Rick looked at Lisa and noticed she was getting hot. He looked at the SUV van and quickly ran towards it, trying to open the door. "Damn it!" Rick shouted.
"What is it?" Lisa managed to speak, looking at Rick, who was getting worked up. They both looked back and saw Morgan walking towards them with the herd. Rick looked around and saw an iron bar that he used to pry the door open. He ran back towards Lisa and helped her to her feet. They managed to get into the SUV van just in time before the hearing got to them. "You can hide forever." Morgan shouted with her face, now a zombie. "What did your blood do to her?" Lisa looked at Rick. "I am not sure. How are you feeling?" Rick looked at Lisa. He saw that her eyes were getting white and were looking horrible. He knew she was changing. Lisa noticed the look on his face and smiled. "You don't have to look at me like that." She said and coughed,vomiting some blood. Rick looked around the van and gave her a white cloth. The van shook greatly, and Rick was frightened. "She is trying to turn the van over." Rick shouted and looked at Lisa, who was being snarled at. He looked at her legs and saw they were getting rotten. Rick brought out his gun and saw he was having just a round. He knew he had to make it count if he was going to see his family. Rick was confused and wondered why the system would push him this way if it was going to get him into trouble. "Lisa!" Rick shouted, trying to wake her up. "Do you have the sample?" Lisa said, looking at Rick. Rick looked into her eyes and saw some veins popping out of places. "I need you to inject me." Lisa said it with a snarl. "Don't tell me you would rather become one of those things." Rick looked at her face with disbelief. "Yes, I know how badly you want to save your family. Maybe my death can help you do that." Lisa replied Rick brought out the serum and looked at it. It had Lisa's name on it. He wasn't sure what the serum was going to do, but he knew it was a long shot and he needed to try it if he was going to get out of here alive. He immediately injected Lisa with the serum. Morgan continued trying to turn the SUV over, but she wanted to be strong enough. The herd kept circling the van and making a lot of noise, drawing more herds. A glass broke, and Rich felt scared. "This is it." He said, slowly grabbing the bat beside the van and bashing the first zombie whose head pops into the van. Rick looked back and saw Lisa lying on the floor of the van. He wasn't sure if she was alive or dead. " Lisa! Can you hear me? I need you now!" Rich shouted, trying to buy more time for himself. Morgan climbed to the top of the SUV van and thumped loudly on it, making the sound grow even larger. The SUV glasses were shattering as they tried to break in. Suddenly, Rick looked back and saw Lisa groaning in pain. His face was shocked to see her transformation. Her bones cracked loudly as she yelled and groaned. Rick knew she was transforming into something that he would have to kill if it came for him. He held the bat facing her, not minding the zombies trying to break in. He was ready to die fighting rather than being a steak for the herd. Lisa got up and looked at Rick; without saying a word, she opened the van and locked it back. She climbed into the SUV to meet Morgan, and both of them started to fight. The loud thud and the aggressive movement of the van could be heard as each of the superhuman zombies bashed into the body of the van. Rick wanted to try and come out to catch a glimpse of what was going on, but the herd was too big. Lisa knew she had to draw the herd away from the car. She can't protect Rick and herself at the same time. She threw Morgan down from the top of the van and carried her away from the van. The zombies followed suite like she was in command, giving Rick breathing space. Everything became calm after some time. And Rick was able to get out of the van, killing a few zombies on his way. He tried to look into the darkness, but he couldn't see either Lisa nor Morgan. A part of Rick wished Lisa would come back to him, but he knew what he was asking for. No matter how hard he tried to make her fit in, she was not human anymore. Rick entered the van and shut the door. He looked around and saw some snacks and some torchlight. He looked around, trying to see if he could find any map that would lead him to where his friend was. He quickly searched around and went through the maps, crossing each place they had been. Rick was now feeling sleepy. He laid on the seats as he yawned, keeping the bat closer to himself. He was ready to attack any zombie head-on. He tried to stay awake each time by opening his eyes, but the stress and fatigue were getting to him. He hasn't had any proper night rest since the hospital was thrown into chaos. Rick was finally able to close his eyes and was soon snoring. The loud bang at the back of the SUV made him open his eyes. He grabbed his baton and looked around, gently opening the door to see what made the noise. He circled around the back, trying to avoid the person. He raised his baton to knock on the strange man who had his back turned at him, but then he looked back and their faces met. Rick's baton fell off, seeing who it was."Jack?" Rick said it in disbelief. "What the hell are you doing here?" He asked, picking up his baton. "The last time I heard..." "I was in Singapore." Jack replied, looking at Rick. He saw the state he was in and sighed. "I can't believe this would be the end of the world. I had always pictured the aliens coming for us, but now I can't anymore. It is too much for me to bear." Jack said it with a sad face. Jack and Rick had been childhood friends. They both planned to become officers of the law, but then Jack's parents went against it and had him flown out of the country. "What about your parents? Are they alright?" Rick looked at him, and he shook his head. "Are you telling me Singapore is in the same dilemma that we are?" Rick asked, looking scared. "Didn't you listen to the news? Almost all the countries are hit with the virus. There is no place to hide." Jack replied and looked up. "What is that?" He said, holding his baton firm. " What?" Rick asked, turning back to look at wh
"Is everything alright?" Rick asked, looking at Lisa. "I think we need to go on foot from here." Lisa turned back to meet the gazes of Jack and Rick. "Why?" Jack asked, feeling a little scared. "Why do we need to go on foot?" Rick asked, leaving Jack at the rear end. "Do you see this?" Lisa showed Rick a part of the map. "We need to go on foot so that we won't attract any hordes when going. Also, we don't want to make the same mistake we made when we went to check the hospital out." Rick nodded and looked at Jack. "We might need to set out on foot from here on. Don't worry, we are going to be fine," Rick said with a smile, noticing the look on Jack's face. "Have you gotten any message from the system on what to do next? We can't just continue living in this shithole." Lisa said, grabbing her backs and things. "I haven't. I think the last message I got was when we were giving out an SUV van. That was the last time it reached out to me." Rick replied Jack looked at them and was lost.
