The Dark Plague

by Carlitos Golez

A story about a lawyer named Carl who had amnesia after a car accident. Waking up and finding himself in the middle of the street of Endemore City surrounded by zombies. While avoiding the dead, he was found by a group of survivors at an alley. They would do whatever it takes to survive the new world ran by the dead.

1. Hope

CHAPTER 1
(HOPE)

MY NAME IS CARL AND THIS IS MY STORY OF HOW I MANAGED TO SURVIVE THE OUTBREAK. I woke up in the side of the street surrounded by zombies. I didn't remember anything from the past or what happened before. The zombies tried to reach me, but I managed to escape. I kept running, not knowing the direction I was heading. While running I already knew there was no hope for me. I found my way in an alley. There were zombies in my way, I tried going back but more of them blocked the way. I didn't know what to do, when suddenly I heard a voice telling me to get inside the door at my left. I hurried, Opened the door, and shut it. Inside, I found three other survivors. Their names were John, Joseph, and Stephanie. I introduced myself and told them that I had no idea what's going on. John was actually my neighbor before and he told me everything he knew about me. I remembered some information about me, but I still didn't know why this event is occurring. I asked Stephanie, she told me that she was a scientist before and knows everything about this. She said that their task was to make a cure for a cancer, but their experiment went wrong when they tested it. It kills the person and resets the brain. Joseph, as he walk towards me he said "there's still hope for us". He handed me a shotgun.
Stephanie told me that no matter what they do to me, I shouldn't get bites from them because the fever will kill me and when I die, I turn into one of them. She also stated that noise attracts them and they can sense the presence of a person. "The reason why they eat flesh is because the first thing that their brains think of is food and it eats whatever they think is food for them" said Stephanie. John suggested that we should get out of the building and scavenge for food, ammo, and weapons. Joseph and I Agreed, but Stephanie didn't because she doesn't want to be eaten by the zombies. We talked her out of it and told her that she'd die of hunger if she'll stay. So she hardly agreed. I kicked the door open and we killed every zombie in the way. We managed to get out of the alley. We found ourselves in the middle of the street. We were stunned when we didn't find any zombie on the street, not even a single zombie. I told them that it was our chance. We ran towards a restaurant and barricaded it, every doors, and windows. We found a decent supply of foods. We also found ammo for my shotgun and Joseph's pistol. We felt as the luckiest people in the world to be alive. We knew there was hope on us.