The day the Mayan calendar stops, is the day that zombies attack the world. Seven kids are going about their business on an average night. their lives and relationships are about to change for the worst….or maybe not. (Left for dead original survivors will be in this story along with the special infected)
Characters:
Gavin: 6'0, 12th grade, 18 years old, light brown hair, blue eyes, skinny but muscular, totally smart, loves history and science (nerdy much?), editor and chief of SD Pride Private School, sort of a loner, loves his younger brother Gaspar, and kind of (in denial) likes Ekko.
Gaspar: 5'7, 9th grade, 14 years old, looks a lot like his brother Gavin, skinny, on the track/swim team, cheerful, positive, outgoing, easy to get along with, loves Gavin and wants to make him happy and proud.
Ryker: 6'3, 12th grade,17 years old, blond hair, green eyes, very toned and muscular, captain of the lacrosse team, pretty much every girls dream guy, nice for the most part, agreeable.
Ekko: 5'5, 11th grade, 17, brown hair, brown eyes, slender (curvy in the right places), loves music and literature, works with Gavin on the school newspaper, shy, quiet, also a bit of a loner, really likes Gavin, will do anything to protect her little brother Zaki.
Zaki: 3'11, kindergarten, 6 years old, brown hair, green eyes, still has baby fat, loves to play and do stuff just like any normal little boy
Isolde: 5'6, 12th grade, 17, blonde hair, brown eyes, skinny, really beautiful, one the school dance team, one of the popular girls, ditzy, but nice, has compassionate spirit.
Leanna: 5'6, 12th grade, 18, bright red (dyed) hair, blue eyes, sexy figure with unhidden curves, pretty much a slut, Ryker hates her because she broke his heart in 9th grade, works on the newspaper with Ekko and Gavin, mostly just concerned with herself and what she likes and doesn't.
Ekko's POV
It was an average Friday night. The three of us newspaper staff all hard at work to finish up Pride Private Schools latest edition. Gavin typing away furiously on his lap top and Leanna absentmindedly doodling hearts and bad words on a paper. And then me, interviewing Pride Private Schools top athletes, Ryker and Isolde.
"Ryker" I said in my most sincere voice, "what were you doing when you heard the news of Raven's accident?" I held out the outdated tape recorder.
"Well Ekko" Ryker started, his eyes beginning to water. "I was sleeping, but throughout the night I had this strange feeling. You know, like something wasn't right". I nodded.
"And you Isolde, what were you doing at the moment?" I asked. I felt bad for digging into their wounds, but the principle felt it necessary to have Raven's accident immortalized in print to prevent teen drinking.
Isolde was already bawling her eyes out, using the nearby box of Kleenex.
"I was just talking on the phone, and I had call waiting. So I answered it, and it was Raven's mom who told me the news…" Isolde stopped talking and burying her face in her hands. Ryker put one hand on her shoulder and covered his face with the other. I figured it was time for a break.
Ryker's girlfriend (and Isoldes best friend) Raven, had been killed on Sunday night. As innocent as she looked, she had a habit of partying. That night, it got the best of her. It left her boyfriend and best friend heartbroken.
I put the tape recorder down and looked over to my left. Gavins little brother Gaspar was teaching my little brother Zaki, how to play war with a deck of cards while they waited for us to finish up.
"Ha-ha! I got an ace! That beats your three!" yelled Zaki excitedly.
"Nooo" chided Gaspar softly. "An ace goes after a king in this ga-"
A harsh pounding on the door interrupted him: "HURRY UP IN THERE! I HAVE TO LOCK UP BEFORE NINE PM AND IT'S ALREADY 8:30!" the janitor yelled at us through the locked door. Gavin's head snapped up from his work. He cleared his throat
"If you have a problem with us working here, you may call principle Dunn. We have his permission to be here and we are not anywhere near done" the janitor's pounding stopped and we could hear him walk off saying something about how kids are stupid and how he needed a new job. Gavin rolled his eyes and went back to his Olympic speed typing.
"Im impressed Gav" swooned Leanna from her chair. "You have a powerful voice". Gavin made a face and looked at her.
"Leanna I am going to make this clear, once and for all. Im not going to sleep with you. Ever. Not at all. Girls like you make me cringe. If you're that desperate for a hook up, go find Janitor jerk off!"
"You'll change your mind eventually" Leanna smiled. As if he said nothing to her. "They always do". Gavin bit the inside of his cheek like he always did to keep from saying more. I studied him a bit more. The perfect slope of his nose, his fast growing hair curling just above the nape of his neck. His broad shoulders hunched over the computer screen. Gavins perfect and beautiful being just a shell of his inner fire……
"Ekko! Pssst!" my ogling interrupted by Leanna. I looked over to her note she had passed to me. It read: "Ekko,Stop it idiot! He's mine. You don't stand a chance against me. If you even come near him….."
