"They're here!" "Kiiiaaarrrghhhh!" "Arrrrhghhhhh!" "Runnn arrghhhh!" Loud shrieks and cries reverberated across the vicinity on the 178th floor of a skyscraper. "Will this spell the end of the human race?" My life flashed before my eyes as I subconsciously muttered. Armageddon seemed to be taking place at the moment as everyone in the vicinity ran helter-skelter. The entire city was in a hellish state of panic as people ran to take shelter from the surface that seemed to have been infested by dangerous and bloodthirsty creatures. 'I haven't lived a very fulfilling life...' I stood there amid the chaos with an expression of disbelief plastered across my face while pondering how all this came to be in the first place. Krrrycchhyyy~ "Kuchooiirrbhjnj," The sounds of flesh ripping and incoherent mumblings were getting louder by the second while my eyes were glued to the direction everyone was fleeing from. "Dustin!" Pah! The yell of a familiar voice accompanied by a slap pul
"What is that?" a co-worker asked, her voice laced with curiosity.I looked at BJ, who was also staring at me as if I knew the answer."Beats me," I replied with a shrug. I was sure it was only a co-worker who must have fallen or perhaps had coffee plastered over her documents. "It's probably no—"Another scream stopped me. This time, it came from the direction of the elevator. A few minutes went, but no one appeared in view."Can't anyone check what is going on?" another person asked.BJ opened his mouth, and I immediately knew what he had planned to say. He was going to ask why the said individual couldn't do it, and then, they would argue.I had no time for that. If I could manage to do my work without gossiping or arguing around me, I would be thankful."Come on, let's see what's happening," I said, as I rose from my chair and pulled Emma away.The others also looked perplexed as to what was going on, but as soon as we went out of view, the chatter in the workspace continued. Some
The others had been holding their ground, determined to keep the infected from getting through the barricade while I tried to get one of the doors open."Is there anyone who has another keycard?" I shouted above the din."Take my own! It's in my right pocket!"The voice came from the man in front of me who was joining the others to hold the forte.I recognized him as the man who usually came to visit Mr Badmus on breaks. They mostly gossiped, but at that moment, I didn't care. I just wanted to live.Quickly, I grabbed the keycard from his pocket and ran towards the last door. With a prayer on my lips, I hoped the door would open. With determination, I slid the keycard into the door's slot, and the red light turned green. With a relieved sigh, I turned to the rest."The door is open. Let's get in!"Instantly, we all rushed inside, but unfortunately, not everyone made it.The barricade came toppling down the instant everyone let go of it to turn around, and loads of infected crawled thei
I immediately asked my mother to get me through to Bella. My girlfriend of three years.Bella was the boldest and prettiest person I've ever met in my lifetime.Her long dark hair, her light skin tone, her gorgeous face and full lips, her graceful figure... they were all to die for.I was truly blessed to have such a gorgeous girlfriend, but her personality was a bit different from normal.She was scary, and no one dared mess with her when we were in university. I had gotten bullied as a freshman one time by a bunch of seniors after winning a quiz against them.She came into the scene and whooped all of their asses with a hill shoe she had been wearing at the time. All of them had bruises and injuries all over by the time she was done.Usually, such a thing would lead to rustication, but Bella's family had some influence, so she wasn't even reprimanded in the slightest.Since then we became friends... rather, it was more accurate to say she followed me everywhere and everyone else kep
Inside the QUAX's arms was powerful ammunition that was sure to rip a human nearly to shreds as well as energy beams that were even more powerful than the ammunition but limited in usage.We weren't supposed to use them on ourselves as they were dangerous, but in a situation like the one before me, we didn't have any choice.Thrrriiihh~ Thrrihhh~With multiple shots, I took an infected down who got blasted to pieces with blood splattering on the white walls.The sound of the shots was very low as the arm was equipped with a silencer that reduced it.Thrrriiihh~ Thrrihhh~Behind me, BJ also aimed at the oncoming infected and shot at multiple of them.Due to the heavy power of the ammunition, the walls and even the floors had been riddled with holes.In a bit, all eleven infected roaming the corridors now had their body parts scattered across the corridors. Steam slowly erupted from different corners that were riddled with blood and holes.The door was solidly shut behind us, and I had
Bang!A jaw-breaking sound rang out as the infected crashed to the ground from the blow.I was well aware we could also use the battle QUAX arm in close-quarter combats fight because of how strong it was.Finally, I caught a glimpse of Bella's blue roof, which differentiated her house from the rest. It was her mum's favourite colour and her father had painted the house that way to suit her.Without wasting time, I yelled Bella's name and shot at another infected whose head opened like a tulip.BJ took out another one that had gotten closer as well. Looking back, I shot at the infected getting closer while continuing to scream Bella's name.As soon as I greeted another infected's head with a punch from the battle QUAX arm, I heard a groaning sound behind me."BJ, let's go!" I shouted, but he was in a battle with an infected that was trying to embrace him.He grabbed hold of the infected head with his battle QUAX arm and slammed it into the ground.We quickly dragged ourselves in.I caug
