-- D A Y T H I R T Y O N E
We were told to stay indoors. All television and radio stations are just repeating the same things, there haven't been any updates for at least 3 weeks. They said it was an epidemic, a disease, that it will only be a matter of time before it will just end. I believed it at first, though the state of blissful ignorance that still seems to consume many of those around me faded fast. I suppose that's mainly because of Brogan and Kyle, even within the first week they were sceptical, as the others waited for the army to come and save us they started boarding the doors and windows with the help of Frazer. I should have listened sooner... I know that now.
I didn't realize the severity of the situation until I saw the first one of those... things.
It was late at night, the streets as eerily empty as they had been before, until Maisie started crying, it seemed to echo through the once silent streets. It got everyone's attention, waking the few people that had actually managed to sleep within the walls of the Hampton Inn. That's when I heard it, something being thrown against the door downstairs. I didn't realize it was someone's body. Not at first. The news had said to stay clear of anyone "infected" as the disease had made them delusional and often aggressive, as well as being highly contagious.
It sounded human while groaned and cried at the entrance of our small hotel, desperate to get inside. I shouted out to them from an open window, wondering if they needed help, they looked as though they were injured. It wasn't...
They It then shifted it's attention to me. That was when I realized that what was glaring up at me, whoever or whatever it was was far from human. At least not any more, eyes a dull silver, it's distorted and decaying form obvious even in darkness. A monster stood before me. I didn't scream. Just froze. After that I stopped lying to myself, the naive and hopeful barrier I had surrounded myself with beginning to crumble and instead of fixing it with hope I simply allowed it to fall, leaving me vulnerable to the truth that had been in front of me the entire time.
I gave up on the hope of the military. I gave up on the hope of the virus coming to an end. I gave up on the authorities all together, people often called the police, they barely responded and the ones that did ended up dead or fleeing on arrival. We're on our own. Electricity is almost gone, it comes and goes in weak waves, radio and telephone signals becoming mostly useless. Though not once did I ever manage to get in touch with home. Nor has Kyle or Frazer. There is no way this thing, whatever it is could have reached England, it can't have...
Not a day has passed that I haven't thought of Mum or Zoe... Aunty Shan... Grace... Granddad... Having Kyle and Frazer here helps. We need to stick together until we get home. Robin has been trying to find flights back home. She's had no luck. At least not yet. Assuming that no one will be let out of the country until there is a cure in an attempt to prevent the spreading of disease. We're a team, all of us, Kyle, Frazer, Charlie, Ash, Robin, Brogan and me. We have each other. At least we can find comfort in that.
We have learnt from past mistakes, sound and light being the main things that draws the attention of those monsters, we have tried to ration what little supplies we've obtained, Kyle, Brogan and some others have been the ones going out to gather. Frazer wanted to go but I wouldn't let him. I knew there was no preventing Kyle going, he's too stubborn, but I know I at least have a chance at protecting Frazer, he treats me more as an equal than someone he needs to defend and shelter. Not everyone has returned... It's hard to keep track of food with the amount of people we have, some seem dishonest and selfish yet Maisie and Helen have been made the priority, Helen is 8 months pregnant and Maisie just 2 years old, she is safe, unlike her father, he hasn't been seen since he was separated from Kyle when getting food from an empty supermarket nearby, they went back for him, but there was no sign..
Clean water is still running despite the absence of power, but we boil it before use to be safe. We have started putting it into bottles just in case, it's only a matter of time before it stops. I don't feel prepared for what's out there, but I know we have to face it at some point, we can't stay here forever...
I'm still praying this will all just end. I don't want to be here any more. no one does.
There were 19 of us originally, then 15. Now 12. Some people left for good, others left with every intention of coming back and never returned... I couldn't tell you the names of those we have lost. I won't let that happen again, I'm determined to keep track of those who we know. I won't let anyone else be forgotten...
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