Zombie Story - No Choices

You wake up in the morning and slide yourself out of bed. You take a look in the mirror and see a strong, mid-twenties white guy. You appear relatively fit, as if you go to the gym consistently, but not excessively.

You walk over to your closet and grab some clothes out. You pull on some jeans and a t-shirt that has "/b/astard" emblazoned on the front in large white letters on a black background. 

You head downstairs and grab yourself a coffee and then head out into your garage. You get into your pickup truck and hit the button on your garage door. You pull out into the street.

It's about 0530 when you depart for work, and so the Highway is still relatively clear as you make your way downtown. There are only a few cars competing with you on the highway, and the streets seem relatively calm. 

You arrive downtown at your office and pull into your normal parking spot.

You get out of your vehicle and head up to the office. No one else is in yet. Not surprising. When you own the company you have slightly more incentive to work than everyone else. 

You settle into your seat and begin working. Around 0800 your secretary arrives and greets you. "Good morning sir," she says with a smile, as she does every day. 

You smile back at her. She's beautiful, and that's why you hired her. She's young, about 22, and just fresh out of university. She's more of an executive assistant, and today she is wearing a short black skirt and a cream coloured blouse.

You keep working, waiting for the rest of your staff to arrive. Around 0900, you step outside and take a look around the office. You look over at Stephanie. "Umm, Steph, why don't I see anyone else in the office?"

She looks up at you, "I'm not sure, sir. I don't think anyone thought it was a holiday," she says with a smile. Not the brightest girl in the world.

You walk over to the window and look down into the street below. Something seems off. You are about thirty stories up, but you can see that something is definitely wrong. You see people running here and there across the street, and cars are speeding by. As you watch, a vehicle strikes a pedestrian, sending them flying off onto the sidewalk. The pedestrian immediately stands and goes running after the vehicle at high speed.

You grab Stephanie by the arm and drag her out of her desk. "It's time to fucking go!" 

"What is going on?" she asks you, becoming scared by your tone.

"I have no fucking idea, but we are not waiting to find out," you respond.

You rush out of the lobby of your office. The power is still on. You are on the thirtieth floor. You look at the stairs and then at the elevator.

You hit the button on the elevator. Within a few moments, one arrives at your floor. The door opens with a ding and you step inside. You hit the button for P2 and then the close door button. The elevator starts moving and you look over at Steph. She looks absolutely terrified.

Elevator music begins playing. It sounds fairly cute, and then you realize that it is actually playing a muzak version of "When the Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash. 

The door opens at the 15th floor. There are two men standing outside and they quickly jump into the elevator. "Do you know what the fuck is going on?" they ask you. 

"No idea," you respond. 

They go to hit the elevator button for the lobby.

You grab the man's hand as he goes for the Lobby button. "Dude, you are not going to the fucking Lobby. You are coming with me." 

The guy looks at you, first angry, and then his face calms. "You got a vehicle, buddy?"

"Yeah," you respond. 

He shrugs. "Alright then. My name is Jason and this guy over here is Sam."

"Pleased to meet you. This is Steph." She smiles at them, and then the door opens to P2. You step out of the elevator and look around. Your pickup truck (with two bucket seats in the back) is over to the right. To your left you can see a few figures in the dark.

You point over at the pickup truck and begin walking over to it. The figures in the dark notice your movement and you can see them look over at you. They begin walking over towards you slowly at first, and you still cannot make out their shapes in the dark. Steph grabs your hand tightly. 

A light flickers and you catch a glimpse of blood on the first figures face. "RUN!" you shout, and the four of you take off towards the pickup. 

The two figures begin sprinting towards you, running at full speed. You hear a loud "GRAAAAAAH," from behind you, and Steph shrieks. 

When you are almost at the vehicle you hear one Sam go down behind you and you look back to see one of the figures has latched onto his leg and pulled him down.

You reach the truck.

You rush back towards the two figures. The first one lunges at you and you dodge, then hit him in the face with the axe. His skull splits from the force of the swing. The eyes of the maniac look up at you, dull and unthinking, as the body drops to the ground. 

