My Friends And The Zombie Apocalypse.

Micheal's Group

We killed all the walkers in the building and headed outside. And as soon as we got out there, the walkers tried to kill us. In fact, as I ran through everyone else died. I'm on my own now.

I'm trying really hard not to just end it. Telling myself to ignore that voice in the back of my head. The one that's saying "I bet they left you behind. You Should have ended when Emily died. You should have killed yourself. You dumbass."

I start to run. I don't know why but I do. I run until I can't breathe. Then I turn around and scream. At all the walkers that took away friends. My girlfriend. Everything. I'm already have anxiety attacks and this is only like the second day.

And then I stop. I fall down and cry. I tell myself to suck it up, but I can't. Then I remember a quote my brother got from a Slipknot song. "You want to win the war, know what you're fighting for." I keep it in my head until I realize. I'm fighting for the ones who haven't died yet. Who can't fight. And for my brother.

So I get up, wipe the tears from my eyes, and run down the road. He is probably going towards our house, so that's where I'll go. And I'll meet him there.

I head along the street and think about the world. How messed up it is and how humans are the reason its like that. I was once a very religious person. Now I'm not sure what I am. Part of me wants to pray, while the other part wants to watch the world burn.

I run down to a street filled with walkers and I'm forced to turn back. As I run, I realize that I left the axe behind and I'm defenseless.

I run down an alley like area and find a dumpster. I climb on top of it. The voice is still talking to me, except now it has a sweeter tone. It sounds familiar. It sounds like Emily.

I stop. I stop everything. I stop breathing. I stop thinking. I go into a shock-like state that brings my ego down. I start to remember her smile. I think of her, and then I see her.

She walks towards me, holding a gun. She looks at me and smiles. And then she cries. She hyperventilates and looks at me with tears in her eyes. And then she says "I hope you see him again. And I hope you find someone else to hold on to. Goodbye now." She pulls the gun to her head and fires.

I wake up, yelling Emily's name and staring at the night sky. I look down to see I'm surrounded by walkers and that I'm still on top of the dumpster. I lay there and contemplate jumping off. And letting them tear me to pieces.

I stand and look at their faces. Then I get ready to jump. I'm going to jump when I hear a scream. It sounds like a little girl.

I jump, pushing the walkers away and head towards the noise. I see her, standing on a ladder with a walker pulling on her boot. I grab a nearby shovel and kill it. Then I watch her scamper up the building. She looks down at me awkwardly.

Then she smiles. Her smile looks like sunshine and I find myself drawn to her. And then she says "Well, are you coming?"

I didn't expect it, but I smile and start up the ladder. Once I get up there, she says "Thanks. For killing the walker. What's your name?"

I smile and say, "My name is Micheal. And you are?" She looks at me and says, "My real name is Lauren, but my momma used to watch The Walking Dead. She called me Enid, cause she said I looked like her."

"OK, Enid. Where are you headed?" I say to her. Her face turns puzzled, then sad. "I was looking for supplies with my daddy, but he got bit and told me to leave him. I don't know where I'm going." She says.

And from that instant, I realize that I'm going with her. And I will protect her with my life for as long as I live.