The End (Ashes x Zara)

[Zarazel]

Jacob woke up, just another typical day in Racoon City. Being part of the special Stars squad did have some advantages, he was offered a big house with a nice salary and everything he could dream off, the payment of offering his life for the service each time he was called into duty. Jacob was a very strong person, his broad muscles and six packs often attracted a lot of ladies, however due to his line of work he often was left having one night stands with no real realationship. However that did not matter, not anymore since a few days ago the world practically ended.

Umbrella corporation the unkown cause of the end of the planet. Releasing a deadly virus that killed and reanimated the bodies of the dead. The world ended, the only problem was the dead did not stayed dead. He looked around from where he was hiding, a small appartment in the fifth floor of a building. It was small enough for him and somebody else, he had it stocked full of food and weapons. The entrance was reinforced and there was no chance any zombies would get in the appartment. He did all this in the first three days of the infection, now his mission was simple, find any survivors. Taking a deep breath he equipped himself with some weapons and a few granades for in case of emergency and walked down the stairs into the first floor of the building. Taking a deep sigh he walked off with his gun raised in case any zombies attempted to attack him.

The roads were very empty wich was very odd at this time of the day. He expected the roads to be filled with zombies and him firing a lot of rounds. He walked through the streets trying to make no sound at all. His eyes focused at everything going on around him. He was going to check first places where food might be found or weapons, those were the first places where a survivor would go.

It was then when he heard a woman scream, a survivor. Running out in the direction where he heard the scream he saw a old weapons store, the same store his best friend owned. Running he looked inside and saw a woman backing away from a lot of zombies, his best friend on the floor being eated alive by zombies. The sound of the zombies eating his flesh and the woman screaming paralized him at first before opening fire. The first hit landed on the head of the zombie who was about to bite the young woman. He rushed in and kept firing his weapon to any zombies who came near, “Lady, behind me walk out”, the symbol of Stars on his shirt as he fired away and waited for the woman to react to whatever it was happening.

 

[Ashes]

Jessica crept around the town that was once known as Raccoon City. It's desolate streets filled with loud moans of the undead sent chills up her spine. She hid behind a dumpster as a zombie lazily stumbled by. If she timed it right, she'd be able to rush past him and manage to get to the weapon store that was located just in front of her. She took two deep breaths and held the third. With a surge of adrenaline coursing through her veins, she bursted from her hiding spot, shouldered the zombie from behind and caused it to plummet towards the floor.

"Ha, slow poke!" she muttered to herself as she made a mad dash for the store. She didn't want to be caught outside by one of the dogs. Oh how she was terrified when she learned her pet doberman had to be shot in the head when it turned. She could still remember the stench that left it's body as the rotting flesh rolled down it's spine, exposing his ribcage. When she reached the store, she began to hail down her fists as hard and fast as she could to catch at least some sort of attention. Although she wasn't sure if there was a survior in there.

After the first three bangs on the door, she was greeted with a shotgun to the face. Immediately, the man pulled it back and opened the door, pulled her in, and shut it behind her. She began to weeze as she gulped in the air she had seemed to have lost during the escapade and felt her knee's buckle in beneath her. Her dark brown hair cascaded down her back and touched the floor as she lay with her hands on the floor and her knee's touching it. She gazed the area with her blue eyes before she gazed upon her savior. He was an older gent; short and stocky with a salt and pepper hair style.

"Thank you sir," she stated as she rose from the floor and shook his hand. The older male nodded before settling down behind his counter. "I wasn't sure if anyone was still here," she stated, following behind him and leaned against his counter.

"And thanks to you those monsters out there will know there are two morsels inside just waiting to be ripened for the taking," he growled out as he set the shotgun down on the counter. He sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose before turning his dark brown eyes towards Jessica again. "I suppose I couldn't just leave ya out there anyways," he concluded as he walked towards his door to lock it. Jessica had made her way towards the counter as he did so when the door burst open and a flood of zombies collided with the floor.

"Damnit!" the man shouted as he made a grab for his shotgun that had still laid at the counter. Fear shone in his eyes as a group of zombies made a grab for his legs and pulled him down. Jessica tried to cover her ears to the screaming and the crunching as more zombies flooded in. She let out a scream herself as shots began to be fired and another man appeared. He told her to get behind him and she did as she was told. She ran out the door and out into the streets.

 

[Zarazel]

He groaned as he saw a zombie bite his friend, “Fuck”. He pointed his gun at the zombie eating the man and blew it’s brains out. The body of the zombie fell down on top of the store owner lifeless body. As he pointed at shoot at the other zombie he realized there were beginning to attract other zombies thing that he did not wanted to at the moment. With a sigh he backed away and looked at the woman, “If you want to be safe, follow me”. He shot at a zombie that was approaching and walked to the corner of the streets. It would be a good ten minute walking before they could reach his house, if they ever got the oportunity to reach it.

