January 2nd 2015, the Solanum virus broke out in New York when Denise Smith caught a disease… The doctors have never seen the virus before, and wanted to document her disease. So they did, and they saw virus cells destroying brain cells. They knew this disease was fatal, but they kept observing her. A nurse came into the room to give Denise her dinner, but little did the nurse know that SHE would be Denise's dinner. As soon as the nurse walked into the room, Denise took a bite out of the nurse's neck. When a doctor came to observe Denise he was shocked to see that Denise was eating the corpse of the nurse. The Doctor screamed and tried to run away, but before he could Denise grabbed the man's foot and bit it. The man fell and Denise moved on to eating him. The female nurse got up and soon, the whole hospital was infected with the Solanum virus. Soon the virus spread to New York, to the whole United States, to the whole world. Millions, probably billions, of zombies walk the world, but not everyone has died… And this is where our story begins.

December 5th, 2020.

Jack's POV

Hey, I'm Jack. I'm a survivor of the Solanum virus, known as Virus Z. I currently live in a small town in Illinois, with the population around 50. I'm 18, and I've been slaying zombies since I was 13. My Grandma and I are on the patrol team, while my Grandpa, Dad, and my brother, Dawson, are on the watch team, but sometimes they go hunting instead. I don't get why you would hunt zombies down, but apparently they seem to like it so I'll let them be… Oh, and my Mom helps run the barter system. I live in my parent's house for now, but I like to visit my Grandma a lot. I spend most of my time at her house. The reason I don't have my own house is that I don't really see the point… Living alone in a zombie apocalypse? I'll pass. Anyways, I was on patrol with my grandma, we also took her dog on a walk with us. Murphy is the dog's name. He's an energetic little guy. Anyways, we weren't really paying attention because nothing ever happens during the night here… Everyone seems afraid of the dark now, but I'm not. At least not anymore. When we didn't have this town, my group of 10 would have to sleep on the hard, cold ground, with 2 people always having to watch, shifts were hard. 3 of our group died, luckily not any in my family, and my best friend Jake also made it. He lives by himself. My grandma and I were talking and watching Murphy. For a winter night, it wasn't very cold outside. My grandma and I went to walk to the city walls and found my grandpa and my dad, watching guard.

"Hey dad and grandpa." I said.

"Hey Jack, what's up?" My dad asked.

"Nothing really, we just wanted to stop by before we take another lap around."

"That's cool. Oh, and your mother wanted me to ask you if you're going to come home or stay at grandma's house tonight?"

"Grandma, can I stay?" I ask her.

"Sure." She says.

"Thanks grandma. I'm staying with her for tonight dad." I say.

"Okay Jack, have a nice night if I don't see you until the morning."

"Night dad!" I say. We wave goodbye and continue with the patrol. We take our final lap, and then we go back to the house for the night. I stay up for a little, and go to bed at midnight.

John's POV

Hey, I'm John. Jack's dad. After Jack left, I started talking to my dad while sniping a few zombies. The watch was pretty boring tonight, but when isn't it boring? I rather be safe than be bored though. I was talking about Jack with my dad, and all of a sudden I hear a scream and a gunshot.

"Dad, stay here. I'm going to check this out. Keep guard." I say

"Be careful son." He tells me. I nod and jump off the wall. I look over at my mom's house, I see Jack getting his dagger and crossbow ready. He already has his katana with him, I'm pretty sure he carries it with him wherever he goes.

"What was that?" Jack asked me.

"I don't know. Where's your grandma?" I ask

"She was getting her pistol and knife." Jack said.

"Okay. Lets go check this out." I say. We made it and saw a guy with a gunshot through his head. A lady is next to him crying. I can see blood dripping from her hand.

"What happened Ma'am?" I say, kneeling next to her.

"My.. My husband.. He.. committed suicide and when he turned he came after me.. I'm bit… Please shoot me.. Please.." She says

"Jack, go get a first aid kit quick. We need to cut her arm off to stop the disease from spreading!" I tell him. He goes and runs

"No please… Just give me the gun…" She says

"I will not let you die!" I say.

"Give… It… To… Me!" She says and grabbed my gun, put it to her head, and pulled the trigger.

"Damn it." I say. Jack returned with the first aid.

"What happened dad?" Jack asked.

"She took my gun and shot herself… Help me carry these bodies out of here." I say. Jack got the girl's corpse and I got the guy's corpse. We tell my dad to open the gate for a second and we lay them outside. We go back inside and Jack leaves. My dad asks me what happened, and I told him everything.

"Thats horrible. I'll cover the rest of your shift… You should go to bed." My dad said.

"Thanks Dad." I say and walk to my house. I start to think of what happened… Then I think about my former group members who have died. Michelle… Diana… Robert… All gone. Michelle died during the night because she was sick.. Diana was her victim. I had to kill both of them. Diana was Robert's wife. After her death, Robert went into a depression, which ended with him hanging himself. I opened the door to my house and locked it. I went upstairs to see my wife in bed. I smiled to see that she was still safe. Tomorrow is a new day I tell myself. Tomorrow is a new day.