Til Death Do Us Part [10kxOC]

1. All Alone

Running. That's all I did. I don't know how long I was running for, all I know is that those damn zombies wouldn't leave me alone.

The low, loud growls from the Z's behind me grew with every second that I slowed down. I began to panic, looking around the trees and fallen logs to find a way to escape the zombies that were chasing me. To scared to look back, I kept my eyes forward as I ran, my chest heaving as my feet hit the ground. Seeing the trees, an idea popped into my mind. I would jump ontop of a rock, jumping up onto one of the low branches of the tree, hiding away from the dead that lurked below. All I needed now was to find something to jump on.

All around me fallen logs and rocks layed before me, but none of them were tall enough to even reach the lowest branch. This was going to take a while. But little did I know, it wasn't going to take long at all. I was quick to find a large boulder in the ground, large enough for me to grab a branch with. I ran faster, trying to get momentum to jump up.

Finally, I hopped on the rock, grabbing a hold of the branch closest to me. Pulling myself up, I didn't realize how thin the branch actually was, so with one pull, I could instantly hear the bark breaking. I couldn't end like this, so I quickly pulled myself up and over the branch next to it. Sitting ontop the studier branch, the other fell with a crack on one of the zombies head. It fell back a little and I couldn't help but chuckle softly at the sight.

I got comfortable on the tree, taking a large bag from my satchel, which it held a fairly large hammock, large enough for two people, but since it was just me, I had a lot of space. Which in the apocalypse, thats all anyone really wants. Not having to get chased by zombies, or having to deal with bandits.
I connected the hammock to the tree using a bowline knot, the only one i know how to do. I yanked on the rope to see if it was tied right. And once I made sure, I sat down in the hammock, rocking softly as I breathed.

The sounds of zombie groans were still below, still loud as before. I knew I would be here for a while so i layed on my back, the hammock swaying slightly harder as I moved. It had been a long while since I could take a nap. I can't even relax for 5 minutes without a small hoard chasing after me. So sighing deeply, a small smile creeped onto my face. Covering my eyes with my arm, I laid there for a little, hoping to get some sleep, but the growls of zombies never slowed, never got quiet. So i laid there for hours, just listening to the horrible music of the zombies until they slowly wondered off, trying to find something else to eat at, following the sounds of other people or leaves rustling against bushes.

Once it was fairly quiet, my mind started racing, thinking about really anything that'll come to mind. One thing however, never really left my mind. No matter how hard I tried to get rid of the thought. This will all be over soon.
Some of the kids in my school told me during the first few weeks of the apocalypse. They all thought the government would solve this, or that the Z's would die off after a while. But it's been three years, almost four of this shit. It hasn't slowed down, no government has tried to get rid of the zombies. Nothing.

Soon I was finally able to sleep. The soft breeze cooling me from the harsh sun earlier that day. The foliage protecting me from all the bad things in the world.

I quite liked being alone, no having to worry about anyone else, not having to get attached to them, having to mercy them when, like always, they leave me. I stayed in the forest for another few weeks, surviving on the small brook for water and bunnies and squirrels for food. Drying the meat for jerky. It was a good simple life for me. No people to take that for me, No Z's to overrun the place. It was perfect. Though it was lonely I didn't really care. It was just the way I liked it. At thats all right