It is year 20**, it's been 7 years since the man made virus infected almost half of the worlds population. As I am currently on patrol duty, I heard the loud speakers announced that we are being under attack by (enemy organization). Well, that's to be expected, since our organization has a vast amount of supplies, so we're naturally constantly under attack.

As I made my way to my position, the south exit was breached, it turns out that it was just a distraction so that they could launch a sneak attack. The supply warehouse is located south, so it was quite obvious what they're goal is, but too bad, what they didn't know was that the south is the most heavily guarded area in the organization. Well it's obvious why it's heavily guarded, we can't afford to have our supply be stolen by our enemies, supplies is the most important thing to survive in this cruel and chaos of a world after the virus spread, well, even before the virus was created, having supplies is the most essential thing to own to survive.

Not long after, the situation was under control, but we still lost a lot of ammunitions and personnel. Who would have known that that was not the end, it was still the beginning.

Suddenly, from a distance a bomb exploded, then another, and another, until it looked like Hell. There was fire everywhere, there were a lot of people dying. My comrades and I escape from the explosions while carrying those who were injured but still alive. We almost made it to the exit, until suddenly - BANG!

I watched my comrades die in the explosion while they all told me to run. Without no other choice left I run far away from the base with full with tears and sadness.

It's been a week since I escaped, I survived off of the supplies I managed to get when escaping. I occasionally met zombies on the way, but that didn't stop me from looking for places I can get supplies and to seek refuge, but it was as if fate was playing a cruel prank on me, I walked for days and days but I still didn't see a even a shadow of a house, much less a person.

It's been days since I ran out of food to eat, I've weaken so much to the point that I can't even take a step forward due to the intense hunger. After I can't take it anymore, I sat next to a tree. As I feel myself starting to lose consciousness, I started reminiscing about the memories of my comrades. I don't know why but, I suddenly wished to go back to the past before all of this happened, where everything was peaceful, not getting worried about getting attacked by a zombie.

I slowly opened my eyes which felt like I've been sleeping for a long time, remembering that I was outside with no one guarding me from the zombies, I jolted up only to be met by a blinding light which almost made me go blind. I look around my surroundings in case a zombie might pop out, but as I scan the area, I was shocked to find myself in a place I was familiar of - my bedroom. Thinking this was a dream I pinched myself, but that only proved that this was not a dream, this was reality. I was back in the past. Just like a wished for.

After processing such shocking information, I got out of my bed and ran through the hallway making my mom shout,

"Hey! Don't run in the hallway! You May bump into something and break it or-" before she finished talking I cut her off by hugging her crying while shouting mom. My mom was shocked by my sudden action, but she still comforted me and asked me what was wrong, I said "No it's nothing, I just had a nightmare" she patted my head while saying that it's going to be fine and that it was just a nightmare.

"Pfft-" I heard my older sister laughing while holding her stomach because of the pain from laughing too much beside her door, as I saw my sister's face I couldn't help crying, remembering the painful memories of how she died because she protected me from a zombie, she stopped laughing and said sorry and asked why I was crying, I told her what I told mom, which was obviously a lie because, I knew for a fact that all of this memories were true, it was not simply just a nightmare.

After I calmed down, we went to the dinning table to eat breakfast which mom prepared, tasting mom's cooking after a long time made me tear up, "oh how I miss the taste of her food" I thought my self, while savoring the taste of the food. I suddenly remembered that I don't know what's today's date is, I asked my sister for she has a phone beside her, and I didn't own one, she said that it was mm/dd/20**, I abruptly stood up and dropped the utensil that I was holding to the floor, my mom and sister were both startled so I picked up the utensil and sat back down, my mom asked me what was wrong with a worried expression on her face, I said nothing was wrong and that I just remembered something.

No, that was a lie, because in one and a half years later, there will be a wide spread panic because of the virus spreading to every corner of the world. After seeing symptoms that you've been infected by the virus you will be immediately sent to the hospital, and a week after the symptoms appear you will slowly and be in constant pain until you lose your mind, that's when you become a zombie. Though the doctors and scientists have almost completed the cure, all the people who created and know how to make the cure was mysteriously killed by someone unknown.

Thinking about the future, I immediately went to my room after eating and devised a plan to get me strong within the time that I have left. After taking an all-nighter to make myself a plan to get stronger, I still need money to buy the necessary equipment, like canned foods that will last for a long time, guns, ammunitions, knives and everything needed to defend yourself.

The first thing that I have to do is make myself stronger, the current me right now is too weak to even protect myself, let alone protecting my mom and sister.

The first day of training was tough due to my small stamina, but as the days grew by, I started adapting to the pain and it made everything easier by a small amount. The training that I'm doing right now is nothing compared to how I trained in my past life. Even though I have to endure the pain and aching in my whole body, I have to do this in order to have the ability to protect myself and my family.

After facing hellish training, 3 months flew by in the blink of an eye, and I'm almost near the past me in strength. And during the 3 months that I trained, I acquired most of the things I needed in order to survive, and met some good friends along the way.

[One year later]

The current me already long surpassed the old me in terms of strength, and the knowledge that I gained in my previous life that will become the most important weapon that I have.

Last month, I acquired a house that has a water source nearby, and the electricity is powered by the Suns solar energy, it's a fairly big house with 2 floors, in the 1st floor we have the living room, the kitchen and the 1 guest bedroom, the bathroom, and the entrance to the basement where we use it as a training room.

And on the 2nd floor, it has 1 master bedroom with a bathroom for mom, 6 rooms for me, my sister, and my friends.

My mom asked me how and why I acquired this house, I told her that I saved a person who was almost shot by a robber and as thanks, he gave me this house. Though I didn't tell them that that person is my friend now, we soon became friends after training for a while because he wants to be stronger so that he can protect himself from dangers that are lurking in the darkness.

