The day the world ended

Chapter 1

574 days ago the world changed. The country was being run by a group of people who had no clue what they were doing and they brought us into a biochemical war. Every one expected it to just be nukes and that would be that. Some rich and some poor families had managed to secure a ticket to a space station that was built to last as long as needed till it was safe to repopulate the earth. The bombs hit not long after the space station took off. Everyone left had just accepted that it was the end. I made sure to get my family on that station. You have no clue who I am. Let me introduce myself. My name is Emily garcia, but my family called me Em for short. I've been surviving on my own for a year and a half but I know that my family is safe on that space station. The state of the world is every man for themselves. Some people choose to be in groups and work together to survive but i haven't met anyone who would be able to stay with me. I have no clue if my friends survived what they launched at us. Every country is different. They all had their own weapons and missiles. The one we shot off, wherever it may have landed, was filled with anthrax. When it landed it would have taken out at least 50000 miles and anything living was killed within hours if not minutes. Russia as the one that attacked us. As cliche as that sounds, the group of people who were running our country turned their back on Russia and the dictator did not take that too well and that is what started the end of the world. There is no running water, electricity,and food is extremely scarce. We have to survive on what we can. A few days after the missiles hit the states is when whatever virus they sent over here started to take effect. People were "turning" and eating other people. I watched a girl I grew up with tear apart her family. Everyone calls them something different. To me they are known as the infected. There are still many living people and they are something you must watch for. Many capture other living people and use them as bait to lure the infected away for whatever sick reason. Some of the infected are evolving and learning to run faster and some are yelling to create hoards. Some of the infected have developed a pack mentality. They have a better chance of catching someone in large groups. Since this all began I've held out hope that my friends are alive. When we got the alert the missiles were headed towards us we promised each other that if we somehow survived we would find each other. I've been looking for them for months with no luck. There are many places they could have gone and I'm checking every place. They are spread out across the country and it's taking awhile to get to these places. It's rare to find a working vehicle these days. It's great when you do find one because that stops me from walking for a while. The only downside to cars is that they make a lot of noise which in turn attracts the infected and you have to pray it's only the slow ones. I carry a multitude of weapons with me. The quieter the better. I do carry guns on me but I only use them when I have to and so far that's rare. I mainly stick to my bow and knives. I've checked 3 of the 5 places that we sent to meet. I'm headed to the mountains where Camden and Angle have a vacation home. Angle has been my best friend for as long as i can remember and camden, her older brother, well that's a whole other story. Me and him have been dating behind her back for a year. We have no clue how to tell her but I'm in love with her brother and it kills me everyday that I'm not with them. They should be with our other friends Ben and Elle. The five of us have been friends for a long time and we always talked about if we ran away we would go to the Blake family cabin. I'm just praying that is where they are and none of them are hurt. I'm at most a day trip from the cabin. The hope to see my friends is the only thing that is getting me through this. The world has changed in many ways but the only thing I can think about is getting back to the people I care about. I've been alone for too long and it's time I find my people.