Hi, I'm Jake Shereck. You guessed it, the apocalypse has begun. Me and my family left our home and headed toward Atlanta. They said the city was safe, but it was far from it. We ended up in a camp just outside the city. I felt uncomfortable around other people, I still haven't gotten used to it yet. But, these people are my new family. They're nice, and all, but still, I was never really a people person.
There are two other kids at the camp, their names are Carl and Sophia. Carl's mom is Lori. Carl's dad is dead. Sophia's parents are Carol and Ed. Ed clearly abuses Carol, but I just keep quiet about it. Rick's friend is Shane, who seems to be the "leader" of the group. Then there's the Chinese guy, Glenn, a blonde girl Amy, and her sister Andrea. There's Morales and his family, and then the black guy is T-Dog. I don't think that's his real name. There's Merle and his brother, Daryl. An old guy, Dale, and his friend, Jim. Oh, and a black woman, Jacqui. I think that's everybody, there are so many people that I might've forgotten a couple. Andrea, T-Dog, Merle, Glenn, Jacqui, and Morales went on a run in Atlanta. I don't know why they'd do such a dangerous thing, but we needed the food.
I always thought that a zombie apocalypse would be cool, but not when you're hungry all the time. I miss being able to eat whenever I was hungry for the past 11 years.
I at least had Carl and Sophia to talk to, they made me forget that I was hungry.
"You like Science Dog too?" I asked Carl.
"Heck yeah I do! I used to read them when I got home from school!" Carl replied.
"Wow, we have a lot in common!"
"Yeah, we really do! Do you-"
Carl was cut off by a voice coming out of a ham radio Dale had set up.
"…Hello, hello, can anybody hear my voice?"
Amy runs over to the radio.
"…Anyone out there… can anyone hear me? Please respond…" the mysterious voice said.
"Hey! Hello?" Amy shouted.
"…Hello? Can you hear my voice?" the mysterious voice asked again.
"Yes, I can hear you! You're coming through! Over!"
"…Broadcasting on emergency channel… traveling on highway 85… if anybody reads, please respond."
"Yes! Yes, I'm reading you!"
He obviously isn't getting a signal. Amy tinkers with the radio a bit, but still nothing. Jim tells Amy to keep trying, since she knew best how to work it. Shane overheard and takes position with the radio.
"Officer Shane Walsh here, broadcasting to unknown person. Please respond. Hello, hello, come back…"
There was still nothing but static.
"He's gone." Shane told.
An arm crept onto me and started rubbing my arm. It's my mom. It feels nice when she does that. We walked away with my dad. We all sat down next to each other, it was nice. I looked to the side of me to see Lori walking off. Carl tried to go after her, but Shane stopped him and he went after Lori. They both came back after about a minute. Lori talked to Carl, gave him a kiss, and Carl ran off.
It's really nice when you have a family in times like this.