Train to Japan

I was there witnessing what, I never wanted to. I saw what I did not want
to see but was forced. It all started a 5 day ago.

It was a cool and serene morning. I drank a sip of coffee. “Ahh refreshing,”
I said. The rush of the city was hypnotic.

There was an unpleasant gut feeling we all were having. It was the festival
of Wuntion. We had strengthened our guard. We had to be careful on such
busy days. We can’t have any criminal’s getaway today.

I stared out the window of Janak Police station. I was in awe of the crowd
rushing to a Fair. The thumping of the people’s steps was calming. This
was like the opening scene of a movie.

In the rush of the crowd, I spotted a woman wearing a blue tracksuit with
white stripes. She was fighting with a burly man in his early forties. She
was fighting for a Gucci Bag. They are awfully expensive.

Like the gentleman I am, I rushed to the scene as fast as I could. I was in
my late thirties, and I was genuinely very Jacked and Strong. So, this was
a piece of cake, and in no time he was on his knees.

After that not much happened, we at the Station Handcuffed the Man for
Women Harassment and helped the Woman with some Tea and biscuit.

I asked her, “What’s your name?”

“Jenifer.” She spoke

“Why did you want to become a policeman?” She asked me.

“I think because I like helping people and I was very strong at that time,
so I wanted to use my strength for the betterment of the society” I
replied.
There was an awkward pause.

Then I asked, “what do you do for a living?”

“I work at the Parlour.”

We both drifted into our thoughts.

Suddenly we heard a voice on the radio saying, “There is a blast at the

science faculty of Janak.”

We both were mildly surprised.

This is a common occurrence here in South Korea, but something just

didn’t connect the dots, it felt a bit different from the other unusual things
that happen here.

A voice on the radio said, “We have gotten to know that this gas is highly
toxic and can cause a lot of harm if inhaled.”

This was not normal.

“I was never told about anything toxic made in the science facility,” I told

“Me neither!”

“Wait, what did you say?”

“W…ww wait I said nothing.”

“I will let that slide for now”

Before I could see the radio caught on fire. It sounded like I was listening
to the campfire at camp Tokyo. Ahh, the good ol’ days.

The air was warm and smoky. We were outside just taking a refreshing
walk. Thunder clouds approached the city, we were expecting heavy rains
tonight. I saw something or someone just running up to me.
He said, “The gas… the gas just turned everyone into z……” He fainted.
We later recognised him as my right hand man Jim

“JIM ...... JIM, WAKE UP” I screamed

He just wasn’t waking up

“Let’s get him inside,” Jennifer said.

We got him in the interrogation room to be fully interrogated.

“Jim, we need information,” I said

“You were at the concert.”

Suddenly we hear something on that burnt radio(It was very hazy), “Hello
can anyone hear me, if you are then come to the Train station at 1 pm.”

I wondered what is at the train station at 1 pm.

Jennifer said, “OH yes, the train to Japan is there, this could be our way
out.”

“Yes, that could be our way out.”

“Ok let’s head there.”

How could we ever reach anywhere without any trouble?

En-route a lone man approached us.

He said, “Watashi o sukutte kudasai”

We were surprised by the number of bite marks on his body. Torn clothes,
twisted ankles, the way they aren’t supposed to be. With a tilted head, he
stared at us with no expression. Suddenly, he growls. The hair stood on
my arms, got me goosebumps.

He fell, started having seizures and foaming in his mouth. In all this
commotion he said, “Run, Zombies comm…Ing.” After this, he fainted.
One thing after the other, his body started to turn a greenish, murky
brown colour.

We were spooked enough. We drove away in our red safari jeep. This
encounter was especially traumatizing as I took an image of the man,
identified him as my neighbour.

We drove as fast as we could, but Jenifer wished to be left at her home. I

was totally against it because of the situation at hand but it was her wish,
and she was stubborn.

We went to her house, and I dropped her off. I realised that it is 12:55. I
had to move fast, or I would not be able to reach on time. I raced the car
at 155m/h, Alas I reached there 2 min late.

I was the luckiest man at the time as my watch was wrong and it was
12:47 on the clock. I waited and was approached by a man.

He was wearing a green parka with blue jeans and white sports shoes. He
looked young but had a small white beard and was a bit plump.

He looked at me and said, “You too?”

“Yep,” I said

We were surprisingly optimistic for an apocalypse that could kill the world.
We were waiting for the train to come. It finally ticked to 1:00 and the
train came.

Suddenly, a horde of the Undead stormed out of the nearby curb. They
were coming from the direction I came from.

“Were they following me??”

“Where did they come from??”

