I was 18 again back in my house in San Francisco .it was the start of the infection. I was running with Thalia, Piper, Hazel, and Luke. We decided to split into groups to go scavenge are houses for anything useful. Thalia, Piper, and Hazel went to each other's house leaving Luke and I. We decided to hit my house first.

We got to my house and there were claw marks and the door was ajar. We went inside. Luke scavenged the kitchen for food while I got clothing and anything useful. Once I got in the hallway I froze, there were claw marks and blood splattered on the wall.

''Um…Luke? ' Silence. I ran down the stairs. '' Annabeth .''What I saw was Luke on the floor bleeding right next to a dead zombie body. ''what?! No I'm not leaving without you.'' I said rushing up to him. ''GO. NOW.'' I turned around to leave when something firm grabbed my ankle. I turned around. It was Luke. He was a trying to bite me. Grabbed my knife and brought it down on him an-

I jolted awake with a cry. My face was drenched in tears I didn't know that where falling. I still couldn't believe he turned and it was my entire fault. I could have stayed with him. One of my best friends is gone and it's my fault.

I was taken out of my daydreaming by a groan. No not a groan. Like 10 groans at a time. I got up and crawled to the window and looked out. Oh, crap there's like 30 infected out there. Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot. ''psst….Thalia, Piper, Hazel get up now.'' I whispered. Piper and hazel woke up and I told them the predicament. I shoved Thalia ''Thalia get your but u-'' I was cut off by gunshots and screaming.

What gunshots and screaming?! I crawled over to the window with the girls. There were 4 black pickup trucks with people running out of them killing all of the infected. They were all men ranging from the ages 20 -40 from the looks of it.

Once all of the infected were gone the men were trying to get in the house. Hazel got up to let them in when I saw it. On the trucks there was a logo with 2 crossed swords in front of flames. ''Wait look at the cars logo '' I wailed. The girls came up to the window ''hide!'' cried Thalia. I should probably explain this. There are living people who form gangs and hunt and kidnap people for their own entertainment.

We decided to hide under the beds when the door busted open downstairs. I heard talking and people come up the stairs. 3 people came in the room while I held my breath. 1 was about to check under the bed when a man yelled ''hey boys, look what I found here.'' Said a man emerging from the room hazel had hided in.

Oh heck no, they are not taking her. I crawled out from under the bed and tackled the nearest man. I then punched another man knocking him on the ground. I looked over to see Thalia kicking somebody, Hazel who decides to stomp on his foot and then elbow her catcher in the stomach and piper who slapped a man silly. I heard a loud thump and saw Piper, Hazel, and Thalia knocked unconscious.

There were 4 men surrounding me. '' put down the knife and you won't get hurt.'' Demanded one of the men.'' see there is where your wrong…you're going to be the one who gets hurt.'' With that I lunge with my knife cutting a man and using the hilt knocking one of them out. If I weren't busy fighting I would of noticed the man behind me with a sleeping vile inside a shot. I felt a sharp pain in my neck and the last thing I saw was my friends and I being dragged away before I blacked out.