New Dawn Year 1

Awakening

Seven years earlier

Deacon woke up with blinding sunlight in his eyes he was sitting handcuffed in the backseat of a wrecked police car that had crashed in the middle of a highway. the driver's head had smashed against the windshield leaving a splash of dried blood on it "what the hell is going on "Deacon said he touched his head and it was bleeding a slightly he tried to move but he felt a sharp pain in his side Deacon looked down to see had been stabbed in his side by a shard of glass as a result of the car crash "ouch ok so no moving too quickly good to know "Deacon thought to himself he turned his head and looked out of the shattered window and he saw a man way off in the distance facing away from him. he called out "hey I'm trapped in here! "Deacon shouted trying to get the man's attention. He heard Deacon's pleas and walked towards him slowly as he got closer Deacon could make out the features of the man his eyes were pure black and sunken his skin was grey and peeling away and he carried a smell like sewage and sweaty socks with him as he staggered towards Deacon it got stronger and stronger. When he was close enough Deacon saw a huge black bloodstain on the man's shirt and then he knew he was no man at all he growled like a wild animal and charged at the car reaching his hand through the right side window trying to grab Deacon he quickly slid back to the left side window to avoid the creatures attack "what the fuck are you"Deacon said "okay this is going to hurt me a lot more than its going to hurt you" Deacon said

Deacon bit his tongue so he wouldn't scream and pulled the glass shard from his side and used it as a weapon to stab his attacker In the head causing it to keel over and die spewing out black Liquid inside the police car and all over Deacon, the weight of the creature's body on the already weak door was too much for it to handle and it broke off crushing the body under it with a crunching sound. Deacon took a few minutes to collect himself and quiet the many questions racing through his mind. What the hell was that thing? are there more? what the hell was happening? Deacon had no idea how to even begin to answer any of those he just knew he had to move as staying here was not an option in his condition more could come and even if they didn't get him his stab wound would if he didn't go to find help his survival instinct had kicked in Deacon climbed out of the car to take a look at his surroundings "okay I need to get off this highway and find someone who knows just what the hell is going on "Deacon said he looked up at a road sign above his head "Washington D.C 4 miles away "Deacon said " not a lot of options right now so that's my best bet "Deacon said " I'm going to need to get these cuffs off and find a weapon in case I run into more of these things maybe the driver has the keys "Deacon said he walked around to the driver's side of the police car and tugged at the door but it wouldn't budge "damn it jammed "Deacon said "I hope there aren't more of those things nearby "Deacon said he picked up a rock from the floor and threw it at the window smashing it into pieces.

He searched the drivers corpse for the keys to the cuffs suddenly he heard a shrieking noise coming from somewhere in the trees left of the highway something was coming his way and it was coming quickly Deacon searched the top shirt pocket for the keys but there was nothing he could hear footsteps crushing leaves accompanied by that same demonic shrieking sound whatever it was it was running towards Deacon quickly he searched the left leg pocket but there was nothing he quickly searched the right pocket and found the keys creature responsible for the shrieking noises had climbed onto the highway and was a few feet away from Deacon he quickly rolled under the police car to avoid detection creature seemed to alternate between a quick crawl and a sprint as it got closer his pulse quickened and his Breathing grew faster and heavier.

Before he knew it the creature was staring directly at him but not moving a muscle the creature had no eyes just hollow holes where eyes should be making it quite hard to tell if it could see him or not so he used the fact that it hadn't yet tried to kill him as proof that it couldn't Deacon still had the shard of glass he pulled from his side in his right hand he clenched it tight and moved very slowly to avoid alerting the creature he put some force behind his hand and went to stab it but it caught his hand and pulled him out from under the car throwing Deacon into a stone traffic divider the impact made Deacon cough up some blood the creature roared loudly quickly crawling towards a terrified Deacon he grabbed it by the throat trying to keep it back and go for another stab but it blocked his attack grabbing him by the arm fully picking him up and slamming him on the bonnet of the police car with a loud crash, it dug its claws deep into Deacon's side trying to tear out his guts Deacon howled in pain and seconds before it could bite into His throat Deacon stabbed it in the head with the shard and it screamed in agony convulsing and throwing up black vomit before curling up and dying.

Deacon sat up from the bonnet of the car " Damn these things are strong "Deacon said he got off the bonnet walked around to the back and searched the boot for anything useful he found a backpack with a half a bottle of water in it and a clock pistol with three bullets left "not the greatest start but a start "He said Deacon quickly checked his pockets and found his wallet he opened it and looked at his driver's licence "Deacon morgan that must be me"Deacon said   "I need into the city there has to be a doctor that can fix me up or someone that can tell me just what the hell is going on "Deacon said.   As Deacon made his way towards D.C a masked figure hidden in the trees watches him through the scope of a powerful sniper rifle "that's not possible your supposed to be dead" the figure said and he followed quietly behind