The sun hung high in the sky illuminating the entire planet.
A bustling city.
Bang!
A building's glass shattered as flames devoured everything.
A large bang rang in the City.
Smokes filled the air.
"Ahhh" People started running away from panic.
The streets became chaotic as civilians made a stampede.
Something wrong is happening in New York.
"Whats happening? " A man lost in thoughts asked the female he held by hand.
"Dont touch me!" She looked at him with creeped eyes.
The man let go and apologized.
"Im sorry... But what is happening? " He asked again.
The woman took a second glance and replied. " Bombing is happening all over. The FBI is here fully armed. They fired at civilians! " She took a deep breath.
"The FBI? " The man muttered in confusion.
"Im sorry... " The woman said as she hurriedly run away.
The man watches her back and shook his head.
Who's FBI?
There's no point thinking.
He just woke up in the body of a homeless man and everything felt confusing.
Everyone's still running.
The man moved to the side and avoided the crowd.
He then asked a question.
Who am i? He glanced around trying to figure it out.
His sight stopped at the store's billboard.
"Allen Grocery Store. "
"Allen? "
He noted the name deep in his mind.
"Graaa! Ahhhh. Stop!!!! Please.... Ahhhh..... " A man shrieked and begged as blood came out of his mouth.
A strange figure has ripped his neck and tightly held him as it bit him nonstop.
No one came to help as everyone's bussy running away.
More and more strange people jumped and attacked those who are running.
Strangely those who fell will rise again and rush to those running away.
Allen Noticed something's wrong.
Even if he doesn't know what's going on, people just like him is running away from those Crazy Humans.
He came inside the mall to avoid those People.
He can see the people inside looking at him with terrified and wary eyes.
"What's going on? " He asked them.
A man rushed at him and held his hands forcefully bringing him to the side.
"Shhhhh! " He hushed.
"What's happening outside? " Allen asked.
"Quiet! Stay away from the door, don't let people know we are here, lets calm first.
We don't know anything. " He urged Allen.
"I see. " Allen glanced around and saw them finally breathing a sigh of relief.
"Are you hiding from those Crazy people outside too? " Allen asked.
"People? No, the Government's force is killing us citizens. They're mad! " Aldrich said with anger.
"No, something's wrong with those people too, they are eating us alive. ' allen said.
" What do you mean? " Aldrich asked.
"Take a look outside. " Allen gestured.
The two slowly walked to the door.
Aldrich took a peek and was terrified at what he saw.
The outside is bloodied, body parts like arms and dead bodies lay on the grounds.
"Shit.' Aldrich cursed.
He saw Those accountable for this, they seems to be like Zombies.
" A virus? That's why they fired at us? What the hell is happening. ' Aldrich came to the crowd.
" We have a bigger problem. There's Zombies outside! 'He spoke as quiet as possible.
"What do you mean? " Dean asked.
" You won't believe it, let's take a look' Aldrich explained.
They all took a peek outside, a girl puked at the sight.
"Hey! Stop... What if they notice us? " Aldrich put his hand in her mouth without caring about the smell.
The girl looked at him with tears in her eyes, she let out quiet a bit of Liquid and her breathing hurts.
"Calm down. ' allen held Aldrich arms and he finally let go of her.
" Let's get inside. "
Aldrich said and everyone followed.
they headed to the stock room.
"Haahh.... " Aldrich took a deep breath.
"Its over... The world is over. " Dean said.
He is a guard.
"How many bullets do you have? " Aldrich asked.
"Five, its just for decorations.... " Dean replied weakly.
The Group is around twenty people.
They all tried to comfort themselves.
Some stood at the wall, some sat on the ground, some kept crying.
But most stood in the middle and listened to Aldrich.
They have acknowledged him as their leader.
"Lets introduce ourselves first. ' Aldrich said.
" Im Aldrich. "
"Allen." Allen said.
"Im Dean. "
"Rebecca, im a Nurse. " A girl raised her hand and voiced.
She's off work and it happened to be a catastrophe.
"Great." Aldrich nodded.
"Brandon" A middle aged man continued.
.
"Now that everyone knew each others... What do you guys think? How do we evacuate? " Aldrich asked.
"Its pointless... The above kills everyone to prevent leakage. We can't rely on them. "
Rebecca shook her head Dejectedly.
"We can only rely on ourselves. " Dean held his gun to ease himself.
"I'll go out. ' Allen raised his hand.
" Its dangerous, what if they rush inside? " Brandon rejected.
"Are you sure? " Aldrich asked.
"We can't wait here forever. Now's the chance since it only started" Allen Said.
"We can go out the fire exit. " Dean mustered the courage as he noticed both men doesn't cower in fear.
