I Am Jimmy

A Close Encounter

Driving the elk home, Goddard barked. Asking what was wrong, he opened his chest (where his screen was) to show a figure that looked much like a human, but running in the sun. I was curious to find out if this was a survivor. I sped up to follow the figure. It was human, alright. But, I found it very strange on how an infected would walk into the sun and not die. And even risking it would be stupid. Then again, these things were not using their minds very much. Getting closer, I could see it was human, but it wasn't infected. As I pulled up near it, I yelled to it. It wasn't human. It wasn't infected. It was the reflection of a human balloon in the wind above a Wal-Mart that looked like it was running because we were driving so fast! I glared at Goddard. He just whimpered.

My watch beeped. It meant that the infected were coming out to feed soon. We had to get back to my house to close up operations. Driving back, we passed the Sugar Bowl. I decided to quickly run in and get some ice cream. I ran in, grabbed some ice cream goodness, and then left. It was about five minutes until the sun set beyond the horizon. I could hear moans and cries from the infected coming from the alleys. I started the car, and we drove faster than usual. When we reached my house, I quickly grabbed the elk, and told the two dogs to go inside. I then poured vinegar and sugar onto my doorstep and sidewalk. It would repel the infected and I could sleep in peace.

While in the middle of the night of hearing moans and cries, I heard banging at my door. Looking through my cameras, I caught an infected trying to get at the elk. I forgot to cut up the elk and store it somewhere cold. It was in my clubhouse, too. Using a remote control, I opened up my machine-gun from the ground in the backyard. I aimed at the ex-human and fired. It turned to the gun, but after it fell over, that told me it was dead. I scanned the area with my cameras and made sure no more infected were attracted to the scene. I was successful.

That night, however, more than expected happened. As I was going through my tube to get to my room, I heard moaning and screeching. When I got there, I found out the infected had crowded my yard and were feeding on the dead infected. I tried to get rid of them. I decided to blow up the C4 in my yard. I tried, but the switch jammed. The infected noticed me up in my room, and cried out with glee. I finally got the button un-jammed and blew them all to smithereens. Now THAT was a close call!

The next morning, I decided to do some more hunting. Installing more C4 in my lawn and even the sidewalk, I, being satisfied with my work, then loaded the PKM and M95 into the car. This time, Humphrey and Goddard could sit in the front with me. At that, we were off hunting again.

I rolled down the window as Humphrey stuck his head out the window. Goddard surveyed the area. "Bark! Bark!" "What is it boy?" I looked where Goddard was looking, and spotted a zebra that was lost from the herd. We followed it down the street until we came to a tunnel. Goddard and Humphrey continued to chase it. "Goddard, Humphrey! Stop! Come here!" I yelled from the top of my lungs. It was no use. The horse's cousin led my two best friends into a very dangerous tunnel.

Hesitating, I finally got the courage to enter the tunnel. It was dark, and cool. It was also wet and damp, and the smell of flesh entered my nose. I couldn't see anything. It was pitch black in there. When I was round a corner, I heard a shrill cry enter the whole tunnel. It freaked me out so bad I slipped. After I got back up, I could hear meat and flesh being ripped apart. Walking further, I caught a glimpse of a dark figure ripping something apart, with red outlining the floor around him. I quietly and carefully scoped the rest of the tunnel for one of the two canines. Hearing some whimpering, I turned around to both of them, who were hiding beside a bathroom door.

Walking back with them both, we encountered no more infected. We were just about out of the tunnel when Humphrey started whimpering and ran ahead. "Humphrey, where are you going?" I and Goddard kept walking, but a crack made me spin around. Goddard followed, and beamed his lights on an infected cat that had innocently tried to cross the tunnel. Seeing us, he charged. Goddard barked like crazy, drawing attention that I didn't want us to have- more infected. Turning around, I called Goddard and made a sprint for the entrance. The cat was close behind us. An infected human joined him. Near the entrance, I jumped into the sunlight. The cat had jumped, but burned up. The human just watched me get up and cried with anger that I had made it out.

As I got up and walked back, he turned his back to me and ran back in. When I reached the car, I scolded Humphrey and Goddard. "Don't ever do that again! I almost lost my life trying to save you guys. Just don't ever go somewhere dark like that again. Got it?" Goddard nodded for both of them. I decided to drive back to the Candy Bar and get some more ice cream for a treat.

When we got there, I got out and walked in. When I did, I noticed something odd: the jukebox was missing. I didn't think there was time to investigate, so I went to the freezer- hardly any ice cream. "What on Earth is going on? No jukebox and hardly and ice cream? This is getting strange." I determined that the infected may have mutated enough to regain some of their humanity. This would cause them to seek old civilized things out and use them at their best. Grabbing at least a bit of ice cream, I left.

Well, how was that? I am trying to make these chapters as long as possible. And in the reviews, tell me who you think is the mystery character.