AN: Welcome back people to a new story. This one will be my own AU that takes place in America, so it'll be easier for me when it comes to mentioning locations if I ever use them.
Thanks to JDUBZ, the best Beta Reader there is! :D
Chapter 1: A Knock at the Door
"Emilia."
"Yes, daddy?"
"You know I love you, right?"
"Of course! You're the best daddy in the whole world!"
"Hehe. I was hoping you'd say that."
April 26, 2015
3:07pm
Subaru was walking home from school, a backpack hung on his shoulders and a textbook in his hand. Yawning, he opened the front door and removed his shoes once he was inside.
"I'm home!"
There was no reply to his announcement. Subaru went to the kitchen to get an apple as a snack when he saw a note placed on the fridge with a magnet. He removed it from the fridge and read it.
Heading out on a date with your mother. Dinner is in the oven. Don't burn down the house and don't stay up too late. We'll be back late so we expect you to be asleep by then.
Love ya',
Dad
Subaru said to himself sarcastically, "Another feeble attempt to get me to be a normal human being?" He smiled as he threw away the note, "They should know me better by now. I always stay up late."
He grabbed an apple from a bowl on the table and bite into it, his teeth sinking deep into the fruit's soft flesh.
11:38pm
Subaru yawned, the bright screen of the TV shined on his face. He was playing on his gaming console with his friend, Rem, who was currently playing with him online from across town.
Red blood covered the screen as a bold text appeared displaying the phrase 'Game Over'.
Subaru pulled the mic of his headset to his mouth, "I'm signing off, Rem. My parents will be here soon, and they'll be pissed if they see that I'm still awake"
Rem's cheerful voice responded from his headset, "OK, Subaru! I'll see you tomorrow! Good night, sweetie!"
"Good night, Rem." Subaru smiled and logged off.
He put down the controller and removed his headset. He looked at his watch, "Hmm, time for a shower."
Subaru went to his drawers and retrieved a change of clothes and his pajamas. The bathroom was down the hall and near the front door so he would be able to see through a opaque window when his parents came home so he could run to his room before they could notice him.
After his shower, Subaru turned off all the lights in the house except for the porch and returned to his room to get ready for bed. He turned off his room lights and crawled into bed. He browsed the internet with his phone for a while before his eyes started to feel heavy. Before falling asleep, he checked his watch.
12:17am
"Where are they?" Was the last thing Subaru wondered before falling asleep.
Outside, the silent world began to change. Screams that Subaru could not hear echoed throughout the night sky as other people slept. People shambled aimlessly all through the night, their gruesome bodies making them look like living corpses.
April 27, 2015
2:33am
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The loud thumping sound awoke Subaru from his slumber. He was breathing rapidly, clutching his heart as it was trying to jump out of his chest.
Subaru had been dreaming of a fire, it consumed his house and spread to his room where he laid sleeping. He tried to wake himself up, but he couldn't. The fire spread to his sleeping form and set him ablaze. His other self awoke, screaming from the pain of having his flesh cooked and eyes melted. The real Subaru back up to the window across the room and looked outside to avert his eyes from his dying self. Around the neighborhood, every other house was set on fire, the pained screams of other filled the air. The horizon was glowing an orange color and the sky was black from smoke.
That was when Subaru woke up.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The sound continued as Subaru wiped sweat from his forehead. Taking in the sight of his dark, safe room, Subaru calmed down realizing that he wasn't dying.
Thump!
Subaru yawned and rubbed his eyes. What is that?
He checked the time. Who the hell is here at this time? He laid back down into his bed. Maybe mom or dad will get it.
The thumping stopped and Subaru smiled when it did. Softly breathing, he slowly succumbed to his drowsiness.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Subaru's eyes shot open. The sound was louder, more aggressive. Whatever it was, it didn't sound like it was going to stop any time soon. He stepped out of bed and walked into the hallway. He moved slowly and on his tip toes.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Walking down the hallway slowly, Subaru made it to his parents room. Looking inside, they weren't there. What the hell?!
"They never stay out this late." Subaru figured that maybe they were having more fun than usual, "Ewwww, gross. Of all nights to be late."
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Whoever was at the door wasn't stopping.
Subaru looked towards the direction of the thumping and crossed his arms, "Guess I'll have to handle it myself."
The thumping was coming from the front door. Subaru made his way to it and looked through the small window at the side of the door to see who it was. However, the person was practically on the door so Subaru was unable to see them clearly.
