The South African Space Explorer sensors scanned and found life in the planet called the
Red Zone Planet and decide to launch their space craft. They broke through the ozone
layer and escaped earth gravity landing on space. They hit the space jump and found the
planet, it was beautiful more like earth but red, it had rivers flowing throughout its layers of
crusty earthly dust.
They took a piece of the planet a rock and assure to run some test on earth to human
subjects to see if they can sustain its energy and borough it back to South Africa. It was a
beautiful day SA, the space ship was brought back and welcomed by many citizens they
even took pictures. These videos were trending all over the Internet.
The rock was contained in a heavy box. It arrived at HQ of the Laboratory of Cape Town.
Scientists ran some tests and found that it's DNA allowed human beings to inherit the
planet. They began to run more tests to small animals, mouse, rats, rabbits and squirrels.
But they all shown tremendous results, they all didn't die. They were ready to do the test
on human subjects.
The laboratory was empty, everyone left work, it was silent and all the animals were
sleeping but one was bothered by something. There it was the 'rock of destruction' in the
spot light waiting to consume a sole.
The virus of the rock was consuming the animal and all it could see was the rock and
curious to take it back home. It broke out of it's cage and jumped to the rock and smelling
it. It started to scrape some of its parts eating them. Outside the building, a security guard
was not even bothered. He was listening to music and couldn't hear a drop. The rat
mutated and became an ugly little beast and all it wanted was food, fresh food, blood,
human blood. It was the beginning of the apocalypse.
The rat jumped to seek meet, the security guard heard noises, he went check but didn't
know that he was polishing his coffin. All he found was all the cages were broken loose
and all the animals were dead and blood was splashed all over the walls and the floor.
Poor little honest animals didn't even commit a crime, were just lying there dead no mercy
shown. The beast jumped at him and ate his oesophagus out.
In three seconds all the animals woken up and risen from the dead their eyes were red
and a roar in glimpse of an eye cried out, a hungry animal came to life as it was waiting to
be broken free from the deep cells of hell. Poor Marcelous.
The spirit faded blood sucker awaken...
Jake in bed and turning side to side trying to sleep but it seemed he couldn't get it his conscious was denying him access. Sun set and moon raised its face to brighten the night.
Jake decided to go for a jog and putting his pants and sweater taking his earphones. His mother shouted at of where he was going but because of music loudness he couldn't hear her.
He hit the road and started by the four-way stop. He prayed for safety and hit the road. He starts jogging. The road is quiet and there were no sounds of coming cars. Street lights are brightening the pavement. You cold hear the crickets and his shoes tapping on the ground.
He meets the free-way and stops to catch some breath. He takes the right way and went up. Thee is no pavement but he is being careful to where he runs. Its hard for him to concentrate on his music while cars are zooming left and right. He ran about 100km and he was now reaching the Monwabisi Beach.
He stopped and did some countless exercises getting ready to go back home. Now its hard because his feet are not allowing him to. He tries to to hike some cars and most cars are driven by white people on the free way. He thought he could find some black people to stop for him but nobody seemed to trust a stranger looked like they were tough well.
As hiking was failing he had no choice to push himself to the limits. A car stopped it was white woman driving a Mercedes A2, it was red beautiful its owner curling her twisting her head and her hair just drifted smoothly in Jake's eyes he was amazed by this gorgeous lady.
Her nose, pointy but perfect he was amused by this breath taking impression. The woman watched him while he's being amused and his eyes rolled out as he was trying to say a sentence.
The woman broke the ice and greeted her telling him to climb in. Jake still couldn't believe this. He opened the left door to got in and struggling to put his phone inside his pockets. The seats were comfy and it was warm inside. Its interior was blue and red with an amusing set of seats.
Then everything became awkward, "thank you Mam whew no body seemed to stop for me do I look like a stranger?"Jake asked. Jenny asked his name and Jake was pleased to tell because to him it was an improvement. "Jake mhh what a wonderful name well I'm Jenny just plain Jenny if you please." "Nice to meat you jenny", Jake said with pleasure. And Jenny replied back with," you too Jake, "So where are you going?",she asked Jake and looked at him with a smile.
"Please just drop me at Makhaza I would be grateful", Jake added trying to be polite. "Oh that's where you stay, what where you doing here in the middle of the night then?'',she asked with amusement. "Oh I was struggling to sleep and I just took off.'"Jake implied. "In the middle of the night, is that what you usually do?".
