n and died for good. Oh god! What the hell happened to this world, Ray thought. Two months ago everything was good, people were living and working like they have been for yea
h I would have found some food, I am starving. Ray thought. He looked around, there were only abandoned cars and a few shops which were partial
id, looking up at the clear blue sky. “I n
walking a few meters, he saw a motel at a distance. It put a smile o
lease help!” S
ding the door. The door was half broken, but still it was stopping the zombies to reach him. They were snarling and trying to bite him but the man was trying his best by pushing the door against them. Ray spri
man said, getting out of the bathr
t you have any we
into the bed room and picked up the gun lying beside the b
is hand. “R
happened, man. It’s a zombie apocalypse. I never thought this could happen in the real world, but……but it did. I
?” Ray
head. “Never,
t w
scared an
d you surviv
ed. “Luck
time. You have to learn to kill. This is h
he sweat from his fac
dded.
are you
rom me a week ago. I got a radio call from them. T
sed his eyebrows.
nt to come? I can teach you to
p and nodd
ome food ar
in the next room. I gues
checked the fridge. There we
thought. It was such a relief. He finished
u were starvin
days since I ate.” He grabbed the
am not that hungry. I already at
calypse he always used to get one at his lunch. Good old days, it made him feel nostalgic. I wish I could go back in time and c
more food he
d. “You can check the other fridges, but I al
enough to last another day. It wi
motel and followed the
n easier if we had
have enough fuel,” Ray said. “I wish I would hav
hotwire
widened.
learnt i
parked near the motel and pointed
glass and opened the door. He went inside an
you today,” Ray said
d too, or else I would have
n the driver seat. Isaac sat on the next
hey got a SUV. Ray was desperate to see his family. Sooner he reaches the camp, the better. His wife told him they have every esse
do, you know before a
ment busines
his eyebrow
heard of F
ompany?” Isaac s
es
ust be
not a
as no value now.” He sighed. “You know I wante
happ
nning to try again bu
e were a lot of them. Ray stopped the car far away so that th
c said. “What
here are a lot o
run ov
them, and we don’t know what’s on t
are we go
ower lip. “I
aw them and started
of them is coming to
….” Ray
s go
his head. “I can’t. I
come ba
will g
ink clearly, Ray. What’s the point in risking this?
tight. “No, I can do this. I can g
led. You said it yourself, we can’t go through so man
, we ha
as so scared, but he had no choice. He was not sitting at the driver seat, Ray was. He looked thr
,” Isaac said. “It’s t
” Ray said. “We wil
mbies one after another making a thudding
Oh god! We can’t see,” he said.
conds, it hit something making a huge crashing sound. Airbags came out and the SUV stopped at the middle
re dead, we are
in but it didn’t start. Dozens of zombies got around the car and tried to ge
apped the steerin
Now what we are going to do
d. He tried to think but co
ave us. Please save us.
d. “God isn’t going to save u
ow
t know.
to cry. “I am so scared. I can’
h god. How the hell did
You can save us.
k seat in the middle and peeked into the trunk. There was an axe and some plastic
” Isaa
of of the SUV
doing?” Isaac asked.
f. We can make a hole in the middl
surrounding the car.
will be able to ki
between his ey
ke a lot of time, but if we do this togethe
I……I have never
to. We have to survive, Is
ped. “
his shoulder. “You wanted
nod
time. I am going
er a couple of minutes he managed to make a hole
et’s do thi
He was sweating
t. I am with you.” He handed one of his kni
ed and too
e middle so that zombies’ hands doesn’t reach them. Zombies were all around the SUV snarling
stabbed one of the zombies in the h
s shivering hol
Ray said. “Don’t
bies were snarling looking at him. Even if they were a feet
saac,” he said. “You can do this. See, it’s easy, just sta
ou to say,”
r you too. You have
holding the knife. “But
him look into his eyes. “Hey, this is how th
my…
kay. Hold the knife tight and
gul
o this. Focus, don’
nod
I will save yo
knife and quickly pulled out the knife from t
can do it,” Ray said.
