The time had come. It was bound to happen. The Zombie apocalypse. Scientists had bragged about creating the ultimate human but Lucy knew it was too good to be true. Before long her fears become reality when all of the patients started ripping each other to shreds. When the scientists came to feed the patients, they saw a massacre. It wasn't long before the whole facility was destroyed and the infected monsters crawled out of their prison and feasted on anything they could find. It had been her graduation day, and she was an advanced student along with seven others. They had classes together and were the best of friends… before they got separated. It had been like any other day…
Flashback 1 Week Earlier(Lucy POV)
"Hey Lu!" Levy said to me walking into class. I smiled and handed her some papers. "Here is my latest chapter! I hope you like it!" She jumped and took the papers, immediately sitting down to enjoy her favorite book. I had always wanted to be a author, and I am a prodigy, writing college papers since 2 years old.
My name is Lucy Heartfilia. I have blonde hair and brown eyes. I may be a little busty but I try to hide it with hoodies. I don't like showing off my body! I loved the stars and was amazing at navigation. I knew all of the constellation by heart and knew the zodiacs like we were best friends! I am a big bookworm, but I can't compare to Levy McGarden. She read about 3 books a day maybe more, and I was surprised she could hold all that information in her tiny head. Levy was very petite. She was probably to my shoulder and she had blue hair with brown eyes, and always wore an orange bandana.
"Ah, there you two are I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions!" Erza. The scarlet haired, brown eyed teenager was student body president. She was in advanced classes and was a natural leader. Trust me… Do NOT get on her bad side… unless you want to die.
"Sure! What about?" Levy asked already done with my new chapter. I just sweat dropped and she gave me a thumbs up. "Great chapter Lu! The plot is so smooth!" she then turned back to Erza. "What questions did you want to ask?"
"Have you guys heard about the new super-humans? They are being injected as we speak and will soon be the next soldiers this world needs!" Erza said excitedly. She was always interested with genetics… but so was I and I knew how microbiology worked. Super-humans weren't possible. I rolled my eyes. Erza turned her attention on me. "What's wrong? You don't believe it?" she asked surprised like I was cursing the dead or something.
"Erza, you and I both know super humans are not possible. Sure they can manipulate the human genes, but-" Suddenly loud shouts were heard from outside the door. Then the door swung open.
"Oh come on Ice-princess you know you wouldn't beat me in a fight!" a pink haired, onyx eyed boy said. It was none other than Natsu Dragneel, the strangest boy in school. He always wears a scarf, even in 100 degree weather! Not to mention he doesn't even break a sweat when working out EVER! I only know what he looks like working out because we work on tons of projects and he HAS to work out at least once a day. He just grabs the largest book nearby and holds it while doing 100 one-handed pushups! How!?
"No way! I would so win in a fight fire breath!" Gray Fullbuster said. He had raven hair and dark blue eyes. He had a...stripping problem… Everyone was used to it except his personal stalker Juvia. She has blue hair and deep blue eyes. She loved the water almost as much as she loved Gray, and that is saying something about her love for him seeing as she is a gold medal winner since 4 years old for swimming speed. Nobody has beaten her, and I don't think anyone ever will.
Natsu and Gray got into fighting stance and suddenly Gray was shirtless and had no pants on. Juvia was in the back of the room and she fainted with hearts in her eyes… Poor girl. "ENOUGH!" Erza said smashing their two heads together. "Yes m-ma'am..." they said falling to the floor. It would have been entertaining to watch, if I wasn't so worried about graduation. What if I trip!? That would suck...What if I fell into a puddle!? I looked outside to see a foggy day… "Strange… Hey Wendy, wasn't it clear this morning?" I asked to a young girl. She was as old as a sophomore but she was really smart so she was graduating early. She had dark blue hair and light brown eyes. She always wears cute clothes and I sometimes asked wear she got them and bought them in my size… Anyway, she was super smart in weather studies and she wants to be a meteorologist.
"Yeah… That is kinda weird, but I guess the houses blocked the sun making it colder so the fog accumul-" I tuned out and stared out the window toward the facility of human genetics. I don't have a good feeling about something… But what? Then the announcements came on and I forgot what I was thinking about.
