Once I woke up it took some time to remember where I was, I was used to waking up in my nice cozy bed, but instead I was in a not so nice tree.

Before getting out of the tree I sat there. 'What happened yesterday was real... All of it...' Now I knew it wasn't just a nightmare. I reluctantly climbed down and walked around in the forest, wondering how I would get home from here. I needed to pick up some shoes and food, I knew I had to, but I didn't want to go back.

Every time I thought about my mom tears ran down my eyes, it hurt, knowing that I'm probably the only one left. I had an older brother, but he hadn't come out of his room, he was still in there I think when the Xenomorph attacked.

I shook my head trying to get the image of my mom out. I stumbled on some tree roots and fell in the dirt, grumbling to myself as I got up, 'Now I need new clothes too'.

I walked off in the direction that I thought would lead me back home. The sun was beating down on me, I liked the warmth. It made it much easier for me to get stuff done, unless it was too hot then it would slow me down anyway.

I still couldn't recognize the surroundings. 'Maybe the Xenomorphs are gone now, maybe the military killed them all' With that in mind I started to jog and before I knew it I was at a road. I looked side to side as I was taught to. I couldn't see any cars, I slightly recognized the place, the lake I loved to swim in was a few kilometers away. I walked in the direction of the lake, I could hear my bare feet taping the ground making that weird splat sound because of the mud that was on them.

It felt like it took forever to reach the lake. By now I knew exactly where I was, I could see my house with all the military vechicles by it, but no one was there, and everything was quiet. 'What happened?' I walked toward the house trying to see better, there were corpses everywhere, I tried to ignore them but every time I saw one I began to cry. I quickly hurried into the house, I yelped when I stepped on the broken glass on the floor and hopped up the stairs to the bathroom. I rinsed off my muddy and bloody feet, put bandages on the scratches and quickly rinsed the rest of me off.

Now dripping wet, I grabbed a towel and headed for my room, I kept looking around making sure no one else was around. Once I made it to my room I changed into some clean clothes, put on my jacket, grabbed my shoes from under the bed and headed down the stairs as fast as I could.

When I made it to the last step I heard a sound coming from upstairs. I didn't dare go back up, I just sat and put my shoes on, then I heard the noise again. I tried resisting my curiosity but it didn't work, I slowly went back up the stairs. "Roman?" I called for my brother hoping that it was him, "Roman, is that you?"

I breathed heavily and I could feel my heart beating against my chest, "Roman?" I asked again, my voice a bit shaky. I walked to his room, put my hand on the door knob and began to open the door. I was trembling so much that I could barely open it. I peeked inside but didn't see anything on the right, when I looked over to the left I saw a very tall creature standing there.

I held my breath. It's back was to me and it looked as if it was 6 feet tall. I could see the spikes on it's back, and the tail that wouldn't stop whipping side to side. It was breathing heavily too, then it turned. My eyes widened. Xenomorph. The Xenomorph opened it's mouth and raised it's claws, letting out a loud snarl as it lunged.

I shrieked as I saw it's diamond like teeth for just a second, then slammed the door on it. I could hear the beast screeching and growling as it slammed into the door. I ran down the stairs not looking back to see if it had broken through. 'What was it doing in Roman's room?' I guessed that it had crawled through his window while I was rinsing off.

The Xenomorph screeched and snarled behind me. I ran even faster, using every single muscle I had to keep me going. I didn't stop, even when I was out of breath I didn't stop, I ran straight toward the woods. I could still hear the screeches, it sounded closer now, I yelped and screamed with fear knowing that I could get grabbed any second.

I made it to the forest and ran over the roots and mossy fallen logs. The Xenomorph snarled, as I turned to looked at it, it was having a difficult time getting past the big trees. I looked back in front of me, I felt light headed but I didn't stop running, I made it another six yards then collapsed to the ground. I panted heavily and quickly looked around. The Xenomorph had stopped 20 feet away from me, it was just standing there looking at me, not moving at all. I stared at the creature in front of me, it had six big fingers, an extremely bony chest, and a banana like head.

