Surprise
"Where are we going?" My little sister, Stephanie, or as I like to call her, Hani, asked me as she walked behind me.
"I don't know, Hani. Keep quiet." I replied as I put my aching head in my open palms.
"Well, how about mommy? Are we really going to leave her there? What happened to her?" I just ignored her, turned away and stared at the environment around me. Her questions were killing me. I mean, how can I tell my sister about what happened earlier on? I have my own questions to answer too, you know? Like, what happened? How did beloved Mother Earth become a huge living wasteland? How quickly can someone be infected? Could we still live even in these conditions? What about food and water? And the big question: How, when and where did this mess start? And why? Undead people were roaming everywhere, getting ready to pounce on you and rip off your flesh and bath in your blood. I've seen that happen before, and I'm telling you, it's NOT a pretty sight. Especially when it has happened to someone you love, someone who didn't even know if you loved her or not. Seriously, how could I have been so stupid? She was right there, and I could've helped her. I could've helped her! Why didn't I? It's still so clear in my mind…
"That looks good." I stood back to admire my 'work'. I was cleaning the house for a change. Or, I was just looking for something to do. Something to keep my mind off of the present issues at hand. But I couldn't. Our food and clean water supply were running low, and half of the people living in our now dead owner's apartment house were starving and sick. But compared to the 'people' outside, we were fine. But still, some of the males went out to restock, and well? They never came back. It's been months already. Sometimes, I would take this thick wooden stick I have with me and go out, just enjoy a bit of sunshine and fresh air. And sometimes, I would have delusions that zombies were climbing over the huge green gate separating us from the walking dead. I was sleep-deprived after all.
I was deep in thoughts like these, when a sharp scream caused me to look to the front door. Another one made me run to the window, pull the curtain away and look out. The sight outside confirmed my latest nightmare. A couple of the undead were just outside, slowly going down the steps toward Roby, one of my sister's friends and our neighbor. "Roby!" I called out in shock before covering my mouth. The undead paused and turned to look at me. I gasped and stepped back, the curtain falling back into place and covering my view of the girl and her predators. My mother and sister, having awoken from their nap by the screams, ran down the steps and joined me as I stood there, scared out of my wits.
"Who screamed, Selena?" My mother asked me. With a trembling finger, I pointed towards the window. My mother pulled back the curtain and we all saw that the undead were just outside our window, already closing in to Roby, who was too scared to move as she stayed near our screen door.
"Roby!" Hani screamed as Roby turned to look at her, tears in her eyes.
