I woke up in a small dark room, letting my eyes adjust to the darkness the room began to come into view.
Mold covered boxes and plastic bins lined the walls, towering up just shy of the ceiling, a thick layer of dust and cobwebs covered everything. The room may have been 10 feet wide and even that is generous.
Is this a storage closet? I thought to myself
Standing up I dusted myself off, turning to look at the old brown door I took a few steps towards it but stopped abruptly when I red, transparent message popped up in from of my eyes, all it read was STATUS
"Status?" I mumbled
As if it were listening the message extended downwards revealing quite a lot of new information.
[Status]
[Name:______]
[Race: Vampire ( Newborn )
[Age: 18]
[Level: 1/10 EXP 0/200]
[MP: 100]
[Strength: 25]
[Defense: 15]
[Magic: 50]
[Agility: 50]
[Skill's:]
[Vampiric claws]
[Passive Vampiric regeneration]
[Sun immunity]
It's almost like im a video game character, looking over my stats i realized a couple things, first off my level is capped at 10, maybe there is a requirement to up the cap once I reach 10? I guess I will find out when the time comes, secondly it says im a vampire? Does that mean I have to drink people blood? I dont feel any different then a normal person but I guess time will tell, and lastly, there's no name there.. and whenever I try to think of my name it get.....nothing. Not just the name either, when i try to remember anything involving me, I get nothing. I can't remember anything before waking up a moment ago.
I should leave this place figure out where I even am and maybe I'll be able to find someone that can help me.
Reaching the door I pushed it open and stepped into a partially destroyed...clothing store?
There was smashed shelves littering the floor, scraps of shredded clothes stained with blood was everywhere.
Wait why was there blood? And so much of it, the floor was covered in it
"What the hell happ-"
'Boom!'
The building shook from the explosion outside.
Startled from the noise I ducked down, looking through the window nothing had changed, still the same half destroyed road with a few beat up looking cars parked along it.
I need to figure out what that is, if its something dangerous I need to identify it so I can better avoid it.
I crept towards the doorway slowly stopping just before stepping outside. Slowly I peeked my head outside looking down the street on the left, a small car laid over turned on its roof, flames roared from it, a black circle covered the ground around it as the flames began to spread outwards.
Not seeing anyone around i decided i should leave this place, i dont know what caused it but I dont want to be here when it comes back. I stood up took a few steps outside scanning my surroundings quickly. It looked like i was standing in the street of a small hamlet, not many buildings and only a few houses from what i seen.
Alright i can investigate later.. right now i gotta put some distance between me and whatever did that, just as i was about to take off i spotted a few silhouettes a down the street disappear into an ally way.
They weren't moving very quickly, they drug their feet like they were injured or couldn't control them properly.
"Ah dammit..they could be injured" I mumbled
As much as my mind was screaming to leave this place I couldn't just leave a bunch of injured people, besides im supposed to be a vampire right?
I should be able to handle my self..in theory.
I had a couple skills Vampiric claws right? But how do I use it..?
I stared at my hands while envisioning claws, i couple minutes passed and nothing..
Maybe I have to say it? That'll be embarrassing though... the thought of yelling 'vampiric claws!' Everytime I got into a fight made me cringe.
Ah what the hell.. 'Vampiric claws!' I screamed in my head and as I did a dark crimson almost crystal coated my hands, starting from my wrist it traveled up my hand towards my finger tips creating incredibly sharp points.
Dammmn that looks awesome!
'Release' as i thought it the claws glowed slightly and melted away.
Alright I got my weapon time to go see these people!
Slapping my face lightly, attempting to psych myself up i cautiously made my way towards the allyway stopping on the sidewalk I looked down the ally to see the 3 figures I noticed earlier, but something wasn't right.
The three looked like they were covered in gashes and wounds, bits of flesh was completely torn off exposing the bone beneath it one was even missing an arm, their skin was so pale they looked like they should have been long dead. They were stumbling down the alleyway groaning and moaning incoherently.
"What the fuck are these things.." I said under my breath
"Help me!" A femine voice echoed through the alleyway
My attention snapped away from the 3 walking corpses to the end of the ally where I seen a blond hair girl standing there a bat in hand holding it towards the corpses while visibly shaking.
Suddenly another window appeared before me
[Event quest:]
[ Save the mysterious girl from the 3 zombies
Rewards: 200 experience points
0/3 zombies defeated ]
What the hell..there's Quests? And those things are ACTUAL ZOMBIES!?
The window disappeared leaving me staring at the zombies in front of me, I glanced back at the girl our eyes met briefly and I could see the desperation in her.
Dammit i have to do somthing, she looks terrified and those zombies... I should be able to deal with them.
'Vampiric claws!'
The crimson crystal returned to my hands I dashed forwards clearing 50 feet in a second, stopping right behind the zombies i swung my hand towards the head of the middle one, my claws pierced through its skull without resistance throwing blood and brain matter towards the ground, the zombie dropped lifeless.
[Successful killed rank 0 zombie, rewarded 25 Experience]
That felt like putting my hand through a wet paper bag.. why was it so easy?
The 2 remaining noticed their buddy had died and had turn to look at me, without hesitating I threw my hands towards their heads connecting with their temples my claws tore a large chunk of their decaying heads causing both of them to drop along side the other.
[Successful killed 2x rank 0 zombie, rewarded 50 experience]
[ Event quest completed, 200 experience rewarded ]
[ Level has increased 1-2, stats have been increased]
"Th-thank y-you" the girl said still shaking
Taking a few breaths to calm herself she spoke again
"I would have died without your help i can't thank you enough" she said while bowing slightly towards me
"My name is Carly I have been staying not to far from here, I was in a group of 10 but... im all thats left now I was looking for some supplies until.. well you know the rest"
I couldn't help but stare, God she was gorgeous, light blond hair that ended half way down her back, a round and cute face with bright blue eyes, a perfectly sculptured body with a pair of perky C cup breasts.
