"And Alex completely leveled him. You should have seen it, Adam."

Adam glanced at Alex, then back to Dan. "Sounded pretty sweet." He spoke, quietly. His voice seemed far off, his eyes off staring into the half risen moon.

"I didn't really want to do it, though. But now I suppose it's okay. I didn't know the person, anyways." Alex said, trying to get some of the pressure off of himself. "… but it was pretty cool."

All four of the other friends looked to Adam, who was now staring at the grass before him. Blinking once, he twisted his head to look at his house again. No one really knew what was wrong- but Tom.

"What did you find in your house?" he broke the awkward silence.

Adam looked over to Tom, the fog leaving his eyes. He didn't say anything, yet everyone realized what he meant.

"Sorry," Tom spoke again, the words hitting Adam instantly, sending memory flooding through his head. He shut his eyes tightly and forced it out of his head.

"Yeah, it's alright."

"Alright,"

Every one knew those where some of the coldest words spoken that night, but it wasn't intentional. Those where the only words anyone could think of to say, and they worked just as well.

"Has anyone told Andy what we're planning to do?"

Andy was the same age as the rest of them, and they were all good friends. His long hair covering most of his eyes, and shorter stature made him look up towards everyone whenever they talked. Despite that he was probably the strongest of anyone there, rivaling Dan, who was pretty tall and Alex, who was now about and inch shorter then Adam, and could run forever.

"Sort of." And said, "but I still don't know what the hell is going on. What are you guys talking about?" Andy had yet to see an 'infected', and by now was getting confused and annoyed.

"You've played Resident evil, right?" Dan said, "This is it."

Andy looked at Dan hard for a moment. "You're retarded. I'm tired, and I still have to do my homework." He glanced at everyone in the group, and then back at Dan.

"Dude, we're not lying. It's happening. I swear to God."

Andy looked at Adam. "Are you serious?"

Adam stared back. "Yes."

"Are you serious?" at this the two kids laughed at their little joke. Last year they agreed that you cannot lie twice on the same question, no matter what. It was just impossible.

"Yeah, Andy, we're serious." Even though they had an agreement on the second question pact, Andy was still suspicious. "Alex, is that zombie still there, the one you just killed?"

Alex glanced behind them, back towards the cul de sac, and answered: "I hope so." At that all five of the now nomads set off to find the body. Once they got over the little hill, they were able to see the street, and sure enough, the slumped figure, lying in the street remained, undisturbed.

"There, Andy, is your proof." Dan directed Andy's attention to the body, a broken man. They all walked up to it, and circled around a few times. Andy was awestruck.

"Is he dead?" Andy's voice cracked, his eyes wide enough to deflect as much light as the moon.

"Yup." Alex spoke, looking down on the eater of the living, with a small grin covering his face.

Andy started walking back to the basketball court, atop the hill, and everyone followed him. Once they had all gathered around a good sized rock, they began talking, figuring out what they intended to do.

"Adam said we were going downtown, maybe, and get to the police station." Tom said, "Maybe they don't know what is happening yet."

"But suppose this is going on everywhere…" Dan interjected, "then the highway might not be too safe. Plus, there's the big river downtown. Wet places always seemed to spawn bad stuff in the games."

Adam laughed, "That's a little abstract, but I see what you mean, Dan. And that's a good point. But the police would probably be able to handle it. I'm sure they're not as dumb as the police in the games, right?" from what everyone else could tell, he was feeling better now. As the tension faded, all five friends were able to feel a little more comfortable and concentrate on their predicament.

"Yeah, agreed," Alex said, while Dan took a seat on the grass where he was standing, "I would think we'd be safer with other people, especially with bunches of armed police, who could easily call for backup if they needed it."

"Wait, wait up now." Tom picked the opportunity to speak, "the cops could probably handle a moderate size of these, freaks… but remember it's Downtown Chaska. There are a lot of people who live down there. And a lot of people live along the river, and every one of them is a potential… zombie." Everyone was still a little uneasy about using the term 'zombie', as it was ridiculous that they could be real- yet everyone that had played the game knew they weren't real zombies, just diseased people. Who wanted their flesh.

"That's a really good point." Alex defended Tom, while they all still wanted to go downtown, even if they wouldn't yet just say so. "There are a ton of people who live down there. Plus, that place is creepy even in daylight, even when there aren't zombies. Being stuck down there would be bad, since there aren't many ways out of that part of town. You could go into the farmland, into the thick woods, or back up here."

Every one stood, silent, reviewing the facts, and creating different possibilities in their mind. At one point Andy laughed to himself, getting Adam to laugh at the randomness of it, and soon they were all laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"Hm? Oh, Heh, nothing…" Andy smiled and stared into the night sky. The moon was almost at peak, and shone brightly, as no clouds stood in its view to earth.

So for a few golden minutes, the friends sat in the grass, saying nothing, just enjoying each others company. They knew that now everything was going to be different. They were not going to wake up in their beds tomorrow and head out to school. They might not do that for a long time. Maybe not ever again. But for now, they sat.

Hey, sorry I haven't updated it for a while. I started taking my aderall again, so I was a little messed up for a while. But I think im used to it now, so I'll write some more stuff. Plus, I got 'Freedom Fighters', quite possibly the greatest game ever made (except 12 player halo 1 or 2), and I'm motivated to write more. Alright, later.