Racoon city was in shambles, cars were abandoned everywhere and the odor of rotting flesh were now a common thing. It all happened so fast that he barely could get out alive, if he ever got out alive it would be a miracle. Grabbing a handgun he gave it to the woman, “I sure hope you know how to shoot, it’s loaded just point at the head and shoot away”. His eyes looked at the full of horror eyes of the girl and sighed, “Look I know you are scared, but if we are going to get back home I need you to be alert”.

He shot at another zombie and slowly started to walk in direction back to his house. He took cover in every car and looked around before continuing on his way, to others that action might be stupid in the situation but it kept him alive. He counted each zombie that he saw each time he took cover and thought if they were going to be able to reach him. Running back to his appartment he saw two zombies in front of the door. Grabbing two knifes he threw them into the zombies head, “We don’t need the noise attracting the zombies”.

Once they were inside the building and he closed the door he could breathe a sigh of relief. Walking to the door where the stairs were he held it open so the girl could walk in, once she did he closed the door and locked it with a couple of special made locks he placed. Hiding the gun he nodded, “My name is Jacob, former Stars member, for now we are safe. What is your name lady?” he said as he started to walk up the stairs in direction to his floor, each door was barricaded strongly except the last one.

 

[Ashes]

Jessica's eyes widened in horror as the streets began to become infested with Zombies. The man seemed good at what he did, shooting, and it served a purpose well to protect the two. She squealed slightly as zombies began to corner them before the man laid waste to them, creating an opening as they walked down the streets. She tried to stay alert, adrenaline still coursing through her veins as they strolled down the infested streets.

He handed her a handgun, asked if she knew how to shoot it, and proceeded to walk towards his "home" or so she thought. Although she wasn't incompetent with a gun, the only time she'd ever shot one was when she was applying for a concealed weapon liscense. She of course failed it, and has only been to the shooting range once or twice a month, given her current schedule, but now, it seemed like it would come in handy.

When they approached his house, Jessica stood in awe of it. It was rather large for a man to be on his own and when they entered, he mentioned he was part of the S.T.A.R.S. group. That explained why he was so good at shooting. She sighed, allowing the adrenaline to cool down as he spoke. So his name was Jacob, and he was a "former" member of the said group. This would be quite interesting.

"I'm Jessica, and thank you for helping me out back there. I wish I could say the same for that man. The poor guy didn't deserve to go out like that," she muttered as they neared a barricaded door.

 

[Zarazel]

He kept walking up the stairs, the place was full of the same rotten odor that was in the streets. Once he got to his floor he opened the door and walked in his room. It was rather small, mostly filled with food and supplies for survival. Electricity was being supplied by a power generator on the appartment. As he entered he let her get in before he locked the door and secured it, once he did he took off his gun placing it in a table besides the door, "You are safe here".

He stretched out and looked at her, "Are you hurt, bitten or scratched?. If you do I am going to have to do something you might not like, kill you". He had seen it so many times, people get bitten and then infected by whatever was killing all living things out there. As he walked to the livingroom he sat on the couch and looked at the girl. If she was bitten he won't kill her until she start to show signs of the change, it would be nice to have someone to talk to after the couple of days alone.

Pointing at the door he smirked, "there is a bathroom there, you can go take a bath if you want to relax". He opened the window and looked down at the streets, the zombies mindlessly walking around and the only thing heard down there were the moans of the zombies. He shook his head and looked at her, "Go take a bath, then we can decide what to do next"

 

[Ashes]

"Oh, alright," Jessica stated as she moved to the bathroom. She pulled off her backpack that strung to her back and set it down on the floor. She rummaged through it and found a large white t-shirt that would reach down to her knee's and cover most of her body. She stripped down to her bare underwear and turned the water on. She tested it to make sure it wouldn't be too hot nor to cold. Once it turned out to be just right, she finished stripping and dipped into the pool of water.

"Hm," she soothed out as the warm water began working her muscles, soothing them so that they were no longer sore. Jessica ran her fingers through the water as her mind flittered to a time when things were simple and less complex. She could remember seeing her family, her brothers and younger sister standing in their backyard as they blew out their second birthday candle. Tears stung at her eyes as the image of their bodies bloodied and torn apart entered her mind. Her father was eaten by the cerberus that had attacked him as he tried to get them away, and her mother was caught by a zombie that fell on her.

Her younger sisters were only five and fell to more cerberus along with her eldest brother who tried to save them. Only she and her second oldest brother remained alive. However, she didn't know if he was or wasn't. He had left and she was on her own, hence the reason why she was running through the streets. She was also searching for him. Her mind seemed to wander, uncaring to the world at the moment as she relaxed in the water.