Dead City

During a storm, you awaken in the middle of the night to rustling outside of your home. You get up to glance out of your second story window and notice people wandering around. Now you're trying to understand why they're there. Without hesitation, you call the police, only to find out the phone line is dead and your electricity is out. Just as you turn around, you hear scratching, followed by glass breaking downstairs.

Those people are actually breaking into your house, but why? Rushing into your closet swiftly, you find your retractable stairs hidden on the top shelf, leading to a hidden floor above. You quickly ascend the stairs in fear, unsure of what intentions these people may have. As you silently retract the ladder behind you (as to not give away your position), you hear movement from the floor below. Waiting in silence, you realize the movement below starts to fade away in the distance.

Through the darkness, you start to feel the edges of your surroundings in search for a source of light. Upon finding an old fashioned oil lamp, I was able to shed light on some old equipment I had laying around for emergency situations. Among those, were surveillance equipment, a radio communication system, and a back-up generator. There were also rations of food, water, weapons, and ammunition on the side. Trying to use my old radio, I realize I again, had no power.

Despite the amount of noise and very little gas the generator had, I was able to repower the whole house. Using the radio, I over hear a frantic person claiming that the undead were walking the streets of Chicago. Looking through the surveillance cameras, I'm telling myself, "they can't be dead." "That's impossible." As I got up, I heard movement in the floor below me. There was scratching coming from where I had my ladder hidden. Having a surveillance system set up throughout my house, ironically I didn't add one to my own room. As the scratching grew louder and my heart beat faster, I was contemplating onto whether or not I should see who or what is on the other side of the door....