Apocalyptic Minds

They sat in a circle around their pentagram,the muttered chants of the witches echoing in the hollow room.The elder witch at the tip of the star cut her wrist with sharp glass and passed it on.All the witches slit their wrist and finally poured their black blood into the circle.They poured flammable gas around the star and within seconds,all the lights went out.

The whole world was put into a short death,but were reborn into something else.Their skin had decayed and become flaky,but they were still alive.They could breathe,blink,and eat.Although,I probably should mention,their appetite wasn't built for food.

I was spared by the witches.They left me some excess power in full trust,however,they really shouldn't have.I used the power to spare some lives in the world.I also killed all the witches,they shouldn't have started an apocalypse.

The power I used tracked down the bravest,most courageous people in the world.I needed people who could kill a supposedly dead person without feeling sick to their stomachs at the sight of their blood.

For the most part,I was alone.The bravest people could be on the other half of the world,anyway,I was fine alone.

I'm going to New York.

There's a lot of living dead creatures roaming the place,however,another benefit of being the witches' favored human was that I got immunity.Sure,a bite would be horrid and would hurt like hell,but would it be so bad without the virus to follow?