You free your axe and move on to the second one. It is clawing at Sam's fat leg, and he is desperately trying to kick it off. You swing your axe again, coming down with massive force on the back of the man's neck. His neck splits from his head with a loud cracking sounds and his body goes limp. 

Sam tries to stand but cannot, as he has bite and scratch marks all over his leg. "Get me in the back of the truck," he says to you.

"Sam, I think you would just slow us down." Jason, a younger guy, looks at you with amazement. "Are you fucking shitting me?" he shouts at you. "We're not fucking leaving him behind.

You look over at Jason and brandish your axe. "Your choice, boy. Your fat fuck friend over there, or your life. What's it going to be?"

Jason looks over at Sam, who is crying on the ground, and then looks back at you. "Alright, we're getting in the fucking truck." Sam looks at you with pleading eyes. "Don't fucking leave me here!" he shouts as you get into the truck. 

You get into your truck, Jason getting in the back, and turn on some tunes. Time for some Highway to Hell.

You back up and head out of the parking lot, leaving Sam struggling to crawl away in your rearview mirror. 

You pull out of the parking lot. The street is filled with figures running randomly throughout the road, with civilians running away from them. You hear gunshots to your left and see a police officer shooting at one of the mad figures as it rushes towards him. The figure seems to shrug off the bullets and launch onto the cop, bringing him to the ground.

Jason mutters from the back, "Fucking zombies, man..."

You look back at him. "Don't say that shit. We have no idea what's going on." But the idea has stuck in your mind. Fucking zombies. 

As soon as you pull into the street three zombies rush towards your vehicle. 

"Fuck you, assholes!" you shout and drive straight towards the three zombies. Your vehicle picks up speed and then plows straight into the first one. It bounces off your bumper and falls to the side, but you slowly slightly. You smash into the second two zombies and they go down and under your vehicle and you shout, "Fuck yeah! Die motherfuckers!"

You turn left and beginning driving for the nearest onramp, which is only a few blocks away. There are still a few vehicles on the road, and they go speeding by trying to avoid the zombies. A Corolla smashes into a zombie and goes spinning out of control and into the street. As the driver gets out, stunned, he is swarmed by at least three zombies and torn to the ground.

You make it to the onramp, but you feel your truck beginning to slow. It sounds like something is stuck in one of the wheel-wells.

You take the axe in your hand and begin jogging down the street. The three zombies are engrossed in their feast and do not look up at you as your rush towards them. As you get within a few meters you let out a mad whoop and swing the axe at the skull of the first one. The zombie drops to the ground with a thud, and then the other two are up and looking at you.

One of them is a large black man, the other one a young white female, who begins shrieking at the top of her lungs. You swing the axe, striking her in the face and sending her to the ground. The black zombie lunges at you as you do it and grabs your arm. You grunt and swing your free hand to hit him in the face, sending him staggering back. You then brain him with the axe, dropping him to the ground. From the base of the onramp at least twenty zombies are now running towards you, attracted by the young bitch's screams.

You look back and see Jason freeing a dismembered leg from the wheel-well of the truck.

"Get back in the fucking vehicle!" you shout at Jason as you sprint towards the truck. The zombies are running after you at full speed, and you are lugging the axe behind you. 

They are within a few meters of you as you reach the truck and jump into the driver's seat. The vehicle is still running, and you hit the gas, peeling out and driving up the onramp. The zombies reach the truck and begin smashing at it, trying to stop it. One of them breaks a window and reaches in to grab Steph. Jason smashes the zombie's arm, and then with that you have broken free and you are on the highway. 

There are vehicles strewn about the road and zombies roaming around.

You look at your gas tank. You should be able to make a pretty good run out towards the countryside. You pick up speed and keep heading East. You manage to avoid a few wrecks here and there along the road. As you make it out of the downtown area and into the suburban region there are more vehicles at the side of the road in ditches and more zombies running through the highway.

You hear gunfire constantly as you drive. You hit the next button on your phone. It begins playing, "Wanted, Dead or Alive," by Bon Jovi. 

