Alone In A Post-Apocalyptic World

Day 1, XX-XX-XXXX

I opened my eyes which seems heavy and the first thing I have seen so far is the grey sky. It was like the sky is about to pour down heavy rain but it also looks like the thick smoke released by factories. My body ached all over. It was like I was asleep for a long time. I slowly stood up and wipe off the dust in my body. Wait, why do I am filled with dust? It's not like I have been idle without waking up for how many years?

As I stood up, I also realized that I am butt naked and not a single cloth to cover is present in my body. No wonder the cold and pungent air makes my whole body shiver. I started covering my private part which is bare for everyone to see. Only if there is anyone who will look. I just realized that I am in the middle of the road in a city. Why am I in the road butt naked? As I try to recall my memories, my head started hurting like hell. It is not a good sign for my head so I decided to stop recalling the past events.

Still, this cold air is getting me colder as time went by, I don't have time to think much of my past for now. My priority number one: I have to find clothes as soon as possible.

I look around and noticed that the buildings have been ruined. One thing for sure in this place is that I am all alone and no one will care if I am butt naked here or not. No one will start judging me as a voyeur in this place. I focused on finding clothes first because if I keep on standing in this place without any clothes on, I am going to freeze to death by the cold air in this place.

Luckily for me, I found a small store that formerly sells clothes. Although the whole merchandise and items inside the store has signs of being ransacked and destroyed by unknown circumstances, there are still clothes available.

Most of the clothes in this place are filled with dust and dirt but I am not being picky right now and the dust and dirt can still be cleaned off by flicking the clothes in the air, knocking off all the dust in it. I have chosen a black t-shirt and also put on a blue jacket with a hoodie on it. Good thing there are still underwear available here too and it is still clean therefore I grab one and wore it. I added pants in my get-up and I am back of being fully clothed individual now. There is also a cap and a backpack on the shelves too so I decided to grab them too. I checked the mirror and nodded. Looks like I am ready to go. I also looked at myself and deduced that I am 20 years old based on my body build and face. I still looked young so my guess is that I am still in college but that was vague info at the moment since I am not sure of it.

Now that I have clothes on and the whole place is still in ruins, it is time to check for clues on what happened. I tried recalling in my head but everything is chaotic and if I try to forcibly remember anything at all, my head will just hurt like crazy. It's a big problem for me since I can't actually remember who I am too. Looks like I am having a phenomenon called amnesia. But I have not fully got the amnesia since I still remember lots of things like how to speak, eat and move around. Only memories about my past seems to be the fault this time around.

Since my memory is useless, I decided to gather clues in the surroundings. One thing is bothering me, what happened in this place? Why is it abandoned and not a single soul is currently moving about except for me?

After wandering around for about an hour or so, I have gathered a few mysteries I have no answer at the moment and mentally noted them.

1. What really happened? It looks like some sort of war or something but I am not quite sure about it. The buildings and even the cars are now in ruins and can be labeled as junks in a wasteland.

2. Where are the people? If they died out then there should be corpses and anything around like skeletons and whatnot but there is nothing of that sort here.

3. How long did I sleep that I was not able to know what happened in this world?

There are still many questions but those are the main questions I really want an answer with. While pondering, I heard a sound I am quite familiar with and a feeling I am used to in the past. Now I need to find food plus water since I am getting thirsty.

I left the store with the backpack with me filled with one spare of clothes and underwear. Since it was a clothing and bag store, only those things can be taken there. This might look like I was stealing but trust me, this is called looting and scavenging. I tried to recall a few things bit by bit to avoid the pain but it is still not that effective since the headache seems to rush in you like a flood so I decided to not do that for now. The reason I am trying to recall things is to hasten my search for food. Since I am here in this city, that must mean I was here before and I might have known before where the food is located. Looks like I have to find food the long and hard way.

There is no map so I have to scan around my surroundings and look for buildings that may potentially have food. After two hours of walking around in the streets, I finally found a potential place that may have food resources. The mall.

Just like the other buildings and places, this place is empty too and since the mall is huge, the place looked so lonely with only me here walking around. As usual, no people around except me. Although I am not wearing any shoes, the steps I made echoes around the mall and the sounds it makes is totally creepy in my ears.

I wandered around the mall and finally hit around the mall's grocery store. And from the looks of it, the whole place is ransacked by unknown individuals as shelves and groceries are all toppled down on the floor which is very messy. Still, I am quite lucky, I found a few canned foods on the floor. When I grab one can, I heard something that makes me somewhat startled and curious. It sounded like there is some sort of ripping sound coming from one of the corners of the fallen shelves.

My curiosity really gets the better out of me as I decided to check out the sound and looked at the source. What made me shiver is the figure that I have seen. It was a person...no, more like a corpse, the only thing is that it lacks the former looks of a human. It looks similar to those things...I think they are called zombies?

It was currently eating something and from a little bit of checking, I found out it was a human corpse. I was scared sh*tless but I decided to retreat as fast as possible. But the cliche thing that occurred is that I have stepped on something a can that caused it to roll and made a loud sound.

The sound quickly traveled to the ears of the zombie. It turned around and I finally saw the face of the creature that only appears in nightmares, books, and games. It looks like the second mystery that I have listed on my mystery list finally got answered. Humanity seems to turn into these monsters and if they are not turned into one, they became their food and died. One thing quickly registered in my mind right now as I stare at the monster licking its bloody mouth.

RUN.