouble, or if something bad was happening. They knew they did nothing wrong, so something bad was probably happening, they know they can't ask Pico at the moment, but maybe Annie or Garcello will tell them!

People seemed to hear Pico yell and turned towards their direction, but upon seeing the bomb Bf was battling against suddenly turn fully... corrupted, people started screaming and running through the exit.

 Pico, along with Skid and pump, rushed towards Annie who seemed to have noticed the people running and yelling, looking at them confused, "Annie, we have to leave right NOW! We have to go look for Garcello immediately!" He yelled at her.

Annie soon rushed and place Skid onto her shoulders while Pico carried Pump before rushing towards the door. "Crap, I forgot where he went, where even is he??" "He went towards that alleyway, let's go!" Annie said while she rushed towards the alleyway.

"Garcello! Quick, we have to get out of here!" She yelled, only to hear her voice echo back at her. "Garcello?" She approached the alleyway, only to find out that it was empty. "GARCELLO! Pico, we have to go find him! GARCELLO!!"

The four of them soon rushed into the streets in search of their friend, and that's when all hell broke loose.

[End of Flashback]

Annie continued to run, trying to ignore the collapsing buildings and explosions that were happening right behind her.

Almost everyone in the city who survived managed to evacuate the city, but many stayed behind to find whom they lost, and others stayed to help their friends and families, Annie was no different from them.

She, alongside Pico, Skid and Pump stayed behind searching for Garcello, who was nowhere to be seen since this apocalypse started three days ago. They looked around the city, avoiding those who were already long gone, but to no avail.

Eventually, pump collapsed to the ground at some point, unable to handle the atmosphere around them any longer, this virus was now starting to slowly get to him. So, with no other choice, he, Pico, and Skid left the city in search of a safe shelter, but not before saying goodbye to Annie, Pico giving her one of his spare guns, and wishing her luck before they parted ways. 

She couldn't blame them for leaving her, they HAD to leave, otherwise, Pump would have turned into one of them. She hoped nothing happens to them, she hoped nothing had happened to Garcello, despite his looks he was indeed a tough guy, he is smart enough to survive this whole ordeal.

 'But, what if... NO.' Annie slapped herself on the forehead for even thinking of that, of course, that wouldn't happen! It couldn't happen! He is strong, he will make it out of this mess. And she wasn't going to stop and leave until she finds him, even if it kills her.

 So, she continued to run, avoiding and shooting any corrupted people in her way as she continued to search every alleyway, every place they have been that was still intact, any place that survivors could hide in, anywhere Garcello could be. She wasn't going to give up, no way, over her dead body.

But soon, the exhaustion was starting to overcome her, but she knew that if she stopped in an open space, one or many of those creatures would find and turn her into one of them, she couldn't risk it. She continued to run before spotting an empty alleyway, perfect! Those corrupted people are too busy searching the buildings or streets to be looking through every alleyway for a long time. 

Taking the opportunity to rest up, Annie hid in the far corner with a bunch of boxes scattered around, she looked towards the streets, and seeing that there were no corrupted people in sight, collapsed from exhaustion. But before Annie could rest, she heard a faint voice nearby. She held on to the gun tighter before getting enough courage to investigate the noise.

Annie slowly approached to sound of the voice, but soon stopped when she saw a familiar cloud of smoke Infront of her. It's him! She finally found him! They can finally both get out of this mess!

"GARCELLO!" She yelled out loud as she continued to run towards the red smoke, she didn't care if any corrupted people heard her, besides, she already checked if anyone was even there.

She continued running towards him, increasing her speed once she saw the hooded figure. So many thoughts ran through her mind, she wanted to hug him, she wanted to cry and be wrapped around in his warm hugs again, she wanted to hear his voice again, wanted to sing with him again once this whole apocalypse stopped. So many good memories flooded her mind again, he was here, and everything will be alright! She couldn't wait to-

Annie soon stopped in her tracks once she was now close to him. "No.." Was all she could say once she saw his face towards her. Her tears that were once filled with joy and relief were instantly replaced with one of sorrow and grief, as she watched her once best friend walk towards her.

He was corrupted. He was corrupted and she wasn't there to be with him.. HE got corrupted and she couldn't even SAVE him.. her best friend, GONE. And it was all her fault. She always knew that she was never good enough, to begin with...

Annie continued to cry and watch in fear while he continued to watch his steps, getting closer to her with each step he took. She soon started to back away but hit the corner of the building and was now trapped.

"Garcy.. please.." She begged, hoping that he could somehow hear her, but it was no use. As soon as he was only a few steps away from her, she held up the gun to his head.

"Please.. don't move... I-I don't want to hurt you.." She again begged, but he continued to come closer to her. 

With no other choice, she held on to the trigger and...

No.

She couldn't do it, both of them knew it. Even if he truly was gone, she could never hurt him that way..

She collapsed on the ground as she silently cried, but that was soon cut off when Garcello, or what was left of him, grabbed her by the throat, lifting her high then pinning her towards the wall, causing her to drop the gun.

"G-Gar..cy" She cried out but couldn't do anything. Garcello then started to sing, but it wasn't anything like his singing, his voice would always calm her down, and his singing was worth everything to listen for. But this? This wasn't him..

His voice was still there but was glitchy and laced with venom. She could feel herself slowly getting corrupted. She tried to sing back, to at least halt the corrupting by a bit, but she couldn't, he had her by the throat and she couldn't say anything anymore, let a lot of breath well.

So, there she stayed, slowly getting corrupted by her best friend as she cried, she knew it was the end, she had failed him miserably and this was the price she was going to pay. She wasn't mad, in fact, she felt like she deserved this. She failed to protect him; this was her punishment.

By now, she was almost fully corrupted, only half of her face remains uncorrupt. She looked one last glance at Garcello, and with all her might, said one last thing to him before taking her last breath and closing her eyes.

I'm sorry I couldn't save you...  Garcy...

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Hello! Sorry for not posting much and leaving you all with cliffhangers, I was inspired to make this one-shot after seeing a drawing on twitter of Garcello being corrupted and Annie yesterday. I'm bad at explaining Haha, any who, I'm putting this story on a hiatus due to my lack of motivation but thank you all for 400+ Views! Wow, I never expected to get this far!

I hope this story was alright for you all! I thought a bit more angst would do; I'm starting to enjoy writing them. 

Also, by the time I post this, I'm going to update the information page, gonna add the [BFF/Ship] to the option, explanation will be there!