Kapitel 1: Dawn of the Dead (Part 1)
Sunlight hit the bedroom of a suburban home and a beam of light streamed through the pulled shades. They crawled their way over the wood floors and climbed over the messy sheets before stopping on the eyes of a sleeping couple. a man in his mid twenties groaned as the light woke him from the best sleep of his life, and with a yawn he pulled himself off the bed and groggily stood. It took a few minutes before his body caught up with his mind and he lazily walked over to the bathroom leaving the door wide open. moments later a woman around the same age took a deep breath as she rose up and mimicked her husband's actions.
with quiet mumbles the two brushed, flushed, and bathed together to save as much money on water as they could before walking out to get dressed. Their Jobs sucked and they hated every second of it, but it needed to happen so they could continue to pay the bills on their crappy apartment. Akane Jackson, now wide awake, stood in the full-length mirror fixing her ink black hair before heading to the glorious golden arches she flipped burgers for the past six months. standing at five feet, and dressed in her uniform, the Japanese American woman popped the cap of her charcoal black lipstick and finished off her makeup. Logan, a dark brown haired and six foot two, small town guy, stood beside her throwing on a plain white tee and faded Jeans. opening the nightstand to grab his wallet about to head out to the construction site when he noticed something wrong
His gaze caught some movement outside that was a little too close to be possible given that the window should be three stories off the ground. He moved over and cracked a blind to see what was going on when his eyes got wide. He shifted away with a gasp that caught the attention of Akane.
"What's wrong?" she asked as she walked over to her shocked man and looked at the window herself. moving up she cracked a blind and grew wide eyed. Looking outside showed fire, blood, screaming and brutality as people were chasing and eating one another. She snapped the blind as well and stepped back into her husband's embrace. He held her shoulder as they both shifted to lock eyes in slight panic at the situation. That was when the searing headache slammed into both of them. images came fast as they were both in their apartment getting high from another shitty day of work when space suddenly warped as a powerful being showed up in their apartment.
He was pissed and complained about ruining his vacation before casting a hand towards the TV that then promptly zapped the two out of existence. Said tv, was also running a movie marathon of horror flicks good and bad.
"Oh fuck" Logan said blinking away the pain he just got hit with. Akane was still in his arms but moved away to look out the window again.
"Logan...this is fucking amazing!" she said as she started to shout system, stats, and everything else she knew about all of her fictional reads when shit like this happens. Logan sighed with a smirk as he moved over and covered her mouth before she attracted one of those fucking zombies outside.
"Yeah, yeah, you got your dream" he said while walking away from the window with her. Just keep it down before you put us in-." Yet before he could finish his sentence the window they were looking out shattered open as a zombie had pushed someone through it. laying In Front of the couple was a little girl ripping into the throat of a teenage kid who looked at them to help. Akane moved with a grin and stomped the girl's head to the side, allowing her face to hit wood, and sending enough force to snap the spine. Logan moved next to end the victim, knowing full well how quick he would turn. Both looked at one another again before nodding and moving out of the room.
While the panic hit them a moment ago the two nobodies weren't about to die from shit like this. They spent many a high night talking about how to survive in worlds like this. one for the challenge of it, while the other for the fun loving nature of chaos and freedom that comes with it. closing the door on the way out they moved in tandem as Logan checked for some kind of bag in the house they woke up in, while Akane started to clear out the kitchen of everything it had.
"heads up!" Logan said and Akane caught the duffle he found in a side closet with coats. While she filled up the bag, Logan moved past to the garage to hopefully find something to kill with. It was rather bare but he found a baseball bat and long necked screwdriver that would have to do. He also grabbed some duck tape before running back into the kitchen to see Akane done filling the bag. She was now in the coat closet grabbing some heavy coats that she ripped up with a chef's knife. She had some cooking twine in her hand but when she saw the duck tape she clapped her hands in a toss gesture, and Logan obliged and she started to wrap the heavy cloth to vulnerable parts of her body before throwing Logan the duck tape and cloth to do the same. he did his as quick as he could while she took a few more sharp knives from the kitchen.
With all that done they grabbed a set of keys and cracked the front door open. The world was still a chaotic mess which helped them in this moment as they saw no random undead mindlessly roaming to find them, as any around were happily eating away at someone or something. tapping each other for luck they rushed to the car in the drive, Akane first with the weighed down Logan and duffle right behind her. The car, an outdated sedan, looked on its last legs but it would have to do as they unlocked it and threw themselves inside. cranking the engine had the starter grinding endlessly before the rumble of the engine kicked in.
