"THE PLAGUE "

A New Reality

I wake up with a pounding headache and foggy eye sight. I blink a few times and things begin to clear up. I look around remembering what happened.

The bus is still side ways and the window under me is slightly cracked. I sit up and look at my leg.

There's a blood stained tear in my jeans right bellow my knee. I start to lift up my leg.

"Ahh!" I yell letting go as the pain shocks my body. Well, I'm not getting up. I look around the bus again and realize that I'm the only one here. I sit up a little more so uhh can see out the back window. It looks like there's people walking around out side.

"Hey..hello..I..need..some...." before one of the people gets closer to the bus and I can see them more clearly. The "person" looks sick, it's eyes are solid white, and its skin looks decayed. Out the other Windows I can see more of them. Staggering around in a mindless way. A group of them is huddled over something. They're too far away for me to see what it is exactly but it looks like there eating it I lie here motionless as the sun gets lower until it rest just above the road. Suddenly I here something climb onto the bus.

"Hello?" I say. Nothing responds to the call. I see a hand come threw the entrance door which I forgot was open. The rest of the body falls down causing the bus to shake a little bit. My eyes widen when I realize it's one of the creepers from out side. It groans and attempts to stand up shaking the bus again. I sink low in my seat hoping that it won't see me then I start to here it get closer. I Look around frantically for a weapon or something to use. Out of the corner of my eye I see a survival  knife key chained onto a pack back. I quickly gab it then pull out the knife. As lowly I peak around the corner of the seat. Nothing.

"Ahh!" I yell as the creeper jumps out from under the seat in front of me. It grabs my leg and bites my shoe. I kick it in the head and it falls to the ground. It gets up and grabs again this time bitting my pants and tearing the fabric. Start kicking repeatedly until it finally lets go and falls down.

I jump on top of the creature landing my knee on its chest. I pull out the knife and stab it as it continues to struggle. I stab it again this time in the for head. Blood splatters onto my face and we shirt. Finally it stops moving. I sit back breathing heavily looking at my leg. It looks a little swollen but other wise ok.

I grab the top of the seat and try to pull myself up. Once I'm back against the window I hold the knife close encase any more of them come threw the door.

I here something out side so I look to see a guy walking just outside the window. He walks a lot faster than the creepers so I know that he's actually alive. I think about calling  for help then..

The guy suddenly stops ,probably noticing the creepers. He looks around panicked then goes around the bus. I don't see him anywhere. The bus makes a creaking noise then i see him jump inside.

"Oww.." He whispers as he falls on a seat. Once he gets up I can see him more clearly appearing to be around my age.

He's wearing a reddish maroon shirt with a camouflage backpack and in one hand he's holding a hammer. He looks around the bus and runs his figures threw his caramel blond hair then starts making his way down the islse.

I say nothing.

He gets closer then finally notices me. He looks at me in in surprise. I hold up my hands and say,

"I'm alive so don't freak out." He nods then looks at the dead creeper on the floor.

"Dang...did you..." He starts to say.

"Yeah it uhh..climbed into the bus.." I explain.

"Not the safest place to hide," he replies.

"Yeah..we wrecked.."

"We?" He says questionably.

"Well there was people here..I'm not shure were they went.." I explain. A creeper slowly walks by one of the windows. We both look at each other.

"We need should leave.." the guy whispers. I make a hand motion to my leg.

he jumps back and pulls out a gun from his back pocket.

"Woah!" I say holding my hands out.

"Are you bitten!" He says pointing the gun at me.

"What!?"

"Are you bitten!?"

"No! I swear.."  I answer.

He continues to look at my leg like it was a bite.

"It happened during the wreck. I swear.." I say trying to convince him. He closes his eyes and shakes his head then slowly puts the gun away.

"Ok..Well, sorry. I've seen a bite victim before...it didn't end well," he says.

"It's cool..don't worry about it.." I reply.

"Well you managed to fight of a zombie with a busted leg so..I think we can get you out of this bus,"

He says with a smile probably trying to ease the attention after almost shooting me.

"C'mon.." He says giving me a hand. I take it and he pulls me up. I lie my arm across his shoulders for support.  We awkwardly stumble our way to the door.

"What's your name?" I ask.

"Sorry I'm Russ. What's yours?"He replies.

"Justin."

Once we get to the door Russ climbs out first then helps me up.

"Thanks," I say.

"Don't mention it."

The busses wheel is on top of a car hood. I can see where the truck came in earlier. We start to climb down from the car then suddenly gun shots start to fire in the distance. Someone screams and all the creepers start heading that way snarling and growling. Once we're down we start walking on an empty road as darkness falls over us.

"Hey Russ," I say.

"Yeah," he responds.

"Were you going to shoot me back there if I was bitten," I ask.

He laughs and starts to answer.

"No, that was encase you turned then I would of shot you."

"I guess we have to to things like that know.."  I reply.

"Yeah..I guess it's going to be a regular thing...killing zombies and stuff."

"Maybe the military will come in soon.." I say.

"I hope so.."  Russ says almost in a whisper looking down.

The rest of the walk is in science.