Chapter 2- Home Sweet Home

My vision kept going in and out I could barely make out figures I could see the armored truck that Knight and Rex rode in. I reached out my arm and rubbed the grass wet from the dew, I could make out Rex and Knight's figures standing in front of me talking to someone but I couldn't make out any features of them.

My vision went away again after a while everything came back I looked up at the trees the sky could barely be seen threw them. The sky couldn't be seen because of the grey clouds that covered it. I looked beside of me, Knight, Rex, and the other person was missing. The armored truck was still there. I stood up holding my forehead as the last of the pain left me.

I stood up and looked around I looked to my right and could barely see the road through the forest; I walked to the armored truck and looked around it for some supplies. Unfortunately, it was empty Rex and Knight took all there supplies with them.

I looked under the seat and saw something they had forgotten. A knife it was large compared to most knives I had seen but it would be good if I had an encounter with a Zombie. I turned to the road pulled out my handgun and continued started my march.

I made it to the road it was still hard to see for the fog but after a while I was able to get my barring's. My Grandfather's house wasn't far from here but I had to continue to go through the forest to get there.

I walked through the forest making sure to be as quiet as I could and always looking over my shoulder every few seconds. I was thinking about all the questions I had that still needed answers. "Were was everyone, how did the Zombies get here, who was this strange guy who called himself E, and why was there government agents here?" all these questions I had and no answers, but I guess I'll find out eventually.

It was at that moment that by instinct or something I stepped back right in time for a dog to jump by my face with its mouth wide open. It landed and barked at me, I looked at it, its rib cage was showing and one of its legs had no skin on it. "A Zombie Dog!" I asked myself as it continued barking, it leaped for me I moved and dodged it and it landed it turned back and started running again.

I fired a bullet it went straight into the dog's head as it jumped for me and it bit onto my arm pulling me to the ground "ahhh!" I shouted in agony as the dog's teeth dug into my arm it twisted its head and jerked my flesh I swung my fist and punched it and it surprisingly knocked it over and off my arm. It tried to stand up and before it could I shot it and it fell over dead.

"Dang it!" I shouted grabbing the wound in my arm. I looked at it, I had always heard in the movies that if bitten you would become a Zombie to. Didn't know if it applied with the dogs or if it was true, guess I'll just have to wait and see.

I wrapped my injury up and continued my walk holding my arm it was strange I was bitten by a Zombie dog and I could still walk, that pain actually was almost gone. I looked through the trees and threw the branches and could see my grandfather's house.

I walked out of the forest I gazed out I was beside an old blue house that was old and run down and there was trash and junk everywhere. I looked over at what use to be the barn next to the house it was still covered in trash like the house I looked at the stream in front of me separating me from my grandfather's house.

"How can I get across here?" I thought to myself realizing it was too far to jump and stretched too far that it would be dangerous to go through the forest looking for another route. I remembered that the people who lived here use to have a big stack of wood perhaps I could find a board that would be long enough to reach across.

I looked for the stack of wood when something caught my eye, I saw a sheet of paper on laying on the ground I picked it up and read it to myself.

"Oct 12, 2011

It's been a couple of days since the Zombies came to town and I don't think they'll be leaving anytime soon. I've decided it's too dangerous here, we must gather up all the supplies we can and leave ASAP! It will be difficult because of all the Zombies not only that, but people have already searched the area dry and have placed traps all over town. If we are to get to any we'll have to be crafty and smart. People have made puzzles that you have to figure out to get into their houses. Can't say I blame them. At any rate, we'll be leaving as soon as we're ready. Let's just pray Gob will help us."

That was all the note said. "Traps and Puzzles?" I thought "well this day just keeps getting better and better." I thought. Odd I was able to think sarcastically while I'm out here risking my life. I continued my search I looked and saw the stack of wood hiding under some plants that have grown over them. I walked over and examined the plants they we're purple vines with thorns all over them never seen them before in my life. I took out my knife and started to slice the vines away I lifted up the longest board I could find and carried it to the stream.

I laid it down and it was just long enough to reach. "Oh thank Gob!" I thought felling relieved to have found a good way to cross. I started to rethink my actions as soon as I stood up on the board. "huhuhu..." I breathed deeply looking down at the water below me. It was about 12ft deep. I stood on it sideways and inched slowly across it. I looked down at the rushing water below me. I was about halfway across when suddenly, a decaying hand shot from the water and grabbed onto the board and started shaking it.

I lost fell forward from the shaking "hey stop it!" I shouted but it didn't take a genius to realize a Zombie wouldn't listen to me. I fell forward and its head and other arm came out of the water and grabbed my shirt and started to tug at me trying to pull me down into the water with it.

I pulled my knife from my belt and lifted it up into the air and slashed its hand off it let out a moan and I kicked its torso and it fell be into the water. I slung myself up strait to get away from the Zombie nearly falling backwards off the plank. After that I turned and fast walked off the wood into my grandfather's backyard.

I looked but the Zombie didn't come back up, "thank god." I whispered to myself, before barking came from behind me I immediately turned and saw 4 Zombie dogs coming at me, but they we're behind an electric fence. One dog ran right into it and it zapped it, the shock flung it back and it landed on the ground dead.

"Well I remembered him having an electric fence but I don't remember it being that powerful, or tall." I said looking at it towering over me. "Guess everyone was here for a little while after the Zombie's started to invade.

