Uprising
Looking back at his old life was laughable. Levi had been thirty, a successful businessman doing successful boring businessman things. He’d had family, money, a nice house. In fact, he had been happy, wanting for nothing. Of course, that was before the zombie apocalypse hit.
Like everyone, he’d seen people that believed such a thing would happen. He wasn’t one of those who believed it. It seemed stupid, a childish notion. With a lack of mythical and supernatural creatures in evidence, how could zombies possibly exist? Oh, he knew ghosts did. He’d seen a few. But that was different. Those were just shades of a person who once existed. Things like demons, zombies, and the like just weren’t real to him. And he continued to believe so... until the day they attacked.
That had been two years ago, and the time had really changed Levi. He was a hardened zombie hunter now, ruthless in his killings. He had a reason. His sister Isabel had been a casualty to the zombies. But they hadn’t simply eaten her, oh no. They had changed her into one of them. Levi had killed her with his own hands. Things like that left lasting impressions.
“Do you think anyone is still alive in there?” Farlan, his brother, asked as he eyed the college ruins. Rubble lay heavy on the ground, but some of the buildings seemed intact.
“If you believe the rumors.” Levi responded, voice cold as he hefted his crossbow, checking the arrow he had all ready to shoot. Rumors spoke of a young man hiding in these buildings. It would be nice if it was a human, but he’d seen zombies posing as humans before to get prey to come to them. Some of them were really quite cunning. “Stay here. I’ll signal if I need help.” At a nod from the other hunter, Levi strode toward the crumbling buildings.
It was quiet inside, but it was a tangible quiet, like the world was holding its breath waiting for something to happen. Levi was alert, looking in every corner and room he passed. He was not about to be ambushed because of carelessness. A sound reached his ears, and his eyes narrowed. Something was in here with him, something bigger than an animal. It had sounded like a shoe on metal. He knew there were a few stairwells in here, so he started for the nearest one. As he came closer to it, he saw a humanoid figure huddled against the railing and one of the stairs. But it was too dark to properly see from this far away. Leveling his crossbow before him at the shape, he proceeded cautiously forward.