She asked with interest. "Yeah especially these days."He said and Jenny laughed.
Jake was enjoying this company of a great white woman. "So you're a scientist and you work at Cape Town Laboratory?".Jake asked with curiosity.
"Oh that, what a pain, we just got a rock from a rare planet called the 'red X zone' and we've been trying balance it with the human DNA so that us human can live on that planet well cause our life sensor found life about 98% there", Jenny said with stress and tiredness. Jake saw that she needed to get some rest, she deserved it.
"You know I could drive you to your house because you're tired its displayed on your forehead",Jake said with care and showing gentleness. "Oh you so kind thanks but your parents might kill me, no way". They both laughed. "You shouldn't be stressing its bad for your health you know", added Jake "you should take it slow". "Well thanks Dr Jake I didn't know that you're also a doctor."Jenny said, "Ha ha ha yap that's me Dr Jake", both laughed. His mother is worried sick about Jake but seemed that Jake's mind is occupied.
They finally arrived at Makhaza, he directed her and finally arrived at his destination. He looked at the time and found about tones of missed calls from his mother and found out that time was time and found about tones of missed calls from his mother and found out that time was 12'o'clock.
"Well if you're thinking to escape again call me I'll be happy to jog to you know just to get my head out of the house", implied Jenny and Jake was amused but at the same time confuse but he said,"that'll be great I'll be happy to oblige". Jenny giving Jake her numbers.
''Thanks see you soon.''Jake said. And closing the door, he waved till she disappeared in the blue. He went inside and found his mother sitting and standing making calls,''Jake where have you been! I've been worried sick about you, are you hurt, by whom, ''grabbing him and paging him up.
''Mom I'm OK, I'm fine stop worrying I don't want to be motherless. ''No don't worry he's here he was jogging can you believe that, yes I know,''Jake's mother talking into the phone. Jake went to sleep thinking about Jenny.
He even drew her face and took her details out. Woke up in the morning bathed and getting himself ready for school and feeding his dog. Took his backpack and went to school. Time was half past seven.
At school there were his friends. He went for the registration period. Before attending the fist period. His teacher called all of them by their surnames. After that they went to the first period until it was break time after three periods and attended two then went for lunch after that attended two more and school was out and at the gate stood a red car that sounded familiar to Jake but didn't pay attention he was busy talking with his friends. This car then hooted three times but now the blur blurred away as it came to mind that he knew the car especially the driver.
Goodbye to his friends and ran straight to the car. He was now definitely the centre of attraction. As he reached the car she opened the left window.
''I didn't tell you where my school was, what am I being Cyber-stalked now,''Jake asked. ''What no! pfff..."I hacked your phone and found your location'',she said and laugh. ''No way, a scientist and a hacker amazed you didn't tell me you can do that, WAIT WHAT! you hacked my phone! I'll report this''.Jake said with laughter. ''No way I'm kidding but I didn't say I cant''. She laughed. Jake asked how was she able to find his school and was starting to think that she didn't talk to her mother.
She read the hat's label and researched 'CHACS HIGH SCHOOL' and found beautiful things and Chris Hani. Jake was relieved because his mother would be talking about jenny everyday if she she went there.
"You did some background check on didn't you, using job skills everywhere",said Jake "So how are you doing today you seem kinda giggly and cheered up everything going smooth at work".asked Jake. She replied, "oh no, I'm still going but I'm going this evening want to come".
Jake was loving this idea' work-date' fun but he realized his mother is going to be worries sick and wouldn't want to worry her again. "I would love that but my mom is just can't handle the fact that I'm an adult and I can take care of myself",said Jake.
"She always worries too much right, I know." Jenny said. "Its fine don't sweat it, no worries maybe next time OK",she added. He watched her reversed and leaving him behind.
For a second he hated himself for turning her down. He walked home and what a sunny day it was as if the ozone broke and the surface just welcomed the heat. Took the passage way, shacks were closed to each other.
When he cam he checked if his puppies are still five unless someone might steal them never trust the township your clothes might be taken your washing line and be sold to your neighbours, a township joke.
As Jenny was going to work, she was not aware that something was off. She was not informed by her boss as he used to. She was just destructed and busy smiling at who knows what. She arrived at work and all the car in the parking lot as usual.