"Alright, today is a strangely foggy day, but graduation for seniors will still be outside facing the facility. It will be held in thirty minutes. Have a great day!" The announcements ended and I looked around to see everyone putting robes over their clothes. I did the same and we all talked about graduation. "Gajeel said he was going to pick me up after graduation and take me to a nice restaurant!" Levy blushed thinking about Gajeel, who sitting a crossed the room, came and sat down next to us. "That's right Shrimp. Make sure you have nice clothes on underneath that." He said pointing to her tiny robe.
Gajeel Redfox was about the scariest person to meet, but once you get to know him, he can be nice...sometimes. He had a TON of piercings and had red eyes. His black hair was spiky and went down to his lower back. Somehow Levy thought he looked cute, and the couple blossomed… Weird.
"Hey Luce, you wanna sit next to each other during graduation?" Natsu came up behind me putting his arms around my shoulders. We were friends but I wanted to be more than that. I blushed thinking about me liking Natsu. He is so kind, and sure he can be destructive, but that is what makes Natsu… well Natsu! He always protects his friends, and he has beaten up plenty of pervs in the past, and then he would hug me saying he would always be there for me. I tried not to blush even more and I could see Levy smirking in the back. She knew of my little… secret.
"Sure, why not!" I said smiling and he returned the smile with his own signature grin that made me just about die every time he did it. "Alright children, let's get ready for the graduation ceremony!" the announcement suddenly came on. We all stood up and went out the doors in robes. I saw about a hundred other seniors coming out of their classrooms. We all went outside to see reserved seats for children and there were a couple of parents waiting with cameras. I wish my parents could come… I actually lived alone, since my parents died in some malfunction surgeries for a condition they both had.
We all sat down and Natsu and I talked about who would win in a fight. "Luce, I could beat you in a fight, that is why I am in advanced classes you know...Prodigy remember?" He said. Natsu was a natural fighter. He would always see where he was ranked in fighting compared to other students, and he didn't leave out the girls, sometimes challenging me to a fight. I knew if we fought, it would last maybe three seconds before I was on the ground cold, but I like teasing him, since we never fought before.
"Surrree Natsu, you are a prodigy, but fighting isn't just strength and I am a pretty good strategist. I guess we will never know who will win..." I said smirking and Natsu was pouting. He crossed his arms and looked the other way. "Aw, come on Natsu, you know you would beat me in a fight easy!" I decided to take the loss on this one, just because he looked so cute… Ughh, what does this boy do to me?
He looked at me and his eyes softened. He gave me his grin and I smiled back. It was a chilly day and I shivered. I was wearing a hoodie but it was still cold! I don't have enough money to buy heavy winter clothes. I only have a part time job, but Natsu basically lived with me since his home was in terrible shape, so he chips in with money. Natsu has been living alone since he could remember. He remembers his dad giving him a scarf and then leaving. He never had a mother, and I felt bad for him, but he didn't seem to care, and he talked about how he was going to find his dad one day. It was really nice seeing how happy he was thinking about his dad.
"You cold Luce?" I felt something around my neck and looked down to see a white scarf loosely draped around my neck. I looked wide eyed at Natsu who was concentrating on tightening it around my neck without choking me. He then looked at me and smiled and gave me a thumbs up. "Now you won't be cold! Plus, you look really good with the scarf on!" He said. Wait… was that a little blush I saw? No, it must have been his face getting red from the cold… Yeah. I blushed suddenly realizing what he had just said. I look good in his scarf!?
"Thank you Natsu… You didn't have to let me wear this. I know how important it is to you," he scoffed acting like it was the dumbest thing I had ever said. "Yeah it is important to me, but you are too! I told you I would always protect you and a cold on graduation day would be terrible. Beside you can just give it back to me when we get back to your apartment!" He said looking forward. I looked forward to see everyone chatting with each other and then suddenly there was a noise from the stage and a man walked to the front and tapped the microphone.
"Alright kids, today you will be graduating high school and moving on into the real world. I recognize most of your faces and will miss all of you...except Natsu," most of the kids laughed at this, and he continued. "I will call your name and you will come up here and get a picture from your parents, and then take your certificate and leave with your parents. Now let's get this graduation started!" He said and everyone cheered.
