CHAPTER ONE
Life/death as they know it.
Don't mess with death. That's one lesson Mark Everest learned. And Diego, who knows what he learned. It's been ten years and no one has forgotten the day that Roanoke almost claimed their lives. And Diego probably will never.
Ten years ago Diego's dad ran out into the open and was killed. What killed him? The answer is… zombies. Mark could still remember the innocent's man blood splattered on the walls, written with, his remains mangled with and his innards devoured.
Mark stares at his dormitory wall. His roommate nudges him.
"So, what are you going to do about the finals?" He asked.
His name is Freddy, although many people call him Kruger. It's his private joke.
"Well, I studied for, like, hours." Mark responded, still in his trance.
Finals were next week. And what Mark said was true. Mark had stayed up countless hours. All of this was going into his future as an historian. After seeing the great Roanoke he decided that history was for him. Mark is now twenty three. He's got a girlfriend now.
Diego became a cryptozoologist. In other words, he spent his time looking for folklore monsters and unknown creatures. But he's been successful. He discovered giant sharks patrolling the eastern islands of Hawaii. Also, he discovered a giant species of snake. And he discovered that the Loch Ness Monster was actually an Anguilla eel. He named the eel Anguilla giganticusnssensis.
Unfortunately, others weren't so lucky. One man went crazy trying to find the Loch Ness Monster that he went on the rampage and killed a hundred innocent people and blamed it on the beast.
Diego had been over a few times to hang out with Mark. Each time he left a note. Each turned out to be mission assignments that Diego never completed. And Mark would one day complete them for him. Mark glanced at his watch.
Twelve o'clock in the afternoon. Time to meet up with some old friends.