My Name Is Steve
Chapter one: My name is Steve
He had been running all day and it was getting too dark out to see without a light and that would only attract more of them. Luckily he was able to get to the roof of a building safely. Sitting down the blond pulled a notebook out of his backpack.
Steve’s journal: Entry 1
‘I was alone. It has been weeks since I have seen another living person. I could be the last one left for all I know.
My name is Steven Grant Rogers, most people called me Steve. I’m writing this journal so I don’t go insane being out here all alone. If anyone finds this after I’m gone I hope it will be helpful to you.
If you don’t know what’s going on (and I have no idea how you don't) let me give you the rundown.
A few months ago, that’s right I said months. I was out with my best pal Bucky Barnes in the heart of Brooklyn. God that man …. Sorry I don’t have an eraser left…. Anyway we went out like we did most nights of the week when he wasn’t working over time at the docks. He found some girls like usual to take out dancing, we didn’t make it to the dance hall before it all happened.
On our way there was what felt like a miniature earthquake, it was no earthquake. There was a lab something to do with changing the world or what ever bullshit they were spewing nearby and what ever they did caused half the building to explode. What ever they were working on is what caused all this….. I 'll have to finish this later I hear something out there.'
Steve got up from the roof to look for the noise. Suddenly the door to the stairs burst open. He didn’t think he made to much noise but clearly he was wrong. Grabbing his bag and notebook Steve took off across the rooftop jumping to the next, and the next, and the next. He didn’t stop until he was certain he was in the clear. Instead of going back to write he took this time to sleep.
Steve’s journal: Entry 2
‘Now I lost my train of thought. Sorry it’s hard to sit and write for long with all this going on, right back to the story. You don’t even know what this is yet.
This… What I’m living in now, if you want to call it living. It’s what you’d call the apocalypse. No not the one with the floods or the earthquakes I wish it was that one. No this one has something much worse… Zombies.
I couldn’t believe it at first either. After the explosion people including Buck and I ran to the building. We thought the man coming out was injured, someone even tried to help him. That’s when all hell broke loose. The man bit the other, just bit a chunk of skin straight off. It was terrifying.
People started to panic, to run, even to try and help the two men. That just made it worse. Those people got bit and started to bite anyone around them. It was horrible. The chaos it created separated Bucky and I. That was the last time I saw him…’
Steve put the notebook in his backpack and stuffed the blanket in as well. He couldn’t sit around all day he had to find food, and he was running low on ammunition. Slinging his backpack onto his shoulders Steve grabbed his gun and headed down from the rooftop.
Did it terrify him to travel through an unknown building that could be full of the undead? Of course!
Opening the door to the stairs Steve held his gun tightly as he made his way through the dimly lit halls. Picking a random floor Steve slowly opened the door making sure to be as quiet as possible. He couldn’t help smiling at seeing an office, his imagination taking over as he pictured the types of people who worked in it. There were pictures of families on desks and.. And suddenly there was groaning.
Gripping his gun Steve ducked behind one of the desks taking a peek over it. There were only about five of them gathered at an office door. He could hear a child sobbing as well as a woman repeatedly saying it would all be alright.
On one hand he could easily leave through the door without being heard. But he knew he couldn’t do that. He couldn’t leave anyone to die like this. Aiming his gun Steve took the first shot watching it drop to the floor.
To bad he hadn’t been able to find a silencer, because the ring echoed through the whole office building. Jumping up Steve quickly took the next shot, and the next. Two more to go.. But he was out of bullets!
Looking around Steve found a spilled box of bullets. Thank god whoever dropped them. Rushing over he grabbed two and quickly loaded the gun. Looking up to shoot he froze seeing one of the zombies directly in front of him.
With a shaky hand Steve pulled the trigger. “Fuck.” He muttered as blood got on his clothing, at least it wasn’t in his mouth. Aiming one last time Steve shot the gun watching as the last zombie fell to the floor.
Grabbing the box of bullets he stood up heading for the door. Knocking softly a sigh escaped his lips. “Excuse me miss.. It’s alright they’re taken care of.”
Slowly the door opened a dark haired woman peaked out the door. “You haven’t been bitten have you?”
Steve shook his head. “No ma’am I have not. Are you and your little girl alright?”
The woman smiled and opened the door, a little girl was clinging to her leg crying. “We’re fine. Oh thank you so much!” She held out her hand for him. “My name is Laura Barton. We were separated from my husband and our sons. This is Lila.” She motioned to her daughter, that’s when Steve paled. Laura was heavily pregnant!
“Steve Rogers, nice to meet you. Miss.. I’d like it if you came with me so I can make sure you’re safe until we find your husband.” He kneeled down to Lila a smile coming to his lips. “I’ll keep you safe until we find your dad I promise.” The little girl smiled rubbing at her eyes.