"Damn, how does it feel to be rich?" BJ asked Bella with a covetous look as he stared at the supplies."Get rich yourself, and you'll understand," Bella replied with a blank stare."I don't know if that was an encouragement or a diss, but I'll take it as motivation," BJ chuckled while responding."Your motivation should be based on survival right now," I said to BJ."This should last us up to two weeks at the very least," Bella's father voiced out."Enough time for this whole situation to die down since the military is already handling it," my mother spoke with a relieved expression."It should last us longer if Father wasn't such a good samaritan," Collins blurted out."What did you say, young man?" Bella's father's face turned dark as he grabbed the right ear of his youngest son."It's true, father, ouch," He winced in pain while speaking."Shut up!" Bella's father landed a heavy knock on Collin's hea
"Arrrgh! Oh, my God!" The man's scream tore through the speakers as he ran through one of the Isles within the store.With the help of his camera, which was no longer trained on him, we were able to see the infected running after him.They snarled and bit at the air as they gained upon him. Beside me, Bright began to chant. "Run away!" as though the man could hear him."Gruuugh!""Get away from me!"The comments rolled in with some sending in laughing emojis, too.-"Find a place to stay!"-"Scream at them!"-"Start a fire!"-"Why did you even go outside?"-"Now you are now running when you should have waited for the military from the start!"-"This poser is dead as hell, hahaha!"I was hurt on his behalf seeing the comments of people.He had been warned at the beginning. Still, what else could he do? His family was starving."He needs help!" Sofia screamed."Do you want to help him?" Collins retorted."Perhaps, carry your brother's QUAX arm and go and shoot them?"My sister was older
"Well... you see… you have to promise to take us all out of here if we agree to let you come in and look for that person," The man answered once more.Emma shook his head in disappointment upon hearing that.If we agreed to the man's demands and Hannah wasn't there, we were going to have burdens to carry."Tim," Emma whispered as he walked to him. "Think well o. What if she isn't there?""But what if she's there?" I retorted."We didn't come all this way to turn back now. Let's just check,"He gave me a look. "See, just hold on. Let me take care of this,"He moved closer to the entrance and questioned, "Just tell us if there is someone named Hannah,"There was no answer.Emma was tempted to yell out her name, but then there was the risk of attracting the infected, so he held it in.He asked once more and was met with the same answer as before."You can only be let in if you agree to help all of us,"I honestly wasn't sure Hannah was there. I knew my girlfriend. If she was, she would ha
"Well... you see… you have to promise to take us all out of here if we agree to let you come in and look for that person," The man answered once more.Emma shook his head in disappointment upon hearing that.If we agreed to the man's demands and Hannah wasn't there, we were going to have burdens to carry."Tim," Emma whispered as he walked to him. "Think well o. What if she isn't there?""But what if she's there?" I retorted."We didn't come all this way to turn back now. Let's just check,"He gave me a look. "See, just hold on. Let me take care of this,"He moved closer to the entrance and questioned, "Just tell us if there is someone named Hannah,"There was no answer.Emma was tempted to yell out her name, but then there was the risk of attracting the infected, so he held it in.He asked once more and was met with the same answer as before."You can only be let in if you agree to help all of us,"I honestly wasn't sure Hannah was there. I knew my girlfriend. If she was, she would h
[Unedited Chapter]As much as the smell of death was everywhere, I didn't want to leave until I looked around. I could still remember the clothes Hannah wore on that day, and that was the reference I used in searching while hoping she wasn't amongst the corpses.A few of the dead still had clothes on, but most were reduced to nothing but bones and scraps of fabric.Cautiously, I looked at them for any signs of life. As I turned to look inside the tilted truck for something or someone that could give me a sign.I suddenly felt something tugging at my right leg. I swiftly reacted by swerving sideways with my gun pointed out."Timmy! Get away!" Emma shouted as he pointed his gun in that direction.I was faster than him as I instantly pulled the trigger, blowing a hole in the infected head.Bang!It had been crawling out the broken windshield of the truck and happened to have broken limbs, which made it easier to kill."Come on man, we've seen enough," Emma said as he came closer."Let's
