I put the last box in my room and sighed. We had just moved here from Aurora, Colorado to Jefferson, Georgia. I didn't like the idea I had to leave my friends behind in Colorado. My mom had already enrolled me in a school, Jefferson School 6- 12, so I start school tomorrow. I hate meeting new people. It gives me anxiety. I opened the box with my clothes in it and started putting them in the drawers. Once I was done with that, I grabbed my bed sheets and start making my bed. Once I was done doing that, I flopped onto my bed and closed my eyes. I'm so tired. I just wanna sleep.
"Fatima!" I hear my mom yell from downstairs. I sighed. Noooooooo, I don't want to! I sigh again and get up.
"I'm coming!" I yelled back. I leave my room and go downstairs. I see my mom putting away the freeze food. Nooooooo, I don't want to. She looks at me.
"Come help me." She said.
"Nooo, I don't want to." I said.
"Fatima." She said.
"I'm tired, we've been on the road for two days. Can't we just do it tomorrow?" I asked. She rolls her eyes.
"The food will spoil." She said. I groan. I go over to her and help with the stuff. Once we were done, go back to my room. I was about to lay down on my bed but someone knocked on my door. I groan. I stomp over to my door and open it. I see Dominic standing there.
"What?!" I asked in annoying voice.
"What went up your ass?" He asked.
"Sleep." I said.
"Look what I got." He said. He holds up the new Assassin's Creed 3. My mouth drops and I grab the game from him.
"You got?! I thought it was sold out." I said.
"Not here wasn't." He said. We started playing the games, well, I started playing it since it was just a single players. Dominic and I took turns playing it. After about 2 hours playing it, we called it quits and he went back to his room while I got ready for bed.
I heard my alarm going off, I grab my phone and turn it off and slowly get up. I grab my towel and go to the bathroom. I turn the shower on and get in . Once I was done, I got out of the shower and dried my hair. I go back to my room and go to my drawer. Should I wear a band t-shirt, I can make friends like that, right? I put my clothes on and then I go downstairs. I see my sister, Monse awake making breakfast for Justine. I go over to the cabinets. I search them all until I found a cup of ramen. I grab it and put water in it. I set the timer to 4:30. I look at Monse.
"Are you taking me to school?" I asked. She doesn't look at me.
"Yeah." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"Where's Vivian?" I asked. She shrugs. I roll my eyes and shake my head. I go to their room and I see Vivian putting clothes on. I go over to her and she looks tired.
"Hey, babe." I said. She looks annoyed with made me smile.
"Go away." She said. I hug her.
"But I want to love you." I said as she tries to shake me off of her. I let go of her.
"Fine be that way." I said. I went back to my ramen and saw that it was done. I grabbed a fork and took it out of the microwave. I sit down at the table and start eating my ramen. Once I was done eating, I brush my teeth and tell Monse that I have to leave now. We get in the car and she drove us to school. Once we got to my new school, I get out and go inside the school. I go to the main office and tell them I was new so they give me my schedule and my locker combo. I didn't really need to go to my locker so I just went to class, which was English with Mr. Michael. It took me a while to find the class but when I did, I told the teacher I was new and he told me to sit in the very back of the room, so I did. I get my notebook from my backpack and put my backpack on the ground and wait for the class to start. In the mean time I started doodling in my notebook.
"Oh my god I love your shirt!" I heard someone say with excitement. I look up and see a girl smiling. I looked at her confusing.
"You like Pierce The Veil?" She asked as she sat down in the set next me. I scoffed.
"Love." I said in an obvious tone. She giggled.
"Me too. What's your favorite song?" She asked. I thought for a second.
"Sky Under The Sea." I said. She gets excited.
"Me too. Oh my god, me and you are best friends now." She said. I smiled and nodded. Well, that was easy.
"I'm Kristina." She said.
"I'm Fatima." I said. She then started talking about other bands and asked me if I like any of them. She also told me she wanted me to meet her friend at lunch time and that was 2 periods away. My class class went by so fast, Kristina just kept asking me things. I really like her, she's funny and she talks a lot. She had the next class with her which was science. I want to be a doctor when I'm older. I told Kristina that, she said she wants to be a world famous cook. My first three class went by fast. It was lunch time and since Kristina had AP math and I had regular math. She told me to wait for her by the cafeteria doors. So I did. When she finally got here, she grabbed my hand and dragged me into the cafeteria. We got our food and Kristina told me to follow, so I did. We sat down at one of the empty table but there was a girl sitting there eating her food.
"Hey." Kristina said. The girl turns around and smiles. The she looks at me and smiles too. I smile back.
"Avie, this is Fatima." I waved at her.
"Fatima, this is Avie." Kristina said. Avie waves back. We sit down.
"You like Pierce The Veil?" Avie asked. I nodded.
"They're my favorite band." I said. She smiled
"I like Crown the Empire better." Avie said. We started talking about they're albums. Avie told me she wanted to be a doctor too. Throughout the lunch periods we all talked about random things. I found out the Kristina and Avie have been best friends since Kristina was in preK and Avie was kindergarden. Avie is a year older than us and she's in 9th grade. By first meeting Avie she seems calmer than Kristina. Kristina is so hyper and happy.
