Parasite Knowin' Ya

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**”Parasite Knowin' Ya”** Is The 7th Episode Of The Inaugural MMC X HTF Horrorfest Spooktacular.

## Plot

### Part 1: Outbreak

The Episode Begins With Blood Running Down And Black Ooze Running Up A Black And Red Gradient Background With The Text “Parasite Knowin' Ya” Forming From The Liquids Until It Turns Into A Red Skin Like Color As The Title Card Fades Into The MHS Research Laboratory. We Then Go Into The Lab And Scientists Are Researching A Parasite They Captured. As They Are Researching It, They Find Out That This Parasite Has A Virus In It That Causes One To Become A Zombie, And If It Hits Water Or A Liquid Of Any Kind, The Virus Instantly Multiplies And Contaminates Said Liquid. An Explosion Of Toxic Chemicals By Several Quarantines Causes The Parasite To Escape. As The Scientists Go After It, They Are Stopped By An Infected Quarantine And Bites Randall As His Sister Screams. We Then Cut To The Parasite In A Pond Next To The Water Filtering Building, Causing The Water Too A Mucky Green As The Scene Fades Into A Hospital As Donovan Is Carted To The ER. As We Pan To Doctors Cuddles, Snowers, Josh And Giggles Talking In Front Of An Empty Water Dispenser. The Water Finally Arrives, And Jordan K Tells Them That “Our Water Filtering Machines Got Polluted Because Of This Water, And We Only Have This Water Available.” Cuddles Drinks It And At First Feels Nothing. But Then Clenches His Stomach In Pain As Giggles Goes To See If He's OK, Only For The Zombie Cuddles To Bite Giggles And Turn Her Into A Zombie. Josh Goes To Checks Up On Her Sister, But The Zombie Giggles Tackles Him Down. Josh Fights With All His Might To Not Get Bitten Only For Giggles Claws To Scratch Him In His Left Eye As He Reaches For His Gun And Finally Blows Her Head Off. Josh Gets Up And Starts Feeling Funny, And Feels An Infection In Him. But, For Some Odd Reason, He Doesn't Turn Into A Zombie, He's Still Human, But Feels Like One (Like IZombie). Nurse Petunia Then Sees The Human-Zombie Josh And Asks If He's Okay And Josh Says That He's Still Human, But Feels Like One. Petunia Then Tells Him That He Is One Of The Few Who Contain A Special Body Element That Makes Him A Human-Zombie, And Tells Him To Follow Her For More Information. Petunia Leads Josh Into A Room Filled With Scientists, Led By Rosalie And Emily McDonald, Who Survived The Beginning Scene, Culu And Neena. Culu & Emily Then Tell Him That There's A Zombie Apocalypse Going On And There Are Many People Still Out There That Need To Be Saved. Culu Then Tells Him That There Are Eleven Others Who Also Have Immunity, Those Being, Cheyenne Miller, Her 3 Kids And Jared's Girlfriend Molly, Trevor Hughes, Carina Carvey, James Lynch, Dylan Germain, Ryan Zerbinos, And A Certain Otter-Anteator Hybrid Who's Status Is Currently Unknown. Rosalie States That Randall Survived, But Neena Tells Her That It's Unsure If He's Alive, Resistant, Or Zombified. Josh Then Gets A Mission By Culu To “Eradicate This Virus And End This Apocalypsis, And Find Any Remaining Survivors.” Josh Makes An Resident Evil Reference And Culu Breaks The Fourth Wall By Saying That “Resident Evil Is Also A Series By Capcom”. But It Seems That Alex's Gag Of Him Being Crushed By The Fourth Wall Was Reversed, Because The Wall On The Side Of The Room Collapses With Alex On Top Of It. Alex Celebrates His Stroke Of Good Luck Before A Piece Of Debris Hits Alex's Head And Causes A Skull Fracture, Thus Killing Him. Culu Then Meets Trevor And Carina Outside And Josh Asks Carina What's Going On With Her. Carina Says That It's Nothing Special, Only For Trevor To Spoil The Surprise Of Her Actually Being Pregnant. Carina Smacks Trevor Outside The Head For Spoiling The Surprise And Asks Josh To Come With Them To MHS To Meet The Others. Josh Agrees And The Set Off.

