CHAPTER 1
I hear screams.
There are no lights.
No running water.
No government.
The only thing you could count on was the fetid smell of the undead coming to take your life.
It's been this way since before I can remember.
10 years after the breakout.
"Come on Spence, we gotta keep moving. I know it's hard but we have to get back to camp or we'll be looted and killed by the militia!"
"Glen, if you haven't already seen, I've got a broken ankle and I'm struggling at the pace we're going at right now! I can't go any fucking faster!"
"Spencer… I'm sorry. Maybe I should make you a cane or a crutch. That would help, wouldn't it?"
"Yeah it would… I'm sorry for blowing up, Glen. It's just I'm really cold and I can't take this pain anymore…"
"I know Spence… I know."
As Glen wanders over to the willows to gather some branches to braid into a crutch, I close my eyes and lie back onto a small shrub and rub my temples. It's been way too long of a day.
Flashback to earlier that day.
"Kids, we have to leave! We're pushing 26 hours in this house and you know the rules!"
"But dad, this is the best house we've seen yet! Everything's solar powered and they even have an xbox! Do you know how long it's been since we've been able to play xbox?! Spencer doesn't even know what an xbox is! Please dad, just one more hour?"
"You and Spencer have 20 minutes. Show her how it's done son. Show her the greatness of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero."
"Glen, you're cheating! Sigh, you're the lamest brother ever."
"Spencer, Spencer, Spencer. You're forgetting I played guitar hero nonstop for 2 years before this crap happened. Learn from the master!"
"This game is stupid. Why not invest in a real guitar? I mea-…."
"SPENCER, GLEN, RUN! NOW! GET OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS YOU CAN! I LOVE YO—"
"Dad!"
"Spencer, let's go!"
"Glen, we can't leave dad!"
"We have to!"
I feel Glen throw me over his shoulder and buckle through the doors of the mansion. He was saving me. He and dad already had this planned without me knowing. I was to always be with one of them and if the other were to get caught up in a dangerous situation the one that was with me would get me as far away as possible.
