What We Become/Issue 1

'''He didn't exactly know when it all started. About a month is when the real epidemic began, the dead rising everywhere and feeding on the living. That's when Adam Greene lost everything. Some kind of infection or virus going around. Adam had watched as his mother and father died in front of his eyes and came back and began to feed on his girlfriend, his pregnant girlfriend. Adam Greene was only 25 years of age and already he lost everything within a month. After the horror show at his parents home and being forced to put them out of their misery, he returned home to find his house trashed and looted. Hell, damn near every  house on the block was in the same state, but it really hit Adam hard. A month had passed and more people turned into the undead every day, and by the time the month had passed, society was completely destroyed. Corpses walking the streets, streets littered with corpses, cars and personal belongings, and no sign of another living human. It was at this point Adam knew that nothing would ever be the same.'''

'''Adam drove in his car down the street having to swerve every few moments to avoid road blocks. However he pulled up on one road block he wouldn't be able to move. Two cars blocking off an intersection with a couple of corpses roaming around.'''

'''"Fuck" Adam swore as he pulled up on the road block. "No way I can move this on my own" Adam said to himself with scratching his thin beard. Adam stood at 6 feet tall. He had long brown hair to his shoulders, and a thin beard but no mustache hair. He had a slight muscular build. The clothes he wore were a standard black jacket, jeans, steel toe shoes and leather gloves. He pulled a picture of him and his girlfriend out of his pocket and sighed. He threw the picture out the window before rubbing a tear away from his eyes. He drove the car down a different road and continued on, uncertain of his future. He pulled up to what looked like an abandoned house. He looked to the backseat where a box of food lay on the seat. Inside was a couple cans of soup, a bag of stale potato chips and a couple bottles of water. Adam pulled out his car with a machete.'''

"Hopefully this house has food left inside" Adam thought to himself as he lunged at and killed a few of the undead that noticed his arrival.

'''He walked up to the house and found to his surprise that the front door was unlocked. "Must be my lucky day, haven't had to many of those lately" Adam thought to himself.'''

'''Adam walked around the house and observed his surroundings. The house was awfully quiet. But Adam could tell by the plates that were stained with food that were sitting on the table in the nearby corner that someone had been inside recently.'''

'''"Hello?" Adam called out. "Is anyone here? If so, I'm not here to hurt you or steal your stuff. I'm just looking for some food".'''

'''No answer. "This place must've been abandoned recently" Adam thought. But it still wouldn't hurt to check out the place some more.'''

'''Just then, Adam hears the sound of footsteps. The cold muzzle of a gun can be felt on the back of his head.'''

'''"Who are you and what do you want?" A cold voice says to him.'''

"Just relax, I'm not here to hurt you, I'm just looking for some food"

"Well your looking in the wrong place, I suggest you leave" the voice replies.

'''"Daddy's who's there?" Another appears out of nowhere. The voice of a kid.'''

'''Adam slowly turns his head to see a tall man with grey hair pointing a gun at him. A small kid, who couldn't be older then 7 was standing at the basement doorway with a blonde haired female in her late teens.'''

"It's nothing buddy don't worry, Hayley take Jack downstairs" The man orders.

'''"Dad, who is this guy?" Hayley questiones him.'''

'''"I don't know, go downstairs I said, now.." The man replies while still pointing his gun at Adam.'''

'''"Ugghhh..." the sound of the undead could be heard approaching the door. A couple of zombies push their way inside the house.'''

'''"Fuck, fuck..." the man yells while accidentally dropping his gun on the floor.'''

'''"It's alright, I got this" Adam says to the man before walking past him. Adam slices the zombies heads off before kicking their bodies outside and shutting the door.'''

'''"Are...are they dead?" The young back Jack asks while trembling.'''

"Yes, their gone. Don't worry" The man replies hugging his son.

Adam sighs in relief at the man calming down after Adam had taken care of the zombies.

'''"Who the hell are you?" Hayley asks Adam.'''

"Names Adam, Adam Greene" He replies.

"Well, Adam...uhh...thanks for dealing with those biters" said the old man still holding his gun pointed at Adam.

"No problem, want to put the gun down?"

'''"Oh..uhh, yeah sorry" said the man turning the safety on, on his gun and putting it on his table. "..it's just that we have come across some crazy people so far who will do anything to get your supplies and food, and..just..man it's a crazy world out there today"'''

"No worries, I know that all to well"

"Thank you"

"I don't think I caught your name yet?"

"Oh? Name's Kenneth, Kenneth Marsh. My daughter is Hayley and my son is Jack"

'''"Nice to meet you guys" Adam says smiling at Hayley and Jack. Hayley smiles in return but Jack hides behind his father, still nervous and shy around strangers.'''

"What's your story stranger, everyones got one"  Kenneth asks Adam.

'''Adam pauses for a moment, unsure of how to answer. He's had no one to talk to for the past month, but he doesn't exactly feel comfortable talking about his past.'''

'''"Damn I'm sorry..." says Kenneth to Adam when he notices the latter's expression.'''

"No it's alright, don't be...I was a restaurant owner, I can cook a hell of a meal, family business. Most of my family is gone because of those things roaming outside"

"I understand, I lost my wife...still got my kids, which I'm grateful for everyday that I still have them. We're doing our best to get by, but food and other supplies ain't easy to come by" Kenneth said with a sorrowful look on his face.

"I know what you mean, I got a bit of stuff in the back of my car" 

"Well you can bring it inside and your welcome to stay with us if you'd like, frankly I wouldn't mind the company" Kenneth said smiling.

'''Adam's spirit's felt uplifted, atfter being isolated from humanity for nearly a month, it would be nice to have company or a least speak to another person again. It would take a long time for Adam to get over everything he witnessed, but things were starting to look up for once.'''

Credits

 * Adam Greene
 * Kenneth Marsh
 * Jack Marsh
 * Hayley Marsh