《World of Cataclysms》


 Chapter 1- Awakening

    A gleam of light passed through the corner of my window as the sun''s rays began to refract across the sky. If you looked out the window you would find yourself looking at a skyscraper. Based on the angle you could tell my room was located on a high position, most likely another tall building, possibly the twenty-second story of a forty story building.


    The spacious room featured a gray bed with a dark wooden drawer by it''s side; a sketch book laid atop spread opened revealing countless unintelligible scribbles, on the walls, several posters were attached to the wall featuring video game characters; it was indeed the room of an average no-life gamer.


    The dim light slowly changed angle as the morning progressed, revealing my sleeping body; a guy with dark black hair possibly only twenty years of age. His face looked dull with a standard sized nose and mouth. His eyes were duly positioned on his face, only making him look more boring. However he did not give a feeling of perfection, but instead of a carefree guy who goes along with his surroundings; the ultimate example of a background character.


    As I woke up an extreme pain and feeling of hunger assaulted me, yet I reacted slowly as if unable to process the sensations. I slowly got up my bed and very slowly as if deprived of all energy walked to the bathroom, I turned on the radio, which laid upon a stack of towels beside the bathtub, and turned on the shower to take my usual hot morning bath.


    -Radio:"this is an emergency announcement to all residents and visitors of Residence City, do not try to vacate the city. Residence City now within quarantine, do not panic and cooperate and this affair will be finished soon. This is not a Test.¡± --- ¡°for further Informations call¡­¡±If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    I showered half paying attention to the radio. I was slightly dazed, the radio warning repeated three more times before it caught my attention, but all that was in my mind wasan overwhelming sensationof hunger, as well asa feeling of absolute apathy. Slightly confused by the warning, I pondered about it as I dried my steaming skin with a bath towel, slightly tilting the radio on top of it.


    Slowly approaching the mirror to wash my teeth, after putting on a new set of clothing, I was puzzled as I barely felt the sensation of satisfaction normally achieved after putting on cold clothing over my heated skin, I brushed my teeth and spat out the water when i looked up to my mirror.


    My toothbrush dropped...


    Bloodied red eyes and ashen skin reflected upon my pupils. It was a very drastic change to my usual appearance, my new appearance was.. Menacing, am I sick? Does this has anything to do with the quarantine?


    I slowly walked to my room and moved the thin curtain from my window. Smoke billowed out from various buildings in the distance. The corner of the block where my building was located was slightly illuminated by the rays of the rising sun. There was minimal traffic on the road, which made sense considering it was 5:30 A.M. on a Saturday morning. However as I was looking down, a taxi slammed into another car, creating a small collision. The angry driver exited his car, raising his arm in complaint, and walked up to the taxi and pulled the door open. A second after opening the door to the taxi, the man inside jumped at the driver like a wild animal, and pushed him down. He then proceeded to bite the unfortunate drivers neck and eat the torn piece of flesh. the man seemed to enjoy savoring the flesh, as the driver''s neck spurted out a large amount of blood.


    ¡®What the Hell!¡¯ was the thought that crawled into my mind.


    The Apocalypse had begun.

 Chapter 2 - And so It begins

    I stared dumbly at the ongoing scene and watched as a police vehicle nearly crashed into the scene, an officer pulled out of the car and took out his gun while yelling something while other police vehicles, fire engines and ambulances zoomed by with their respective sirens blaring.


    The situation quickly devolved as the taxi driver tossed the other bleeding driver like a ragdoll, and charged at the officer. With no other option the officer shot the taxi driver¡¯s torso yet it did not even seem to slow down the taxi driver, the officer panicked as the aggressive taxi driver thrust his arm towards him.


    *Bang* a shot rang out and drowned the loud street into silence as the pedestrians stared at the scene in shock. The aggressive taxi driver¡¯s body slumped headfirst into the asphalt concrete, blood slowly spilling around his head.


    I looked across police vehicle trying to locate the origin of the gunshot only to see his partner holding a gun, A new thought rapidly surfaced in my mind¡­ am I infected, will I turn aggressive like that taxi driver?


    *Bang Bang* I was quickly pulled out of my thoughts as I looked at the scene again, another of the taxi¡¯s doors was opened, a new body spread on the street.


    I began to panic and formulate new thoughts in my mind, The city was quarantined that means the military has probably secured the area around the city while the police spread out across their districts in order to keep order.


    *Tring...Tring...Tring¡­* I was once again broken out of my thoughts by the sound of my apartment¡¯s fire siren, The smell of smoke started filtering from under the my apartment¡¯s door. I walked towards my door and opened it, peeking through I noticed the people from the nearby rooms and my neighbors running towards the emergency stairs as fire spewed from one rooms, the sprinklers turned on yet they only seemed to agitate the fire.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    Looking towards my left my eyes briefly met with my next rooms neighbor Lisa Caraway, she sprinted towards me and held onto my shoulders, making me realize how sickly my posture was.


    "Uriel! what''s wrong!!? your face is as pale as a corpse!" she exclaims, her hand reaches towards my forehead.


    When her hand touched my forehead I felt a plethora of emotions and instincts I had never once experienced before, the hunger plaguing me became a thousands times stronger to the point my coherent thoughts began drowning allowing the new instincts took over. I felt my veins heat up across my entire body as the sound of my heartbeat vibrated throughout my head, My muscles felt filled with a monstrous strength I definitely did not possess before,  I reached forward and snatched her hand.


    ¡°Ouch! Ahh! Uriel you''re hurting me let go!¡± She tried prying my hand from her wrist by pushing against me, a new group of instincts suddenly overwhelmed my body, She looked into my eyes and froze in terror. My neck bended and my legs push forwards as Lunged my body towards her neck.


    ¡®I must obtain her essence! All of it it! All of it! All of It¡¯ The last of my rationality was finally drowned by both my instincts and the screams originating from my prey.


    ¡°Let Her Go¡± A scream partially caused some of my thoughts to resurface from the ocean of instincts. I try to locate the source of the scream Only to feel an impact on my back, My body stumbled towards one of the pane windows as I turn only to see the heel of shoe an inch from my nose.


    *Crack!*


    ....


    The glass behind me shatters along with my nose as my body impacts against it, the feeling of freefall finally drowns my instincts as coherent thoughts once again begin forming.


    ¡®I don¡¯t Want To Die!¡¯