Now that I think about it I dont even know what I look like.. I should figure that out right after this
"It was no problem, I was on my way out of town when I saw the zombies heading down this alley an thought I would check it out" I replied my voice coming out deep and scratchy, probably from not speaking much until now
"Out of town huh, do you have somewhere specific your heading to?" She asked curiously
"No not really, if im being completely honest I dont really understand what's going on here at all.. I woke an hour ago in the building down the street and I have no memory of anything before that" i spoke while rubbing my neck
Her eyes widened
"Y-you dont remember anything? Like nothing..?"
"Yeah nothing, unfortunately I dont even remember my name, to be honestly after admiring your beauty it made me realize I dont even know what I look like myself"
She turned and looked to the side her face getting a little red
"Well if you dont have anywhere to go you could.. come with me if you'd like, I have a little hideout just outside of town the zombies rarely go out that way, and besides we can't be here when night comes"
"What Why? What happens at night?"
"That's when the... vampires come out, they are mindless monsters that drink the blood of anything alive, they are faster and stronger then zombies and a lot harder to kill"
Wait what? But im a vampire? Im not mindless or a monster... I think? I should go with her and find out more about this world she seems to know a decent bit of information.
"Ill have to accept your invite, I would rather not be out here if things like that are going to be lurking about"
"Good" she nodded while smiling
She walked past me grabbing a small backpack that was just at the enterence of the alleyway, she must have dropped it while running.
"Let's get going the sun will be going down soon" she said looking back over her shoulders at me
I just nodded following behind her, once I caught up to her she sped off the opposite way of the store I came from, we were running through the street i could noticed a few more zombies that we avoided, turns out they are pretty harmless if your not cornered, they are very slow after all.
About 10 minutes later we arrived at the edge of town, the lone road leading into town could be seen going for miles into nothing but trees, I stopped to look but I noticed she continued walking towards the treeline,I followed behind we dodged and weeved under branches and bushes before entering a little clearing with a simple looking log cabin in the middle, outside the cabin was a small fire pit, surrounding the cabin roughly 50 feet away on all sides was a barbed wire fence.
"It's like your own little fort" I said while admiring cabin
"Yeah it was a stroke of luck that i even found this place, everything inside is still intact inside it was almost fully stocked with food and water too, when I was running solo I held up here"
she replied while walking towards a little gate in the front, both walked in i let her take the lead I was doing my best to look forwards towards the cabin but with how those jeans were tightly hugging her legs...it was a struggle.
Reaching the front of the cabin we stepped inside once I was inside she shut the door and placing a wooded plank across it to secure it.
I just watched her place it there
"It's just incase somthing does try to get in, the windows are all boarded already" she said while walking past me
She must have noticed me staring.
I took a second to take in the layout of the cabin, it had a simple design, a connected kitchen and living room, it had a simple wooden stove in the kitchen that probably used to cook with as well as heat the cabin, a small table with 2 chairs sat not to far away from the stove. The living room had a rocking chair with a simple love seat next to it. A single bed was placed in the corner of the living room, must be where she sleeps.
"Has a real cozy vibe"
"Yeah right! It's simple but feels nice to come back to, has everything need for the most part anyway, here take this!" She said throwing a bottle of water at me, I noticed she was standing in front of a little fridge filled with water bottles.
I caught the bottle staring at it, I couldn't explain why but all of me did not want to drink this.
"please make yourself at home I wouldn't be alive if not for you so the least I can do is be hospitable" she said jestering towards the love seat.
Taking a seat she went over to the bed and pulled out a suit case full of clothes, picking out a white t shirt and black sweat pants before closing it again.
She took off her jacket laying it on the floor beside the bed and started to unbutton her shirt before stopping and looking at me, with a slight blush on her face
"Could you look away...or at least not stare as much.."
"Oh! Right! Yes sorry" I practically yelled
Turning my head to the side I could hear clothes hitting the floor, damn I didnt think I was staring that much, but I also didnt think she would just start stripping in front of me!
After what felt like an eternity she walked over and sat down beside me
"Alright now that we are here and comfortable can i ask you some questions?" I asked looking her in the eyes
I could see her relax into the cushions abit
"Sure! Ask anything you'd like!"
"OK well first question, what happened here? Why are there zombies and vampires running ramped and where are all the people?"
"Well the short answer is the world ended.. and as for the people... most of them died early on. It all happened so fast that no one had time to react the sky turned a dark red thats when zombies started to appear, guns worked for awhile but as for the stronger zombies and vampire they barely do anything. The people that did survive 'Awakened' after a few months and began to get abilities based on their personality and life style that also came with levels and stats"
"Does anyone know why the undead just suddenly appeared and where this status system came from?"
"Not that I have heard, even the goverments are as clueless about it, it happened so fast that we barely had time to adapt before the goverments disbanded entirely. I've heard there is still some branches of the military out there somewhere but I never bothered looking for them. From what I've heard from the last group I was apart of is there are a lot of terrible people out there taking advantage of each other especially....women"
She sunk into the chair abit after saying that, looking at her I could see some sadness in her eyes.
"People really are disgusting" I mumbled
Carly must have heard me as she smiled a little.
"Well before it gets to late I'll make us some dinner!" She exclaimed while jumping up
Dinner... shit shit shit that's right dinner! I can't eat normal food! Glancing at Carly in the kitchen humming softly while digging through pots and pans, she's going to hate me isn't she? Of course she would why wouldn't she i lied to her and tricked her into letting a monster into her home... Alright time to get this over with i guess.
"Hey Carly.. I gotta tell you somthing...