Day of panic, time; 8:31 A.M
I woke up to the sound of my dad pounding on my door. "What do you want its my first day off sense school started". I had just graduated collage school for underwater welding; I was home and tired from the long hours.
"Get up!" he demanded "I wouldn't wake you up if it was not important." I staggered out of bed down the stairs to the living room where the t.v was on and blaring in panic and confusion. I sat down on the couch to listen to the lady talk in panic.
"I'm here on seen where people are eating people like blood savages. No one knows why it all started down town Indianapolis. Where ever you are stay inside and let no one in side." Then it cut out the fire and chaos flooded the streets and people dead. We all sat in shock as they played a cartoon. I remembered Alex was still asleep upstairs.
The front door was open when something walked in and my mom screamed. I ran in as she stabbed the man. I gabbed the closest knife to me as the man staggered towards me like I was the new target. Looked at mom to see she was bitten, this infuriated me. I leaped at the man and stabbed him many times "Die you mother fucker!" he still was alive and kicking it as if i had done nothing. I finally stabbed him in the eye and he stopped."Don't fuck with my family asshole." I ran to hug my mom. " Are you okay?"
she spoke weakly "I'm fine help me to my bed I'm tired from all the excitement."
I replied "okay" As I helped my mom, dad picked up my old bat to make sure there was no more. When I got done helping my mom and dressing her wounds, Dad was gone, and Alex was on the couch freaked out.
"What happened in the kitchen" he asked he was calm. I heard mom scream and you yelling 'die'"
"A man attacked mom and I killed him but he didn't finally die till I stabbed him in the eye. Like he was super human or something. Did you see dad leave?"
He looked down "No"
I gave a weary smile "That's okay he will be back, moms in bed, hurt but she will be okay."
Five hours had passed when I herd mom shuffle out of bed I still had hold of the knife that I stabbed the man with the blood was almost black but still red. "Mom" I muffled she made a low grumbling sound like a really dry throat. Her eyes was the same as the mans bloodshot and yellowish. "Mom are you okay?" she walked slowly towards me with a look of hate and hunger. My brother was in the kitchen I talked to him "Alex grab a knife and get in here now" mom then lunged at me as I stabbed her in the chest. I realized the head was my only hope of not dying "Alex stab her in the head she's infected and she will kill me. HELP!" I pleaded. she froze then grew limp in front of me; I pushed her off as she twitched till she died. I looked at Alex as he had just had to kill his mother I wrapped my arms around him. Now there lay two dead bodies mom and the man in the kitchen. I started to cry and my brother did to; we did for a while.
As we dried tears I explained the plan, "We need to get weapons, knifes won't do us any good okay?" he nodded we knew where dad keep all the weapons in case of an attack. We walked down to the basement in to the far corner to the vault. The pass code was simple 1,2,3,4 so everyone could get in just in case. The vault was a walk-in with guns, swards clothes and gadget to fit in them. The vault was 20 feet to the other side and 10 feet wide. We looked around and smiled at the familiar weapons, we always used. We had practiced all our lives to protect ourselves it was drilled in to our heads. We hunted everything that actually lived in the closet and under the bed every thing that went bump in the night. I would have to add this day to my hunting journal. They seemed to respond to sound. Not sure. To be safe I grabbed a sword. "Alex use a sword its silent." he nodded, he never talked much, with a grin he was amazing with a sword. He picked his favorite a Katana. We left the vault open and walked up stairs to look out the window to find dad exactly like mom. I'm glad we locked the doors dad was the only one though I figured there would be more and soon.
"All right Alex, dad is changed to so now I'm in charge, but you are still free to do as you will under my digression" he nodded. "Lets gather all the weapons then all the dry food, can food, and bottled water." I checked my phone for the time it was almost 2:30. We walked down stairs to the vault once more grabbed the three black duffle bags and start packing every weapon we could find. Every herb, and object for spells and summoning. We carried them up stairs, and sat them in the kitchen. We went back down for the cloths we changed in to our hunting outfits. I looked in the mirror at the muscles that showed not bold-gin, but you could see I was strong. My white tee stains with the blood of countless fits the sleeves were ripped off so I wouldn't be constricted. My pants where military issue so those fuckers couldn't bite me so easily. My boots where military grade too. I pulled my hair back in to a straight pony tail as I always did when I hunted. In this case we would fight for our lives. That's how it always was and to us its normal, and I liked it unlike others.
We packed the rest of our outfits in the blue duffel bags and snatched the red and green ones and carted them up stairs. "Alex, we need to move this body to the side." As if on cue he grabbed the legs, and we moved it in to the living room then to moms bedroom. we did the same with moms body but we set her in her bed and pulled the knife out of her head.
