Journal Entry One; Part One

After we set up camp, we divided the night shifts to see who was going patrol the campsite. Little did we all know, one of us was going to turn into something we were
fighting against. Tonight, one of us was going to be lost to the enemy.

I remember playing Halo with Adam the day of the first mainstream epidemic. Andrew, his older brother, came running from downstairs rather quickly and almost stumbled
on the mine field of cords that ran across the floor to the various electronics
on the entertainment stand. “Adam! Adam!” he shouted. “Look at this!” he pushed
Adam out of the way and turned the news on. A woman with a mask of make-up came
on looking rather frightened. “T-t-tonight we come to y-y-you with very
important news. The disease known as the super f-f-flu has extended into a
widespread epidemic. The government is t-t-telling us to stay where we are and
to not panic. H-h-however, the government has not tried to help us. Mike comes
from you t-t-tonight from the steps of Capitol Hill. Mike?” The screen switched
over to show Mike, but the camera angle made it look like it was sitting on the
steps. “M-m-mike? Are you there?” the woman repeated. No answer. The frame went
back to the woman who looked panicky. Suddenly, there was a low groan and the
frame switched back to the steps. “Mike?!” There was another, louder groan. Coming
from the right side of the frame, we see an object appear. As it moves closer,
we see a man in a suit crawl towards the camera. He is covered in blood which
seems to be mostly coming from a large wound on his neck. One hand was on his
throat and the other was pulling him closer to the camera. “Oh my god…Mike!
Mike! Holy shit! Mike!” Mike made his way to the camera and all we saw was his
face; rugged, scared, and blood soaked. “The capitol. They’ve taken over the
capitol, Sharron. These fucking things are everywhere and-“ Mike stopped
talking and looked up. We hear grunts and groans increasingly getting louder. “Oh
fuck!!!!” Mike scrambled to his knees and was trying his best to get away. The noises
became easily audible and the camera gets kicked closer to where Mike is frozen
in terror. These human-like things surrounded Mike and one lunged on him and
sunk its teeth into Mikes leg. We sat there in shock listening to Mikes blood
curdling screams. “Mike!!!! Mike!!!!” the woman screamed. One of the creatures
hearing the voice, looked at the camera. The thing had black eyes sunk deep
into its face. The skin was grey and molted with decaying rot. Parts of Mikes
intestines hung out of his mouth has the creature dived for the camera. There
was a grunt and the screen went black. The screen switched back to the woman who’s
perfect make up was smeared all over her face. She was shaking and crying
softly. She realized the camera shifted back to her and she tried her best to
compose herself. “A-a-as w-w-we have just saw, the ep-epidem-mic has spread to the nations cap-capitol. If you
are w-w-watching out there, get the fuck out of here. Do not stay and wait
f-f-for help. Get the fuck out of here!!! Kill any freaks that you see!!!” she
was wined now; her face was bright red. “Killl those fucking
sons-of-bitches!!!!!” She looked directly at the camera and calmed down. She wiped
her eyes- only managing to smear her mascara more. She patted her hair and
folded her hands perfectly on the table in front of her. “This is Sharron
Mitouski from station WTKY 15 telling you God Bless and good night.”

To be continued.