I looked up at her and she made a throat slitting gesture. Ugh! I hated her! Just because she knew all the little tricks and moves and she was super hot didn't give her the right to claim just any guy. Leanna turned her attention back to Gavin.
Gavin had only let her on the staff because she was the only one in the school who had enough guts to ruin other people's lives. Gossip columnist. Why we had one, I don't know. Principle Dunn was crazy.
"Let's play a new game! Go fish!" yelled Zaki excitedly. He messed up the neat stack of war Gaspar had set up. Gaspar sighed softly, but smiled again.
"Okay Zaki, lets play".
"Gaspar, don't worry about him, I can watch him" I said." C'mon Zaki, why don't you let Gaspar finish some homework. You can color"
"Don't worry Ekko, I can play with him. Its kind of fun" Gaspar said. He was so gentle, so sweet, and open to the world. So unlike his brother.
Gavin looked up from his typing "Gaspar, you're done with your homework right?"
"Almost, just a couple math problems I can't figure out. Can you help me?"
"Sure thing. Lemme see" Gavin set down his computer and cleared some stuff for Gaspar to sit next to him. I sighed and started to get something for Zaki to draw on…
Gavin's POV
Gaspar sat next to me and brought his textbook. "Number five"
"mmkay" I said looking it over. Math was one of those things that came easy to me. Unlike lots of other things like how people could trust each other....or parents. "So you have to combine 12 and 8" I explained.
"Why, I don't get it. Why is that negative now?" Gaspar said. He didn't understand math very well. He was the type to understand parents and trusting people. Gaspar: kind and pure hearted and lovable. He would be the one to get married and have a family. Something I could never emotionally do. But as long as Gaspar could, I didn't care. If he was happy, I was happy.
I explained the rest of the problem, and went back to my computer.
Not really
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Ekko combing a tangle out of her hair with her fingers. Her beautiful fingers and her beautiful hair. If there were any girl in the world that I could live the dream life with, it would be her. Guys didn't pay much attention to her. She didn't fit their criteria of "hot". Like the blond hair, blue eyes, tall long legged, balloon chested, short skirt wearing, stupid bimbo who could open a door. My idea of hot was always a smart girl, with a sweet face, kind hearted, and some glasses maybe. Somebody who wasn't into everything material. She was amazing. But I couldn't let it happen. I couldn't be in a relationship, and Ekko deserved one.
"What are you working on Gavin?" I jumped, struggling to pull up my window on the computer to resume my typing. "Uhummm uh just a little something about that weird epidemic on the East coast. Theories about it reaching SanDiego "I mumbled. Crap.
"Nobody cares about that stuff Gav" sniffed Leanna picking up her purse.
I snapped.
"You know, If I wanted to sleep with me, I would be such a-"
"Gavin!" Ekko shouted. She pointed to Zaki ,who looked at me, curiously anticipating my next work. Leanna chuckled.
"Well im going to the bathroom" and she was gone.
"She's going to care if it hits SanDiego" I heard myself growl. Ryker and Isolde looked up from their sorrowful positions.
"What is it?" asked Ryker as he cleared his throat.
"Not sure. It's all quarantined over there, so nobody has much information on it. All I know is that it's called green somthing….I think. It's some sort of virus. It causes violence and insanity, complete dysfunction of the brain, and apparently there is no known cure. If it hits you, you're a goner".
Ekko looked up at this. "Wow, that sounds aweful. So it's highly contagious then for it to be quarantined. How is it passed on? Is it airborne?"
"No idea" I muttered, shutting her off. She went back to Ryker and Isolde. I felt bad for doing that, but I had to. No attachments. I wasn't stupid, I knew she liked me, but I just couldn't…..
"HELP! OPEN THE DOOR!!!"
All of us nearly peed our pants. I pushed my computer to the desk quickly and ran to the door. I opened it to let in a frantic Leanna. I didn't really like this girl, but something about her panic was scaring me.
"Leanna! What happened?" I shouted, grabbing her by her shoulders.
"Quick! Shut the door! Lock it!" she shrieked. Ryker dashed to the other side of the room and locked the door. Leanna was shaking and her skin was a pale white. "Janitor Jerk off! He was chasing me!"
This pissed me off.
"Leanna, that's the kind of behavior your receive from guys when you're a slut" I yelled. She actually looked hurt.
"NOO not that kind of chasing! Like he was gonna kill me chasing! He had blood on his hands and face Gavin!" Leanna started to sob. I felt bad because that did sound terrifying, but she could have been making it up for attention.
"Im going to take a look around. Okay?" I said reassuringly. I started to look for something to use as a weapon.
"Noooooooo!" screamed Leanna. "Don't go out there!"
"Ill go with you" said Ryker composing himself. He grabbed his lacrosse stick and tossed me a spare. Right when I reached for the door handle, I heard the first sounds of the horrifying months to come………..
End of chapter one.