Update 2015: I did a dumb and realized I cut the chapter short So I fixed it.

Chapter 2 - Situation - Appartment

As I drove, left and right everything looked so surreal people running, zombies eating people, burning buildings, and police desperately trying to maintain order to no avail. "This...this is..." I try to say but I find myself speechless since I just couldn't describe the sight I'm seeing. My friends are in the back but they're not seeing what I'm seeing. I soon couldn't take the sight any more so I pull up to a recently abandoned hardware store. Everything is either looted or strewn on the ground in various conditions. I step out of the car into there and threw up into the nearest trash can. I groan and Sui-kun rubbed my back and said, "You alright man?" I nod as I wipe my mouth on my sleeve, "Yeah it's just that my head is spinning so much trying to process what's going on." Once everyone got in, I locked the door and i saw that everyone is still as shocked as i am. Suzuki was the first to speak up, "H-hey should we get moving?" I look around the store as he said that, "I think we'll be safe for now, despite being hastily looted, the bars and windows are pretty much intact plus the van is parked in front of the door and i locked it on one side so we'll be safe for now."

Suita smiles a little after the reassurance, "Always ahead of things, Fuu-kun." Kiko, who just composed herself, asked me, "So what now?"

"We should go up higher, to get a better view of what's going on."

"Okay," said Haruko said, "But where?"

"The roof, places like this should have roof access."

We all agreed to climb to the roof and what we saw was awful, it's like the entire city has gone to hell we heard distant screams and explosions, Haruko and I gagged from the smell of burning whatever on the wind. We looked down and zombies are now wandering the streets attacking any unlucky civilian and officer. The sounds of pandemonium below suddenly drowned out by the sounds of helicopters flying overhead. We all knew who are flying those choppers. "The Self-Defense Force," Suzu-kun breathed, "I don't see them rescuing anyone but why?" Everyone else was just as confused as I am but i said, "You guys need weapons, we might have to fight some of those things on our own." They all looked at him and Haruko said, "What about you?" I hesitatingly pull out my weapons from under my uniform's shirt, "I came prepared but it's not much for when we're overrun." Suita's jaw has dropped but he then shook himself and said, "how long have you had that those!? I mean seriously a .44 magnum and a 12 in. hunting knife!?"

I smiled in modest embarrassment, "I got them from America I still got more in my apartment and they're secure in a hidden safe I had installed there."

Suzuki then said, "Isn't that illegal? I mean having weapons like that in this country."

"The guns are disassembled to prevent them being confiscated and ammo are still in the boxes all hidden."

Kiko joined in, "With guns like that, we could stand a chance, right?"

I shrug since I'm not very sure myself, there is millions of Japanese living in this country and a few hundreds give or take, thousands in the city. Thankfully, Suita came in just in time as Kiko and Haruko's eyes, "We're not sure about the odds yet but at least some makeshift weapons could give us an edge, right Fuyu?" I breathed a sigh as I thought, "What can I do without you, Suita," then said, "Right, we might be able to find something in the store below us that we can use as a weapon."

We went back down to the store and I'm relieved to find none of the dead have found their way here. With that aside, we, as in me, Suita and Suzuki, begin looking for suitable weapons. Kiko began looking as well as she said despite our objections, "I know how to take care of myself in a fight, plus I am good with a bat or something similar." Then, I was reminded that she participated in neighborhood baseball matches with other families including mine. She always got good hits whenever she is up to bat. So i go to help her find anything similar. I found it, but I wasn't sure what it's been doing here but I picked it up and showed it to her, "Would this bat suffice?" She smiled and took it from my hands and gave it a few test swings. "It's good enough," She said with a smile. I look and see Suita and Suzuki working on something. I walk over to them and see they were making some sort of bladed weapon out of some spare blades, duct tape and a shortened, metal pole. "Could keep them away at a fair distance," Suzuki explained as he noticed me watching. Suita showed some craftsman skills of his own by adding some sharp points objects on a sledge hammer and adding grips made of tape and rubber along its handle.

I smiled at their creativity as we got ready to go after taking some snacks and what first aid supplies we could find. "Why should we take those," Suita wondered, "These wont do shit if a zombie got any of us."

Haruko understood why and said, "I-It's for accidents other than zombie-inflicted wounds."

I nodded at her, "A fine point, especially when there's a lot of things from rouge survivors to smashed up cars to broken glass."

We piled into the van and I checked for anything that could block us and I said, "Should we take a quick look at the school or head straight to my place?" Everyone suggested the latter as the school may be swarming with them. Suzuki rode shotgun with me while everyone else stayed in the back. As I drove, at least 3 blocks away from my apartment, I saw more of them. In the distance, probably attracted to doomed civilians. I bit my lip imagining those defenseless people being eaten alive by the horde torn limb from limb. I had to stop just a block away to continue on foot. Learning from something i read I turned up the radio to max and opened everything after i stopped. I told everyone to get out so we continued moving. Sure enough, dozens of them are coming around the corner to the van. "Well that confirms it," I said, "They are drawn to sound." I pick up a brick as we sneak to my place. When we arrived, at least ten of them are milling around the front of the building. We moved to the opposite side of the street just across from a jewelry store and i handed Kiko the brick, "You think you could make that distance in one throw?"

She smiled I know she wanted to do this and said, "How many times you've seen me throw successful fastballs during baseball?"

I nod at the remark as she threw it at the window activating the alarm and breaking the glass. As expected, the dead in the streets followed the sound to the store. We looked at each other and walk up to the front door of the apartment and thankfully it was open. I took a breath and took point by walking in. Immediately, my nose was assaulted by the smell of blood and rotting flesh. Bodies and bits of them are strewn everywhere, all my neighbors torn to shreds or probably reanimated within the complex. "Smash their head," I whisper to my nervous friends, "When they attack, strike first or else you wont hit at all." A zombie that had much of its face bitten off has seen me already so I demonstrate with my knife. I dodge the ghoul's swipe for me as I reverse the grip on my knife and stabbed downwards into the ghoul's cranium. I pull out the knife letting the ghoul drop as I signal for everyone to follow and we make our way to my room.