Assignment 10 – Dilni Abeyrathne

Twigs snap loudly, ominous moans are heard in the night. A slight shuffle, here, there, everywhere. Fearful, I glance out my window onto the lamp-lit street, confirming the dark thought that had wormed into my head: zombies, and not merely a handful.

How could this have happened? I thought, quickly ducking out from behind the cold glass, lest the zombies saw me. Well, no matter. What does matter is that the Zombie Apocalypse has somehow begun and I have no plan. Regrettable, to say in the least.

So, it’s a perfect time to come up with one!

Unless I fancy dying a horribly excruciating death, I’d better form a plan of action, and quickly. Currently, I seem to be stuck inside my house, in the middle of a sea of zombies hungry for human flesh. How wonderful. If I am to survive this strange catastrophe, I must escape my house. Although all the doors are locked and the windows shuttered tightly, which is seemingly safe, there are two dangers to my staying: one, the zombies might find a way in and I’d be trapped, and two, I would run out of food and starve. Neither of those options seems inviting, at all. So, escape it is.

Once I manage to exit my house without the zombies noticing, after taking some food and other necessities of course, I shall discreetly run to an open area, preferably one with potential for agriculture and near a source of freshwater. That way, my needs of food and water would be covered. In addition, an open area would be less susceptible to a zombie swarm, as their primary goal seems to be devouring human flesh, unless I have got my research wrong-now that would be a dilemma.

Once there, I would scout around the area for zombies-it would do no good if one had managed to follow me while I was stealthily escaping. Once my scouting is done, I would do well to set up a temporary base, as out of sight as possible, to avoid possible detection. Once that is accomplished, I would then start pondering the current issue. Zombies are not normal; people simply do not crawl out of their graves and start hunting people animatedly.

So, how in the world did this happen?

Unsurprisingly, the answer would narrow down into this: something must have gone wrong somewhere. Zombies cannot naturally exist unless something, or someone, had brought them to existence. With this thought in mind, the most logical course of action seems to be finding the source of the Apocalypse and putting an end to it. However, I would not be able to accomplish this alone.

Therefore, I would then strive to find some survivors to help me remedy the supernatural dilemma. How would I do this without detection? Simple: avoid detection. Last I checked, zombies do not seem to have much power behind their brains, if they even have brains. That would make things much easier.

Once I have gathered some survivors, if I managed to find any, we would attempt to come up with a plan to find the cause of the Apocalypse and hopefully cease its existence. If it turns out there is no probable cause and no viable way to stop it, well…

Too bad.