As you reach the bridge East out of the city (the Port Mann), you see a massive accident up ahead. A semi truck has flipped and is covering both sides of the road. There are vehicles backed up a few hundred meters and zombies running among them and gunfire.

You pull off the first off-ramp and back into town. You are going to see if you can make it for another bridge. You head North, as you figure that this bridge is more likely to be free than the one to your South.

You pull onto the main street heading North, and there is carnage and wreckage everywhere. Immediately someone rushes up to your window, screaming for help, being chased by a zombie. You hit the gas, and the person falls behind your vehicle and then is caught. 

As you drive through, there are a few places that you consider stopping to grab supplies.

You pull into the Wal-Mart parking lot. There are not very many vehicles in the parking lot and there are a few zombies rushing around. You do not see any live civilians.

You look over at Jason and Steph. "You're coming with me.  We need supplies to live and any weapons we can find in there."

You grab Steph by the hand and pull her out of the vehicle behind you. She shrieks and begins crying. Forget begins crying, starts crying again, tears pouring down and mixing with her already smudged makeup. 

Jason looks at you, shrugs, and gets out of the vehicle. One stoic motherfucker.

"Alright, we may as well just fucking run for it. First thing to do is get weapons. Then we go for the supplies," you say to them.

You begin to run through the parking lot towards the entrance. A zombie catches sight of you and wails. Suddenly there are at least four zombies rushing towards you.

"Let's fucking run!" you shout at Steph and Jason, and you pick up speed, sprinting towards the entrance. A zombie blocks your way and you swing the axe wildly at it, hitting it in the chest and knocking it out of the way. No time for headshots. 

The three of you bust through the entrance, the four zombies trailing behind you and screaming. You rush into the store and head for the hardware section. Another zombie blocks your way, this one wearing the clothing of a zombie greeter. Fucking senior citizen fucking zombie. You swing your axe again, catching it in the side of the head and dropping it to the ground.

You reach the hardware section and everyone goes for their weapon of choice.

You throw down your axe and grab a chainsaw from the wall. Jason has grabbed an axe and Steph has grabbed a machete. Four zombies approach and you pull the cord on the chainsaw. Nothing happens. They don't load them with gas when they put them on the wall. The zombies are upon the three of you then, and Jason is out front fighting with his axe. You drop the chainsaw and go back for your own axe. Steph follows you, leaving Jason standing there on his own surrounded by the zombies. He manages to hit two of them in the head before he goes down.

You pickup your axe from the ground again and shake your head. 

You rush towards the zombies who have pulled Jason to the ground. You swing your axe at the first one, knocking him off of Jason and sending him reeling to the floor. The second one looks up at you, his mouth bloody with Jason's blood. You swing the axe, catching it in the face and sending it dropping to the ground.

"They fucking bit me!" Jason is screaming, holding onto his leg.

"Jason, my man, we're going to get you out of here," you say to him. He looks up at you, "I'm fucked dude... I'm fucked! Why the fuck did you grab the chainsaw you fucking asshole?"

You grimace. That was a fucking stupid thing to do. You pull Jason up and have him lean on your shoulder. You look at Steph, with her makeup smudged face. "Alright, let's get the fuck out of here, babe."

You head for the exit. A zombie rushes out from behind the checkout counter, and Steph swings her machete at it's face. The zombie drops to the ground. Her first kill. You feel proud.

You get out to the parking lot. There are at least seven zombies out there now, milling around and shouting. 
"I'm not going to let you fucking die out here!" you say to Jason. You begin hauling Jason towards the truck. He hobbles, holding his axe at his side, while you pull him forward. The zombies catch sight of you, and one of them screams, alerting the others.

They rush towards you. You are still at least 20m from the truck by the time the first ones get to you. You let Jason stand on his leg and you swing your axe, catching the first one in the face. You look back to see Steph barely fighting one off with the machete and Jason trying to stay up while another one claws at his stomach. 

You swing again, hitting the zombie that is trying to get at Steph in the back of the head and dropping it to the ground. You grab Steph by the hand and pull her away from the melee and begin running towards the car. You see Jason being swarmed by the zombies behind you.

