Then
"Sergeant Cloves reporting for duty" a young private stood in front of Mika looking more afraid than a kitten about to be stepped on by a large dog. "Relax private, with the ways things are going right now you might put rank and maybe even outlive me" Mika said grabbing a gun and handing it over to the private as shouts and growls could be heard from outside the room. It was the first day of hell and it came out of nowhere. Like a portal from hell released into the world, no signs, no warning. It just hit faster and harder than anything had ever done before. The US military tried their best to contain whatever this was but it was too fast, the red death sworn through the country taking children first creating fast fuckers and then once it spread onto the adults it was over. Hard enough to shoot children even harder when your partner is trying to tear your neck out. Mika had lost her team and the only people left were others in different squads mostly new recruits. It was bloodshed and chaos, Mika didn't know how many of them she saw fall but she wasn't going to let this lash private die in front of her. "Let's go" she told him swinging the door open shooting at the first zombie that came rushing towards them it's teeth already filled with someone intestines. Another one came snarling at her and earning a bullet in the chest. "Come on let's go! The truck is over there. We can escape and drive out this fucking place" she said continuing to move forward turning back to look at the private who hadn't fired his gun. He looked terrified and close to pushing himself. "Come on, stay with me. We gotta move" Mika encouraged the private who couldn't stop looking at Mika with terrified eyes. "Let's go" she said grabbing his hand and dragging him off keeping her gun up and aimed for anything coming towards them. As they ran Mika could see the mayhem that happened around her, bodies so many of them. Pieces of them spread around the ground, she had to be careful not to slip. One wrong movement an- she no longer felt the hand in fact just as she thought about slipping did his hand slip from her. She turn back in time to see the young private fall face forward into the ground. The upper part of a zombified body grabbed at the young one's leg. He screamed shooting at it managing to get it in the head. Mika went over to him again grabbing him by the shoulder. "Come on" she said nodding helping him up and getting to the military truck. Once inside Mika drove the large truck to drive through the massacre. She tried to see if she could see survivors fighting to pick up but everything she looked it was too late. "Shit, fucking shit" she hissed shaking her head.
Listening to his patient was on the front line but Henry was also thinking about how much time he had to squeeze in a session of quick studying. After his lunch he had an midterm online and after that he had to work on a paper and lastly he still had one more patient to take care of. There was sure a lot on his plate and he thought about what he could prescribe himself so that he could ease into each task without having to overwork himself. "I just can't clean it enough, one day it's fine and then five seconds it's not. I just keep going and going" his patient continued causing Henry to nod, "Yes, I see and what have we talked about? Have you tried any of your soothing methods to help with your triggers" Henry asked writing some notes down. "Well you see, I have bu-"
A blood curling scream came from the waiting room. Sounded like Sarah, his assistant, "Excuse me" Henry said standing up walking over to the door. About to open it, Sarah's body was thrown onto the door, cracking the glass window on his door. "What in the world?" Henry said backing from the door. Growls and snarls could be heard from outside as Sarah continued to scream. "Shoot, oh shoot" Henry said looking around grabbing his pen as the bodies slammed through the door revealing a bloodied Sarah along with a rabid human, their mouth torn open, no lips just teeth filled with gore. Sarah fell to the ground, her stomach being torn opened. The patient screamed falling out of his chair and crawling away causing the zombie to turn its attention onto the other living person attacking him quickly tearing into him as well his screams filling the room. Henry's eyes widen as he stared at the scene in front of him. His hands shook as he backed away slowly reaching into his desk slowly keeping his eyes on the zombie. Opening his desk, he pulled out a bottle of liquor. "Well, so much for being sober" he thought to himself opening it and taking a quick swig downing half the bottle. When he put it down the zombie had turned to him blood dripping from its mouth. "Fuck" Henry said throwing the bottle at the zombie getting it in the head before rushing it gripping the pen tightly.
Now
Mika stared out from the top of the watch tower staring out through her scout looking for any Redmouths or humans lurking around. So far nothing, two years and going strong. Coldwood survivor town was well protected and stocked well with food and supplies. They were expanding which sometimes was worrying but everything was fine. She was fine.... "Hey Mika? See anything? Need anything?" Doc's voice echoed through the walkie. Mika laughed shaking her head and picking it up, "No thank you Doc. You be careful with that stuff your smoking. Don't give any to Gabi, she forgot how to drink water last time" Mika warned earning a hearty laugh from Doc as well as a shout of protest from Gabi herself. Mika sighed going back to watching out into the forest expecting to see nothing only to be surprised seeing a group of people. What seems like two men and one girl, "We got company. They don't seem threatening but keep an eye out" Mika said walking down the ladder heading over to the entrance making sure to keep a gun on her.