After a few days of being looked after by the woman I was strong enough to begin moving on my own the woman, Julie, was a trained nurse she said that I had cracked most of ribs on the fall I had on the hill. One night we were sat round the table in the front room “did you see the plum of smoke from the hill I was on” I asked
“No I saw the steam from the factory but that has been infected for months now” she replied
“So you haven’t been looking for any other people” I continued
“No I haven’t needed to the infection has been contained so we are more safe” she said
“But for all we know animals could be coming here as we speak they contained the infection to humans to everywhere but a small camp in the north that is what I am looking for” I answered
“Well there is no way you can make it there for at least another week your wounds are to brutal” she said
It was another week before anything of great significance happened. Me and Julie were sat round the fire when there was a scratch outside I instantly reacted to it I jumped up and went into the kitchen Julie followed after me. I looked back at her and made a gun symbol with my hands she pointed to a locked wardrobe I then looked for the key she pointed just behind the wardrobe I crawled over to it and slowly began to get it, when I had the key I slowly opened the lock and I was shocked to find a whole armoury of weapons stored in the wardrobe I took four weapons some smoke grenades and trip flares and other important weapons I would need. The scratching began again and then growling I knew that whatever was out there wasn’t looking for directions to the nearest shop.
I ran to the stairs and shouted for Julie to come as well but before I could finish my sentence the glass broke and Julie screamed I knew she was dead so I carried on up the stair I ran into my bedroom slamming the wardrobe to the floor blocking the door. I ran to the window and pulled out the machine gun and began to shoot at some of the animals coming toward the house until the door began to bang I thought I might find a way out but the creature found their way to the door and I didn’t think it would be long before they got in. I looked to the ceiling and there above me was an entrance to the loft, I used the barrel of my rifle and opened the hatch. I was horrified to see that there was no ladder, with my injury there was no way I would be able to pull my body through the hole. I opened one of the doors of the fallen wardrobe and found a small rope I didn’t see how it would help me but I pulled out a couple of metal racks and stacked them up to make the gap smaller. I stood on them and put my kit in the loft and followed it a few minutes after I got in the door slammed open and almost fifteen animals poured in the room some tried to jump up into the hole but of course they couldn’t reach the hole. I grabbed a grenade from my bag and threw it down the hole then replaced the hatch. The bang echoed in my ears for ages I didn’t want to open the hole in case there were more animals down there.
I searched around the loft until I found a weak spot where some tiles had fallen I kicked at the tiles until a large hole formed I slid myself through the hole onto the roof I climbed to the top and looked around. There. In the distance I saw a large wall with faint buildings in, I wandered in my head if it was the sterilized zone I had heard of before the virus mutated I pulled the rope out of my bag and tied it to a steel rod which protruded the roof. I pulled the rope as tight as I could and then turned studied the ground below. I pulled out a colt assault rifle and attached it to myself so I was protected on my descent to the floor.
I hit the ground on my feet and immediately shouldered my weapon I looked in every direction to make sure that nothing was going to try and kill me. Then I ran into the bushes and into a small clearing after in the small open area there was a small cottage, the small house had dusty white paint and ivy growing up one side. There was small wooden door near the ivy I went inside to see if there was any food about. I went inside and looked around, I found a small tent and some canned food I rammed them into my bag and left immediately.
I walked for about 4 hours and as I took each pace the sky seemed to grow darker and darker, I stopped near a rock face and set up my tent. I moved about quietly setting up trip flares I knew I was still quite a distance from the camp but I had to try and get somewhere safe and the sooner the better. I made a small fire in the ground and covered the smoke using the best I had I cooked a can of beans and then it was pitch black. I put the fire out by covering it slowly with leaves so not much smoke came out then turned and got into the tent I had a blanket so I cover myself up with that and went to sleep.
The next day I woke and immediately looked outside to see if everything was as it should it was just dawn so I got out of the tent and splashed my self with some water and collapsed the tent to start moving soon as I could. I picked all the trip flares up and put them back in my bag. I walked all day and hardly stopped only to have a quick drink. When it started to become dark again I climbed a large mound and tried to see if I could see the town but the trees were to think I came down the other side of the mound and then set up camp I did the same again. Set the trip flares set up the tent eat some beans and then when it was dark I climbed into the tent and tried to go to sleep. I had been resting for must have been almost half an hour before the sky lit up red I jumped up grabbed a rifle and a tonne of links of ammo.
When I got outside all the trees were rustling and it wasn’t a wind rustle either. I lay down and set the rifle up loaded it and then looked down the sights nothing moved for a while so I set my position up a little better. I collapsed the tent and hid my stuff and cammed myself up with leaves and stuff. Animals then came running out of the trees. I opened up and five or six dropped to the floor more came straight out over them. When more and more came out of the trees I dropped them the weapon grabbed some smoke grenades and a grenade then my stuff threw all the grenades and then grabbed the weapon and ran for it. The grenades made a huge bang and some animals squealed and then quiet.
As I kept running I herd huge thuds and I knew it was something big I ran past a military installation they put them in just as the virus broke out they had a few weapons to defend ourselves with but not much else I ran in and opened the case and grabbed a claymore then ran out and plated it in the ground, once again I ran straight away again. I managed to run about five hundred meters before I heard and felt the explosion but the huge thuds didn’t stop. I broke through a huge tree line and then there in front of me was the wall to the village but then all the trees fell to the ground and there was the monster it was huge with great long teeth I wasn’t tall it was just big I looked straight at me and then began to run at me I ran to the gate and the guard on the wall straight away shouted “Open the gate we got an un-infected one open the gate now!” the gate began to open and I ran faster. The beast got closer I felt in my pockets I had one more grenade and another two smoke grenades and I threw them all down and then ran as fast as I could nearly passing out as I did. I saw the wall and then I felt something push me from the back.
I fell to the ground and when I turned the beast was on top of me I grabbed my pistol and just fired it the round went straight threw the animals head and then I followed it through with another four shots the animal fell to the ground I got up and continued running toward he wall and when I got in I just fell to the ground just glad to know I was safe.
The End