His next idea was to look through the peep hole. What he saw confused him. A pale woman was up close to the door. The only sounds she made were heavy breathing and groaning. She was aimlessly looking around the wooden edges of the door. Subaru noticed that her eyes were cloudy, milky.
Is she blind?
As he thought this, the woman extended an arm back and hit the door three times.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
A quiet noise escaped the lips of the woman, "Raaaaarrrhggghh." She continued to dart her head around the door. At one point she even put her head up against the door as if listening for something. At this point, Subaru decided to let his presence become know to this strange woman.
"Who are you?!"
The woman's head jerked towards the sound of his voice. "Aaaahhhrrrrr."
"Do you need help?!"
Hearing it again, the woman's face twisted in anger. She continued her thumping, but increased its volume and frequency, all the while she was groaning loudly. "RRRAHHHGGGGRRRAHHH!"
BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!
Subaru fell back on his butt, shocked by the woman's use of more violent behavior. He feared what the woman was here for, even though she looked weak. He got to his feet and side stepped towards the hallway before running to his room in a panic.
He grabbed his phone from his bed and tried calling his dad.
Subaru put the phone to his ear as the ringing in the phone started, "Come on, come on, come on." He walked in circle as the ringing continued. His father didn't pick up, next he tried calling his mother. She also didn't answer.
Subaru held the phone in front of him and shook it slightly, "Come on, guys."
BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!BANG!
Subaru ran back to the hallway. Looking through the window at the front door, the woman was still standing there, desperately trying to knock down the door.
Subaru didn't understand what this woman wanted, she was making a racket so obviously she didn't care about being found like that. Maybe she's mentally unstable?
That was the only solution he could come up with, and it didn't help him calm down. He went up to the door and yelled, trying to sound threatening, "If you don't stop now, I'm gonna call the cops!"
This only angered the woman more, she began throwing herself into the door. Subaru fearfully noticed the hinges of the door become loose. Quickly, he slid the door's security bolt into place, the door shook less, but still didn't look to be in great shape. Cracks formed as the woman continued to throw herself into the door.
Subaru saw the cracks and yelled in utter fear, "Holy shit!" He ran away from the door and ended up in the living room that had a glass sliding back door. He dialed 9-1-1 and put the phone to his ear.
"We are sorry, all other lines are currently occupied and must be handled individually. If this is an emergency please do not hang up. An operator will be with your shortly."
"Damn it!" Subaru put the phone on speaker and placed it in his pocket.
Outside, two more figures emerged from the shadows, they began to shuffle towards the front door of Subaru's house. Hearing the screams of the woman at the front door, they began helping her tear down the door.
Subaru looked at the front door, the cracks spreading more and increasing in size. He heard more groaning coming from the front door. "What the hell is wrong with these people?" They were making so much noise his neighbors MUST have heard the commotion. He went to the kitchen, saying through his teeth, "Why is nobody helping me?"
Subaru opened a drawer and retrieved a kitchen knife. He looked at his reflection in the blade. Am I ready to kill a person…. even in self defense? He gave the knife a test swing, imagining it cutting through flesh. The thought made him a bit squeamish. But if these people decided to attack him, he would have no choice but to defend himself. But still, he wasn't sure if he was ready to take a life even if his life depended on it. He stupidly decided that he'd make the decision when the time came for it to be more important.
He walked into the hallway to face the front door, holding the knife in front of him. "St-Stay away from me! I'm warning you! I-I have a knife!" His threat went unheard by the three people outside as they continued to thrash the door. Subaru only looked more panicked and scared as the structure of the door began to break open.
A hand busted through the door, reaching for Subaru. It's pale skin and purple veins stood out the most to Subaru. What he didn't notice was the dried up blood underneath the fingernails.
Subaru closed his eyes and swung at the arm, cutting deep into it. However, the person on the other side didn't react to the cut, they only kept reaching for Subaru.
Subaru looked at the blood spotted knife in his hand, and used the other to cover his mouth. I think I'm gonna be sick. He took a deep breath to suppress the urge to throw up.
He again brandished the knife in from of him, "Stop it!"
Two more arms busted through the door, wood from the door fell to the floor. The sight was like something out of a horror movie. Subaru shook in fear as the three people tore down the door. Splintering wood falling to the floor tiles.
In the center stood the woman, her pale skin showed the purple veins beneath. There was a chunk taken out of her arm, the skin around the wound was red and purple. Veins were spreading from the wound and reached her arteries, injecting them with some sort of infection. Her eyes were bloodshot, angry, cloudy, and trained onto Subaru.
