Chapter 1 (The Beginning)
Planet Earth, Meria Country
Black Vile City, District S
Apartment No. 54, 35th Floor
(Phone ringing)
It's finally time. I sit up in bed, yawning as my mind drifts through the day ahead. Slowly, I push myself up and stretch my lazy bones. Without wasting time, I head to the tiny bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth.
I catch my reflection—a tall, pale guy with dark bags under black eyes. My messy black hair falls over my forehead. I look like a vampire. My tattoos peek through the collar of my sleep shirt. Another yawn escapes as I drag myself to the kitchen. Opening the freezer, I grab an apple and start munching while moving to the living room.
The TV clicks on, filling the silence with noise to make the place feel less gloomy.
Next, I walk into my spare room—the gym. I start my usual workout, headphones in, playing Leave Me Alone by NF. An hour later, done and drained, I shower and dress casually—grey sweatpants and a black hoodie. Why not?
Finally, I head out. I take the stairs down to avoid talking to nosy neighbors. At the bottom, I see my baby—my bike. Helmet on, visor down, I start it up and ride toward college.
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Fifteen minutes later, I pull up, park in a corner, and take off my helmet. Running my hands through my hair, I count down quietly—5… 4… 3… 2… 1…
"Grey, buddy! What's up?" Luke calls out from his white truck—his pride and joy.
"Bored," I say. He laughs. "Nice one, bro."
I start walking, knowing he'll catch up fast.
He begins rambling. "So… you think Kari's still gonna be waiting for you by the door?"
Some obsessed girl who won't take no for an answer.
"I don't care," I deadpan.
"Come on, man. You gotta feel something for her after all she's done."
I sigh, using all my morning energy to say, "I feel nothing but annoyance."
Breathing deep, I keep walking to class.
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It's past 11 a.m. now, and my lecture-free break has me thinking. I skip history—why not? I head back to my bike.
Suddenly, a car swerves violently and crashes into a streetlamp. The driver's door flies open. A man stumbles out, blood dripping from his neck. A woman clings to him, her mouth and neck stained red.
I freeze, memories flashing—World War Z, that zombie apocalypse movie Luke made me watch.
They notice me and sprint toward me. I try starting my bike, but it won't fire. Panic rising, I drop the helmet and bolt back toward campus, earbuds still in. I pause, tap to pause the music, and then—an explosion. A car blows up beside me.
Students are running everywhere—some falling, some pushing others aside. I dodge the living and the undead alike, searching for Luke.
"LUKE! LUKE!" I yell, pushing open the drama classroom door
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I push the door open,my eyes frantically lurking at every corner till i see what seems like a guy straddling another guy
I'm momentarily stunned cause it's seems like it'll be two zombies when the other guy transforms
I'm about to leave when i hear a muffled cry for help and that voice is unmistakenly Luke's,i grab a random bat i see under the props section and swing with all my strength
Luke pushes the infected off him and i keep swinging intensely at the infected,it finally stops twitching i glance at Luke who's breathing heavily, I'm also breathing heavily but not as much as Luke.I give him a hand and he takes it,with a tug i pull him up
"you good?",
'yeah, I'm alright...what the hell was that' Luke replied slightly panting
"I don't know... maybe we should ask him,oh wait, he's dead" i say with a deadpan expression, trying to get his shaken mind off it
'Not funny bro' he says nudging me a bit,i roll my eyes at him and say "let's go"
' let's go get Eva' he says and i give a brief nod in agreement. I quickly toss him a prop bat to protect himself but him being Luke,he goes
'yo,this is a real a** bat, you think it'd hurt if i swung it at you?'
I release a deep breath wondering why i know such a dumbass "yes Luke it'd hurt ",i say already feeling tired of talking so much but i have to bear it to get his mind off what's going on cause a scared Luke won't do anyone good.
We start jogging towards the exit to get into Luke's truck so we can pick Eva up,we hear a random girlish scream coming from a random class beside us,Luke turns to me pleading with his eyes to go check it out i take a deep breath and nod.
He gently pushes the door open while i give Luke a shushing sign before taking the lead
Creaakk
The old ass door let's out a sound like it's about to collapse at any moment and every infected in the class turns at us
I hear a silent 'sh**' from Luke and i just get my bat ready and as soon as the first infected gets in close range i swing my bat knocking him off his feet before bashing his head three more times to make sure he's not getting back up i turn around to see the other infected in a head lock from Luke i just yank Luke off him before bashing it's head in too
There are three more coming from the hallway and four inside the class with three girls one laying on the ground passed out probably due to fear or shock,one of the remaining two girls is struggling with a female infected crying while she yells what i assume is the infected's name and the last girl is surprising bashing an infected's head in with a chair, She's all covered in blood i believe isn't her's,she finishs bashing it's head in and turns to the next ots really not hard since the infected are usually slow i signal Luke to get the two from the hallway while i face the three in the class (excluding the other infected the girl's bashing)
With a swift approach i swing my bat at the closest infected while it's down i side step it as i approach the next one with a second swing the next one's down however i hear a crack from my bat seems like it won't hold for longer i move to the third infected and with a heavy swing it's down but so is my bat but that doesn't matter to me as i use the sharp edges of my broken bat to stab all the fallen infecteds .
Taking a deep breath i take a quick look around to see the crying girl staring at me in a daze, taking my eyes off her i see the girl still bashing a seemingly dead infected then i glance at Luke who's trying to talk one of the paralyzed infected out of biting him
I approach silently from behind and stab the paralyzed infected effectively killing it, i take a look at Luke and say "if you don't kill, you'll be killed. You have a family they don't" and walk towards a chair and sit on it trying to regain some energy to keep moving.
I hear Luke talking to one of the girls,from what I've heard the blond crybaby sitting on the floor is jane and the unconscious one with brown hair is amy while the girl who seems to have a personal grudge with the infected is Scarlett ....