August 25th, 2010

It had been a year since Winter had moved to Atlanta, Georgia. She really liked it here, especially with her close friend, Sam. It was funny to her, that they would have never met, had she not came up to him. They had no classes together, and didn't have mutual friends. Not that Winter had friends when she originally came but even now, they don't have mutual friends, unless you want to count Michael. But he's a different story

Winter never really clicked with her roommate after their awkward meeting. It was more like, neither wanted to get to know the other. So, Winter spent most of her freetime somewhere that her roommate wasn't, which just so happened to be Sam's room. She was currently laying on his bed, scrolling through social media. Sam was trying to tutor, Michael, who got here on a sports scholarship. He wasn't the smartest tool in the shed. Suddenly a video popped up on her social media. She clicked on it

"This just in. It turns out, a sickness labeled the Wildfire Virus has suddenly become a global pandemic. We have no reports on where it came from or if it's possible to treat. The CDC advises everyone to wash their hands, wear a mask, and avoid contact with others. Make sure to check in frequently for more updates" The video said

"Look man, I'm sorry, Sammy, but I can't study when you have a smoking hot chick in the room. Man, Winter, can't you give me one chance? I promise I'll make it worth your while" Winter heard Michael say. She sighed as Sam smacked Michael over the head with the book he was supposed to be studying

"Will you stop saying shit like that? Winter has made it clear she doesn't want to fuck you" Sam said rather annoyed. Michael smirked at him

"Ooh, hit a nerve little brother?" Michael asked

"Get back on task, or I'll make sure you drop out" Sam said. Winter looked at him, as he and Michael went back to studying. Winter thought Sam was highly attractive, and she had even developed a tiny crush on the guy, but she didn't say anything out of fear he would reject. I mean, sure, she teased him all the time, and made him flustered, but that was different. She could do that because it was all jokes, you know? But, the idea of confessing your crush on someone is way different. Honestly, Winter was ready to take it to the grave

"Hey, did you see the news this morning?" Michael asked his younger brother. Winter sat up

"Are you talking about the virus going around?" Winter asked. Michael turned and looked at her. The look on his face was rather serious, which was weird. He looked worried

"Yeah, it's a global pandemic.." Michael said before he looked up at Sam. Suddenly Winter's phone went off. She looked at the caller ID, it was her friend, Rachel. Winter accepted the call, and put it up to her ear

"Hello?" Winter asked

"Girl, you are not gonna believe what just fucking happened" Rachel had said

"What happened?" Winter asked

"Professor Douchebag just sent out an email saying we all have to rewrite our essays. Apparently they weren't good enough for him and that he's highly disappointed" Rachel said

"Of course he did" Winter said as she sighed

"He wants it by the start of class tomorrow" Rachel said. I looked at the hung up clock in Sam's room

"Are you fucking serious? It's 6pm, and class starts at 8am" Winter said

"I know a six-page essay and he decides to tell us last minute" Rachel said

"Shit.. well I better go ahead and get started on it" Winter said

"Me too, I'll call you another time. Bye-bye!" Rachel said before she hung up

"Hey, I've gotta go. That Professor I told you I hated decided that he wanted us all to redo our essays. I have to hurry and get it done" Winter told Sam. Sam looked at her

"Yeah, okay. Good luck with that" Sam told her. She nodded

"Thanks" Winter said. She got up from Sam's bed and put on her shoes

"I'll see you another time, Sam" Winter said as they just stared at each other. Michael sighed

"Okay, can you two stop making googly eyes at each other? If you're gonna become a thing, hurry it up" Michael said. Winter felt her face grow warm as Sam looked away embarrassed. Winter then opened the door and left. Though Winter had no sense of direction, over the past year she had memorized the path to get to her dorm. She entered her building and went to the the elevator. She went inside and chose 3rs floor. The doors closed and it began moving upwards. The doors re-opened once Winter had made it to her floor

She began walking towards her dorm room. Her roommate always kept it locked, so she always had her key on her when she went out. She pulled her key out of her pocket and then placed the key in the keyhole. She unlocked the door and turned the knob and opened the door. The first thing she saw was her roommate, Lindsey, staring out the window. She was hunched over and making weird noises. Winter was concerned

"Lindsey, are you okay?" Winter asked. Lindsey slowly turned and looked at Winter. Her skin was paler than normal. Lindsey was already a pale girl, but now she was ghost white. Her eyes were a light pale blue as well, but Lindsey had brown eyes. Winter's adrenaline kicked in as Lindsey began approaching her

"If this is a joke, it's not funny" Winter said as Lindsey moaned at her. Then, all of a sudden Lindsey sprinted at her, and tackled Winter. Winter tried pushing Lindsey off as she tried to sink her teeth into Winter's flesh

"Stop! Lindsey! Get off of me!" Winter screamed as she struggled to get away

Sam had decided to give up trying to help Michael for the day. Michael's attention was just somewhere else

"Hey, loverboy. Your princess forgot her wallet" Michael said as he began going through it. Sam walked over and snatched the wallet

"Don't go through things that aren't yours. I'll be back, I'm gonna go run this to her" Sam said as he put on his shoes

"Make sure to make a move" Michael said as he winked at Sam. Sam just shook his head and left. He left his building and jogged over to Winter's. He went into the elevator and made it to the 3rd floor. When the doors opened, the first thing he heard was screaming

"Stop! Lindsey! Get off of me!" Sam heard Winter scream. Sam rushed towards Winter's room. When he arrived, he saw Lindsey on top of Winter. It looked like Lindsey was trying to bite her. Sam ran over and grabbed Lindsey from behind and pulled her off

