Chapter 2- Dawn of the Madness

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It's everywhere… Everything and everyone who gets in it's way… It attacks anything that gets in the way… The city is lost… There is going to be nothing left in the city for us… People who are listening to the radi… Please get to safety… There is nothing in this city for us… Please… Get to safet…

It was late at night when this radio broadcast was on. The group, who had a long and weird day, was busy sleeping expect one person.

"What the hell is that person talking about? What thing? Is this a joke or something? What does he mean by there is nothing left in the city for us?" said Daniel, who woke up from a nightmare. "Is that even possible? In less than one day everything in the city is gone. I don't even like this joke, if it is a joke…."

Am I suppose to believe this or what? I mean after what we saw today at the bridge, it's not impossible….. Omg, I don't know what I am suppose to do. Should I tell the others about this? Oh Lord, please tell me what I am suppose to do.

"Whatever, I'm probably sure it is not a big deal. Let's just sleep," said Daniel as he turned off the radio to sleep. Daniel fell asleep few minutes later after turning off the radio and heard the weird news.

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I wonder what time it is. I should get up and wake everyone else up. It's probably around 6 like always.

Paul woke up and looked at the time.

5:30. It's a little earlier than usual, but I guess it doesn't make that much of a difference. I will just wash up and wake them up.

He went into the bathroom with his shirts and started washing himself up. Right after he went inside, he came complaining. "What the hell is wrong with the water? It's not water that is coming out but mud! How in the world am I suppose to wash up with mud?"

"What the hell is going on there Paul?" shouted Sam, who woke up from all the complaining. "It's not even 6:30 in the morning! Why do you have to be so loud?"

"It's the water, man. I'm sorry I was loud and everything, but mud is coming out instead of water. Don't you think this is weird?" Paul told Sam, as he wipped the remaining mud off his face.

"What the hell are you talking about? Why would mud come out instead of water? Stop joking around so early in the morning," said Sam, as he walked towards bathroom. He went inside and turned on the water. "What the hell is going on! It's really mud that is coming out! Paul, go and find out what the problem is. Oh, and go wake up the others as well."

"Yeah, I will go wake them up. Try not to get mud all over the place," said Paul as he went to the other rooms to wake up the others. "Everyone! Get up right now! We have some trouble with the bathroom."

"What the hell are you talking about? Why would there be trouble with the bathroom that was working fine last night?" asked Eddie.

"I don't know what happened, but it's true. Instead of water, mud is coming out. I was trying to wash up, but I had to stop because mud came out," answered Paul.

"Haha, good joke. How can the water that was coming out fine last night be coming out as mud? asked Peter.

"It's not a joke. If you wanna check it out yourself then go to the bathroom and look for yourself," answered Paul. "I gotta go and and find out what the hell the problem is."

I should hurry up and find out what the problem is. Everyone needs to wash up, so we could finish the tour of the bridge that we couldn't finish yesterday.

Paul went out of the house the group was staying and walked towards the bathroom area. He searched around the bathroom for any broken water pipes.

What the hell. There is no broken water pipes around the bathroom or the house. What could be the problem then? Did the water that is suppose to come from the city to us turn into mud? Ha. What am I thinking? That is not even possible… unless something is going on out there… I guess I should go search the internet for the answer.

"Did you find out what the problem was, Paul?" asked Sam as Paul walked into the house.

"Nope, nothing so far. I am thinking of searching for the answer on the internet. There could be something on the news or something."

"Ok, just hurry up and go find out what the problem is."

"Ok, ok. I get it."

As soon as the conversation was over, Paul walked into his room and turned his laptop on. When it was on, he looked up on the internet about any water break downs in San Fransico. While searching things up on the internet, he found out something weird had happened down at the Golden Gate Bridge.

I wonder what the hell is going on down there. I should tell Sam and the others about this.

"Hey, Sam! Come and look at this!" said Paul across the house

"What is it? Did you find anything that could help with the water problem?"

"Not really, but I think this could kinda let us know where the cause might be."

Sam ran to Paul's room looking curious of where and what the cause of this problem could be.

"So, this is what I found so far from the internet that might help us," Paul told Sam as he pointed to the news report that he earlier.

"So, something weird had happened down at the Golden Gate Bridge, and it might be the cause of the water problem we are having right now... It doesn't make perfect sense, but there is a chance that this problem might be related to this."

"Do you think we should go down there and check it out? I mean, this could also be related to the accident and the dead body we saw yesterday at the bridge..."

"Yeah that could be... Let everyone know that we are all going down to the bridge right now to figure out what the problem is."

"Ok. Get the car ready, and I will be outside with everyone in 5 minutes."

If this actually has a relationship with the accident that happened yesterday and the weird thing that happened at the bridge... I think we should be careful about this.

