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Day: 1
I don’t know what is going on but, the president put our nation on shutdown. It has seemed that a virus outbreak has turned people into cannibal. The National Guard has been called in and the president told people to stay in their homes and off the streets. I have also seen people in biohazard suits on television
Day: 2 Okay, I figured out what this thing is it is the Z-virus it is a zombie virus. The only way to kill the zombies is destroying the head. The military is trying their best to keep the infection from spreading. I don’t think they are going to last. I have also boarded up the windows just in case.
Day: 3 The military has fallen back and now the electrical power is out and also the virus is now spreading across the world. There is still hope it is not the end of the human race. I will fight with every last breath. Also now we are all on our own.
Day: 4 I have got my old radio working in my armored jeep. From what I have heard there are hoards and mega hoards in New York and the military is trying to eradicate them before they spread the disease and to bring more control .also I found my old military buddy john. He got separated from his squad when they fell back and out of the city.
Day: 5 The virus is now completely worldwide now. I have also heard that there are safe zones spread across the world, but most of them are going to fall I know it will happen because some of them are not well protected. If we have leave soon we need to be careful because there are zombies gathering near the garage and front door.
Day: 6 The zombies are trying to get into the house, so we put the sofa in front of the door. We have to leave soon, but until then we have to hold them off. I think we should leave tonight because it has seemed that they are less active at night, but they are still active. I guess they can’t see in the dark.
Day: 7 It is time for us to leave. I am going to miss my house, but it is for the safety of us. I have also noticed that some of the zombies are changing. For an example Mr. Johnson a man who has never worked out has become stronger because when he bumped into his car and the alarm went off he flipped it like it was nothing.

Day: 8 I hear that the military is holding off in Atlanta, but we have to be careful because it was once a populated city which was in the millions. We are going to avoid any cities that are bigger than that. We have also managed to get both of the jeeps and leave. We need to armor the jeeps up more. We have pulled over and armored up the jeeps with cow catchers to plow through anything in our way.
Day: 9 We are on the outskirts of Atlanta and there are zombies everywhere around us. They started to rock the jeeps back and forth. I thought we were going to die until I heard gun shots and a tap on the window. I rolled down my window and the soldier said, “I see you all were in trouble, so I thought I lend you a helping hand.’’ I asked him where were they staying he said, at a fort north from here it is a mile up the road we are heading there now.’’ As we followed them up to a giant wall with razor sharp barbwire, sandbags, mounted guns, and guards everywhere.
Day: 10 Everything is fine, but the military is kind of over-protective. All I have to say is at least we are all safe…for now .we were all assigned to lead a group of twelve in case of an emergency.
Day: 11 There has been sightings of more zombies and new mutated. A couple of regular zombies have started growing and mutating. The tallest seen is 9, 2. I call them behemoths because they are big, strong, and hard to kill, but they are very slow moving. We need to be ready for anything.
Day: 12
I am helping a mechanic repair and armor up a school bus to evacuate the people in case of an emergency. There has been a great number of zombies gathering around the front of the gate and they keep on gathering. They gather faster than the soldiers can kill them. This is dangerous they are going to end up breaking the wall down.
Day: 13 I woke up to a man telling me that the zombies broke down the fence. As I grabbed my 12 gauge pump action shotgun, Ar-15, and my Desert Eagle john came in I handed him my Ar-15 and told him I am going to go outside and distract and draw away the zombies while they run to the bus and go. As I opened the door to outside I ran and yelled for the zombies to get me. I was going to try to help save the base, but I realized it was too late to save it, so I ran and found the military carrier with the keys in ignition. I left the base I stopped the carrier half way down the road and turned around to see the base burning down.
Day: 14 The military base has been destroyed and token over by zombies. I have managed to catch up with the bus. I am going to try to be their leader and save the human race from extinction. We are staying on the road, but the next small town we come across we are going to set up base camp. We have some guns and supplies, but it is not going to hold them off long.
Day: 15 We have come across a small town and we are setting up a base camp at a police station. We found a gun room with five 12 gauge pump action shotguns, two m1911, six batons, five riot suits, and six shields. We are working on putting up a barbwire fence around the police station. I have also found a map of the town which is good because we need more supplies for defense and now we know where to block off places for better defense. We are going to get some supplies tomorrow morning.
Day: 16 We are at the hardware store right now taking stuff we need. We killed three zombies in the store. I am getting all the barbwire, fence post, chicken wire, quick dry cement, shovels, boards, hammers, nails, screw, drills, machete, and other stuff. When we get back this evening we are going to put chicken wire on the inside and outside windows and probably start digging a mote all the way around the station.
Day: 16 ½ After an hour when we got back a group of ten people asked if they could stay with us. I had to say yes because there were kids in the group. I asked them since I let them stay could they help. They said, “Yes they could use the sandbags and m-40 and mount one of them on top of the police station and two in front of the entrance. Their group leader gave me a gift it was a hatchet and machete. I told them I would always carry it on me.
Day: 17 Today me, John, and two other guys are taking the carrier and riot gear and going to the gun store near the city to get guns and ammo, but I am taking a police truck there to get some guns and ammo to set aside for me. When we were driving to the gun store there was a family running from three zombies. I hit the brakes and got out and told them to get in the truck as the zombies ran towards me I got my hatchet out and threw it stuck into the one closest to me then I got out my machete and swung at one slicing his neck then I chopped downwards killing the other.
Day: 17 ½ We are at the gun store now and I told them to grab as much guns and ammo and also fill up the five canisters with ammo in my truck. Then I grabbed my gun bag and grabbed four oozies, two HK-mp5, three combat shotguns, six Ar-15, two 12 gauge pump action shotguns, and two Mossberg 500. The guys found four mountable m-140 guns and five sniper rifles.
Night: 17 We are back at base camp and the mote is almost done. It should be done by tomorrow evening, but for now we are all resting for tonight. Tomorrow we are going to put up some spot lights and other kinds of lights and more defenses.
Day: 18 We are finishing up the mote today and we are also making some nail bombs. When I went down in the basement I found a radio, so we are going to send out a message about our position. Our scouts came back and they have spotted a horde of fifty zombies heading our way. I am going to take a group of eighteen men and halfway there we are going to split into nine. We have spotted the hoard and are about to engage them. We let the sniper team are going to take the back side and my Brute team are going them head on. Once we finish this we need to armor up the trucks and hummers. We have spotted the hoard and are about to engage them. We are letting the snipers take out the back side. I yelled at my men to charge as the first shot took out a zombie. As we collide with the zombies I grabbed my hatchet and then grabbed a zombie and chopped into his skull. As we fought one tried to bite my shoulder, so I threw him over my shoulder and stomped his head in as we were fighting a zombie came from behind and bit Rick. He yelled out in pain and said,’’ The dam thing bit me on my neck.’’ He ran towards the woods, so we didn’t have to take his life. Within an hour and a half the war was over, but yet more was coming. We are back at the base camp and I am working on the police trucks putting on cowcatchers on them and chicken wire on the windows. I also got a couple of guys putting out a barbwire field in the wide open field. Tomorrow night I and two scouts are going hunting. We are bringing a truck and a hummer.
Day: 19 We are leaving right now and I am bringing a marlin model 336 for my hunting rifle. We are hunting any animal that can be used for food. While we were hunting I shot two wild boars, seven squirrels, two rabbits, and one deer. Mike and Brandon shot all together three boars, five rabbits, three deer, and twelve squirrels. The sun is starting to set right now and it is going to be dark soon, so we are going to take shifts sleeping in the truck I am going to take the second shift, so I am going to sleep first. Zombie dog shadow

