The Infection

The outbreak

There are many things that people just aren't prepared for. Things that you never think will happen.

Some say they are prepared, but in reality no one could have prepared for this. I never thought that the end of the world would have come so soon, I especially

wasn't expecting it to come in the form of a zombie outbreak. Even though no
one was prepared, your first instinct is to fight back. Why did people fight

back, even when survival seemed hopeless? I guess it's because everyone's will to live, was stronger than their will to die, although some people have better instincts than others. Some people chose to run from the infection, sometimes they would live, but only for a little while because the infection would always catch up with them. Then there are the people who fought and killed the infection, we are still alive, we are the survivors.

It's been approximately six months since the Outbreak started. Most people chose to travel in groups,
but I like traveling alone, I get places faster that way. Oh and my name is
Temperance, I am seventeen years old, which is funny because you feel a lot
older when you are doing everything on your own and fighting for your life on a
daily bases. Before all this zombie stuff I had a family, a mom, a dad, even a
little brother, but those stupid undead creatures took them from me.
It all happened so fast, the night started out as any other night, after dinner mymother tucked my little brother into bed then came down stairs to give me a hug and a kiss goodnight. That night a zombie rampaged through our house, amongst all the ruckus my mother handed me my four year old, little brother and told us to run, I hated leaving her but I knew she wanted us to be safe, so I ran. The whole time my brother was kicking and screaming for mom, but I held onto him as tight as I could, we barely escaped with our lives.

Every day that scene plays through my head, forcing me to think of how I might have been able to save my
parents. I think that it's the reason I like traveling alone, well besides my
little brother Chase, I just don't want to be responsible for anyone else's death.