### Part 2: The Zombie Resistance Base

The Three Arrive At The Maverick Hunter Society Base And Cheyenne Welcomes Them. Josh Asks Where Brandon Is And Jared Reminds Him That He Died In A Fiery Explosion, But They Need His Help To End This Apocalypse. Josh Asks How They Were Gonna Do That, And Cheyenne Tells Josh That They Need A Lightning Strike To Bring Him Back To Life. Cheyenne States That They Need To Use Lightning To Revive Him Like Jason Voorhees, And Hunter, Being Immune, Will Supply The Lightning. Before They Leave Though, Jared Wanted Josh To Change His Attire Because He Has Been Using It For Eight Years And He Needs To Change It. So, Josh Enters The Attire Changer, And Cheyenne Activates It Causing Josh To Change Into An Attire With A Ponytail, Black Jedi Like Jacket With A Hood And A Cyborg Hand, Making Him A Hybrid Of Luke And Anakin Skywalker. Josh Steps Out Of The Machine After It Completes It's Process. Josh Is Now Ready To Go And Everyone Heads To The Cemetery Where Brandon's Grave Is. Jared And Molly Are Digging Up Brandon's Grave And See His Maggot Infested Corpse. Jared Impales His Dad With A Metal Post, And Hunter Summons Lightning By The Use Of “Deus Ex Machina”. After That A Lightning Bolt Strikes The Pole Twice Causing Electricity To Flow Through His Body, Bringing Him Back To Life As An Immortal Revenant. Brandon Brushes Off The Maggots And Sees His Old Friends Again. Brandon Asks Cheyenne Why She Looks Palish, And She Says That She Was Bitten By A Zombie But Was Resistant To The Virus. Brandon Asks Everyone If They're Ready, And All Nod To Agreeance, And All Rush Into Battle, But We Then See A Black Figure Behind A Tree And He Also Rushes To Join The Hunters.

### Part 3: Fight Of The Undead

The Hunters Go Into The BattleField And Slain The Zombie Versions Of Jordan K, Hovee, Bigtail, Sammy, Skaggles, Nicky, Xeba, Cuddles, Sniffles, Donovan Dygert, Emily McDonald, Culu, Neena, Rosalie, Lilly, Ryan Dolbear, Austin Carlson, Xavier Barrington, Cheyenne Wilson, Jordan Cole, Zoe Hainley, Alexis Dillingham, Aile Garofolo, Ryan Shafer, Cuddles, Toothy, Lumpy, Petunia, Handy, Sniffles, Flaky, Nutty, Disco Bear, Flippy, Russell, Mime, Lammy, Anais Waterson, Andrew Waterson Jr, Krazy, Gumball Waterson, Darwin Waterson, & Stacy. All Was Going Well, Until Carina Starts Feeling Hurt, And Tells Trevor That She's Going Into Labor. Trevor Was Gonna Bring Her To The Hospital, But Carina Says “I Don’t There's Enough Time For Us To Get There, It Will Come Out At Any Moment” Suddenly, A Still Alive Randall Tells Them To Come With Him (Setting Up The Events For Birth Of Zachary Hughes (Parasite Knowin' Ya)). The Three Run Off And Brandon Finds A Apex Chip From Donovan's Corpse, That Is The Cure Of This Virus. Josh Grabs It And He Puts It In His Saber And Presses The Overdrive Attack Button On His Saber. He Then Activates The Attack And He Sends Out A Blade Wave, Obliterating All Zombies And Ending The Virus Once And For All, All Resistants Had Their Skin Changed Back To Their Normal Color. Brandon Then Leaves To Go Back To His Grave, Only To See The Coffin Missing. He Sees Lifty & Shifty (Who Were Unaffected By The Virus Somehow) Stealing His Grave. Brandon Walks Off And Kills Them Off Screen.

### Moral

“Live And Let Die? More Like Die And Let Live!”

### Post Credits Scene

After The Credits, We Then Cut To The Far Off Future Of 2121. ShadowMax Approaches A Figure Who Is Apparently The Older Version Of Zach Hughes, And Tells Him That Carina Just Gave Birth To Him. ShadowMax Shows A Picture Of A Newborn Zach With Trevor And Carina To Zach And Tears Up And Says He Will Fight For “His” Family. The Scene Ends With Zach Running Off To Fight Mavericks As The Picture Falls On The Ground As The Background Then Blurs Into A Black To Red To Orange To Yellow To White Gradient Background With The MMC Nightfall Logo. Matt Hill Then Says To Watch MMC: Nightfall, Coming November 11 To GBS Stations Everywhere.

## Deaths

1. Brandon Suffers The Same Death In A Hero's Fall Prior To This Episode (Later Revived)
2. Giggles Has Her Brains Blown Out
3. A Piece Of Debris Hits Alex's Head And Causes A Skull Fracture After Falling Onto A Wall.
4. The Zombie Versions Of Jordan K, Hovee, Bigtail, Sammy, Skaggles, Nicky, Xeba, Cuddles, Sniffles, Donovan Dygert, Emily McDonald, Culu, Neena, Rosalie, Lilly, Ryan Dolbear, Austin Carlson, Xavier Barrington, Cheyenne Wilson, Jordan Cole, Zoe Hainley, Alexis Dillingham, Aile Garofolo, Ryan Shafer, Cuddles, Toothy, Lumpy, Petunia, Handy, Flaky, Nutty, Disco Bear, Flippy, Russell, Mime, Lammy, Anais Waterson, Andrew Waterson Jr, Krazy, Gumball Waterson, Darwin Waterson, & Stacy Were Slain By The Hunters
5. Josh's Saber Sends A Blade Wave, Eliminating The Virus. (Yoyo, Gillian, Haru, Liza, Hayato, Mandy, Christian, Noumi)
6. Lifty & Shifty Are Shot To Death Off Screen

## Injuries

1. Randall Is Attacked By An Infected Quarantine
2. Cuddles Drinks Some Murky Water And Turns Into A Zombie
3. Cuddles Bites Giggles Arm
4. Josh's Eye Is Slashed By Zombie Giggles
5. Brandon Is Impaled By A Metal Post And Was Struck Twice By Lightning
6. Carina Goes Into Labor (Does This Count As An Injury?)

