Vincent James McGarth

Vincent kept running straight even after the sun had long since set beyond the horizon while the people still ran after him. Pop, pop, pop, pop could be heard by those around him forcing them to either scatter further inside their bases or get attack trying to help. Either way adrenaline ran through the man's veins causing him to keep running even when he heard flesh being torn from his side. There was quiet dripping sound as something fell for the ground and for once in the town's heart he wished for death to claim him as it's long awaited victim. After running for miles on end Vincent fell down to his knees while darkness slowly claimed his world.
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The chirps of birds in the man's ears caused him to wrinkle his noise. Another nudge then a slobbery kiss forced one eye to slowly open. A hand was placed on his forehead caused the other to slowly open in order to get the full picture. The older brother could never figure out how his youngest sibling was able to see with just one eye opened though the teenager was rather odd anyway.” Are you awake?” The small voice asked as Vincent slowly got up.” Please give me time to awaken before asking a question such as that please.”

“ Alright then. After you dress my mother would like to speak to you. Come on Saki let's let the man awaken more before bothering him again.” The teenager woman softly called to the German Shepherd. The man took his time making sure to shave, shower, and get dressed before making his way out of the house. Outside the lovely home was something he never imagined he would see in this world. The streets were infection free it seemed and there were clearly no evidence of the undead even come to this small village. The older brother walked around while trying to find the woman the teenager had mentioned before finally finding her inside what looked to be a garden.

Nikki laughed as she almost lost her balance. "That's alright. No harm no foul." She thought about what he said "After yesterday I am not surprised that someone was having nightmares. I am the only girl on the first floor now. I put all of the women kids and anyone who couldn't fight upstairs. It will keep them safer instead of allowing them to be targets. I'm betting someone up there is responsible for the screaming. Ask around if you are worried. Maybe you can do something to help that person." Nikki turned, "I think that is Tina, I need to talk to her. I'll catch you later Haru!" Nikki took off to catch up to Tina.

@Rumikoohara

Haru Sento

Haru retracted his hand once he was sure Nikki wouldn't fall. The laughing was unexpected but his muscles did start to relax."That's alright. No harm no foul." she said.” I know but I still feel bad about it.” he said as his eyes went toward the floor."After yesterday I am not surprised that someone was having nightmares. I am the only girl on the first floor now. I put all of the women kids and anyone who couldn't fight upstairs. It will keep them safer instead of allowing them to be targets. I'm betting someone up there is responsible for the screaming. Ask around if you are worried. Maybe you can do something to help that person." the young man nodded before noticing Tina walk by.

"I think that is Tina, I need to talk to her. I'll catch you later Haru!" and with that the leader walked away. The guy knew the girl had things to do but it would have been awesome of they could talk for a bit longer. The teenager just shrugged before walking around. He finally found the science room and leaned against the door just watching Kat and Erin interact before announcing his presence.

8:30 am Day 11


Matt woke up and stretched and his hand bumped the pill bottle he had brought in. He got up, grabbed his stethoscope and went in search of Kat and Grace. He found them in one of the science rooms. Grace was eating crackers on the floor by her mom's foot. She was playing with the velcro on Kat's shoe and giggling. Matt just looked at Kat. She didn't see how he was looking at her. He was looking at her assessing her wounds and noticing how even though she was pretty badly beaten up she was still working to feed everyone. He looked down at Grace who could be kept happy with the simplest of things.

He stepped into the room and said to Kat, "Morning beautiful. How are my girls this morning?" He pulled Kat's hair to the side and he handed her the pill bottle. "You are going to need these. Two every six hours. And I want to listen to your chest. I know he got you good there. I just want to make sure there isn't more damage than we already know about." Matt noticed the other girl and said "Hey, Erin isn't it?"

