Z day 2

The next morning I get up early and do my rutine. I check out the news and their talking about martial law being declaired in most major cities in the US. Ohh no I think. I head out to my car and go to town. First stop Wal-Mart. I get there and its even more crowded than usual. I finally decide to park in the strip mall parking lot next to it. I get inside and people are running around yelling and acting crazy. I grab a cart. Then I head back to sporting goods and find a short line at the service counter. Seems some other people had the same ideas, go figure. Atleast at the counter people were being a little more rational and patient. I get in line and wait about 25 mins. When my turn comes around I ask if I can buy a 12 gauge. The clerk informs me that all sales of guns has been suspended. I ask about ammo and Im told they can still sell that. I ask for five boxes of .45 APC, 10 boxes of 30/06, and 3 bricks of .22 LR. I get what I ask for except only 7 Boxes of 30/06. I write a check at the counter, get my ammo and start walking through the rest of sporting goods thinking what else I need. I grab 3 machettes, 10 cylinders of propane for my camp stove, a magnesium fire starter, 8 boxes of matches, a diamond kinfe sharpener, some fishing line, a varitey of hooks and lures and a hachet. I head to the food section and find it nearly picked clean. I grab a case of spam, a couple bags of flour and some dried beans. Then I head to the pet area and grab 2 big bags of dog food. I head up to check out asile 18 and find a long line. I wait for about an hour before getting to the front. As the cashier is ringing me up I ask for 5 cartons of Camels. I write another check ( this one is bad ). As I am leaving I hear some screams so I run for my car. On hind site parking so far away wasent a good idea. I get to my car and look back, people are streaming out of wal-mart screaming and trampaling eachother. I see one person jump on one off the fallen and start biteing them. Even from 100 or so yards away I see the fountian of red as the one bites the others neck. I hurry to throw my purchases into the car and drive off. I drive over to Jessicas place, grab a machette from the back, tear it open and get out. Looking down the street to the square I see some people running and another group staggering after them. I run to her door and start hitting the door bell. I feel very exposed standing outside. I look behind me and see a guy with part of his cheek missing and blood covering his shirt staggering my way. I yell " stay back" at him and he reaches out at me and moans. Then the door open behind me.
A half awake Jesse, Jessicas boy freind, is standing there and says" What up, I was sle.... WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!" Evidently he niticed our "freind" coming up the sidewalk to say hello. I shove him inside and slam and lock the door. "Whats going on and whats that" he demands.
" I dont know and a machette." I reply. " Hurry up and pack some things... we are going to my parents place."
Jessica comes into the room wearing only her bra and panties. " What kind of things and why?"
"Non perishable food, some clothing and your guns. I dont know whats going on but I know we should get out of town fast. People are attacking people for no reason like on the news and I dont want to be in town and I dont want you guys in town either." Then someone starts pounding on the door and we hear moaning. " Shit!!!"
" Whos that?" asks Jessica.
"Someone who wants to eat us." Short and simple thats me. " Now hurry up, we gotta go."
" O.K. take it easy. " The Jesse's say in unison.
" You should smoke a joint and calm down." Jessica adds.
" O.K. hook me up."
We head to thier bedroom and Jessica starts rolling while Jesse finds some backpacks and gym bags and starts throwing cloths into them. When shes done Jessica hands me the joint and says " We just got a q p of this stuff, its pretty good."
I light it up and take a few hits.
In between coughs I say " Yup. Damn good. You gonna get dressed or run around in your underwear. I dont mind either way. " Jesse gives me a dirty look but hes used to me talking like that.
I pass to Jesse and say " I headding to your kitchen and seeing what you got. Meet me down there asap." Their kitchen is kind of a mess. It looks like they havent done dishes in a week. I start open ing cabnets and pulling out canned goods, noodles, rice, sugar, Kool-aid, ramen and other things. As I am shoveing it all into plastic bags I hear a window breaking. I run to the sound and see that the guy with the cheek missing from out front wandered around back and punched out the window.
"Whats going on? " I hear from upstairs. Hes trying to climb in and I run up and hack at him. Thwack, I chop through his arm between elbow and wrist. He lets out a loud moan but keeps on comeing.
" What the fuck!!!" I yell. I swing again and cut deep into his shoulder. Another loude moan. Another swing and I split his head in two. He kicks a few times then quits moveing. I turn around and see the Jessie's looking at me. I realize I got splattered with blood. " We gotta go now." I say as I go back to the kitchen. I grab some paper towles and clean up as best I can.
