The Dead

The dead awakening

Prologue


The day was just on the crasp of the end of dusk of night ,the bright yellow sun trying to maintain it soft glimmering glow before being overtaken by the plutonium darkness that is night.
In the surrounding fields you can hear chirping crickets and leaves rustling.
Coming into view is the old neglected churchyard with it centuries old upright stones covered in dirty green moss and climbing ivy,on the church can be seen proudly standing is an Franciscan cross for all the unforgotten souls to see

Chapter 1


Slowly moving a car arrives on the gravel driveway of the churchyard.
Sitting inside are two passengers.
The driver is a young man in his early twenties, wearing rustic clothing and trimmed dark glasses to look cool.
His fellow passenger is a young woman dressed in dotted attire they are both related by blood as the woman is hi sister.
Both are talking inside the car about the reason for the journey to the churchyard.

(You know mother wants us to remember dad so it was her idea to bring this wooden cross on her behalf as he was her beloved husband and our dad dispite the family falling out)Says Georgia the sister


.

Mark the driver replies "Yah I know but it's been a long trek of over six hundred miles and I am just tired and cranky and require just to get it over and done with "

Chapter 2

Meanwhile farther back from the church a truck is pulling into the local petrol station to fill up with petrol.

Inside the truck are two workmen ;a burly broad shouldered man by the name of Sebastian and his companion Cerne a bit of an old hippy with wild beard and hair.

As they get ready to depart from their truck they see a crowd of about 50 to 60 people walking at a hunched slow pace .

Sebastian "That gathering crowd look odd to me ;something an;t right "

Cerne "Yeah man they look like their high "

Sebastian "You would know my friend "

Cerne "I am going up and say hi and maybe get some of what their on"

Sebastian "OK but not too much as we on a long haul "

Cerne "OK Man"

Cerne leaves the truck and approaches the crowd.

As Cerne gets closer and closer he is stunned; awestruck ;scared all at the same moment.

The crowd is not people, it is things that were once people.

They don't move .

They don't Run

They just stood staring at me as if looking straight at my soul.

Then one of the things grabs Cerne by his legs and drags him to the horde who in turns precede to take big bit chutes of flesh from his body whilst he is screaming in a terrifying shrill which is soon drowned out by the horde chumping and cushing of bones and flesh all surrounded by the red crimson blood with it's metallic iron smell.

All Sebastian can do is watch as he was transfixed to his seat during witnessing a living nightmare happening in front of him.

Sebastian slowly applies pressure to the clutch and puts his foot on the accelerator to the truck engine and then like a dangerous game of chicken heads at full speed at the horde of unspeakable things.

Chapter 3

Meanwhile back at the church graveyard Georgia and Mark finally found their father's grave and placed on it the wooden cross given to them by their mother .

On the way back from the graveyard , walking pass the decrepit grave stones some straight others leaning over to the point of falling.
Suddenly out of nowhere a couple of grey spindly hands push through the dirt of of a grave then a body does a bizarre sit up to expose a creature resemblance to one which was once called human.The hideous creature lunges at Georgia flashing it teeth before sinking it into her cranium exposing the object of its desire (Brains)
Soon other creature s old , young all awaken from their want was once thier forever home.

Mark trys to be heroic and intervene to rescue what remains of Georgia but freezes on the spot as if being held by superglue.
As he looks at Georgia she is nothing now than a cadaver on a slab awaiting autopsy. The creature for it could not be no more be a man was tearing and gnawing its teeth into the body of Georgia;ripping out chunks and licking the crimson sickly blood .


Marks flight or flight kicks in her subconscious brain making his urge to run away from the scene of carnage despite his urge to throw up .


Chapter 4
Running, Running; Running

Breathing hard

Mark spots and a farmhouse coming into view.

Mark arrives at the rundown cottage with its thatched roof and cobbled stone walls and it's oak front door which is wide open

Mark enters the cottage and lets out a piercing screams of terror at the site of a mangled corpse of an old woman.

This in his state of fright turns around and with no plans or thoughts run back towards the graveyard .

This leads him to be confronted by more of the strange beings among which is the shadow of the once man he met earlier.

Chapter 5

Sebastian truck comes to a sudden stop as he knew he saw something in the corner of his green eyes.

As Sebastian looks out of his truck window he just about makes him decide to leave his truck.

Sebastian is running and running .

He finally comes to a halt and shouts at them and at the man right in front of him.

"Hay run towards me I help you out "

Mark hears the plea and turns away and runs towards Sebastian just before a bite from the grey skinned, covered in red crimson blood monsters no longer at all no resemblance to their former selves .

Mark runs into the arms of Sebastian and a moment of outpouring relief plants puts his arms around him in a hug.

Sebastian "We need to go somewhere safe and contact the local police station to tell if these strange nights"

Mark "There is a cottage a few yards away but I am not keen to go back as there is a mutilated corpse by the door "

Sebastian "Welcome it's either the cottage or dealing with those hell creature s,so I suggest we go towards the cottage quickly "

Mark nods his head begrudgingly as inside his mind he knows this new stranger was right.

May to Sebastian "By the way my name is Mark and you are?"