"Did you guys hear what's been happening on news the past couple of days?" Kristina asked. Avie nods.
"Yeah, it's weird." Avie said. I look at them confused.
"What's been happening?" I asked. They look at me. I've been on the road for two days without any tv or internet and very bad signal.
"They're say there's a virus going around killing people." Kristina says. A virus?
"Yeah, look someone just sent me a video." Avie said. She takes out her phone and shows us a video where there's a guy and police are surrounding him. He charges after one the police officers. The officer shots the man in the chest 7 times. But he kept charging at him. The man attack the officer and started chewing on his shoulder. The other cops around him started shooting him in the back but he just kept eating the officer. Finally one of the officers shot him in the head and he fell limp on the ground and video ends. We all look at each other. We were speechless. I nodded.
"Okay, it's a zombie apocalypse." I said. They looked at me like I was crazy.
"They shot the guy 20-3o times and he doesn't go down until he's shot in the head. Zombie." I said. They look worried now.
"But zombies eat brains not flesh." Kristina said. I nodded.
"Well, that was in Atlanta." Avie said. Kristina looks at me and Avie winks at me. I see what she's doing. Kristina looks back at Avie.
"That's an hour away." I said. Kristina looks at me with fear in her eyes. Avie and I burst out laughing.
"We're just kidding. Man, you should have seen your face." Avie said laughing. Kristina glared at us
"It's probably fake. They must be making another zombie movie or something." I said. Kristina playful hit me and Avie's arms.
"That wasn't funny, guys." Kristina said. I chuckled.
"That was actually kind of funny." I said laughing. Avie started laughing too.
"You guys are so mean." Kristina said. We laughed.
After I saw the video, it got me thinking so I go to the library near my house since we still don't have cable or internet. I searched up 'apocalypse' and see a lot of news letters about the virus Kristina and Avie told me about. Once I was done with searching up everything. I learned that the government wants to keep this quiet so they never said anything about people coming back to life and eating people. Kristina and Avie give me their phone numbers so that we could text each other. We also told each other where we lived. Once I got home, I go to my room but before I could my dad called out for me. I groan and go back down stair and see my dad putting the tv on it's stand.
"Yeah?" I asked. He looks at me.
"Is your room clean?" He asked me. I looked at him like his was crazy.
"We just moved here." I said.
"We have people coming over." He said. I looked around living and saw that everything was clean and in place.
"Where Dominic?" I asked.
"I don't know. He went out." He said. I rolled my eyes. My mom and Justine come over to us.
"Why did we have to move here?" I asked my mom.
"Because they moved me here." She say. She's lying
"You told me they only way for you to move to a different job location was to ask them permission." I said. She didn't say anything.
"Why couldn't I stay with Phoenix?" I asked.
"Because Phoenix is staying with his girlfriend and her family." Mom said. I groan.
"This place sucks." I said.
"We're going to store to get something I forgot." She says to my dad.
"I hate you I hope you know that." I said. She laughed and left. I went upstairs to my room. I heard my phone going off. I grab my phone from my bed and see who was calling me. It was Phoenix. Why is he calling me? I answer it.
"Fatima! Fucking finally someone answers." He says.
"What, what's wrong?" I asked.
"Where is everyone?" He asked.
"Mom and Vivian went to the store, dad and Monse are downstairs and Dominic I have no idea where he is." I said.
"You need to tell them to get home now." He demanded. What?
"Why?" I asked.
"Something bad is happening." He said. I realized what he was saying. I hang up on Phoenix and run out of my room and go downstairs. I saw the door was open. I quickly go over to it and close it but I noticed blood on the door. My eyes widen and back away. I hear noises coming from the kitchen. I slowly turn around and go over there. I peek inside and see a man eating Monse leg, she was screaming in pain. I also see my dad on the ground with his guts on the falls. I hid behind the wall and grabbed my mouth and trying not to throw up. Suddenly, my phone starts ringing. I gasp and hear the man groan. I quickly stop the ringing and run into the bathroom. I close the door and lock it. My phone started ringing again. I saw that it was Avie. I answer it.
"Oh, Avie!" I whispered.
"Fatima, are you okay?" Avie asked.
"No, I just saw fucking zombie eating my sister. It's not even a zombie." I whispered yelled.
"Crap, Fatima, is there any way for you to get to Kristina's house?" She asked. Suddenly, it started banging on the door. I quickly hold the door.
"No!" I yelled.
"Fatima, don't go out, okay. Stay where you are. Kristina and I are coming to get you." Avie said. It kept banging on the door and growling.
"Okay, just hurry!" I yelled. She hung up. After a couple of minutes of holding the door. I heard the thing fall to the ground.
"Fatima, open the door." I heard Kristina say. I slowly open the door and see the man on the floor dead. I step over it and go into the kitchen. I see my dad and Monse. Monse was crying out in pain. I go over to her. I look at her bite and I could see her bone.
