Alone

Properly fucked over

I was sitting on the old sofa with my fluffy brown cat scout in my lap, I was watching the goonies with my mum when suddenly an emergency broadcast came on and a man's voice came from the tv it said "this is not a drill, a deadly virus turning people into walking corpses has spread across the globe, if you are bit, heavily bleeding, severely hurt, or start throwing up organs please evacuate from your loved ones or you will put them in Danger, the power will be left on as well as water and gas services, laws are no longer in place" it kept repeating over and over and I had darted up into my room to grab everything I could that could be useful it included, a med kit, a pistol my dad had, tv dinners, crackers, beans, lots of bottled water, my guitar, a flash light, extra clothes, tons of cat food food and a bag and leash for scout. I put scout in the bag and saw that my dead beat mom and her boyfriend had already left me for dead "oh those fucking cunts, what the fuck do I do now!?" I ran to the front door and grabbed my bike and helmet along with my Swiss Army knife my dad gave me before he died and booked it out of there "anywhere but here is safer" I thought to myself.

I remembered my phone was in my pants pocket with fucking data "let's fucking go"I said out loud. I kept biking to who knows where until it got dark and the closest building to me was an abandoned apartment complex "it'll do for the night" I whispered to scout who was dead asleep, I hopped off my bike and wheeled it into the complex it looked safer then I'd initially thought and saw all the room doors were open, probably mandatory so people could find shelter I went down the hall and to the last room dragged my bike in and shut the door I set scout down and all of my stuff and went to look at the door number "room 17, ok let me go get the key." I walked over to my bag and dug around for the gun, when I found it I went to the lobby and saw where the people would keep the keys, I rummaged until I saw one labeled room 17.

I snatched the key and bolted back to my room, I got to my room and silently shut and locked the door, I sighed. I went to make scout  comfortable so I folded the bag so I could still easily grab him with it I realized I needed to shut the curtains but they were already boarded over, another safety precaution.

I pulled my phone out from my pocket, it did indeed have full bars of data, the time read 10:45 p.m i opened my phone and saw that there was an emergency message it said "being alone is not safe find a group of at least four people, weaponize your group and protect your group, if a member is infected, kill them by stabbing through their brain. Stay safe until we have this under control" I scoffed "under control my ass" I whispered to scout.

I laid under the covers and slept the best I could, I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of gun shots and teen's screaming "get that mother fucker James!" One yelled "yeah fuck that zombie boy up!" Another yelled, another gun shot and a thud along with a car screeching away "those idiots sound like they just learned to fucking drive" I thought I pulled my phone out the time read 7:27 a.m "alright time to go" I said to scout who had laid next to me in the middle of the night, he made a soft purr sound and licked me hand, I put his bag in my backpack and put his leash on, I slung my backpack over my shoulders and picked up scout and put him in the basket of my bike I opened the door and put the key in my pocket "I might come back later if needed" I said to scout he sat perched in my basket I opened the door and walked out the front or the complex and hopped on my bike and sped towards a Walmart, I got to the Walmart and hid scout and my bike under a pile of the donation clothes, I put my gun in my Jean shorts pocket and pulled my queen t-shirt over it so it would be hidden from over people.

I walked up to the automatic doors but they didn't open so I pulled them open, I ran straight to the feminine hygiene products and grabbed a stock of them, then I went to the food isle and grabbed a lot of food that's wouldn't expire, I turned around with my backpack now about to explode with pads, tampons, food, water and cat food.

I heard footsteps I sharply inhaled, and pulled out my gun I walked to where I heard footsteps and saw a girl I went to school with and two young kids, my eyes widened "pads and tampons that way, non expiring food that way... good luck" I said "thanks haven" she said running with the young kids, I ran out of the Walmart and back to where scout and my bike were they were safe and scout looked hungry so I opened a can of cat food and put it down he scarfed it down and I open a small bag of chips we ate and I re-gained energy I saw the girl and two kids run out with a full bag and run away from the store, then a car pulled up and three boys got out I recognized one... James! He was the only kid that was nice to me and his two friends will and mark, they were joking with each other and carrying one big bag each, mark turns back and sees me, my eyes grow wide again he nods his head at me and mouths "is there still food in there" I nod he gives me a thumbs up the other two turn to look at me and I get up and bike off with scout and my stuff "bye haven" James shouts I bike faster.

I find myself heading back to the hotel and back into that room, I mean it has what I need a small kitchen-et, bathroom and a bed.

I put the food in the cupboards and fridge lock the door and out a chair behind it, "just in case" I told myself. I went into the bathroom with a change of clothes including Jean shorts a lace tank top and a zip up hoodie, I turn on the shower get clean and wash my hair, I dry off and get changed.

I walk out of the bathroom and see scout gently clawing the carpet, he went to the washroom at the Walmart so he should be fine in that department, I look at my phone 9:35 p.m "right bed time, I should head to the school tomorrow" I lay down after checking so see if it's safe to sleep.