She met her friend Monica and chat with her while walking to the testing room. They signed in and grab their lab coats and gloves to start to work. But in a sudden state she felt a tingling sensation in her stomach. "Did you hear that", asked asked Jenny.
But Monica didn't hear a sound. She use her access card to open the proofed door and do their work. What they found was horrifying and scary.
Screaming their lungs out and tried to closed the door. All of them were waiting to grasp fresh meat. They were hungry and devastated. Maci was there but he didn't show any signs of aggressive behaviour they all shown.
His head was bend struggling to balance, it was not well proportioned. His eyes were red. The animals were scratching the glass door they were little monsters in a cartoon movie and cute as you would say. But what a grave danger they possessed. They both ran and pressed the alarm button make every one aware.
Their TV screen update was showing the testing room. Everyone watched with horror. All of the animals were seem to be in control by Marcelous. He was a zombie but he didn't mutate but his eyes changed and his voice. The DNA of rock mutated and manipulating some of its parts and make him strong and his brain was not damaged.
He crashed his head in the door and hoping to release his puppies. It cracked a little and every one though that it was impossible for him to break it. It cracked more and more. Until they all ran to bad for them the little cute monsters were quite fast compared to their speed. They jumped on them eating their flash out. The passage was full of blood and they cried out for help.
But who would help them. They tried to run to the safe room. Few made it in and they were scared of going out. All of their colleges and boss were dead were and eaten alive. The cycle recycled its self, they all woke up and as new blood suckers and the second generation. Jenny, Monica, Dave were still alive by this moment and stayed there for days without food and water.
Thinking that they are going to die they lost all hope and forgotten that god exists. The zombies were vulnerable. The source of light was their weakness. The virus was unable to withstand the light. They lived to hid in the shadows by day and hunt by sunrise.
All parts of Cape Town were consumed and their leader Marcelous was hunting in the shadows. They stricked Nyanga, Gugulethu, Langa etc. Until they reached the Khayelitsha settlement and wiped most of it, Site B, Site C, Harare until the reached Makhaza. Some of the section were consumed by zombies and grown more and more almost covering the whole province, the country and the whole Africa.
All the learners where at school, everyone was happy for a sudden. No one had an idea of what might fall above their heads. It was quite a wonderful day for everyone and all of a sudden stopped when they were watching the news.
The reporter was reporting the news but when one zombie appeared. It could hold it's hunger any more it saw the news people and decided to make a move. It ran straight to the woman but the sun light burnt it alive. They were all shocked and now noticed that the town was so quiet for a sudden.
The zombies longed for the shadows to cover the school. Lucky for them the zombies were few but still deadly. All the learners were scared and some were wonder by the zombies and that what a miracle for it to happen in SA.
Jake and his student ran into the arts building and locked the burglar gate. Too bad for them there were no weapons to defend themselves. Jake and his friend quite knew some moves. Those who were depressed about this event were easily targeted and eaten alive. Almost the whole school was consumed, almost the whole township, town, province, country, the whole continent. Jake and his two friend Johnson, Russ and his classmates were terrified but Jake build some courage to comfort them.
They realised that they were sleeping at school. Jake was worried that Jenny was in danger and that was all he could think about. His mind was all over also thinking about his mother if was she safe. He couldn't stand the thought of thinking about his mother is dead. Everyone was sleeping and he seemed to be the only one awake.
waking everyone up. "Everyone up the zombies are gone this can be our chance to escape, everyone wake up we have no time", Jake found himself a leader of some sort. "Jake where are we going", asked Russ "Does he know where he's taking us", one of his classmates shouted.
"oh great thanks Themba why don't you protect them then huh", shouted Jake and calling his friend to leave his class behind and survive on their own."Themba is just someone who's just going to get you guys killed",said Jake. "what did you say Jake", Themba asked with anger and Jake noticed something from him, could it be? He was limping, he was bitten.
"That's how it starts, with a bite and you don't feel any pain after twenty minutes you will feel thirst and anxious and your vision will blur and you will smell blood, then you will start to kill your friends", Jake explained to him and everyone was amazed about what he was saying it.
They all wanted to follow Jake. Too bad Jake didn't going with many people so he turned them down and taught them how to survive and you must have a weapon to protect yourself from harm.
