Day One - Alfie (2)

"Fuck, it's like everyone disappeared." Alife heard a loud gunshot from up above. "What the fuck is going on." He rushed up the staircase and heard another one, same with arguing. "YOU FUCKING SHOT HIM!" An older woman screamed. "SO? ONE OF THOSE PLANTS GOT EM HE WAS GOING TO TURN INTO ONE OF THOSE MONSTERS IN THERE!" A young man screamed back at her.

"DON'T MAKE ME SHOOT YOU TOO!" He continued as Alife reached the rooftop entrance and opened it, seeing a group of 5, except for the young boy who was on the floor, his eyes widened as the young boy poofed into the yellow gas, with the gas fading seconds later.

The young man turned to face Alfie and aimed his rifle at him. "Who the fuck are you?" The group looked at her, within that group was Emma. He decided not to yell at her and to make things worse, Emma gave him a fearful look. Knowing full well she had been caught.

"The name is Alfie, you?" He walked over and the young boy kept his finger on the rifle. "DON'T MOVE, I WILL SHOOT YOU DEAD!" Alfie looked at the older woman, she was one of the landlords. Her name was Louise. There were two young boys, both probably between the age of 13 and 16. "Are these Mr. Pat's boys?" Alfie asked.

He looked at the young boy. "What's your name?" Alfie continued to ask. "Leonardo." He replied. "Yes, these are Pat's boys. He didn't make it." Louise looked down. "Okay." Alfie's heart was beating as he looked around, the ground and around 35 feet was covered in this yellow gas, though some smoke due to fires was visible. "Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?"

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WARNING: This chapter contains suicide.

Leonardo kept his gun aimed. "I wasn't in the streets when it happened. But it's fucked, we are fucked. Everyone is fucked, do you not see what's going on?!" He screamed. "The end is near, and we are in the middle of it!"

"Okay but that doesn't mean you get to shoot a fucking man!" Alfie argued back. "He was turning into one of those monsters! I had too." He lowered his gun just a bit, Alfie took a step forward but then he raised it again.

"What if you are infected?!" He screamed, Pat's boys were tense, Alfie remembered their names. Nick and Eugene. "I am not infected. Do you see me exhibiting any viral symptoms?" He turned to look at Emma, she had his guitar.

Alfie wasn't mad at her anymore, there were more things to worry about. Leonardo clicked his gun. "You don't need to have a sickness to turn into them" Emma stood up and walked in front of Alfie. "He isn't sick! He isn't one of them! He will not turn into one of them! And you won't dare to shoot an innocent man." Emma glared at him.

"How do you know if he isn't?!" Leonardo kept his gun aimed. "Because I slept with him, then I stole his guitar and multiple other things which I feel terrible for doing." Emma was calm yet defensive for him. "What if he went outside?" Leonardo suggested.

"He didn't. I saw the gas from the lower levels and retreated to the rooftop. We are trapped here." Emma looked at Alfie. "I'm sorry." She handed him his guitar. "I couldn't gather your other things, so I dropped them in a panic." She frowned, he grabbed his guitar and lowered the rifle. "I'm sorry." She smiled and kissed his cheek.

"I won't forgive you yet." He looked at her but ignored the peck on the cheek. "Let's find any escape routes." Alfie needed to try and escape this place. They had food and water but that won't last long, the apartment rooms may be useful for supplies though. "I already tried, the staircase to the left leads straight down to that." Louise sighed.

"Does anyone have information on this?" He looked at Pat's boys. Nick nodded. "We were in the streets when it happened, the gas came out of nowhere. The people inside of the gas that inhaled it turned to these gas giants. The gas also turned plants to these monsters, that's how dad died, the plant wrapped this spikey vine across his leg and dragged him into the gas." He frowned.

"I… wow… um…" Alfie was trying to process this information, they are in serious danger. "Alright, everyone. Inside of the apartment." He had an idea. "What for?" Alfie looked at him, then at Emma. "I might need your robbing skills, we are looting the place and rescuing the remaining survivors." He smiled.

