The Infected [1]

7.First Encounter

A surge of power went through me as I awoke. I carefully peeled my eyes open and saw that it was already night but it was as bright as day for me. I nudged Jeff slightly to wake him up. "Jeff wake up.",I whisper yelled.

He groaned and reluctantly woke up. He rubbed his eyes and looked around. I noticed that his eyes were glowing red. "Jeff your eyes, they're red.",I informed him. "Well so are yours.",he retaliated.

He sniffed the air as if he sensed something. I did the same and was blasted by dozens of scents. But one particular scent stood out the most. It smelled oddly resembled how Jeff and I now smell. It's just that we could smell the difference. "Let's go check it out.",I suggested. He nodded and we began our trek towards the scent.

A snarl echoed just around the corner. I whipped my head in that direction and growled lowly. I was surprised by the feral sound that escaped my mouth. I shrugged it off and thought little of it since Well in movies, zombies do growl.

I stealthily moved through the trees and heck even I was surprises at how silently and swiftly I could now move. I came into a small clearing and a zombie was tearing out chunks of meat out of a deer carcass. The scent of the blood made my throat burned and I tried to ignore it to the best of my abilities since the thought of drinking blood made me want to puke.

I saw movement opposite to where I was hiding. A figure darted from trees to trees like a ninja. I sniffed the air and it was indeed Jeff. I stepped to the side to go to him but stepped on a twig. Shit. My eyes widen as the zombie turned and stumbled towards me.

He growled at me as he inched closer.
Rage sparked within me and I snarled viciously at him. He stopped and went back to what he was doing. Jeff jogged towards me and asked,"How did you do that?"

"What do you mean?", I retaliated with another question.

"How did you snarl?",he asked with a shocked expression on his face.

"Must have been my zombie instincts.",I replied.

"Well Okay then, we should get going back to our house now. It's going to be day in a couple hours.",he reminded. I nodded and we began to walk in the direction where we thought our house is located.