At least he had a use in the end. Better bait than nothing, you suppose.

You jump into the truck and peel out of the parking lot. 

You head over towards the gun shop, deciding that this is likely a better option than the Wal-Mart.  You avoid a few zombies on the way there and manage to get there in a couple of minutes.  As you arrive, you see that the store is surrounded by nine or ten zombies.  There are a couple of men on the rooftop shooting down at the zombies. 

You pull up behind the zombies and get out of the car. Steph looks at you. "What the fuck are you doing?" she screams. "We need guns and ammo to survive," you respond. "Now get the fuck out of the car. We need to get through here."

Steph shrieks and refuses. You step around the side of the pickup truck, open the door, and pull her out. You look up to see the guns of one of the men on the roof trained on you. "I'm fucking human, asshole!" you shout at him. He grins. "Alright buddy. Just fucking checking. I didn't think those fuckers drove trucks."

You rush toward the front of the gun store. The doors are barred and there are two zombies there. You take a swing at the first while Steph goes for the second. You manage to drop them, and then you grab the handle for the door. For a second you think they might not let you in, but then the door is unlatched and someone pulls you inside.

You look around to see three men, all heavily armed, eyeing you up. And looking at Steph as well.

You hold the axe cautiously in your hand as you tell them that all you want are the weapons. The men look at you. One of them spits onto the floor beside him. "I don't really know why I should give you any weapons here. Doesn't look to me like you have much to trade for it. Or do you want to trade, boy?"

He looks at you and then looks over at Steph. She grips her machete tightly and backs into you. You look at the three men who surround you. Two have rifles and the other one has a shotgun.

"Fine.  Keep her," you say and then push her towards them.  They grin and smile at you. "Thanks very much, buddy." Steph looks back at you and shrieks. "What the fuck are you doing?"

You smile at her. "Whatever I can to survive, babe." You drop your axe and head into the store. You look back and see that Steph has already been pushed to her knees and the three men have whipped out their cocks. One of them begins shoving his hardening cock into her mouth as you watch. 

Now, guns.

You grab a gunbag from behind the counter. You sling a shotgun over your back. You then grab a holster, crab a Colt 1911, and shove it inside. You grab an AR-10 from one of the racks. The first thing you do is load a mag then chamber a round. 

You look back and see Steph on her hands and knees with a cock buried in her pussy, one in her mouth, and another cock in her hand. She is screaming and struggling. 

You then begin to fill the bag with ammunition. You can hear the zombies banging at the door. You sling the ammunition over your shoulder and then turn back to the men, who are busy fucking Steph.

You head over to the door. You look back at the men, who are engrossed in fucking Steph, and then let up the bar and step to the side. Four zombies rush in the door, going for the group of people. The men begin scrambling for their guns, and as they do you grab Steph by the hand. One of the men screams as he goes down, a zombie latching onto his neck. The other men begin shooting at the zombie. One zombie lunges at you, but you pull the trigger of your AR-10 and its head explodes, blood, brain and skull fragments spraying everywhere. 

You pull Steph out of the store. Two zombies rush towards you, but you pull the trigger, and with two headshots they drop to the ground. you throw Steph into the passenger seat of your truck and jump inside. You hit the gas and peel out.

You head North for the other bridge.  "Stay quiet, bitch.  I don't want to hear your whining.  Feel lucky I brought you with me."

She looks at you, her makeup smudged, her panties gone, and tears pouring down her face. She sits there, silent, crying.

You begin to head North, pulling onto the Mary Hill Bypass and heading for the Pitt River Bridge. This is a more suburban setting, and there are not as many houses along the side of the road. There are a few fires, and a number of vehicles in the ditch, but not as many zombies and not a lot of cars still driving. 

You pass a cop car speeding by the other way, and you can see it is being driven by two young teenagers. 

The track switches and "Turn The Page" by Bog Seger comes on. 

You finally make it to the bridge, but as you get there once again there is a backup. It looks as if people tried to make it across the bridge in their cars but there was too much traffic. Zombies roam the cars, and you can hear gunshots.