Emma nodded, Alfie rested the guitar against the wall. "Louise, you will stay with the boys, Leonardo. You are coming with us." Leonardo grunted. "Fine." He opened the door and went down the stairwell, Leonardo shined his flashlight down it. "That's our limit." He gestured to the gas.

Alfie nodded and opened floor 6's door, it was quiet and dark. Leonardo stepped in and knocked on the door of room 601. "No answer." He backed up and kicked the door, he tried to break it down but Emma stopped him. "Let me." She grabbed a pin from her hair and kneeled down, picking at the lock till it finally unlocked. "There we go."

Alfie opened the door and it smelt really bad in there. "What the fuck is that smell." Leonardo cursed and entered the room, Emma plugged her nose with her hands and went inside, Alfie followed her but he needed to get the supplies they wanted with both their hands.

"Holy fuck…" Leonardo covered his mouth, there was a couple. Who were both recently dead. Alfie's eyes widened as he checked the cause of their deaths. "They killed themselves." He picked up a pill bottle. It was empty, they were foaming from the mouth; but they were holding each other's hands. What a sorrowful way to go out.

Emma teared up. "Fuck, I can't." She hurried away. "Leonardo, get the supplies we need. I'll make sure she is okay." Alfie followed Emma. "But you-" he sighed and began searching the place. "For all who want to live. Here are all our supplies." Leonardo looked at a note on the fridge. "Thank you dead couple." He stuffed supplies into his bag.

Alfie grabbed Emma's shoulder. "What's wrong?" Emma looked at him, she was tearing up. "Everything, all of this. Its all so fucked." She wiped the tears from her face. "My parents, they might both be dead. Are you worried about yours?" Emma hugged him tightly.

He hugged him back. "Remember what I said about my dad?" He chuckled slightly, Emma nodded. "Right… What about your mom?" She tilted her head. "I don't know about her but I know that old lady is a fighter. We weren't on the same page the last time I saw her." He sighed.

Leonardo left the room and looked at the two of them. "Let's gather as much as we can!" Leonardo snickered.

Louise stared at the stars. It's been all day and the others haven't returned. "Are you worried about them?" Nick asked and Louise nodded. "Yeah, but Alfie is a good man. He will make sure nobody gets hurt."

Alfie opened the rooftop door, carrying a duffle bag's worth of supplies. Leonardo was carrying two duffle bags and Emma was carrying one. "How did it go?" Louise turned to them, there were 4 new survivors. "Louise, Nick, Eugene. Meet Jess." Alfie looked at Jess, she had red hair with curls at the end, freckles and she was wearing all black. She boldly waved at them.

"This is Mando." Alfie looked at Mando, he was a bearded and well built fella, he wore a red plaid shirt and grey jeans. "Howdy!" Mando smiled.

"This is Nicholas." Nicholas was a much younger guy, he was around Alfie's age. He had blond curly hair and red eyes, he just waved shyly. "And finally last but not least, Rudeus!" He smiled, Rudeus waved calmly, he had a pistol in his holster; a scar that started a little above his eyelid and across it down to his cheek. He smiled and waved. "I am glad I found more people. I was bound to go insane!"

"Let's cook some dinner!" Mando cheered and rested a bag on the ground. He then pulled out a bunch of cold meat. "Gotta eat this while we can!" Mando snickered. "I'll start the fire!" Rudeus exclaimed and began to gather anything he can get for fire.

Emma smiled and pointed at his guitar. "And you can be our music!" Alfie looked at his guitar and chuckled. "I'm not that good-" Emma put a finger against his lips. "Tatata! Play it without singing!" Alfie chuckled and picked up his guitar. "Fine. I will play a similar song people will know." He sat down, Emma sat next to him.

He began to play Radioactive by Imagine Dragons in a soothing tone, Louise bobbed her head back and forth. "You got good, your dad was an excellent guitarist for sure. You got his traits!" She smiled. "Radioactive! I love that song!" Nick smiled. "RADIOACTIVE! RADIOACTIVE!" He tried to sing but was yelling.

A monster below heard the singing and looked up at the apartment building. "Frienn…ds…" it spoke, its eyes glowing bright yellow. "Frien…ds.. mu..sic… kno..w the…m." The monster walked towards the hotel. "Frien…ds!"