Hello lovelies... I just realized I had said the year was 2025, but it's supposed to be 2029... Sowwy... Just warning you all, I do things like that ALOT. if you read ZCCM the first... you would know.
Thanks Apostle13, I'm a little confused though but whatever... Your country says Irish... I'm going to assume that means Ireland... Thanks everyone for your reviews and such!^_^
Once again using an apple product for lack of a laptop, so spelling errors are inevitable.
I swear to god when Lumina's name was not meant to be a pun. It was purely coincidence that her first name happens to be Luminous while her last name is Starr... I really just noticed that.

Oh one more thing. I reeaally want a new name for this but I can't think of one... Any ideas? Anyone?

Moscow, Russia

"Of course." I hear Mama say as she speaks on the phone. I'm hiding behind the couch so she doesn't see me eavesdropping,
"I can't believe this. It's been nearly no time at all." She says. "They've hardly grown..." I'm able to make out a female voice speaking frantically at the other end.
"What about Luffy? Is he on a business trip now?" Mama says suddenly. "I see..." There's complete silence. Then something crashes to the floor, I can see little shards of broken clay scattered on the floor from behind the couch. "No!" Mama squeaks. "That settles it then. I'm going to send Eve there." Me? What do I have to do with whatever's happening? "I can't. I'm getting too old for this bullshit." Mama's accent thickens as she becomes more and more furious. "Eve can handle this. I know she can. I've been preparing her for this since-" She's cut off by the woman on the other end. "I don't know. When Nel and I made the cure we didn't think... I don't know. I just don't know." She sighs heavily, sitting on the couch. The sudden change startles me and I scurry back to my room.

"Are you done packing?" Mama huffs, leaning against the door frame.
"Yes." I say, grabbing my backpack.
"I don't know when I'm going to see you again. But we need to leave today, before the airlines are shut down. I know you'll be okay. I know I'm going to see you again." Mama pinches her sinuses, breathing in and then continuing, "America is about to face the second apocalypse. Our goal is to keep it contained there, and kill it as soon as possible. I've raised you to be prepared for this moment since you were a little girl. And now it's time for you to fix things. I can't go with you, because I need to stay here and work on the cure." She sighs. Then grabs a folder, watermarked with the "классифицированный" which means "classified." She pulls out what appears to be profiles of people. Shocked, I watch as she flips through different profiles. Odd names like Nicholas Cartier, Bradley James, Ophelia Tenebaum, and one I heard while Mama was on the phone last night, Luffy Starr.
"Here they are." She pulls out to profiles of a woman and her daughter. "Jessica and Luminous Starr. If you see either of them, stay with them as long as possible. These are the only two people you can trust."
"I understand." I confirm.

Somewhere between Minnesota and North Dakota (probably Fargo)

"Oh god." I say, kneeling over the poor, bloody boy on the side of the road. "Oh god, what did I do?" I cry.
"It wasn't your fault." Grey says, walking up behind me. "He was standing in the middle of the road. There was nothing else you could do. Something was obviously wrong with the brakes."
"But... Oh this is awful." I sigh. "I didn't mean to kill him."
"To be honest, Lumina, I don't think he was alive when he was standing there."
"What? How could that be?" I ask confused.
"Look at these gashes." Grey says, pointing at several marks exposing his rib cage. "That wasn't made by the car. That was made by..."
"Someone infected by the disease." I nod in agreement. "Still..." I say with a horrible feeling in my stomach. The boy could have been no more than eight years old.
"It's gonna be okay." Grey reassures me. Then to my surprise he wraps his arms around me in a bear hug. "I'm not going to let anything hurt you." I take a second to be warmed by him. The frigid air had chilled me to the bone. And it was nice to feel protected.
Something black moved out of the corner of my eye. I pull back to watch as Grey is attacked from behind by the boy. His eyes grow big as his neck is broken, and his eyes fall shut. The boy takes a second to sink his teeth into Grey's shoulder, ripping out a hunk of flesh. I topple backwards and make a run for it. Grabbing the bat I had picked up earlier from out of the car, then returning to the horrible little boy. While he was occupied eating my friend, I whacked the hello it of him with rage. He turned on me. I ran to the other side of the road. The boy stood up a little wobbly. I heard a slight wooshing sound that was growing louder and louder... The boy crept closer and closer. There was no where to run, open fields for miles. The totaled car... This was it. But what was that sound? Then it hit me!
Well actually it hit the infected boy. A truck sped past, tearing the boy apart but not stopping for anything. The vehicle disappeared from sight, and I was left alone with two dead bodies.
I didn't feel it necessary for Grey to have such an unhappy ending. But I suppose he made it longer than the other kids in our class. But even so I thought he deserved a proper burial. I carefully dragged his limp body away from the road, and began to scoop mud up from the ground. I didn't care about staying clean anymore. It was life or death now.
By the time the sun was setting I was able to finish burying Grey. Thankfully no other zombies had appeared while I was working. But now I had to find somewhere to clean up a little, stay warm, and sleep. Today was just not my day.
I walked and walked and walked. The sun had set. I was freezing and tired and sad. But I suppose it's better than being dead. Grey was dead. A lot of my friends were probably dead. My brother was likely dead. My parents... Well my parents were probably dead, too. And suddenly that noise had returned. What was that noise again? Oh. Yes! There's still hope! I whip my head around to see two headlights decelerating as it nears me.
"Hiya!" A cheerful, feminine voice says. "Need a lift?" She asks.
"Sure." I say, opening the passenger door and hopping in. "Thanks."
"Where you headed?" She asks.
"Anywhere but here." I say.
"What's your name?" She asks, still cheerful.
"Lumina." I tell her. All this cheerfulness could really start to get on my nerves.
"My name's Phooka. It's nice to meet you." She smiles and starts the car once more.

Okedoke. I got a little more done and introduced a new character!:D I might write later, might not. We'll see. It's snowing here. How about anywhere else?
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