Matt led Kat to a chair and had her sit down and he listened to her chest and his brows creased as he did. He looked at her and said "Your lung is still functioning, but it's definitely bruised. I don't want you lifting anything heavier than Grace. I want you to stay upstairs unless you need to go downstairs to shower. I can take you downstairs for that." The way he was looking at her would have had other girls swooning. He reached out and touched her jawline and tenderly kissed her. He said quietly to her. "I want to talk to you privately later."

Grace was busy untying Erin's shoes and tying them into knots and loops. Grace wasn't scared of her or Clara. Why should she be? Matt smiled and got to his feet, picked up Grace kissed her and made her giggle. Then he handed her to Kat. "Ladies." He said as he left the room and went back downstairs to check on the wall.

@Belle@Demonic angel

Henri sat in the former Home of Doctor Gus Fisher, he knew it was the former Home of the Doctor because he'd had pulled his wallet from is now inert body. The Doctor's former family had been home as well with 100% affected forcing the normally reserved young Canadian researcher to dispose of them as a threat.

He had originally been forced inside by a pack of Mort's as he now called them and had to wait them out or distract them to one side of the house an run out the other if he chose to leave. Presently though he found out that the good doctor an friends ran a profitable an mature bondage site in his basement. This meant good cameras and a functioning studio for mixing and editing his findings into a more coherent media for teaching.

The thought made him chuckle. As he explored the rest of the house for objects of interest landing on a delightful sight for Henri. It seems that perhaps the day before the outbreak hit he'd received a package of 24 solar charged security camera designed to stream to a base unit. Their quality of image made them fine for general observations and best of all they could link cloned units back to the base station so long as each unit was within 50 meters of another giving him a potential half kilometer visual foot print.

Maybe he could plant a couple near the school and see if they were forming a coherent society. Those to the north had shown that they were becoming feral society and had recently imploded in a three way power struggle.

Then with such thoughts Henri found a case of well made but simple blank Journals.

• Une telle tragédie , je ne suis pas autorisé à vous remercier pour votre médecin cadeaux• thinks Henri as he sets a pen to paper.



I now dedicate this Study to Doctor Gustavo Fisher, his wife Emily and their two daughters Iris and Lily.

I was thrust into this role I now assume and leave it up to those who read my words to draw their own conclusions about the horrific event that destroyed society as it was before as I to will ponder to the ending of my days.

I chose to now focus on the development of society in the vacuum left by the old.

First this task requires that I document my observations of the animated dead which I will label 'Morts' for my own reasons. And while they were once formerly living human beings lack even a primate level of such functioning more or less mindlessly like single celled animals responding to stimuli.

The Morts seem at first to collect in packs which become herds all headed in one direction with purpose. They are in fact acting mindlessly to the same stimulus and it is likely audible for I have found sound to be their strongest sense. Gunfire, loud motors, shouting an so forth attract them to focus on the location of the source where their other senses come in. They have poor eyesight focusing on fast movements or so it seems. They also seem to have a sense of smell but I require farther observation to give definition.

The Morts do effect the recovering human populations they put environmental pressure on forcing people to alter normally held beliefs and customs.........



Henri wrote for hours enjoying the release of his soul from the horrors he'd witnessed an been party to since this began.

Then once he'd reached a stopping point packed up one of those nice two seat toddler's prams with the big bicycle tires. It was about 65 Kilos of weight but easier than trying to carry the weight.

His run for his base camp was largely uneventful

@Wick@Demonic Angel

The kid nearly scared Kat shitless. Spinning around she raised the wooden spoon like it was a club, ready to start swinging.

It could be said she was a little on edge.

Seeing it was the double-mint twin she lowered the spoon and blew out her breath. "Don't scare me like that kid," she said, not in a mean way.
Turning back to the pot, she started stirring again. "Nothing special I'm afraid. Spagettios is the extent of our cuzine this morning."
She rubbed her neck, wincing in the process. "My throat feels like someone had it in a vise, but other then that I'm fine," she paused for a moment. It seemed the non-scary one was in control right now, but that could change any second. Kat was still wary of her. "How bout you? You alright?"

