Chapter One: A Dreadful Spring.

.. I woke up next to this slow flowing and peaceful stream. With the bright rays from the sun glaring into my weary eyes, I can barely see. I'm extremely light headed and exhausted, but I have no memory of where I am or how I got here. I attempt to lift my self up and head for some shade under this big green oak tree just a few feet from me. I stumble and fall to my knees then reach for my leg. I let out a loud scream from pain. So dizzy and distraught I was completely unaware that I had been severely wounded, I had a nasty gash on my thigh and my ankle seems to be broken. But from what, I can't remember. I have no recollection at all of how I might have gotten injured. I can't.. I can't even recall my own name. I'm hopelessly lost, hurt, and alone. And I can see the sun is beginning to set. it'll be dark soon, and if I have any chance of surviving. I need to get out of these woods, fast. Then suddenly, in mere seconds my life flashes before my eyes, but all I see is a young girl on a swing laughing but it quickly fades and I see an older man mid forties being stabbed by a man in a mask. The older man falls to the ground then there's silence. Then suddenly I see a woman running and screaming she begins to cry as she holds the older man tight and calls out for help. Were these..my parents? What's going on?.. I see nothing. Just darkness but then I get real fast glimpses of people being thrown out of vehicles and bitten and others fighting off hordes of these.. Things? They barely look human. What the hell is happening? .. then it goes black and everything stops. I open my eyes slowly, still in the same place I was before except its dark now. I must of passed out from the pain. I tear the bottom of my white blood stained shirt and tie it around my thigh where the gash was. I stand and limp towards the oak tree, propping my self against it as I try and regain my strength. I need to find out what's going on. Why I'm in the middle of nowhere, who these people Iv seen were, and who I am. First, I need to get out of these woods. At a distance I can see a long dirt road. The dirt is loose and dust is stirred up which means it had to recently been used. They must of sped off quick, maybe to escape someone or something, or maybe I was what they were leaving behind. Was I kidnapped? ..agh I wish I could remember something. Everything's blank besides those few flashes I seen... and my damn leg is killing me. I continue my way down the path and I can't help but feel like I'm being watched. I feel some sort of presence but then again I could just be going insane. I have no memory of anything, no... no I can't be crazy. Something is just going on. I just need to get out of here. Find somebody that could maybe help and attempt to get to the bottom of this. In the corner of my eye, something moved. I turned my head quickly but it's to dark to see. I'm slowly looking around for any type of movement. Then suddenly something runs out, growling and snaring at me. As if it has an uncontrollable urge for flesh and blood. It knocks me down, pinning me against the ground. Going for my head it snaps at me! I hold it off just enough that it can't reach. I'm struggling to keep it away. I reach for my pocket, inside I find a pen. I quickly pull it out and stab it in the eye. It yelps and starts to run off. Regaining my thoughts for a moment. I recognize the creature. It was a lone grey wolf. Strange, wolves tend to stay in packs. I better keep watch who knows what else could be out here.
Still continuing to get out of the woods I take a minute to rest, and regain my strength. On top of everything that's happened already I get attacked by a god damn wolf. Just the type of luck I need right now. As I'm sitting up against a tree I recall something iv seen on tv awhile back about surviving in the wilderness. They discussed the topic about eating insects for protein. As disgusting as that sounds I need to eat. I lift up a log and find a few snails and slugs, as well as some crickets skittering around. With a little hesitation I pick up a cricket and slowly begin to chew it. Almost gagging from the taste I manage to swallow it. Then I recall something else about building a fire but before I could even get it started I passed out from exhaustion. I wake up a moment later. It's still pitch dark. I begin to walk again along the road. I make it a little over a half a mile before I stop. I notice something dark at a distance, laying along side the road. I cautiously approach it. It's a wolf, but it's been torn a part by something. I notice the gash on its eye. It's the same one that attacked me earlier. I guess it got what it deserved, but what could of done this? A bear maybe, though for a bear to completely tear apart something like this isn't common. I should stay alert the last thing I need is to run into a bear. I may have been able to escape that wolf but fighting off a bear. I might not be so lucky.
I continue waking along the road and get to a main street. Theres a house across the road I make my way towards. It looks abandoned, I just hope there's something useful in it I could use. I proceed to advance toward the house cautiously. Unaware of what might be inside. As I approach the door my heart begins to pound. You can hear my heavy breathing as I engage the door knob. Very silently I open the door and make my way inside. It's dark I can barely see a thing. But with the light from the moon I can see a bit of the kitchen and so I walk towards it. Searching the drawers I find a small steak knife and a flash light, with no batteries. Continuing searching the drawers I come across some batteries. It seems as though somebody has already cleaned this house out. There were no signs of food anywhere. So i moved on into the living room where I rested on the couch. Taking a moment to relax, I become aware again, that I'm injured. With everything on my mind and trying to escape the woods I nearly forgot. Just then I abruptly heard a sound coming from the other room. I move towards the sound nervously holding the knife prepared, while I try to keep the flash light sturdy. Slowly going into the room something makes a loud growl and moans. I jump, and scream and it quickly moves towards me, grabs me and knocks me down. My knife gets tossed across the room. Holding this thing off I try grabbing for the knife but it's too far. I push the creature and hit it in the head with the flashlight buying me some time. I crawl towards the knife, it grabs my leg but before it can hurt me. I pick up the knife and stab it in the head. I stabbed it several times before stopping. i just lay there for a few seconds, exhausted. What the hell was that? It looks almost human but mutated. Was this some sort of plague or disease? I have watched a lot of horror movies, so my first thought is zombie. But that's impossible those are just movies, zombies aren't real. I become frightened of the realization. As I catch my breath I tremble a bit. Mostly because iv never really killed anything before in my life. Not like that anyway. It was so human like. I've played a lot of video games to know though, that whatever this was it definitely wasn't the end. It's going to get a whole hell of a lot worse before it gets better. All I know is nothing will ever be the same again. But I can't give up. I need to find out who I am and where my family is, if they're still alive. If I even have family. I have to believe i do. There has to be something left in this world worth fighting for. I just hope I survive long enough to find it.