"So the three of us will go?" Allen asked.
"No, Dean will stay, We will head outside to find more survivors and investigate.
If we all go what if they lock the door? We can't be sure about them. " Aldrich looked at Brandon.
"Hey, im not that selfish. " He felt annoyed.
"Just to be sure. " Aldrich rebuked.
Allen grabbed a Knife and Gave one to Aldrich.
"You sure this will work? " Aldrich asked.
He never have experience about using a knife on a living creature.
"Its sharp, With enough force it can do. "
Allen unknowingly knows how the knife can work like an instinct.
"Lets head out. " Aldrich took a breath and grabbed the door.
They opened the door and the two moved out.
Dean looked at them with determination.
"Becareful guys. " He closed the door.
He saw their back as the two quietly walked to the trashcan.
Dean tightly gripped his hands.
Outside.
The wind hustled.
Aldrich and Allen Glanced at those moving Zombies.
Aldrich looked at the store as his guts told him to go back.
He raised his hands to signal Allen but found him far and near a Zombie.
"Wait... Fck" Aldrich cursed.
Opposite of his expectation, Allen didn't alert the surrounding Zombies.
He struck his knife at the zombies neck and retrieved back, stabbed its eyes deep to its brain.
The zombie only grrrd...before it lost vitality.
Allen looked at the other zombies but chose to regroup.
He walked quietly to Aldrich.
"You almost made me have a heart attack. 'Aldrich complained.
He glanced at Allen's knife tainted with blood and drank his salivia.
He started thinking how dangerous Allen is but he only felt more relieved.
" You sure is strong. " Aldrich complimented.
"Not sure, Im born with it. " Allen replied.
"Lets go. " Aldrich regained his focus.
They walked quietly avoiding Zombies as sneaky as possible.
They stopped at a restaurant.
Allen opened the door..
"Cling cling" The bell of the front door rimed.
"Wha... " Aldrich felt stupified... He just took a peek inside and is prepared to go at the back door but didn't know Allen lacks common sense.
"Why is there a bell there? " Allen asked.
"Rrrrrr." The zombies outside all looked at their direction.
"Come in! ' Aldrich held Allen and they came inside.
He locked the front door tightly.
" Bang! " "Bang"
The zombies rammed their bodies around the wall trying to get in.
"Kraaaaak graaaawl"
"Fvck" Aldrich saw the incoming zombie and prepared to fight back.
Then, Allen Grabbed it in the chest and slammed it hard on the ground.
He then stabbed his knife in its head.
The zombie twitched and died.
"Don't be reckless Allen, what if it bit you? " Aldrich felt worried.
"I know if it can, Its intuition. " Allen replied.
Aldrich said"still... " Not fully understanding what Allen meant.
"Let's take a look what's in here. " Allen reminded.
"Right." Aldrich agreed.
They searched the restaurant and packed foods and cans.
" We can use this as a base. " Aldrich said.
"What about the others? " Allen asked.
"The food there is enough for a year. " Aldrich replied as he considered everything.
"I see. " Allen didn't refuse.
They need to find survivors and more bases.
"Creeak.. " The sound of a door opened.
"Someone." Aldrich looked at the door.
A little girl frightened, still looked outside because she heard the conversation.
They're people.
"Hik...papa... "
She still cried at the man whose head is broken.
She hurried to her father and whimped.
"Stop crying..... " Allen put his hand on the kid's back and comforted.
"My father.... He scared me.... But he doesn't mean it... He said not to open the door.... I called and he.... He frightened me... He kep howling and tried getting inside. "
She cried more and more.
'Still, why did you kill him? " She looked at Allen with a wronged expression of pain and confusion.
"He's already dead, someone took over his body, we relieved him. " Aldrich Sighed....
"Someone possessed him? WAhhhh.....papa... "Trish took Allen's hand and gripped it tightly.
" Its okay, everything's alright now... " Allen embraced the kid.
He stood up.
Trish tightly held his hand and he looked at her closing her eyes in his arms.
"What now? " Allen asked.
"We can't continue like this, you guard her id continue. " Aldrich replied.
"No, you stay with her, i can survive out there. " Allen refused.
"The kid's fond of you, you can't just leave her, she lost everything.. You're her only hope. " Aldrich shook his head.
"You are my brother, remember? " Allen said with a calm expression.
"I see. " Aldrich nodded.
"Im your brother. " Aldrich pretended to be.
"Ill go out tomorrow. We sleep here tonight. "
Allen said.
"We have two base now, if you find more people, you need to find guns too, we need protection.
There is a police station ahead, just move straight until you see it. But Its far. "
"Its fine. You take care of the little girl, ill get you a weapon. " Allen replied
"Its decided. " Aldrich nodded.