"EVERYONE! COME OUTSIDE NOW! WE ARE LEAVING FOR THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING!" shouted Paul.

"I don't think all of us need to go to the bridge just to figure out what is wrong with the water," said Eddie.

"Yeah, I think that too, but I kinda have a bad feeling about this. I'm probably sure that all of us going will be better than us being separated from each other in case anything happens," said Paul.

"Ok, I think all of need to get ready. Give us like 3 minutes," said Andrew.

"Alright, I will be outside with Sam in the car waiting," said Paul. He walked out of the house and headed towards the car where Sam was waiting. Paul got into the driver's seat and started the car. "You think we are gonna find anything useful down there?"

"I'm not sure, but I think we might be able to find "something" out there that we are still unaware of," answered Sam.

"I hope so, too."

I hope that the dead body we saw yesterday is not related to this. That body was…..man I don't know how I should describe it. I just hope this is just a small problem that we could solve quickly…..

"Everyone is ready," said Peter as he got on the back seat.

"I heard we're going down to the Golden Gate Bridge again. Man, I hope I don't see the kind of body we saw yesterday again. I had nightmares," said Philip.

"Everyone, this is not going to be a big problem. Let's just pray that it will be solved quickly and easily, so we could continue our vacation," Sam told everyone.

When everyone got in the car, Paul drove the car down to the bridge. When they got there, they saw some weird things that had happened last night. Some of the stores and houses were damaged and raided. Some houses were on fire. This was not on the news that they saw this morning on the computer.

What the hell is going on here? Did a riot happen during the night? Probably not….. maybe a gas explosion? I just can't put all the pieces together to get the answer to what really happened.

"Dang, it's a mess here. What do think happened here?" asked Daniel, who was looking out the window at the view.

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Wow, it's a total mess out here. What could have happened?...wait, can this be related to what I heard on the radio last night?

"Ummmm, guys. I think I should tell you guys something. I didn't think it would be necessary to tell you guys, but I heard something on the radio last night. The reporter was saying something about something being everywhere and nothing left in the city for us anymore. I can't think of what the man exactly said, but I think this could help," Daniel told the group.

"And why didn't you tell us this earlier?" asked Andrew.

"Like I said, I didn't think it was necessary," Daniel answered.

"Well, thanks for telling us now. It's not too late to search and see what happened here," said Sam. "We should get out of the car and search for anything that would be useful to us, quickly."

"Got ya. We'll do that right now," said Peter as he got off the car.

I hope this doesn't turn into a disaster. It's a fucken vacation we are on…

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"Kenny, you think all the problems are related to what Daniel heard on the radio yesterday? The water problem, the dead body, and this mess," Sam asked.

"I'm not sure, but it's not impossible…. I just hope this has nothing to do with the dead body because that didn't look pleasing," answered Kenny.

"Yeah I hope so."

The group had separated into three different teams: Sam, Kenny, and Philip in team 1, Paul, Peter, and Andrew in team 2, and Eddie and Daniel in team 3.

"Did you find anything useful Sam?" Paul asked through the walkie-talkie he had given to each team.

"Nope nothing so far, but I could see that some of the houses and stores are vacated," Sam answered to the walkie-talkie.

"Yeah, the place I am at is like that too, but I also see….. dead bodies. They're kinda like the one we saw yesterday at the bridge, but it was killed not long ago."

Dead bodies similar to the ones we saw yesterday…. What could this mean? At least I know that that body is related to whatever happened here.

"Ok, thanks for the info. I will try to find something that could help us," said Sam.

"Kenny, you heard that right. I don't want to believe it, but I think that dead body is related to this mess."

"HEY SAM! COME OVER HERE! YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!" shouted Philip from a nearby house.

Sam and Kenny walked over to the backyard of the house Philip shouted from and saw the same thing Paul saw, dead bodies. They were not pleasing to look at even for a second. There were total of 3 bodies lying on the ground. One had one of its legs torn off and also its guts falling out. The second one had its body ripped in half, revealing everything inside. The third one was the worst one out of the three. It had one of each arms and legs ripped off and its body had bite marks everywhere. The group couldn't stand to see the body any longer and ran out of the house.

"Just what the hell is wrong with killer? That is just cruel," said Philip.

"Yes, it was a very cruel death but all the bodies had something in common. They all had bite marks. The marks were literally everywhere on the body. It's kinda like the one we saw yesterday. Actually almost the same type of death," said Kenny, " before the officer put the body inside the car, I went up and saw the body like the ones we just saw."

"ARE YOU GUYS THERE? THIS IS AN EMERGECY! GET TO THE CAR WE DROVE HERE RIGHT NOW!" Paul shouted through the walkie-talkie.

"What's going on there?" asked Eddie. "Did something happen?"