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My shift started thirty minutes ago. I went to go pee when I heard movement it sounded like leaves shirting and shuffling. It was a horde and they were heading towards the base camp. As I ran to the truck yelling for them to get up. As we were driving I got onto the radio trying to get someone to answer. John answered, “I told John to get snipers on the roof and get the machine gunners to their position and tell the brute team to be ready and we will have our sirens and lights going off. I thought we got to beat the horde there.”
Day: 20 We managed to beat the horde there by thirty-nine minutes. It was enough time for me to get my armor on and me some guns. I grabbed both of my HK-MPS and loaded them and four magazines each carrying fifty bullets per magazine then I grabbed my IZ gauge and grabbed a book sack and filled it with fifty-five shells and then I grabbed two M1911 and loaded them with twelve clips each containing 15 bullets each. I suddenly heard the snipers sniping yelling that they are almost here. I ran outside and yelled over three hundred moaning zombies for my brute team to charge. I grabbed my 12 gauge and shot a zombie’s face in and left a hole in his face as I turned and hit a woman zombie with the butt of my gun and shoved the barrel in the back of her throat and pulled the trigger leaving a hole in the back her neck. I pumped another shell in and turned to my left and blasted a head clean off a zombie. I shot my shotgun to my last shell was gone. As I grabbed my M1911 a zambie with little flesh ran at me, so I shot a bullet between her eyes stopping dead in her track; then a zombie grabbed me from behind, so I turned around and kicked him in his stomach and shot one after another reloading ‘till that clip ran out. I shot one zombie after another until all of my pistol clips were empty then I grabbed a nail pipe bomb and threw it blast a couple zombies away. Then, I grabbed my HK-MPS when I suddenly heard a roar from a behemoth. As it charged towards me, mowing down zombies, I started shooting him. The bullets didn’t go through him, but by the time I realized it, he grabbed me and started to squeeze me. I manage to grab a nail bomb and threw it down his throat. It killed, knocking me free from his grip. The human race survived another war.
Day 21: I woke up this morning to distress call from a military base containing two hundred soldiers, one hundred civilians, twenty-five bodyguards of the president, and the president himself. They can only last about five days. I asked him if I could get some of them out of there could they get the rest. The speaker said yes, but the plane needs gas. I told them I could handle that and we will be there in two days from today. Right now, I am getting me and a couple of guys to armor up four buses, seven police hummers, six trucks, and the carrier. I am going to contain five teams scout and each team is going to contain five members one team is going to the food market, the second team is the supermarket, third team is going to go to Lowes. They are all getting anything useful.
Day 22: We are leaving right now. I heard on the radio that they are loading up weapons, robots, m-140s, and ammo. Before we left I told our five cooks to prepare a meal for We are at the military base loading up everybody up and gasing up the airplane. On the way here there was a horde of zombies but, they were all spread out. We were all out of there and will be back in an hour. I had the president sitting next to me and a couple of my men sitting in the back.

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