Hell Came To Us
By Sanguine Blade
Chapter: 1
When it all Began
It all began so serenely. The wind blew and the clouds were nowhere to be seen. My brother and I were playing in the back yard. The feeling of flying into the air on the trampoline mad me happy. Little did I know, that was the last moment of pure joy and security I would experience…
Ian: Come on little bro. show me what you got!
I nodded and my brother and I began wrestling. We locked hands and I tried to push him back. However, he spun me around and I was tossed to the ground.
Ian: I know you can do better. Again.
I got back up and tried again. With all my strength I finally forced my brother to the ground. He got back up and spoke.
Ian: Looks like you have improved.
Me: Thank you.
Ian: You still have a while to go little bro but since you won. Let's go grab a bite to eat.
As we stepped down, we heard a growling sound. I looked back over with Ian to see a decrepit person walking along the road.
Me: Is that what I think it is?
Ian: We need to get the cousins up.
My brother and I rushed back into the house. Our cousins were asleep in the living room.
Ian: Wake up guys! Wake up!
My eldest cousin, Reed opened his eyes.
Reed: What's got you two in a fuss?
Me: There is an actual zombie outside.
My cousin shot up.
Reed: Are you serious?
Ian: Just look out the kitchen window.
Reed walked into the kitchen and peered into the street. He saw the walker stumbling along the road.
Reed: Holy crap, you're serious.
Ian: We have some blunt weapons here but no guns. We must get what we can then hop in your truck Reed.
Reed nodded and shook Levi up.
Levi: What is it?
Reed: We're getting out of here. Get what food and drinks you can. Ian and I will get some weapons.
Levi and I found some large gym bags and filled them with some simple things. Medicine, canned goods and openers along with many match boxes and water bottles.
Ian and Reed came into the kitchen with a baseball bat, a wooden training sword, and a few other blunt weapons.
Ian: This is what we got. The sword is mine.
Reed: I already called dibs on the bat.
Me: I will take the staff. I've got an idea.
I took the staff and used a knife to carve a notch into it. I then bound the knife to the staff.
Me: Improvised spear!
Levi: I guess I'll take this.
He brandished a frying pan from the cabinet.
Ian: Good we also got the survival packs from the back.
Me: Did you get my army knifes? There is about five or six in my room.
Reed: I got them. As well as spare clothes and such.
Ian: Let's get in the truck. We got some gas containers in the garage.
We grabbed everything else we thought could be useful. Then we made our way quietly to the truck. The engine revved into life and we set off.
Me: So where are we heading?
Levi: Helotes. We can grab guns from the safe at the ranch.
We drove past many abandoned cars. So many cars were abandoned put some had broken through barriers and landed on the lower roadbed.
Reed: Damn, everyone is gone.
Me: Yep I definitely turned south.
We continued down the road towards Helotes Texas. There were wrecked cars and other things littered everywhere.
Ian: I just hope some of the family made it out alive.
Levi: It's best not to mention it. Let's hope there are some good weapons at the ranch. We continued on seeing some wandering groups of walkers.
Me: So we should plan where to go next. We need to think of where to go to hide for a while.
Reed: Well our youngest cousins live out in Omaha. Maybe we can get there.
Ian: We should try to get towards Alaska. It is cold and sparsely populated.
Me: I agree. It does seem like the snow and frost would help keep walkers back.
Levi: Yes but we should still swing through Omaha Nebraska just for supplies and the sort.
Reed: Okay. We will need to make sure to get snow chains before we get to Alaska though.
We finally turned onto the road to the ranch. Using the grill of the truck, Reed broke down the gate and toward the ranch house.
Me: We are here.
We stepped out and toward the large old building that housed working equipment.
Reed: lock is still on the door.
I grabbed his bat and whammed it on the lock. The rusted lock busted off and the door creaked open.
Me: Not anymore.
I handed him back the bat and we crept inside.
Ian: Here is a few rifles.
Reed: I'll take the hunting one.
Ian handed Reed a large hunting rifle. He gave himself a shotgun. I grabbed my marlin rifle and all the spare bullets for it. Levi took a simple pistol and all the ammo boxes for it.
Me: We've got enough ammo to last a while.
Reed: We should stick to headshot though.
Ian: Yes, we can't go wasting bullets no matter how many we got.
I turned around and saw four walkers shambling towards the truck. I grabbed them by the head and turned their heads towards the walkers.
Me: I got this.
Ian: I got your back.
Reed: As do I.
I charged forward and stabbed one of the walkers in the head then kicked its back to release the spear. My brother managed to hit one of the walkers on the head and it crashed to the ground. He stomped its head into mush to ensure it was dead.
Ian: nice one!
Me: Thanks.
Reed hit the third with his bat and it splattered into pieces under the swing.
Reed: Well that is that.
A walker stumbled towards them but Levi knocked it on the head with the frying pan. We turned to see him standing on his target.
Levi: that was close.
Reed: Thanks bro.
Levi: You are welcome.
Me: Quick we best get back on the road.
My brother and two cousins hopped into the interior of the truck while I decided to sling myself into the bed with all the gear.
Ian: You keep watch bro.
Me: I'm all over it.
And they sped out of the ranch with their new gear and rumbled down the unkempt road further towards another stop. Medina…