AM13 Outbreak Shorts

By SamieSands

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The zombie apocalypse has arrived, the virus has been dubbed as AM13, and the human race is struggling to sur... More

Introduction
Outbreak - Prologue
Outbreak - One
Outbreak - Two
Outbreak Three
Outbreak - Four
Outbreak - Five
Outbreak - Six
Outbreak - Seven
Outbreak - Eight
Outbreak - Nine
Outbreak - Ten
Outbreak - Eleven
Outbreak - Twelve
Outbreak - Thirteen
Outbreak - Fourteen
Outbreak - Sixteen
Outbreak - Seventeen
Outbreak - Eighteen
Outbreak - Nineteen
Outbreak - Twenty
Quarantine - Prologue
Quarantine - One
Quarantine - Two
Quarantine - Three
Quarantine - Four
Quarantine - Five
Quarantine - Six
Quarantine - Seven
Quarantine - Eight
Quarantine - Nine
Quarantine - Ten
Quarantine - Eleven
Quarantine - Twelve
Quarantine - Thirteen
Quarantine - Fourteen
Quarantine - Fifteen
Quarantine - Sixteen
Quarantine - Seventeen
Quarantine - Eighteen
Quarantine - Nineteen
Quarantine - Twenty
Crackdown - Prologue
Crackdown - One
Crackdown - Two
Crackdown - Three
Crackdown - Four
Crackdown - Five
Crackdown - Six
Crackdown - Seven
Crackdown - Eight
Crackdown - Nine
Crackdown - Ten
Crackdown - Eleven
Crackdown - Twelve
Crackdown - Thirteen
Crackdown - Fourteen
Crackdown - Fifteen
Crackdown - Sixteen
Crackdown - Seventeen
Crackdown - Eighteen
Crackdown - Nineteen
Crackdown - Twenty
One Year On - One (Rachael)
One Year On - Two (Katie)
One Year On - Three (Emma)
One Year On - Four (Rhys)
One Year On - Five (Oliver)
One Year On - Six (Danny)
One Year On - Seven (Emma)
One Year On - Eight (Rachael)
One Year On - Nine (Oliver)
One Year On - Ten (Rhys)
One Year On - Eleven (Katie)
One Year On - Twelve (Danny)
One Year On - Thirteen (Alex)
One Year On - Fourteen (Oliver)
One Year On - Fifteen (Emma)
One Year On - Sixteen (Katie)
One Year On - Seventeen (Rachael)
One Year On - Eighteen (Rhys)
One Year On - Nineteen (Danny)
One Year On - Twenty (Alex)
One Year On - Twenty One (Benji)
One Year On - Twenty Two (Oliver)
One Year On - Twenty Three (Ryan)
One Year On - Twenty Four (Rhys)
One Year On - Twenty Five (Emma)
One Year On - Twenty Six (Rachael)
One Year On - Twenty Seven (Katie)
One Year On - Twenty Eight (Danny)
One Year On - Twenty Nine (Benji)
One Year On - Thirty (Emma)
One Year On - Thirty One (Oliver)
One Year On - Thirty Two (Alex)
One Year On - Thirty Three (Rhys)
One Year On - Thirty Four (Emma)
One Year On - Thirty Five (Rachael)
One Year On - Thirty Six (Ryan)
One Year On - Thirty Seven (Benji)
One Year On - Thirty Eight (Alex)
One Year On - Thirty Nine (Oliver)
One Year On - Forty (Rhys)
One Year On - Forty One (Katie)
One Year On - Forty Two (Emma)
One Year On - Forty Two (Oliver)
One Year On - Forty Three (Alex)
One Year On - Forty Four (Katie)
One Year On - Forty Five (Ryan)
One Year On - Forty Six (Oliver)
Thank you!

Outbreak - Fifteen

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By SamieSands

I hop anxiously from foot-to-foot as I wait outside of Emma's home, my hand outstretched ready to knock. In my seat of warm contemplation on the beach I decided that this was the sort of conversation that I absolutely had to have face-to-face, but now that I'm actually here I can't help but wonder if a heads up might've been preferable.

My heart thunders noisily in my chest, my mouth feels sick and dry, I inadvertently bite down so hard on my lip that I can almost taste blood...but unfortunately this is the only option I've left myself. I can't come home now...