You get out of the vehicle and hand the bag with the ammunition to Steph. You look at her, and she is still crying as she takes the bag. 

You hand Steph the shotgun. "Alright, babe. Take this. I already loaded it with shells, and there are more in boxes in the bag. If anything comes at you pull the trigger. I know you're not happy with me about this, but we need to survive, and this is the only way to do it."

She looks at you and nods. You begin walking towards the bridge. There are still a few humans running around in the cars and near the entrance to the bridge, and there are zombies chasing them feverishly. You approach the bridge deck.

You go to your left towards the oncoming traffic route. You begin to jog up onto the bridge deck. At first, none of the zombies notice the two of you, but then one catches your scent, and it's head snaps to look at you. It shrieks. You pull the trigger, hitting it in the forehead and dropping it to the ground. But they are all alerted.

To your rear and to your front zombies appear. You open fire, shooting the ones to your front. "Cover the back, Steph!" you shout. You continue to move forward, shooting as you go. You hear the shotgun booming behind you. 

You continue walking forward and firing. You are then in the cars. Your mag is empty, and you let the weapon fall to your slide on the sling and pull out the handgun, shooting as zombies leap over cars towards you.

You hear Steph scream from behind you, and you see that a zombie is clawing at her as she desperately tries to reload.

You turn back to save her.  You shoot the zombie who is attacking her and she drops the shotgun to the ground.  You grab her by the hand and pull her along behind you.  The two of you dodge in and out of the vehicle and then emerge out of the back of the cars.  You look back to see a horde of zombies bearing down on you.

You jump into the first vehicle you can see, a Corolla.  The windows are smashed out but the vehicle is still running.  There is blood on the seat.  You put it into reverse and hit the gas.  A zombie launches onto the windshield and you respond by shooting it through the windshield until it falls off  to the ground.  You drive in reverse until you are a hundred meters or so away from the zombies and then spin around and drive off. 

A few blocks later, you pull off the road and into the parking lot beside Rooster's. Fantastic fucking country bar. It's only a about two clicks away from the bridge. 

You and Steph get out of the Corolla. She smiles at you weakly. "Thanks for getting me out of there," she says to you.

"No problem," you respond.

The two of you enter the general store and you nod to her. She goes around and begins collecting supplies in a shopping cart as you cover the door. When she returns, the shopping cart full, you see blood seeping through her cream coloured shirt.

"What the fuck happened?" you ask.

"Oh nothing," she responds.

You tell her to take off her shirt. She shrugs the shirt down and off her shoulders. 

She's standing there with her black skirt on and in her black bra and she looks at you. You look down at the wound. It appears to be a scratch mark. You can't see any teeth marks. 

You raise your weapon to your shoulder. "I know this sucks, Steph, but I don't know what makes people turn. I don't know if it's claws, or bites, or anything." 

She looks at you, tears pouring down her face. "But we came so far together. I... I... I got fucked for you... please?"

You look at her. "I know babe, I know. But in the end, I have to look out for myself. I am a bastard, after all."

You pull the trigger. A single round enters her skull and comes out the other side. She drops to the floor. 

You turn away and push the cart out the front door. The horde of zombies from the bridge is pouring into the parking lot. They must have chased you the two blocks from the bridge. Why did you pull off so fucking early?

You raise your AR-10 to your shoulder and begin firing. Zombies are dropping left right and center, but they continue to rush towards you. They come swarming over the Corolla towards you, screaming and moaning as they do. You continue to fire at them, squeezing the trigger and pumping round after round into their skulls.

There are too many of them. Weapons firing, weapon stops. Bolt fully to the rear. You drop one mag to the ground and throw in another. You hit the bolt release. You keep shooting. You let your training take over as you shoot zombie after zombie. But despite hitting one after another they close in. They are within a few meters of you now.

The zombies rush towards you. You look back at them, and then back at Steph on the ground inside the general store. 

You drop the AR-10 to the ground. 

You pull the pistol from your holster and place it inside your mouth. 

You mutter a few words to yourself. You made a lot of mistakes to get here. You pull the trigger.

The End