Chapter 1

Fifteen years ago, Peach Creek West, 2 AM.

A phone call makes a young thirteen year old to wake up. He moans in grief and annoyance. He answers the phone.

'What do you want from me and my beauty sleep?' He murmurs into the phone.

'Eddy? Eddy, tell your Dad to come h-' a voice said, but it immediately disconnects.

'What?' Eddy asks, confused. He gets up on his bed, and switches the light on. He then checked the phone again. It was a call from Lance, a friend of his Dad. Dumbfounded, he gets off his bed and exits his room. It was a little rainy outside, and the light of the moon faintly lit up the hallways of Eddy's home.

'Mom? Dad?' He asks, hoping for a positive reply.

There wasn't a reply. He sneaks into his parents' room and tried to find any clue. He could see that their bed wasn't made, and the lights were left on. There was also a pile of firearms on the floor.

'What the heck?'

He ignores the pile of firearms, and then exits the room. He then goes for the living room, hoping to see any sort of clues. When he reached the living room, the first thing he noticed was that the television was left on. It was on this news channel, and the volume was maxed out. It was so loud, that Eddy had to crank it down a little.

At first, the television didn't seem of much importance to him. But it was, when he heard this sentence:

'The plague, as we all know it, has broken out.'

He turns his head sharply, looking at the television. There, on the screen, was a reporter, and beside him was some sort of building on fire.

'All residents are requested to evacuate as soon as possible, cannibalistic monsters however, are blocking the ways.' The reporter said.

'Get away from it! The thing's going to explode!' Screamed a man in the background,

And then, all of a sudden, a huge bomb-like sound was heard, both on the television, and in real life. The last few seconds of the coverage showed the reporter running for his life, and then bam- the camera goes grey.

Seconds after the coverage was grey, a huge earthquake-like explosion rocked the house. It was as if the house had no more life left in it, and was about to be shattered.

'What the heck is going on?'Said Eddy, he didn't understand what was going on. He was unable to get a grip of himself.

He tried searching outside; he stepped out of the front door. The fresh summer air was not so fresh anymore. Disgusting fungi smells took over the fresh June air. It was reeking. Eddy scanned the horizon for anything suspicious, and right off the bat, he saw the most disgusting scene of his life.

It was near Kevin's house, a good friend and rival of his. Some sort of monster was knocking on the front door of his house, and behind it was the corpse of someone. As he took a closer look, it looked like one of Kevin's relatives. His relatives came over for the day.

At that point, something cracked in Eddy's mind: the apocalypse was here. Things started to make sense. All of a sudden, a survivor mode kicked in. He closed the front door, and rushed to his parents' room and grabbed a 9MM Pistol. He rushed outside, trying to save his dear friends; but he was stopped clear in his tracks, by his very own father.

'Dad? Where the heck were you?' Eddy asked, innocently.

'No time for stories, just follow me.' His Dad said, grabbing his hands. He dragged him over to an old van they never used. 'Get inside; we have no time to waste!'

His Dad threw him into the backseat. He then rushed over to the driver's seat; Eddy's mother was sitting calmly in the front passenger seat.

'Where are we going? We have to help them!' Eddy cried, 'We can't just leave our neighbors to rot!'

His father did not reply. He instead, fired up the engine, and got it running. He quickly drove, in hopes of getting out of the Cul-de-Sac as soon as possible.

But right as they were going to exit out of it, the car hit a panicky pedestrian who was trying to cross the road. The pedestrian flew, and landed about a yard away from them.

'Oh shit…' Eddy's father said.

'Who was that?!' Eddy shrieked.

He quickly took a look outside the window; he caught a glimpse of his shirt. It was a dark green metallic jacket, and he had a yellow skin.

'Ed!' Eddy shrieked.

He didn't even care what his father said; he jumped out of the car, and ran towards his dear friend. He was critically injured, and there were blood marks everywhere on his jacket to prove it.

'Ed! Say something!' Cried Eddy, with tearful eyes…

Ed slowly opened his eyes, but then closed it again.

'I'm alright, Eddy.' He said, briefly.

Eddy dragged Ed's weakened body over to the van. He dragged him into the van.

'Where the hell were you looking at, Dad!' Eddy scolded, 'You could've killed him!'

'Well I was in a fucking hurry and he just popped out of nowhere!' Eddy's dad replied, angrily, 'Just drag him out of the van, we do not need him!'

'But he's my friend!' Eddy shouted back, 'I am not leaving my friend behind! Speaking of which, where's Double D?'

He ignored the rants about his father, and got out of the van. He rushed over to Edd's house. He immediately spotted a zombie in the front door.

'Time to be a hero,' he murmured to himself.

He pulls out his 9MM Pistol, and aims at the head of the mindless zombie. He pulls the trigger, and bam- he misses it. It pulls the attention of the zombie, and now the zombie was after him.

'Jesus Christ!' He shrieked.

He aimed quickly, and shot at it. The body of the zombie then fell, confirming that it was dead.

He rushed to the front door, and smashed through it.

