Ok this is my second Dawn of the Dead Fanfic, set in the USA and based on the 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead , I hope everyone enjoys It and ill try and post once a week. There will be references to my other fanfic for those who have read it, please point them out if you spot them.

'Probably the only true escape is death, but even that is that undiscovered country from whose bond, you know, no traveler returns'

Jimmy stopped at the traffic signals, looking around at the other cars he sighed. It had been a long day at the office and things weren't going so well. The new guy had been fired and they were understaffed as it was with all those who were off sick. He tapped on the wheel. When the lights changed he turned off towards the bridge, where he could see the flashing lights of a police car heading towards him. He turned his car to park at the side of the road, to let the police car pass when he heard a thump. A man in his twenties bounced off the side of the car and landed face down on the road.

"Hold shit," Jimmy said in shock as he slammed on the brakes way too late," he had just hit someone," are you ok?"

Jimmy got out of the car and ran to the man's side, but it didn't look good. There were slashes in his shirt and a bloody mess hanging from his neck. Jimmy's first thought was that the man had broken his neck in the fall, but the wound looked old. He knelt by the man as he shook, he had just killed a man. He nervously went to check the man's pulse, but as soon as he touched him the man sprung up and started looking around wildly.

"Thank god your alright," Jimmy breathed," I though-,"

The man screamed, his eyes full of hatred. He lunged at Jimmy, who hit the front of his car and fell over it as he jumped back. The other man slammed into it and slid over the front after him. Jimmy sprang for the passenger door and smashed it into his face as he reached for Jimmy, but he made it into his car and locked the door as the man started pounding his fists on the side.

"I'm sorry I hit you," Jimmy breathed," just calm down,"

The window shattered and the man reached in, Jimmy put his foot down and sped away, but as he did a car suddenly swerved in front of him, it hit the side of his car and for a second it lost control. The other car slammed into a parked truck down the road, but luckily Jimmy managed to bring his own car back onto his side of the road. He took a moment to think about what had happened, the guy had clearly been crazy. But his trail of thought disappeared as he saw a group of five people on the street attacking someone on the floor. He stopped the car a good twenty metres away and watched as they grabbed him. At first he thought they were stabbing him, but no one seemed to be helping the man. Finally he lay still and Jimmy knew he was dead.

"Hey!" Jimmy called, opening the car door," I'm calling the cops,"

One of them looked up , a women in her sixties, in her hands was what looked like part of someone's intestine. She let out a cry and started running towards Jimmy, he stood there in shock when suddenly a truck went speeding past, hitting the women head on. Her body exploded and the truck hit a police car that appeared from no where, the police car spun and smashed into a garbage container on the edge of an alleyway which started to emit smoke fast.

Jimmy looked down at the remains of the woman; she was spattered over the road in various pieces. He held onto the car door as he felt an acidic taste in his throat, vomit spewed from his mouth over the road and he fell to his knees as more sick shot from him.

He staggered back into his car and put his foot down again, turning towards the main road towards the bridge, if there was one place to go, it was the police station on the other side a few miles away.

He drove fast, avoiding people where he could. All over the streets were people being attacked by groups of other people. There was one or two people here and there with guns, shooting at passers by or trying to steal a car as they sped away in all directions. There were only a few cars with people driving, most of the people outside were looting or fighting. He couldn't believe he hadn't heard anything about any rioting going on, and it had come on so suddenly it was strange.

He suddenly realised he needed to know what was going on and thought about the radio.

"…… scattered reports are coming in from local law enforcement that the rioting has spread rapidly through Los Angeles, so far no cause of this sudden outbreak of violence has been confirmed. The violence is said to have started at a baseball game this morning and has spread from there, all the way across the city. Riot police have been deployed and the National Guard are on standby. If the rioting has reached your area, police are advising to head to the nearest prescient until the situation is brought under control.

We also have a report that a vicious gang consisting of around one hundred members has assaulted a hospital near Los Angeles International Airport. Although information is sketchy at best, police believe that the gang infiltrated the hospital then started violently attacking patients. No other information is available on this story…..,"

Jimmy turned down the radio and stopped at another set of traffic signals, there was no one else around so he took a moment to collect himself. Things were crazy, and all he could think about was himself.

He fumbled with his jacket and found his cell phone and started dialling his ex wife's number, the only person in LA that he knew. He had moved from New York six years ago for work with his wife, but they separated a year ago and hadn't spoken since.

The phone made a strange bleeping noise and he looked at the screen, it read 'No network'.

"Great," he said," just fucking great,"

A gunshot made him jump and he looked up frantically as a figure appeared in the street, carrying a handgun. Behind the man were three people, two women and a young boy, all covered in blood. Jimmy tried to move off in panic as the man aimed the gun at his car, the car stalled and Jimmy tried to turn to keys.

"Get out!" the man shouted, turning and letting off a shot.

It hit a women in the kneecap and she let out a gurgling scream as she fell onto the ground, squirming as she tried to stand back up. Jimmy started the car and sped off, leaving the man to his fate. In his rear view mirror he could see the man bundled by the two people who were left standing.

Jimmy kept his foot down and the bridge came into view and his stomach tied in a know as he saw hundreds of cars smashed into one huge pile, flames and smoke billowing across the river. He swerved around two people who were fighting and hit a fat man who rolled away underneath a fire truck that was crushed between two cars.

From the side, from behind the fire truck another car appeared and hit the side of his car, knocking it towards the edge of the bridge.

Dazed, Jimmy looked up just in time as five or six people started scratching at the from window. He scrambled to the passenger side and out the broken window. Behind him were the crazy people and in front, a two hundred foot drop into running water.

He jumped.