Apocalypse Revenge

 “What’s that?” was the last thing I heard before chaos erupted…now behind a dumpster I stand hiding from the hoard. 

Arrrgh!

“Ahhh!” I shrieked as a zombie poked his head around the corner of the dumpster. I swung my bat hitting the zombie's head, smashing his head like a watermelon and pieces of brain splattered on the ground and his skull and jaw were crushed into tiny sharp shards. I wasn't able to do that a few months earlier. I guess if anything this zombie apocalypse has made me stronger physically and mentally. I look around the dumpster, the hoard of zombies getting closer. I start running hard thump thump thump my heart beating fast. Huff huff huff I ran to an abandoned grocery store sitting on a chest freezer with my legs not touching the ground. My long wavy brown hair lies over my face as I take a breath. I’ve been to this grocery store so many times they had my favorite icecream I would get for my birthday. Who knew my 15th birthday would be my last with family friends and icecream. Now just an empty shell with only few foods left just like every other store and home in the world. Snap!

“Who’s there!” I yell jumping up from the freezer, my eyes grazing over the store, my hand gripping the bat hard enough to turn my knuckles white. My voice echoes far throughout the store.

“Who are you?” a soft gentle voice questioned with a shaky voice 

Then I see a head poke around one of the shelves but her face wasn’t like the others, it was peach colored and she had baby blue eyes that reminded me of the sky. Her hair was long blonde with dirt in it. She wasn’t a zombie!! 

“You-you aren't a zombie!!” I exclaimed with excitement. It's been 8 months since I’ve seen a living person. I thought I was the last one …. Well besides the rich scientist who created this mess but he is probably in his rich bunker safe and secure. I HATE him. It's all his fault for creating the virus that caused people to become zombies then “accidently” lets it out yeah right I’m pretty sure he did it on purpose though i dont have proof. 

“I thought I was the only one left. I'm glad I found another person. I think I was going crazy being alone,” she chuckled slightly, coming out from behind the aisle. She was average height wearing a ripped dirt covered summer dress. “My name is Annabeth yours?” she asked me with a tired looking smile. 

“Jane, I'm glad I found another person too It was getting kinda lonely well..besides the hoards of zombies” I answered with a slight laugh still tired from the running “Lets get some stuff from here and we can go to my hideout” I tell Annabeth though to tell the truth i just call it a hideout so it sounds cooler it's really just the library down from my house but hideout makes it sound cooler and with being in a apocalypse i find small things to lighten up the mood. We grab food and leave the grocery store talking and learning about each other. I learned she was also just a highschooler before the apocalypse started in 11th grade and 16 so I was a year younger but I was beating more zombies than her. As I was swinging my zombie beating zombies away from us I heard a shrill scream. I turned around and Annabeth was getting attacked but it was too late she was bitten several times. I tried saving her but she was too far gone.

“Can you stay with me until I turn?” Annabeth  asked with a teary voice 

I nodded sitting on the hard concrete floor with her sitting in silence but it was a calm reassuring silence. Eventually I noticed she was losing her peach color and it was time for me to leave. I walked away as I heard her quiet voice say “thank you” before she was just another brain rotted zombie. I made it to the hideout and just sat in a hard cold plastic seat. I was tired….tired of running away and fighting zombies…tired of being alone. I was just so tired and I wouldn’t have to be if that damn scientist wouldn't have let out the virus he did it on purpose I know it. He took away my family and my friends and now the only person left was me. “I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!!” I screamed in the dead quiet library pounding my fist on the table. I stopped, breathing hard and angry. I will get revenge for my family friends…..Annabeth and me. I will truly be the last standing in the world but first how to find him. I sit there thinking, looking at the absolutely useless computers without electricity which went off 5 months ago. I grab my journal that I had been documenting things in. It was a good way to pass time and just know how much time had passed. I read through the pages flipping looking for an idea…..bingo! On one of the pages I found a generator in one of the home department stores and it wasn't far away from here. I grabbed my bat running out the door. My tiredness was overrun by anger and determination and in what seemed like a blink of an eye I was already in the department store almost like my feet already knew where they were going. I jogged over to the generator which was in the middle of the aisle that had things just thrown everywhere on the floor. Cleaning supplies just spilled everywhere which made me slip falling on my back. I groaned and looked up, noticing a full bottle of gas for the generator. Huh what luck. I get up this time careful with my step and grabbing the bottle and the generator. It was a small one but good enough for a computer. I ran back to the library plugging up the generator and filling it up with gas. I started hitting buttons and flipping switches not actually knowing how to turn it on but then the computer screen turned blue and made a noise. Great, I sat down and started searching up who exactly was this scientist. I really only know that he caused the virus and he's rich from the news. Apparently his name  Dr. Ledger and he lived in a mansion in the center of town. I found a picture of the blueprints on google and the bunker is right underneath.  Great now how do I get there without turning into a zombie. The middle of town has the most zombies since that's where most people live. I happen to live on the outskirts of town and I don't know how to drive…..well I guess this will be a learning experience. I started walking to my house, hitting a few zombies on the way. Luckily, living on the outskirts of town there’s not a lot of zombies until I have to get food and stuff in the town. I live in a complex so there's plenty of cars. I walk up to a truck that's black and still looks relatively new. I tried to open the door but it was locked. I hated to break the truck's window but I smashed through with my bat and hopped in realizing I forgot cars need keys duh. I look around the truck finding a spare key in the glove compartment. I put it in and started trying to drive smashing into the garage before figuring out the reverse. I also smashed a few mailboxes and drove through a bunch of zombie hoards making the new shiny truck get blood and brain bits on it. I made it to the center town but zombies were everywhere.  I look up to the magnificent mansion. Tall detailed towers and gold paint making it shine in the sun. The white marble beautiful was all I could think but as I admired the beautiful mansion I got angry, squeezing the steering wheel hard. While others were panicking and dying he was safe sitting probably reading in his bunker. I thought about getting out of the truck and fighting zombies to get in but my anger got the best of me and I hit the gas and the truck crashed through the beautiful big doors of the mansion. I got out of the truck unharmed and held my bat hitting zombies away while running to a room with two big doors and running in shutting the doors and taking a deep breath. I turned around and noticed I was in a huge library with big beautiful stained windows. The sun was shining through with blues and greens because of the stained window. I also noticed a huge rug on the floor. One side was flipped over revealing the bunker door. Thank god I thought I would have to search the entire mansion. I guess luck was really on my side.  I opened the door and started climbing down the ladder. I realized I didn’t really have a plan. I just knew I wanted revenge and I was going to get it. I made it to the bottom and heard yelling from behind me. 

“Hey who are you get out!!” Dr. Ledger screamed at me as I turned around to see him. He had furrowed eyebrows and a frown.

As I looked at him I just remembered everything I lost and ran toward him swinging my bat. He tried ducking and dodging but my anger just kept me going. Eventually I knocked him off his feet, beating him with the bat. 

“THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!!!” I screamed as I kept beating him. I finally stopped breathing hard and staring down at his body motionless. His head was bleeding and he had red and purple spots on his body. I knelt down touching his wrist trying to feel his pulse…. It was slow but still there. I decided to drag his body up my adrenaline giving me strength. I carried him outside before dropping his body and screaming as loud as I could to get the zombies' attention. When the zombies started coming I went back to the mansion watching through the window as the doctor woke up and noticed he was surrounded by zombies. Listen to his screams as he was eaten alive by the zombies. I decided to get a snack myself going back down into his bunker and going into his food supplies. I found the last pack of oreos probably o the planet. I grabbed them and carried them up the ladder walking out and going to the middle of town, sitting down on a sidewalk and watching the sunset while eating cookies. The zombies started surrounding me but at least I got to finish my oreos before it was too late.