Kat had to firmly resist the urge to pull Grace away from the kid. As long as the two people in that kids head didn't hurt Grace then there would be no issues. She'd give her a chance. A chance.
Matt came in moments later. Kat lifted one eyebrow. "So you're a doctor now?" she asked but in a playful teasing way. Matt seemed to have no problem with the kid, which made Kat relax a little more. "Thanks for the pills. You're right that I'm going to need them. Let everyone know if they're hungry we got Spagettios, or if they want something else there is a burner in here that works for now."

When he said they needed to talk later privately Kat tried furiously not the blush. She had worked hard to be a bitch and this man could turn her into a swooning female with a few words. Damn him.
Getting a coffee mug, she started scooping out Spagettios. She handed one cup to Erin and picked up Grace, sitting her on the counter and blowing on spoonfuls of the soup to feed her with. Grace, true to form, immediately started putting her fingers in her mouth, getting them dirty and them touching mommy's face, giggling at making mommy's face dirty.
Kat smiled indulgently. It was hard to get mad at the little monkey.

Jenna woke up from her nightmare in a cold sweat. The nightmares had started after she had been the victim of a sexual assault before as well. She woke up in a fetal position rocking and clutching herself in a defensive hug. Tears were streaming down her face and when she woke up fully she would see Matt watching her. He recognized the signs and said

"Jenna, how many times has it happened to you?"

She looked at the floor. "Yesterday was the fourth time since I was 15. Stepdad, two photographers and then that guy yesterday. It's okay, I'll be alright."

"You know I think Jon likes you. I think in this new world you have to fight harder for what you want. Don't let this stand in your way." He walked over and hugged her and wiped away her tears. Then he left.

She went into the bathroom and saw what she looked like. She was purple and red, one eye was blackened and her arms were black and blue from the bruising. Jenna's stomach was tender from the really hard punch to the gut she took just before the guy had gotten her on the table in the cafeteria. She thought to herself that there was no reasonable way that Jon would look at her again. She was just a pretty decoration that had been pieced back together too many times to be of value to anyone.

@kurai assassin@Belle

Erin Hyde McGarth

” Ummm… I don't think a spoon would do much damage Miss.” Erin said as her pale complexion turned a bit whiter from fear. Clueless. This was what the girl felt to the sudden reaction from Kat though the woman seemed more gentle to everyone the she interacted with by nature or at least that's what she thought. Now the teenager wasn't so sure anymore. Either the woman thought the darker half had escaped her cage or something terrible had happened. Both a possibility consider the world they lived in. A world full of monsters where no one was safe from harm. Not even in the high school since the young woman considered herself among the monster guild lines now which make things worst for the other human beings inside this place.

"Don't scare me like that kid," the mother seemed to gently scold. Erin's eye look to the left in thought as the woman turned around to do something.” How long has it been since I heard those type of words? When did I stop hearing the gentle scolding of a mother's voice? Was it before the explosion and the fire or after father's experiment went wrong due to a hidden gas leak? Was death sudden or was it inside the hospital that they finally passed away? What did they look like I wonder? Was mother kind or cruel? Did they do it as a suicide attempt or was it really an accident?” these thoughts played inside her mind before Kat brought her back to reality.

"Nothing special I'm afraid. Spagettios is the extent of our cuzine this morning." tears started to form inside the girl's eyes when the meal was listed. Ava loved Spagettios since she was a baby mostly because it was easier to eat then Beef Jerky or cereals. Now the child’s life was lost among many others whom most likely had a life waiting for them. A chance that was no longer available to them but was available to the living and creatures that didn't truly deserve it. "My throat feels like someone had it in a vise, but other then that I'm fine," the girl wiped the forming tears away before the mother could even noticed they had formed in the first place.

"How bout you? You alright?" Kat asking this caused the teenager to avoid it like the plague.” I'm glad you're alright though you may want to check in with your other half. He must be very worried about you.” if the teenager didn't know better she would have sworn Matt had physic powers though he could have decided to check in with his family. She went to walked away at first until the man addressed her personally.” Yes sir.” she answered as the guy helped his other half to a chair. Erin believed it was a very good time to go before things became very awkward that was the idea before something pulled on her shoe strings.

