Reign of the Reapers

Prologue

  Mark, Nate, Mat, Jack, and Matthias were all filming a video together. Matthias had called them all saying he had a really good idea for a challenge video, but he needed 5 people, They all, of course, accepted his offer and came to his house in LA.

They were a bit into the video, when Matthias' phone turned on automatically and started blaring, "WARNING. WARNING. EVERYONE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA,-" he turned it off, he didn't want to interrupt the video, but soon after, all of their phones joined in, "WARNING. WARNING. EVERYONE IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA IS TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOME UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. AVOID CONTACT WITH ANY INFECTED PERSONS." the message continued in a loop, until all 5 phones went dead silent.

"Infected?" Jack asked.

"What's that supposed to mean!" exclaimed Mat.

Mark rolled up the blinds revealing the streets of Los Angeles, "Maybe they mean this." They all huddled around the window, each staring in awe at the sight before them. The creatures roaming the streets looked frighteningly like humans, but humans did not eat flesh. Humans did not have that bloodthirsty look in their eyes. Families huddled in their cars, grasping onto each other in fear.

"What the hell is this?" Nate said, not taking his eyes off one of the creatures in the road.

Jack stared blankly at him, "Do you think I'm supposed to know?"

"Well I have a theory." joked Mat.

"Of course you do Mat, but I don't think this is a laughing matter." Mark replied

"Maybe they are filming some kind of movie here." Mat hoped, "though I don't think a movie would broadcast a warning signal to our phone."

"Guys I think this might be a serious emergency." Jack warily said.

Matthias slowly backed away from the window, "This has to be some kind of hoax! I- I need to call Amanda." He reached for his phone on the table, and put the phone up to his ear.

"Hello? Hello? Are you there? Matt?"

"Amanda! Where are you, I'm coming to get you!"

"Matt! I'm at the store, but don't come it's not safe!" But he had already grabbed his coat and was walking out the door.

Nate warned Matthias,"Where are you going? Didn't you hear her and the announcement? We need to stay here!" The door slammed shut, and the remaining four rushed over to the window by the door, it was only seconds before dozens ran toward him. They didn't hesitate to leap on him and slowly, limb by limb, tear him apart while devouring him. Soon he was just another in a pile of dismantled bodies.

"Okay, that was definitely not a movie scene." Mat announced.

"If it is, Matthias must be really good at playing dead." Nate said, trying to lighten the mood, but all he got was blank stares that said, "Too soon"

"We need to get to the car." Jack said.

"But how?" asked Mark.

"Should we wait it out?" Jack proposed.

Nate agreed. "I suppose we should."

"Excuse me, I'm not going to wait anything out until we can be sure that Steph is safe." Mat objected. "but I guess we'll have to wait until it's clear. She's smart. She'll be safe at the house."

"Until then we need to get prepared. This is war." Mark said

That was three years ago.

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Hello Readers!  Starlei here. This is a new story I am co-writing with my good friend @Sherbertquake which should be... interesting. As you may other writers may know the writing process can be grueling sometimes especially when you are trying to write a quality story. So as infrequent as chapters may be we promise to give quality chapters as often as possible. Hope you enjoy and for more youtuber stories check out sherbertquake's profile. See you soon! :)