Summoned

At the gates

*Same old annoying alarm noises*

...

I was sitting on my bed with my phone in my hands, looking at it as it kept ringing.

"Woke up before the alarm sounded off... Guess I'm a little on edge after all huh."

The shutters on my windows were half closed, what little sunlight that invaded the desolate room was not doing the room any favors either. I stretch and close my phone, then head towards the bathroom to wash up.

After splashing some water on my face I look at myself in the mirror.

"Huh, I should be looking much worse knowing what is going to happen in a few hours."

I return to the living room and open my computer, sitting on the chair in the process.

DayZ

"Seven AM, going to leave earlier today. It would be really lame if I got caught by the outbreak while I was heading to school. Shame that the stores only open after ten here, I had second thoughts about buying a solar power bank... But ehh, not that I have any money left. Oh well, what's done is done"

I spin my chair around till I'm looking at what I prepared last night.

"Bag" I get up, reach for the bag and then open it. Doing a last check to make sure I was not missing anything.

"Extra clothes, check. Swiss knife, check. Map, check. Compass, check. Flashlight, check. Screwdriver, check. Bandages, check. Food for today, check. Yacht keys... One can always dream."

Closing the bag, I throw it around my shoulder, take my keys and walk next to the tower of my computer.

"My friend, I'm afraid that's all the time we got left." I then unplug the computer, open the case and take out the hard drives, go to the sink, open it and throw them in. About twenty seconds later I picked them back up, thoroughly soaked, and walked to the front door of my apartment, opening it.

"Last time that I see this place. If the outbreak happens, I won't be returning here for obvious reasons. If the outbreak won't happen, I'll have to go and find myself an abandoned island, then make friends with the trees and monkeys, or face debt charges...or worse. I really dug myself into a goddamn hole didn't I. Maybe I'll go find Saya and ask her to call me stupid"

I shake my head and turn to glance at my 'house'.

( Today my future is going to change to either running from zombies, or running from the Yakuza... I find running from zombies more appealing right now to be honest.)

I walk out my apartment and follow the street towards the school. To make my future a fait accompli, I also threw my apartment keys to the first trash bin I ran into, then threw the hard drives in a different trash bin.

I then stood over the bin for a few seconds.

"A moment of silence for my two terabyte 'homework' folder."

I let out a small chuckle and hurry on my way. To be honest, I didn't feel safe on the streets right now. I wanted to reach the school as fast as possible.

"Won't it be ironic if I end up being the undead that is banging on the school gates?"

Apparently my brain did not appreciate the joke, as I got the sudden urge to start jogging, so I can reach the school faster. So all it really took for me to be in front of the school gates was fifteen minutes, half of my usual commute time.

After reaching my class and leaving my bag on the desk's side that was facing the wall, I sat down. I then spent several seconds staring outside, thinking what exactly I could say if anybody asked why I put all that crap inside my bag.