[Unedited Chapter]"Yeah," I admitted softly. "But I'm also worried my decision will gravely affect others, and I might not be able to fix it."He smiled. "No need to worry about that, let's worry about where we are going.""True... now that I think of it, look at the map," I called Emma's attention to the map."Hmm," He stared at his watch in response."I'm guessing the routes that appear red signify that a high number of infected are cooped up there... the ones that appear yellow must have a lower number in comparison to the red, and the normal-looking routes should barely have any," I pointed out."That makes sense. I'd been wondering since, but the officers never explained that. However, this must have been documented by the military, right?" Emma inquired."Definitely, or they're monitoring it with satellites," I responded."The former is most likely true, and since that's the case, we can only count on the information in the meantime, not in a long run," Emma stated."Hmm, are y
[Unedited Chapter]The party responsible for this might also have been searching for supplies and had run into some trouble.The next section was filled with fortunately filled with drugs and they began to load them up.Just like the former section, most had been taken but there were a few that looked helpful. As they continued with that, we moved around, alert to any odd noise…which I heard in the next second.At this point, I was about to give Emma signals to tell him that, it might be time for us to move.The others in the perimeters were focused on patrolling around and we would get a window of opportunity soon."What is that?" Someone muttered through the comms. It obviously came from within."What?" One of the volunteers questioned."I can hear a low droning," The initial voice replied. "Can you hear it?"For a few seconds, the comms was a little silent except for the men packing the supplies."I can hear it too!" One of them finally stated.The problem was finding where it was
[Unedited Chapter]"What about the QUAXs?" someone interrupted beside me.His smile and excited tone told made me feel like he had joined for a different reason, "Aren't we going out there with them?"The soldier glared. "Do not ever dare interrupt me! Never try it again!"After a few seconds of silence, he answered. "The battle QUAXs can only be used by professionals who intend to go all the way to battle the infected, which is not our job. It is also in limited numbers, so it can not just be randomly given out.You are a rescue and supply team, and your business doesn't lie with that. Also, the weapons here will be enough. In the right hands, anything can be used to kill!"The battle QUAXs was a good idea, but we were on a simpler task, and we were only going to get more attention to ourselves.I felt, a group with the purpose of gathering supplies and going on emergency rescue missions should be more solo.Although I and Emma would have loved to take our battle QUAX arm with us, it
[Unedited Chapter]I felt this had been easy for him to say since he was a military personnel. I already viewed people who killed others as heartless...The thing is... I am not you, Darius.To make him get off my back, I nodded and moved away.Now, I was trying to convince Emma about it, but my friend was stubborn."Tim, I understand you," He began."It's just the same with my family. Two nights ago, my mother woke up wishing to hold David in her hands. She wanted my father to return to get him, and if I could at that moment, I would have. Maybe Darius is right—""Emma, Hannah is still alive," I countered. "You can't write her off like she's already confirmed dead—"He shook his head. "I didn't mean that. I'm just saying that..." He looked lost for words and then continued after a few seconds..."She might still be alive, safe in a stronghold. I know the horror we faced on our way is still haunting you, but we are safe now and shouldn't do anything to change that. I'm sure she feels
[Unedited Chapter]It was like we were in another world. Still, I wondered if it was why we had been separated.Did they think we couldn't control ourselves?"We can't go... We haven't seen Hannah yet."Sofia immediately reminded me. "Maybe she is in another stronghold? Remember, the soldier said that they were others."I knew that. While we had been waiting for identification, I asked a soldier about the other trucks, and he mentioned that only a few had come in before us.Some people had also made their way here themselves.When I asked about the rest, he only shrugged and said there were other strongholds so the trucks could have gone there.Still, I was holding onto the words of Darius, who said that we were all passing the same route, which led to the big question.How did the trucks not all reach the camp, and if they didn't, what was causing their delay?I had counted six trucks then, which meant that two were in the stronghold, one was gone, and the remaining three were missin
[Unedited Chapter]*****Five days...Five days of having the same nightmare replayed each night. I thought it was all over since we were now safe in the stronghold but it only seemed to get worse.Each night, I woke up with perspiration on my body as though I'd been running a marathon.But it was only a nightmare. One that always began with the mutated infected human appearing and crushing the truck that was behind us.Then the infected would get blasted to pieces after the missile hit...This would have been a befitting end for the dream but then I'd find myself standing in the middle of the road where the other truck had been flattened...calling out a single name..."Hannah!"At this moment I would jolt awake with my whole body drenched in sweat as I breathed in and out profusely.The crushed truck disturbed my mental state to the point where I was having nightmares about it every night.I badly wanted to know who the occupants were.What made it worse was that the soldiers were a