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Marie rubbed her temples as she slumped in the chair she was sitting in,"I need some chocolate pronto." She unbuttoned her air force training uniform and relaxed against the chair, as she got comfortable, her phone started to ring. She wrestled the phone in her pocket trying to retrieve it, she looked at the screen to see that her best friend and cousin, Nirvana Snow;Snow for short,was calling. She quickly slid the answer bar across the screen,"Hey what's up?"

"Yo Marie, some shit is going down man!" Nirvana panted through the phone.

"Snow, calm down. What are you talking about?" There was a short silence that fell between them," Just grab your shit and them swords. Cause they're gonna be in use. Now hurry!" Nirvana hung up the phone and Marie sat there still for awhile, contemplating on what could be happening out there to make Nirvana freakout.

Marie did as she said and grabbed her swords from her display she placed them in, and grabbed her book bag and headed out the door. Marie ran to her car and drove off to Nirvana's apartment, on the way, she saw police racing to different areas of the city. Once she got to Nirvana's apartment, she ran quickly up the 3 flights of stairs and knocked on her door.

Nirvana opened the door, the panic in her eyes were evident; she abruptly pulled Marie into her apartment and closed the door shut,"What took you so long man?"

"Police were everywhere." Nirvana started to pace around the room, making Marie uncomfortable,"Snow what's going on?" She stopped in her tracks,"I can't believe this is happening." Nirvana said outloud to herself."What?"

" There are fucking dead people walking around man." Marie raised her eyebrow at her in disbelief,"Stop playing."

"I'm dead serious man, i seen it with my own two eyes while I was dropping off a painting!" Nirvana combed back her lilac dreads with her hands,"Dude i was watching the news and the same story kept coming up,'People attacking and killing other people' this shit is real."

Marie sat down on Nirvana's couch and placed her head into her hands, but immediately shot up," I gotta call Drew."

Marie pulled out her phone and called him,"Drew, you know where Snow lives right?" She glanced at Nirvana,"Good, bring anything you can and come over here, Now!" Marie hung up her phone and looked at Nirvana again; her body was shaking and her chest was moving up and down rapidly, as if she was going to have a panic attack. Marie shot up from the couch and went over to her aid; shocked at how Nirvana was behaving, she'd never been this vulnerable to Marie and it surprised the hell out of her.

Marie soothingly rubbed Nirvana's back attempting to calm her down, her breathing finally steadied and they both sat on the couch. Nirvana pulled our her cellphone and called her mom but got no answer," Mother please answer the phone, this is a life or death situation. Please call me back as soon as you can!" Marie followed in Nirvana's foot steps and called her mom as well, the phone rang and rang but she didn't answer," Mom call me back as soon as you can, it's very important." Marie and Nirvana glanced at each other knowingly, tears began to run down Nirvana's face. Marie being the tough hearted person couldn't shed a tear but deep down she wanted to.

Suddenly, there were rapid knocks coming from the door, Marie ran to it and peeped out the peep hole. Drew was standing there waiting impatiently for someone to answer the door. Marie swung the door open and quickly went inside,"Took you long enough." A bag was swung over his shoulder and he stood in front of the tv,"Did you see anything out there?" Marie questioned Drew. He sighed," People are everywhere trying to get out of here. Fucking police doesn't care anymore. If we call them right now, we won't get an answer." Nirvana huffed and combed her hair back,"This is some bullshit man." "Well we can't stay here in freaking Kentucky." "We can't follow everyone else. You know bad shit happens when you follow the crowd." Nirvana protested. "Let's just wait until everything cools down." Drew suggested. Nirvana nodded and Marie went into Nirvana's kitchen to grab a juice box.

As night began to fall, Nirvana was laid out on the couch half asleep, Marie was sleeping in the recliner and Drew was sprawled out on the floor. Out of nowhere, gunshots echoed outside of Nirvana's apartment. The three of them shot up from their positions and glanced at one another; people were screaming, Nirvana looked out the window, a girl was running away from a group of stumbling people. Marie joined Nirvana peeping out the window,"We gotta help her." "Hell nah, are you crazy man!?" "What if that was you?" Nirvana glared at her and rolled her eyes,"Fine." Nirvana grabbed a knife from her cabinet drawer and Marie grabbed her swords,"I'm coming too." Drew insisted,"Nah man, someone has to watch my apartment." Marie and Nirvana went out the door and left Drew behind. They ran down the stairs and rushed to the group of walking people, as soon as they got to them, they had already bum rushed the girl and she was devoured by the people.

Marie and Nirvana stared at the scene, frightened at what they were seeing; they glanced at each other knowingly and ran back to the apartment. They went through the door and quickly closed it behind them,"What happened, where's the girl?" The girls looked at each other and Marie stepped forward,"We were too late." "We need to get the hell outta here." Nirvana shook her head,"I don't know man, what if people are still trying to leave and we get stuck in the middle of this shit." Marie faced her,"We won't know till we try."

Nirvana swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded her head, Marie looked to Drew and Nirvana,"Let's do this."