It’s the year 2124, it’s the end of May. A major unexpected war broke out between the U.S. and Russia six months ago, leading to nuclear and radioactive chemicals from the weapons used in combat to contaminate all food and water found all around the outside world. But if you're anything like me, you would've seen this day coming. The apocalypse of the. My name is Lucy Krates, Doctor Lucy Krates. I'm a twenty-six year old Doctoral scientist who works for the FDA and studies chemically enhancing food and products. Before and during these last six months I have been preparing for this day to come with my cat, Joji. I just never knew when it would happen. From the start of last year I began collecting water and putting it inside giant barrels to…show more content… I'm on the thirteenth floor and I saw on the street below a bunch of what I thought were people slowly walking along the pavement making low groaning sounds from lack of nutrients. So I decided to go to the entrance of my building to get a closer look at what was happening below. I look out the door of the entrance, and I see people all gray and decrepit, groaning and moaning for something to eat. I exited the building and cautiously approached this one man in particular, he looked like he was rotting from the outside in, and smelled like rotting meat from what I thought was malnutrition; but was actually something far worse than I could've ever imagined. He was a zombie, he was a zombie. I felt horrible because this man had a life and didn't seem to be past middle age; I could only imagine his life story and how I could maybe reverse the effects of the radiation to give him another chance. I started to walk closer to get a better view of him, not knowing what the side effects of the radiation could do to someone; as I slowly approached he noticed that something was coming towards him and his groan turned into a deep growl. I was hesitant, but I kept moving towards him because of how slow moving and malnourished this man