"Holy shit." I whispered. I looked at Avie and Kristina. They looked as horrified as I did. I look back at Monse. Then I heard my dad moan. I quickly look over at him and I see him opening his eyes. He started to gurgle something. He wasn't dead! I got closer to him.
"Kill..me." I heard him say. My eyes widen. I took a deep breath and grabbed a knife from the drawer.
"What- a-are you doing?" Monse asked.
"He wants me to kill him." I said. I looked at Kristina and Avie. Avie nods and Kristina looks away. I look back at my dad and without a second thought, I plug the knife into his skull. Monse starts to cry.
"It bit you." I heard Avie say to Monse. Monse stops crying.
"If it's bits or scratches you, you eventually turn into one of those things." Avie said. My eyes widen.
"But what if it's not true? What if she doesn't turn?" Kristina asked.
"Do we wait it out?" I asked Avie. She looks at Monse and then back at me.
"Look at her." I looked at Monse.
"She's sweating and she looks sick." Avie said. I feel Monse's forehead and she was burning up.
"She's burning up too." I said. Monse looks at me.
"I don't want to turn-" She grabs my hand with her bloody hands.
"Don't let me turn Fatima." She said. She let's go of my hands. I look at the knife that already had blood on it. I also had blood on my hands. I was about to plug the knife into Monse's skull.
"Wait, where's Vivian?" She asked.
"She went with mom to the store." I said.
"Find them." She said. I nodded. I could feel the tears forming. But I didn't let them fall. You have to be strong, Fatima.
"I will." I said. I plug the knife in her head. I felt someone grab my shoulder.
"We have to go." Avie said. I nodded and got up from the ground. Before I went outside, I went to my brother's room and start searching for the gun that he had just in case something bad happened. I finally found it and we go to the door and Avie opens it. She looks around and waves at us to follow her. She got in the car and so did we.
"You know how to drive?" I asked her. She nodded.
"My... dad taught me." She said. Her dad must be dead. A couple of minutes of Avie driving down the street we came up to a house. We all get out and run inside the house. There was no one here. I asked them whose house it was. It was Kristina's. She told me her parents went to California for a business trip. So we were all alone in a big house with those things roaming around outside.
It's been a 17 months since the outbreak. Avie and I have been on runs while Kristina stayed back at the house. I've been trying to find my mom and Justine but I had no luck. I really regret what I said to my mom. I turned 14 five month ago. We didn't really do anything since I didn't tell them when my birthday was. I've been keeping track of the days and months. We were getting low on bullets and food. Avie said she was gonna get the stuff but she wanted me to stay with Kristina this time. I protested but she didn't want me to go, she never told why and she left.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" Kristina asked in a worried tone. I look at her and smile.
"It's Avie." I said reassuring her. She nods. She goes the kitchen while I go up to the room I was staying. I laid down on the bed and looked at the ceiling.Where could they be? And where is Dominic? I don't know what to do. Suddenly, I heard Kristina scream, I shot up grabbed my gun and run down the stair and see an infected biting Kristina shoulder. I yell and shot the infected but I missed. I took a breath and shot it in the head. I falls lump into of Kristina. I go to the door and close it. I run over to and push it off of her. I look at her bit. She was crying. I could feel the tear forming, this time I let them fall. I shook my head and grabbed her wound. No.
"No, Kristina." I said crying.
"Fatima, please, I don't want to turn." She said and grabbed my hand.
"I don't want you to turn either." I said crying harder. She let go of my hand and grabbed the gun. She point it at her head.
"Do it." She said. I look away and pull the trigger. I started sobbing. I wipe my tears away and grab her limp body and pulling to the backyard. I get a shove from the garage and start dig a hole to put Kristina in. Once I was done with the hole I carefully put her in the hole and started burying her. It's been a couple of day since Avie left, she hasn't came back. She's probably dead. I grab my gear and go to the door. I say my goodbyes to Kristina and leave the house.
I been traveling for who knows how long and who knows where. Last time I checked I was in Griffin, who knows if I still am. I've only seen one person and he tried to rape me so I killed him but I really don't want to go into that. I was in the woods just going anywhere where there is no infected. I've been seeing Kristina ghost, she's been following. She doesn't say anything. I was really scary when she first appeared but since then I've gotten use to it. But ever since yesterday, I haven't seen her anywhere. I heard a twig snap from behind me and quickly turn around a see 10 infected coming towards. I grab my gun and shot four of the infected in the head, I tried shooting the others one but I run out of bullets. Shit. I put my gun in my holster and start running. I could take four but six no way. I looked behind me while I was still running, they were far behind me but suddenly, I run into someone or thing. I looked to see who it was and I was face-to-face with a boy, he was wearing a sheriff's hat, he had brown shaggy hair that almost covered his eyes.
I have to admit he's pretty cute.

And that's what happen. So did you like it? I got the idea after watching Fear The Walking Dead. So I will be putting this story on hold until season 6 comes out. So I'll see you when until season 6! ~ Poppy