Chapter 8: Dead man walking

Washington Police Department, 3:30

The sound of gunfire filled the air as the Washington police and the small military unit sent to Washington practiced shooting targets, despite Leon telling them to aim for the head, most of the shots landed in the chest area. Leon and General Rodgers watched from the back, their ears were plugged to avoid the deafening noise. General Rodgers tapped on Leon's shoulder and gestured to follow him, they went into a back room and Rodgers shut the door behind Leon.

"Let me ask you something if I may, ." General Rodgers said pulling out the ear plugs.

"What is it?" Leon asked pulling his own earplugs out. A look of worry then spread across General Rodger's aged face,

"What exactly is a bio weapon?"

"Basically it is a living weapon as Bio means life, many of the bio weapons created by Umbrella were formerly human."

"Dear God."

"Many of them were sold onto the black market to the highest bidder."

"What are the chances Manny Wilkinson has obtained one through the black market?" Rodgers asked running a hand through his silver hair.

"I can't really say, but it is probably likely that he got it through some way with his connections." General Rodgers sighed, he started to walk away but not before turning to Leon and saying in a grim tone,

"I hope we will be able to stop whatever is coming, not just for the President's sake but for the whole country." Leon couldn't agree more as he followed the general back to the shooting range.

East Potomac Park

"That movie was so awesome! I can't wait to see the sequel" Jack said excitedly as he and his two friends, Joey and Lauren walked through the park, the three teens had decided to skip school to go see the new movie RISE OF THE DEAD.

"You boys and your monster movies." Lauren said rolling her eyes as she put her long brown hair in a pony tail. Suddenly they stopped as they saw someone ahead of them, it was a man, he was shuffling around moaning loudly.

"Hey check it out that guy saw the movie too and thinks he is a zombie!" Jack laughed as he approached the man from behind. Joey quietly pulled out his camera and started filming as Jack shot a spitball at the back of the man's head. Stopping, the man slowly turned around and to Joey and Lauren's horror, the man's shirt and hands were covered in blood. The man then grabbed Jack and sank his teeth into his neck making Jack scream a bloody scream.

"Get him off!" Joey quickly took off his book bag which was full of his books and threw it at the man, it caught him and Jack and both fell to the ground in a bloody heap. Joey ran over and checked Jack's pulse but it was too late. As Joey was about to leave, Jack's eyes shot open and he grabbed Joey's leg and bit him. The man who had killed Joey got to his feet and sank his bloody teeth into Joey, Lauren screamed and rushed away from the bloody scene as fast as she could.

Downtown Washington

Manny smiled as he looked around and saw hundreds of dead bodies lying on the street, all thanks to the T-Virus. He was wearing a gas mask so he was perfectly safe, all it took was about fifteen to twenty minutes and they dropped like flies. The downtown area wasn't the only area he had done though, he decided to give a few of the graveyards a try as well.

"It will only be a matter of time before these folks wake up again, I'm sure they'll have quite an appetite when they do." Manny thought to himself as he made his way out of the area.

Author's notes: Well there ya go...the first of many zombie filled chapters to come, will the US military and Police be able to contain the soon to be undead masses? Where will the undead strike first? Stay tuned...*evil laugh*

PS...John was the zombie that killed the two teenagers...just so you know...