All the other teachers were dead but some left the learners but these learners were sent to them as their responsibilities, left them to die there. "Climb in guys I need to on something", Jake took one of there dead teachers cars and started it.
"Jake, where are we going", asked Russ. "I need to check my mom guys if she's okay", Jake added sadly. He though that his mother was worried sick about and that he didn't sleep home last night. They arrived at his house and opened the door.
The smell was so causing everyone cough. He never found his mom not at home in the mornings she was supposed to be home. They a dead zombie in side the room when opening the door. His mother jumped at him, but Jake was alarmed and grabbed her shoulders so she won't be able to hurt him. This was terrifying to watch, he couldn't bear killing his mother. He tried by all to make leave but her hunger was most terrifying. She could see that was his only son.
The devil make people turn on each other. Jake was crying and told himself that it's for the best her soul no longer exist in this cruel world.
His friends could witness this they waited in the car and let him carry his burden. Where they true friends? Yes, they saw that he had the courage but lacked the gut to erase his own blood left. He came out of the house his clothes covered in blood.
His head bent down and was praying to god to turn a blind eye and forgive him of what he has done. He took the shovel and gigged his mother's grave to pay his grave. It was so heart breaking to loose a single parent, when you don't know whether your dad lives or died. His are was quiet and he noticed that they only attacked at sun set on shadowed spaces.
They leaved the are and Jake was still thinking about his mother and her last goodbyes. For once could get a hold of Jake. She was crying and asked to be rescued by him. Russ was driving and thinking about his family. He told Jake that he needed to check if his mother and brother was alive.
"where are you Jenny, are you of the out-break."asked Jake breathing fast.
"yes I know it started here at work", Jenny crying. "I'm coming right there OK hang in there I'm coming",Jake said.
"dudes we're here wait for me I'm coming right now",Russ said running and opening the door. He found his mother tied up and Jake entered and he could bear to see this. His friend's mother was raped and left to be eaten alive.
He was furious about this and wanted to hunt down the people who did this but they weren't strong enough to deal with the people who did this. They decided to find a place to kill zombies so that they can be strong.
They made their made their weapons, Jake took his combat kit and rook his baseball bat. Russ to a tom-bur at the back of the car. Johnson took two long knives and role played them as swords. Now they were unstoppable.
They were all infected with the virus but their immune system was boosted by training. They decided to find some ammunition so that they can be able protect themselves. Jake remembered something he been doing the past day that he read from a Japanese Manga a technique that concentrates on your body system boosting your control over you body.
He told his friends that it might help and thought that he was joking. Was he, at this time there was no time to joke.
His mind kept on thinking about Jenny and his mother and told himself that he can't loose another woman who just got the chance to bond with him.
They went to find to find ammunition. And thought about the Harare police station. When they arrived they though that it was their lucky day.
But the silence was dangerous, it could be a trap, Jake advised them and that they should stay couscous. They entered the building and it was dark, the lights were out. But they were able to see with the phone flash-light. They went in the basement and opened the door. Some of the police, few were dead.
But they found what they came for. They were there in boxes and everyone took his favourite weapons. They were like in a movie choosing their weapons. It was exciting and joyful. But the dead corpse woken up and they shot at them. At first they missed their targets and get better and better.
They reloaded their guns and took some for just in cases and left. Got in their car. Jake drove to a quiet place so that they can practise the and parked the car and all got out the place was quiet and a secrete of his own.
He liked to do some yoga here and loved the view of the sun set. It was on top of a hill, one the Monwabisi hills. The air was amazing and they sat down and telling him that it won't work. It was just a lie that you read, there was no such thing. He just sat down and folded his legs.
For a moment he struggled to feel the change and told them to also sit down and fold their legs and hold hands. This was a unique technique that he just recently formed right now. He had no idea whether it would work or not but he trusted in fate.
They felt a tingling and all of them opened and were shocked of what just happened. Jake told the no to get carried soon it was the beginning of change that they formed.
They meditated for about ten hours and till sun set. They had guns and supernatural powers, they felt that their bodies were light and for their weapons ans well.
They trained and trained until they could defeat a thousands of zombies. And now Jake told them about Jenny, that he met when he was jogging one night and she visited him at school and now his friends were able to combine the puzzle and that she was the girl that came to see him and that's why he wanted to save her from the laboratory.
She was in grave danger if he would delay time. But he thought that they should hunt the thugs who killed Russ's family.