State Of Decay
Chapter 1: Vacation
"Holy shit man! Holy shit!" Ed shouted as he was surrounded by five people. They were dead and starting to rot, their eyes glowed and their clothes were torn. Marcus grabbed a tree branch laying on the ground and started hitting the people, he knocked one down and walked up and bashed it's head in with the branch. He and Ed then took care of the rest, Ed who was nimble and had quick reflexes dodged the attacks and pushed the people from behind l, he then bashed their heads in one by one while Marcus, who was a strong muscular man, used brute force on them. When the attackers were dead Marcus looked at Ed, who looked shaken up. "Are you ok?" He asked Ed. "One of those psychos tried to bit me, but yeah I'm fine." Ed replied. "We can't just stay here in the open that's for damn sure." Marcus told Ed. "Ranger station?" Ed asked. "Ranger station, maybe they can tell is what's going on." Marcus replied. "We been gone two weeks and what everybody takes up cannibalism?" Ed asked in a scared tone. "Beats me." Marcus replied. Marcus was scared but kept his composure, he didn't want Ed to know he was scared too. He knew someone had to be strong if they were going to make it out if here. Marcus had good leadership skills, he and Ed worked at the same bank together where Marcus was a bank clerk and Ed was an accountant. Marcus was close to getting the manager's position because of his leadership trai. He knew that a good leader must be strong and composed.
Marcus and Ed walked up the trail, they came across more people, they were rotting as well. "Hold up." Marcus said crouching down. "Shit these guys look messed up too." Ed told Marcus. "Yeah, stay low and keep quiet. Maybe we can get past them without being seen." Marcus replied. They crept through the bushes slowly and quietly past the cannibals, they had almost made it past them when Ed stepped on a twig. The twig broke which alerted the cannibals, they ran towards Marcus and Ed. "Listen asshole! We don't want no trouble!" Ed shouted. His words didn't affect the people, who were now running towards the pair. Marcus swung his branch at one of them bashing their head in, Ed swept one of their legs and got on top of him. Ed bashed the cannibal's head against a stump killing him, he and Marcus went to work on the other two. Marcus picked one up to do a suplex, he then threw the cannibal down hitting his head on the ground hard. When the psychopaths were taken care of the two men ran up to the ranger station.
The parking lot of the ranger station was empty, no cars were in sight and bodies lay scattered all over the area. Marcus gagged at the smell of rotting flesh, Ed smelled it too. They walked through the parking lot and up the ramp, they stopped when they heard a voice talking. "Help me move this stuff against the wall, we gotta make space for the wounded. Wendell check around for medical supplies, we're gonna need em." The voice said. Marcus opened and door and walked in, Ed followed behind him. There were four people inside, one was an older man who looked to be in his late forties, the other three were in their thirties. Two of the survivors were hurt, one man and one woman. Marcus looked at the older man, the older man looked back at Marcus with welcoming eyes. "Welcome to our base, nice to see that there's people up here that survived." The man told Marcus. "Yeah, barely. I'm Marcus and this is Ed." Marcus replied. "Thomas Ritter, nice to meet you boys." Thomas said shaking Marcus' hand. "Can anybody tell me what the hell is going on?" Marcus asked. "What's going on is there's more up here than I expected, we need to sweep the rest of the cabins for survivors." Thomas replied. "Don't worry we'll do it." Marcus told Thomas. "We will!?" Ed asked in a scared and confused tone. "Thanks boys, there's a water tower just outside, might do some good to climb up there and have a look around first." Thomas told the boys. He pointed at a small silver locker sitting against the wall. "We got some supplies in that locker over there, take what you need and stay safe out there." Thomas told Marcus. Marcus walked to the locker, he found a bottle of ibuprofen and a bag of chips. He put the medicine and chips in his backpack and grabbed a 2x4 that laid in the locker, he stood up and looked at Ed. "Let's get moving." He told his friend.
The two men walked outside, Marcus looked the water tower and started walking towards it. "You know what worries me? They're setting up an infirmary in there. Like why aren't they sending those people to a hospital or something?" Ed asked. "I don't know man, this doesn't make sense." Marcus replied. "No kidding. What next razor wire and guard towers?" Ed asked. "That's not a bad idea actually." Marcus replied in an interested tone. "We need to make things safer around here." Marcus said as he approached the guard tower. He started climbing the guard tower, Ed followed behind him. Marcus climbed to the top and looked around, he surveyed the area and found the cabins, along with some campsites and an industrial supply store. "Okay that's about all there is to see." Marcus said before sliding down the ladders. They started walking to the campsites, Marcus approached one and walked in the tent. He knelt down at a large backpack and fumbled around in it, he found a .22 revelver and 12 bullets. Marcus emptied the contents of his small backpack into the large one and put it on his back, Ed looked at him. "What the hell? We're just gonna go looting now?" Ed asked Marcus. "Whoever used this stuff don't need it anymore, from the looks of things there's not many survivors up here." Marcus replied.