Chapter 2: Family Disaster
After Phil and Ned ran for a few hours, they came across a small neighborhood. The Street was blocked with crash cars, and had multiple bodies on both the street and the yards
Ned: God, wonder what happened here?
Phil: We can figure that out later, right now, we need too find my wife.
Ned: Where is she, exactly?
Phil: In a house, here, somewhere.
Ned: Which house?
Phil: I, uhhhh, forgot.
Ned: You forgot? Seriously?
Phil: Hey, I just moved into this neighborhood a few days ago, I forget stuff easily.
Ned: Lets just start searching around, knock on every door, until someone answers.
Phil: Yeah, hopefully she will answer.
Ned: Remember which side of the neighborhood your house is on?
Phil: Yeah, its on this side points to the row of houses on the left I think.
Ned: You think? So your guessing?
Phil: Basically.
Ned: Maybe we should split up, be faster that way.
Phil: Alright, I'll start searching on this side, you look on the other. If you hear yelling, or a gunshot, head that way as soon as possible, got it.
Ned: Yes.
Phil: Good, lets get started.
Phil walked over to the left row and started knocking on door, well Ned went to the other row and started to knock on doors. After a hour of knocking on doors, with no response
Ned: This is starting to get boring, maybe Phil already found her, and just didn't tell me, I'll go check in with him, after this last house.
Ned walked over to another two story house, he could see that someone was in the second floor window, he knocked on the door a few time. He could hear footsteps inside the house, heading towards the door. The door opened to reveal a man in his thirties and was only a inch taller then Ned
Man: Can I help you.
Ned: Yes, have you seen a women around here.
Man: Maybe, what she look like?
Ned: I, actually don't know.
Man: Well, the only women I have seen is my wife, and she is up stairs with my brothers and parents.
Ned: So that's who I saw in the window.
Man: Need anything else?
Ned: No, I better go check in with my friend, it was nice meeting you...whats your name?
Man: Francis, and yours?
Ned: Ned.
Francis: Well its nice to meet you Ned.
Ned: You too, hey can I ask you a question?
Francis: Sure.
Ned: Are you aware that there are strange people walking around attacking other people?
Francis: Yes, I am aware.
Ned: Then shouldn't you be barricading or something.
Francis: Nah, its fine, I can handle anything that try's to get in here.
Ned: If you say so.
Voice: NED!
Ned and Francis turn to the voice. Phil was running through the streets with a women following close behind him
Phil: Get inside, quickly!
Ned: What are you talkin-
Ned and Francis then notice dozens of undead following Phil
Ned: Shit!
Francis: Quickly, everyone inside, now!
Ned ran inside, along with Phil and the women. Francis quickly closed the door locked it, and then began putting things on the door
Francis: Help me barricade the door!
Ned, Phil, and the Women began taking furniture and placing it on the door. When they ran out of things to put on the door, they all stopped and waited for the undead to leave. After a few minutes they stopped banging on the door
Phil: I think their gone.
Ned: Phil, what happened?
Phil: Well, you see, when I found my wife, I got distracted for a bit, and didn't see the dead sneaking up on me, before it got me, I was able to shoot it.
Francis: And then, the dead started to wake up.
Phil: Exactly.
Ned: Wait, I didn't hear a gunshot?
Phil: We must have been far away enough for you not to hear it.
Ned: I guess.
Francis: Well, sense your here, want something to eat.
Ned: Sure.
Phil: That would be nice.
Francis: turns to Phil's wife how about you?
Phil's Wife: nods
Francis: Alright, let me see what I have, also, one rule well you're here, don't go up-stairs, and do not open any doors well up there. Make yourselves comfortable in the dinning room.
Ned: Will do.
Phil: Alright.
Ned, Phil, and Phil's wife entered the dinning room, and sat down around the table
Ned: So, where we going next?
Phil: We're not going anywhere, we wait for rescue.
Ned: We're not going to get rescued here, we need a noticeable place to stay.
Phil: Its safer to stay here, then it is to go look for a new one.
Ned: We need to get closer to the city, if they start to look for people to rescue, they would start in the cities first.
Phil: But who knows whats going on in those cities, we just need to stay here, and wait.
Ned: No, we need to get closer to the city, if we are going to get rescued.
Phil: Who's the police officer here? Anyone, anyone a officer of the law? Oh that's right, I am, now stop arguing!
Ned: Uhhh, dude, wheres your wife?
Phil: looks around frantically where is she!
They hear Phil's wife scream coming from up-stairs
Phil and Ned quickly ran up stairs to see that five undead bodies were eating her
Ned: Holy shit.
Phil: BASTARDS!
Phil pulled out his pistol and killed one of them. They all turned too him, then he shot another one, and another, and another, until they were all dead. Francis ran up the stairs
Francis: Whats going on- looks at the corpses
Phil: Mind explaining why you had these, these, things in your house!
Francis: That, was my family, oh my god, they, they were eating-
Phil: They were eating my wife, you son of a bitch, you got my wife killed, this is all your fault!
Phil aims the gun at Francis
Francis: I didn't know she would go up here.
Phil: Its because of you, that my wife is dead, what do you have to say for yourself!
Francis: I-I'm sorry.
Phil: Damn right your sorry!
Ned: Phil, put the gun down.
Phil: But he-
Ned: He didn't know that she would come up here.
Phil: lowers his gun why did you have them up here?
Francis: I thought, that there might be a cure, maybe something that would turn them back to normal.
Ned: Well, if there is something like that, I don't think it will be much use for them now.
they all remained silent for a few seconds. Until a moan broke the silence. They all turned to Phil's wife, who was now trying to stand up, but was unable to. They all stared at her as she struggled to get up. Phil walked over to her, he pointed the gun at her head, his hand was trembling, as he looked into her dead eyes. He then shot her in the head, he then lowered his head and remained silent for a few seconds. Ned then put his hand on Phil's should, but Phil pushed it off, then he walked past Francis and Ned, and went downstairs, without another word
