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K-Mart
by tdogg
Full Summary: Set before the events in Resident Evil: Extinction. Tells the story of how K-Mart joined Claire's convoy and the events that proceeded it. Based on the little information we get about K-Mart from the book. Told in K-Mart's POV.
Chapter 1
"DJ," shouted my manager.
"What?" I replied.
"How has it been back here?"
"Fine," I replied. "A few customers, but nobody has bought anything." I was a fifteen years old girl who worked in the hunting/guns section of K-Mart. I guess they were really desperate when they hired me, because not a lot of people would put a person, my age, in this department. I finished my shift and got the bus back to my house. My parents were still at work and my older sister had moved out last month with her boyfriend. I fixed some snacks and then plopped myself in front of the TV. I turned it on and the first thing that appeared was news. I was about to change it, when the next story came up.
"Breaking news from San Fransisco," said the anchorman. "There appears to be some type of infection in San Fransisco. We're going live to reporter Jane Hall in San Fransisco. Jane."
"Well, Bob," said Jane. "It appears that some kind of disease is here in San Fransisco. People who are infected die, and they come back to life. They all appear to have a hunger for human flesh. The symptoms of the infected are, they have milky white eyes, are slow moving, cannot speak, and seem to have very little intelligence. It appears that once infected, there is no hope. I spoke with some people from Umbrella and it appears they are trying their best to keep control over the infection. So far, it seems, they are not succeeding." Just then, a body lunged at Jane. It took a big bite into Jane shoulder, and she started screaming from the pain. With that, they went back to the studio.
"Well," said Bob. "We'll have more details when we get them. In other news..." I turned off the TV. I put in a movie and watched it.
The next day...
I woke up early, though I didn't work until tonight. I had the last shift of the day, and probably have to close the store. I spent the day doing various things, including watching more news on San Fransisco. I had to switch to another channel, because the channel I watched yesterday, had lost their news reporter and camera man to the infection. That seemed to be happening a lot. Not just in San Fransisco, but everywhere. There were reports of the infection as far east at Tennessee. It would only be a matter of time before it reached Athens, Georgia.
I headed for work around 5:30. I never really liked closing, because it was a pain in the butt to do. This was mostly do to the fact that this was the time where you usually had drunks come in and buy a gun. To be frankly honest, that just pissed me off. Every now and then, I would see a customer walk by, but nobody stopped to buy a gun. I knew it wasn't because of the fact that I was only fifteen, because I had sold about twenty guns in my five months here.
As the time to close was nearing, I started noticing something strange. People were piling up in K-Mart. Not that I didn't mind the business, but if it kept up like this, we would be crowded. I got out from behind the counter and found one of the other employees.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Apparently, people are being attacked outside."
"What do you mean?"
"You see those news reports of the infection?"
"Yeah." Then it dawned on me. "It's already here?"
"I guess so. People are coming in for safety."
"We need to get everyone that is in here, organized." I went to the nearest phone. I dialed the number for general talk.
"I need everyone in the store to make their way back to the gun counter." Slowly, people came. There were about thirty people, including myself. "Okay," I said. "First things first. Has anyone been bitten? If so, please come forward." It was about a minute, but a few people came forward. "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I have to ask you to leave."
"Why?" replied one of the woman who had been bitten.
"It is too risky for you to be here," replied another man. "Any minute you could drop dead, and eventually come back and start bitting people, making it worse." We talked to the infected and they eventually understood. They made their way out of the store.
"Is that it?" Nobody else came forward. "Very well," I said. "First things first. We need to split up into three groups. I need anyone who is handy with a weapon, wheter a gun or sword to raise their hand." About five people did. "Okay, stay here. I need a group of men to board up the doors so nobody can get in."
"Then how do we escape if we are over run?" asked a little girl.
"There is more than one way out of here. There is a back entrance that I have keys for to get to them. Who wants to board up?" A few men raised their hands. "Go ahead and get started." The men left toward the front. "Second group, I need you to grab any supplies you can find. Sleeping bags, pillows, blankets. Food that doesn't require to be cooked." A few people raised their hands, including all of the kids. "Great," I replied. "Bring anything you find back here." The second group left. "Okay," I said. I went behind the guns counter and unlocked the case. I took about every single gun and every single round of ammunition out. "Our job is to comb this place and make sure that there are none of those infected things in here. Everyone find a partner. Nobody does this alone." A man raised his hand.
"Yes," I replied.
"I heard on the news that the only way to keep the infected down is by shooting them in the head, or breaking their neck."
"Good. So basically any severe damage to the head. That's good to know." I was paired with the man who had convinced the infected to leave.
"So what's your name?"
"DJ," I replied.
"I'm Henry."
A/N. Please R&R. Hope you are enjoying. I thought this would be something to try. THIS DOES NOT FOLLOW MY PREVIOUS RESIDENT EVIL STORY!
Preview: The search. The first night.