Swarm

Chapter one: first week gone by

Lachlan's POV
I have the worse luck ever. My mates and I thought it would be a great idea to spend the summer in the U.S.A. I'm from Australia so the flight to U.S.A sucked.There was a lot of bad turbulence and the flight was like twenty four hours. Yet I thought those would be the worst things to happen on this trip. I was wrong, completely. A fucking apocalypse happened, the dead started coming back to life and eating anything with a heartbeat! Within a week all my friends died. So now I'm alone. My back was sore from carrying my very heavy backpack. It was full of food,water, rope, and a extra knife. I had a shotgun that I found off a limper. A limper is what I call those things. As I walked on the trail I listened carefully to every noise." Connor shut up" a voice shouted out. Nice one smart guy. Attract all the limper's.Footsteps got louder as they came closer to me. Two boys came out of the bush. One seemed older than the other.I dived into one of the bushes hoping they didn't see me. The limper's aren't the only thing that can get you killed; humans can to obviously but human are more of a threat. Some humans became cruel and that's how I lost one of my best friends because someone shot him!" I saw you, bitch" the one with a deep voice shouts. I slowly rise out of the bushes with my hands up." Who are you, I need a full name" he shouts again and gets closer." Lachlan Power" I say slowly." Where are you from and are you alone" he says, he's right behind and is practically whispering in my ear." Australia, and all my friends are dead so yes I'm alone" I say." Turn around" he commands and I turn slowly keeping my hands up." How many flesh eaters have you killed" he asks. He must be talking about limper's.I started to relax and notice his physical features he had dark caramel eyes people would describe it, but his eyes were actually just brown." Twenty to twenty five" I say. The guy smiles and says " I'm Mitchell Hughes but call me Mitch, that's my bro Connor" he says and shakes my hand." We have a camp set up, we could take you back if you want" Mitch says still smiling. How the fuck can someone smile in the fucking apocalypse." Uh, okay" I say " follow me" Connor says and sprints off." Wrong way smart one" Mitch yells and starts walking the other direction. Connor sprints back over to us panting a bit. I realize that Mitch had a bow in his hand and a quiver of arrows on his back. Connor only had a knife and a pistol." So, who did you lose" Connor asks and Mitch hits him in the hand glaring at him. Oh yeah, you probably shouldn't talk about dead friends and family in the apocalypse." My friends that's it so far,hopefully Australia doesn't have this problem " I say sighing and looking down. I truly miss my friends and my family probably thinks I'm dead." No country or continent is safe, the disease spread like a wild fire through every continent" Mitch says frowning slightly." How do you know" I ask after awhile." That what the last broadcast told everyone until all the power went out" Connor says and We stop in front of a cabin." Here's our place, the rest of the group is inside" Mitch says and walks up to the door. He does some special knock and says " Benja". The door opens revealing a tall red head female that looked about Mitch's and mines age." Mitch!who's that" she says glaring daggers at me." Lachlan, found him in the woods he's a good guy" Mitch says. The girl opens the door and we walk in. There was about twenty seven people in this cabin!They all look at me suspiciously not knowing if I'm good." This is Lachlan, he's joining our group" Mitch announces and everyone waves. I sit down beside to males; one had a darker complexion and the other seemed to have some sort of Asian background." Hi I'm Jin" the one probably with a Asian background says." Hi" I say and shake his hand. He had a purple jacket, black hair that covered one eye, and thick black glasses." I'm Vikk" the other says and shakes my hand." Dinner is served" a brunette male shouts as he walks into the living room area thing." Who's that" he says pointing to me." I'm Lachlan" I say keeping a straight face." Hi I'm Rob" he says smiling. Why the fuck is everyone so happy? I give a half smile back. Everyone stands up to grab the dinner. It was Caesar salad. I grabbed a small portion and sat on the old couch. A short brunette comes over with a bowl and sits beside me." I'm Preston" he says and takes a bite of his food." Lachlan" I say and continue eating the salad." You're not from here are you" he asks probably noticing I have a Australian accent." Yeah, I'm from Australia" I say giving him a sad smile. Shit I really miss home. Him and I eat in silence after that. Finally Connor came and collected the dishes."
So where will Lachlan be sleeping" the red head from before says. Everyone starts to think." I can sleep on the floor, I have a sleeping bag" I say." Oh okay, I was thinking the bathtub but that'll work" Mitch says laughing a bit. Everyone laughs to and soon I'm laughing." Well we should be getting to bed" Preston says. Everyone nods and goes off to where they sleep. I dig my sleeping bag out of my backpack and place it by the couch. Preston flops on the couch and slightly glares at me! He probably didn't mean it. I use my backpack as a pillow and I curl up in my sleeping bag. Maybe this place isn't so bad at all.