text: [Themes: horror, post-apocalyptic, zombie]
  
  You look in awe at the scene around you. It looks like a war zone. Buildings are all closed and in various stages of disrepair. Tons of cars, trucks, and anything with wheels block the roads up. This was no mere virus.
  
  Luckily, there are no more zombies. You run through your options. You could go back to your workplace, go to Patrick and Melissa`s school to see if they are okay, or head straight home. Ignoring the dull pain in your leg, you consider your options.
  
  > Home
  You must get home to your wife. It's also reasonable to believe the kids would be returned home once all hell broke loose.
  
  After what seems like forever, you realize you are in serious danger of dehydration. Things are looking bleak, until your eyes catch a gas sation. Your mind creates pictures of luscious rivers flowing with cherry soda. You can hardly wait.
  
  As you approach the store, it seems things won't be that easy. Not only are there a few zombies wandering the parking lot, but there is also a large shape lurking in the shadows.
  
  You wait a few more minutes, and the creature steps out into daylight. It's a zombie, but it doesn`t look like the others. It's slightly taller and fatter, but the main difference is that it's foaming at the mouth. The zombie`s drool sparkles in the sunlight.
  
  > create a distraction
  Picking up a decent-sized rock, you look for a target. You finally settle on a nearby dumpster.
  
  You fling the rock right at the dumpster. Not only is it a perfect shot, but a loud pop breaks the silence. Whatever you hit, the plan worked. The parking lot is clear in seconds as the zombies, along with Mr. Drooly, hunt down the unknown noise. You sneak as stealthily as possible into the convenience store.
  
  > Splurge
  You don`t waste a second. Who knows how long the distraction will work?
  
  You grab a plastic shopping bag and empty the shelves. The place was mildly looted, but there's more than enough food and water to sustain your family of four for the next 6 days. You also enjoy a Fruit Punch Gatorade. (you got the PRODUCT PLACEMENT achievement.)
  
  Refueled and ready to go, you make your way to the exit. Unfortunately, you wasted too much time. The foam-mouth zombie isn`t too happy to find a visitor on his territory.
  
  > attack it
  Instinctively, you grab something out of your bag. It's canned beef. You throw it squarely at the thing's head.
  
  Lucky for you, your leg doesn`t affect your aim. The can disorients the monster, letting you flee through the back door. You're down a can of food, but you're alive, so you're doing better than most people.
  
  > let's get home already
  Walking tall and proud after your latest victory, you start to travel the long road to home.
  
  After quite a hike, you see a road sign and realize you are a few blocks away from your house. You decide to cut through some trees.
  
  On the other side, you spot movement to your right. Curiosity gets the better of you and you go for a look.
  
  Two teenagers are standing in front of a wooden crate, arguing. You consider going to help. Maybe you could gain something from it? On the other hand, maybe these guys don't play nice. You only have one free hand and one good leg, so you aren't winning any fights anytime soon (except for that drooler guy, you give yourself points for surviving him).
  
  > ignore them
  You aren't interested in what they're doing, you need to get home. You move past the teens and cut through the trees. Eventually, you see it. Your neighborhood. Your house. It's there and it isn't destroyed, so there's at least a chance someone's still there...
  
  You rush over as fast as you can with your leg. You reach the porch and your front door opens. Your wife is standing there, covered in blood and holding a hammer. She pulls you inside and hugs you for a full eight seconds.
  
  You start asking questions of each other. You tell your story, and learn that after the breakout, the kids never came home, and neither did you, so she boarded up and sealed off the house, making it a bunker. She's been living off what little food she could find in the pantry. You offer her your bag of gas station food.
  
  You begin eating and rejoicing in your alive-ness, and your wife gets a worried look on her face. You look behind you, out the window.
  
  A horde of, oh, I don't know, 50 zombies is moving out from the trees and toward the house. Hurriedly, you put two and two together. You can either defend your home, or flee.
  
  > defend your home
  You pick a fine weapon to defend yourself. A shovel.
  