She couldn't help but watch the child knotting and looping the strings as if trying to fix them. The young woman just stood there not daring to move an inch so the baby could continue her fun. Granted the small kid should have been screaming bloody murder yet she stayed which made the teenager feel just a sliver better though once the darker half appeared then maybe the screaming would start. The lighter half didn't even noticed the father say something or even leave the room until Kat placed a cup inside her hands.” I don't understand why everyone is so kind to me. I can see the familiar fear in all of the eyes here yet you all treat me like a normal person. I wonder if my mother was much like the women here or if she even looked similar to anyone here.” Erin mumbled as she sat down on the ground.
@Belle@Wick

@Wick

Jon had been absent since the group had managed to retake the school. He had taken a hand full of men from the watch and had been out scouting to see if he could find any of the remnants of yesterdays attackers. It had also given him time to think. About life. About death. And about Miss Connor. It was as this final thought was racing through his mind that four men were brought before him, Bound and gagged. "Lord Commander we found these men pillaging a near by store. They share the same brand that the dead men inside wore." One of his guards pulled up the sleeves of one of the men to reveal the black x inside of an o. "Bag them and we will take them back."

It took a few hours for them to return. Jon marched his prisoners through the front doors into the auditorium. He turned to his second in command. "Send for Lady and Lord Hyatt, Lady Connor and Lady Lancaster. Tell them it is of the utmost urgency."

Tina had decided to get in a bit of target practice an had climbed to the top of one of the towers at the football field carrying both Dragon Slayer Air Rifles and a small but powerfully built air can to recharge her weapons at least twice. That was so far the only flaw in the unusual projectile weapons, that and their quick attenuation; which dropped off outside of 50 yards becoming useless outside of 75 yards. They did though have some lovely bonuses the first two directly effected by the fact they used high pressure air to operate. The first was that as long as Tina had a way to pressurize air and mold projectiles she had ammo and the second was that they were nearly silent making a protracted hiss that couldn't be heard beyond their killing range.

So once she'd secured herself into the tower with a lineman's rig the blonde Georgia peach began firing at the dead that lingered just outside the fence. The gun hissed a little louder than Mr. Emerson's lamas and a large male formed dead dropped after a quick jerks of his head.

Tina smoothly worked the bolt an dropped in another boat tailed .50 caliber projectile into the open and simple mechanism and repeated the process 7 more times in less than a minute. Then she hooked that weapon up to the can to recharge and fire 8 rounds through the second. She quickly switched guns on the charging can and repeated the process through 5 recharges making a grand total of 56 targets dispatched in a little over 9 minutes.

Sure it wasn't an enormous rate of fire but it was effective as a culling weapon that didn't attract even more dead in it's use and the bonus was it didn't directly place the operator at close risk.

•Next she wanted to test Sasumata an Club teams to develop a way to combat them in alleys an structures. The trick was going to be in convincing people to participate in the development phase of tactics, weapons and teams.• she thought as she worked her way off of the tower.

Then she got to work with body disposal using the loader and a baseball bat to dispatch any curious dead who came near dumping them in the bucket with the rest making 64 down just from this test. And when they were loaded she drove them over to a retention pond she'd begun using as a burn pit where she pushed the remains of two houses she'd wrecked to give them a better viewing distance.

She saw it as a necessary evil and knew the bodies needed disposal as well and burned only in the late day prevailing winds that meant the smoke blew away from the school. Of course this chore meant she had to attend the fire till it burned down and she covered the ashes with a foot of dirt.

One of Jon's men came into the school and asked for Nikki, Matt, Kat and Jenna to accompany him to the auditorium. Eric was with Nikki so he of course was there too. He and Nikki were goofing off til they walked in and saw four bound men on stage with the lights on them.

