Ah, home sweet home. Katt, Jason and I finally got out of that hellhole, and arrived back to our hometown of Snakeville. Before you think anything, no, we do not have a lot of snakes here. It's just a name. It's like saying Mantown only has men. Not that I've ever heard of a place called Mantown, but you get my point.
"Man, I need a shower." Jason groaned. "I smell like dead." He waved and headed home. Katt and I live a few blocks away from him, we lived under the same roof. Don't get any funny ideas, it's her uncle's home. My parents died some time ago, and they took me in. My mom and her uncle go way back apparently. So obviously, I'm going to walk her home. And so we had a pretty uneventful stroll, but it was getting awkward, so I tried to get a conversation going.
"So... Strange day huh?" What a stupid question. She must think I'm a total idiot, OF COURSE it was strange, we were hunted be freakin' zombies.
"Yeah. Should we tell anyone about this?" She looked to me for advice. I thought for a moment. It probably wouldn't be a good idea to let everyone know where we were, we'd be in deep trouble if anyone found out.
"Probably not. Just tell them... I dunno... We were playing... Until..." I looked at my watch. "One thirty in the morning... Oh man, we're in trouble." I frowned indignantly. Her uncle was very strict about Katt. He's going to yell at me for hours for this.
We reached the doorstep to our home, and walked in. There wasn't any noise, so I signaled for Katt to quietly head for her room. Her room is upstairs, and I just sleep in the lounge. She waved me good night and disappeared upstairs. Being as quiet as I could, I tried to sneak my way over to the sofa I slept on. The creaky floors didn't help much. I finally made it to the sofa, when a hand popped out behind me and grabbed my shoulder.
"Huh?" I jumped and turned around, expecting another zombie who wanted a piece of my tasty backside. Instead I faced Katt's uncle. "Oh, hi Aunt Alice." Auntie Alice's lived around here for sometime, and I've heard rumors that she was involved with the accident at Raccoon City in some way, but I don't believe it. Alice just seemed too... Alice.
"Don't you 'hi' me, Nick! It's one thirty! It's too dangerous to be out so late at night! Do you have any idea how much you made me worry? Don't you understand that out here..." Blah, blah, blah. She went on for a solid two hours. I wasn't really paying attention, but it went along the lines of 'I'll kick you out' and 'you can forget breakfast'. Meh, whatever. I needed a shower, I smell like shit. Alice can probably read minds, because she began to take in a good whiff of my odour.
"I know I smell bad, you don't have to rub it in." I said plainly. She wasn't taking my joke though, she was looking at me sternly.
"Did you go to Raccoon City?" I couldn't see my face, but I bet the look I had could win awards. How'd she work it out so easily? I wasn't going to lie, she might have heard it from someone.
"Yeah, I did. But only for awhile!"
"That's not the point! That place is dangerous!" Aunt Alice was almightily pissed off. She sighed and slumped onto the sofa. "Nick... Did you see anything... Strange out there?"
"Exactly what do you mean by strange?" I looked at him suspiciously. I didn't want to say zombies, he'd probably send me to a loony house.
"I mean... The living dead. Zombies." She looked at me seriously, so it wasn't just some joke she was playing on me.
"Well, yeah, I definitely saw that." I shrugged.
"Were you bitten?" Aunt Alice paused for a second. "Oh wait, if you were bitten, you'd have changed by now..." She looked at me seriously again. "Was Katt bitten?"
"No! I would never let one of those bastards hurt her!" It surprised her as to how emotional I was getting with that question. Heck, it surprised me too. "Ah, I mean, no."
Suddenly, a deafening bang shook the house. I fell over in the vibrations. Aunt Alice was still standing, and ran to the window and looked out.
"What the hell... That isn't Nemesis, but..." She looked at me. "Nick! Run upstairs, get Katt and get out of here!"
"Wha-?" I had no idea what was going on, but I did as I was told. I ran upstairs and threw the door to her room open. Where I saw her in the middle of getting changed. I never knew she had such a great body, but I turned away out of respect.
