"I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their nerves as their white souless eyes stare into my soul. The sweat pouring down my forehead wasn't helping as my rasped breaths was coming out in short quick spouts. I turn the corner seeing the big green sign stating the fact I was leaving my home of Savannah and out into that cruel world with no one but me and the only items I have is the clothes on my back and my bag, hearing the rasped moans closing in behind me I quickly snap out of my thoughts realising I wasn't alone and those...things was closing in on me. I swallow the lump in my throat and run as I hear the screams and car crashed behind me as the apocalypse has started.."
"Oh hell were are my manners! Names Kaiti and Well I just basically told how I escaped my hometown and was setting off on my adventure of survival, well I guess I should rewind back to when it started. Sit down folks because this will be a long one.."
It was a bright cold day in Georgia as busy kids was chatting in a lunch room in the old rustic high school, a table not to far away sat three teenagers who was eating their lunch and discussing a few things. "I tell you Mrs.Cox is a drag! She gave us three pages worth of homework last night and I fucking forgot mine on all the days." "Maybe ya shouldn't goof around and ya would get it done." "Well not all of us have a quiet farm to work on Kaiti." "Hey don't use my life style as a exscuse. I still get my work done unlike ya." "Bitch please we all know you was sucking up to the teachers." "Seriously Jake.." The young boy laughs as a certain country girl gives him a glare from across the table, she shakes her head as her shoulder length brown hair sways to the side resting on her shoulders. "I have ya know I don't "Suck up". I get my stuff done when it needs t' be done. Now Uh...ya better eat Lunch will be done in five minutes.." Jake rolls his eyes as he takes a bite of his sandwich giving her another look as he swallows his bite. "They always rush us through this thing. Say whats your next class Kaiti?" "Greenhouse, I think Mrs.Lacy wanted us t' bring in th' plants befer it rains. Sucks t' be them I guess."
She takes a bite of her pizza with a bored look until they notice the principal walk in with a uneasy look turning his megaphone on, he blares the alarm on it seeing everyone go quiet and groan in annoyance looking at him. "Students this is not a prank, we have gotten word some sickness is going around and it's a bad one. We're gonna send you home so you don't catch it. Be safe and stay indoors." Everyone cheers as Kaiti raises her eyebrows looking towards Jake who shrugs with a look. They both throw their stuff away and head towards their locker putting everything up, she slams her locker shut putting her bag on her shoulder as Jake gets his done turning to her. "Ill see you later Kaiti, don't catch that "Sickness" that's going around." He laughs giving her a hug as she rolls her eyes hugging him back. "I will ya dumbass. Be safe Jake.." "Will do!" "Load the bus now kids!" Kaiti heads up front getting onto her bus as everyone was busy chatting, she throws her bag in a sit towards the back and sits down noticing two girls pop up smiling at her. "Hey Kaiti!" "Hey Sabrina Jazzy. Why are ya two so excited?" "We get a day off girlfriend who wouldn't be!?" "Uh yeah..I'm gonna listen t' my music.." "Okay!" She sees them sit down as she puts her headphones into her ears turning her music up, Kaiti lays back feeling the bus go as she looks out the window.
The usual city landscapes passes by them as the streets looked somewhat abandoned. Kaiti looks around until she notices a group of people surrounding someone, she scoots close to the window and sees a man on his knees shaking a twitching as he throws up blood and foam. She looks away disgusted seeing they turned of towards her road as the forest appears. Kaiti feels the bus stop and she grabs her stuff waving at everyone as she gets off, the bus drives off and she looks over seeing her neighbour doing something over the fence crunching away at something. "Hey Mr.Fennoy! See yer tending t' yer garden, looks beautiful as ever. I love t' talk but I gotta get t' th' house. I'll see ya later but tell th' misses I said hey!" She heads down the gravel road not noticing the eldeary man look up as blood was across his face from the arm he was eating on that belonged to his twitching now dying wife. Kaiti sighs walking down the dirt road as eyes glow and snarls echoes quietly as she heads on, she wipes the sweat off making it home and she walks to the front porch seeing the front door was left wide open.
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The teen looks confused but she shrugs it off thinking it was the family dog and she walks in closing the door. "Ma pa I'm home!!" No answer comes as She looks around the dark house hearing nothing as a few of the furniture was turned over on it's side. "Th' hell.." She sees a little pink backpack laying on the ground and she walks to it seeing her sister's name written on it, Kaiti picks it up seeing it was ripped and scratched in a few places. "Th' hell..sis never leaves her bag like this. Somethings up..I better find her and Michael." Kaiti lays the bag down on the couch when a loud thud was herd from the hall scaring the teen half to death. She shines a flashlight from her phone seeing nothing, she blinks as a shadow moves and a slam is herd from the kitchen
Her eyes widen at the noise and she quickly turns to the kitchen seeing a small reflection was moving in the light, Kaiti grabs her father's hunting knife off the dinning table and sneaks over as her heat was beating in her ears. She peeks around the corner readying the weapon when she sees the shilouette of her sister moving around. Kaiti sighs with relief and puts the knife back up in it's case as she puts it in her bag, the teen walks up to the counter and she looks seeing her sister with a smile glad she was okay. "Kat you scared me! Im guess you was th' one making all those noises. What are ya munching on there anyway? You know ma will freak if she sees ya eating before dinner. Sis? Uh..sis.." She reaches towards her seeing Kat stop eating and turn her head towards the teen reavealing her half eaten face and glowing eyes as she growls at Kaiti dropping whatever she was eating. Kaiti's eyes widen as she freezes up. "S-Sis? Holy shit..w-what happened t' ya!?" Kaiti hears a slam and sees a arm reach out as a groan is herd and her brother Michael crawls out and reaches towards her with a weak bloody hand as Kat gets up revealing more of the mess, Kaiti's eyes look as slumped agasin't the fridge was their parents their necks torn open and eaten while Michael was still barely alive. He crawls towards her leaving a trail of blood from what would be his legs now being bloody stumps and he hits the floor as Kat walks towards her bones popping and dripping blood. "Kaiti..r...run..." What was her sister snarls at her and charges towards Kaiti. She breaks out of her trance and books it as she jumps over the kitchen counter into the hall. Kaiti pants hearing her sisters roars and she picks her pace up, she makes it to the living room when she trips over a table hitting the ground. Kaiti groans in pain and Kat runs up grabbing her legs. She yells in pain feeling her dirty nails dig into her flesh, Kaiti begins to scramble and get up as Kat's nails run down her leg making deep marks. Kaiti feels blood soak her jeans and she gets up running towards the front door, the panicked girl runs out seeing Kat stare at her showing her bloody teeth.
She lets another howl out and runs towards Kaiti, she takes a deep breath and slams the door closed as Kat slams it in her face hearing her hit the door hard. She hisses and groans scratching the wood as Kaiti shakily locks the front door backing up. She turns around seeing the dark red skies as screams and sirens echo around signaling what appears to be the end of the world. Kaiti looks down and she runs down the road feeling her legs sting from her cuts. She pants seeing more of those things...attacking the livestock around them as she panics seeing them look up at her. She books it past her zombified neighbour seeing his wife get up groaning and she yells and heads to the streets hoping to escape this mess.
"Well..that's basically how it started for me. As you see my whole family was killed and turned into those things, I'm just hoping there's more survivors out there..Next stop, Macon Georgia."