Matt was carrying Grace and he took hold of Kat's hand. Jenna saw her rapist on stage and she froze for a moment. Nikki's expression turned into one of anger as she recognized Jenna's attacker. Jenna pushed past Eric and Nikki as she raced to the stage. She lost a second or two as she climbed straight up the stage instead of going around to the stairs. Nikki and Eric were right behind her in case she needed them. Jenna pulled her knife out of its sheath and shoved his mocking smile onto his back.

"Hey baby, back for more?" He had the nerve to chuckle. He obviously thought the others wouldn't allow her to kill him. He was wrong. Nikki put her arm out stopping Eric. "No. Leave her be." Nikki told Eric.

Jenna didn't even realize she was crying as she stabbed the man repeatedly in the chest and head. Eventually, Matt handed Grace to Kat and he ran up on stage and pulled Jenna off of the man and she dropped the knife by Nikki's foot. She buried herself sobbing in Matt's caring embrace. He had wondered when she would break. After what she had told him he was positive it would happen. He was just glad she was not alone when it did.

Matt looked at Kat and Grace. He would never let them be hurt again. He took Jenna out and asked James to take her up to her room and stay with her. James carried Jenna up the stairs. She was a total wreck. When he put her on her feet in her room she ripped the shirt over her head and ran into the bathroom to wash his blood off of her. Then Jenna was sick to her stomach. James had picked up a shirt from the pile of clothes on one of the chairs and handed it to her like a gentleman. He didn't look, even though she still had on a bra. She literally curled herself into a ball in her bed and cried herself to sleep. Her sleep was full of horrible memories from her past and she whimpered in her sleep.

Nikki signaled to one of Jon's men to take the body outside. No need to worry about it turning. Jenna had made sure there was plenty of grey matter all over the the man, herself and the stage. Matt had gone back to Kat and took Grace into his arms. He nuzzled the baby and she giggled. He looked at Kat. "Do you recognize any of them? I thought we got them all but obviously a few escaped."

@Kurai assassin@belle

Jon stepped forward to out of his line of men. "The most of these men were present on the night we were attacked. This one however..." He said pointing to the man on the far right. "was absent but we know that he is working with them because he shares the branding that the bodies we recovered bare. as do the other two." He dragged two forward. "it is your choice what we do with these two but that one on the stage i want hung on the outside of the school as a warning to anyone else." he kicked the back of the two mens legs so they knelt before Nikki and Matt. Another of his guard placed a knife at the throat of one of the accused as Jon did the other. "Just give the word."

@Wick@RumikoOhara@Belle

Nikki looked at Jon and sighed. Eric nodded in agreement. "You know he is right Nik." She nodded. "Oh I know he is, I just wish he wasn't. I wish this world weren't so violent these days but they made their own choices on who to run with." She nodded for the guy to be strung up as a warning to the others out there.

Matt didn't recognize the other three at all. He turned away from the stage and kept Grace playing with him so she wouldn't look. He looked at Kat but couldn't tell if she recognized any of them. "Kat come on babe, let's let Nikki and Jon handle this."Nikki watched Matt take his family out of the auditorium. Nikki smiled at him. They were really quite a couple. She thought to herself.

Nikki nodded and gave him the approval to end their lives. She bent down and picked up Jenna's dropped knife and wiped it off on one of the men's shirts. "You guys can go back to hell where you came from."

@Belle@kurai assassin EDITED

Kat didn't want to leave the safety of the hallway her room was on, but Matt brought her and Grace to the auditorium because apparently there was something they needed to see.
She recognized the men they held captive. They were part of the band that had attacked them, that had injured her and her baby.

"You sons of bitches!" she roared when she saw them, darting forward but held back by Matt. "You cock-sucking, bag of dog shit cowards! You tried to take my baby! They hurt my baby! They hurt her!"
Grace started to whimper, upset at her mother being so upset.
Kat turned her fury on the cosplayer. "Slit them open like the pigs they are! Cut off their cocks and make them eat their own intestines!"
Matt tried to calm her but Kat was livid. "They hurt my baby! They could have killed her! My baby!"