"I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING WHEN WE ARE ALL TOGETHER! JUST DON'T GET BITTEN BY THE THINGS THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON! NOW MOVE!" Paul shouted back.

What is going on? I hope nothing happened to the other team.

"Kenny, Philip, let's move. I have a bad feeling about this now. Remember what Paul said: Do Not Get Bitten by Anything ThatDoesn't Look like a Normal Person," said Sam as he started to run for the car.

"Ok," said Kenny and Philip in union.

About 10 minutes pasted since started running when they saw the other teams discussing what had happened next to the car. Their faces didn't look so well, it looked like they saw something that they shouldn't have.

"What is going on Paul? What happened to your team?" asked Sam as he got closer to the group.

"It's hard and long to explain the whole thing with the time we have right now. Get in the car, I will tell you what happened briefly on our way back to the house," Paul answered.

After Paul said that, everyone got into the car and Paul started telling the group what had happened to his team.

"It was something people thought that couldn't happen, well at least I did. We saw a man that was walking around the same street that we were on. He seemed clueless on what had happened to this part of the city. He walked around and kicked a can that made a huge sound. Then the unexpected happened. A dead body came walking towards the man. The man looked shocked at what he was seeing, a dead body walking towards him. The man just stood there and watched the body walk towards him, which was his mistake. When the body got near the man, it lunged at the man and bit him. The man yelled in agony and in shock since he didn't expect the body to come and bite him. The man tried to push the body away from him, but before he could do that, I saw more dead bodies walk towards him. He was nearly eaten alive until….. He turned into a soulless body just like the ones that attacked him. This is why I told you guys not to get bitten by them," said Paul.

"That is…. scary," Philip commented.

"So, now we all know that all of the problems we faced are related to that dead body we saw yesterday. We should go back to our house quickly and think about what we will do from here," said Sam.

"Man, I wish it's only that city with dead bodies walking around attacking people. It's not going to be pleasant to find those bodies in other place. It would also be easier to get rid of them if they are in one place," said Kenny.

"Well, we what we know so far about those dead bodies are that they are attracted by loud sound and if you get bitten by one of them, you turn into one of them as well," said Paul as he parked the car next to the house.

"Everybody get in the house quickly. We have to move out of here as soon as possible," Eddie told the group as walked into the house.

"Go on in and pack everything that will help us on our way back. Sam and I will go to the gas station and fill the car with gas and come back for you guys," said Paul through the opened window of the car.

"Alright, we'll call you when we are done packing and ready to go," said Andrew as he closed the door.

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"Do you think this will become a huge problem in our life, or it will be solved quickly?" Paul asked Sam.

"I don't know for sure, but I wish it will be solved before it becomes too big for anyone to solve it," Sam answered back.

I hope it doesn't get too big for anyone to solve just like Sam said….. I should just think right now about getting them out of here as soon as possible without running into any trouble.

"Yeah, I hope so, too."

The rest of the way to the gas station was silent. Both of them were thinking of any ways for the group to get out of the city without having to face those dead bodies and getting hard, or even worst, turning into one of them.

"Sam, I think we should come up with a name for these dead bodies. It will be better for us to name them then calling and shouting dead bodies in a serious and life or death situation."

"That's a good idea. What should we call them?"

"I'm not sure….. how about just undead?"

"That's not a bad name, but I don't think that is good enough. Undead is too freaky. I think we should give them a name that is not too freaky but not so funny."

"Alright, then do you have any idea for a good name?"

"Since they don't run or jump but walk, why don't we call them walkers?"

"Walker. It's not a bad name for them. Ok, we shall call those undead walkers from now on."

Now walkers are in San Francisco. What should we do?

"What should we do in case we run into any of those walkers?" Paul asked on their way back from the gas station.

"In that case, we should be ready to fight them. After all of the others are done packing, we should go find any kind of weapon we could find outside."

"Ok."

When they got to the house, all the others were already outside with their stuffs packed and ready to go.

"We're all ready to go Paul," said Eddie as he walked towards the door of the car.

"Ok that's good but before we go anywhere, Sam and I need to go inside to find any sort of weapon we could use to fight those walkers in case we encounter them," said Paul. "We'll be back in 5 minutes, so you guys go inside the car and wait for us."

Paul and Sam got out of the car and went inside to find what they needed. After 5 minutes, they came out with the following items: 4 kitchen knives, 3 golf clubs, and 2 bats.

"I think this is going to be enough for us right now. Why don't we get the hell out of here?" said Peter.

"Calm the fuck down Peter. We need to get on first," said Sam as he got inside the car.

"Is everyone ready to go? Right now it doesn't matter about where people sit and the seat belts and things like that. Just get ready to jump out or something if anything happens," said Paul as he started the car and hit the road to get out of San Francisco.