Hunger

Shocked he took a step back. *snap* he just stepped on something. Shocked he could only freeze as he stared at the bear... Except it wasn't moving...

Knowing that the water would be near he didn't care anymore and walked up to the huge figure. It didn't seem to be moving so with the greatest care he lightly touched it... Suddenly the entire figure turned to dust and bones.

"What!" Looking around he couldn't understand what happened. Just as he was looking around the campsite the dim moonlight suddenly became bright enough to reveal a stunning scene.

Several animals along with the campers were all huddling in a circle around a dark red plant. The animals ranged from squirrels to deer and even several more bears! Even weirder still everything looked drained and all were unmoving. Curious he touched another unmoving creature, this time a deer. Just as before the deer collapsed into dust.

Frowning he looked at the plant at the center of it all. As a scientist, he always felt a need to understand things more clearly, but now standing before a weird plant all he felt was a strong desire to consume it. As he stared more the desire only got stronger and stronger.

Thinking he was going crazy he raised his hand to his head only to see his hand was no longer listening to him as it moved closer to the plant. The more he moved, the less control over his body he had.

Just as he kept moving his entire body lost control and he lunged at the plant! Unable to go against his desire the plant was ripped from the ground roots and all as he forcefully swallowed it!

As he regained control over his body a searing pain seemed to flow through his body. Every vein and blood cell in his body suddenly started boiling as his entire existence seemed to scream for release.

"AAARRRRRRGGGGGG-"

A strange howl disturbed the quiet night as the darkness shrouded the area once again as the clouds covered everything... Hours passed as the screaming never seemed to stop and the day never seemed to brighten...

Night passed... Day passed, yet this area strangely seemed to still be covered by a strange shadow as the day quietly passed turning back to night...

Eventually, the moon revealed a man under the darkness. This man was laying in the middle of a campsite next to several ashes and bones that spread a great distance.

"Ugghh- What the hell was that..." Lifting himself off the ground using both hands Max sat up and looked around himself. The first and most obvious thing was that the dark night that should cover everything was clearly gone. Instead, everything had a red tint, but that red tint helped him see everything clear as day.

Picking himself off the ground he didn't even realize he had completely healed. His once-destroyed arm had been completely restored as everything seemed to return to normal. Everything from his limp from being beaten to his broken ribs, everything was right where it should be. Completely healed and usable.

Checking himself for what the plant had done. Alex realized his skin had turned completely pale and instead of the strong muscles that covered his body, they had become thin almost like he had been starving for weeks not days. "Fucking poison!"

Checking himself more clearly he was wondering why something felt different, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on what was truly happening. Just as he thought more about his situation, a strong overpowering hunger took over as his body screamed for something to fill his stomach!

"Ugghh-" Suddenly as if driven by instinct he ran towards the city at extremely high speeds no human should have ever reached.

***

"Fuck! What do you mean the entire inner city is blocked by the wall!"

"Tomorrow we shall blow a hole through it as originally planned."

*sigh* "Fine tell me then how is the relocation of people going? Also what of the buildings?"

"At present, the only place where we can pass the wall is through some buildings, but other buildings already have the wall inside blocking passage. As for the relocation plan, this is the most successful of all. Moving the people back to the city has increased productivity greatly and we can most likely clear the streets and rebuild whatever we want so long as we feed them enough or give them enough food stamps."

"What about the water project that was left alone?"

"The water seems to be completely safe and no one is showing any signs of health risks. The only problem they are showing is depression from being trapped in one room all day."

"At least most things are going well... Damn wall is going to be a problem... Does anyone have any clue to why it appeared or why it is all around the inner city?"

"I'm afraid that the wall is the weirdest thing to appear and since it is so strange we can't even understand why it appeared or how. The only thing we can say for sure is that the bodies are merging together creating a tougher wall."

"What about the Z's?"

"We found surprisingly little. The closer to the wall the fewer there were."

"I guess we already know where they are probably at... I suppose we will just have to wait..." Everyone in the room nodded solemnly. No one understood why or how the wall came to be, but they weren't even hopeful for there to be any survivors anymore.

***

"Willow come on and join us!"

"NO!" Willow rushed out of the room and slammed the door shut behind her.

Last night they had enjoyed each other's bodies to the fullest while she doing her best to sleep in the living room. The apartment they chose only had one bedroom and a living room and a tiny kitchen that couldn't even truly call itself that. The two who she had called her best friend and boyfriend had slept together making it hard to ignore what was happening as they were very loud keeping her up for half the night.

That said they had only made noises for an hour, but when she heard them she couldn't sleep comfortably anymore. She had woken up tired the next day as she helped clear the road of cars while Alex had spent the day clearing the city of bodies.

Now that it was night again Alex really didn't have much patience waiting for her anymore. He had worked all day and just wanted to enjoy himself.

"Willow get back here!" As he was charging at the door Ellena stopped him.