'Double D? Where are you Double D!'

He rushes upstairs where his room was situated, he bashes through the door to find his friend on the floor, devastated and crying.

'Eddy?' he asked, looking up, 'What are you doing here?'

'No time! Just get your parents and we'll get out of here, together.' Eddy replied.

'I don't have any parents,' he replied, 'they are… I-I-I'

'Infected?'

Edd burst into tears. Eddy didn't know what to say. He patted on his back.

'I know you're sad and all, but we need to get out of here, and fast.'

He showed his hand, and Edd grabbed it. They rushed downstairs and through the front door. They ran over to the van, and jumped inside.

'Are you done with your friend expedition?' Eddy's father asked, annoyed.

'Well, I have a lot more, but if you in-' Eddy was unable to finish his sentence, for his father had already taken off.

'You and your stupid friends; it's thanks to you that we're late for the evacuation now.'

'True friends stick together.' Eddy said, sharply.

'Can you just shut up?!'

Silence engulfed the small van. Eddy didn't utter a word, for he too wanted his father to shut up.

The van made its way around town, and tried to go for the shortest route to the Peach Creek Bridge, the ticket out of Peach Creek.

Unfortunately, a stroke of bad luck approached them. Looked like everybody had the same idea, and there was a huge traffic jam for the Peach Creek Bridge. Cars were blocked, with no way in and out.

'Well here we go,' began Eddy's dad, 'now see the bright side of getting away early?'

'We at-least saved a human being.' Eddy said.

Eddy's dad lay back in his seat, exhausted. It looked like he had had a rough day. He didn't get enough sleep, he was irritated, he couldn't think of anything better.

The person in front of them got angry and impatient. He got out of his car and screamed.

'What the heck is wrong with this? Get a move on!'

At that exact same moment, an infected came out of absolutely nowhere and attacked him. The person had no chance. He was eaten, piece by piece, by the mindless monster.

'Oh shit!' Screamed Eddy's dad, he kicked the reverse gear and reversed the car, and drove away into another way. If he had late reflexes, the infected would have caught sight of them, and chased them.

The only other way out from Peach Creek was Creek Alley, not more than a few miles from the bridge. They decided to head over there. On the way, Eddy spotted a man on the side of the road with his family. It looked as if they had a broken down car and there was an infant with them.

'Hey!' the man shouted, 'Help us!'

Eddy hesitated, 'Dad! Stop the car!'

The Dad turned around and gave the dirtiest look ever. Then he kicked the gas, and then drove away from the family at high speeds.

'No!' the man shouted again, 'Don't leave us here to rot! Please!'

As the van got up to speed, the man chased them, begging them to stop and give help. Eddy felt hopeless. He turned around and observed the man, desperate and hopeless for his family.

'That was so rude… We could've helped them…' He murmured.

His Dad didn't say a word. He was so angry with him, that he'd throw him out of the car in no time.

Around that time, his Dad's phone rang. He answered it.

'Ah, Lance; where are you? I've been trying to call you all day!' It was his Dad's dear friend, Lance. It was he who gave the "wakeup call" to Eddy.

A horrifying reply came, 'I'm afraid I am no longer more.'

'What? What do you mean?'

'I'm-I'm bitten…'

The phone immediately disconnected before Eddy's Dad could reply. Sad that one of his dearest friends were infected with the plague, his Dad kicked the gas even harder and rushed to the Creek Alley.

But when they reach there, some bad signs warn them. Eddy was able to recognize them on the spot.

There, near the entrance to the Alley, were a few people. Those people were running away from something, meaning that they were running in the opposite direction the van was facing.

'Dad… I think it's not looking good inside there!' Eddy shrieked.

'Just sit down in your goddamn seat, I got this.' an angry reply came.

He slammed the accelerator and drove through the people. He even rammed through some of them, making some of the people fly up into the air. He drove through like a mad man, and apparently saw why the people were running away.

Off in the distance, Eddy could see a horde of monsters coming their way. Since it was quite foggy, his Dad couldn't see quite well. Some other people in a jeep had the same idea, but saw the horde, and reversed without looking. Eventually, crashing into the front of the van that Eddy and his family were riding on…

The front half of the car was destroyed. Eddy fell into a stage of unconsciousness, but he could gather what happened back then.

He could see his parents smacking the glass window, and escaping. He saw his Dad's face for one last time. The Dad looked back at his son's face, and then looked at the horde of infected.

'You're on your own.' He said.

The man and woman ran away from the wreck. Eddy could faintly hear that the horde was coming. He suddenly jumped up from his state of unconsciousness. Edd finally got over the death of his parents, and somehow, a survival mode kicked in for the both of them. Ed was still unconscious after that near-death hit.

'Eddy,' Edd said, 'I've got an idea. Follow my lead, and we can escape from this.'

Edd smashed through the boot window in the rear, and carried Ed on his shoulders. Eddy was the only one who had a gun with him, the 9MM Handgun that he stole from the pile of firearms from his parents' room.

