Infected

Chapter One :: Betrayal

My name is Shane, but that's not important.

It began twenty years ago. The people of our town were screaming and running around the streets, chewing on the ones struggling to escape.

I was with my friends Ciara and Jalen one day. We looked out of the window of my living room, as I clenched a hammer in my hand.

"We need to leave, guys." said Ciara, anxiously.

Me and Jalen looked at each other with an odd glare. I then turned my head to Ciara.

"And where do we go, Ciara? Out there?" I asked

"We'll get devoured by those things!" said Jalen.

Ciara put her head down, and sighed.

"We need to go upstairs or anywhere else, but not down here in the freaking living room! Those things will see us, and then they'll try to get in."

I realised that Ciara was right. There was no way that we'd survive if the infected saw us.

"She's right." I said. "We should get up stairs and prepare, but first we should build some defences against the windows and doors down here."

"There's only three of us, here. We need help if we are going to secure this place." added Jalen. "I could call Meghan, maybe she could bring Jane over."

"And I'll call Ellie. She'll help." said Ciara.

"I can help too." said a voice behind us. "Sorry for sneaking up on you."

It was Vivian! She must've came in through the back door.

"How'd you get in?" I asked, suspiciously.

"The back door. It's kind of broken..." she laughed.

"BROKEN?!" screamed Shane, Ciara and Jalen.

"Oh shit!" I said as I ran towards the back door.

As I was running, I heard a scream from behind me. The living room window smashed as one of the infected grabbed Ciara by the hair.

"Ahh!" she screamed. "Help!"

Jalen rushed towards her and tried to seperate the walker from her hair, but it was no use.

All of a sudden, the walker fell. Someone fired a gunshot at it.

It was Abby! She ran towards the house as Jalen and Vivian opened the front door to let her in.

"Holy shit. This is so screwed!" she sighed, as she caught her breath.

"Let's just secure this please before we---" said Vivian, before his sentence was interrupted by my screaming.

"EVERYONE! GET UPSTAIRS!!" I screamed. The back door was completely opened, causing five of the infected to enter. They were slow, but it didn't matter. They tried their best to kill people.

We all ran upstairs, but Ciara fell backwards and was unconscious at the bottom of the stairs, as a walker approached her.

She quickly woke up, and tried to kick it away.

"ABBY, KILL IT!" we all screamed, quickly.

Abby aimed her gun at the walker attacking Ciara, and fired the bullet. It killed the walker instantly.

"You're a good shot, Abby." I said.

"Thanks." she said.

Ciara ran up the stairs, as we all ran into my bedroom. We barricaded the door with a few bookcases and other things.

"Okay, that won't hold." sighed Abby.

"How do you know?" asked Jalen.

"I've been out there. They just KILLED my brother. I know what they're like. We have to evacuate immediately."

"Oh, JESUS. I'm so sorry." said Vivian.

Jalen opened a window which led to the roof. "We can escape out here!"

"Thank god. Everyone out!" said Abby.

Vivian went first, and was followed by Jalen. Abby went after, but was stopped by Ciara.

"I'm sorry about your brother, Abby. How awful that must be." she said.

"It's fine. I'll die too, soon." Abby said.

That gave me and Ciara chills.

"Okay, Ciara go!" I shouted.

"Shane, don't tell anyone, but..."

She rolled up her leg sleeve, and revealed a bite on her ankle.

"Holy.." I sighed. "Fine, just GO!"

The bookcases fell and the walkers entered. We evacuated the house and closed the window behind us. We were on the roof now.

"Now where do we go, guys?" screamed Vivian. She got really angry.

Some tiles fell, causing Vivian to slip. She slowly slid towards the end of the roof, and grabbed onto the edge.

Abby quickly followed and bent down and grabbed Vivian's hand.

"Pull me up, Abby!" screamed Vivian.

"Sorry, we can't afford a liability."

Abby let go of Vivian, and watched her fall to her death.

Abby acted scared and sad, and quickly, got up.

"I couldn't hold on, and she told me she wanted to die!" cried Abby.

"LETS JUST GO!!" I screamed.

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*End of Chapter One*