Matt finally had to take her out. Kat was sobbing at that point, reliving the nightmare of feeling her child ripped from her arms... of seeing her dropped and injured... of seeing her limp body laying there as Kat tried to wake her up...

"I'm sorry..." she gasped out, burying her face in Matt's chest. "I'm sorry..." she'd had no idea that seeing those bastards again would make her react that way. PTSD was playing havic with her emotions.

@Wick@Kurai Assassin

Nikki saw Kat's reaction and stopped the knives. "Hold up! I want to do it." The men were turned onto their backs and Nikki tore their shirts open and she told Eric to follow her lead and he took the other guy and did the same thing. They stomped on the necks til the men were gasping for air. Then Nikki beat the man she had til he was crying in pain. She pulled the man's jeans apart and pulled his genitals out and by this point he was sobbing and begging. Nikki was wondering what had happened to her as she cut his maleness off and put it in his own mouth. "Now you can have him Jon. These pieces of shit deserve no mercy not for what they did to Kat and Gracie." Eric looked at her concerned. She reached over to the guy Eric had been working on and finished him up equal to her guy. Both were nearly unconscious from blood loss when Jon cut their throats.

Nikki got up and went into their room and changed shirts and went into the bathroom to clean up. Nikki caught sight of herself in the mirror. The young woman who had become so violent in the mirror was becoming a stranger to herself. She was more concerned about Kat.




Matt pulled Kat sobbing into his chest and Grace out of the room. He leaned against the door. He pulled Kat to him and the baby wrapped her little arms around her mommy's neck. It was a crowded kiss with the baby's head on her shoulder but Matt leaned her against the wall gently so they wouldn't fall off balance if Gracie moved. He leaned in and moved her hair away from her jaw and tenderly kissed her. Matt looked her in the eyes and said, "I let you walk away out of fear once. I'm not doing that ever again. I love you and Gracie and I'm not going anywhere. I hope you can handle it because as far as I am concerned you and I are meant to be together.I'll never let anyone hurt either of you again." He kissed her teary eyes and held her close to him. "Let's go upstairs."

@Belle

Tina had finished her disposal of the dead which she'd dropped during her target practice / efficiency study and rolled out her yoga mat. She began her flexibility stretches like she'd been taught by her great granny Rose.

The old women in her family had picked up the habit during the war when many worked at Lockheed buildin bombers. Granny Rose had sworn by it and was as active anyone in the family till her 96th birthday telling Tina how stretching kept arthritis away or at least taking too firm a hold.

Then once that obsession was addressed the tall blonde rolled up the mat and picked up her shower kit that included her pistol an three clips as well as six inch diver's knife strapped around her left bicep an answer to her own personal paranoid thoughts to ensure her safety.

Then before she climbed into a shower Tina set her early warning device under her shower floor towel. It was a partially inflated hot water bottle that held a cheap party horn in it's hose head which she hung in the stall with her. In tests stepping on the bottle forced air through the little plastic party favor causing a weak but audible squeak.

Sure it was odd how many precautions she put herself through but Tina believed now more than ever that the Devil was in the details and she'd not fall victim to him.

After the deed was infact done, Jon ordered his men to throw the bodies out into the street as he followed Nikki and Eric. "Nikki, I need to speak to you and Matt. In private, its about who actually attacked us last night" He said trying to keep a low tone. "I can explain alot of this. Both of you meet me on the Roof top in fifteen minutes. Im gonna go and check on Jenna first"

Nikki looked at Jon as Eric walked away from her. She heard the door slam on his way out and she ignored it. She took a couple of quick pics for Kat to see that she made them suffer. She nodded and turned and went to her room to see Eric grabbing his stuff.

"Problems?" She asked him. He stopped and looked at her.

