The Plague

First Night

James's pov

No one was ready when they came.

There were news reports sure but they only told us that it was all under control.

They came in the dead of night.

God we didn't stand a chance. The first scream of the first victim was how it all began...

Two hours before

I was only 17 and mom had just put Jack to bed. Dad was on the sofa watching the news about the outbreak. He didn't believe in it. He, like almost all the other men in our small town in Mississippi, though it was a game. Me I didn't know what I thought about it. It just seemed like it couldn't be real.

I'd been studying for a test in physics when I heard a knock at the door. It wasn't really a knock so much as a bump. Then it was followed by another bump. This time it was more loud. I went to the door and ask who it was.

I got no response but the knocking became more furious.
I even heard a growling sound. It was a horrible gurgle sounding growl. The kind of sound your voice makes when you haven't cleared your throat and there's clearly something in it. Then out of absolutely no where whoever is on the other side of the door starts literally throwing themselves at the door.

My dad gets up and shouts "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!". I try and explain the situation the best I can even though I don't really understand it myself. The whole time the person is still banging and trying to break the door down. After I bring him up to speed he takes it upon himself to try and reason with the person." Hey there if you want to keep your brain in your head and not on my porch you'd better stop banging on my door!" The person responds with the most unearthly sound. I say sound because it wasn't a word I'd ever heard in any language. It moaned. Not in a way that implies pleasure but a moan of pain and hunger. It scared my mom enough to make her scream and wake Jack up. It scared me enough to almost jump out of my skin. It scared my dad so much that his skin turned white. He went and got his shot gun from the closet in his room.

I went and grabbed my kami katana. I'd earned it from the karate school that I've been attending since I was six. I knew just how to use it. My dad came back from his closet and told me "Grab your mom and Jack and go into the guest room and hide." I nod and move to do as I was told. By the time I'd turned to get mom she'd already grabbed Jack who was sound asleep in her arms. I herded them into the room and hid them in the closet. I sat on the bed and listened. Ready to run out if dad needed me.

I heard the door finally give in under the banging of the assault. My dad gave a war scream and I heard him fire off two shots. Then there were sound of a scuffle. I heard my dad cry out in alarm. I was already reaching for the door when I heard one more shot from his gun. Then he caned us out of hiding.

"It's safe now guys." He said. I knew from the tone of his voice that he wasn't so sure. He looked beaten and out of breath. "I've killed them...they wouldn't stop they came in and ran at me so i shot two of them and the third one grabbed my arm and bit me hard! I dragged the bodies outside."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing but before I could say anything two more came in. I saw them they were really bloody. They had blood stains everywhere and they were shuffling their way in the doorway that no longer had a door. What stuck out to me the most was those eyes.

They were so blank. So dark they were literally black. I mean the entire I was just a pure black eye. I knew then that they couldn't be human. I used this to justify what I did next. I moved with purpose when I lifted my katana and beheaded the first zombie. I then turned and did the same to the other before it even knew what was happening. Not that it could know. I turned to my shocked family and said "I think the plague is real..." my mom was shocked and somehow through all this Jack had slept.

I turned to my dad and noticed that he was holding his hand and groaning. "Are you alright dad?" I asked him.

He looked pained and he was sweating profusely. "No son I don't think I am..." was his respond.

He looked up and my mom gasped and woke Jack up. "Daddy?" Came his tiny voice when he saw dad's face. He'd seen what everyone else had seen. My dad. The man I'd known all my life. The unstoppable protector of my family. My best friend. He now had blood on his face and the bite on his hand was had stopped bleeding and turned gray. But beyond all that were his eyes. They had become the eyes of the dead. He looked at us all and said his last word that haunted me still to this day.

"Run."

With that he released a final groan and doubled over. He sat like that for a all of three seconds and then went still falling all the way down. My mother screamed and Jack who didn't understand what was going on screamed with her because she'd scared him. I felt tears coming.

I couldn't let them fall though because my mom and Jack needed me to be strong. Why had dad told us to run?

We found out when he got up and fast as greased lightening took a chunk out of my mom's arm. I was too shocked to stop him I raised my sword to intervene but I couldn't bring myself to end it. This thing had been my dad. I couldn't bring myself to kill him even if it wasn't him. Instead I pushed him off my mom and grabbed her and Jack and locked us in the guest room.

Dad wasn't far behind us. As soon as the lock clicked in place he began throwing himself against the door ferociously. Mom sat on the bed and began to cry. She stopped after a minute and seemed to be thinking and then accepting something.

She turned to me and said "James I need you to take Jack and climb out the window and run-"

I didn't even give her a chance to finish. "No mom I'm not leaving you here with dad!" I can't believe she'd even suggest it. "We can fix your arm and you'll get better we can get out of this together!" I'm pleading with her to see reason.

"James listen to me please. This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do I know this is hard for you to but you have to be strong for Jack! Your father was fine until he got bit by one of those creatures. It's only a matter of time before he breaks down the door but even if he doesn't your in here with me! Baby you have to take Jack and leave us I'll never forgive myself if I'm the one who kills you!" She finishes. I'm shaking my head and begging her to stop. I can't stand to lose her too.

The door is cracking under dad's onslaught. His assault is getting more violent. Mom waste no time in putting Jack in my arm and opening the window. She kicks the screen out and then turns to me and drags me over to the window and pushes me out. She kisses me on the forehead and kisses Jack too. "I love you both. Don't ever forget." She says and just then dad burst through the door. "Now run!" She screams.

I turn with Jack screaming for mom in my arms and run like I'd never run before. I ran to the edge of the woods that line our back yard and before I run into the cover the trees promise I turn for one last look at mom.

She's staring at us with tears in her face. I managed to turn just in time to see dad's hands wrap around her face and pull her from the window.

That was the last time I ever saw either of my parents. I'll never forget that night. I ran with Jack until I found an abandoned house in the woods that looked safe. I went in and placed jack on a raggedy couch. I then went to a cop ou he rest of the house and found no one else. I blocked up the windows and the door. When I was sure that no one could get in I sat down to put Jack back to sleep. He sat there in my arms and asked me "where's mommy?"

I didn't know how to explain what had just happened. "Her and daddy just need to talk for a little while. We're just gonna sleep in here tonight. Don't worry I'll keep you safe." I replied. I dodge any other question he has and shush him and soon he falls asleep in my arms.

When I know he's asleep I let the tears flow. I sit there and mourn what I've lost.

I haven't cried since because that night instilled a steel on my heart that won't let me feel that kind of heart for anyone else.

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A/N

Another book my first book is gonna come to an end soon. I don't think I can keep it going for much longer. I've been losing inspiration for it. But anyway plz vote and comment.