October 11th, 2031.
Area F1
18:43pm
Kursou, old fabric of "biscuits"
"For a little bit I was eaten, I had to run for 2kilometars and now I have to listen to all your nonsense." Danny had a rough day, just like his best friend Owen. They moved from area F3 to F1 within a week. Area F3 was the 2nd most dangerous area to stay or even walk near in the evening, and reporters said that only 15% of people who stayed there for more than 14 days survived. You may ask now, survived from what? Soon you will find out.
"I am not the one complaining but the one who speaks facts and only facts."
"Yeah sure just like I am not the one who has a brain but the only one that uses it."
C R A C K
"When will you drop your sarcastic side and understand me, 4months ago I was preparing for finals in a shit hole of a city okay that's true BUT at least I had my apartment all cleaned and warm and ..... it didn't stink like shit as this place does."
"Or is it just you."
A person who's complaining is twenty-five-year-old Owen Moreno. A boy as strong as a rock, with broad shoulders and a square face. Eyebrows that are slightly raised at their ends give a serious and rough facial expression. His one look could kill a man with those ocean blue eyes like the ocean during a hurricane. Owen graduated from the Faculty of Economics and works in one of the larger companies as a support of the company's CEO, but he is still mentally a teenager in early adolescence. Others see his personality as a friend with whom you can go for coffee or beer, just that contrast. He loves to tease others out of boredom and to listen to all possible gossip that exists. He has a tongue long enough that any lawyer would lose in court with him. During the working week, he goes to work, to the gym, and home, it is a cycle of repeating actions. And over the weekend he was seeing his best friend who just told him he stinks. And his best friend was quite the opposite of him, they met in elementary school so it wasn't something uncommon for them. The other young man is Danny Harding, a few months younger than Owen, which makes him twenty-four years old. Quite tall and over 6 feet. He is slender, some people have expressed that he is weak. However Owen reacted to that saying that Danny is stronger than him, but you can't see it because he is thin due to his height. Danny has an oval pale face with vivid contours behind big rectangle glasses. His eyes, like chestnut, are small with a tired look. Owen has short blond greyish hair meanwhile Danny has long blonde hair. He graduated with an Engineering degree and works as a robotic technician, he is often quiet but has no problem to talk with others at any time. He has been friends with Owen for half his life and can talk and joke with him all day. They are each other's shoulder to lean on.
C R A C K
"Ou my god you found out what humor is, good job! Haven't heard a good one from you."
"At least I have it." Danny started to look around as he kept hearing louder cracking sounds.
C R A C K
"At least mine doesn't sound like it's from a 6th grader." Owen
"Okay shut up now. I think we should hurry up." Danny
C R A C K K
"You are being paranoid again nothing is following us." Owen
"Owen shut up and list-" Danny
CRACK
A "Crack" that's what interrupted them but this one wasn't the one from outside but the one from inside. When Danny tried to stop Owen from talking and aware him of the cracks he had been hearing, it was too late. Within a few seconds, Danny was on the floor and a creature like a zombie was on him. Danny kept the creature of him with his legs but it was unstoppable. As he started to lose strength in his legs he began to think about his end and how he didn't make it. All he could think now about was the end of his life and all the beloved ones he would see on the other side. He hoped to see a person he loved there, it's bad to wish for someone's death but If that's the only way to see someone again, then Danny wasn't ashamed. But then, the sound of gunfire rang out. Danny's life was saved when a monster collapsed beside him with a gunshot wound to its head, but neither he nor Owen had a rifle.
"Well well, isn't this a lovely coincidence."
Danny didn't have to open his eyes and look at the person to know whose voice is that. He straightened up and looked right in front of him, only to see a person he never hoped to see again. The person who saved Danny was 25-year-old Alex Savs. They have known each other very well from high school, but things have changed a lot. Alex remained Alex by name but not by physical look. A big change is what finally made Alex's life easier and now he can breathe with full lungs. He is just like that, open-minded and without fear, his motto is that you should take risks because life does not repeat itself. He finished his studies abroad but went back to his country , before that he worked as an engineer. Black short hair that slowly reaches to his neck like a mullet. His face was pale and he certainly looked sick with his huge dark circles around his eyes. Down-turned dark green eyes were hidden behind his round thin glasses. In appearance and his personality, he was a nerdy geek but also a "caring rebel".
"Haven't seen you for a while Harding. " Alex said that to Danny as he held out his hand to help him get up off the floor.
"Nice to see you again, 'Shrimp' ." The nickname Danny gave him a long time ago has now been heard again.