My grandfather's house was a big blue house, with a porch on the back but the only way to get up onto it was from the other side of the electric fence luckily it led to a small section that was fenced off from the dogs. I walked to the gate looking at the fence on the other side to make sure that there was no way that the dogs would be able to get to me.

I looked at the bolt on the door I could normally be able to reach over it and unlock it but it seems to have been added on to since the Zombie Apocalypse. I wondered about what the note said Traps and Puzzles to get into people homes, it made me wonder if my grandfather had set a puzzle that would let me get inside.

I walked to the side yard I looked on my left and saw a black fence with spikes on top of it that I didn't remember being there before. I looked at the white house with the red roof that always had neighbors moving in and out never staying for too long. Being here brought back all kinds of memories looking back I never thought this place would turn out like it has, guess I'm not the only person who could say that though.

I walked forward and felt something against my leg I looked down, a trip wire. By instinct or whatever had helped me dodge the Zombie dog helped me again. I did a back flip something I never had done before backwards as the fence turned down pointing at me and trust itself forward.

"This must have been one of the traps that note had been talking about."

I thought I was able to dodge it but any mindless Zombie would have been impaled. Guess my hometown is more medevil than I thought it was. I crawled under the fence trap and onto the other side. I gazed upon this place I once knew on the other side of the white house was a church in front of my grandfather's house was another white house with a blue roof and many ornaments surrounding it. Behind it was a hill with a graveyard on top of it; the graveyard really didn't make me feel good I could see the head stones from where I was standing.

I looked at my grandfather's front door there didn't seem to be anything odd about it, I wondered if I could get inside this way. I looked in the windows they we're barricaded up, I pulled on the door knob, locked. Can't say I didn't expect that so I turned

"If I was my grandfather we're would I hide a key?" I asked myself.

I looked on the porch swing and saw a piece of paper. I walked to it and lifted it up and read it.

"I just received word that many of our party members have made it out of town, how they got past all the BOW's I'll never know but they sent a message. So we'll be leaving here in a matter of weeks this town has run almost dry of supplies so it's leave or die."

After I was done reading it I felt good I wasn't sure if that was my grandfather or not but apparently people have made it out so I felt more reassured that my family might have made it out alive.

I walked out into the road looking around at the deep endless fog. Everything seemed awful yet I could still feel good but it didn't take long for that to go away. It was at that moment that something wrapped around my neck, the air started to go away as I grabbed whatever it was around my neck it was red, wet, and long. That's all I could tell though, then it slung me into a nearby tree. "Gyahh!" I shouted grabbing my back.

I looked at what slung me it was a tongue that went into the mouth of something…..I had no idea what the heck it was it was on all 4s and had no skin or eye's it's brain was clearly visible and it had a ugly growl to it. I couldn't help but to shout even though nobody was around to hear.

"What in the world is that thing!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.

Then its tongue came back out and wrapped around my leg, it flung me into my grandfather's wall and I fell to the ground I rolled around to face the creature when it slung me back into the tree with its tongue. I could fell its tongue wrapping around my leg again I turned and pulled out my knife and slashed the end of its tongue off.

The thing let out an awful cry and back up I pulled out my handgun and fired a direct hit the head but it was still alive. I crawled towards me as I continued firing I used up about 6 bullets killing the thing but eventually it went down. I looked at the thing.

"What are you?" I asked.

I turned to see a Zombie right in my face I noticed the missing hand, revealing it was the one from the stream. It grabbed onto my shoulders I put my leg up and held it back but its strength was over barring. Then its head suddenly exploded, and its body fell to the ground.

"What the?" I asked

"You alright?" a Familiar voice asked.

I turned to see agent Rex standing down the road a bit. He put his sniper rifle over his shoulder and walked towards me.

"Thanks." I said to him.

"Don't mention it, good to see you're alive." He told me.

I looked at the thing next to me.

"What is this thing?" I asked.

"It's a Licker, a B.O.W. created by the Umbrella corporation." Said Rex.

"Umbrella?" I asked.

"Have you seen Knight?" Rex asked.

"Nope you're the only living person I've seen all day." I replied.

"Shit!" Rex growled.

"We we're separated shortly after we found you, I've also been looking for our captain, I guess you haven't seen him either?" Rex asked.

I just nodded.

"Didn't think so." Rex replied.

"Well come on we have to get going." Said Rex.

Just then something flew by my head, I couldn't detect what it was but it jabbed into Rex it was a spike. I stared at him in shock as it beeped and blew up. Rex's body splattered everywhere and his blood flew all over me. I nearly threw up from the gore.

I turned to look at what shot it but all I saw was a leg go behind a building. I ran around behind the corner but no one was back there. I looked at the blood splatter were Rex Use to be.

"Sorry I couldn't help." I said thinking about how I was helpless to save him.

Then I heard a ringing, I looked around and saw his walky-talky. I grabbed it an answered.

"Knight?" I asked.

"Hello, Rex?" Knight asked.

"No, my name is Cody; I'm that boy you saved." I said trying to remind him.

"Oh yeah, good to see your still in one piece, where's Rex?" he asked.

I couldn't bring myself to tell him what happened.

"I get it." He replied.

"…yeah." I replied to him.

"Look it's important that we find the captain, he'll know what to do until then, you're going to have to take Rex's place." Said Knight.

"Hold on, I want to know what happened, where is everyone, why is there Zombies, what is going on?" I asked.

"I'll tell you but first I need to tell you what to do, I lost signal with Rex, and I could lose it again any time." Said Knight.

"Know here's what you need to do." Knight said and began to explain.