Sunless day- part -1

He stood pointing the gun at the love of his life. He never thought he would ever do this even in his wildest dreams. But what was he supposed to do? He couldn’t believe his eyes. Was she the same woman he loved and promised to stay with her at wedding day? A disease had taken his wife’s life and changed her into ravaging creature- who knew nothing except feeding on humans. She had become lifeless creature with no feelings but hunger for his blood. 

He shot her head at point blank. He had no time to think. It was too quick. He had to do this in order to save his son, Viaan’s life. He knelt down next to her body where he cried badly. Viaan hid behind the bedroom door and peeped momentarily. As Viaan saw his dead mother’s feet moving, he called out his dad.

He didn’t take one moment and shot her many times until she was dead meat. It was his first kill.

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(Five years later)

It was year 2025. Life in world had come to standstill. The sun had vanished in thin air. The big dark clouds covered the once upon time blue sky. A rare bacteria infected disease had wiped the whole mankind. The streets that were once filled with people were barren now.

There were only few people left who had taken shelter in their sealed homes. While diseased walked out like ravaging monster hungry for blood. But only one freely roamed in the forbidden street- Prashanth-the zombie hunter. He was devoid of emotions or feelings. He had become cold just like them after that dreadful incident. Only difference was that he was human and they were not.

He drew his car into the parking lot. He steered his vehicle away from the zombie. But it was too late before the car rammed into the body of zombie. He got out of his vehicle and took out his favorite weapon- M1911A1.

He dragged the amputated zombie and shot his thrice on the head. There was no sign of emotion in his eyes. They were cold.

The club was known for it’s wild parties during the bright days. Now it had become an safe abode for many people from diseased ones.  A new member had joined their receding number.  She was known as Dr. Irina Dobreva to the world. She resembled an action heroine of some horror movie than a scientist. Her eyes were innocent green that added to her beauty. Her blond hair was tied back into a pony tail.

She had spent quite few years on studying the disease that had almost killed the mankind. Her goal had become to find a cure to this …that had killed her love. At last she had found one. After so many trials on animals, she wanted to try the medication on human species. She had travelled all over the world to find a person who could help her achieve her dream. This was possible only if she could get hold of the fearless ‘Prashanth’.

“ Hi, Dr Irina. I am Anita, Prashanth’s assistant a.k.a  nanny a.k.a sister.” , a petite round faced girl said. She barely reached her shoulders. Nevertheless, the saying was right-big things came in small packets. Her size deceived her energy that came out of her when she spoke or did anything. “ You don’t look like  a scientist. You look more like Mila Jojovich of ‘Resident Evil’. So what brings you here.” , she continued.

“ Your brother.. I mean I have the cure and I need a diseased body to experiment my medicine. Your brother is only man who could help me with my experiment. And thanks for the compliment.”, she said.

Anita smiled and said, “ Oh cure! Many scientists like you have come and gone. They have pursued my brother. Nothing has changed his mind. He is an atheist of such cure and believes that only death is a cure to such disease. Anyway, you could try convincing him.”

“ She’s right. You can go back to your place, Miss Dobreva. I am not interested.” , Prashanth said in his cold deep voice. However Irina didn’t lose hope and pleaded, “ Prashanth, I have come a long way and worked hard to come up with a cure. Please let me experiment my cure on one of diseased. Who knows, it might work. But don’t let me down.”

Unfortunately nothing changed his mind. He simply smirked and said, “ There was a scientist like you named Ryan Scott. He came with all promises. But in the end he became like one and created many like him.”

Irina prepared herself for the disappointment. She was ready to leave the place. “ Hey hunter! We believe her. We are sure she can help us. What the use of fighting? One day or another, our resources may diminish or you may die. We cannot wait for that to happen.” , one of the refugee said and everyone else agreed on what he said.

It was a routine day for Pramod Nayyak –keeping garbage outdoor. He had been doing this job for past 7 years. He had become an expert to drop the garbage without being caught by blood sucking zombies. It was as usual dark. He held the torch in one hand and black garbage bag in other.

He kept the garbage down and as he turned behind, he saw the creepy pale faced man staring right into his eyes. The man looked like vegetable. He had no senses and  the only thing that he could feel was hunger for 

Pramod’s blood. Pramod froze. How could he not notice him while coming?  After all these years, how could his senses betray him? He wanted to run. But it was too late. He was surrounded by herd of them. He tried to scream loud. But no one could help him now. He could feel them tearing his body apart. His heart beat faster and then all of sudden it became slow and stop beating.

Everyone fed on his body. However their leader-Ryan Scott simply looked. Unlike other zombies, he only directed people towards the prey. He did hunt but it was always occasional. He was the head of them and feed on humans that interested him. His follower’s recent kill didn’t excite him. To him, his perfect feast was a human who would try to defeat him and lose.

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There was no sign of Pramod. It had been hours since he had gone out. Anita desperately waited for him. She shoved the scary ideas that came in her mind. She knew that nothing would happen to her love. He had done this before and had been doing this for five years. But he was never late.” What took him so long?”, she wondered. She wanted to see for herself that everything was fine.

“Bhaiyya, Pramod has been gone for a long time. I guess we need to check on him.”, she said, trying to calm the trembling fear emitting from her heart. He thought for some time and said, “ Don’t worry, I will check on him. You stay here!” he said. However she didn’t listen, she followed him.

He opened the door to see amputated body lying on the ground. Anita ran out without caring for her brother’s reaction. She hoped it wasn’t Pramod’s body. Unfortunately her greatest fear became reality. She fell down on her knees to the ground. She sat still and cold. It wasn’t true. She was dreaming. It was a nightmare which would go after she blinked.

Prashanth rushed towards her. He held her in his arms and consoled her. “ It’s not safe, dear. Let’s go! He’s gone.”, he said softly. He could relate easily with her- Losing a loved one was not easy. He gently led her inside.