## Survival rate

* Amount of total main characters: **77**
* Amount of surviving main characters: **19**
* Amount of dead main characters: **55**
* Total rate: **25%**

## Trivia

* This Story Is Based Off Of The Zombie Film Genre And Has Hints Of The 2002 Movie “28 Days Later” & “Remains To Be Seen” Sprinkled In.
* Instead Of The Zombie Looking Similar To “Remains To Be Seen”, They Instead Have Dirty Green Fur And Yellow Eyes With No Pupils, Which Is A Reference To The “Maverick Hunters Of The Dead” Series Of Horrorfest Episodes (2010, 2017, 2018 & 2020) And The Eddsworld Zombie Series (Zombeh Attack Trilogy, Zombeh Nation, & Fundead).
* Oddly Enough, There Are Bugs That Are Capable Of Turning Others Into Zombies Thanks To A Behavior-Altering Parasites IRL (Like The Jewel Wasp For Example).
* Alex's Gag Of Him Being Crushed By The Fourth Wall Returns. But Only This Time, The Roles Are Reversed, With Alex Falling Onto A Wall.
* Carina's Pregnancy Is Only For This Episode, For Now. (Considering Trevor IRL Got A New Girlfriend Name Victoria And Is Also Pregnant With Him 😳)
* This Episode, Along With Afterimage (And Possibly The Hunter Of Multiple Species) Will Have 3 Parts And A Post Credits Scene Due To Giants At 50ft Not Having One. Making Part 3 (Segments 7, 8, & 9) The Only One With Two, Or Three (Depending On What I Write For The Hunter Of Multiple Species) 3-Part Episodes.
* Brandon's Death From A Hero's Fall Carries Over To This Episode.
* Brandon Revives The Same Way As Jared In The First Future Savior Episode As Well As Jared: Future Savior 1: Fall Of An Empire, Which Is Similar To Jason Voorhees's Resurrection In Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives.
* Hunter Summoning Lightning Is A Reference To Cuddy Returns And A Reference To His Powers Being Similar To Snowers (Electrokinesis)
* Josh's Virus Destroyer Blade Wave Is Similar To Zero's Genmu Zero Attack From Megaman X5 & X6
* Although It Was Not Mentioned, Cub, Pitch, Graves & Winter Were Also Resistant (This Was Done Because Of Their Lovers Also Being Resistant). Also, Hunter Dolbear, Rose Carlson And Snowers Are Also Resistant.
* Oddly Enough, Molly Thorn’s Zombie Resistant Form Changes Her Fur To A Cross Between Krazy’s And Ale’s Fur Color. But To Differentiate Between The Two, She Wears Her Black Hoodie Instead Of Her Mission Attire, But Her Hair Is Still Brown. Also, Cub & Dylan Germain Zombie Resistant Forms Makes Them Look Like A Polar Bear, And Jared’s Form Is Similar Hedgey From The HTF Fanon Wiki With The Exception Of The Quills And Clothing, And Pitch’s Fur Barely Changes But Replaces Her Black Hair With White Hair To Differentiate Between Her Normal And Zombie Resistant Forms. Also, Winter & Josh’s Resistant Attires Has No Changes Because Both Have White Fur, Also Randall Keeps His Fur Color In His Resistant Form.
* This Is One Of The Few Times Aile Garofolo Isn't With Josh Grayson Gelling
* Graves Is Voiced By WWE Raw Commentator Corey Graves, Who Also Had A Character In MMC For A Horrorfest 2016 Episode Called Grave Danger, The MMC Graves Will Return In 2022 In The Season 13 Episode Timeless Part 1, And Will Become Alisia’s New Girlfriend After Dexter Cheats On Her With Irisia Dolbear
* This Is The First Time Lumpy Is A Zombie, Not Counting The End Of "Remains To Be Seen"
* Kills Goes As Followed:
	+ Josh Kills Jordan K, Hovee, Bigtail, Cuddles, Anais Waterson, Andrew Waterson Jr & Stacy
	+ Trevor Kills Sammy, Skaggles, Nicky, Xeba, Sniffles, Donovan Dygert, & Emily McDonald
	+ Carina Kills Ryan Dolbear, Austin Carlson, Xavier Barrington, Cheyenne Wilson, Jordan Cole, & Zoe Hainley
	+ Brandon, Cheyenne, Jared, Molly, Alisa, & Lily Kills Toothy, Lumpy, Petunia, Handy, Flaky, Nutty, Disco Bear, Flippy & Krazy
	+ Dylan G, Ryan Z, Winter, Hunter D, Rose C, James L, Pitch, Winter & Snowers Kills Culu, Neena, Rosalie, Lilly, Alexis Dillingham, Aile Garofolo, Ryan Shafer, Russell, Mime, Lammy, Gumball Waterson, & Darwin Waterson