Choose Your Own Zombie Adventure

Silent Night

You settle in for the night.

You're tired. You know you're tired. You've never been so exhausted. But sleep doesn't find you.

Your roommate is sleeping peacefully beside you in the bed, the both of you too scared to sleep alone.

It dawns on you that you never asked after their day. That you don't know if their dogs even got to the vets. If they had zombie freaks chasing after them, trying to eat them.

You feel horrible.

And you can't fucking sleep.

Annoyed you get out of bed, bringing a flashlight with you, setting it to dim, though you don't really need it. The sky is orange from half the city being on fire. The sirens have died down. It's eerily quiet. Your portable hot plate is sitting on the living room table with empty bags of ramen. The food in the fridge will go bad, you know. But there wasn't much left in there anyway.

The clock on the wall ticks the seconds by as you stare at the horizon slowly giving way to dawn.

It feels like you're the last people alive. Your watch ticks over to 5:06 in the morning.

You know you'll leave tomorrow. You know you won't be able to do any driving. Not in this state.

You really should sleep while you can. After all, surviving isn't easy.

YOU'VE SURVIVED THE FIRST DAY OF THE BURGEONING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE