by Jack Kelly
Chapter 1
Running faster and faster trying to escape the horde of students trying to get to the canteen for lunch.
Jack ran to the line but had a while to get up to the front of the line. When he finally got to the front of the line he ordered his lunch, a doughnut, a sandwich and a can of Coke. Even though he had such a fat eating habit he was still fit and didn't gain any weight.
Jack sat down at the table that his friends were at, Lauren, Rebecca, Lorna and Jazmine. Lauren was a pretty blonde who you could always count on for a laugh; Lauren added to the dumb blonde stereotype cause she wasn't the sharpest tool in the box.
Rebecca was the fun nerdy best friend that everyone needs to have, and Jazmine and Lorna were the two emos that acted like lesbians but they were just the best of friends I can't think of a time that they weren't together.
"So Rebecca did you see the vamps new song, " Jack asked "Yeah I love it, it makes me wanna go see the new Kung Fu Panda"
"So it's Friday night what's the plan?" Lauren asks she loved going out and having fun. "I don't know, temple bar maybe" Lorna suggested "Lauren and Lorna are you forgetting that Jazmine and I are the only ones here that are 18 while the three of you are only 17" Jack said with a giggle "Shut up ya party pooper," Lauren said with a frown.
"How about this, a few cans and the field tonight" Jack suggested "Fine" Lauren said with a smile. Lauren didn't care what we did as long as we did something fun she's a bit like her sister BING BING BING The sound of the Coolmine school bell calling its students to class.
Jack, Lauren, Rebecca, Jazmine Lorna all said there goodbyes and headed in the direction of the class's. When Jack got to his science class the door was already open so he went in sat down and took out his books for class.
when the teacher walked everyone looked at her as she walked past the row of tables. "Okay class today we will be looking at the body and viruses, can anyone give me a vires" Mrs van veen asked "Ebola," someone in the back of the class said. "Nah, give me a fictional virus like the zombie virus, we will be looking at how the virus would enter the body, the affects and our bodies defensive against the virus" Mrs van veen was always the fun teacher that everyone liked.
When the class end Jack could go home since he didn't have any classes for the last class. 20 minutes later Jack was home, he opened the kitchen door to the sight of his two brothers Luke and Adan packing suitcases to go to Amsterdam, they've been waiting weeks to go to Amsterdam today was the day that they go, but it looks like they're going to miss there're flight for leaving the packing to the last minute. "You know at this rate of packing you're gonna miss your flight," Jack said "Shut up we're going as fast as we can" Luke replied
"Bet you €20 if you miss your flight," Jack said with a giggle
"Deal," Luke and Adam said at the same time .
When Luke and Adam finally finished packing there taxi had arrived, they quickly walked to the door to let the driver know they were coming. Luke turned to Jack and gave him a hug " Okay you be good and don't get into any trouble" "Don't worry Luke I'll be fine" And with that they broke there embrace and Luke and Adam walked out the door. "Oh Luke don't smoke to much weed at the dam"
"No promises" Luke and Adam entered the taxi and the car drove off
Jack ran up to his room and turned on the lights, he quickly plugged his phone into his speakers and put on one of his favourite songs Burn by the vamps.
He went on to Facebook and started to scroll through his newsfeed, it was just the same old crap like oh my best friends are the best or don’t look at me I’m so ugly.
Jack was about to get off Facebook until he seen a post that got his attention "WARNING, the dead are returning to life and are attacking the living" Jack was just thinking about the stuff that Mrs van veen said about zombies and all that, how the can infect humans and how it could be real, Jack was about to click on to the link but the got a message from Lauren "knock for me in 20 and we'll get the cans" I texted her back right away "yeah sure I'll be there in 20" ***
It didn't take Jack long to get to Lauren's house, he knocked at her door, waiting for Lauren to answer but was met with her sister Shannon who was only two years older than Lauren "She'll be right down Jack" And with that I stepped into the hallway. "Hey Shannon what's that on your arm," Jack asked " Oh can you believe it some guy tried to rob my bag but he bit me instead"
"Wow what a guy, you might wanna get checked for AIDS or something"
"Yeah you're right about that" Lauren finally got down stairs and was ready to leave.
It only took us 5 minutes to get to the shops, when they were about to walk in Jack got a text he pulled out his phone to see that it was Luke "Guess who's not getting €20" Jack laughed when he seen the message.
When they walked into the shops Jack was met with a sigh he didn't was to see, his ex Craig. They hadn't spoken to each other in over a year, why did he have to be there Jack though, why now why here.
Jack and Craig ignored each other for not wanting to cause a fight between them both.
Jack kept walking as he could feel the awkwardness build up. Jack and Lauren walk to the alcohol section, they were deciding on what to get, then Jack got a text he pulled out to see that it was from his mam "Jack you need to get home now I need you help it's an emergency" I quickly texted her back "What's wrong" "It's your dad he was just attacked" The message sent a shiver down his spine, without hesitation Jack ran for the door passing Lauren and Craig, Lauren shouted to Jack "Where are you going" "it's my dad, he's, I have to go" Jack said with fear in his voice.
With the speed Jack was running at he got to his house in less then 10 minutes. Jack burst through the front door, seeing blood on the ground made his blood run ice cold.
He ran to the kitchen which is where he found his mother hold his father who was bleeding from his neck, his mother crying while trying to put pressure on the wound.
"What the hell happened," Jack said as panic started to set in "Some guy ran up to use outside the garden and bit him"
"Did you call an ambulance" "Yes twenty minutes ago," Jack's mother said trying to hold her tears back. " Peter, Peter oh my god no please answer me"
Jack could see with his own eyes, his father going limp and then stopped breathing. The colour ran from his face and turned into a light grey colour, knowing what has happened Jack started cry.
Noeleen stood up leave the body of her husband on the ground. "He's, he's dead," Noeleen said letting all of her tears that she was holding back out.
"Mam we have to go, we need to get help," Jack said as he started to let his tears fall. As Noeleen walked over to her son, the body of her husband suddenly jumped back to life and grabbed Noeleen back down to the floor.
Jack started to panic as his father who was dead a minute ago was attacking his mother. Peter jumped on Noeleen and but her in the neck taken a lump of flesh off of her, at the sight of this Jack knew he had to act fast.
He grabbed a knife that was on the table beside him, He took the knife and went for his father and drove it into his back causing him to fall off his mother.
The corpse got back up off the ground and ran for Jack, not having any many options left Jack lifted the knife high into the air as his father ran for him, running at top speed the corpse of the previously deceased Peter Kelly slammed into the knife causing it to go through his head, splashing blood onto Jack's face and clothes, as he let the knife go the body fell to the ground.
When he finally came back to the moment he realized what had happened to his mother just moments ago.
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sp; Jumping over the now hopefully dead body Jack ran to his mother who was badly hurt and crying for help on the ground. Dropping to his knees with a rag in his hand he tried to put pressure on the large wound, Jack wondered if the same thing would happen to his mother as it happened to his father. "Jack" Noeleen desperately said trying to get the words out "Don't you worry mam you're gonna be fine," Jack said as he began to cry "Jack, I need you to know that I always loved you"
"No don't say that you're gonna be fine, you're gonna be okay," Jack said as he let all his tears go. "You need to go now I'll become like your father I don't want to hurt you, You need to go and find your brothers," Noeleen said as she tried to gasp for air. "You're not gonna become one of them" "Promised me one thing, promise me you'll never find yourself alone, now, please go" "No mam I'm not going anywhere without you," Jack said as he tried to comfort her until he realised she had closed her eyes and stopped breathing and then the colour in her face turned to a light grey.
Jack slowly backed up off of the ground, as he knew what was coming next, he slowly walked towards the door, walking then turned into running. Jack ran for the car keys that were on the ground covered in blood, he quickly picked them up and ran out the front door.
As the light shined in his eyes he could make out helicopters flying overhead and some people running on the street. Jack quickly unlocked and got into his Toyota 2012 SUV and roared the engine to life, putting the car into reverse Jack slammed on the ignition and sped out the driveway not caring if anyone was in the way of the car.
As he put the car into first gear, as Jack was about the press the ignition pedal he noticed the corpse of his mother walking out of the house with a bloody hole on her neck, Jack screamed to himself "Bloody hell!!" and the slammed on the pedal causing the car to speed off down the road.
The traffic on the main road was crazy, people driving all over the place trying to get out of the city and people trying to get home to loved ones. Jack didn't care about anyone in this moment so he slammed on the pedal to get the hell out of there.
2 minutes into driving at top speed Jack drove past the shop he was in 15 minutes earlier. Seeing Lauren standing outside looking in confusion as to what was going on.
Jack knew she wouldn't survive and knowing what happened to her sister, he did a Uturn so he would be driving in the direction of Lauren. In a second he pulled up to Lauren and opened a window "Get in now!! Jack screamed, "Why, What the hell is going on??" Lauren questioned "Just get in now, I’ll explain later" Lauren opened the car door and jumped in, Jack turned the car back in the direction he was going in and sped off, Jack turned to Lauren and said "Buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride".
Chapter 2
"Okay, Jack can you now tell me what the hell is going on why is every in a panic" Lauren demanded to know " I don't know, people are attacking other people" Jack said as he tried not to crash the car. "What are you talking about"
"You get bitten then you die and then you coming back to life but you're not yourself you have no control" "How do you know this"
"Cause my parents they’re, they’re" he stuttered to tell her what happened "They’re dead" he quickly said.
Jack knew he had to get to somewhere safe, everyone was running and cars were speeding as those things ran after them.
Jack kept his foot on the gas pedal, as he was too scared to take it off. "Well, we need to get Lorna, Jazmine and Rebecca," Lauren said and Jack knew she was right, he knew that he couldn't leave his friends to die but he also knew that it was too dangerous to back.
"I need to get to my sister" Jack didn't want to be the one to tell her that her sister was dead but he had to "Lauren, Shannon is, she's dead". There was silence in the car " No your lying" Lauren didn't want to believe it " Lauren I'm so sorry but you seen the bit on her hand that's how it all starts" Lauren didn't want to believe that her sister could become one of those things, she didn't want to believe it but she knew it was true, just like Jack she was all alone right now.
Shannon was everything that Lauren had left ever since her parents died in a fire last year.
She broke down into tears as the realisation hit her and it probably hit her like bricks. Jack remember want his mother's dying words were "Never find yourself alone" as the memory came to him more and more memories of his parents came to, Jack let a tear go. Jack didn't want to find himself alone and with his brothers gone and his parents dead Lauren was the only one he had left, he knew that he need to get his friends back.
Jack turned the car around and headed back home "What are you doing" Lauren asked as she wiped her tears away "Your right, we need to get are friends".
Lauren picked up her phone and dialed Rebecca's number, no answer. Jack started to get worried that something bad has happened, Lauren tried her number again. "OH my god thank god it's yous" Rebecca said from the other line "Rebecca where are you we're coming to get you" Lauren asked "I'm stuck in town, I'm in the GPO people outside are gone crazy there eating each other"
Jack knew that was too dangerous to go into town but he didn't want to let his best friend die "We're coming to get you Becky" Jack pressed his foot down on the pedal and sped off.
It took about half an hour to get to town but when they got there it had gotten dark. Jack drove the car along the quays, keeping an eye out for any of those things that would come at us. As the passed the Ha'penny Bridge Jack knew that they would get a surprise when they turn the corner on to O'connell street.
There were cars all over the road, just as they got to O'connell street there was a block for cars in the road so Lauren and Jack had to walk up to the GPO.
They both exited the car but before they walked away Jack decided the check the trunk for any weapons to use, Jack opened the trunk to find two crow bars and to his surprised a glock 19, he never thought of his dad as a gun type of person but right now thank god he was.
Lauren and Jack walked on to O'connell to find that it was a wreck, crashed cars everywhere and bodies on the ground.
Jack hoped that all of this was just a nightmare and that he would wake up in his bed listening to the vamps. Lauren had one of the crowbars and Jack had the other one and the glock.
As they walked pasted Easons they could see someone move from inside, It was dark so they could tell if it was a person or something else. Whatever it was started to walk to the door, the lights from inside turned on, it wasn't a person.
Jack couldn't think of what to call them because whatever it was it wasn't human. It noticed the two of them and the started running to the door, it ran into the door, the door cracked a little then it ran at it again and again, finally door gave way and smashed to pieces. It ran out and ran straight for them, Jack was about to react but then Lauren lifted her crowbar and swung for the running corpse.
Lauren hit the corpse in the crowbar causing it the fall to the ground, it was about to get back up of the ground but then Lauren hit it again and again and again, she was really angry for what happened to her sister. Jack didn't blame her, he felt so angry for what happened to his parents.
Blood splatter all over Lauren's jeans and top, Lauren walked away from the body leaving Jack behind. When Jack realised that lauren had walked away he ran up to her.
They were a yard away from the GPO when they realised that it was boarded up. "How the hell do we get in "Jack asked "Knock at the front door" Lauren replied sarcastically .
When they got to the front of the building the called Rebecca, " Guys where the hell are yous" Rebecca said from the other line "We're outside"
"You'll need to come through the side door I can't open the front"
Lauren and Jack ran around to the side of the building only to find a horde of corpses, these ones were a lot slower than the other ones. "Well we can’t get through that entrance" Lauren pointed out.
Jack ran back around to the front of the building, he picked up a rubbish bin off the ground "What the hell are you doing" Lauren shouted "Making an entrance" as he said that J
ack through the bin through the window causing into to break into small pieces of glass.
Jack jumped through the hole where the window once was. It was dark inside the GPO there was no sign of Rebecca "REBECCA!!" Jack shouted but no response, suddenly he could hear feet running towards, not sure if it was Rebecca or something else Jack lifted the crowbar up as if he was ready to attack but when he saw that it was Rebecca he lowered his weapon and ran in for a hug of relief.
Jack and Rebecca broke their embrace. Jack and Rebecca ran outside to find Lauren standing still "We have a bit of a problem" she said with the look of fear on her face, they both turned their heads to see what she was looking. When Jack seen what she was looking at and when he seen it he understood why she was scared as it was a huge horde of the dead.
The horde didn't take notice of them. "Rebecca watch out" Jack shouted as there was a corpse right behind her, Jack quickly reacted and pulled out the glock that was in his pants, he aimed for the corpse and pulled the trigger, the sound from the gun echoed and the horde took notice of them and went for them.
"We need to go now," Jack said as he grabbed Rebecca's hand to run away. They couldn't get back to the car so they had to go somewhere that was clear and then get a car and make a plan.
The three of them ran across the street to find another horde, they were running out of options. Jack lifted up the gun again and shot the front window to Clarys which had been empty for months.
The three of them jumped through the window, inside it was pitch black so they all took other phones and turned on the flashlights. They ran through the building looking for a different exit, Rebecca picked up a metal rod on the ground for a weapon. They kept on walking through the empty store as they kept their guard up thinking that they could be attacked at anytime.
Jack was the one in the front, Rebecca in the middle and Lauren in the back, they kept walking with their weapons up.