The three friends ran through the alley, taking shortcuts through small alleyways. A huge river separated Peach Creek from Maple City, the closest city which was available for the evacuation. Survivors were to come to Maple City by any means in order to be in the rolls for the quarantine. There was a small "relief" station at Maple City, and then they'd be transported back to Peach Creek when the quarantine zones are laid out.

Edd took Plan C, he knew a road which could lead directly to the river, and they could swim to the City. He explained this plan to Eddy while they were running from the horde of infected.

'You're a genius, Double-D!' cried Eddy,

Double-D really wanted to acknowledge himself. But it wasn't that time. They were being chased by some monsters; there was definitely no time for that.

Edd took the respective route, and Eddy followed them, constantly shooting the infected that were chasing them, sometimes even missing them. It took them a while to reach that road, and Eddy was running out of ammo fast.

'Hey Double-D, hurry up will ya? We're running out of ammo here!' shrieked Eddy,

'We're almost there, keep them distracted!' replied Edd, tired, but at the same time, happy, knowing that they'd survive this together. Never had he got the energy to lift Ed, the humungous lovable oaf, but in this occasion, he had to lift him up on his shoulders, and run for his life.

As Eddy shot the last bullet, they reach the homestretch.

'We're out of ammo!' Screamed Eddy, throwing the gun away, knowing that it's useless…

'Eddy, we're almost there!' Replied Edd, 'Here, catch this and fend them off!' Edd threw a pipe which was lying on the ground to Eddy.

'This'll do!' Eddy said.

Whenever one of the infected got close, Eddy would smack their head with the pipe.

'Get ready to jump into the water, Eddy!' came the early warning.

'I'm born ready!'

They got near to the jumping point.

'Here we goooooo!' screamed Edd, as he jumped with Ed on his shoulders, down into the river of Peach Creek.

'I'll be there!' Eddy said. He lagged behind, and the horde was getting closer. Then, the unthinkable… One of the infected grabbed him by the leg, making him fall flat onto the asphalt of the abandoned road.

'No!' screamed Eddy, 'It doesn't end like this!'

He reached for the pipe, but it sadly fell into the river.

'Mommy!' shrieked Eddy, 'I'm too young to die!'

He gave himself one last push; he kicked the infected, so hard, that it landed a yard from him. He then ran for his life, he jumped off the road, and down into the river.

'See you later sucker!' Eddy said a moment before he jumped, 'Cannonball!'

He landed headfirst into the water; he then swam back up to get some air. He then cheerfully splashed water around him.

'Victory is ours!' He screamed.

The infected couldn't see where Eddy was, so they just went back to the alley where more "easily accessible" people were.

Eddy then looked around for his comrades. He assumed that all was well and that they reached the city already. But things weren't so peaceful yet.

A current blowing the river was getting a hold of Eddy, and he could see, way off in the distance, Edd struggling to keep pace with the current with Ed on his shoulder.

Eddy tried to keep grip, and decided to get close to Edd, in case the worst happens.

'Wohoo! We made it Double-D!' exclaimed Eddy,

'Not yet, Eddy,' said Edd, 'not yet.'

At that moment, a strong part of the current got a hold of Edd, making him lose Ed from his shoulders. Ed was dragged off by the currents.

'Ed!' shrieked Edd, 'Eddy! I lost Ed!'

'You idiot!' scolded Eddy, 'You should've kept a grip on him!'

Eddy immediately dived in search of Ed. He wasn't too far away; Ed was just sinking into the water. He dove downwards and caught Ed by the hand, and swam up.

'He's alive.' Eddy said.

'Whew!' Edd said, relieved.

The three comrades swam and swam, and eventually, got to the beaches of Maple City. And literally moments after they reached the sandy beaches, a group of soldiers came.

'Put your hands up in the air!' one of them said.

'Whoa, whoa! We're survivors!' screeched Eddy.

'I said put your hands up in the air where I can see them!' The soldier shouted.

Eddy and Edd put their hands up, as Ed lay on the ground, still unconscious.

'This guy dead?' asked the soldier, pointing at Ed.

'He's just unconscious… Look, we just went through hell… Please take us to the relief zone.' Eddy requested.

'I don't want any of you to move your muscle until my leader says something.'

Eddy moved his hip around, making fun of the soldier. The soldier came up to him, and smacked his head with the back end of his gun, making him into an unconscious state, and falling on the sandy beaches.

Watching this, Edd became very scared.

'Squad Six Three, this is your captain speaking,' the leader said through the walky-talky the soldier was using.

'Ah, Sir; we got a group of strangers on the beach here…'

'What do they look like?'

'Kids,'

'You fool!' Screeched the leader, 'haven't I told you to let kids into the relief zone by any means?! You've disobeyed the rule!'

'But-But what if they-'

'No buts; let them into the relief zone, pronto.'

'Yes sir.'

The soldier looked at Double-D.

'You heard the man, get your friends to the relief zone.' He said.

Edd cracked a smile, knowing that they successfully survived the first attack of the plague.