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sam asked. Lindsey charged at Sam but Winter had grabbed the bat she always kept in her room and swung it, effectively hitting Lindsey in the head. Sam watched Lindsey's body hit the ground before he turned to Winter who was mortified. The two watched blood pool out of Lindsey's head

"Oh my God.." Winter muttered before she dropped the bat and rushed over. She checked to see if Lindsey had a pulse but there was none

"S-S-She's dead.. Oh my God.. Oh my God.. I-I killed her.. I didn't mean to.. I just.. I.." Winter began to freak out. Sam didn't even know what to say. He couldn't process what happened. Then suddenly he pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialed Michael

"Damn, you already need advice little brother?" Michael asked

"Michael.." Sam said with a scared tone

"Sam, what's wrong?" Michael asked immediately alerted by his tone

"We just killed someone.." Sam said

"What?! Where the fuck are you?!" Michael asked

"Winter's dorm" Sam said

"I'll be right there, don't leave" Michael said before he hung up. Sam slowly turned and looked at Winter who had balled herself up. She was hysterically crying as she kept muttering that she didn't mean to do it. A couple minutes later, Michael arrived. Sam turned to him with wide and teary eyes. Michael looked at the scene before he wrapped his arms around Michael. He put his hand on the back of Sam's head as Sam began to sob

"Shh, it's gonna be okay. We can figure this out.. It'll all be okay.." Michael said

Michael didn't know what to do, his consoling words were only just that. Michael wasn't sure how to get past this. There was a dead body in Winter's room. Both Winter and Sam were hysterical and there was blood on the ground. Then suddenly they heard screaming

"No, Daniel! Stop! Let me go! What the hell is wrong with you?!" A feminine voice yelled. Michael removed himself from Sam and quickly ran over to the cause of the noise. He turned to see a strawberry blonde girl struggling with a person on top of her. It must've been an ex boy-friend or something, which made Michael grow hatred for the man

"Hey, she said stop, get the hell off of her" Michael said as kicked the man in the face. The girl was able to get free and she quickly backed away. She was panting with wide eyes. The man just looked at Michael with dead pale blue eyes before going to attack him. Michael pushed the man back

"What the fuck is your deal, man?" Michael asked as the man just moaned. Suddenly the man had caught Michael off balance. Michael struggled with the man on top of him. He began to try and bite Michael

"Sammy!" Michael yelled but got no response

"Hey, you! There's a bat in that room over there! Go get it!" Michael yelled at the woman. She stared at him with her blue eyes before she nodded. She got up and ran towards Winter's room as Michael managed to keep the man from biting him

"Dude, what the hell is your problem? I know some people are into this kinda shit, but I ain't one of 'em" Michael said as kept struggling. The girl came back with the bat. Her legs were shaking

"W-What do I do?" She asked

"Hit him with it!" Michael said

"I-I can't do that-" The girl was cut off

"I'm not asking you to kill him- just knock him out!" Michael said

"Okay" She said before she brought the bat down on the man's head. He began bleeding, but he was still moving. It was like the pain didn't phase the man

"What the fuck?" Michael asked. That's when he realized, the man's skin was cold to the touch

"What the hell are you?" Michael asked himself as the girl swung the bat at the man again. She swung it with such force that she managed to bust the back of his head open. She screamed as the man went limp

"Oh my God, I killed him!" She screamed, but Michael knew something was wrong

"No, no.. something's not right.. he was cold to the touch.. like he'd been sitting in a freezer" Michael said. The girl looked at him

"That's not possible, he's been with me all day. Earlier some guy attacked him and bit him. So we came back here, since he started to feel bad, then the next thing I know he's attacking me" The girl said

"What's your name?" Michael asked her

"My name is Amy Harrison" She said

"I'm Michael Murray, and I think we should get the hell out of here" Michael said when suddenly he heard more screaming in the distance. Michael looked at Amy and he motioned for her to give him the bat. Amy handed him the bat and he went running in the direction of the screaming, only this time he was too late. He watched a girl's throat get ripped apart by someone else. Another girl was eating her. She then looked up at Michael with her pale blue eyes. Michael's eyes widened

"Something is really wrong.. We need to get the fuck out of here" Michael said as the girl began running at him. Michael sprinted off in the other direction

"Follow me!" Michael yelled. Amy follow Michael to Winter's room

"We can do introduction later, but we need to go, come on Sammy! Winter!" Michael yelled. Winter was still completely out of it. Sam looked at Michael

"We can deal with whatever happened later, but we need to move! Something is really wrong here, and we are in danger" Michael said. Sam wiped his tears and nodded. Sam looked over at Winter and walked over

"Come on, we have to go" Sam said. Winter just shook her head

"Whatever you killed, it wasn't normal. It was like they had rabies, right. Trying to bite you?" Michael asked. Winter looked up at him and nodded

"They're coming!" Amy yelled. Michael ran over and gripped Winter's arm and yanked her up to her feet

"Let's go" Michael said. Winter nodded as she continued to cry. The four sprinted out of the room and down the stairs

"Who's car are we taking?" Amy asked

"Mine" Michael said as she made it to the first floor. Michael and the others ran out of the building. To their left they could see another person being attacked

"We should help them" Amy said

"It's too late.. they've been killed already" Michael said as he pulled out his keys and unlocked his truck. The things were running towards them

"Everyone get in!" Michael yelled, and so they did. Michael got in the driver's seat. Amy was in the passenger's seat. Winter and Sam were in the back. Michael slammed on the gas and got out of there as quick as possible

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