" You just killed someone in my house!!!" Jessica yells
" I think he was already dead. Did you see how he acted when I cut off his arm?"
" YOU JUST KILLED SOMEONE IN MY HOUSE!!!" It comes out in a scream that makes me wince.
" I KNOW!" I yell back. Then more calmly " We gotta go now, you got your cloths packed? Get your guns, Ill finish packing the food." Jesse passes me the roach and I take a few more hit before dropping it in an ashtray. Jessica stares at the body for a while longer until Jesse grabs her arm and leads her away. I finish with the food and find a bottle of Jack and Smirnoff. I open the Jack and take a swig. I go looking for them. They are in the bedroom again, talking quietly. " Look, I am sorry I killed that guy but he was gonna kill us. You ready to go?"
" You sure he was gonna kill us?" Jessica asks.
" No but he broke the window and was trying to climb in. When I cut off his arm he didnt even notice. And people have been going crazy and attacking each other." It sounds kinda lame to me.
" Your not going crazy and gonna hurt us, are you?"
" I would never hurt you, Jessica. "
" K. Lets go. " She grabs the 12 gauge Jesse was loading and picks up her bags of cloths and walks away.
Jesse checks a 9 to make sure its loaded and tucks it in his pants. Then he grabs a 22 rifle a asks " You sure about this?"
I nod and lead the way back down stairs handing him the bottle of Jack. I go to the kitchen and grab some of the food. " K...We gotta be quick...lets look out front and see if anyones around."
We head to the windows and see a group of people running by and another group stumbling after them. The second group is covered in blood. One of them is missing an arm. Another is crawling behind because its missing a leg. An old lady in the front group stumbles and falls. A young man, boy really, turns to help her up. The bloody crowd falls on both of them and starts tearing them to peices.
"Shhhh.....it" I say. " See I told you so...(wince)...sorry, I shouldnt of said that"
It takes about five minutes for the poor souls to die and they screamed till the end. We watch in a mix of horror and fasination. We pass the bottle of Jack around while we wait. It takes another 15 mins before the bloody crowd wanders away.
" Alrighty, lets go." We run to the car and quickly throw stuf into the trunk filling it. " Stand watch, Ill get the rest of the food."
I run back in and grab the food. As Im heading out I hear them yell, " Tyler....TYLER!!!"
I run out and see 3 more bloody people coming our way. " Get in the car!" I yell.
" I got shotgun!!!" Jessica yells with a bit of a hysterical giggle.
I toss the bags in the back seat with Jesse and hop in the drivers side. ( Please note that I dont recammend driving drunk or stoned or even buzzed but in the story I am. ) I fire it up and peel out barely avoiding the bloody people. I drive down the back way hopeing to avoid traffic. I have to go around accidents and people eating others. We get to the point where I have to cross Highway 69. We see trucks and hummers with national gaurd units driving by. They run the red lights and Im forced to wait.
A cute redhead with freckles runs up to the car and pounds on the window. She has a child with her. " Help me, theyre comin" she shreiks.
We look at her, no blood. We look at each other. " Let them in." I decide quickly, seeing that a group of bloody people are only half a block away. They get in and slam the door. The coast is clear so I gun it across the highway.
" Thank you" the woman says. Then she starts crying. The kid, I see its a girl, starts crying too.
" My husband...(sob)...my husband...(sob).....(wailing)he ate my baby."
" Shit." I say under my breath. I keep driving. We get out of the city in about 5 minutes. " I think we should avoid suicide bridge and the highway as much as possible. " to noone in particular. After about 15 mins the woman and child both stop crying. We drive in silence except for some sniffling for about 5 minutes.
" Whats your names? Im Jessica."
" Huh?...what?...oh...Im Alexandria, call me Lexi. This is Rose." She tries to smile.
" Im Jesse, hi."
" Tyler " I have to swerve around a loose cow. " God damn it."
More silence then " Im sorry about your husband and baby. Wanna drink? " asks Jessica.
Lexi looks at Jessica blankly for a moment then takes the bottle. She stares at it for a few more moments then opens it and takes a long chug. She makes an icky face, caps it and hands it back. " Thanks....for everything.....where are we going?"
" To my parents place....We'll be there in about 5 minutes." I respond.