The Sun Shines Bright

It's been 6 years, 5 months, and 22 days since the first signs of infection.

We don't know where they came from exactly. All we know is that, one day, they were just...here. To think, I used to take the sunrise for granted everyday. Now, the sunrise is my savior. It's the only thing that stops the creatures. Even the sun, however, is only temporary. I've never been more scared of the dark as I have been since their arrival.

You'd think that the big cities would have been the first hit, but it was the small villages and towns that got the worst of the initial swarms.

We just stopped hearing from the outlying communities. Nobody thought too much of it at first. Phone signal is usually bad in the country towns anyway, and internet is spotty, at best. So it wasn't too strange that they just kind of disappeared, right?

The Golden Gate Bridge was the first one I saw. Hordes of people...or what looked like people...running across towards the city. More and more people abandoning their cars and trucks and moving as fast as they could away from the wave of things moving towards them. Nobody was fast enough.

Next, it was Times Square. Before you knew it, every major city in the United States was reporting the same thing: hordes of human-like creatures slaying anything in their path.

At first we thought it was a joke, almost like that broadcast of War of the Worlds back in the day. That was, at least, until our own cities started to be overrun.

Most of us tried to flee the urban areas. I was able to make it out of Orlando into a town called Melbourne.

The first weeks and months were brutal. We foraged and moved during the day, and didn't dare make a sound at night. Howls, snarls, and growls could be heard in the distance most nights. The worst nights, though, were the ones so quiet that even our breathing sounded like an alert for the Vampires that there was fresh blood close by.

The world militaries tried to put up some sort of resistance, but that didn't last long. Barricades were place to try and stop the Vampires from entering the cities and military bases, but they were already there.

The Army tried to go door-to-door, clearing each building they came across. The creatures would just hide in the dark buildings, though, and each building the soldiers tried to clear became a slaughterhouse. There were never any survivors who exited the buildings.

At first we were told that it was a small problem, nothing to worry about. Then curfews went into effect. Military checkpoints were erected. Then, all of that was gone. There was no semblance of humanity anymore. the stench of blood and fear filled the air, no matter where you went.

Country by country, the world toppled. Strong nations and peoples just blipped out of existence, until every country was just a feeding ground for them. Every living soul on Earth cowering for their lives.

I'm part of a small band of survivors. We don't have much besides each other, but so far, that's been enough to keep us alive, foraging, hunting, and hiding day in and day out.

I'm getting tired of hiding and living everyday like it's my last, though. I know that we, humans I mean, aren't much of a threat to those things, but we have to try. We have to do something.

This journal will serve as proof that I tried to fight back, that I said enough is enough. This is my legacy.

-Peter