THE RISING
By Greg Edwards & Josh Hawbaker
Dear readers:
I was watching the tv show THE WALKING DEAD when I thought to myself how cool it would be to write a book on people surviving the zombie apocalypse, and thus,
The Rising
was born. It was after I shared my book idea after starting a few chapters that my friend Josh decided to help me with my book. He came up with creative and new journeys for our character's that made a great addition to our book. I would like to thank my friends for support and ideas for the book, my high school teachers for revising and giving feedback on the book, and I'd like to thank the creators of the Walking Dead for giving me the inspiration in writing these books.
These books are written to seem like a journal kept by our main character Sly Stud. Each chapter is made to seem like a small journal entry written by Sly. Anyway relax, sit back, and enjoy,
The Rising
Signed,
Greg Edwards
Prolouge
I come from a small town in West Haven Michigan. I was six at the time I believed in all types of mystical beasts like vampire, werewolfs, you name it I believed it. My name is Sly Stud and my dad died when I was seven years old so my mom forced me to become ceo of the company. The company is M.H.O (Monster Hunter Corporation). I didn't want to do it. I remember it as if it was yesterday.
" Boy, you're going to follow in your dad's footsteps!" my mom told me.
"And what if I don't want to," I retorted, Then I got smacked because she thought I was talking back.
"YOU WILL DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD BOY, YOU ARE GOING TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS," She exclaimed.
"NO!" I yelled back storming off to my room. Remember I'm only six. Then I heard her talk on the phone to a guy named Mike. Then a few seconds later she came to my room with a suitcase and started packing my stuff.
"What are you doing?" I asked curiously.
" Packing your stuff because you're going to follow your dad's footsteps. I'm not taking no for an answer," My mom said angrily. and that's how I meet my friends. There was this place my mom and dad built so kids can follow their parents footsteps. We drove to the "school" when in real life it was a boot camp. This is where I met my friends and we decided to change the way the company worked.
The names of my friends are Cod Day, Melissa Shaffer, Halle Winsa, and Brandon Price. The first day of school was the worst because we found out how each of our dads died. My dad died from a dragon he was fighting and Cod's is still alive but for eternity, Melissa's dad died a gruesome death that I will not get into right now because Halles dad died the same as my dad but hers was with fire. Finally Brandon's dad died torn up by werewolves. All of the deaths we're tragic. Thing happen when you're a kid that mess you up like having your dad die or having your heart ripped out of your chest. The time I spent in this bootcamp was a hard one. When I got out I was about 20 and ready to "hunt monsters". Well the thing is I decided to prove that monsters were out there change whole company. Hurting something that we don't know exist. It's a harsh thought to think. The people need to know what's out there like vampires, dragons, werewolves, and many more this is the first of our adventure to prove that the world is not as it seems. Open up your eyes and look around and you will see thing no one else can I did. If you do the world will change for you.
If you're reading this then be warned this will happen again. And in the end I'll tell you ways to prevent The Rising!
Ch. 1
It all started in Las Vegas, about three years ago today, it's still happening as I tell you this. I was at The Star (a casino) when it happened. All I heared was a scream out in the streets. For the first one I ignored it, and thought it was just a shooting. Those happen every once and awhile here. Then a second one came. I started to get suspicious. Then my friend came in and pulled me aside so he would not cause a panic.
"Sly, there's chaos in the streets. People are attacking each other and eating flesh." Cod said.
"Cod go home and get some sleep nothing is happening," I said. That's when a patch of blood splattered on the window of the casino. " Oh Shit, Cod get the group together, the day has come! Tell them to meet at my place in half an hour."
"Got it!" He yelled over his shoulder as he was running towards the door.
"Cod take this,'' I yelled throwing him a leg from one of the tables. When I stepped outside, it was chaos. People were crashing their cars, some people were eating other's. No one knows how or where it started. It was utter chaos. The time was 11:28 am. I met them at my house around 12:00. I had to run for my life, had to get home and get away from the hoard on my tail. These zombies moved at a quicker pace than you'd think.
"Let me in!" I yelled. "The Zombies are on my tail."
"How do we know it's Sly?" Melissa said.
"COD! LET ME THE FUCK IN, YOU ASSHOLE!" I yelled.
"It's him." Cod said as he unlocked the door.
"Assholes, I could have died out there!" I yelled!
"Sorry, we didn't know it was you." Brandon said.
"Shut Your Fucking Mouth! I don't want to hear excuses," I said. "Now the day has come. We prepared for this day for a long time. It Is the Zombie Apocalypse!" I said.
"Sly sweetie, it's alright but don't get angry over it." Halle said.
"It's too late I'm already angry. people to prepare to survive, but we can save some people. We'll try to save as many as we can." I said. "Now, let's get to our posts. I'll get the guns to get away from here."
