The rightful place: Awakening

Rain, again. The soft sound of rain hitting the windows was like a lullaby. Her big brown eyes closed and she fell asleep.Suddenly a crash could be heard. Something was braking. But the heaviness of her eyelids stopped her for seeing the devastation that just happened.From the high, only a part of it was standing and many crumbling pieces still fell on the empty streets. Deaf silence after such a huge crush. Strangely there were no movements.People or died from the bomb that just hit the city, or slept unusually calm everywhere. On streets, in trains, buses, cars, offices, their homes... A mixture of life and dead people was spread all over the city.Nothing moved. There was no sound until suddenly a howl of animals could be heard. Whole groups of teeth fletching furry creatures approached the humans and swallowed them whole.The creatures where humongous. A mixture of bear, hyena, wolf and crocodile. The mouth of crocodile could open enough to

She looked through the peephole and saw the two big animals moving away from the floor a going up. ''This time I must hurry. I have no idea will those dead humans turn into zombies and try eating us, or will these animals on the end choose to eat the few living ones. I must find a safer place for all of us.''Clara looked at the two children and sighed. ''First I will go get us some food. Then I will go climb up to the top floor and check if any building has better security than ours.''Ian shook his head. ''I heard father speak about strange building few blocks away. he said it was made completely from stainless steel and unbreakable glass.''Clara's eyes shook. ''I know that place. I will go and check it out quickly. The change in humans happens as it seems every few hours. I must hurry. I fear there won't be any other way.''Mia stood up and made a decision. ''What if they change and you can' t come back. Or even worse, these here attack us?''

She stepped out of the bathroom and followed Mia that held her shaking body. When she saw the nest they made, she chuckled even tho she was really tired. ''What are we, birds?''The two chuckled but Mia stopped as she saw her expression. ''Mia, take Ian and take inside the carts I left outside. I am just too tired and can't, but the two of you just have to pull them inside and lock the door tightly. Rush fast.''With a slow motion, she took one big thick blanket and wrapped herself in. Cold, so cold. The whole day she was around coldness. Her body temperature was so low that she shook furiously. Luckily she never was sick in her life. But this coldness was something that went down to her bones. Her teeth clattered loudly.She felt so cold that she couldn't sleep. No matter how many blankets she stuffed around herself the coldness that seeped inside her bones made her feel even colder. After a while, the two children rushed back and saw her pale face and

With confidence, she went to the other creature and checked if it had any wounds and smiled. "Luckily.  Not hurt."After that, she turned her head and pointed at the few stores. "I claimed everything as my possession as it is near my home. But we can go and raid the mall together in the morning. Its stupidity if you do it at night. Where do you stay?"They pointed at the nearby house and she nodded. "Those houses have an open fireplace, so you can warm with that. Go back home and come back in the morning. I will drive with my small truck and you find yourselves your own transporters. But small ones. We can use only walkways for walkers. Streets are just to overfilled with cars."They saw her waving her hand, patting the two creatures in passing and then entering a nearby building."She claims it as her private possession?" One of the women huffed as she stared at the stores." She couldn't believe her bold statement.One of the men just pushed

After the clothing store, she went to the store that had materials. Rolls of different kinds of clothing materials found their way to her truck.Pillows, blankets, thick sleeping wear, and finally she found mattresses. She saw them rolled in the corner and with kids help, she took a few of those rolls to the truck.Looking at clouds she furrowed her eyebrows."Mia, Ian, let's go to the store and get yourself some snacks and let's go back home. The weather is getting worse. Soon it will start snowing again. Let's hurry." She was not interested in other people.Looking at her expression as she watched the sky, Alex knew somehow that the weather was about to change.They rushed inside the mall and were gathering all the snacks, candies and such into big trash bags while Clara suddenly saw something else. She took a few packages of gas fire starters.On the end, she packed more into her pockets and just rushed out with children towards the exit.