The two others were male. One on either side of the woman. Their physical appearance of their skin was the same as the woman. Their eyes were also bloodshot and cloudy. They're all blind?
The one on the right, however, was missing an arm. Black blood dripped from the stump and stained the tiles below. Also, on his neck was another wound that looked like a bite.
The last one on the left had no visible wounds, but it was covered in blood. The thick, red liquid dripped from its mouth as it bared its teeth at Subaru. It's hands looked as if they were doused in blood and its clothes were no different.
The three stood still for a moment, looking at Subaru with hungry eyes. They reminded him of monsters from horror movies that he watched with his friends. Those movies never scared him, but seeing them in real life terrified him beyond belief.
The woman ran at Subaru. Again, Subaru closed his eyes and slashed the air with the knife, cutting the woman's throat.
The woman was knocked to the side by the attack. The two others ran at Subaru, loudly yelling as they did so, "RERRAAAHHHGGHHAAA!"
Subaru ran to his room, closing the door behind him and running to the closet. He shut the door as the men began slamming on the door to his room.
The door to Subaru's room was hollow and wooden. It only took a few seconds for the men to knock it down.
They ran into the room, looking around furiously. When they didn't see anything, it was as if they lost interest, shuffling around his room aimlessly.
Not knowing what was happening, Subaru slowly opened the closet door to look outside. He saw the two men cocking their head in different directions and jerking their head side to side, groaning as they did so. What the hell is happening? Why does he not have a fucking arm and why is he covered in….blood?
Subaru concluded that whoever or whatever these things were, they were extremely dangerous. Breaking down two doors and being covered in blood were definitely signs that he was in danger.
"Hello, 9-1-1, what is your emergency?"
Like a megaphone in a dead silent room, a voice spoke from Subaru's phone in his pocket.
The two men turned simultaneously to the closet. Oh fuck.
Not seeing any other way out, Subaru closed the closet door and hid inside. The next moment, the two men were slamming on the door. Like his room door, the closet door began to break easily.
Subaru was fearing for his life, wondering what these people would do to him if they caught him. One of the men punched a hole through the door. Through it, Subaru was able to see the bloody teeth of one of the men. Subaru shook with fear as he held the knife in his hand, only coming up with a one step plan, escape.
When the door was nearing its end, Subaru braced himself against it. He twisted the knob and threw it open with his body, knocking the men to their feet. Hoping to stop them, Subaru threw the knife at the bloodied one, embedding it into its arm. Subaru ran out his room the next moment.
"Hello? Hello? Is everything alright?"
Subaru made his way for the front door. He made it to the end of the hall when something grabbed his foot, tripping him. Subaru fell to the floor hard, hitting head first. Dazed, Subaru looked back and saw the woman grabbing his legs and using them to crawl towards him.
He tried to stop her by punching her in the face, but it didn't seem to do anything. When she got closer, Subaru started putting his hands in her face to push her away. She bit off one of Subaru fingers that slipped into her mouth and began to chew at it.
Subaru screamed in anguish as he pulled his hand away from her. Blood gushed from his severed finger stump, coating his clothes in red. Keeping his attention on his pain, Subaru didn't realize as the woman crawled closer to his face. By the time he did realize, it was too late. The woman bit down on Subaru's neck, tearing the flesh and spraying blood all over her face.
"Sir? Hello?"
"GGGHHAAAAAAAAAAAA AHHHHH AHHHH!" Subaru screamed in pain as his flesh was torn from his body in an animalistic fashion. The woman grabbed hold of his arms as she viciously ate his flesh. The two men from Subaru's room joined in, one tearing at his thigh and the other found comfort in eating his bicep.
Subaru was unable to scream once the woman enjoyed her lovely meal of vocal cords. By this time, he'd lost so much blood he couldn't move. He only layed still as the feelings of being torn apart became nothing more than a numb pinch.
His life flashed before his eyes as he was torn apart. His mother and father hugging him on his 16th birthday, the day he met his friend Rem in elementary school, the first time he fell in love, and everything else that impacted his life. All of it flashed before his eyes like a fast montage that lasted only seconds.
Mouth agape and eyes wide, the fatally wounded Subaru stared at the ceiling as the life left his eyes.
April 27, 2015
3:02am
"I only hope you'll still think me as that later on in life."
AN: Now this is just the first chapter of my new story so I need to plan out the actual story. As any zombie story should do, the properties of the zombies will be explained in future chapters. Be sure to comment if you like it so far. Thanks!
See ya'll in the next chapter! :P