A couple hours ago at his job placeThe usual sounds of the busy streets were outmatched by the music coming from the radio next to Aadan. The sounds of the cash register as it crashed open and he put in the cash.
"Here you go. Twenty dollars and fifty-six cents, sir." he said as he was given a nod by the man and he soon left the store. He left his position at the counter to check on the shelves in the candy aisle, that aisle was always in a big mess. Teenagers and young children also came to the store often than adults as it was nearby one of the schools.
After he got the aisle to look good enough, he suddenly heard screams and running coming from the downtown area. Aadan walked back to his counter fast and checked the counters for the gun, that his boss got for the protection of the store. He looked at his gun for a second as he heard more screaming and an explosion, all coming from downtown. The owner of the store, his boss, came out of the backdoor with a shocked and confused look on his face. "What's going?" he questioned as he walked towards the register and looked at the windows with Aadan.
"I am hearing screaming and I just heard an explosion a couple seconds ago." Aadan said as he was still hearing screaming now he heard police sirens and gunshots. Well, the outbreak finally reached to the city. He knew that this day was coming, he just didn't want the day to come. The music suddenly stopped and the sounds of the emergency broadcast started up. "Oh no." the owner said he opened the register and then reached for his gun in his back pocket. Aadan looked confused at him as the owner was doing that. What was he doing? Why was he doing that?
Suddenly, the screaming were closer to the store and the owner said to Aadan, "Listen to me, grab the money and get out of here." Aadan looked confused once again as he said take the money.
"Why?" the only word that Aadan could of thought to this mess as the screaming and the gunshots were getting closer. "Because, I am your boss!" the owner shouted once more as he walked towards his room and turned to Aadan once more and said, "Go back home and hide. I am such that the government will come for us."
A faint promise to tell, but it gave the owner some sense of hope.
"Thank you sir for doing this. Stay safe." Aadan said as he got the money and put them all into his pockets and ran towards the door. With his gun, he knew that he could shoot someone if that person came any closer and he opened the door and saw the chaos that was happening.
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Present timeAadan couldn't go to the lobby as he was still recovering from the events that happened just a couple hours ago. The gun was next to him as he sat on the bed and looked at the window of his apartment room. Then, he grabbed the blinds and moved them to cover the window. Aadan knew that he didn't need to see the shit outside. Once more with his gun, he got up and grabbed it as he put it in his back pocket. He walked to the door and opened as he walked out of his home and into the hallway. He was finally going to the lobby as he began to walk for the stairs, but then he heard glass breaking and then screaming.
Aadan frozen in place as he realized that the inflected were in the lobby.
Oh God, the people in the lobby. he thought as looked at the doors that led to the stairs. Aadan then ran back to his room in hopes of avoiding the inflected. Once in his room, he closed the door and locked it to make such that none was going to get in. Of course, it wasn't enough, according to Aadan as he moved his nightstand in front of the door. He got his gun from the back of his pocket and aimed it at the door, waiting for anyone to enter his room.