Can I?

The idea of sneaking back in, of lying down between the sheets of my warm comfy bed, of pretending the little nighttime runaway never happened is so utterly tempting, I can almost feel the sensations wrapping around me. If it wasn't for Dad and his plea, I might just give into it.

But I can't, I promised him.

Knock, knock.

My hand taps against the door so lightly I'm certain that no one will've heard it, but it was such a strain to just make myself do that much, I'm not sure I can do it again. Maybe I should take that as a hint that this isn't going to happen, that it's time to find other arrangements...

Ring, ring.

The shrill ring exploding free from my pocket causes me to leap into the air in shock. I curse myself, the phone, the entire world as I scrabble around trying to shut it off before it alerts everyone to it, but it seems to take far too long for me to get it. My fingers are slippery, my arms, trembling, my whole body slow.

Zac.

I only glimpse his name for a second before I hit the cut off button, I barely get a moment to process what that means, to wonder why he always seems to get in touch with me at the weirdest of times.

"Hey," Emma's curious voice breaks through my shock barrier. "Rae, what are you doing here?"

"I...I..." How do I work this? "I need help."

"Of course, come in."

She steps aside instantly, and ushers me towards her bedroom. As I tiptoe quietly up the stairs, trying not to grab the focus of anyone else, I'm so grateful to have met her. If I hadn't found her on that random day in the school...well, who knows what I would've done now?

"What's going on, Rae?" Emma asks, indicating for me to sit down on the bed beside her.

"It's been a nightmare," I admit, my exhaustion finally starting to catch up with me. "My Dad, he's infected with this virus, and he...he sent me away so I wouldn't get it too..." I try to explain this as simply as I can, without letting emotion get the better of me, but I don't succeed very well. "He wants me to stay away until he's, you know, better or whatever. I'm not sure...where..."

"You can stay with me," Emma replies kindly, while throwing her arms around my shoulders. "I won't let any harm come to you." She pulls back for a second, her eyebrows knotting together thoughtfully. "I promise. But, well I don't think my parent's will like you being here. They're all freaked out." Just like my mom. Only, she was right to be, I was in the wrong being so relaxed and naïve. "Maybe if I make you up a bed in the garage for a moment, just until I can find a way to bring it to them."

"Of course, whatever you need. I'm just so grateful to you for helping me at all. I haven't slept for ages, so I can sleep anywhere right about now."

With the current heaviness of my eyes, I know that I'm telling the truth.

***

Judging by the ache in my neck as I finally force myself into a sitting position, I've been asleep for far too long. I only intended to have a nap in this dark, damp place, but obviously that didn't quite happen.

I grab my cell phone off of charge, and check the time which informs me that it's just after 6PM, but that also alerts me to the fact that I have a text message from Zac, probably in reference to the phone call I cut off earlier.

'Rae, please meet me tomorrow, I want to see you before the quarantine kicks in.'

Despite myself I couldn't help the familiar twang in my chest, the desire to see him. After all, I'd lost pretty much everyone else in my life for the time being, and I certainly didn't want to spend weeks down here alone with no one to talk to. Emma would come down as often as she could, but there was still going to be a lot of loneliness in my immediate future.

'Yes, okay. At the beach at 8PM.'

Night time feels safer, there are less prying eyes then.

Once that's sorted, I move towards the door feeling the need for some fresh air right now. I don't want to be seen by anyone really, but a short escape into the outside world can't cause any trouble, can it? Now that I'm awake and standing I'm pretty sure that I'm more of a danger to myself than anyone else.

I push at the door, glad that it isn't making any noise, and I gulp in the cold air like it's a drug to me, like I'm an addict that can't get enough of it. It's hard to remember that it wasn't long ago that I was out here last.

I take a step, then another, a strange twisted smile forming on my lips. I don't feel any happiness inside, but I smile nonetheless, a weird sensation really.

I hear cars whizzing past, a slight howl in the wind, a police siren somewhere in the distance. The normal sounds for a city, not necessarily for here, but still I try not to look too much into it. For now, I just need a moment to breathe.

Bang!

That is until a gunshot rings through the air, stopping my heart completely. 

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