Zombies

My nightmare had began once again. 

Once again hearing the dreaded announcement had me stunned for a second even though I knew it was coming. I quickly regained my wits and picked up the knives I had prepared. I was ready to make the most of my second time and I did not hesitate again. 

The easiest way to kill a zombie at this time was a stab in the brains and I already knew how tough it was to penetrate to the brain if I went the head route considering how thick the skull was and I was in no way a powerhouse that could directly smash a skull. Instead I chose to stab them through their eye sockets for a direct impact. The knives were sharp enough. 

Because I had lived it once, I knew that in the corner of everyone's eyes there was a counter that would start once you killed a zombie. The majority of the population never gathered the courage to kill one so their counters never began and they remained ignorant and among those that did kill, most would be in a state of panic and be unable to think about anything else and hence miss it. Only when you complete ten kills in this hour does the system notify you of the counter without giving any additional information. 

This counter would cease to exist after this hour and in the future everyone would have to check their status to see the number of zombies of they killed. 

As I went around poking everyone in their eyes, the number in the counter began increasing " 1,3,5,6,7,9..." and as it finally reached 10, the system notification about the counter sounded in my ears. By the time I was finished the counter showed an impressive number of " 212 ". The only downside to my method was the time it had consumed. It had taken me an entire fifteen minutes even without any resistance. 

I found the keys to the motorbike in the pockets of the rector as expected and quickly moved towards the mall. I did not go to the mall directly but instead took a detour to the nearby construction site. 

Yesterday while I was thinking of how I would be able to kill so many zombies who were awake in a crowded place I saw the nearby construction site and got the idea of using the power tools to ease my job. A chainsaw would surely be a very deadly weapon at this stage. For this I had made a deal with the workers to keep a fully charged chainsaw near the gate in the morning and paid them a healthy sum for their troubles. 

As I reached the site, I was easily able to find the chainsaw by the door and was also able to see the zombified workers terrorising those that had not turned. I ignored the negligible amount of zombies and made my way to the mall. After reaching the mall I quickly opened the staff entry and loudly announced about the exit. I knew that unless the chaos a bit controlled it would not bring in much profit to me. 

Just after hearing my announcement and seeing the wide open door, the crowd rushed towards the exit with all their might. I made my way into the mall and started the chainsaw. The noise was sure to attract the attention of these mindless beasts and it did exactly that. For the next twenty minutes, I travelled on all floors and just killed everything within my sight. I had preplanned my hour and the amount of time I had given for the mall was twenty-five minutes, including the time to reach the mall and collect the saw. For this purpose I had set a timer on the phone I took from the warden.

Once the set time was up the alarm rang and I knew I had to move out. I made my way out of the mall after taking one last look inside. The difference between when I came inside and now was massive. If someone were to come now, all they would find were a few zombies scattered throughout the mall roaming. I once again locked the door and made my way out. It was after all going to be my resource point for the coming week and it would be foolish to keep it wide open for others to take advantage of. 

At this point my counter read " 630 ". I was already way ahead of the previous record set. But this did not mean that I was content and stopped, instead I rushed to my next destination. 

My last stop was going to be the college. I had approximately fifteen minutes left before the hour was up when I reached the campus. It was mostly chaotic here from what I could see. Most of the students were crying for help, some were trying to defend themselves the best they could and most had turned into zombies. Without wasting any more time and without worrying for who was witnessing me, I started ruthlessly killing off all the zombies I could see. 

In just five quick minutes I was able to clear the outside and reach inside, which was my real paradise. Being a college it was packed inside and the original zombies had already converted considerable amount of survivors. The remaining had either locked themselves in safe spaces with strong doors or were fighting for survival bravely. I already knew that there will be a considerable amount of survivors and warriors in this place considering that they converted it into the strongest shelter in the city and so I had not come here to save anyone. All I wanted to do was kill more zombies and this place gave me easy access to them. 

Seeing an unknown boy with a chainsaw slaughtering the very things they were either terrified of or having trouble dealing with, made a lot of eyes land on me. Many shouted at me to either save them or asked me my name but I ignored everything and once I was done with a section I quickly changed my position. 

When there were just five minutes remaining for the hour to be over, I ran across none other than the man who would eventually become the tyrant of this place in a few minutes. He was followed by an entourage of students, who were all boys. They already had an arrogant expression on their faces and all I could think looking at them was that we were not even an hour into the apocalypse and the worse of humanity had already taken form.