"The fucking hell's duo, again." The soft female voice was heard from the dark hall from where Alex ran from. Until she was seen completely, a look like an angel. That's how you could describe Vanessa, an angel guarded by the fallen angel aka her best friend Alex. The only girl and the most protected human soul during this apocalypse, she is twenty-four years old. As well as the youngest she is also the shortest. A true model figure with a pale face and almost silver eyes. But even tho it's time when she should be frightened of everything, she is mostly calm. It's nothing strange If you see her standing in the middle of the forest just before night so she can fix her lipgloss. The nickname princess says it all. Although Vanessa may seem a little cold, she has a kind soul and a big heart. She just doesn't show it to anyone else but Alex. The frozen beauty can be her nickname since her hair is long and platinum blonde and mostly everything she wears is white. Sarcasm is her second name and Irony her her nickname. She graduated as a dentist but she has the intellect of a nurse.
"Look who missed us, Nessie Vanessie." Owen
" I see that your hair has grown but your brain stayed the same." Vanessa
"Told you so." Danny
"Rapunzel shut the fuck up." Owen
" So, why don't you all shut up now? Later you can cheat chat but now it's time to move from here or maybe you would like to become a dinner because I have no riffles in." They went straight to the hall from where Alex ran out. It's another way to another hall where they could go to the upper level of fabric without using the ladders from outside.
"This is the only and last time I'll listen to you." Owen
"I can fasten the process so It can be your last time." Alex
"Was psycho and stayed psycho." Owen
"Would you like another broken nose" Alex
"At least mine didn't stay like The top of Mount Everest" Owen
" I think it's enough now." Danny
"And since you had a right to speak?" Vanessa
"Here we go again." Danny
"He is right, it's funny to play this roasting game but now since we came here. It's time for real talking" Alex pulled the sliding door to the sides to get to a room where they hid and spent nights. The room was big, before it was a room where workers go for a break. On the left side were kitchen cabinets with a refrigerator that did not work, where they got a chance to put boxes of cans, some utilized vegetables, energy drinks, beans, hot dogs, canned meals, nuts, and apples they stole from some farm. A pack of six gallons of water was on the floor next to not working refrigerator. They had big storage, mostly because everyone died while trying to go for food at the beginning of the pandemic. With time and time, they managed to make this storage full so they won't die from starving. In the center of the room was a wooden table that Alex fixed and even four chairs, what a coincidence is that? The last thing you could see was an old armchair and the old couch they slept on. Vanessa was the one who slept there every night since Alex was on night duty in the halls, he was sleeping at daylight.
"How long have you been here?" Danny
"Since it started. I knew about this place even before, so we managed to get here and work on it at the beginning." Alex
"Pretty good, won't lie." Owen
"Now speak up, how did you get here? Weren't you like out of this region long ago." Vanessa
"It was a coincidence to come here but we were lucky enough that we came here. And find someone alive." Danny
"We are the last one actually." Alex
"What do you mean, the last one?'' Owen
"The last one in the city, all 22.998 are dead." Alex
"You two are the first alive people we have seen since the pandemic started and we locked up here." Vanessa
The atmosphere in the cold, rectangular room was truly depressing and dark. They hadn't seen each other in a long time, and knowing they were the only ones alive in the city was terrifying.
"Spill it Owen." Vanessa
"Oh yeah, well. We were in a place near the gate to F2 so we moved north with some people. But then we got attacked on half of the road and the car crashed but we survived both the car crash and zombie attack, but they didn't. We walked here since morning to get somewhere to hide at night, though we managed to come here before the sun settled down "
"Barely." Danny
"Were there any survivors?" Alex
"We saw no one in the city when we got in the car with those now-dead people." Owen
"Shit. Okay, I think it's enough of this tension of only survivors. We know that fact pretty well. So, you two will stay here, right?." Alex
"Only If you let us." Danny
"Or If Nessie won't kill us." Owen
"I might." Vanessa
"So that's yes, clearly we can't be rivals in this situation. I have no time to chat with you, someone needs to protect this place" Alex went to one drawer and took the bullets to put in his pocket. And then took the gun that was hidden behind the refrigerator.
"Where are you going" Danny
"Duty calls, you two feel free here. Take some rest, we will talk tomorrow morning to make some plans. Vanessa, be kind." Alex didn't take a minute more, that was his last sentence before he stepped out of the room and closed the door.
"I don't want to hear any other word from you. Alex forgets easily, but I don't. The couch is yours, you saw where food is, and that's it from me."
That was all she had to tell them before she lay in an armchair, curled holding her legs like a child, and fell asleep. There was nothing else she could do since Alex was gone till morning and she didn't want to talk with those guys. Sleep was the solution.