Chapter One
Everything was going great that is until the dead started to walk the earth. It started with a few people then it started to spread like wild fire. Troops were called out to try and tame the decease but they too were taken. The world fell apart quick, people went missing, deaths happen every minute; everyone tried to find a cure. But not a word was said about this so called cure. The cities were over taken but the dead and soon small towns were taken as well. People believed that living on a farm would be safe. But they are wrong, even before the world went to hell.
Caroline lived a life that some people would consider perfect. A mother and a father that loved each other very much, an older son that made his Pa proud by being on the football team then going into the army to serve his country. And a daughter that every girls dream of becoming. But looks can full a person. Their life wasn't as happy as everybody thought it was. If a grade was not reach or if the son didn't make first line bruises were made. And sometimes a few burns were marked on the skin. However the grades got picked up and the son made first line.
Everybody thought the Howard's lived a perfect life. With their winning champion son and best horse show daughter people didn't think twice about the things they hide. Before the world began to end Caroline's brother was drafted into the army to fight in Iraq. Their father was proud that his son was first drafted he showed it by telling everybody in town about it. With her brother gone Caroline got the beating more. It started with a slap like always then it got more advance. An iron stick was heated then placed on her bare back. Screams were muffle buy a rag in the mouth but it didn't stop the tears from falling. It lasted until she graduated high school but even then it didn't stop.
Caroline would come home from college like she has planned every two weekends only to have the feeling of a broken bone waiting for her. The only reason why she even goes home is to be with her mother. Caroline's mother is the only person that has stood by her and her brother and tried to put a stop to the abusing their father did. But even when she did try to help she too got what was given to the children. Caroline was never the one for violence, she took that trait from her mother but after a while Caroline grew tired of her father's evil ways and grew a back bone.
When her brother would come home from being in Iraq Caroline would have her brother teach her to fight. She started to fight back when their father would swing his fist and that is what he wanted all along. He wanted his children to never trust anybody because they can easily stab them in the back. With the knowledge on how to fight Caroline's father took her on hunting trips, and taught her how to defend for herself. It would be days before her father would come looking for her.
There has been many times that Caroline would plan her father's death but she could never bring herself to do it. But it didn't stop her from fighting back when he went to throw a punch at her.
When the dead began to walk the earth the father would send his only daughter out to fight the ones that found their way onto their land. And the only thing she had was a hunting knife. Caroline learns real quick what her father was trying to do and it didn't stop her from coming home. Just to show him that she can survive anything that is thrown at her. Two months would pass and there was no sign of a cure. Her brother came home to protect his family. But that didn't last long.
It wasn't long until their farm got a few of the dead that Caroline and her brother couldn't handle. Once their mother saw that there will be no help she opted out. A clean bullet to the brain. Caroline and her brother fought for their home but it soon fell. While she was fighting of the living dead Caroline never notice the many corpses that have made their way behind her. Hearing a machine gun fire in front of her Caroline looked up to see her brother. He smiled at her as the last corpse fell down. Caroline walked over smiling at her brother until she heard a hiss come from behind her.
Turning around to see her father as one of those things, Caroline took her hunting knife out of her belt loop. Their father growled at his children and began his way towards them. Caroline didn't hesitate when she ran and plunge the knife into his head. She didn't care if his blood covered her face and body. All she could think was the times that he had abused her, her brother and importantly their mother. Caroline kept on stabbing her father, over and over and over. She never let up; the only thing she thought about was payback. The only reason why she stops was when she heard a scream.
Caroline turn around only to see her brother being eaten by one of the corpse. She screams as tears started to fall from her eyes. Not wasting any time Caroline ran and knock the corpse off her brother. Stabbing the thing many times getting more blood on her and the brain on her as well; she didn't care about how she looked. The thing just took the only person she had left of her family. But as she watched her brother died she would never forget the last words he said. 'Your gonna have to trust. Somebody. Someday. Some Where. '
And Caroline promise her brother as he took his last breath.