After settling in and getting used to the new lifestyle, me and my friends decided that we should train my mom and sister self defense just in case we're not there to protect them, when I told my mom and sister about our proposal, they happily agreed to cooperate with us, excited even.

At first mom and my sister had a hard time, but after a while they got hang of it. " They may have a talent for this" I thought as I watch mom and my sister train alongside my friends.

It's been some time since my mom and sister started training on how to protect themselves. Even though they can protect themselves now , it's still not enough to protect themselves from numerous zombie that May attack them in the future.

As of now, only I know what events will happen in the near future, I plan on telling them but, right now it's not the right time.

I've been feeling anxious these days, what if the memories of my so called past life is just a nightmare just like what mom told me? What if I can't protect them if it's true? What if tomorrow's the day that the virus will spread? I've been having these thoughts while waiting for the time that it will begin. As if my mom could read my thoughts, she came up to me with a reassuring smile and said " it's going to be fine, I don't know what you've been feeling anxious about, but it's going to fine" while patting me on my back. Her reassurance made me relax a little.

That's right, I don't have to worry about it because I have the memories to help me overcome what will happen in the future.

A few days later, my mom was watching the news on television, she called for all of us to sit and watch the news, and as I have expected, the virus has started to spread to everywhere.

I decided that it was the right time to tell them, so as we went and sat down to eat at the dining table, I announced to them "Hey guys, I have something important to tell you," they all looked at me with a curious expression, "It's about the virus" as I said that I started telling them about my past life and that, that was the reason why we moved to this house and trained to get stronger.

After I finished telling them the whole story, they all wore a pitiful look, and my mom and sister stood up and hugged me while crying. Seeing them cry I couldn't help tearing up. My friends walked towards us and comforted my crying mom and sister. After the both of them calmed down, they all bombarded me with questions, so I told them that I can't answer all of their questions if they all asked at the same time.

It's been a week since that happened, and just as I expected there were news of zombie spottings all around the world. After we heard of the news we started preparing for the 'war' that was about to happen. After we watched the news last week, we started storing up on food and other necessities that we need.

A few days later, you can already see the panic that was happening around the city, there were people fighting for their lives, there were people running away, and there were a lot of dead bodies that would later transform into a zombie.

I scanned my earliest memories of the apocalypse, and found out that today's the date that I met my two most trusted friends that saved me in my past life when I was left alone to defend myself in the face of a hoard of zombies after they made me a bait to lure them away so that they could run away. Though in this life we are complete strangers, I am heavily indebted to them for saving me, so in this life, I'm going to be the one that will protect them.

Thinking of that, I said to my mom that I have somebody to meet, at first she was hesitant to let me go outside, but in the end she allowed me to go since she knows how much stronger I've become and that I can protect myself.

I packed the things that I needed into a bag, I packed some food and water in case they need to replenish they're energy from fighting, and weapons like guns, bats, and knives, and a medicine kit just in case.

As I made my way to the place where I first met them, I encountered some zombies along the way, but that didn't stop me, I used a bat to crushed the zombies head and finished them of by stabbing them.

In a distance, i could hear people fighting zombies, but I couldn't care less, but as I was about to walk away, I had this feeling that I should check it, so with no other choice, I went and check, I was so glad that I decided to check because in the group of people that were fighting, I spotted the very same people who I was planning on meeting - the two people who saved me.

After confirming that they were the people I was searching for, I went to help them because they were having a hard time fighting off the zombies. They were startled because of my sudden appearance but they soon realized that I was there to help them,

they felt grateful because I came to their rescue.

After we fought off the zombies, they all came up to me and thanked me for helping them, after they were done thanking me, I went to find Alice and Ron, that's the name of my benefactors when I needed help the most. It took me a while to find them because they were not in the group but was far away from us, it seems that they were going to leave, so I went to them before they got far away.

I called out to them and they looked back in me, asking "What do you want?" said Alice who is still the same as always, even though she come of as rude, but deep inside she's a good and caring person. Ron apologized to me because of the way her tone sounds like, thinking that I was offended. I just smiled at them because they haven't changed one bit. Seeing as I was quite, Ron said "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" while waving his hands Infront of my face.

Realizing that I was spacing out, I quickly regained composure and asked if they were alright, since I saw Ron having a hard time walking."Ah, yeah we're fine" said Ron, though I clearly knew he was lying because he was a bad liar, I squat down and lifted his pants showing his sprained ankle. Alice tried to stop me from doing that, thinking I'm going to do something bad, but as soon as she saw his injury, she was furious, "Why didn't you tell me that you were injured, Ron?!" she angrily shouted at Ron, she was furious because why he didn't tell her, "I didn't want to worry you, and besides, this is nothing" Ron said to the once angry Alice, who is now full of concerned of her injured partner.

I took the medicine kit outside of my bag, "Here. You this to treat his injury" I said handing the medicine kit to Alice, "No no no, there's no need to, I told you I'm fine" Ron said while waving his hands in a no motion. As soon as Ron said that, Alice said sternly "Sit Down", Ron sat obediently scared because of Alice's tone. Alice then began treating Ron's injury despite the opposition from Ron, Alice just gave her a cold glare as if saying 'shut up'.

I chuckled as I watch the scene playing Infront of me, they really are like as how I remembered them to be. But just as they say, happy times don't last forever, I remembered that they used to love each other so much, but Ron died because of a sudden attack of a Zombies hoard, he died protecting me and Alice. After Ron's death, I didn't see Alice anymore because she decided to leave the organization, I tried stopping her but she didn't change her decision, and insisted to leave, so I had no other choice but see her leaving.