'Day one'

[Chattanooga, Evening]

'2012'

'He's Drunk again it's time to fight! She must've done something wrong tonight!'

The punching bag recoiled from the teenagers punch.

'The living room becomes a boxing ring! It's time to run when you see him clenching his hand!'

Her roundhouse found purchase on the bag.

'She's just a woman!'

Landing in her stance the girl then ducked and weaved into a right hook on the bag's side.

'I hear her scream from down the hall! amazing she can even talk at all!'

The girl pulled on the bar grunting with effort as she did pull ups at a good pace.

'Just tell the nurse you slipped and fell! It starts sting as it starts to swell!'

"Good job! Keep going!" A trainer coached enthusiastically as the girl did sit-ups.

A few hours had passed and the girl was walking home from the gym she noticed it was pretty dead outside tonight hell it was dead in the gym.

The teenager pulled her phone out, and she nearly stopped walking eight missed calls from home?

Immediately she dialed back putting the phone to her ear quickly as she started briskly walking two rings, and then she heard someone pick up.

"Mandy! Are you ok?! Where are you!?" An older man's voice came over the speaker.

"Whoa.. I'm on my way back from the gym." Amanda answered plainly. "What's wrong?" The girl asked as she walked quicker.

"Dana was acting weird but now she's bit me.. Badly. I got her into our room and called the police." The older man explained.

"Holy shit. I'm hurrying!" Amanda said hanging up and bursting into a sprint down the sidewalk.

As she rounded the corner she saw the first person out tonight since she got out from her workout causing her to skid to a stop before she ran into him.

"Whoa! Shit.. Sorry.." Amanda said catching her breath as the man turned around his entrails hanging from his stomach the flesh obviously ripped not sliced. "What the fuck!" Amanda shouted as she fell backwards a few feet. "What the fuck are you!?" Amanda screamed crawling backwards.

The person started staggering towards her closing the distance roaring inhumanly as it did.

Amanda hit her back into a stop light post pulling herself up to her feet Amanda put her hands up with them open in surrender backing up she heard growling behind her she turned to see another one with blood all over its mouth and shirt Amanda knew she needed to get home.

"Get away from me!" Amanda threatened weakly not deterring them at all.

Her phone rang again she already knew who it was and thinking of them gave her motivation to get home. To help them.

Amanda stopped backing away. "Get the fuck out of my way!" Amanda shouted stronger than before deterring them no more than last time.

Amanda put her right foot back to have a wide base for the attack that was incoming and it came. The person lunged at her with all its weight.

Amanda stepped to the side putting her right leg in its path tripping and sending it tumbling the next one came at her as well. With more confidence Amanda didn't even wait for it to lunge she performed a crescent kick to the side of its knee with a sickening snap the person fell Amanda took the chance to run home she burst up the stairs to the top floor apartment Amanda knocked rapidly on the door not letting up but no one ever came.

"Mandy.. Unlocked.." Amanda heard come weakly from the other side of the door.

Amanda burst through the door closing it behind her she turned to see her uncle sitting on the couch splayed out.

"Mandy.. I don't feel well.." Thomas said weakly.

"What medicine do you need? I'll go get it." Amanda said getting up and running to the bathroom where the medicine cabinet was.

"Mandy.." Thomas said sadly.

Amanda came running back out. "Ok I got what I thought might help!" Amanda said worry laced through her voice.

"Amanda!" Thomas tried to shout.

Amanda stopped what she was doing. "What?.. I'm trying to help..." Amanda said getting on her knees to be closer to her uncle.

"I know.. I know..." Thomas said somberly.

A knock on the door jerked Amanda up to her feet.

"Police open up." Amanda heard someone say from the other side.

"You.. Or them..." Thomas said seriously before he seemed to pass out.

Amanda heard the words her uncle gave then unlocked and opened the door the police bursting in wearing riot gear.

"He's bit sir." One of the two said.

"Take Care if it.." the lead officer said.

"Take care?.. You can heal ..." Amanda trailed off as she saw the grunt aim his rifle at her Uncle. "No!" Amanda screamed trying to run to his aid.

"Stay back miss!" The lead said wrapping an arm around her.

The grunt obviously was hesitant about this his gun shook in his hands.

"Do your job." The lead said authoritatively.

"No please! Don't!" Amanda pleaded in a panicked voice seeing his shaky gun she calmed down and stopped struggling.

"Now." The lead said authoritatively once again.

Amanda saw the gun stop shaking and guessed he had made up his mind Amanda gasped as he pointed the rifle again with new resolve she grabbed a finger of the hand around her and pulled all the way back a crack resounding through the environment and as he lowered his head in pain Amanda swung her head back into his helmet causing a pain to spread into the back of her head but it stunned the lead enough for Amanda to break free immediately she turned and kicked in the lead's knee making cry in pain as he fell to the floor holding his now wrong turned knee the grunt now pointed his gun at her.

"You're under .. Arrest!" The grunt announced with a shaky voice Amanda out her hands up.

"Destroy its brain, so we can find the woman and leave!" The lead said from the ground still in immense pain.

The grunt held his gun on her deeming her a threat now, but he flinched the gun back to the man on the couch as he grabbed his leg, Amanda took her opening as soon as the gun was being turned away she lunged forward left hand going for the gun the right hand going for the helmet shots were fired as she pushed the gun away the grunt got his face shield pushed up but not removed the two wrestled for the gun for a short time before Amanda was thrown into the wall.

"Not again!" The grunt said with a warning in his voice before turning to check on his superior and do his job.

Amanda crawled quickly into the kitchen grabbing a knife and running back into the hall the grunt standing putting his magazine back in the gun. "Musta fell out.." the grunt said to himself.

Amanda saw her chance and took it.

"Me or them."