"Was all that really necessary?" Nikki nodded

"YES! Did you not see what they did to her and the BABY?" Eric put his stuff down and looked at her.

"So you think cutting off their penis' was necessary?"

"I found it to be fitting to the punishment."

"Fitting for Jenna's attacker ok but not those two. You just wanted to torture them."

"Okay, so what if I did, they killed several of our people and they tortured Kat and the baby. One of them raped Jenna and they would have killed us all. I wanted to give it back to them. If you can't handle that then I don't know what to tell you. I'm getting fed up with all of this crap that this new world is dishing out. I want to be able to dance all day not fight and kill but that doesn't seem to be a choice for me anymore!"

Nikki looked drawn and tired from the stress of the last half an hour and lack of sleep the night before. Eric walked over to her and hugged her. "I know you do."

@Garth@Kurai Assassin

Jenna was in her room sleeping fitfully. Nightmares and memories ruled her mind and she tossed and turned almost constantly. James was sitting in a chair guarding her door in case she needed him. He had made sure to tell her he would be there. He didn't know how to help her so he just stayed outside. Every now and then he would peak in at her to make sure she was okay.

Eventually Jenna gave up trying to sleep and she just leaned herself in the corner and put her head on her knees. Jenna had had no idea she was going to kill that man. She had just reacted to seeing him and it happened. Guilt for killing even if it's warranted is terribly hard to live with. Jenna was glad she did it. At least all of her rapists were dead now. The walking dead undoubtedly killed the rest of them.

She was sitting in the corner when Jon showed up. Her hair was a mess and her jeans had some blood spattered on them. Her bruises on her face and arms were highlighted with redness and puffy eyes from the crying.

@Kurai Assassin

Day 1
15 minutes before the outbreak

A black Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 truck was sitting parked outside of a bank. There were five people inside, preparing themselves for a heist at the bank. Chris was sitting on the passenger seat, with his head and his right hand sticking out through the window. He was looking into the side view mirror as he took another smoke from the cigarette he had in his hand then quickly blew out the smoke. "Look at them, swarming around like bees in a hive, or ants in an anthill." He said looking at all the people around him and in the cars from the street. "Going through their boring and monotonous lives each and every day. Home and work, work and home." He continued as he smiled and took another smoke. "I bet most of them have a boring spouse back home and some really annoying kids. They probably don't even remember when's the last time they had some fun." He said as he chuckled, threw away the cigarette stub and raised the window.

Chris's younger brother, Joe, who was also the getaway driver looks at him. "Bro, it's time." He said with a serious tone. Chris looks at him then at his watch and confirms. "Alright you guys, let's sincronize our watches." He said as everyone did what he said. "Now we'll go through the plan one more time. Joe, you stay outside with the truck and no matter what happends always keep the engine running. You three are coming with me inside. And remember, never use your real names. I'm Eagle 1, Joe here is Eagle 2, you're Eagle 3, you're Eagle 4 and you are 5. Joe, after we get the money you drive us back to the safe house. There we'll split the money and dissapear from this country. Alright? Now cover your heads and let's move." Said Chris as he wrapped his hair in a bun and covered his head with a ski mask. After the others did the same, everybody except Joe get out of the truck and run inside the bank.

Once inside the bank one of the men closed the door and they all drew out their guns. "ALRIGHT EVERYBODY GET ON THE GROUND, ON THE GROUND NOW, ON YOUR KNEES AND WITH YOUR HANDS ON THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD." Shouted Chris as he pointed his Ruger GP-100 revolver at everyone. The few guards were taken by surprise and didn't had time to react. The peace and quiet from the bank quickly turned into chaos as people started screaming in terror and doing exactly what Chris said. "Okay, I want the guards to take off any weapons they might have and throw them away." Said Chris as the guards complied. "I also want all the employees to get away from the desks and come here and sit with the customers." He continued as he lowered his revolver and went to one of his men. "Eagle 4, I want you to go to the security room and turn off all the surveillance cameras. After you've done that destroy all the tapes. And if you happen to see any guards in there kill them. They'll probably try to stop you anyway." Said Chris as his man complied and ran too the security room.

