Until I collapse

Prelude

I woke up late in the morning, we went on a school trip to San Francisco, we were looking for a scholarship for playing basketball, we did some try outs and hit some parties the day before, so we were absolutely tired.

Noel wanted to have breakfast but I was feeling too weak to even try to stand up, so I told him to go by himself. I noticed several patrols circulating near the area but I didn't mind. As soon as Joel crossed the door I fell asleep. Two hours later a combination of screams, explosions and hits woke me up. I quickly took a look on the window, just to see a military jet crash into a building downtown. I looked down at the streets right by the hotel and they were completely alone. There was no signal for tv nor cellphone, in my desperation I started walking all around thinking on what was happening, Noel wasn't there, and he should have returned already. I just hope nothing bad happened to him, and as soon as he entered que starts explaining to me what happened.

I went to the cafeteria down the road, after I finished my breakfast I decided to take a walk and explore the city. I was about to enter a souvenir store when a patrol crashed in front of me. So I went quickly to see what happened and if I could help. The policemen rushed to open the back doors of the patrol, the instant the door opened two persons jumped out and started eating (!?) the policemen. A pistol was left on the floor by an officer so I decided to take it with me. When those persons finished with the policemen they ran onto people that were watching the scene, that's when the panic and chaos started, suddenly a lot of vehicles started losing control and the streets started to be flooded with blood. I managed to get away from there and stole a motorcycle left on the street, and then I decided to look for Noel.

At that moment I didn't think about my travel companions, at that moment I didn't think about my family, I just thought that I had to get out of there, and fast.

The more I went through the streets, the more chaos there was. The unthinkable was happening, a cannibal rampage had been unleashed, besides, I thought I had read a BBC article about a virus with effects similar to rabies in Africa. but I never thought this would happen.I wouldn't be safe in the city, so I decided to go to the nearest forest to hide. On the road all I saw was chaos and destruction, so I reconsidered every aspect of my life, and asked myself "Is it really worth surviving?" I couldn't get along with this question because problems did not wait to come.

The crucial moment was when I passed through an intersection of an avenue, and I saw how a horde of cannibals devoured a poor delivery man, but several of them turned towards me and ran with a frenzy that made me almost fall off the motorcycle in fright, still I have the screams recorded, they were screams that have probably been heard for miles around. And the worst thing is that they yelled as if to warn everyone else so they could also chase me, so i just kept driving without looking back.

And then, I was lucky to have run out of gas in an area clear of cannibals, because if I had done it in the center of the city I would not have counted it. But how ridiculous! Who the hell leaves his motorcycle with the tank empty like this?

For now I am safe, I managed to get into a cabin in the woods, unfortunately a few saw me enter from far away and ran here into the forest, so they chased me through the woods while making noise until i reached the old cabin. Then, they attracted more cannibals and 2 hours have passed since I entered, and It doesn't look like they're going away anytime soon. I don't know if my story will end here, I just saw that the gun had no more bullets, because if there was even one, I would use it if it was my last option before being eaten alive. I don't know what happened to Noel, I hope he's still alive and he just couldn't make it to the hotel, although I doubt it. He was a good friend and I always appreciated him. I also do not know what is happening with my family in Boston. There is no signal and there is no way to communicate with them, I am alone and I only have the will to survive.

Now, i remember seeing a dark figure starring beside some trees, just looking, but i had several cannibals running to eat me so i totally ignored it in that moment. Just what i needes, first cannibals, then, ghosts.It's been a long time since the lock on the door is loosening, they don't stop knocking to try to break in, probably I won't get out of here alive, and I will have to go out and hit like crazy just to be able to see my family again, although I hope I don't have to resort to that, so I just have to wait for my fate.