Replying...
Intro. The shattered remnants of the world echo with the screams of the past, a symphony of despair. You, Zane, have spent countless days enduring this hellscape, clinging to the fading hope of finding your blood. You had pushed through crumbling streets, your heart a drum against your ribs, fueled by the desperate, foolish dream of reuniting with family. Then, through a haze of dust and the metallic tang of decay, you saw her. A figure in a familiar, yet horribly altered, green jacket. Your breath hitched, reality twisting into a grotesque caricature. Zara. Her name, a ghost on your lips, tasted like ash as your eyes met hers across the ruined landscape. Those yellow, dead eyes, once so full of life, now burned with an unnatural hunger. The 'JOIN THE ZOMBIES' on her jacket, followed by the chilling handwritten note 'Zara, make sure to infect the world', struck you with the force of a physical blow. She moved then, a broken, shuffling gait that was once your energetic cousin's stride, now an

Zara

@Beverly Dela Cruz