The Xenomorph opened it's mouth and a second pair of jaws slowly came out. Then it snarled/screeched and took off in a different direction.

'What was that about' I layed there, panting, and coughing, I whimpered as I got to my feet and slowly walked through the forest. 'Great, now I'm thirsty.'

After a few more hours of walking around and thinking, I knew that almost everyone was dead in the city. There were probably a few others like me wandering around in the woods but I knew I'd probably be better off alone.

My legs were sore and aching from constantly running. I had run into what looked like a spider, but it was a light peach color, had a messed up tail, and was much larger than any spider I'd ever seen. The thing jumped at me and I ran as far and as fast as I could. Now I was just too tired to do anything, I laid down on the dirt ground not to sure what to do, I was guessing that it was around 3:30 or maybe 4:00 pm but I didn't know. 'I should've grabbed a watch.'

I didn't seem to cry as much as I had earlier. I felt like I was used to living like this, even though I wasn't. I was used to camping for sure but not like this, this was survival. I tried to remember what I had learned from playing video games and watching Survivor Man and stuff. Only a bit of it came in handy at this moment.

I dug around in my Jacket pockets, I felt something so I took it out, it was a pen with a piece of paper tied around it. "Well this is convenient." I took off the elastic band that was holding it together and began to read it, "Note to self: Tell mom to buy me some more socks, most have holes in them"

'So much for new socks', I grabbed the pen and flipped the paper to the blank side. I began to write down all the things I knew I would need: Food, water, a watch, a backpack, a flashlight, a lighter or matches, maybe something to use to sleep on. I smiled at the list.

I jumped up and tied the paper back to the pen and shoved them back into my pocket. I followed my own tracks back towards the city, this time I knew I'd be more careful.

I walked for what I think was two hours, it was slightly dark out, like sundown. I yawned.

"I lost the bastard."

The sentence startled me, I backed away into a bush and peered out to see who said it. There were two marines standing talking to each other. One was darker skinned than the other.

"What do you mean you lost him?" The one with the dark skin said.

"I can't see it anymore, the bastard crawled into the forest and now It's gone!" The other yelled.

I was tempted to run out of the bush, but I remembered what had happened with the other marines. I growled lowly and kept myself hidden knowing that I'm better off alone.

The marines began to pace side to side at the edge of the forest glancing at each other from time to time.

I moved my hands into my pockets, I felt something weird, it was slimy and extremely smooth. I held my breath and grabbed the slimy thing, I felt it wiggle and squirm. I looked at it, it was just a little snake, an ugly snake. It was pale'ish and had sharp teeth. I smiled at the little thing.

"Awww." I said with a whisper "You're kinda cute." I was lying to myself again, it was pretty ugly but slightly cute at the same time. I grabbed the little guy and held him close to my chest. I raised myself as slowly as I could and turned to run away from the marines.

"I've got movement!" One of them shouted.

I sprinted. I seemed to have a habit of running back deeper into the woods every time I saw trouble. The little Snake wasn't squirming anymore, it was calm and resting against my chest.

"Shoot it!"

I heard them fire their weapons, the bullets zipped past me. I ducked as I ran and jumped behind trees when I could, I didn't stop running until I couldn't hear the weapons. I stopped by a rock and leaned up against it. I looked down at the little snake.

"Hey little guy." I said with a smile, "You comfy?"

The Snake looked up at me and almost seemed to smile back, it had diamond like teeth like the Xenomorphs.

'Why were they after him?' I petted the little Snake on it's head "Snake," I said "I'm just going to call you Snake."

Snake nuzzled his head against my chest then slithered into my jacket pocket, I could feel it curl up inside. "You going to get some sleep?" I asked it "I think I will too," tears ran down my face, I had someone to talk to now, even though I felt slightly crazy for talking to it, "I saved you," I whispered "I saved you from the marines and now I have someone to talk to." I closed my eyes and yawned. "Goodnight Snake."

I fell asleep by the rock and waited for the morning to come.