Chapter 1

She walked down a wide, long highway. A lush green field to her right and a string of abandoned warehouses to the left. With a large gash on her left leg and 2 deep cuts in her side, progress back to the mall was painstakingly slow.

Jaz and a small war party had headed west to see if there were any smaller groups of kids out here, hidden among the empty buildings, not to mention that their camp was also running out of food.

They managed to find a group of 6 kids held up in a small 7/11, but they too were out also of food. They pressed on farther and farther, but the more distance they put between them and where their camp, the more grownups they saw. A few hours into the trip they lost 3 people, 2 from their war party and one of the 7/11 kids.

Everyone wanted to go back but their leader, Brian said they weren't going back until they found a decent amount of food.

In the end they were ambushed in a Yamaha warehouse. They were all getting tired and were about to go back when toby, a short boy with long black hair spotted it. They hoped to find some motor bikes to ride back, at least then they wouldn't come back to camp empty handed. They broke a large window to get in, it was dark. Jaz had pointed out the rotten stench in the building but none of them listened. All just wanting to get a bike for themselves. She refused to go inside, but in the end she did, not wanting to be left out there alone.

Inside it was humid, filled with boxes with only a small amount of light streaming in from the windows. All of Jaz's senses told her to run but she didn't, she couldn't leave her friends in here. She kept urging Brian that they should leave while they still had the chance, but of cores he didn't listen. He'd always had been a thick headed know it all.

Toby was the first to go down. Running ahead in the darkness a group of grownups jumped him. The others charged after him, trying to get the grownups off him. Jaz immediately turned around heading back toward the window, feeling like a coward. She knew all too well they were out matched, knowing there were more. She yelled at the others to follow her, they couldn't save him. But their only exit was quickly blocked off by a new group of grownups. Jaz slammed strait into them not having enough time to stop. Most of them ignored her, going for the bigger pray but 2 of them had grabbed her. Pulling her out of the building away from the others so they didn't have to share; Because of those two stupid fathers was the reason she was still alive. Once they'd dragged here out she took them down fairly quickly with her double samurai swords. She turned back to the window to late. A balled mother came flying out at her with a shard of glass from the broken window. Jaz lashed out at her but missed. The mother ramed into her and cut into her side twice. Jaz yelped and kicked the mother to the ground. desperately trying to get away she tripped. The mother quickly crawled toward her like a demented dog. She frantically kicked at the mother until she managed to slash her calf. Furious for being cut again Jaz stabbed the mother in the chest with her left sword and cleanly sliced her head off with the right.

Jaz peered inside the building; the only thing she could see was grownups, feasting on her friend's bodies. She could see no signs of anyone still alive. How quickly they'd been over run, massacred. Tears poured down her face as she began to limp away. There was nothing she could do.