#(the imp captain is huge-gigantacus btw)

[impageddon]

Space Race - Chapter 2: The Chase

A PvZH Fanfiction

Thanks for everyone that read and enjoyed the 1st chapter ^u^ Chapter 2 came pretty fast compared to how long I usually take to write and post a chapter-- Hope you like it ‘u’

(Here’s chapter 1 and the Important Notes of the story, in case you haven’t read them)

    The zombies, slightly unconfortable inside a spaceship, kept talking about how they attacked the satellite. Was that the best ideia? Should they have agreed about doing that?

    - Humm… Someone check the window. There is something on the radar that is disturbing me… - That order came from an imp who was the ship's pilot and crew's captain.

    One of the present gargantuars looked through the window. There were three unidentified things, very far away, but approaching.

    - Uh… There are these three things, but they're distant.

    - ARE THOSE ALIENS?! - A regular zombie asked, already shaking in fear.

    - I don't know.

    - You shouldn't be afraid of aliens! - The captain got his time to speak again. - The are some where we're going!

    - WHAT?! ZOMBOSS DIDN'T TELL ME THAT!! I WANT TO COME BACK!!

    People running. Screams. A huge mess. Apparently, only a few expected to find aliens. Most zombies had no idea and were terrified.

    - STOP. SIT EVERYONE. - More orders. - I'll change the course a little, let's see if they're following us or if we're just in their way… - He said before changing the direction the spaceship was going.

    - So?

    - Uh… Bad news. We're being followed.

    - Okay team, - Beta-Carrotina and her two partners, Ensign Uproot and Lieutenant Carrotron, were faster than the zombie's spaceship. She, the leader, was having a little speech. - we're close enough! Remember: They can't reach Meteor Z. At least, not unhurt. Now, fire!

    Activated through thought, a small laser gun came from their jetpacks, similar to how Rustbolt uses his shrink ray. The three divided, each one going to a direction, and started shooting.

    - Cap, they're shooting at our butt! - That same gangantuar started another mess. More running. More screams. The more the Plant-etary Guard shot, the more they could feel it inside the ship.

    - SIT EVERYONE!! I've got this!! Well, at least I think I have, I'm not sure…

    - BUT THEY'RE SHOOTING AT OUR BUTT!!

    - YOUR BUTT WON'T GET SHOT IF YOU SIT!!

    The ship now was moving in zigzag, but its size wasn't helping a lot. They were still getting hit by the plants.

    - Someone go to that cannon and fight back!

    - Alright, cap! - A zombie replied and got up, but it was hard to walk with all that shots and the zigzag. He fell down, and couldn't get up again.

    The pilot, realizing the situation through a camera, had an idea. - I hope you're all wearing seatbelts.

    Gravity was deactivated in that area.

    No, not everyone was wearing seatbelts. Some zombies started floating, but the one determined to use the ship's canon saw that as an advantage and used them to get an impulse, finally reaching the corner, where a control panel was.

    - Guys?! - Lieutenant called his team's attention after seeing a big cannon pop up from the spaceship.

    - Woah. WOAH! Beta, watch out!

    - Uh? - She was very concentrated, trying to remove a part of the metal coating, but could see in time that she was about to get shot and dodge. - Wow, that was a close one! Thanks!

    - Hey Cap, - The zombie started. - those are… Carrots! - Just then he realized that nobody hadn't even looked through the window to confirm what the “three things” were.

    The imp froze at the cockpit. That was the Plant-etary Guard, the exact thing Zomboss had told him to don't mess with.

    - Shooting the satellite was my ideia, but I totally regret it now. - He said after coming back to normal. - These guys won't stop untill we're, I don't know, lost in space, stuck on a different planet, or maybe even dead. Like, fully dead.

    That affirmation didn't cheer the crew up.

    Outside, the plants were dealing with the laser cannon pretty well. They were faster. However, Ensign Uproot completely solved the problem with some shots at the rods that assembled it to the ship. Now there was a cannon randomly floating in outer space, and the zombie spaceship, supposed to be fully weaponized, couldn't fight back anymore.

    Some more shots from Beta and the metal coating was danificated enough for wires to be seen. Lieutenant destroyed them.

    - What?! Oh no, I can't move to the right!! Guuuys, we're doomed!! - The captain had already lost hope. What was meant to be a zigzag was now an only-to-the-left, and there wasn't even a way to use the buttons that would make them turn to the right. He could feel the tears coming, but then he looked through the window, and there it was.

    Literally shining, in the dark of space, covered with a purple smoke, as purple as the ground itself. There was Meteor Z.

    - NO! NO WAY I'M GIVING UP! We're so close! Hang on, crew!

    - Uh… Guys?! - Beta-carrotina called her team's attention when she realized whoever was piloting that decided to go to the left and don't stop, making the ship whirl and go to the “right” direction. Inside it, only screams of zombies being slammed against the wall.

    They were behind the carrots now.

    - Get off the way! - Ensign Uproot shouted while flying away to don't get hit. Lieutenant Carrotron did the same, but Beta decided to try something new. She flied at maximum speed in the direction of the ship, getting hit.

    - BETA!!

    However, she broke the window's glass and got inside the cockpit. The imp ran to the rest of the ship, afraid of the vacuum and of her. As he got there, he could feel a complete lack of weight, and started floating, like many were.

    - Oh, I forgot gravity was off…

    - Hey cap, - A zombie girl, sit and with seatbelts, started. - why aren't you wearing seatbelts?

    - Okay, here I am. - Beta-Carrotina whispered to herself before shooting all the control panel, making sure it was completely broken.

    She looked through the broken window. They were approaching Meteor Z, and fast. The ship was surely going to crash.

    The other two were very worried, following the zombie spaceship the faster they could. However, for their relief, the carrot girl got out of it and flew up. She stopped, but the ship continued its route to destruction under her.

    - Beta! - Lieutenant called her. He was flying so fast he almost couldn't stop by her side.

    - Are you crazy? - Uproot stopped too.

    - I am not crazy, I am smart.

    - No, you are completely mad. - He looked angry, but deep down, he was happy to see that his friend was okay.

    The trio, then, watched the zombie ship go towards the glowing meteor, until it crashed and rolled over, hitting against the ground with strenght several times, leaving its parts and zombies on the way.

    The zombies didn't move, and it took only a few moments for the purple smoke to cover them completely.

    - Are they dead? - Lieutenant Carrotron asked.

    - Well, they're zombies… - Beta-Carrotina replied.

    - No. Like, fully dead.

    - I don't know. Maybe we can go there and find out. - She started flying towards it.

    - Hang on, Beta! - Uproot was now truly angy. She stopped and looked at him. - Now I wonder if you really are crazy. This thing is new, and we have no ideia if this weird smoke is toxic or whatever.

    - Okay. Let's go to our station and get oxygen masks.

    - Beta, why do you want to go there? The ship is destroyed, we're safe now. Also, we're probably going to get killed if there really are mutant zombies or something. - The taller carrot tried to convince his leader that going there wasn't a good ideia. No mutant zombie could be seen, but he believed what Citron said.

    Beta kept quiet. She couldn't simply say she wanted to restart the experiments she gave up in because of the amount of plants she hurt. She was supposed to have forgotten that story.

    - You guys are right, let's go home.

    Even at maximum speed, it took them a long while to get back to the space station.

    Lieutenant and Uproot decided to rest from all that tension, but Beta had something better in mind. She separated some things to pack, but before doing so, some upgrades on the backpack were good. The trip wouldn't be long, but it would be dangerous.

    - If they're not coming with me, then I'll go alone. - She said to herself.