-Breaking News-
"There seems to be a virus in the south of the US. This virus is highly contagious and spreads through blood and broken skin.
There have been about 10 cases in counting from New Mexico of patients flatline then gain consciousness becoming extremely aggressive, attacking people, and extreme cannibalism. There have been many other cases popping up in other states as well. STAY INSIDE! -And if it comes to it Aim for the HEAD-"
I shut the TV off and take in a sharp breath.
What the actual Fuck!
I don't believe this.
No no no not today.
Fuck! Today out of all days. Out of all the things to take us out a Fucking chemical leak? Really?
I jump off the couch and snatch open the cabinet and pressed the button that was on the inside. The floor was soon replaced with metal stairs that led down into a stash of weapons food and all the other things my Dad thought was needed to be prepared for the apocalypse.
I can't believe he was right.
I grabbed one of the most sturdy camper bags and a duffle bag and put it on. The duffle bag was filled with machetes and guns with plenty of ammo. I put the food and water into the camping backpack changed into a jumpsuit that was made of thick material that is bite-proof with steel-toed boots. I grab the machete and wrap it and drop it into the backpack I slipped the twin Karambit tactical knives into my pockets and walked back out of the basement. As I run out of the house across the street to Kaito's place and knock on the door I slip on my grippy gloves.
No one answers.
I don't have time for this.
I walk over to the small bush and dig out the key. I unlock the door and open it walking into the living room to see a confused Kaito sitting on the couch. "Kaito!" I yell
I [Kaito] stare at the TV my mind completely blank. Really? They have to be joking. A damn chemical leak?
"Kaito!"
It's not even April yet.
"...Kaito!"
I jumped as I see that Arbus had let himself in.
"Did you see the news!?" I asked praying that I didn't go crazy.
"Yeah, I saw it!" He said angrily stomping into the room.
Bringing my attention to his weird getup.
"Bro the fuck are you wearing?"
"I'm not trying to get bit by anybody or anything!" Arbus said crossing his arms.
"It's a prank," I said trying to convince myself with my own words.
"No, it's not!" He said throwing down his duffle bag with a heavy thump. "Get your shit together. The government is too serious to do anything that has to do with pranking they would never let it air on any news networks." He said walking into the kitchen. I get off the couch and walk towards the kitchen to see him rummaging through the snack cabinet. "Yo, what are you doing! Those my favorite rice crackers!" I yell at him as he stuffs them into another bag that I didn't see before. He ignores me and goes to grab a pack of my favorite wasabi seaweed. "Come on man you know those are my favorite!" I whine "Where are your parents?" He said quickly before grabbing a bag of chips. "They're at work, why?" I say my voice shaking a bit. "Ok, go find your cargo pants and put them on." He says turning to open a drawer. "Wait, where are your parents?" I say leaning on the counter. "They're fine. Get a thick jacket something that's hard to bite through," he said basically shooing me off. I walk up the stairs to my room and open my closet and grab the bag I use for hiking from the top shelf. The bag was empty except for two waterless water bottles on each side. The bag was quite tall. I look through my closet for my cargo pants. "Oh, and get some boots too! Yo, you got any weapons?" I hear Arbus yell from the kitchen. He was still stomping around slamming cabinets. He's acting differently from who I knew him to be but I guess that's to be expected in our current situation. "I don't know, check my dad's office!" I yell back. I finally find my black cargo pants and change into them. I pack an extra pair at the bottom of my bag. I pull on some socks and grabbed my military-style jacket. I grab my bag and quickly walk down the stairs. I look around not seeing Arbus anywhere. I sat my bag down onto the counter and walked towards the door. I pick up my black boot and slip them on before tying them. I walk back into the kitchen to hear the click of a gun. I look over to see Arbus sitting on a stool at the counter with all of his weapons spread out on the table. What the hell.
"Pick a Weapon." He says as he sets a handgun onto the table. "Where did you get these?" I ask feeling nervous around all these weapons. I slowly walk toward the table. "My parents," he states plainly. "Can you hurry up we gotta go." he said standing up "...I change my mind you don't get a gun." he sighed. he hands me a small pocket knife. I stare at the knife in my hand its' blade concealed. He starts repacking the weapons into the duffle bag zipping it shut before he secures a handgun into his waistband. "let me see your bag." he says with his hand out. I take off my bag handing it to him by its strap. He takes the bag and turns toward the sink filling the water bottles with water then returning them to the pockets on the sides of the bags. He then turned to the half-empty cabinets piling the rest of the snacks into the bag. I watch kind of frozen not exactly knowing what to do. All this is happening so quickly and I really need to catch up.
Once he's done he throws the backpack back to me and remains quiet. He looks up for a moment like he's counting something. Then he stops and slaps his forehead. "Stupid! I forgot silencers." He says shaking his head like he couldn't believe it himself. "Ok put that on let's go," he said grabbing his bags before walking out the door I follow him cluelessly across the street. His hand fished into his pocket only to come out with a remote. He points it towards the garage presses the up button and hands it to me. The garage opens slowly revealing a black 2020 Mercedes AMG that had a red and black interior and a black 2020 GMC Yukon XL SUV. When did they even get these cars?
"Wait here," he says dropping his bags by the cars before jogging into the house. I waited a little while before hearing some shuffling outside. I walk towards where the garage was opened and looked down towards the end of the street to see some lady fighting with some man. She was covered in blood clawing at him as he held her by her shoulders trying to keep her away from him. I gasp when I see her turn her body letting herself fall on top of him. She then took a chunk of his shoulder into her mouth her jaw locking down onto his flesh. I quickly stepped back inside the garage away from the opening. I put my hand on my chest breathing quickly. What the fuck was that! I turn to the door of the garage that leads into the house and opens it. "Um...Arbus! We got to go." I said panicking. After about a minute he comes back into the garage with a small black bag and a hand full of keys. "What happened?" He huffed looking at me. "We got to go. This lady down the street just tore a chunk of this dude's shoulder off." I say shook He walks towards the opened part of the garage and looks down the street. "Yeah... they'll be making their way down here soon." He said completely unfazed. I stare at him. "Am I the only one feeling alarmed that a lady just ate a man's shoulder?!" I say. He opens the G-Wagon with his keys and grabs the bags from the floor. "We don't have time to stress about this, Kai. Put the bags in the trunk." He says tiredly. I huff but don't argue when opening the trunk for him. He sets the bags down and opens the duffle bag putting the small black bag inside of it. I pull my bag off of my back and toss it into the trunk before closing it.
He gets into the driver's seat and I get into the passenger's seat. He pulls out his phone before calling someone. "Code 666 you ready?" He said.