"Listen, we gotta get outta here. Get some clothes on and let's move." From the sound, she was still a little annoyed that I walked in on her. Jeez, it was an accident. "Okay I'm sorry! We gotta hurry though, you could be in danger!"
She finally finished getting ready, and just then, we heard gunshots and Alice yelling downstairs. I already thought something bad had happened, well, something bad enough for Alice to use her gun. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could, just in time to see Alice backed in a corner by what looked like a giant dead mound of meat. He... It, was wearing a big cloak that hid most of its body, and had a massive as hell axe in his hand. Something about him made me thing he could be dangerous, maybe just a tad bit. Soon I found out he wasn't just big, he was fast. He ran at Alice, and before I could even blink, he had swung his axe at Alice. She had nowhere left to run, and I was too far to do anything. Time almost seemed to slow down as I watched in horror. Alice's head was sliced clean off, blood spilling all over the place. Her head hit the floor with her thump, her body, which was still standing, soon followed it. The corner of the room was almost entirely red, and the giant was most likely covered in blood too, but I couldn't see. Not that it was the first thing on my mind. Katt behind me saw it happen, and screamed. If that big bastard didn't know we were there, it sure as hell knew now.
It turned around, and I saw its ugly mug for the first time. The thing had no eyes or nose; in fact, most of his face was made up of his massive mouth. That, and his massive, yellow teeth. I didn't have a lot of time to admire his beauty though, Katt was in distress, and in incredible danger with a thing like that around.
"Come on!" I grabbed her and ran outside. The giant snarled and ran after us. The town was in ruins, no sign of life visible anywhere. We were in deep shit if I couldn't think of anything. I looked around for something, anything. It wouldn't take the big freak that long to catch us if we didn't do something soon. Almost on cue though, I heard a car driving in our direction, and from the sound of the motor, it was the old shitbox belonging to Jason's dad. But I noticed that driving the car wasn't Jason's dad, but Jason himself. He pulled up next to us.
"Hurry up and get in!" He pointed at the back of the ute. I nodded and grabbed Katt before jumping into the back. Just as Jason was about to hit the accelerator, the giant had caught up, and used his amazing speed yet again. He grabbed the back of the ute and held it up, halting our movement entirely.
"Shit!" I pushed Katt behind me, standing between her and that thing. It didn't look like we'd be getting anywhere anytime soon. Finally, I worked out a plan. It wasn't the best plan, but it was all I had. "Jason, keep your foot on that accelerator!"
After taking a quick look at Katt, I dived forward and launched myself at the giant zombie. With my newfound strength, it wasn't too difficult to throw him off balance and force him to let go of the car. Jason and Katt zipped off into the distance, I could tell Jason was showing signs of wanting to stop for me, but he knew I didn't want that. Jason and I were good friends after all.
"You better keep Katt alive!" I yelled at him as they disappeared into the distance. I couldn't hear her, but Katt was obviously calling my name. But... This was for her own good. Just then I remembered that there was a giant monster thing behind me, and I turned around ready to face him, but he wasn't there.
"What the..." My eyes darted around, but saw nothing. He definitely didn't leave the area, I would've seen him. So most likely he's in one of these buildings. Funny, I can't see someone as big as that thing. Hrmm, I can't keep calling him thing. He's big, so I'll call him... Tower.
"Come on out, Tower..." I mumbled to myself. Surprisingly, he answered my call. But not how I had pictured it. I could hear him, but... I couldn't see him. Suddenly I felt a massive force strike me in the stomach, sending me flying. I crashed into a brick wall, right through it to be precise.
"Ugh, that's gonna leave a mark." I rubbed by back. Somehow, that thing was able to become invisible. And now, I was stuck in a town with him. I was screwed. Well, it could be worse. Like say, all the residents of the town are zombies or something. I heard a groan outside a nearby window, and peering out, I found that everyone was, in fact, zombies.
I'd swear that someone has something against me out there.
TO BE CONTINUED