<div class="floatleft"> (http://katidamo.wikispaces.com/file/view/Flying+Blind+-+Madelyn.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Madelyn Kovac<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Madelyn's home; School Quad; Auditorium<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Fitted heather gray hoodie hides a 'Phantom of the Opera' T-Shirt. Functional Gray Sneakers peek out beneath her dark blue jeans.<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Anyone who noticed her slip away to the Auditorium.<br/><br/>Madelyn squinted her eyes at the phone on her night table and sighed. Once again she'd woken up ten minutes early. Not early enough to drift back to sleep, but early enough to be an annoyance. A face had popped into her half-remembered dream. That blind kid from school. She'd quite literally bumped into him recently. She kind of regretted not making more of an appology, but she hadn't wanted to make a scene or pity him for his condition. He seemed capable enough after all - Her hallway clutziness had knocked lesser men over, and they could see. She shook her head and pulled her father's bedroom door closed before she hopped into a cool shower. She liked to sing in the shower and didn't want to wake him. Not that it would have mattered - He was the type that could sleep through the apocalypse, and as a freelancer who could pick his own hours, he rarely rose before 10 am.<br/><br/>Since she was early, Maddy decided to slip into her Dad's office to check her email. She was hoping for an update from one or both of her brothers back east. Barely a day went by that she didn't hear from one of them, if not both. Her brother Quinn had just celebrated his 27th birthday and called her a few days prior to say he'd just proposed to his girlfriend. She was really looking forward to the wedding next summer, as his girlfriend Gina had already become like a sister to her. Daniel had big news too as he'd just passed his LSAT and was accepted to law school.<br/><br/>Oddly enough, she had no new messages from either of them. A twinge of melancholy swept over her, but she quickly shook it away. They were probably both very busy, but she'd see them soon enough. They'd promised to fly out to visit soon.<br/><br/>It was still early, but she was on her way after grabbing a breakfast bar. It was a decent day outside, so rather than drive, she decided to leave the car for her Dad in case he needed to go anywhere. Instead, she pulled her bicycle out of the shed and set off. She really enjoyed biking here - it was much easier that the hilly roads of the allegheny mountains. Back home, if she rode anywhere, she spent as much time pushing the bike up steep slopes as she did riding it.<br/><br/>There was very little traffic today, and while it should have been a blessing for one on a bicycle, it made her uneasy. That uneasiness only grew when the school came into view. Was there some sort of closure that she hadn't heard about? People were milling about outside in the quad. Michael made his proclamation and headed towards the parking lot. Part of her wanted to scoff, part of her wanted to run home, but most of her knew he was right and that going home wouldn't make a difference. She'd meet him in the parking lot, but there was still time to prepare.<br/><br/>Her brother Quinn was a Zombie fan. In fact, his wedding, which she was sure wouldn't happen now, was Zombie themed. He was also an outdoorsman and and avid survivalist, and had imparted snippets of his wisdom to her. Most vivid in her mind right now was preparation and the five C's of survival. She bit her lip and felt her throat swell up. She would probably never see him or Daniel ever again. She supressed the thoughts of sadness and focused on the task at hand. She had only an hour to go get supplies.<br/><br/>The school was locked up, so Maddy went around the back of the school where the stage door to the auditorium lay. She knew from experience she could jimmy the lock and get inside, from that time the actors locked themselves out during rehearsal one night. It took little effort at all as the mechanism was already slightly bent from last time.<br/><br/>She pulled her bicycle inside, then opened her backpack and dumped her books unceremoniously in the corner. Then she set to work to re-fill it with what was actually necessary.