Silence occured as Chris and his other two men were waiting for the camreras to be turned off. The only thing that could be heard was the crying of some women. Then the sound of two gunshots broke the silence. Chris grabbed his radio. "Eagle 4 this is Eagle 1 can you hear me? Eagle 4 this is Eagle 1 CAN YOU HEAR ME!" Asked Chris through the radio but wit no answer. "What's the matter? Problems in paradise?" Asked one of the guards boldly! Angered Chris pointed his revolver towards him and shot him in his left leg as the man collapsed on the ground screaming in pain. "Anybody else got any smart things to say?" Asked Chris pointing his revolver upward as silence combined with crying once again occured. "Umm, sorry about the delay Eagle 1. There was a guard here and I had to kill him. The cameras are off. We should be safe now. I'll proceed to destryoing the tapes." "Good job Eagle 4." Responded Chris as he put his radio away and took off his ski mask with the other two men doing the same.

"Now ladies and gentlemen, here's the deal. We are here to take all your hard earned money. And there's nothing any of you can do about it. Now who is gonna be kind enough to tell me where is the manager so he can give me access to the vault?" Chris's request was followed by utter silence. "Alright! We'll do this differently then." He said as he grabbed the guard he wounded from the ground and dragged him towards him. "We're gonna play a little game called russian roulette." He said as he emptied his revolver. "And it goes like this. You take one round, you put it in the cylinder, you spin the cylinder really fast, you close the cylinder and in the end you cock the hammer and press the barrel against your head. Well in this case your head not mine." Said Chris as he did all those things and pressed the trigger which resulted in a click. "Congratulations, you survived round one. Now round two is the same except you add a 2nd round in the cylinder." Said Chris as he added the 2nd round and as he was spinning the cylinder an elderly man, in a suit rised up on his feet.

"Enough of this. You want the money? Just take it and leave." He said with a sad and desperate look on his face. Chris smiled and grabbed the manager as they both headed for the vault. Once there the manager opened it and Chris was left stunned by the site of all that money. "Thank you Mr. Manager. Now why don't you stay in that corner over there and don't be a hero. Said Chris as he took the radio in his hand. "Eagle 4 are you done yet?" "Yes Eagle 1, i'm heading to the main hall now." "No! Come to the vault now! Help me gather the money." Said Chris as he took off his backpack, opened it, took two duffle bags from it and started filling them with money. Soon afterwards Eagle 4 came and started putting money in his backpack too. Not long after that though Chris heard multiple gunshots coming from the main hall where his other two men remained. "Stay here!" He told Eagle 4 as he ran back to the main hall only to stumble upon a war scene with his two men shooting at the people from the bank who looked like they weren't human anymore.

Chris grabbed his revolver and loaded the rounds that he took out for the russian roulette game and started firing at the undead humans too. After consuming all the rounds, Chris took a speedloader and reloaded his revolver as he started hearing gunshots coming from the vault this time. He ran to the vault only to see his man on the ground bitten and nearly dead, next to the dead body of the manager who was all grey and pale. "He bit me!" Said Eagle 4 as he was choking in his own blood. In the meantime the gunshots down in the main hall stopped as Chris reluctantly shot his man in the head. In the video games he played, humans bit by zombies became one of them so he didn't want to take the risk. "I'm sorry Frankie. Rest well!" He said looking down at his dead man. He then ran to the main hall and saw two undead biting off one of his dead men. With the revolver in hand, Chris pointed it at the two undead, shooting both of them in the head. Then he heard his younger brother shouting in the radio. "CHRIS! CHRIIIIS!" Scared and shocked Chris grabbed the radio.

"Are you okay bro?" "What's going on Chris? The whole city turned into hell. Humans became zombies, started killing each other! I'm scared man!" "Just stay in the truck alright? And with the first chance you get you run to the bank."

@Wick