After The last Undead, there were around 110 of them and in the last, I
saw Jenifer. I was at a loss for words. The person I cared for and saved
was carrying a sceptre to try to annihilate me??

I could not think very well at the moment. The old man I met swept me up
in his arms and carried me in the car of the train. This feeling of being
saved made me envious. After, he left me there and went to face the
undead.

I wanted to thank my saviour but couldn’t. I could not think much of

myself, I, a police officer was saved by a civilian. After that, the world
around me went hazy, blurry and I passed out.

I don’t know for how long I must have been asleep. I woke up all piped up
to go to work and set things straight. How could life hit me harder than to
tell me I was halfway to Japan.

But

At that very moment, I was at peace. It was a Calm and serene

atmosphere, I was really comfortable. The A/C was on, and the cool
weather really helped to keep me optimistic. Alas, all good things end,
and the train abruptly came to a stop. My very being was jolted to reality’s
Horrors.
The Zombie apocalypse, Jenifer trying to kill me and how I left a civilian
die trying to save me. It felt horrendous, I felt like vomiting, this feeling of
letting someone down left me feeling horrible.

I collected myself, got my badge on and got to work. At this moment, the
train started to move. This sense of desperation started to well up into
me. I started to panic. The sense of losing everything at this one station
was too intense.

I heard a knock. I thought, “Who could be banging on the door on the train
at this speed?”

I went to the gate, the sound was coming from the bathroom. There was
mild growling type noise but I didn’t take that into notice. I opened the
bathroom door.

This girl…she wasn’t normal? She was puking in the toilet. She was
not…… Normal. Somehow this line kept repeating in my head. My gut felt
twisted, my head spinning, I see more green-brown gooey stuff then when
I puke, That is no Joke , but I just stood there, doing nothing……
25 Years Earlier

“You’re weak.”
“Ha-ha-ha-ha.”
“You can’t walk straight with that beaten face.”

More Laughs

Honestly, I couldn’t remember when I thought of myself more than a pet

to these kids. These were the Top Dogs or the Gang of Undefeated Kids in
school. Some unfortunate day they cornered me. They were about 7 of
them and just 1, Me, There was no escape. I just gave up.

I got punched 1…2… and 3 Times. That was the last straw. I fell to the
ground and puked my heart out………

I was jerked to reality when she had stopped puking. She had a ghastly
face. The right half of her face felt like it was decomposing. Eyeball
bulging out, veins popping, a soul-less stare, dead in my eyes. The hair on
my body stood up, I was petrified at the moment.

This feeling…This feeling of horror was overwhelming. A barrage of

emotions battered me at the same time, it felt like a splitting headache.

I ran out, Almost felt like retching but couldn’t. My legs got tired, arms
swinging wildly, brain on overdrive, and absolutely exhausted. I finally
reached the final car. She halted suddenly, seeing a cart full of cookies
made her mouth drool. Apparently, the train was like a warehouse of
snacks at the moment, as it had enough food to last 5 days for 500
passengers.

I was famished, it felt like hell in my stomach. I just wanted to reach the
closet on the other side of the cart. I Paused... I saw the girl, Her condition
had deteriorated. It was horrendous, Eyes almost popping, her whole body
was covered in a green, brown colour, but I felt she was asleep.

I was ready to take the Risk. I moved, Swift as a ninja on a mission to

assassinate. My heartbeat doubled. This was it. BOOM... A shock sent the
whole train jumping. I flew. It felt like I was slowly moving towards
heaven. My body collapsed, but my mind was still racing.

I slept.

3 days later:

I woke up from a sleep I was not supposed to wake up from. My head hurt,
I felt famished, just wanted a drink, and I got one. I was in a pool of water,
the water tank above my head was leaking. I sprang to my feet and felt a
looming presence in the next Train car. It was Her……

A sense of dread slammed me in the face.

My head hurt with the number of thoughts that were racing through my
head. ”How to escape?” ”What to do?” I felt famished, dizzy, and
extremely scared.
She moved, but this time it was different. Her walk was different, this
pressure made me shiver, this time I sensed a strong intent, an intent to
kill.

I ran.

The pain in my legs faded as I ran for my life in the opposite direction.

Klink, Klink!

The gate was Locked!

“Oh no.” I had no way to escape, all I could do was hope God was on my
side. She looked worse than before, she walked to me like she was in a
TRANCE unaware about what happened around her. Suddenly it struck
me, She was holding a wand
, a glowing wand. All I had to do was take that away from her.

It was like I was the hero of a really famous book, She lunged at me : I
dodged and she hit her head on the wall. Her wand flew out of her hand, I
lunged for it but missed narrowly, losing only to her a speed.