Facility 10:32 am
"Sting, can you get these syringes to the cleaning house?" Rogue, a black haired man asked his colleague and blonde twin brother. "Sure thing, I just need you to feed the patients, and I will be back in a couple of minutes to help you." Sting walked away down corridor B which led to the cleaning warehouse. Rogue went the opposite direction down corridor A, the patient room.
As Rogue walked down the corridor, he smelled something… He just couldn't put his finger on it. "Minerva must have burned the meals again..." he said unsure. He was about to lift the tin lid to see the food, but he stopped realizing he was unauthorized to mess with the food after it has been tinned by the cook.
Rouge reached the doors and the smell was getting stronger. He opened the door and instantly threw up. There was blood all over the floors and walls. There were body parts thrown all around the room, and in the corner were maybe 20 patients. "Oh my goodness, come with me, we will get you all cleaned u-" he was interrupted when they turned his way. They had blood around their mouths with jutted sharp teeth sticking out. They had glazed eyes, and their skin color was very pale, almost white. Veins sticking out from their clawed hands, hair that had been ripped out from the skin, resulting in bald bleeding heads, it was too much for Rogue to handle, but what made him lose it was the thing they were eating. It was an uncontaminated patient that had not been injected yet. He had a face of horror and all of his limbs were ripped off and thrown into a dark corner. The contaminated patients… were eating him…
Rogue sat in complete shock, and then instinct took in. He ran away just as the patients ran out of the room chasing him. They ran like monkeys, on all fours and caught up quickly to Rogue. One patient came and tackled him. Rogue suffered many scratches but got up and kept running. He was limp-running and the patients tackled him and Rogue had a single tear running down his face when realization kicked in for what they had just done. The zombie apocalypse is coming… And we caused it… Were his final thoughts before they ripped his head off and ripped flesh from bone.
Sting walked down corridor B toward corridor A. He was whistling a merry tune and reached the intersection between the corridors. A powerful iron smell came from corridor A. Sting's confused face suddenly became filled with horror and he ran down the corridor thinking of one thing. Rogue.
Sting reached the patient room and stepped back, looking into the room. He didn't throw up but he did notice the throw up on the floor next the room. Rouge has been here.. He looked down further into the corridor and noticed blood on the floor before a sharp turn covered anymore blood. Sting walked slowly toward the corner and the blood trails became more thick. He saw weird human footprints in the trails… Rogue was being chased. Sting reached the corner and slowly peeked his around the corner. Immediately tears came to his eyes, and he fell to his knees. There was Rogue being eaten by the contaminated patients. He hid behind the corner deciding not to look anymore and cried silently before taking action. He stood up and took off down the corridor toward the alarm system. He passed the patient room and managed to silently dodge the body parts on the floor… well most of them. He hit an arm and fell instantly and made a large crashing sound.
"CRAAAAAA!" he heard the screams of the patients before they came barreling around the corner. Sting quickly got up and ran to the alarm system. He could see it in sight, but they were catching up to him. He knew what the alarm system did. It sounded an alarm that could be heard at a 5 mile radius and it closed all of the doors with metal, that is almost indestructible, minus nuclear weapons. He knew the high school was having graduation day. His daughter went there and his wife Yukino was there taking pictures. He couldn't let them get out. They would get hungry eventually. He only had a few feet to go, and the patients were hot on his tail. He knew he was going to die, but he HAD to save his family
He got to the alarm and pulled the lever down. He was tackled to the floor with his head facing the doors, he saw the metal slowly coming down on the glass doors. He suddenly felt a terrible pain in his back. They were scratching the skin off his body. Tears came down his face and he couldn't hold down a scream and sob or two that left his mouth. One of the patients took his head and held it ripping it slowly. Sting no longer felt any pain, but he noticed the patients looking at the doors. The alarm came on and the patients were swinging their heads around trying to get away from the sound. The patient let go of Sting's head and they ran for the door. No… Sting thought. There was only a couple of inches left of space between the doors and the ground and before Sting's vision left him, he saw one patient leave, and then two, then three, and then all of them ran out of the facility before the doors closed leaving silence. Sting cries echoed in the facility for a while, and then it was silent, and that's how it remained for a very long time…