"Forget that bitch. As long as she stays out she will be forced to come back crawling to us. Don't you remember we signed up to be a group living together? She won't even get food from them anymore. They will just think she wants to get more food and refuse. She will come back crawling hoping for anything. At that time we can just use her as our toy~"

Looking at Ellena's seductive eyes and hearing her reasoning, Alex suddenly felt better knowing for a fact that the girl he had spent a month chasing would come back to him and be his personal plaything. As for Ellena? She can use the toy as well, he would even find such an act sexy.

Not caring anymore he quickly took off Ellena's shirt and braw revealing her large breasts. Ellena also quickly took action taking off his pants revealing his above-average member.

Willow on the other side of the door could clearly hear the sounds of their acts. The pair's moaning getting louder by the minute. Willow felt sick to her stomach as she didn't look back as she rushed to a nearby window to get fresh air.

Staring at the bright moon through the window Willow felt horrible. Those she called friends abandoned her and always told her to shut up. just as she was pushing the window open to let in the fresh night air it suddenly shattered!

"What! Why am I so unlucky..." She could only curse under her breath as she looked at the deep gash the glass had made on her hand... letting out a deep sigh she suddenly saw the area darken slightly.

Confused she thought that some clouds must have blocked the moon and looked up only to see two glowing red eyes staring back at her.

"So... sweet..."

"w-wha-"

Before she could say anything more the dark figure jumped through the already broken window pushing her to the ground.

***

Running at extremely fast speeds Max soon found himself at the edge of the city where a sour rotting smell quickly came to his nose first. He quickly noticed a humanoid figure glowing a dim red light. He could feel the figure even though it was a large distance away.

Soon his stomach grumbled telling him he needed food even disgusting food. Despite his reluctance, his body moved on its' own as it charged at the figure!

Very quickly a zombie appeared in front of him but instead of its' mostly human figure, he instead saw the zombie as two images. One image looked like how a regular human saw it except with a red film making it easy to see even in the darkness. The other image showed a dim red light that showed all the veins of the zombie.

As hunger dictated every action he didn't stop as he bit accurately on one of the larger veins on the neck. Just as quickly as he attacked, he started pulling the body's blood to where he bit.

"What the fuck is this!" Just as quickly as it came in the blood was spit back out as Max coughed everything that entered back out.

"Tastes like shit! What the fuck! Why are my instincts telling me this is food!"

Just as the zombie tried to get up to bite the one that bit it, Max slammed his fist into its' head completely crushing it making it explode like a fleshy watermelon. "You deserve this shit for tasting like that!"

After spitting everything back out his stomach growled again desperate for its' next meal. Looking at the blood on the ground, Max really wondered what was wrong with him and how he could do that. Unfortunately, his hunger didn't give him time to think as his instincts pointed him to his next prey.

Unlike before he saw two figures in brighter red lights, but just as before he let his instincts push him. Very soon the two figures appeared in his vision. They were wearing military uniforms and carrying guns while talking and laughing with each other.

"Come on that chick was so hot! I bet if I offer her good food and a better place to stay she would totally agree to by my little wife."

"HAHA! Please with your ugly mug? I bet she would scream 'ZOMBIE' and then run away."

"Oh come on, you never know if you don't try."

"Well, I can't sa- AA-"

"What?" The man turned to his friend only to see a pale human figure latched onto his friend's neck. "Zombie!" Shooting without hesitation the man did his best to save his friend.

Unfortunately, this 'zombie' was able to get off his friend and by the time the shot rang out, he had already missed.

"Ugghh- Disgusting but at least it doesn't taste like shit."

"What the fuck! It can talk!" Shocked that the zombie could talk the man froze wondering what he hell was happening only to have his gun pulled from his hands in the next second.

Max didn't hesitate either as he pierced his neck and started drinking. The man couldn't even fight as he shriveled up as if he had lost all his liquids. "Uggh so bland and sour..."

As he was complaining, the other man seemed to wake up and spoke in a tired voice, "What happened?"

The poor man didn't have a chance as Max's rumbling stomach made him move as he sunk his fangs into the man's neck once again, this time completely draining him of all blood just as he had done before. Showing a dissatisfied face Max could only allow his instinct as it pulled him to his next targets.

What he didn't know was that his body which had been practically all bone and no muscle changed now had a little muscle. And despite draining two men of all their blood he looked just as skinny as before.

Soon several patrols that were supposed to be guarding the safe zone were attacked by a mysterious figure and found without blood and completely shriveled up. Max on the other hand finally didn't look like a sack of bones and gained most of his former appearance back besides his large muscles, those seemed to be gone for good.

Just as his rationale was finally returning to him the sound of a breaking window attracted his attention. Although it didn't attract his attention much, the sweet smell that followed it almost made him go crazy. Without waiting anymore his body moved in the direction of the sweet smell.

Before his body had moved at incredible speeds, but now it seemed even more urgent and moved even faster. As he reached a wall his nails seemed to lengthen and become claws perfect for climbing. Even as the building was made of concrete his claws easily pierced it allowing him to race up the wall with smooth fast movements.

Very quickly the target of his desire appeared in front of him. The person was glowing a bright red and her hand was letting out a strong sweet smell.

"So... sweet..."

"w-wha-"