Bite

The Underground

"Where do you suggest we head off?" I say once all of my things are packed up. "I was thinking we could go to Chris or Pj's house?" Phil shrugs. It's been a pretty long time since the Fantastic Foursome has hung out. I sure do miss those lads to be honest. I go onto my phone and dial Chris' number. He answers in a second. "DID YOU SEE THE NEWS!?" he says so loudly, you can hear him even when you weren't holding the phone to your ear. "Yeah! Well, I just saw...well someone getting eaten." I say. "I have seen four people being chased by the things just today! I'm starting to get quite nervous, mate." Chris says. "Yeah...well me and Phil were wondering if we could come over to your place. You see, we live in an apartment so there is a higher chance of us being surround--" "NO NO ITS FINE LADS YOU CAN COME OVER ITS FINE!! PJ is actually with me at the moment right now for the same reason. The more the merrier. Plus, it'll be better to have have some friends around especially during an event like this." Chris says, his tone of voice going a little higher out of excitement. "Oh!" I say, shocked. Well, that was easy to ask him.
Me and Phil walk to the subway as usual, until I see another live corpse nearing us. "PHIL WE NEED TO RUN!" I yell. We run as fast as our out-of-shape, long legs could carry us all the way to the underground. As we get closer to the underground, I notice that the line to get inside is extremely long. There's people on the phones with their loved ones. There are people carrying crying babies and patting them on the back. There are couple hugging and kissing each other for the last time, before the other person has to leave. There are people crying; people who have already lost loved ones to the traumatic event. "Dan," phil says, his voice deep and filled with worry. "The lines are too long, it'll take us hours for us to get to Chris...we might have to walk there."
"Phil! Walking is even more dangerous!"
"Well, if there were the living corpses on the underground, the place would be too overcrowded to be able to run away quick enough". Phil stays silent for a minute. "It's the end, Dan. It really is the end of the world and it all just happened too quickly." he says, not showing any emotion in his sentence. I don't reply. Phil really was right and I couldn't argue with him because I knew it was true. "Well, I guess so. We'll just walk there."

We turn directions and head to wear Chris's house is. As we walk, I try to keep my mind off the fact that the world is going to end by kicking litter that I come across on the sidewalk as we go. The part that pains me the most is the fact that the world still looks so...together;still humane. I get so caught up in daydreaming, until I hear someone shriek, followed by many more shrieks. I turn to see what all the screaming is about and I am horrified. I see one living corpse; two living corpses. No. I look closer and what I see makes my heart drop. I see eight living corpses eating two people;two people that had families of their own;two people who didn't make it. The sight brings tears to my eyes. Phil sees too. His eyes widen. "PHIL WE NEED TO GO, QUICKLY!" I say as I grab Phil's arm and run with him.