Lisa and Rick circled the back to have the men surrounded, but the squeak sound made by Jack had them turn back. "Slowly, don't flinch.". The man said to Jack "They have me!" Jack shouted, making Lisa and Rick stay put. Their weapon was collected, and they were tied together. A man seated by the fire looked towards Lisa and Rick as they were tied to the tree in front of them. "What should we do with them?" One of the men asked, walking towards the man. The burning fire crackled, revealing his face. "Bring them to me." He ordered Rick, Lisa and Jack were immediately untied and brought before the man. "We are not going to hurt you. We just wanted a place to pass the night, and we would be on our way at first light." Rick looked at the man without being asked anything. "It doesn't look that way to me. It looks like you are going to kill us." The man replied that he was eating part of the roasted rabbit by the fire. "I was going to kill you. The world is a mess right now. Either you ki
Lisa removed the cloth Jack had tied around his neck, and she saw he was bitten. "He is bitten." Lisa spoke slowly and walked away. Rick looked at Jack and felt sorry for him. "When did this happen?" he asked, looking at his face. "Yesterday night, the zombie had bitten me before you came over to rescue me." Jack said he was coughing. "Am I going to become one of those things?" Jack said it with a scared face. Rick nodded and looked at him. "What do you want me to do?" "I can't become one of them. I need you to put me down before I do." Jack made Rick promise him. The two agreed, and Rick looked at the men they had tied down. "I am going to release you all now, but if you try anything funny, I swear to the gods I am going to kill every last one of you." He said it with a stern face. Jack and Rick untied them, and they continued their journey with Lisa. I'm in front of them. The journey was a little boring, with each crew member minding their own business. Jack looked at Rick each
Jack felt his bones snap as his memories began to fade away. He knew he was becoming a zombie. He wanted to take Rick's gun as he shot himself in the head, but it was too late. The gun fell from his hands, and he snarled gently. His eyes were becoming whitish as he became a zombie. The snarling sound of the horde woke Rick up. A system message immediately appeared right in front of him. [SYSTEM TASK: REACH THE SAFE ZONE BEFORE TONIGHT] [SYSTEM REWARD; REUNITE WITH FAMILY] Rick looked back and saw that the zombies were gaining in on him. He immediately tried to reach for his gun, but then he saw it on the floor, right in front of Jack. "Pass me the gun, Jack." Rick whispered, not trying to draw the horde to themselves. Jack looked back, and Rick was frightened. He had turned and was just eating a seat antelope in front of him. Rick jumped to his feet as he kept hearing the firing of gunshots. He knew he had to leave the forest and find Lisa. The zombies came at Rick as he took a s
Rick tried to stall for some time as he kept praying the zombie jack should come in their direction. "I was just following orders as you would if you were in my shoes. Nothing personal, man." Rick said this with his hand up in the air. "You had my life in a mess, and now I am going to take yours." Patrick said he was about to shoot Rick. Jack's snarl got closer, and Patrick looked back to take a shot at him. Rick rushed at him, making him miss his target. He immediately had him pinned down and kicked in the gut. Jack snarled towards Rick, and he pushed him at Patrick. Rick locked the door as he heard the loud noise of Patrick being eaten by Jack. Rick knew the world they lived in was either you were killed by the zombie or your fellow human killed you. He wasn't going to allow any of them. He was going to show humanity and rescue his family. He remembered the system had given him until nightfall. Rick wondered what might go wrong if he couldn't make it to his family that night. He
Rick caught up with Lisa, his mind racing with a thousand thoughts. The group moved in silence, the weight of their recent losses and the urgency of their mission hanging heavily in the air. Rick's heart pounded in his chest, every shadow and rustle in the forest putting him on edge. He couldn't shake the image of Jack, once his friend, now reduced to a mindless beast. He pushed the thought aside, focusing on the path ahead.Lisa led them through the dense underbrush, her movements precise and purposeful. Rick marveled at how she seemed to glide through the forest, almost as if she belonged there. He remembered the days before everything fell apart, when Lisa was a doctor, saving lives with her skill and compassion. Now, she was something entirely different—a blend of humans and something more, something stronger.As they moved, the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows and painting the sky in hues of orange and purple. Rick felt a sense of urgency gnawing at him. The saf
Rick looked at Mark, and he could hardly believe it was him. He was looking more handsome than ever. The two men hugged themselves as they looked at each other. Rick was awfully rough, and his beard was unshaved. "What about my wife? My child?" Rick looked at his friend. "Do you plan on seeing them like this?" Mark asked, looking at his face. "What is wrong with me?" Rick looked at himself and back at Lisa. "You don't plan on going to see your family like that. did you?" Lisa asked, squeezing her face. "And why are you having your face covered?" Mark asked "She isn't feeling too good. She doesn't want to spread the flu." Rick defended. "What flu? Is she having the bite?" Mark asked, taking a step back. Mark immediately ordered one of the men to seize Lisa. "No, she is fine. It is just cold. She would be fine with proper medicine." Rick replied, looking at Mark.There was suspense in the air as Mark and Rick looked at themselves. "Don't you trust me anymore? I said she was fine." R