Chapter I

And the world's gone dead.

3rd Person POV

'Never figured the magnitude of these chains of events… now I'm stuck with these, stinky metalhead' I said, the guy in the leather jacked turned towards me, his emotionless expression disturbing me as always. Some hours ago, we were all in college, I was socializing with my friends; he was alone in the corner sleeping.

His name if you wonder is Rodrigo, he's from some country down in South America, I think it's Peru or some shit like that, not very talkative, lazy as hell, but incredibly smart, and even though a lot of us just avoid him the way he does, he never refuses to help someone in need. Well I have never met him but seeing him always in his leather jacket, camo pants, boots and always wearing a black shirt of his favorite bands made me hate him. He wasn't bad looking though, about 1, 75 meters tall, long brown hair, well he wasn't bad looking. But I and my friends were always afraid of him and his friends.

Why so much thought about him? Well, he did save me from being eaten alive not so long ago, I know that well hating him for no reason at all is wrong, but well as a kid, they portrayed them as the scum of society.

He moved though the corpses lying on the floor of the cafeteria, motioned me to follow him till the kitchen, when he reached a locker in the back of the room, with an axe he broke the lock, and to my surprise there were weapons hidden there, 2 shotguns and four handguns.

'You know how to use them?' he asked me as he handed me the handgun, I moved his hand away from me and took the shotgun, he looked surprised at the moment 'Of course I can, me and my father used to go hunting together!'

To my surprise he smiled at me 'I'm glad, I hate the sound of firearms, so Ill stick with the axe… I'll cover you just don't shoot me Anna' I swear I heard him giggle.

End of POV

'Just wondering… how did you know there were weapons there?' Anna asked intrigued, she thanked that the cafeteria and most of the complex held little people that day before the life they were used to, turn into hell.

'Michael… the guy in our Biology class, the one that always got bullied by your boyfriend and his gang of pathetic wimps and his friend hid those… they warned me not to come tomorrow here, and well I fell asleep and saw last night when they sneaked their weapons… sad thing this happened… I'd love to try to talk those two…'

'So you could join them on your shooting?' the blonde said almost immediately, without realizing her words until was too late.

'There were better solutions to this… much better without having to lower to those guys level… all I'm going to say about it'

There were audible wails and growls coming from the hall, people screaming were heard, begging for their lives, quickly silenced by the evergrowing horde, and they were getting close.

Rodrigo grabbed the axe, zipped his jacket, and grabbed one of the cauldrons as a shield. 'Honey… get behind me, I'll cut them in half and you shoot em in the head, de acuerdo?' Anna only answered with an affirmative nod.

'I'll get their attention… get ready…' he filled his lungs full of air 'COME FOR ME YOU DEAD FUCKERS… IM GOING TO CLEAVE YOU IN HALF HIJOS DE LA PUTA QUE LOS PARIO!' he charged at them, he knew that the chances of getting bit or devoured were high… but he's always been a lucky bastard and he clinged onto that.

Anna did not stay too far from his back, as he moved onto the undead procession in the halls, she shot everyone on range with deadly accuracy, those who weren't 'killed' by her savior's blows, where shot by her and vice versa. Fortunately for them, there were only 20 of them.

'Like a mosh pit… about the same chances of getting hurt if you don't know how to move' he smiled at her, quickly turning to check that the bodies wouldn't rise again and to hide his blush.

Anna moved closer to the now blood covered student, with a soft pat on his back 'I never thanked you for saving me… instead… I…' her eyes were getting covered in tears, he hushed her.

'It's ok… I never expect thanks from someone in need' he whispered 'now we have to be quiet… getting out it's not going to be easier… we must see where to head now… heading back to the campus would be bad… a lot of people were busy seeing the college football, and well there were too many on the dorms… for now let's try to go outside the college and well hopefully find the military… not the best plan I got… but at least let's stick with the get out of here part for now…' he grabbed her hand, motioned to get down and to move silently.

'Wait… we shouldn't go by the main entrance… I mean, a lot of people will try to head there in panic… and well… their screams… they are also in that direction, meaning that there will be a lot of them'

He nodded, to much of his surprise the girl seemed to be beautiful and smart, he didn't paid too much attention to his classmates, so for him she was pretty much as the others of her group, but he was proven wrong, and for first time in his life he felt relieved with that.

The escape from the Cafeteria complex wasn't difficult at all, the place wasn't that crowded on Sundays, and the yells from the living drew the attention of the remaining undead to the campus, the few ones remaining were easily put down, as they seemed to be unable to see, only reacting to sound.

The scene was a grim one, the floor covered in blood, few corpses on the ground, since most of them had already risen again, it was an awkward feeling but they felt relief by hearing the distant screams, not because there were still more people alive, but because their path would be safer thanks to them.

Sneaking behind the walls of the cafeteria, avoiding large open zones, the couple moved swiftly, quickly reaching an undesirable area, the dorms, there weren't many screams in the area, but the ponds of blood surrounding the entrance meant that 'they' had already been here, unfortunately for them, it was through the dorms, that they would be able to reach the exit.

As they entered the building, the stench of blood was getting more intense, moving through the first floor, they found their way blocked by a big group of undead in the hall, another group heard the steps and began to surround them from behind. Rodrigo felt the imminent fate coming to them when, the stairs were blocked by a bunch of beds, tables and chairs.

'Quickly over here!' a voice from the stairs came 'Climb quickly!'