"Stella"he paused
"yes, Alex?" I questioned
"Where will we go?" He sounded hopeless.
"Some where safe, lets get food and medical supplies." He gathered all the dried food, all you do is add water, and all the canned meals He put them in the green bags. I gather all the medical supplies, and piled them in the red bag. Now we had eight bags to get to the vehicle. I'm glad the garage was connected to the house makes things easier. Don't have to go out side where there was at least 20 that where infected. We grabbed the red and black bags first, and walked to the garage.
There sat the monster truck I had completely trick out the engine was quit. It had six wheels hooked up to it. This truck was big enough to crush cars and trucks. The frame I designed and made myself wide to fit more people, even the seats I did my self. I aligned them along the sides and in the middle there was three rows in the back. There was only two seats in the front for me and my brother. We some how knew it would be like this one day, just us. My pride and joy was practically indestructible this big vehicle was meant to hall-ass it could hold up eleven people.
I climbed up the big wheels and Alex handed me one bag at a time. First the weapons then the red, medic one. I hopped down and we went to the kitchen to grab the food and medical supplies. I looked at Alex and gave him the puppy dog face he always fell for.
"what?" He sighed .
"I wanna at least get dad in here with mom and put the house in lock down."
He smiled, "Let's do it"
We checked out side we didn't see him, we moved windows, but that did not help. Where did he go. then a gathering of them came at the house like they knew we where here. there wasn't that many maybe thirty, or forty. Now I was prepared. "Alex are you ready."
he hesitated"yes."
I grinned. "Aim for the head do not show mercy and save dad for last. remember: walk up, fuck shit up, and leave with your heads up. " This was our saying sense he was 11, we where adults now and it still fit.
We opened the door to the herd of infected and sliced through there head, 5, 10, 20, 30, dead. All but dad who now charged us I clonked him in the head and busted his skull. Now he lay dead as well. "Grab his legs," I order "and hurry before more come" then we hurried inside to the bed and put hem there under the covers and we dragged the other body out to the streets where it had come form. "Back in the house" I said, I grabbed the blue and green bags and carted them to the truck. We piled them in and went over other things we need. "blankets, pillows, and soaps." I told him I went to dads car as he left to get the things, I clutched my journal in my hand, and a picture he keep so he would always come home to us.
I sat in Dads' car and cried cause now he can never come home to us, not now not ever. He's gone. Warriors don't cry I told my self but I heard his voice repeat 'It's Okay Princess' and I sobbed harder. The journal was given to me by him he had no more use for it so he passed it to me why not Alex? He's the son I'm the daughter I'm just Stella. None of that mattered now. I closed the door to the impala, but memories flooded back from everywhere in the past.
"Daddy, look! I hit the paper in the chest." I exclaimed
"Good job sweet heart. i knew you could do it" he smiled.
we where cuddled on the couch i was 5
"Daddy I'm scared what if you don't come back"
"I always do, don"t you worry. You watch out for alex got it?" I smiled.
"Daddy i'm ready i wanna come." i pleaded i was 10 or 11
"Princess are you sure?"
"yes daddy"
"Alright the job is easy, just for your first one" he grinned.
"Stella? Stella!? where are you" dad exclaimed
"Daddy over here it's a mess I'm a mess" I had killed two vampires on my own at the age of 11.
"Baby did you do his?" I had nodded and smiled, he began to cry
"What's wrong did I mess up?" He gave me a big hug.
"No princess you did it better than me. You may not need me in a year"
"I'll always need you."
My 12th birthday party dad showed up late, but he always made up for it.
"Princess I think you need something to record all your adventures and missions. "He handed me a old journal. On the in side was written
Princess: I won't always be with you, but this book will. I will always be in your heart and I love will love you forever.
I cried at the words that where written on the inside at one point i glued a picture of him and me on the inside. When he saw he ask 'why i did it'. Smiling I replied "So, i always come home to you." That day he had cried at the words cause they where the same ones he had spoken to me.
Alex came back with pillows and blankets he already got the soaps etc. "Stella?"
"Alex I'm over here." he walked up beside me as I wiped tears from my eyes.
"Stella, we should go say your good bye's."
So we walked in the there bedroom I wrote on the back of the picture I still had, 'So you can come home to us.'
I went through dads dresser and grabbed a few of his shirts that had many memories to me. I Snatch his whole collection of older bands and thier songs I grew up on and knew every word. I even grabbed the ones in his car. No one else can have them, but me.
