Hey sorry guys for not uploading for a while but pretty much like a lot of other writers here, I was hit with exams. They went pretty good but I'm sure you don't want to hear about that hehe. The main thing is I can start writing again :D
(P.S. The 28th is the anniversary of my first story The Crimson Xenomorphs so that means something bigs gonna happen)
Chapter 3: Breaking and Entering
I continued running down the street, baseball bat in hand. I wacked an unaware zombie right in the head as I passed and chuckled to myself as I kept running, thinking to myself how I always thought it was cool when they did that sorta thing in the movies. I reached the house of my first friend, Lucy. I banged the door hard to see if they were there.
"LUUUUCCYY!" I yelled. I almost thought that didn't work but then I heard a scream. "Oh shit!" I swung my bat at the window and smashed it. I cleared some of glass so that I didn't cut myself and climbed in. The light turned on and I found a gun pointed at my face. "What the hell?!" I said confused and then I recognised the man holding the gun as Lucy's father. We didn't know each other personally but I remember seeing him with Lucy before.
"Get out of my house!" He said, fury blazing in his eyes.
"Woah! Mr O'Neil, this is all a big misunderstanding! There are things out there that are killing people! Come with me!" I tried to reason.
"First off, how do you know my name? Second, you really expect me to believe there are monsters out there? You've got a bat and a bag! You're obviously here to rob me!"
"Sir please –"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" We heard a scream identical to the last one I heard and someone thundering down the stairs. Lucy burst from the door and backed against the wall behind me.
"Dad! There's something wrong with Elizabeth!" She said, her voice trembling with fear.
"Lucy, what's wrong with Elizabeth?" he asked in a confused tone but all she did was stare. Not at him, but behind him. There was a girl there, crouched on her hand and legs and growling a deep and menacing growl. Mr O'Neil heard this and turned around saying "What the-?!" before the growling girl let out an ear-splitting screech and using her legs as a sort of spring, pounced right at him with her arms outstretched. She hit him hard and blood flew everywhere as she proceeded to claw at his torso while he yelled and screamed and she made rabid grunting noises as she clawed away. This all happened in a matter of seconds.
"HOLY SHIT!" I yelled and used the bat to whack her head like a golf ball causing blood to spray across the floor behind her. Lucy screamed and the other girl fell backwards and appeared to be dead but I know enough that you should always confirm the kill so I stepped around behind her, raised the bar above my head and brought the full power down of the swing onto hers. Blood, bone and brains flew in the air as there were little remains of the head and its content. I may have got a bit of blood on me the last time but this time I had splatters of it on me from head to toe.
I heard small whimpers from the corner of the room as Lucy had been crying her eyes out through this unfortunate event. I can't blame her. I mean she did just see her sister tear up their father and then I bashed the brains out of her sister, all probably under a minute. That's a lot of shock right there. I approached her and crouched beside her, placing my hand on her soldier.
"Lucy?" I asked, shaking her gently.
"John?" She replied as she looked up at me with teary eyes.
"You know what's happening, don't you?"
She sniffed and said "I didn't believe it could ever actually become true." She was no longer whimpering.
"I'm sorry about what happened." I glanced at the now still bodies. "We have to find Arianna and Steve. You know as well as I that numbers will increase our chances of survival."
*Sniff* "Yeah. You're right" She nodded.
"You will need to pack a bag with items essential for survival. Food, toothbrush, a torch, some batteries…"
"I know, I know." She stood up and walked across the room to the door she previously came from. I could hear her still breathing heavily and she kept her head turned away from the bodies. I leaned against the wall and started to think about what we should do now. Arianna also lived close but Steve lived in a town much further away. It would be morning by the time we got there and Steve isn't exactly the sort of guy running around smacking zombies. If anything, he'd probably be the most inexperienced member of the group since he doesn't really watch zombie movies and his parents never really liked him playing violent games. I walked over and inspected the bodies. Mr O'Neil looked as if all his guts were torn out. Elizabeth really dug deep. I knelt next to him and took the pistol from his still warm hands. I checked the magazine and cocked it. Full mag and it looks like the mechanism works well. This pistol obviously hadn't seen much action. I heard footsteps down the stairs and Lucy emerged from the doorway, dressed in similar clothes to me, long trousers, long shirt, a jacket and a bag on her back.
"You don't have a weapon" I said, offering her the pistol. She refused "You're probably better suited for it knowing all those war games you play." She said with a slight chuckle.
"How about the bat then?" I held it out. She took it and gave a few practice swings. I was surprised at the power and speed of the swings.
"Ready?"
"Yeah, well I guess we are gonna be dead in the few hours anyway." Those words are what I feared most. While the main characters in stories have some sort of immunity, other characters were killed off like cannon fodder. That's what we felt like, side characters. Then again, when it comes to reality and disasters, I guess no one is the main character, no screen writer to save us. One fuck up is all it takes and it's all over. Well, that's reality for you. We set off for Ariana's. I hope both she and Steve are ok.
I hope my return wasn't that bad. Well for whatever you thought, remember to leave a review so I know what you think and how to improve. It would also be mighty nice of ya to follow and favourite to help me through this cold world. Whatever you decide to do, as always, have a nice day :)