  The zombies begin to claw at your barriers. As they poke their heads through the windows, you smash their heads in like watermelons. Smash, smash, smash, until your arms ache. But they keep coming.
  
  It dawns on you that you have no choice but to leave, or die. You and your wife grab what you can and escape out the back door.
  
  > Continue...
  The night air grows cold as you and your wife head out with the small pickings you got. You need somewhere to go, and fast. But for now, you just keep moving.
  
  Eventually, you happen upon an abandoned train yard. It doesn't have any clear threat. You consider settling here for the night.
  
  Suddenly, your wife points out a beam of light a few miles away. It looks like a flashlight beam, like someone is signaling for help.
  
  > follow the light
  As you approach the source of the light, you see a cabin. The light is coming from a window on the second floor. Th cabin looks old, and rundown. There are, however, still people inside.
  
  The property looks safe and fortified, like this is a group you'd want to associate with. You just don't know if they're taking in newcomers.
  
  > approach peacefully
  Hiding your weapons, you call out to the cabin. A man holding a shotgun comes up to the gate and asks what you want.
  
  You explain your situation. The man seems kind enough, and invites you in.
  
  The group has no clear goal, they're just surviving for now. It's a group of five, two women, three men, all of them armed to the teeth but kind. They welcome you into the group on three conditions:
  
  -You won't cause any trouble.
  
  -You will contribute and help out.
  
  -You will share your current belongings with the group.
  
  > go back to the train yard
  You decide the train yard is the best place to go. Settling down in an empty railcar, you try to get some sleep.
  
  You wake up in the early hours of the morning to the smell of rotting meat. Confused and slightly worried, you search the area around your railcar.
  
  It's empty.
  
  As you venture further out, the smell becomes stronger, until you find its source...
  
  A large bear, definitely a zombie, is feasting on a hunk of meat. It hasn't noticed you yet. The bear looks terrifying, with huge, mangled claws and teeth. But the scariest part of the bear is the bullet wounds in its side, meaning it has fought other people....and won.
  
  > attack it
  You go back to your camp and look for a good weapon. The best thing you have is a shovel, and that simply won't do. So you search around the tracks.
  
  What bits and pieces you find give you an idea. You have a battery, wires, and some metal scraps...could you electrocute the bear?
  
  You light up at the thought. Quickly, you form a crude adapter and hook the battery up to the wire. The wire pulsates with power. You drag it back over to the bear.
  
  The zombbear still busies itself with its food. You put your plan into action, and throw the wire over the bear. The wire wraps the bear's front paws and sends electricity through its whole body. The bear falls to the ground, dead. (You got the KNOWLEDGE IS POWER achievement.)
  
  > fortify your base
  You settle in, and begin fortifying your new home. By the end of the day, you are totally sheltered. You also find a few tools and/or weapons throughout the train yard, including a hacksaw and a sledgehammer.
  
  The issue arises that you'll need to venture out soon, and find more food and water. You simply don't have enough. After one week, you are almost out of water. It's officially time to go get some more.
  
  > go get some more
  You set out for more food. You're heading out with a shovel for defense, plus a few other necessities. As you approach the town you once knew, you see a few options. Night is coming, and you want to be back before that. So, which place will you loot?
  
  > Farmer's market
  The farmer's market has mostly rotten food or empty stalls. However, you do find a decent amount of food. As you are collecting, a trio of zombies spots you and begins shambling over. You have no worries, and take them out quickly. You go back to keep looting, but there's movement at the corner of your vision. You turn to see a zombified dog chewing on the arm of a dead man wearing a TCU sweatshirt. You back away from the scene...
  
  You are moving faster now, piling food into bags. Just as you're about to leave, you hear howls all around you. An entire pack of messy, bleeding, drooling zombie dogs surrounds you.
  
  > Run
  Your instincts kick in as you run for the hills. The dogs give chase, and are faster than you are with your leg. It seems hopeless, until you spot a minivan. You quickly climb inside and lock yourself in. The dogs circle the van and bark at it.
  
  You realize you are trapped. The dogs don't ever have a reason leave, letting you starve to death in the car.
  
  You got the DEAD END ending.