Chapter 1: Prologue: Death

Laying on a bed is a young man who looks to be in his early 20s. He was currently asleep as the sunlight shone down on him. He had short blonde hair and green eyes. His appearance was nothing amazing but not ugly either.

Slowly, the man opens his eyes and sits up. He looked at the clock next to him, displaying the time as 8:30 am, standing up, he feels a headache and headed to the kitchen to get a cup of water. Opening the refrigerator and pouring water into a cup, he makes his toward the window. What he sees next frightens him to the core.

"What the hell." The man says in a disbelieving voice. Outside he could see corpses lying around, damaged cars, and blood painting the streets. But more than the destruction, what surprises him most are the pale-skinned people walking around aimlessly as if they were hypnotized. Looking closer he could see that their clothes were torn and stained with blood.

Suddenly, he hears a scream and looks toward the source. It came from a woman who looked absolutely terrified as if she had woken up from the worst nightmare. From what it looked like, she was being chased by people. In pure shock, the man just did nothing and kept watching. The woman was getting tired and slowing down. The people chasing her finally caught up and immediately lunged at her. She was quickly taken down, as the people piled on top of her.

Once they dispersed, the sight of the woman came into view. She was laying down, not moving a single inch. Parts of her flesh were bitten off and blood covered her entire body. After a few seconds, she stood up and walked away.

The man finally understood what was going on. "Zombies." He said aloud, disbelief evident on his face. Quickly, he rushed towards his computer and turned it on. On the internet, there were posts about zombies all around the world, indicating it was a worldwide phenomenon.

"Oh my god. What the hell happened while I was asleep? No, the better question is what do I do now?" He said.

After thinking for a minute, he made his way toward the kitchen and started opening all the cabinets. "Damn it! I don't have any food! I forgot to restock!" The man says in frustration.

"No. No, you know what, it's okay. It's okay, everything is fine. I just- I just have to go out and raid some stores while avoiding being infected. Yeah, that's all, not that hard, right? LIKE HELL IT IS! I HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET SOME FOOD WHILE ALSO NOT GETTING INFECTED BY LIVING ZOMBIES!" The man shouted, banging his head against the wall.

"Okay, calm down, calm down. Calm down Tristan, mama didn't raise no bitch. I have to do this, otherwise, I die. Simple as that." The man, now named Tristan, told himself.

Tristan then went to his room and dressed in light clothes. He was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and black pants. Then he got the duck tape and taped his arms and legs, in case he runs into a zombie and gets bitten. After that, he found a bat and headed to the door.

Standing in front of the door, he breathes slowly and exhales, preparing himself. "Okay, let's do this." He says with determination.

He slowly opens the door and peeks his head out, looking around to see any zombies. Confirming there were no zombies, he gets out and makes his way towards the stairs. He lived on the 7th floor, meaning he had quite a lot of stairs to pass. Making his way down, he didn't see anything and kept going until he reached the 3rd floor. Then he stopped, he could hear a growl. Poking his head out, he saw a zombie walking around in front of the elevator.

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Although he was nervous, he calmed himself down. He waited until the zombie was no longer looking in his direction and then quickly made his way down. Reaching the 1st floor, he slowly made his way towards the entrance. Outside, he could see a few zombies, but they were looking elsewhere, so he went out and hid in the bushes nearby. After making sure the zombies were not aware of his presence, he quietly walked away.

Remembering that there was a grocery store a block down the street, he quickly ran while not alerting the zombies. Arriving at the store, he could see that it was messy. The door was knocked down, food was scattered over the floor, and there was blood on the walls. Cautiously, he entered and made his way down the aisle. Grabbing a plastic bag, he started to put food inside. Once it was full, he got another bag and filled it as well. In the end, he filled four bags and decided to stop.

Once he was outside, he quickly went back to his apartment while avoiding the zombies loitering the streets. Making his way inside the apartment, he climbed up the stairs silently. However, he didn't notice that one of his bags had a small hole and it was getting bigger. On the 4th floor, the hole became big enough for a can to fall out.

*Clang* The can fell out and hit the stairs, making a loud noise. The noise attracted the zombies and they quickly started to gather.

"Shit!" Tristan yelled and started to run, no longer caring about the noises he made.

While on the 6th floor, he ran into a zombie. It jumped at him but he leaped to the side, dodging it. Holding the bags in one hand and the bat in the other, he swung at the zombie, knocking it away. Taking advantage of this, Tristan continued running and finally got to the 7th floor. However, seeing the sight in front of him, he was filled with despair. His room was at the end of the hallway and five zombies were blocking his path.

The zombies noticed Tristan and immediately ran toward him. Steeling himself, he closed his eyes, took a breath, and exhaled slowly, opening his eyes, he looked at the zombies with determination. Gripping the bat, he swung at the first zombie and hit it. The zombie was knocked back and collided with the second one. The third swung its hand at Tristan, but he dodged and kicked it, it fell down on its back while the remaining two attacked together. Tristan ran forward and quickly hit one with his bat while he used the bags to hit the other. With all the zombies down, he ran towards his room.

Just as he was about to open the door, a zombie lunged at him. Tristan was too focused on opening his door, that he failed to notice the zombie. He was quickly tackled to the floor, as he stopped the zombie from biting him with the bat. Struggling, he used the bags to hit it away and got up, but another zombie grabbed his foot. Tristan looked back and saw 12 zombies rushing toward him. Desperate, he threw the bat at the one holding his foot, knocking it away and freeing him.

Quickly opening the door, he walked and slammed it shut, but a zombie's hand was blocking the door from fully closing. Tristan pushed the door, trying to close it but more zombie hands blocked it. With no other choice, Tristan picked up a nearby shoe and hit the zombies with it. It worked as fewer zombie hands were blocking the way, but one of the zombies grabbed his hand. Trying to pull away, Tristan grabbed an umbrella with his other hand and stabbed it into the zombie's arm.

The zombie cried out in pain and let go, with that Tristan was able to shut the door and lock it. Tired, he fell on the floor and breathed heavily. He lay there for a few seconds before getting back up and heading to the kitchen. Putting down the bags, he noticed something wrong with his hand. Looking closer, it was a bite mark. Instantly, his face changed into one of hopelessness.

"Hah. You have to be kidding me. I got all this way, but now I find out I've been bitten. Shit! It must have happened when the zombie grabbed my hand." Tristan said in frustration. All his efforts were in vain, as soon, he too would become a mindless zombie.

Walking to his room, he laid down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling. He could feel something inside changing, his reason fading away, his hunger increasing. Feeling his mind vanishing, he closed his eyes, awaiting his demise. Then everything went black.

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