nother one and
ouched down and started ki
fter another. It’s like he became an expert in just a minute. They both took re
sky. Zombies’ bodies piled up around the SUV. They jump
c said. “Oh god
e need to get some pla
residential homes with a playground by the side. “There
inger at a yellow house.
were no zombies. The fridge had some food which wasn’t spoiled. Ray took out t
was not much but it was eno
e came from Ray’s ra
is jacket and put it close to his mou
are you?”
alfway
you o
I survived and got inside a house, goin
you to get here a
. I found a guy who knows
hot wire a car and drive? Y
en killing zombies for hours. We cra
go
safe. Isaac and I k
sa
old you about who
im? You know how people have beco
ks good
. Don’t trust a
, baby,
ose, okay. I will be chec
ye. Good
safe.” She disco
hair a few feet away. “Y
ey are in the camp. We will leave in the morning. Y
I gue
me sleep. We will n
the couch. “You use the
you s
couch for over a year,
have to. We can both
p. “Are
ea
you won’t
hy
you to not trust
y. She is just being cautious. I know I c
ly we b
but you
. “Yeah,
Come on, we need t
d up from
indows. We don’t want any zom
and bathroom, you go lock the
outside. The road was empty. There were no zombies in sight as they killed a lot of them. There was only
r and was a lot stronger. Ray kept running to save himself, but he was not fast enough. At last he was out of breath and fell on the ground. Isaac got over him and glared into his eyes. “This i
He called him. No reply came. He got off the bed and started searching for him. He checked all the rooms, but Isaac was nowhere to be seen, so he opened the door and w
racted them and they started walking towards him. “Damn it!” Ray took o
Isaac shoute
ce and found Isaac stuck in a room of another house. It’s doo
said. “The door w
d. “How the hell
ere to fi
nd saw Ray. They started wa
ou can do it,
d up, but before they could, Ray got over one and stabbed it, but his knife broke. “Shit!” Three zombies were down, but the last one stood up and got ov
,” Isaac said, comi
round and dropped the knife. He froze. For him it’s like everything ended, all these days h
od, I am so sorry,”
d tonelessly. “I wil
. There mus
his head. “You know t
o……you have to s
. “I know. I will head there
o sorry, man
o happen one day. We are living in an apocalypse. I am lucky that I made it
t’s go now. I guess we
amp in half an hour. It was a big area with tall walls surrounding the whole camp. There were many houses inside. A few people were at th
are here,” he said
?” one of the guys at
er and Bru
d at another guy at the
e a house. As soon as Ray and Isaac stepped out of the car
e little
ed his boy. “Bruno.” A te
ed you
so much.” He lifted Bruno, making him
t,” his wif
” He s
were going to leav
wanted
t w
ething h
ha
is shirt to show her the bite mar
face and she put her h
Tears filled hi
But we just
s why I came early. I wanted to
her voice as tears welled up in h
ish things were different, but this is how the world is now. We don’t kno
e could do. She has seen it happen before, there was no cure. If someone gets bit, they die and co
her face. “You have to be strong,
thought we would get to start a ne
ace works, and you will restart the civil
ite mark meant. He has seen the zombies, they terrified him. His parents have saved him from them countl
eople bit you, da
runo,”
ng to become
every part of his body told him to lie, but he didn’t want to. He wa
g to become like the
his tears and spoke, “No
ight. “Don’t leave
o’s back gently. “I won’t, my boy. I won’
Someone at the w
owards the guy at the watchtow
are coming towards the camp,”
d through it. There were hundreds of zombies heading towards the c
o hold them,” the other gu
ve the camp. T
Ray
ked at Ray. “What?
estroy our camp. You guys have worked hard
can’t fight all of them. They
e you started. This is a start to build a community. Fo
y we build it, but we are outnumbered by
all fight togeth
a guy at another watchtowe
l be roaming around the streets. You won’t be able to sleep peacefully. There are
thered outside. They were lis
people from the camp sai
one said. “We
who is in charge he
ed. “Yeah. Gra
t her gun an
ispered in his ear. “Are you su
ed. “We have to
man. That guy is right. What if we can’t fight
his for them.
