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Jeidiah's Short Story: Life After Zero Day

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Jebidiah could not remember the last time he had eaten a good piece of meat. He thought it had probably been around two years. Jebidiah and a few others had been on the road for 7 years now, moving every day on the lookout for the infected ones, gasoline, food, and clean water. Jebidiah was the one who looks for gas, Jonah, Jebidiah’s brother, looks for food, Mike, a guy that Jeb met on the way, was the ‘gun nut’. He looked for ammunition and weapons, and was the man who primarily shot the infected. He also maintained all of the weapons. None of these men knew the name of the other guy, but he said to call him Sarge. Jeb assumed he was a sergeant in some branch of the military before Zero Day, but he was not sure. “Hey, Jeb, look over there. …show more content…
As they approached the rundown gas station, they heard screaming in the distance. They learned to not pay attention, as they have always been too late to help out the people who were being attacked. But this time it sounded different, as if it was not a scream for help, but a scream of someone enjoying themselves. “Well, what in the heck is that screaming coming from?” Asked Sarge, “I want to go check it out.” “Okay, Jonah and I will check out the gas station while you and Mike go check out that screaming.” Jeb said to Sarge. As Jeb and Jonah went into the gas station, Mike and Sarge loaded up the truck and headed out in the direction of the noise.
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The screaming was just a recording. There were so many of them with automatic weapons. They got Mike, he’s gone.”
“Sarge we gotta get you fixed up. Come inside.”
“They are coming.” Those were the Sergeant’s final words before a sniper picked him off from 400 yards out.
“Get inside!” Yelled Jeb. They had no means of defense from where they were standing, but they at least had eight inch thick cement inside the gas station to hide behind. One minute passed, then two. No more shots. No more shouting. It was dead silent. Then, a huge explosion came from the backside of the gas station, followed by a lot of cries for help and gunshots.
“We need to move Jeb, like now!”
“I know! Let me think of a plan!” Exclaimed Jeb. “All right, this is what is going to happen, we are going to rush outside, get to some solid cover, watch for the enemy, and for zombs, and I will cover you as you get to the truck, and come pick me up. Sound like a good plan to you?”
“As good as any! Let’s go!” Said Jonah. But as they were rushing out to the truck, yet another huge explosion sent them flying. The gas station blew up! “That is going to attract a lot of

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