**Chapter 1: Premonition**Hiding and running has become the order of the day.Bunch of brainless goons everywhere. Some having no arms, legs or penises even. I wonder how they pee.Weirdos of different sizes and behaviors.All they do is drool and eat.No one knows where they came from or how they keep multiplying, so all I can tell you is how their first arrival was.I was very little at the time of the incident. My mom on the other hand was not.Here is what she told me.It rained heavily that day and the sun had been long hidden in the clouds.The heavy rainfall soon graduated to a storm, and the storm to tornadoes, and tornadoes to lightning strikes.Soon, people started evacuating their cars and running for shelter.Then the first of these beasts appeared in the midst of this pandemonium, at least the first my mom saw.It appeared to be an old man, an old man under the heavy rain walking sluggishly as though all the strength he had had been sucked out of him.Mom wanted to help

**Chapter 3: Fire in the Hole**It crawled out and moved across the room as though we were not there."Derick do something,"Aunt Vera commanded as I stared at it speechlessly, scared of what I saw."Derick!"she yelled again, this time pushing me towards this big and weird-looking creature."Please!"I cried out scared as her push on me increased.I fell on the ground just by its side. I closed my eyes covering my head with my hands in fear. The snake whom I was scared of did not seem to care. It just hissed and crawled past."You good for nothing piece of shit!"Aunt Vera yelled and kicked my head in anger. I just remained where I was, still shaking."Get up!"she commanded, and I did slowly."You better be ready for it when next it comes. This food is going to be tasteless and unsatisfying, and I know your good for nothing mother did not teach you anything kitchen related. So we are both going out to get some ingredients,"she said and threw mom's bag at me."Let's go!"she added,

**Chapter 5: New Faces**She walked closer and I backed up to the wall of the hole, feeling the dirt against my back. She lifted the axe up and I closed my eyes.I felt bad not because I was about to die, but because of what was about to kill me. Mom's help had backfired.I heard the sound of the axe as it landed on the ground. The sound it made from the strike sent the hairs on my neck standing all the way down to my feet."If you ever go out without my permission, or spend longer than ten minutes outside, whether I am awake or asleep, I will make sure I send you to your mom, and trust me, just like her, you will not be in one piece,"she said and left the axe sticking in the ground."Now answer my questions. Where are your clothes?"she said as she put her walking stick in her right hand."...I...I left them by the stream,"I replied."Why?"she asked furiously."I saw an old man,"I replied, about to explain further when she shut me up by shouting,"Because you saw an old man you d

**Chapter 7: Growing Anger**"Zack!!" Aunt Vera yelled as the black dude turned to the zombies. He held his bloody knife firmly as the zombies charged at him.At first they were all headed for him but then one turned to me and another to Aunt Vera. "Zack!!!!" Aunt Vera yelled. "Fuck!" he exclaimed as he pounced on one, stabbing repeatedly at random places as it screamed and growled. Then he received a hit from the other which sent him flying without any resistance till he got to the ground. The one responsible for the hit went for him, and the other he had stabbed continued growling on the floor.I knelt beside lifeless Mr. March, with tears still rolling down my cheek as the one who had been approaching me earlier stood there looking at me. His expression was that of confusion. He seemed to be contemplating. I picked out my knife from my leg where it was strapped. In rage and sorrow, I faced it and without a second thought charged towards it. I jumped up and gave it three stabs on it

---**Chapter 9: The Last Drop of Blood**I stood there still defending the baby as I thought of a way out of the mess I was in. Even while fighting I still tried to be very careful so I did not hurt the baby. Due to that I could not fight my way out. All I could do was remain at a spot and defend."Arghh!"I growled in pain experienced from a strike to my right arm. I began to contemplate leaving the baby seeing how unimportant he really is. It is not like he is going to feel a thing when they eat him up. After all there is not much to eat up. It will be illogical for us to die together. One has to survive.I swung the cutlass at one in front of me when I realized there was another behind me."Charlie!"I exclaimed as I turned swinging the cutlass to it."Arghhhh!"I grunted in pain receiving two solid hits on my back. Why am I still trying to protect this child?"Hssssss."I heard the hiss loud and clear."Medusa!"I yelled excited. And in seconds Medusa was in."Medusa! Don't swall