"Gas is good, but we'll need to ditch it sooner than later" Akane said with a frown before pulling out fast and hitting the gas to get the car moving. as they drove through the suburb Logan checked the glove box and fucking happily found a map. opening it he checked the area and found themselves in the same area as the movie.
"Were in Milwaukee, and given the suburb likely were the nurse starts if I had to guess" Logan said as Akane spun the wheel to miss a crashing ambulance. It had a zombie hanging out the driver side window eating the man driving.
"that nurse?" Akane said as she nodded at the car pulling out from the drive with a zombie on its hood. Logan nodded as well then tapped her shoulder and decided to take a risk.
"stop real quick" he asked and Akane side eyed him with a question but did it as asked and Logan got out. The Zombie on the nurses hood tracked him and ran at him full force, only to have a bat uppercut him back to the ground. Logan quickly picked up the dropped gun from the dead neighbor he remembered in the movie and got back into the car. The zombie Logan hit had gotten back to his feet at this point but the squelch of tires sounded his end as a rusty sedan knocked him back to the ground. The crunch of his bones as the couple ran him over didn't faze the two as they continued to drive off, a gun now obtained.
Finally after a hectic drive and basically following the nurse at this point we were on the major roads "how do you want to play this?" Logan asked as he checked the map. "The smart move would be to get to a low population area after loading up on supplies until the zombies die out. we could also keep following the nurse to the mall to grab some guns and ammo from the shop nearby." Akane hemmed and hawed as she drove before deciding to keep up with the nurse.
"We don't know the area and frankly we don't know how much of a movie or real life this is. The mall wasn't a bad play given its empty status, and with us there we can easily kill off the hoard that builds up" she said with a spark of glee in her eyes. "I say we beat them to it and hit up the gun store before the place gets infested. then we move in and kill the guards before anyone shows up." Logan nodded and found the mall on the map thankfully. Akane over took the nurse, who looked out of it as she dove, and picked up speed to get us to our destination. The drive was smoother than it should have been but they were thankful for it. When they pulled off the major road they located the gun shop and mall and pulled up at the gun store. moving out with duffle in hand they walked up to the shop and found it to be locked and Logan dropped to a knee while Akane kept her head on a swivel.
Both of their lives weren't easy ones and the only reason they weren't in jail was because they were smart enough to know when to steal and when to let it go. If it wasn't for Logan's handyman work though, they would both be likely in jail by now. pulling out a bobby pin he always kept on his person, after he learned how to pick from both a troubled past and handyman experience, he bent it and molded it before picking the lock. it came easy enough and soon they were in. The shop was dark and empty, meaning the gun shop owner was still upstairs it would seem. They turned on the lights and closed the door back up.
"should we off him?" Akane offered but Logan shook his head.
"no, the guy is a plot point for the cop, and I don't want him dead because he tries to save his brother," Logan says while opening the duffle and taking out the food. "We can leave him the food though, as the mall will have all we need." Akane nodded and the two got to shopping with a five finger discount. they only had a duffle so they wouldn't be cleaning him out but their car was nearby. a few Mossberg's, Glocks, AR-15s, a few hunting rifles, and finally two bowie style knives for the pair with a lever action classic Logan couldn't turn away. with that they grabbed some holsters for sale to equip themselves and filled the bag to near bursting. Risking it a bit they then opened the door to see a still empty street and so they loaded up on a good chunk of ammo as they filled up the backseat of the car till they felt it was taking too long. with that done they closed the door again and took off towards the mall.
Again no dead showed up and both were now fifty fifty that this world followed movie logic. no main characters? no threat to find. that or this mall and the surrounding area is deserted when locked down for the night. pulling into the parking lot they drove around back to the loading dock and pulled up. The back door was easy enough to pick for Logan and the two cleared out the car and moved into the mall. They knew the security would likely have caught them driving in, but those three were too scared to even leave the second floor at the moment. Armed and deadly, the couple walked the first floor and marked where they remembered the threats and moved to deal with them. entering the sporting good's store they broke off a pool cue and kicked open the dressing room.
The zombie janitor was enjoying a snack before looking up to meet the sharp end of a pool cue sinking into his brain. Akane then put a foot on the dead man and shoved him off her improvised weapon before sinking it into the half eaten corpse's head. with that done they moved onto the next zombie at the front of the mall. The hidden threat didn't surprise them though and the thing rushed the two, only to meet Logan's bat as he first knocked him off his feet, and then crushed his skull with a satisfying crack. Finally the two started to move for the second floor to kill the guards when they heard the crash of glass.
"awww, guess we have to keep them alive," Akane said with a frown.
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