A/N: Edited, now it should be a little better.
It was just another day. Just another normal existence. It is very odd how things can change in one instance, one moment. I come home from work and shake the dirt off of my shoes. I go in and sit down on my comfortable armchair. I turn the TV. There is not much on so I turn it to the news. Just another story where they are rambling political nonsense. I suddenly hear yelling and screaming come over the TV, and I start to pay attention. The Military has come into major cities and has started to set up a curfew. The people are rioting. I start to worry, because I live in The city of Jacksonville, Alabama. I get so worried that I decide to call Sam, my friend who lives not that far away. The phone rings and he picks up. "Hey."
I say, "Hey dude. have you been seeing what's going on?"
He says, "Yeah, with the rioting?"
I say, "Yes, I'm starting to get worried. maybe we should find somewhere safe to wait it out."
He says, " Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. Wanna meet up?"
I say, "Yes, meet at my house. We'll figure out what to do from there. Hopefully, this will all blow over."
The rioting is getting worse in Jacksonville. I hear a knock on the door and I look through the hole to see Sam's face. I let him in and we start talking. I say, "It's getting worse. what is all this about."
He says, "I haven't heard anything solid yet, but some are saying it's the end of the world."
I chuckle, "There are always those who say that."
He says, "No, I mean that people are talking about some epidemic."
I look at him seriously, "You mean like a virus?"
He nods, "Again, I don't know."
I nod and Go into my room and I start to gather up important stuff.
Sam comes up to my door, "What are you doing?"
I don't stop gathering stuff up, "Packing, I got to go check on Sidney."
He says, "Do we have enough time?"
I say, "Even if we don't, I'm not leaving her."
Sam nods and says, "Where are we going after we get her?"
I say, "There is a CDC office in Atlanta. Maybe if we go there, we can figure out what's going on." Sam nods and we get in my car and start down the road.
I turn into the driveway of my Girlfriend, Sidney's house. I get out and say to Sam, "We'll only be a moment." I go into her house and I see everything seems to be normal. I go into her room and I see her lying in her bed. I go up to her and I shake her awake.
She says, "J.P., What are you doing here?"
I say, to her, "We need to go. There is something going down, and I and Sam are going to Atlanta to find out what. They've said on the news that there is some sort of virus going around and we're going to the CDC office in Atlanta to maybe find help." She nods and starts to get some stuff together.
As we leave we hear a sound coming from her neighbor's house. Sidney stops and goes in wanting to check on her neighbor. She calls out her neighbor's name. I follow behind her. we see her neighbor standing in a walkway. she says her neighbor's name again but softer. He turns around and his face seems to be devoid of all color. we don't have time to react before he lunges at Sidney. I pull her Away and I run out the door with her in front of me making sure to close the door behind me. I hear her sobbing on my shoulder, obviously very frightened by what happened. I put her in between me and Sam, who is now driving. He looks confused. I say, "Drive. I'll explain on the way. We need to go to my house, I need something." We go to my house while I explain what I saw and that the virus must be turning people into these things. once I get home I go into my room and get my replica of the Master Sword, from Legend of Zelda, off the wall. I put it in its sheath and I go out to the car and tell Sam to drive.
