Into the Unknown
Chapter 1: Hello Goodbye
'All seemed to silence around me. The moaning and groaning of the zombies, the screams and cries of my friends, and fellow survivors faded into the unknown. And all I could see was his body. Lying in the far corner, bleeding, dying, or possibly already dead. I started to run, suddenly unaware of the surrounding enemies that tried to grab on to my flesh, eager to take a bite. I dropped down beside his body and just held him as I cried. I clearly saw the bite mark on his bleeding arm, and I knew that it may be too late. I just sat there and waited, waited for the change to occur. If he was going to die, I was going to die with him. And then it happened, the most unexpected thing happened….'
Hi, my name is Willa. Actually it's Willafred Emmaline Enders. I'm 16 years old, and up until now, I had always thought that my life was pretty boring. Well I don't know what to say now. Things aren't boring anymore, they can't be. Not anymore at least. I lived a pretty good life, well as good of a life that an orphan could have. You see my parents died when I was too little too remember, and since I had no family, I spent my childhood at the Smithson's Orphanage For Girls. When I turned 15 I was able to move out of the orphanage and into my own apartment. I worked an okay job at a local diner called Maxine's, and I had great friends. Carrie had been my best friend since grade one. She had very light blonde hair that reached just below the shoulders, and she stood at about 5'6. She always hated the fact that I was just one inch taller than her. She was the one who gave me my nickname, Willa. Her family loved me, especially Jolie, Carrie's five year old sister. They looked identical, and its strange looking at the baby pictures of the two, you can barely tell them apart. Then there's Wade, the boy next door. Now he really doesn't live next door to me, but you get the point. He has dark, almost black, hair, and he was very good looking. He and his family had moved here from Canada. And when I say here I mean Raccoon City, Pennsylvania, the city where it all started. Now enough introductions, lets get to the story, the outbreak.
It all started on a clear blue day. Not a cloud in the sky, and all was silent. I was in school.
"Alright people, you have an exam coming up in a few days, and I don't see many of you guys passing." Mrs. Carlton, our English teacher, said. She sat down in her favorite rolling chair. "Alright, for now I want you all to get with a study partner and go through your flashcards." Immediately Wade appeared by my side, I was one of the smarter kids in my class. I could see Carrie in the background looking frustratingly at me. I just shrugged my shoulders. She seemed to get over it quickly; she knew that I had the biggest crush on him since his move here from Canada earlier this year. I noticed that I was being given the same dirty look from someone else in the room, Kendra Findley. She was a sophomore, but she was put in our junior class because
of her high marks in English. Kendra has dark blonde hair, a huge crush on Wade, and the biggest attitude in our entire school. Carrie saw the look that Kendra was giving me and quickly jumped in.
"Kendra! Do you have a partner?" she asked happily
"Well" She started, as she shot another quick glance in mine and Wade's direction. "Not anymore" she said.
"Great, let's get to work!" Carrie said as she ushered Kendra into the opposite corner of the room. I laughed happily inside as I saw the grumpy expression on Kendra's already smashed looking face.
"Okay so let's get started." I began.
"Ok, but first I've got a really important question." He added
"Sure" I say, thinking that it would have to do with English.
"Do you think you could help me a little more, you know with the English, umm, you know outside of school." He asked me shyly. He had no idea that I liked him, so he probably had no idea how happy this made me. I tried to contain my excitement.
"Sure!" It didn't work
"Great! Umm you could come over to my house, or I could meet at your place."
"My place would be better, no parents to bug us" I said, as I nervously laughed.
"Ok cool, so I'll be there around sevenish?" he asked, as if I had a life outside of school.
"That's fine, I have to work until five, so I'll be home by then." I said.
"Oh right, you work at Maxine's right? That cool diner up the street from the school."
"Yeah, you ever been there?" I ask
"Nope, I've always wanted too though. I'll tell you what, how about we meet up there instead around 5ish, that way we can study over some fries and a shake."
"Sure, that would be great too." I glanced up at the clock."
"Bells gonna ring any minute, so I'll see you later then." I said
"Sounds good to me!" he said before picking up his books and walking back to his seat.
I don't care what Mrs. Carlton says, I don't mind the fact that I got no studying time in today!
I wish I would've gotten a better look at the classroom before leaving, but then I had no idea that it was the last time I saw my friends all together, alive.
Before arriving in the diner for work, I had coordinated with Carrie what would go down. Since I was probably the worst flirter ever, we decided that Carrie would sit in and watch from afar as I helped Wade "study".
That shift seemed to go on forever, but finally it was five o clock. I had changed out of my waitress uniform and into my favorite pair of jeans with my old navy sweatshirt and navy converse sneakers. I eagerly found an empty booth and set out all the materials that we might need and next to all the study supplies I had a fresh batch of French fries sitting in the middle of the table. Carrie had suggested that I get only one basket, so that we would have to share. I kept glancing at the door, checking to see if he was coming. It hit 5:30 when I heard the familiar jingle of the bell on the front door. I turned to see if it was him, but it was a strange looking man. He was walking with his head down towards the floor. He was walking strangely slow and was bumping into the surrounding objects. He stopped in the middle of the room. I looked at Carrie who just sort of shrugged. I was trying hard not to stare, but the man looked really unstable. I was ready to get the manager, Greg, but that when we all saw it, the crimson colored liquid that dripped from his unseen mouth.
"He's bleeding!" A girl yelled, she was about my age, with flaming red hair.
"I'm studying to be a doctor!" A young man, about in his early twenties said. He had neatly kept brown hair, and was wearing his dress suit. The man started to walk towards the center of the room, slowly, as if not to spook him.
"Alright sir, are you ok? Would you like to tell me what's wrong?"
The man just stood there. Not making a single sound.
"Look, you seem to be in some serious trouble." He said
"Oh screw this!" a man about the doctor's age stood up and walked over to the man.
"Sir, you need to talk to the doctor. He can help you."
Still no response.
I just walked from the sidelines, intrigued by the display in front of me.
The cop walked over to the man and grabbed him by the shoulders. He began to gently lift his face, and was shocked at what he saw. The man had appalling features; his face looked decayed, as if he were dead, or had been dead for several years. His mouth was dripping with blood, not from injury, but it looked like he had feasted on someone, or something. Before the cop had time to react, the man jumped on top of him.
"AHHH! The son of a bitch bit me" he screamed as he threw the zombie across the room. Everyone around began to panic and run around frantically. Suddenly the door burst open and everyone jumped at the sudden bang. There in the doorway stood Wade. His hair was tasseled and messy. He was sweating badly.
"Everybody needs to get out of here! We need to leave Raccoon City immediately! The cities being attacked by those strange creatures." He said as he pointed over towards the blood thirsty monster that was now getting up and running towards Wade. He grabbed the cop's gun out of its holster and shot one straight shot into his head. The zombie immediately dropped dead, again.
I couldn't believe my eyes. What was happening? It was like something out of a horror movie, only worse. Wade looked around the room and saw me sitting completely stunned, looking at him.
"We have to go, now!" he said as he grabbed my arm and we began to run out of the diner, Carrie hot on our heels, along with the cop, the doctor, and the redhead.
As soon as we walked outside we saw what was happening. There were people running in all directions. There were bodies lying on the sidewalks and in the streets. We all started running, towards nowhere in particular, just anywhere, to get away from those monsters that consumed the city.
After about two hours of looking, we saw it, the tall building in the distance, the old abandoned mall. The mall had closed about a year ago when it wasn't making money, and the owners had to shut it down. We knew that nobody would be there.
Or at least we thought…..
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