Aftershocks

This is the fifty-third episode of Die Another Day.

## Story

The group is trapped inside the farmhouse, with zombies surrounding the place.

"I want to know, when are we going to get out of here?" Melissa asks.

"Not right now," Harvey answers, "There's zombies surrounding us on all sides. We'll be dead if we go out now."

"Yeah. It would be suicide," Kyron replies.

"I can't stop thinking about what we saw," Seth states, "All those poor innocent people."

"Yeah. Systrike are some cruel bastards," Aiden states, "I was once like them. But that was a long time ago."

"I hope," Melissa replies. Izzy, Claire, Julia, Miles, and Tory then ran off to further explore the farmhouse. Kari remained behind to play with Isabella.

"This place looks huge. What kind of farmhouse was this?" Julia asks.

"Not one I visited back in Kindergarten that's for sure," Claire answers.

"I see a kid's room." Miles states.

"Yeah. Let's see what kind of toys are in there," Tory replies. The five kids then entered the kid's room.

"This looks like a little boy's room," Izzy states.

"Yeah. I see a lot of action figures, cool T-shirts, posters, and trophies," Miles replies.

"Hey, I found a backpack with a name on it," Tory states.

"What's the name?" Julia asks.

"Max," Tory answers, "Hey Max, was this your room?"

"It's weird. The backpack says Max and yet all the trophies say Claire. Claire Celi," Julia states.

"It's me," Claire replies, "I'm Claire Celi. I'm really a girl. This is my room, and those are my trophies." All 3 Millers were shocked at the revelation but Izzy already knew.

"You're a girl? You look like a boy," Tory asks.

"So does Melanie," Claire answers, "I just happen to like dressing up and acting like a boy."

"I can totally see that, but why?" Julia asks.

"Because Julia, being a girl is so boring, at least for me. Boys get all the cool toys and clothes. It's why I even took up acting. Not so much voice acting. For me, voice acting was also boring," Claire answers.

"I can accept that Claire," Julia replies.

"I don't what will happen if Kari finds out," Claire states, "She calls me her brother all the time. She likes having a boy to play with, even if I do hang out more with Melanie and Izzy."

"Yeah. I don't know how Kari would handle the truth," Izzy states, "We'll still call you Max when we're around her, okay?"

"OK Izzy," Claire replies.

"So, this is all your stuff Claire?" Izzy asks.

"Yeah it is," Claire answers.

"What's this photo? It shows a bunch of kids," Tory asks.

"That's the cast of Time Kids, a show I did voice acting for," Claire answers.

"That's cool. I loved Time Kids, and I can't believe that you were on it. I bought all the toys and everything," Miles states.

"As I said, I didn't like voice acting," Claire replies. Suddenly, the kids heard gunfire coming from outside.

"What's going on?" Izzy asks.

"I don't know. Let's hide up here," Claire answers. Back downstairs, the other survivors are disturbed by the gunfire.

"What's going on out there?" Aiden asks. Isabella then starts crying.

"It's okay Isabella," Kari states, "No one's gonna hurt you." Isabella makes happy noises as Kyron, Melissa, and Seth looked outside to see members of Systrike killing the zombies surrounding the farmhouse.

"Oh no. It's Systrike," Harvey states.

"I want these zombies dead," Cecil states.

"Yes sir," Carson replies. Systrike then continues to mow down the zombies.

## Cast

* Melissa Black
* Izzy Welch
* Kyron Ford
* Julia Miller
* Miles Miller
* Tory Miller
* Aiden
* Isabella
* Seth
* Kari
* Claire Celi
* George Welch
* Harvey Wilson
* Cecil
* Carson