Death Pool

Prologue

I wake up to the sound of dead silence. Nothing. The eeriness of the room sent chills down my spine. I lay there on the cold, hard ground with an aching head. The last thing I could remember was falling asleep in my bed. Confused, I walk out of my room seeing blood on the floor. "Mom? Dad?" I yelled looking at my wrecked house.

My clothes were dirty and ripped. I feel a sharp pain in my arm. I rub my arm feeling something cold and watery. Looking down I realized, my arm was bleeding.

I walk down the stairs, following the blood stains on the carpet. Downstairs with the door wide open. Outside I see no sign of a human being. What is going on?

Still following the dark, red trail, I look around seeing everything trashed. Family photos ripped. Scared, I screamed this time, "Mom! Dad!" Walking slowly to the end of the trail, I see my mom. Dead. A teardrop fell off my cheek. I drop to the floor, feeling emotions I can't explain. I was sobbing and sobbing at this point. I felt like someone just stabbed me in the heart. "Why?" I thought, "How?"

Holding my mom's cold, bare hand, I decide to find out what was going on. I walk onto the street with a flickering light above me. The wind blowing trash across the street. The whistling wind made me cold and pale. Houses were wrecked all around me. I tried looking for help. Explanations. Anything. But no one was around me.

Suddenly I feel someone's hand on my shoulder pulling me back. It was a cop. I sigh in relief. His head injured, he asked me,"Are you alright? Quickly get into the car! We don't know if they are still out there."