It was a long day of work for Nikki. She just wanted to come home from work and sleep. "God, what a long day… I need some coffee." She rolled herself to the side of the bed, sliding her legs to the edge, then putting her feet firmly on the floor. She grabbed her hair tie and tied her red hair up into a bun.

She called for Zach, her boyfriend, "Zach!" He came scrambling in, "Get me some coffee, okay sweetie?" Zach turned away and mumbled under his breath. Nikki looked at the time, 4:00 at night. I need coffee at 4:00 at night? She thought. She stood, walking to the kitchen. She can see that Zach is almost falling asleep at the coffee machine.

"Zach, I'll get it. You go back to sleep. You need rest. Sorry for bothering you hun." And with that, Zach turned, gave Nikki a kiss, and walked to his bed. Nikki grabbed the mug, poured coffee inside, and poured a tiny bit of milk in.

Nick, Zach's older brother, turned on the news. Nikki came in with her fresh mug of coffee. She sat down; the news people were talking…

"Well Janet, it seems that there are some cannibalistic murderous creatures in the west. They can not be explained. But they can be described. They look like decaying people. They look like monsters. Well, if you've seen those zombie movies, they look like that." The TV news caster man said.

Nikki worried about her hometown.

Nick turned off the TV. "Don't worry, they won't come up here. Nothing really happens here like that." Nikki had an uneasy feeling that tomorrow won't be an ordinary day. Nick got out the three guns that were conveniently stored in one of his room mates rooms. He stacked them in the hallway. Nikki ignored the fact that Nick is putting guns in the hallway and went to bed.

The next morning Nikki woke up to the pounding on their front door. Nikki looked through the peep hole. It looked like Andy, one of the room mates. But his face was decaying and part of his chin was missing. She locked the door.

She grabbed the guns and screamed, "Nick! Zach! We have a problem!"

They came in, and Nikki threw a gun at each of them. "Make sure they are loaded. Andy's at the front door…"

"Well let him in!" Zach said heading towards the door. Nikki blocked him, "look through the peep hole first."

Zach rolled his eyes and lifted an eyebrow, "Um… okay." So he looked and saw that Andy was a decaying mess, "Gross."

Nick pushed Zach away from the door and looked through the peep hole. He cursed at the decaying Andy. The decaying Andy made a grunting noise. Nick told everyone to stand back and get ready. He unlocked the door, Nikki and Zach aimed their guns. Nick opened the door and Decaying Andy nearly attacked Nick. Zach put his finger on the trigger, "Sorry man…" Zach pulled the trigger and shot Andy in the head. Andy the Zombie fell to the floor.

Nick pushed the dead body out the door, he shut the door and locked it. "Let's border up all the windows." Zach grabbed the kitchen table, "This could block the kitchen windows and door." Nick nodded and handed him a hammer and nails, which came out of thin air.

Nikki closed the curtains and nailed boards to the windows in the living room. "I think we're all set. There are no more windows to board up."

Nick nodded, "Now all we have to do is protect ourselves, and make sure we have enough food and water."

Zach picked up his cell phone, "Guys, we got to make sure Mom, Dad, Abigail, and Jake are okay." Abigail and Jake are his other siblings.

Nick nodded, "Make sure they made it to somewhere safe."

Zach dialed his father's cell phone, "it's ringing." It took one more ring until someone picked up, "hello?"

Zach sighed, "hey dad! You guys okay?"

"Hey! Yeah we're fine. Your sister your mother and your brother all made it to the base safely. We're surrounded by guards who will protect us. You guys should come. Your mother is worried about you."

"Okay dad, we'll try. If not, we'll stay here." Zach hung up the phone, "What are we going to do? Go to the base to be with our family? Or stay here?"

Nick grabbed a jacket, "We're going to the base."

How'd I do for my first Dawn of the Dead fic? Please reveiw!