Martin Down's Page

It's been three weeks now, since I intially discovered the infection.



Still I, the drained, exhausted and injured boys and the, of course, clinically sane owner of the gun shop, who had finally come to tell us his name, Sam. A rather unfitting and calm name, for someone so bedraggled and lacking of sane logic, I thought.



None the less, the four of us had survived for weeks now, on canned goods and a now completely drained tank of fuel in our combined vehicles, my 4x4, and… Continue

We drove for hours, my body was drained of all its energy hours ago, but i knew we couldn't stop, for long anyways... Another hour passed and we eventually came across a lit up gun shop.

As we stopped the engine and stepped towards the door, shots were fired at us, bullets whizzed past us, just barely missing us and sending us sprawling for cover.



The boys freaked out, not knowing what to do, I shot blindly over the bonnet of the car, towards the gun shop, where I figured the… Continue

I woke with my body being shaken violently as someone was bashing on my door, screaming for me to let them in, I looked through the hole in my door and noticed them covered, almost head to toe in blood, both old, caked blood and fresh, still running blood. Shocked, I reluctantly opened the door…



As I did a group of three people, consisting of a man and his two sons, rushed through, screaming for me to lock the door behind them, as I did they started raving at me, asking what I was… Continue

I trudged backwards and forwards from the shed to the house, barricading windows, gathering weapons and ammo, and packing my 4x4 with canned food and water, knowing they would keep the longest.



I was worried as it had been so quiet for a good couple of hours, so I tried again to contact some friends, the ring tone was back, but everyone’s phones were disconnected, or simply not answering. I felt trapped and alone, not knowing where I would go. I knew my house wouldn't be safe in a… Continue

A RUDE AWAKENING..



I woke to an ambulance siren whirring weakly outside my window, its lights flashing into my room, lighting the whole thing up. I wondered why it was stopped outside, and, after looking through my window, not able to see it over the wall outside, I went to investigate...



As I stepped outside the door I felt a great shiver up my spine and knew something was amiss... I walked around the wall of my house and, to my great surprise; the ambulance was turned… Continue