Day 1 - The Outbreak

As i had the day off work i stayed up late the night before doing the usual stuff, watched a movie then played online on the PS3, I must have fell asleep halfway through a match because i woke with the controller still in my lap and the PS3 still turned on. Time for 1 more game then i`d have to feed the cats. i logged into the network and waited for a match to start, but instead of hearing all the whiny kids bitching about who pwned who before the match began there was no one on. I tryed another match, the same no one. Ah well. Playstation off, time to feed the 5 cats.

Cats all fed i venture upstairs to drain the lizard then crawl into a warm bed with the missus for a morning cuddle. I walk into the bedroom and the bed had`nt been slept in . My girlfriend was out on the town the night before and i just presumed she`d come home seen me asleep on the sofa and gone straight to bed. With her not there and no text off her saying she`d be staying at a friends i immediately had a bad feeling in my stomach. I tried ringing her but nothing, the phone kept ringing then went on to her answer phone message. I left a message saying i was worried and for her to call me when she gets it.

Dinnertime came and went still no sign so i ring the mate she`d gone out with, with no luck i finally turn on the tv and have a snack. flicking through the channels there were no programmes on just the same news report on every channel. The report was about a series of riots some were pretty near, i think Derby was the nearest. My imagination raced at last a zombie outbreak i joked to myself, safe in the knowledge that zombies are`nt real. But something did`nt seem right, 1 of the clips clearly showed a stumbling man all bent over with blood everywhere, especially round his mouth. F@*k me that looks real, then as more clips were shown it dawned that these were not you`re average riots. More and more graphic images and video were shown. The 1 that clinched the deal that something was definitely wrong showed a womans face quite pretty then as the camera panned down her body it was clear someone was eating her around the mid section ripping at her flesh, along came someone else falling over the first person then taking a bite out of the womans neck. The screen went blank and all i could think about was where the hell was my girlfriend.

The next 20 minutes were taken up with me scouring the house for weapons and anything i could use all the time trying family and friends mobiles and of course Amy my girlfriends but nothing. i kept an eye out through a gap in the curtains no one seemed to be about in my street, that in itself was`nt unusual as i live in a small village and my street did`nt get much through traffic. all the neighbours cars seemed to be gone, well all bar a few. Perhaps they`d realised what was happening way before me and fled. My house is unfortunately devoid of obvious weapons apart from a short baseball bat that i had just in case of trouble and for a bit of protection. I make my way outside no one was around no noises apart from a few car horns and alarms going off in the distance, my car is around the front as i get to it i beep the immobiliser off and get in, as i close the door something catches my eye in the rear view mirror. Thank god it was Tom, a friend from a few doors down i get back out of the car and call to him." Dude get in the car there`s some scary shit goin` on" Tom just growled back and started toward me. He got closer maybe about 10 feet away then his hood slipped back and i saw his full face, half of it was missing. dried blood was all over his clothes. Now until then i was`nt a violent person i prefered to talk my way out of situations but as he got closer it was clear that talking was`nt gonna get me out of this 1. The thing that used to be Tom lurched forward grabbing at my jacket i spun around on my heel knocking him off balance, i swung the bat hitting him on the head, which did absolutely nothing to stop him, i swung again this time in an upward motion with all the force i could muster. Down he went rolling on the floor trying to get up i took this as my cue to leave, i got back in my car locked the doors started the engine and floored the accelerator. Leaving behind me what used to be my friend. I wonder if i should go back and finish the job but there was still that niggle of doubt in the back of my mind, that part of my conscience that told me that i may be wrong that told me that zombies don`t exist. even though i was so sure that Tom had become 1 of the undead. Well any doubts about zombies not being real were cast far aside as i reached the town Amy went drinking in. Hell was here and it seemed to be very hungry.............