Deadly AscensionA Novel by Wesley Cross

Vol. 1: Three Weeks In
Issue 1

"Wake up! Wake up! Wesley wake up!"
Wesley was being shaken awake by Cray, there was gunfire sounding outside like a siren had gone off to alert the danger of weather or any non-human activity of the like. They could hear the growling and snarling of the undead attacking, three weeks since the outbreak began, yet still several men and woman survive, facing the apocalypse. Wesley was American and Cray was Irish with a strong accent spoken from his lips. It was only the beginning, the group was a minimum size and those who fought together weren't just any ordinary people, they were practically superhuman, all of them. Wesley could regenerate fire, Cray could absorb energy, Evelyn can shape shift into any creature she so desires with only a simply touch as well as possessing all of it's traits, a British young woman like the other two, they were best friends, more so Wesley's girlfriend though, but these supernatural abilities come with a price, slowly draining the life from ones person til they don't have any strength left to carry on for a short while.

Wesley flipped the bit of hair out of his eyes and grabbed his gear as he stood to his feet; a red long sleeve undershirt with a black vest over it. "We have to get out of here, it's not safe. Not like we hoped, not anymore." Cray said worriedly.

"How bad is it?" Wesley asked.
"They're everywhere, let me just say that. The rest of them can hold them off, but not for long."
"Then let's go."

Lock and loaded, they were about headed for the door until Eve barged through for a quick check up brushing her hand through her dyed red hair, staring down at the two boys with a sigh. "It's about time you're up. Come on!"

Wesley and Cray glanced at one another and joined her. Once outside, they hurried to open fire at the oncoming horde of infected. Pkow! Pkow! Pkow! At the same time while running and the group themselves split through the rampage, bashing their heads in with a hammer, knives, crowbars, even baseball bats. The three of them looked back to the rest, still shooting when they can, but forced to watch as many of their group is taken down. For such a minimum group, they put together a rather clean, yet dirty fight before they were gone and there was nothing any of them could do really. These undead were sprinting, some of them were running even faster, other were only walking at a normal pace.

To think everything wouldn't be this bad within just three weeks in, but they were wrong and the cause of the outbreak is still unknown, with the best of any luck, they can wish, pray and hope that it'll blow over soon. "Cray!" Wesley shouted.
"I know."
"...Cray, no!"
"I know, just keep moving, there's no time, they're done for it!"

Forced to watch as there was nothing left of anyone. Only five people other than them. But the trio was also soon cut off by a collapsing tree branch and Cray was right in the front, directly under it, if not for the sudden collision, Wesley gets a close alert and pulls Cray back by the back of his shirt and they fall to the ground before being crushed. "GET DOWN!"
Cray was panting from deep shock, all while scared at the same time. "Thanks, mate."
"Yeah, don't mention it. Eve, you ok?" Wesley asked.
"I'm good. I'll be fine. We have to keep moving."
So they got back to their feet and the got the move on again.

Soon they reached a village, it too, was crawling with zombies, however, not as much as they have encountered. No need to run, they took their time to search the grounds all they could and came to a boarded up home, it looked secure enough from the outside, but neither had a single idea what could lie within the inside. They cracked the door open and entered, though it wasn't what they had expected to see, instead it was more of a relief. The house was as abandoned as they though. They weren't alone.

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Caterina Sixx - First year Ravenclaw
Faith McIntosh - Third year Hufflepuff
Wesley Cross - Seventh Year Gryffindor
Mitchel Mercury - First year Slytherin
Jericho Vice - First year Hufflepuff
Channing McIntosh - First year Hufflepuff
Whitlock Tsunami - First year Slytherin