This is the story of my life after the world died. In 2009 Scientist came up with a vaccine for the AIDS virus. Not a cure, but a preventative. It did prevent AIDS but it also created something else, something worse than AIDS. This vaccine, Monoxcillin, turned people into crazed cannibals. In other words…Zombies. I'm not a zombie, because I didn't trust this vaccine, and good thing I didn't. Now I travel alone, my entire family either had been vaccinated or bitten. I carry a bag of weapons with me at all times and kill any Zombies that cross my path. Each kill is a small victory but a loss as well.
I was in a grocery store in southern California, loading up on new supplies, when I heard a crash two isles over. I picked up my shotgun from the floor and tiptoed to the end of the isle. I looked to my left, from which the sound had come, and slowly and quietly began walking towards the isle. Another crash and a mans voice.
"Dude, be quiet or you'll attract zombies." said male 1
"Sorry, all this shit's in the way, and I'm clumsy" replied male 2
Two voices both still human. Others? I hadn't seen another real uninfected person in 6 months. Excited though I was, and even so I still quietly walked towards their voices, trying not to attract attention. They could be trigger happy, and that's never a good thing to encounter. I coughed to get their attention and both turned around guns pointed. My jaw dropped not only were they two uninfected humans. They were two uninfected humans who use to be famous. Two rocks stars whose music I loved, standing right in front of me. I stared at them and they stared back. Obviously I wasn't infected and obviously they weren't. A huge smile spread across my face and I almost wanted to cry.
"I…I can't believe this, two….real people. I'm so happy to see you!" I exclaimed.
"It's nice to see you to…I can't believe…we've met a girl." said male 1
"Yeah, this is great" male 2 agreed
"I'm Jessica" I muttered while holding out my hand.
"Frank Iero" said male 1 while shaking my hand.
"Mikey Way" 2 said after also shaking my hand.
"This is so insane…I love your music and….I literally cannot believe you're not zombies" I almost broke down. Not having someone to speak to over the past six months had been real bothersome. Sometimes I thought I was going crazy because I talked to myself just to hear a human voice.
"Is it just you guys?" I asked
Frank shook his head " No, Gerard's outside with his daughter guarding the jeep. He's the only other one."
I nodded and frowned, that means Ray had been bitten or vaccinated and probably their wives too. I bit my lip, thinking how sad it must be for them.
"Well I'm all by myself…just getting supplies before heading out to nowhere land." I nodded and grabbed a bottle of Dr. Pepper off the shelf. Not really something I needed but a small comfort in an otherwise uncomfortable world.
Mikey looked at Frank and then back to me.
"You're all alone? Uhm…would you like to come with us? I'm sure Gerard won't mind and one more person is always nice." he asked before looking at his shoes.
"Oh that would be great, I mean…if it's really O.K?" I was nervous that they'd change their mind, after all it's one extra person to worry over.
"Yeah it's ok. It's better than ok!" Frank exclaimed. For someone who lost their family in a zombie apocalypse that dude had some energy.
"Oh god thank you so so much, you have no idea how great it is to be with people, who aren't trying to eat my arm." I gave a small laugh and both of them smiled.
"So we're done "shopping" if you are….we can leave. Do you have a car or something?" Frank asked.
I shook my head. I had walked all across America, sometimes I had found a working car, but usually it was just me walking across highways and empty roads…except for the occasional zombie, I had been all alone.
"Well we have a jeep, which has been real great, cause walking is a pain." Mikey smiled and I let out a small laugh in return.
"Let's go!" Frank said before turning around and heading outside.
I followed, looking around, making sure their were no zombies. Mikey did the same and Frank just strolled along care free. We approached the jeep. Gerard was leaning against it holding a shot gun. I didn't see his kid. Maybe she was napping in the back seat.
"Whose that?" He called, looking at me.
"This is Jessica. Found her in the store. She's by herself, so we offered that she come with us." Mikey said while placing his gun in back of the jeep.
"Hi" I said, while looking him over.
I had always thought that Gerard Way, lead singer of My Chemical Romance, had a grand persona, and something about him said that he once did. But on this day, he just looked hot and offered his hand and I shook it.
"I guess it'll be nice to have a new face around, with new opinions, and all that." He said while glancing me over.
"Are we ready?" He asked the guys, both of which nodded.
"Alright well Bandit's asleep, so let's get moving before any zombies come and we start shooting."
Frank climbed into the driver's seat, Mikey got in next to him, Gerard picked up a sleeping Bandit and sat behind his brother. I climbed in last behind Frank and let out a sigh of relief.
Finally I wasn't alone.
