Just a little something I thought of while gathering more time to write my other story. This is a short zombie apocalypse story in a more modern world. So no magic and stuff. Just good old guns and knives.

Anyway, here we go.

Blood stained the paved roads of the empty streets, the once clean river was now littered with dead bodies and it's clear blue color was now replaced with a murky rust color. The once proud city of Magnolia had fallen victim to a new enemy. One that no one could have foreseen.

The first few days of the unknown attack there were many screams from women, children, and animals. By morning the enemy had shown its face to the Fairy High students, but in the form of their comrades. Fairy High has never hesitated with fighting, whenever they saw something wrong they'd fight through anything to correct the wrong. This, however, was different than anything else. Screams of horror were heard throughout the school as they witnessed one of their friends tear the flesh off of another member. Confused at what was going on they attempted to resolve it in a calm and orderly manner, but it proved to be impossible when their non-lethal attacks seemed ineffective to whatever had possessed them. Through tears and screams of emotional agony, they were able to put their infected friends to rest.

Two months had passed since the first attack at Fairy High. The large property, as well as Fairy Hills, were used for the civilians that sought shelter from the madness from the outside. Being the caring people that they were; they graciously accepted struggling survivors. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the first signs of looters attacking in the hopes of taking food and expanding their territory. There were days where they'd be bombarded with non-stop attacks for an entire week. The noise had been overheard by the roamers, as they called them, which brought them to their safe zone. Creating more casualties and more sorrow for both sides. It was an endless cycle that everyone had to go through.

Many of the surviving Fairy High students had gone through emotional changes. Their eyes could tell everyone of all the sorrow and horror that they had witnessed. Some of the more optimistic ones had changed drastically. Gray's usually cool and calm attitude had been replaced with a stone cold attitude. For him there was no room for failure anymore, he wouldn't fail his comrades anymore and if that meant being the villain in their group so be it. Juvia's love for Gray was still present, but now it was more of a love consisting of admiration rather than her past self. Laxus reverted back to his old attitude with no remorse for those that couldn't survive outside the walls. His thinking was more long-term and wanted to move the group to a safer location, but everyone was unsure if it was a good idea to leave.

As for the rest of Team Natsu, they all had changed. Lucy had suffered the most out of all of them. Her eyes were full of sadness from the family she had lost and now more and more are dying or leaving. She stared at what was left of her right arm. During a supply run, in Oshibana, Lucy hesitated when facing off with some rogue members and paid the price. She was lucky that Gray was there to fight them off as she screamed in agony. She trembled with the memory still fresh in her mind. Erza's first couple of days on the outside of their walls was, in what she described, hell. Their screams of pain and horror reminded her of her time in Heaven Acadamey. Which they did harsh punishments to those they deemed unworthy or lacked loyalty to the headmaster. Punished screams resembled those of the poor victim caught in a roamer's hoard. Her worst fear was when her group was reduced to a few stragglers during one of their night raids in a shopping district. There was a new breed that was faster, stronger, and aggressive. Their loud screams could be heard throughout the night as they roamed along with the roamers and made the night incredibly dangerous. Erza shivered as she looked down at her bandaged arm from that night.

Natsu's new environment had made him rely on his primal instincts. It has saved more people than any one of Levy's plans. He refused to leave anyone behind even if it meant turning a well thought out plan into a suicide mission. His heart was always in the right place although the others only saw it as more mouths to feed and more bodies to worry about. This made Laxus especially mad, he didn't need any more worthless people to feed and keep safe.

Wendy had begun staying at the base more often, she had gone out with Natsu and the rest of the group, but she found it to be too much for her. It wasn't the blood or the smell that surrounded them that she was scared of, It was more of the people they encountered on the outside that frightened her the most. She couldn't help but shudder at the traumatizing memory of the time where she saw Natsu killing a man that had almost raped her. The expression that he had on as he died was etched into her young mind and continued to plague her with nightmares. But that's the world that she lived in now. 'Kill or be killed' that's what Natsu said to her after he killed the man.

This was the world that they lived in now and it looked like it wasn't getting any time soon. The setting sun used to be a beautiful sight that brought couples together, now it was a sign. A sign that let everyone know that they were no longer safe outside the school grounds. Natsu stood on top a large building accompanied by two others. That being his cousin Gajeel and their weapons expert Erza. Their mission was to scavenge some medical supplies for the wounded and to bring back any gas for some of the vehicles and generators. It went smoothly for the most part, with some minor setbacks, but they were so close to the school. Erza had the idea of storing the gas canisters inside one of the rooms so they could come back and retrieve it in the morning. What they didn't plan on was having to deal with some raiders who were stationed in the building. That brings everyone to where they are now.

"Natsu, Gajeel, we're going to have to make a run for it with the meds."

"What about the gas?"

"It will only slow us down and we don't want to be caught out here in the middle of the night."

"Whats wrong Scarlet? Afraid of the dark?

Both Natsu and Gajeel gave small laughs as they wondered what their friend was so worried about, they've dealt with the likes of the undead and the local thieves. Erza, however, was extremely nervous. She barely survived the attack from before. Clutching the arm that was still wrapped in bandages she faced the sun setting while bringing up her watch as she counted down the last few seconds of safety they had. They watched the sun fade below the horizon as the red sky turned into a starlit abyss. Loud roars were heard all over the city. Both of the boys stopped laughing as they heard the roars go off all around the city. Some of them sounded really close to their location and were starting to unnerve the two boys as they instinctively put their hands on their makeshift weapons.

Looking out into the distance the three began to feel uneasy as they heard the screams growing louder and louder. Taking the initiative Erza made sure to check for any possible routes to take that were roamer free. Before the three of them had any time to react, a screeching voice came from behind them. What they saw was something from a horror movie, Shrieker, it's mutation had caused its throat to fuse down to its chest with extra flesh for inflating and releasing a haunting screech that had them immobilized for a few seconds. This had also attracted what Erza feared the most, a Volatile type. Its aggressiveness and agility were comparable to the best of athletes. Capable of overpowering all three of them with ease.

"Fucking Run!" At that moment there was no hint of hesitation as the three ran as fast as their legs could carry them. Erza leading the other two on the rooftops of the buildings. Panting, she leaped over air ducts and ducked under pipes that ran along the rooftops. Natsu leaped over a crawler while using his trusty machete to strike those unfortunate roamers who stood in his way. Not wanting to fall behind, Gajeel ran near Erza who dared not to look back. Natsu made that mistake and took a quick peek and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Volatile hot on their tails. Regretting looking back Natsu made a double effort and began pumping his arms even faster in order to escape their pursuer.

Not to sure who will read this, but it doesn't hurt to try and put myself out there. Anyway, please leave a review if you want to all criticism is accepted. Thank you for your time. Oh, and if I do decide to make this into a story I need a pairing and some new infected types.