Chapter 1- Day 1

Day One

I am just an independent game developer, i live in an apartment on the last floor, and that was all mine, yeah i did strike it with my, games, it was 9h and i was working on my computer when i heard a loud cry and noises from bellow.

As Always the neighbors are arguing, it is a married couple i Wonder when they'll get a divorce. 

So, like every time they argue i put my headset on, put some music, and continue to work on my next update.

Then an hour later my computer crash

"Fuck i didn't Save!"

I get up and go to the kitchen to grab a snack.

I open the fridge, the lights are off.

-"Ho no it was a power cut, i need to call the concierge" 

I grab my phone and then i see them, 60 missed calls, a hundred messages from my family, and some from my best friend:

-Caleb:

Today:

8:00

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-Alex dont go outside

-I see Zombie there IS fucking zombie 

-i locked myself into my office.

-I Saw them, and they bit Abby... And she tried to kill me so i runned and runned.

-I Hear her behind the wall, the growling the slow steps

9:00 

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-Arg the smell its unbearable its the smell of rotten flesh its so disgusting

-Are you dead?

-Am i becoming mad ?

-Maybe i halucinated 

-yes it mustn't have been true after all zombie cant exist sorry for having bothered you i am going to go out now

-I'll call you back.

I frown and run to my terrace and then i see the state of the city from the 14th floor.

I am paralyzed.

I see fires burning here and there. Smoke rising everywhere

I Hear cry, i see multiple disgusting black masses organically Moving in the intricate 

street.

I see cars everywhere stuck surely because of accidents that followed the panic Of the outbreak.

With my mouth gaping i take a few steps back, stumble, and fall on my but.

-whaa..whaat happened , what's happening? Is this real?

I gasp

-Mom! Dad! I must call them!

Sadly they don't pick UP the call.

Is this happening only here or is this happening everywhere? Is it Worldwide?

I try to go on the internet and i see some messages posted an hour ago France United States, Japan, the UK, and Italy I see images showing multiple cities from around the world showing what i feared.

Today is the end of the world.

Some tears form in the corners of my eyes.

I tried to call my parents once more but this time it's different there is no network.

It's a Big city it never happens.

It seems the phone network was broken sooner than i thought it would.

-"Fuck i need to Save them!"

No no don't be stupid they are in another country i can't save them and i don't even have what it takes, first i need to survive. Only then can i even think about them, they are out of reach...

I look at the last message of my best friend...

He is most likely dead...

-"This idiot.."

I wipe my tears with my arm and get up.

I Snap back to reality.

I run to the door and check the peephole.

On this floor there is only my apartment thus there is only an elevator and a staircase door in the hall.

I let out a sigh of relief.

There is no one.

I am not physically strong i wouldn't say i am in bad shape either, i maintain my self but i don't have a lot of muscular mass.

My strong point has always been my brain so now i need to think. 

Do i go down to explore? No i need to prepare myself, there will be zombies and i don't have enough knowledge about their behavior.

Then what do i do now?

I need to check the state of my base, my apartment.

I still have tap water but no hot water, thank god we are in July.

I will gather everything useful in the living room

I gather my food to count.

I have Five cans of food. Four cup noodles.

I'll keep this for now and empty the fridge. Some fruit, meat, 6 bottles fof water, and so on. I think i Can last more than a week with all of this.

I put them on the kitchen counter.

Thinking about it it's Time for a meal, i eat just an apple for now.

Now i will gather everything that could be useful around the house for my survival.

In the kitchen, i get a knife with a sharpener, a birthday candle and a lighter.

In the bathroom, i have medics and necessity.

In my workspace, there is some book that will chase bordom away.

I pause and look at my computer for a moment.

I sigh.

Will i ever use a PC again?

I shake my head. No! I need to keep calm and not have useless thoughts!

In this room, there is just a soda on the desk and my library so not much, i still pick up all my post-apocalyptic books for research purposes, it may help.

Lastly, my room i don't have anything noteworthy here i open my dressing, there is just cloth here but i pick up a screwdriver and dismantle the hanger's iron bar, it's approximately the length of a sword i'd say.

So let's make a check-up, i got food for more than a week without starving, water most likely a big amount but not unlimited so i'll be quick in the shower, i have a knife with a blade of a hand-length,

a bar to fight and some post-apocalyptic books.

I searched pretty thoroughly so i don't think i missed anything.

It's 15:00 i get out on the terrace.

There are a lot of places... Hmm...! Maybe i can make a fire to cook the raw meat and brick-hard cup noodles isn't to my taste.

The terrace is extensive and concrete built so i don't think a fire will spread.

I get some of my wooden chairs from the living room and break them down into sticks for a campfire. I won't light it just now.

19:00

For the rest of the day, i observed the outside world to gather information about zombies and it was dreadful i saw so many people dying that i vomited more than a few times because of the gruesome way these things just tear apart every inch of flesh of their body ...uhh.

It seems the zombie can't run. That's a relief it would have been much harder.

I saw someone putting a crowbar into the head of a zombie and succeed in killing him.

Another good news is that they can be killed and their weakness is the head, as expected. 

If what i heard from my friend is true then a bit and you are infected but i don't know the time it takes to get infected. 

I have so many questions swirling in my brain but no answer on the horizon.

I gather the remains of my chairs and use the lighter to start a fire.

I put my pan on it and clumsily cook some meat.

Then until the sun had set i read some research material.

Thus, on my first day in this zombie world, this new reality is starting.