Living After Life

Chapter 1: Arise Of The Undead

It's been a week since the outbreak, the infection is still spreading across the world. Sooner or later, it will wipe out all of humanity. Almost everyone has been taken over; there isn't much time left before we fall defenseless to the onslaught. With over half of the population neary dead, we don't stand a living chance on surviving the apocalypse. All we have are 5 people, of which have only a single weapon each and a low supply of food. You may be wondering how a group of teenagers are surviving a zombie apocalypse?

The answer is simple: we're not. The identity and cause of the disease is still anonymous, however we do know that it broke out from somewhere. We are all trying our best to hold off the deadly walkers, yes thats right walkers. Walking zombies that having nothing else in their empty brain but flesh. Then there are Crawlers. Less intelligent of ability, crawling zombies who have the upper hand when it comes to low ground combat. And finally we have the most deadliest of them all. The runners. These vicious bloodthirsty creatures are the humans that learnt to get back on their feet and chase after the living. You are sure to become infected within 24 hours if one of these sycophants bite you.

Already have we adapted to the dry atmosphere, but still we're going to need help or backup soon. Danny, Kadie and I are leading the group, where as Samia and Alysia search for resources. Not only do we have the afterlife to look forward to, we also have to prevent ourselves from being run over by fellow survivors.Yep, there are other survivors out there, looking to hunt us down a kill us. Hoping to scavenge our loot in order of surviving for themselves. This is why we need full concentration and materials, although our conditions are growing worse. If we don't find a suitable shelter soon, we are guaranteed to be tracked down and killed.

There are many theories on why we are still alive and not dead. I mean, why us? What purpose do we serve. In a matter of time we will be chewed up flesh or end up being infected (one of them). Some say it was simply just 'luck', but others believe it means alot more than just 'luck'. Examples being the 'chosen ones'. The real question is, how did this even happen. Was it a just a unknown virus that broke out? Or was it a curse upon spirits. What ever the asnwer is, we must learn to be useful when being a major part of the apocalypse. It is our responsiblity to defend the Earth's remaining life, and hopefully one day, get to the start of the apocalypse.

Fortunately, our team's bond is like glue. As long as we all remain 'friends' then I guess we'll be alright. Although each and every one of us are starting to lose trust and faith in each other. Amongst the team, we have a weird but partially decent mix up.
Theres Kadie, a brave and fearless fighter, who has adapted to her surroundings the quickest. Subsequently works best with knives and blades. Followed by Danny, a relentless player who takes his actions into his own hands. Is of now using a hand crafted bow to attack and defend. Samia, a strategic survivor when it comes to being trapped in tight situations. Carries a looted pistol, but is running low on ammo due to our lack of supplies. Alysia, a merciless attacker that cannot be seperated from her team. Protects herself using double swords found within an abandoned cabin. And finally, me. Just the person you wouldn't want in a zombie apocalypse. I vary from weapon to weapon, but currently am using an iron axe that was managed to become retrieved from a pile of debris. I kinda guess you could say I'm 'alright' at combat. From time to time we do fall defenceless as our choice in combat does vary nearly all the time. Just note that all of us have our strengths and weaknesses, and we are required to use them efficiently.

Recently we have all set up camp in the woods and are momentarily struggling to find food. Our aim is to head towards the city and try to find shelter, or atleast a place to stay guarded from the walkers. So far we have encountered many of them and luckily managing to survive, have raided their corpses for resources. Unfortunately, the remains were useless. Which now makes me think that alerting them, and slaughtering them was a waste of time. All the shops at our home towns have been griefed, meaning they were not at all useful in this situation. Those runners are deadly, and I mean deadly. This is the severity of the situation and how we could potentially die from any one of them at any minute.

It's a shame we can't refill on supplies, the whole world has been vandalised. Everywhere you go now, you can see dead bodies, blood, and random materials scattered everywhere. Nothing is in place. Besides, it's dangerous alone to go rooting for loot knowing that a walker could be following your trail, a runner could be chasing your footsteps, or a crawler could be lurking in your shadows as you walk.

It appears the sun is getting dimmer, and dimmer by day. This is not the end of the world, it is the start of a new era. No one knows what will happen once every one and everything has been taken over, and no one is going to stand around to find out. Yes, we understand that the Earth is being over run by mutants(zombies). Yes we know that there is very little population left. But that doesn't stop us from trying to survive the infection. As scared as we are, it is our goal to find out what caused this monstrosity. A lot of us will face defeat along the way, but we have promised each other to keep on fighting no matter what condition we fall in. This isn't just a game, this is our only hope in retreving our answers, and possibly discovering the origins of the outbreak.

Seperated from our loved ones, we all also hope to find the rest of our friends and family, disbelieving the fact they could already be infected. I'm sure they are hiding, it's up to us to locate them. However, its barely impossible to search for anyone without any possible form of contact, no electricity, and no satellite signals. Half of us have already lost our mobile phones! I can confirm Violet, Jackson and April are still alive, but how long can they last. How long can we last? Only time can tell the future, but until then, we must start making our way towards the City. Before it's too late.