After about 15 minutes, I finally found a frequency. Being hunched over the outdated radio made my back stiffen up. It was painful too. I stood up with a groan, and applied pressure to my lower back. The cracks went all the way up my back, and I sighed in relief. Then I realised that I was actually missing what the radio was saying, and I began to listen.
"The lab reports claim this virus is actually a mutation of a lab-created variety that was designed to fight viruses and bacteria. It is highly contagious and any contact with body fluids will spread it. Many people reported having a migraine minutes before they turned, but otherwise, there are no symptoms until the seizures hit."
No symptoms? I was pretty sure that blood was a body fluid... I had sliced off Ivan's head! Blood went everywhere! I stumbled to the nearest bathroom and looked in the mirror very carefully. There. A spot of blood, right on my earlobe. I grabbed a flannel, and placed it under the tap at the highest temperature. I covered it in anti-bacterial soap, and viciously scrubbed at my ear.
Ivan's blood was darker than normal. I dropped it in the sink. That flannel, now had the zombie virus on it. Just an innocent-seeming flannel. No wonder it spread so quickly. I sprayed deodorant on it, the sharp fumes stinging my nose.
I grabbed a box of matches from the cupboard under the sink, and took one out. With shaking fingers, I struck a match. I dropped it on the deodorant-covered flannel and watched it burn. My smoke alarm was not getting repaired any time soon, because jobs were now invalid. It made a couple of weird popping sounds, and then burned. The smell of deodorant slowly disappeared, replaced with the smell of chemical smoke.
After I had finished burning zombie blood, I went back to my new room, and sat down on the spare bed. I thought over my options. The radio was still repeating the same message, but it was better than silence. I couldn't access the stairs, because there was a dead zombie.
A/N
So, I finally uploaded! I have a set schedule now, so expect a new chapter at least twice a week. Maybe even three times! I am now on summer break, but I left my alarms on, and I woke up at 6.45. I hate that.
Also... SORRY FOR NOT UPLOADING IN FOREVER!
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A Different Virus: Heartfire (Ace's Story) HIATUS
FanfictionWhen the zombie apocalypse arrives, there is nothing you can do to prepare for it. Ace's family were gone, he had nobody left. Then one fateful day, after a grim time in Wainwright Fort, he meets a woman named Diane. 1st chapter posted on 18th May...
