The Empty City

The Prologue

For you to understand who I am now you must know who I was in the past. My name is Ixchel Salvador and this is my story.
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I wake up to the sun burning through my eyelids, forcing me to open my eyes. My massive headache is prominent and I want to close my again but I can hear my mom talking to whom I think is one of my sisters, which makes me wake up completely. I reach out and grab my phone when my dad comes in without knocking.

"Get up already ....oh ......how long have you been awake?", he says.

"I barely wo-", I managed to say before he abruptly cut me off.
"It doesn't matter, you're always on the damn phone, just get ready and go eat breakfast." and then he leaves with out closing my door.

At least shut the door, I think to myself.

I stay in bed and check my phone only to see there are thirty new messages from last night all from the same person. I ignore them.

I think about the night before. I had snuck out to hang out with my friends. One of them was hosting a huge video game party which consisted of Mario Kart, Overwatch, Mortal Kombat, and Mountain Dew mixed in with tequila.

The whole night was a riot, I thought to myself, slightly chuckling.

I go downstairs and I'm greeted with the most mouthwatering smell of bacon. My stomach starts to growl in hunger as I sit down on my spot at the table.
"Buenos díaz, Sleeping Beauty", my mom says to me.

My two sisters are already fighting and my mom and dad continue talking.

"Can you two keep it down, I have a headache."
"And why is that?", my mom says.
"Cause' she always on the damn phone, that's why!", my dad says somewhat angrily.
I could her my two sisters snickering obnoxiously as I was getting scolded by my parents.
"Remember Ixchel, take Esperanza and Carmen with you to the mall today, it's your turn to drive them.", my mother said.
"Ughh, no way! I took them last time and all they did was scream and fight in the car."
"You didn't just get your driver's license and choose to drive where ever the hell you want. At least go to HEB and buy some groceries, we're short on eggs, tortillas, and some other stuff.", my dad said annoyed at me.
"Fine, whatever" Anything to get out of this place, I thought.
I went up to my room and turned on my computer and checked my tumblr. Hmmm, I see that he uploaded another picture, I thought to myself as I stalked a guys blog.
After a good 5 minutes I decided that I should get ready so I change into my clothing.
//AN//: what you wear is up in the header up there.
I get my car keys and run down stairs. I start my car and head out to HEB.
~Time Skip to HEB brought to you by the Sam and Dean eating pie~
I noticed that the parking lot was really empty. Huh, it's a Saturday, it should be full of people, I said to myself. I went inside and looked around for the stuff that my family asked. After a while i found everything I was looking for. As soon as I went to the checkout aisle a siren started to blare out. It wasn't like the one you hear from the police, it was like the one's you hear in horror movies. It sent chills down my spine.
"Well, that can't be good.", said a guy behind me. I looked back and saw the he was incredibly good looking and tall and I immediately felt my face start to burn.
"True, I just hope it's nothing serious, I intend to get home in time to watch my TV shows."
"Same, I need to finish that episode of Killer Kids.", he said thoughtfully.
Well, that's a...a different show to watch.
I think he saw me look in interest as he looked at me and said,"Hey, don't judge, it's a good show. By the way what house do you belong in. I'm a slytherin.", he said looking at my shirt.
"Hufflepuff". I found myself crushing on him
I can't just have feelings for him! I just met him. I'm going to call him Mystery Man for now.
My swooning was cut short when there a shrill scream rang throughout the store. We looked at each other and ran to where the scream was coming from. When we got there, I witnessed the most horrifying thing I had ever seen.
A man was was chomping down on a woman. He was eating her intestines.
I hunched over and tried to stop the bile rising up at my throat.
"THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU! GET OFF HER YOU MANIAC!", a man yelled as he tried to pry off the man that was tearing into the woman's insides.
The man got up and looked at him. There's something wrong with him, I thought. His eyed were blank, almost lifeless. It was creepy. He hobbled over to the man and pounced on him. Everyone who was near immediately went and tried to pull him off. In the end, he ended up taking another bite on another civillian. Everyone started to scream, panic rose out. A woman was dead and a man was bleeding out.
"CALL THE POLICE! SOMEBODY, DIAL AN AMBULANCE!"
The scary man limped his way across the hallway, taking small lunges at whoever was near. People started to try and apprehend the man, but everyone was wary. With good reason of course
Me and the handsome stranger stuck together in the midst of all the commotion. About 3 minutes later, multiple heavy footsteps were heard throughout the store. I looked over an aisle and saw it was the military.
What the heck is going on!?, I thought and the handsome stranger seemed to have the same thoughts as I did, confusion etched on his face. As they approached they shot the cannibal, right in the head.
Everyone started to scream and started to disperse . They started speaking into their walkie talkies, saying how the had eliminated the carrier. They approached and shot the dead woman in the head and then they pointed their guns to the injured man. More screaming rang through out the store. At this point, everyone was flocking to the store entrance
My eyes widened in a moment of realization.
I knew that something had gone terribly wrong.
"Everyone please, calm down. The government is now taking initiative, everything within a mile radius is now under quarantine."
Wait doesn't that mean that we're under quarantine as well. What the hell was wrong with the guy?, my eyes drifting to the gruesome sight a few feet behind us, wondering what was going that was so bad that they needed to quarantine us.
I started to panic. I need to go home. I need to leave now.
Then the lights went out. Slowly the backup lights flickered on, giving the store an eerie dim lighting. I really just wanted to go home. I started heading towards the exit of the store.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry but we can't allow to leave.", said the soldier, blocking me with his gun. The voice sounded oddly familiar.
"JJ. What the heck are you doing here? I thought you had left the city years ago!"
"IXCHEL! No way, I can't believe it's you! You've grown so much!"
"Soooo... are you going to tell me or..."
"I did leave but I came back and joined the Army. I was on my way to Cali when they said they needed help at Texas and I ended up here."
"Yikes, well, I need to get to my family, they need me.", I said, hoping he would let me through.
"Sorry, I can't let you leave. We're under strict orders to not let civilians leave the quarantine zone. It's dangerous out there."
"Nothing I can't handle, I'm sure."
"You don't understand, something is happening, and the government is trying to cover it up."
I looked him dead in the eye.
"It's a risk I'm willing to take."

I hope you guys like this first chapter, tell me what you think, should I keep updating? If you guys like please share with your friends. Also I might start a reader insert but I don't know about what or what it should be. And if you have any requests, msg me (;