Sebastian. "I am Sebastian ,nice to meet you and all that but that's get to that cottage fast"

Chapter 6


When Sebastian and Mark get to the cottage Sebastian goes in first and drags the body of newly made cadaver outside.

Mark runs quickly inside followed by Sebastian .

Both find items of furniture to form a secure barricade at the front door and the same at the back; draw back the dusty old curtains and lock all the windows and place furniture in front of the door in an effort it may slow down the creatures on this night of strangeness.

Inside the cottage both decided to just keep quiet for a while then do some investigation of the property.

During the rest of the night they can hear no sound bar that is low moaning and groans of an outwardly kind.

Early in the morning both awake and Sebastian goes on a hunt for food or anything that can help in their present plight.

Mark awakes and is blankly looking at the four walls of the room and slowly descending into a stupor mix of shock and insanity.

Sebastian finds a rifle and a radio and stops for a moment compilating his fate

Chapter 7


Sebastian gives himself a kick up the a*s in his head to get himself back to the reality of his predicament.

Sebastian goes on with his search of the cottage and as he does so he hears a muffed string of voices coming from a door just under the stairs ;this must be a cellar.

He raises his newly found rifle in one hand and slowly turns the handle of the cellar door with the other.

The muffled voices stop and Sebastian finds a group of three people.

The people look at him with a mixture of nervousness and relief at the sight of a fellow human being.

Sebastian "Who are you; my name is Sebastian and I have a companion upstairs called Mark "

The man of the three speaks.

"My name is Harry and this is my wife Karen and my daughter Karen "

Also were a couple of teenagers by the name of Tracy and Paul .

Sebastian "How did you end up in this hell hole"

Harry explains to Sebastian they sorted refuge in the cottage after being overwhelmed by a group of the demon creatures that managed to overturn their car.

Sebastian "And you two cowering in the corner what's your story? "

Tracy speaks up and informs Sebastian there came after hearing an emergency broadcast on the radio about a series of brutal murders taking place around England and people must hole up in a safe environment until the situation is resolved by the authorities.

Sebastian just nodded then noticed that Paul had blood pouring from his arm :He then went over to investigate and found a bite mark.

Sebastian informs all the occupants of the cellar it would be better to gather all their resources upstairs and help him barricade the cottage like a fort to prevent those things coming in

Chapter 8

Sebastian and the fellow new inhabitants of the cottage go back to the radio to see if they can gather more information on their current situation.

A message is broadcast on all the radio station sites saying the following.

(There has been a wave of mass murder sweeping across South West England. The recently deceased are reanimating and seem to consume human flesh of the living. Experts and the military have failed at all attempts made to determine the cause of this want is now being called the night of the living dead.Only a lone scientist Dr Downes suspects it to be something to do with space contamination from a meteor that crashed landed nearby. Sebastian then makes plans with all the fellow occupations in the cottage to obtain medical care for Karen at the reported local rescue centers offering refuge and safety mentioned on the television.

Chapter 9

Sebastian and Paul and Tracy draw the shortest straw to somehow get to Sebastian's truck and with some old empty whiskey bottles and a piece of rubber tubing made from a long forgotten by cycle wheel ;then siphon some petrol out to make a couple of Molotov Cocktails.


Ben and Tom attempt to refuel Ben's truck at the nearby gas pump while Harry hurls Molotov cocktails from an upper window at the ghouls. Judy follows him, fearing for Tom's safety. Tom accidentally spills gasoline on the truck, which is set ablaze by Ben's torch.Setting the truck alight all of them run as fast and as far from the truck as possible buts it too late the almighty commotion has come to the attention of the horde of the dead who stop want their are doing and turn towards and before there can run back to the cottage poor Tracy is set upon.

Ben and Tom just get back inside the cottage and reinforce the window seat and doors when they hear the distant screams of Tracy's charred remains.
Chapter 10


As Ben :Tom;Harry and both Karen s try to calm down a news report comes from the old radio saying the following.

(To All the residents that are currently surviving please note that the creatures known to some as the Living Dead can be killed by a headshot or a heavy blow to the head; or be burnt to death each will stop them arising again )

Suddenly the power to run the electric from the generator runs out and the occupants in the cottage are plunged into darkness.

The living dead creatures finally manage to break through the barriers .

The horde rushes through the gaps in large numbers and enters the room where Ben,Mark; Sebastian and Karen and Karen are.

Another fight broke out in the chaos both Karen s are lunged at and are gorged upon by the hideous creatures of the night.

The remaining men manage to wrestle their way out by the window causing a shattering of glass.

Ben looks at Mark and sees in the aftermath of the heat of the commotion he has been bitten.

Mark falls to the floor and goes into the fetal position and goes into a fit and dies but then right in front of the remaining survivors begins to reanimate himself

Ben tries to run but it's too late. He is set upon by the reanimation of the person who once was called Mark.

Sebastian runs past them and makes it to the ladders that lead to the attic where he holds himself up .

Epilogue

The next morning Sebastian is awoken by the sound of a posse of gunfire outside.

Sebastian leaves his hideaway and goes to greet his saviour.

As Sebastian steps outside he is immediately mistaken for one of the ghouls of the living dead and is killed by a shot to his forehead.

The posse threw his body onto a pile of corpses and set ablaze.

The End or Just the Beginning.