h. The zombies kept pushing and after a couple of minutes the wall broke and the zombies broke in. People screamed and tried to shoot as many as they could
s face. This is not how it was
d, shooting a zombie. “Pick
y…….” R
Go, run, save our
the people in the camp were dead and the one
“I will try to keep
th us,”
dead anyway.
d and trie
.” He looked at Isaac
abbed a gun from on
ay. “I love y
ou too,”
and made a run for it. Isaac fo
d wait for dad
will come,” Ruth said, t
away. The camp was destroyed, zombies got inside the houses and killed anyone they c
with Bruno in her arms, but before she could g
” She screamed and Bru
ed, standing up
d bit his arm. Bruno cri
screamed as the zombies
if they got out of the camp. The zombies were eating
ished them all, but it was too late. His wife and kid were already dead, only some of their intestines w
tood up and dropped his gun. He accepted that it’s the end. He should end his life, there was no reason to live. His fa
tood there like robots. Ray opened his eyes and stared at them in surprise. “What the hell?” he said. “Come on, finish this.” He walked towards them and got cl
ing. They stayed there in t
so soon,” s
s Isaac in his yellow shirt and cargo pant
Ray asked. “Why aren’
old them to,
etween Ray’s ey
ontrol all
nderstand. What the
s time I thought you won’t give up. You are my favorite
advent
A holographic screen appea
on different planets, fought robots, fought evil creatures, ghosts
” Ray said. “I am not
c said. “I was wit
ha
worlds and you won. That’s why you are my favorite,
hed his head. “What the hell are yo
. It transformed into a forest. There were tall trees
” Ray looked ar
he place changed into a beach and then an aband
g sense now?
……..how?”
place, I control everything
and looked at his ha
e it, yes. Bu
wife, my kid
I created. I planted di
characte
hero. Well, ever
am
front of them. In every world you fought and defeated many evil villains I created, you won every time, despite all the difficul
d are dead. I have
and all the memories Ray had of his family was deleted. It’s like he ne
e hell?”
feel now?”
bed his head. “How is this possible?
y, Ray. They are just some chara
eyes. “So all o
playing sitting on a chair wearing a
et me go throug
an apocalypse. All of these are created by me. I enjoy playing with
hy
“Because
aking my li
ife, Ray. You
tears. “Not anymore. I……
ghed.
o the real world. I wan
n’t do that. That’s
fists and his face turned red. “
a choice, man.
y are you telling me this? Why not j
rst I need to k
t an
time? You are so brave.
nd kid were dead. I ha
was killed by vampires. You didn’t give up then, you hunted
gone to shit. Everyone would die anyway, so I decided to e
ought you would still go on, you know start over again. Maybe find some cure for that zombi
so tired.” He lowered his hea
shouldn’t have given up. Y
his voice. “Get me out of here.
a human, Ray.
ac. I feel emotions, I can think, I can w
ings in the world I made
a way that I can do
hat’s not how
n his knees and begged.
y. You just feel li
down his cheek. “I did n
or this. I have to wipe out your memories and we wi
is hands and cried. “I will do anything you want. D
ou have to. Th
p and gulped. “Create a ne
ed. You are my favor
ant to keep seeing
hings difficult for you. I get to act like a god here
ll made suc
did. He is a great p
and gazed into his eyes.
upposed to be fun a
ore. Take me out of here
.” Isaac’s mom shouted
tood up and went to the dining room wh
agon?” Isaac
t’s so awesome, dad. Today my hero tried to
chuckled
me, told me the p
ave to add a new patch so that they don’t
ecessary. It’s just a game, right?
ddy.” He smile
as trying to learn what happened around him. He kept walking around and saw a zombie coming towards him. The zombie grabbed his neck and started ripping him apart wh