everyone knows the zombie apocalypse is coming. brain munching, four leg skittering and really loud gasping fat zombies are coming for you!

So, who are the people in YOUR zombie party to survive the apocalypse? (sorry, no drinkin beers with your favorite zombie buddies.) where are you? how would YOU SURVIVE!

a few rules:

No fantasy characters or CHUCK NORRIS! sorry, someone that can cure cancer with his tears is probably the leader of the zombie brain munching invasion.


the party can only contain 5 people. No putting yourself on a aircraft carrier with the navy seals; losers.

no locations zombies cant get to. like the middle of the ocean. or space.

no hiding in a army base! same rule as the 5 people rule.


Since I suggested the craziness, me first!

Locale: either north Texas or smack dab in Colorado. Why? everyone knows Texas has way too many guns per capita. plus the whole country is open to fleeing to if I decide to. Colorado simply because I know the landscape and I know there area at least 1 nat guard armory here. (hey I said you couldn't hide there, not loot the place of everything useful.) either that or the Netherlands. Since I happen to know that there is a fallout 3-esk like vault somewhere there just for a occasion like the end of the world.

People: A Army Ranger, A Spetsnaz operative, one of the fattest twins on the world, maybe a friend (havnt decided who yet), and a middle eastern farmer.

Why? the Army ranger is a no duh, the spetsnaz operative because Ive seen videos of these guys killing people by tossing a shovel.. The fattest twin in the world...well, in case we get hungry or the zombies do and get a wee bit close, that and both would slow us down too much. A friend for those times I just cant stand the ranger and the operative, and the middle eastern farmer because If you can grow stuff in a barren, fruitless killzone like the middle east, then you are one of the most resourceful people alive and your coming with. with any luck two of those five would be female to at least satisfy any need of the fighting three or four. if not, there's other survivors. (and not the twin, dear gods not the twin.)

Locale: within 50 miles of Batesville, Indiana


People: My ex-husband - Matt - who will be arriving at my door shortly after ANY shit starts hitting the fan of this magnitude - driving any of the blue billion vehicles he knows how to - or flying a plane - cuz he can do that also! He will already have with him - his best friend since childhood and through the army, etc. ... Mike ... and a LARGE assortment of weaponry and protective gear.

They will pick up Me (who by Commissariot's post does not count as one of the 5), my son Gabriel - who is 4 yrs old, and my current husband who will be responsible for watching and protecting the children (he will also fulfill the same role as the twin in Commissariot's post if it comes down to him or the kids - but due to asthma and allergies - not obesity) ... and we will be able to retain a spot in our group for a young surviving female child that we will certainly happen upon during our travel back to Batesville from my home an hour away or during our fighting forays to rid the world of the zombie vermin.

Why? We will be able to live completely in the wilderness without the slightest issue (winter, spring, summer and fall) - and 3 of this group can handle a weapon very competently - and 2 of them can handle ANY weapon with a great deal of skill.

The reason I want the two children in my group is not entirely sentimental - although my son will be a formidable ally once he is a bit older - the children will make the men fight harder and more fiercely - but retain their humanity because the two non-related by blood children are the hope for the future BESIDES their protective instinct in general. And with my son in the group - I don't care what they are bringing - nobody or nothing will EVER make it through me to him ... and I can handle myself in a crisis. I would enjoy sawing through bodies with the artillery that would be brought along for a road trip of the type these men would be undertaking to come and get me. And they WOULD be coming to get me.

Also - there is a casket factory in Batesville - and those suckers are NOT easy to get out of ... I don't care how UNDEAD you are when you are welded in ... so ... survivors could be communicated with and brought together in all the towns named Batesville across the country cuz they all have casket factories ... and systematically kill and contain and dispose of the nasty things.

So my plan is basically to take the damn thing back and not even have to smell the remains rotting ...

This scenario was on the mom test - by the way - and I ACED it!!!!!! It was in the "got to have a plan" section ... following the plague scenario ... in which the above plan didn't change much except for protection from disease equipment (still haveta have weapons - cuz people get mean in a crisis and I gotta watch out for MY crew - sowwy) ... the disposal scenario still works for the plague with survivors in the Batesville towns ...

Commissariot - your vision is not realistic - you said no fantasy characters ... and when zombies strike - scrambling around on the interwebz trying to hire a merc is NOT gonna be the best way to spend those first few crucial hours before the "movie extra idiot people that have no head in a crisis" run thin and the zombie numbers increase exponentially when they change themselves from useful distractions into zombies!!

Point taken, but I never said it had to be realistic, its just my dream team. If it has to be people I know then...

1. My pops, As long as its not a javelin rocket launcher he can prolly shoot it, and drive the hillbilly armored vechile like a pro
2. His dad, no one can fix machines like him, besides, in the zombie land apocalpse hillbilly armoring any vehicle will be greatly helpful
3. Ria, because having a intimate knowledge of how things work will come in handy. Plus I know she can get into military areas, that is if there not zombie infested too.
4. Me, of course.
5. my uncle Jeremy, because he actually believes something like this might happen one day and has prepared for it for years. (does it count as being crazy if it happens? hmm)

Still Aurora/Denver area. Allota areas to run, including the mountains, which give incredible vantage. Plus everyone in my party knows those areas like a backyard.

TL;DR

Commissariot wrote:

3. Ria, because having a intimate knowledge of how things work will come in handy. Plus I know she can get into military areas, that is if there not zombie infested too.


Even if I didn't have access to military areas, all I'd need to do is tell them by last name and they'd probably let me in

And I doubt Buckley Air Force Base would be infested with zombies, because the golf balls and satellites would see them coming from anywhere lol

hasn't zombie movies taught you anything ria? Zombies are alot like my sister,

!. there never where you suspect,
2. They somehow get into everywhere
3. they are never welcome
and lastly, no matter how much you fight them, theyll leave you infected and bleeding. Only difference is the zombie virus is quick.

and if buckly airforce base is uninfected all the better to have you in my party huh?

LOL I had no idea your sister would leave you infected and bleeding

yep! only difference is with zombies tearing you apart you dont loose your self respect in the process.

If I could help it, the zombies wouldn't be tearing me apart in the first place lol