Naomi opened her mouth to say something and Mara shushed her quickly.

"What is it?" Naomi asked.

"Look." Mara replied pointing to the street.

Where the happy kids were once roaming about there was now chaos. Blood and gore were everywhere. One woman had a kid about 13 by the throat and was gnawing-yes-gnawing on it. A car came down the street and the group of once humans was fast upon it. The driver swerved to get out of the way but it was no use, the once humans overtook it in seconds. The driver was pulled from the car and chewed to bits.

"Oh my-"Naomi started to say.

"Naomi get in the house right now!!" Mara said interrupting her and pushed her sister towards the door.

Mara followed closely behind Naomi shutting the door behind them and locking it. Arthur sat whining by the door.

"Be quiet Naomi we need to figure this thing out." Mara said heading to her room.

Promptly she came back with a load Glock .45 in her hand.

"Where did you get that?" Naomi exclaimed.

"I got it from a store. Where else would I get it?"

"You know what I mean."

"I got it when I bought the house. I know I have Arthur but nothing is better than good old home defense."

"Well it's going to come in handy now by the looks of it."

"I checked on the girls, they are still sleeping. We have to figure out what to do next." Mara peered out the window.

A lady running down the street was soon advanced by one of the 'Things' and brought down immediately.

"I'm going to call 911." Naomi said.

"Use the house phone it's on the charger." Mara replied not taking her eyes off the chaos outside.

Naomi dialed 911 and all she got was 'All operators are busy please try again later.'

"Nothing, I couldn't get ANYTHING! What is going on?" Naomi wailed.

"Naomi be quiet! We are safe as long as those things don't know where we are." Mara said.

Off to the left there was a person not spotted by the creatures picking up their phone and obviously dialing 911. They stopped and a blank look went over their face, they had become one of them.

"Naomi, it's the cell phones. Something is coming through the cell phones, but not the landlines. You weren't affected by the landline when you called the police." Mara said.

"Why do you say that?" Naomi asked.

"Because I just saw someone use their cell phone and they became one of them."

"We have to call mom and dad."

"Use the landline."

Naomi dialed their mom and dad's number. To their relief they got an answer.

"Hello?"

"Mom, do you see what's going on? Naomi asked.

"Yes, I do. I'm alone now I don't know what to do!" It was obvious that she was crying.

"Where's dad at?"

"He ran outside when this whole thing happened I haven't seen him since."

"Stay there mom. We'll come to get you, don't know when but we will. The babies are fine, sick but fine."

"Be careful they are everywhere."

"Lock your doors and stay out of site. Oh by the way don't use your cell phone. Mara seems to think they are the cause of all this."

"OK, you guys be careful."

"We will mom; we'll be there as soon as we can."

Naomi hung up the phone.

"Dad's missing." She stated.

"Probably did something stupid and got himself killed." Mara replied.

"Probably, mom's fine. Just a little freaked out but who can blame her?"

"Join the club. I've never been this scared in my life." Mara said still looking out the window.

You could hear the sound of sirens and see the smoke billowing out from the city. Naomi turned the TV on and was turning the channels until she got to a news station. A flustered anchorman was on; you could barely hear the words over the chaos in the background.

"I repeat, stay indoors. This is no joking matter. We don't know where this comes from but we do know it's all over the country, not just here."

"This is just great," Naomi said, "I finally get the job that I like the most and this crap happens."

"I know. I bet the hospital is jammed. Glad I'm not there." Mara replied.

A sleepy eyed Becca came in rubbing her eyes. Naomi switched the TV off.

"Hey sweetie, how are you feeling?" Naomi masked the fear in her voice rather well.

"I don't feel well." Becca replied climbing into Naomi's lap.

A gunshot could be heard in the distance. Mara went to check on Lael. Lael was awake in her bed sucking on her two fingers as usual. Mara picked her up and hugged her.

"Love oo mommy!" Lael said in her garbled one year old fashion.

"Love you too baby." Mara replied with tears in her eyes. She brought her in the family room with everyone else.

"What's the game plan Mara? We have to get mom! She can't be left alone with all this going on." Naomi asked.

"We have to wait until this whole thing calms down. Then we get mom. Maybe even tonight, I have no idea what these things are, do, or are going to do." Mara replied hugging her daughter. "Lael's fever is gone. What about Becca's?"

"Fever's gone, looks like she's just weak." Naomi replied.

"We have enough supplies for at least a month. A person always has to be prepared for hurricanes. I just wish this was a hurricane instead of a national disaster."

There was a knock at the door and everyone froze.

"Mara open up! It's Tom! I'm not one of them!" A voice on the other side of the door said.

Mara opened the door and a flustered Tom came through the door. Mara quickly closed it behind him.

"I was on the way to the hospital when all this happened." Tom said out of breath, "I couldn't even make it to the hospital the roads were jammed so much. I had to outrun one of the crazies."

"Well did you lead it here?" Mara asked.

"No, I got out of sight and it looks like if they don't see you, they'll forget about you." Tom replied getting a bottle of water out of the fridge.

"I have no idea what is going on. It's like the world has gone nuts from cell phones. It was bound to happen." Naomi added.

"What are you guys going to do?" Tom asked.

"We have to get our mom." Mara replied.

"Unc Tom!" Lael screeched once again in her baby talk running to him.

"Hey baby, how are you doing?" Tom asked scooping Lael up.

Lael laid her head on his should and was quiet.

"Well I have to get Sara and you have to get your mom. Why don't we use a joint effort? Three adults is better than one." Tom stated.

"If they're still alive," Mara said, "We just don't know."

"Think positive Mara, quit being a Negative Nancy." Tom replied.

"Oh ok. I just saw thirty people killed out there and I'm being negative."

"That's not going to help."

"You're right I'll just go out there and ask them to leave. Then I'll wait until they tear my head off."

"Ok, why don't you do that, in the meantime I want to figure out what to do about our problems."

"Wait until dark get in the car and drive over there."

"One problem Mara, the roads are jammed, we'll never be able to get through." Tom said rocking Lael.

"Ok, we walk, but what happens when they gang up on us?"

"Gee Mara what the hell is on your belt?"

"One Glock is going to stop an army of zombies."

"No but it'll help. The zombies as you call them are not the only thing we have to worry about around here; there are looters, criminals, and various other scum of the earth."

"We just have to wait it out for a while." Naomi stated quietly.

That's just what they did, they waited for nightfall….