unfortunately, they found a certain 4 italians instead. hiding in the honda hospitality was luca, gripping a wrench already coated in blood; pecco, armed with a small swiss army knife that was definitely not his; cele, holding a drill that he clearly already had to use, ready to pull the trigger like it was a gun. and then there was bez, who was covered in blood. his hands were stained red and the front of his aprilia branded shirt had gone from black to a deep crimson. all of them had some, but nothing like he did. based on his state, alex immediately assumed he was bitten and luca rushed to explain that it wasnt his blood.

it turns out, those 4 had been through hell. originally, they were all camped out in the vr46 garage with the rest of the staff, but someone thought it was a good idea to hide a bite. after a few hours, everything went to shit once they finally turned. so many people ended up dying because of that idiot, including franky and diggia.

they tried to save them, they really did. but it ended with bez clutching franky, who already had his chest ripped open, after insisting they bring him with as they escaped, even though he was already clearly dead. he just couldnt accept that one of his friends was gone in such a brutal way. which, in turn almost cost him his own.

franky sprang back to life, and lunged at bez to bite him, but thankfully luca was right by his side and reacted fast enough to bash his head in with the wrench he acquired in the garage. he will never forget how it felt to have to kill his own friend, after he was already dead. and none of them will ever forget the sickening sound of the wrench cracking his skull.

they thought that it would be safe to let bez do his thing, but after that they realized that its not the bite that turns you, its that you turn when you die no matter what.

after listening to lucas retelling of the events that led them here (with occasional input from pecco and cele, although bez still hasnt said a word.), it was agreed that the 7 of them would stick together. its not like things could get any worse, and in the end they were in the most part at least civil with each other.

at first they were hesitant to help with the search for the marclings, thinking that a group of kids would surely be gone, if they were ever together in the first place. marc was threatening to just leave on his own, with alex right there with him. but then bez speaks up for the first time in god knows how long. this was a surprise to say the least, especially since it was to go.

and after making some preparations, thats exactly what they did. things were a little rocky, and maybe it was just the trauma but marc and bez started to feel some sort of connection. and luca and alex continued. whatever the hell they have going on. marc stopped questioning it awhile ago, apart from some teasing.

eventually they did manage to find them, and while traumatized and worse for wear, they were mostly fine. david had managed to sprain his ankle and couldnt really walk, but that was the worst of it. he also seemed to be a lot closer to his new teammate, which marc will definitely have to tease him about later when things settle down.

with the size of their group, it took a bit for them to move and eventually find a place where they could stay for the foreseeable future, but they found an old motel outside a small town and were able to fortify it. things arent perfect by any means, but theyre alive and thats all that matters. marc and bez truly fall for each other and end up driving everyone insane with how they are together. and eventually luca and alex get their shit together as well, much to everyones relief. one of maxs new favorite hobbies is making fun of david and danis obvious mutual crushes, with diogo joining in from time to time. cele and bez still get up to shenanigans, even after the world has been run over by zombies they still cant help from being fucking dumbasses. they truly exasperate pecco sometimes, but he still loves them. even after everything their little group has gone through, fermin misses perdo more then anything. he knows without a doubt hes alive out there somewhere, but he just wishes that was here. thankfully, alex has learned how to tell when hes thinking too much and how to take his mind off of him.