Apocalyptic Beginning Ch 3:

         Just as they reach the edge of the city his phone goes off. " Hello? Who is it?"
" It's Jake man. What's going on?"
" I don't know."
" Where are you?"
" I'm at the end of the highway. You?"
" Coming down your street."
" Do you have weapons?"
" No, why?"
" Our street is full of these son's of bitches."
" Alright, thanks for the heads up. I might see you later man. Bye."
" Bye." Jake hung up and they kept walking.

         When they finally got out of the city and on ther way Rob and his wife started to cry. Everything had been going great then it all went downhill. He hugged his wife as they went and tried, unsuccessfully, to comfort her over the loss of there son. As they were walking down the road a building with some lights on came to there attention, and they stopped by to see it. Rob pulled his .44 and opened the door. As he did so seven people stepped out of the shadows with guns pointed at him. " Are you normal?" the oldest one asked him.
" Yeah. What's going on here?"
" Come on in. The news is still on the radio." They walked in and he thought that it was a pretty enough home. It was old fashioned but pretty. The radio was on a coffee table and they turned up the volume now that they knew it was safe.
" ... Now coming in from all of the tri-state area from the local news hosts. Early death tolls are less than thought as it only seems to reach about three to four hundred-thousand. Though the amount of people affected by whatever is happening is in a startling high area of about nine million people have been affected by this thing scientists are starting to call a new disease. This disease has apparently struck the entire world. Calls have come out from three areas, in the United States, saying they have a massive human population and that all people are normal. World leaders are asking that places like these open there arms to all normal people and to attempt to hold off the inffected as long as possible. These areas have agreed and there locations are Albany, Los Angelos, and Dallas. Similar places have been set up in other countries, and all are already flocking to them for safety. We will be on the radio at the Albany safe area for as long as possible. Thanks a lot and we will talk again tomorrow at around noon." Rob looked around the room and knew that they were all going to Albany.
         He had eaten and talked with his wife now. They were going to Albany, but not until tomorrow, the rest were leaving now. As they left he saw lights coming up the road then the car stopped and his friend Jake got out of the car, and strode up to them and gave him a hug and kissed Sharon on the cheek. " Hey man."
" Hey Jake. Did you hear the radio?"
" Yeah. What are you guys doing?"
" We're going to Albany tomorrow. You want to come with us?"
" Sure, why not right." With that they found beds and couches and went to sleep.

         In the morning they got up and packed as much non-perishable food as they could and headed out the door. While walking down the highway Jake started talking:
" So what happens if these safe areas get run over by the crazy people? I mean do we just hold them back until the food in the area runs out and we die?"
" I don't know man. There is the possibility that it comes down to who is willing to leave the safe area and make it on there own." Rob remarked
" Well there is bound to be at least some military power there right. I mean there has to be a few of them left." He was starting to worry and Rob knew that that wasn't what they needed right now.
" It's ok Jake just calm down ok. No need to freak out."
" Alright Rob. Shouldn't we find a store with camping gear?"
" Maybe, but I think that the houses should be fairly empty so we can stay in those." They kept walking down the street and thinking of what was to come when Rob saw something ahead. He wasn't even sure that it was there, but something told him that it was. " I think we need to be careful guys who knows when these guys walk around or if they are stronger than normal." Then as if on cue he heard a sound out to his left.
" Ughhhhhhh" Five of the zombies had come out of the woods and seen them. The zombies move towards them and they move back.
" They don't seem stupid. It's like they were using the trees as cover. I got them." He pulled the .44 and stopped then took aim. He pulled the trigger the first time and then quickly five more times. All of the zombies dropped and he lowered the gun. " I got them. I geuss they aren't super stro - what the fuck." They zombies started to get back up. Of the five only three were standing now as the others had bullet wounds in the head. The guys that were now limping towawrds them had wounds in the chest and shoulders. " Damn, these guys don't want to die do they." He opened the chamber loaded it again and shot at them for a second time. This time they didn't stand back up. He reloaded his gun one more time and decided that from now on he would shoot them in the head as much as possible.
" So how many days until Albany?" Jake was talking.
" Two. Maybe three if we rest a little bit more than absolutely necessary." He wanted to reach Albany as soon as possible so he didn't plan on stopping much. The others might need though so he was resigned to three days.