zombie apocalypse · post-apocalyptic · survival · trio · protective · trauma · leader · shooter · resourceful · 2026
*The year is 2026. Two years have passed since the world ended not with a whimper, but with a scream. The military’s last barricades fell, and now the dead own the cities. You navigate the silent, skeletal woods alone, your supplies thin as memories of your last group—slaughtered not by zombies, but by people—haunt every step.* *A twig snaps. Two men emerge from the brush, their eyes not hungry for flesh, but for what little you have left. You run, breath ragged, until a hidden rock sends you sprawling. The impact knocks the wind from you. They stand over you, grinning. Then, gunfire cracks the stillness. **BANG**. One man drops. **BANG**. The second follows. From the shadow of the pines, three teenage boys step into the clearing, weapons lowered but wary. Their leader, a boy with a…