No such thing as hope now

As the blistering hot sun towered above me; I sat cross-legged doing an inventory check on the remains of my supplies on the roof of what use to be regarded too as a school bus...that was until the world had fallen.

My name is Alden white. It has been 3 years now since the majority of humanity had been wiped out, well technically, the rotting decaying body's of those who have died without any traumatic injury to the brain stem or core, still walk around earth aimlessly but they are no where close to human..not anymore.

After inventory-check, only having 18slugs and my make shift machete along with 2 canteens full of water I needed to go scouting..bad. As the almost unbearably blinding sun hung high above the city's forgotten buildings and streets; I looked up into the sky to my surprise I noticed a swarm of vultures circling something that has just recently died 4 blocks away, "whatever's out there it hasn't been dead long. Or it's still alive and it's almost been 11 hours since my last meal..I need this."

I ran hunched over, taking cover behind what use to be a minivan that was now nothing but a rusted hunk of metal overgrown with vines and other greenery. "Damn it, biters." I whispered to myself as I stumbled apon the scene the vultures had led me to.

Laying on the ground was something with bright brown fur soaked in dark blood from what I could make out between handfuls of flesh of what the infected were feasting on. Must be some sort of animal that maybe collapsed do to dehydration or starvation.. Or simply gave up running from the bastard Zeds since they were relentless and never gave up. "Hey shit for brains!" I voiced just loud enough not to attract the attention of other infected hidden within the long forgotten walls of the city.

The four infected slowly turned their hollow gaze to meet mine. "Lets have some fun shall we?" I Said smirking (I always enjoyed a chance to kill the abominations that have wrecked my life) I pulled out my 18" machete I made out of rusted steel lawnmower blade and duck tape with one clean precise diagonal slice I managed to successfully take off half of the closest zeds head as it's body went collapsing to the ground I was already withdrawing the blade from the forehead of the second Infected. By now the other two were up on their feet shambling for me. I kicked the first zombie to get to close to me as it toppled to the ground I cleanly scalped the last standing zombie, before it's body hit the ground I already silenced the remaining biter with a fulfilling curbstomp to its pathetic excuse of what was left of a face.

As I looked at what the biters had been chewing into my face dropped as I realized it use to be a German shepherd I sighed "damn that's my favorite breed"whispering as I did a slow three-sixty to check if I had attracted any unwanted attention. Something banged in the abandoned cafe behind me as I spun around I noticed just in time to see a small dark figure disappear around the corner of the bar. As I approached the bar I heard a whimper come from behind it. I unslung my shotgun from behind my back and pointed it straight ahead firmly "I'm giving you 3 seconds to come out with your hands up high open palms" I started the count down "one...two...don't fuck with me I will blow your Brains out without a single regret!...thr"I stopped. From behind the counter appeared a small no more than 5 feet tall figure that seemed to have long straight hair as it held its hands out above its head what stepped out of the shadows was a young shaky frail girl "don't hurt me please sir...I'm not a bad guy"