Yellow Tape around this Animal

Chapter One

Brycelyn's Point of View

"Gavin, come on get down from there before you get hurt," my friend Gracie says to her boyfriend Gavin hangs upside-down on the monkey bars at my old middle school.

"Come on G 2.0," our friend Margo says using one of Gavin's many nicknames. "Please get down before Gracie has a fricken heart attack," she says looking at him from the swingset. I watch as Gavin pulls himself up and sits next to our other friends DJ and Jeremy.

"It's all fine," my boyfriend Will says pulling himself up to take a seat on the top of the monkey bars to join Gavin, Jeremy and DJ. "If Gavin falls, I'll make sure to do CPR on him to make sure he doesn't die," he says looking down at Gracie.

"And when you do," my other friend Avery says as I take a seat on the swing next to Margo and my other friend Zayne. "I will make out with Gracie to make sure she's alive as well," she says jokingly winking at Gracie who smiles back at her.

"Oh yeah bby," Gracie says walking towards Avery and Zayne leaps up and sprints towards them.

"Aye!" she screams, " that's my wife," she says shoving Avery out of the way. Margo looks over at me and sighs.

"What are we going to do with them?" She asks and leaps off the swing set to join the rest of the gang on the playground. Following behind her is Gage who has finally returned from the bathroom after a few minutes spent in there.

"Damn Gage," Will says watching hum walk over. "How much did you have to shit?" He asks and Gage shrugs.

"I did not even poo Willard," Gage says using one of Will's nicknames. "I was listening this crazy person scream about some infection," he explains.

"Like what?" DJ asks, "Cancer."

"SON!" Margo screeches, "watch what you say that is not a good!" She tells him and DJ looks down sadly.

"Sorry mom," he says, calling Margo his mother because in our family tree Margo is him and Jeremy's mom. Then I am the mother of Zayne, Margo and Gavin and Will is the father of the three of them.

"It is fine son," Margo says going towards him, "just don't do it again, its wrong and bad." She says walking near him to pat his shoe.

"But yeah, they were screaming about some infected people," Gage goes on acting like Margo had not just scolded DJ for what he had said.

"They have to be insane," I say looking at everyone, trying to act calm, but secretly panicking because even if I have watched shows about the apocalypse I was not fully prepared for anything that could go down.

"Yeah, Gage don't listen to them," Gracie said taking a seat next to me.

"What if they were being serious?" I ask and everyone looks at me.

"Come on B," Avery says, "No one is that serious, they're doing it to scare us."

"And its not working," Margo adds.

I shrug my shoulders and sigh, "I guess you're right," I say hopping down from the play set. Zayne turns around and looks at the street.

"Hey guys," she says and we all look at her.

"What is it Zyn?" Will asks going to stand next to her. We all go next to her to see what she's looking at and it's a man walking down the street.

"Is it just me or is he walking a little funny?" She asks and I look closer. The man has a bite mark in his shoulder and some of his hair was tore out.

"He's probably just a little drunk," Jeremy says patting her shoulder.

Suddenly a guy rushes out from around the corner holding a shovel. "Monster!" He screams bringing up the shovel up and bashing it into the drunk man's head.

"Holy shit!" Gavin says dropping to the ground bringing Gracie and DJ down with him.

"Fuck," I whisper dropping down with everyone else.  Suddenly I hear some sniffling coming from Zayne.

"Zyn, breath," Avery whispers as we all scoot away from the scene and rush over to the cars. I climb into Will's car with Zayne, Avery, and DJ.

Then in Jeremy's car Gracie, Margo, Gage and Gavin. Will turns on the radio to get some weak talking and he turns it up to hear the person speak about people becoming cannibals. "Jeremy are you hearing this?!" Will asks Jeremy through the drivers window.

"Hell yeah I do, what is even happening?" He asks when some woman busts through the bushes and laughs,

"Its the end of the world fuckers, you better run!"