“Thank you Steve I would really appreciate that. If it weren’t for you we could have been…”
“Don’t say that!” Steve snapped as he stood up, pulling out the bullets to load his gun. “I won’t let that happen I promise. We should get going. I was on my way to find some food.”
Steve lead Laura and her daughter Lila from the building safely. He managed to find a gas station with food still left in it. He grabbed several Slim Jims, water, chips, and bread stuffing them into his backpack. Lila even had a bag of her own she used for supplies. She had excitedly shown it to Steve telling him the name of every unicorn on it.
He was worried of course, Laura was at least six months pregnant and this could send her into an early labor. He had to be careful and make sure she didn’t stress to much. But how could you not stress during an apocalypse?...
After eating and gathering supplies Steve lead the two into a nearby church. He used the benches to block off the doors and some windows. He pushed two of them together and laid his blanket over it to have Laura lay down and Lila take a nap.
Sitting against one of the benches Steve pulled out his journal to begin writing.
Steve’s Journal: Entry 3
‘Today has been quite the eventful day. I guess I’m not the last one left. I found a woman named Laura Barton and her daughter Lila. They’re looking for her husband and sons. Laura is quite pregnant and I’m not exactly sure what I need to do for her. But I will not let either of them die.
Back to what I was saying. It was the last time I ever saw Bucky. But that doesn’t mean I’ve given up looking for him. Everytime I look at one of their faces or I pass a grave.. I look for him. And I’ll never stop looking for him because I know he’d do the same for me, and he just may be.
We had a plan Buck and I. If anything bad were to ever happen and we got separated we would meet at his Paw’s old place in Washington. Now I know what you’re thinking, how far am I from Washington D.C.. Well I started out in Brooklyn where this all happened. I’ve gotten pretty far over the months. I know it’s about 300 miles or so. If I had a car it would’ve been real quick. Sadly there is no car and I keep having to make detours because of all the dead. I have about 136 miles left. I’m currently in Philadelphia.
Anyway back to how this happened. After it spread throughout Brooklyn it just kept going and going. We They couldn’t stop it nor could they contain it. I heard from survivors I met long ago who’re probably dead by now. That there is a camp in Illinois just outside Chicago that is living only. It may only be just a rumor but I’m gonna find Buck and take him there. I promise.’
The next morning Laura wasn’t feeling so well so Steve decided they would all just take a day to rest instead of going back out. He was alright with that, it gave him time to work on his journal.
Steve’s Journal: Entry 4
‘Now I realize I’ve been talking about Bucky a lot but I’ve never really told you who he or I am. Let’s start with Bucky. He’s.. Bucky is… Bucky is amazing, perfect even . Let’s start from the beginning. Bucky and I met in elementary school, he used to find me getting beat up in alleys. I was real scrawny then but Buck showed me how to protect myself. Buck and I have been best friends since we were kids and always will be. He tells me all the time we’re together until the end of the line.
Buck is real tall with nice dark hair. He’s good with the ladies too but never seems to notice what’s in front of him. Buck’s the eldest of his three other siblings, and he’s real good at sports too. Not to long ago he got into a bad accident and lost his arm. He’s got a metal one now and he absolutely hates it, I tried to tell him all the time that it attracted girls to make him smile. He’s really a true friend. If a girl blew me off he’d ignore ‘em for me.
The truth is… Even if he would have set me up on a million dates none of those girls would have been right for me because… Because I have been in love with Bucky since I could remember . I’m just not interested in them. God he’s just such an idiot! Before this happened why couldn’t he see what he meant to me?! Bucky was everything to me, and still is. Even if he would have noticed it probably would have just cost me our friendship. Bucky’s straight as a ruler.. He would hate me if he ever found out .
About me well.. I used to have to stare up at Bucky just to look him in the eyes. But I hit a growth spurt and now I’m a bit taller than he is. I have what people call dirty blond hair. Both Bucky and I are quite fit which comes in handy at a time like this. Who ever you are that’s reading this there is a picture of Bucky and I taped on the back page of the notebook. I’m gonna find him…’
Putting his notebook away Steve froze hearing the familiar groaning. “Laura?” Grabbing his gun Steve put on his backpack and stood up.
“I heard it too… Lila get your bag quickly!” Lila ran off to the back room to get her backpack. Suddenly she came back through the door screaming. Coming out of the doorway was one of what Steve referred to as a Mutt. Its skin half hanging off, its lips peeled back to show nothing but its teeth, and the stench of blood and decay was heavy.
Quickly Laura grabbed Lila and covered her eyes while Steve shot it straight through its head. “Quickly lets go!”
Running to the door Steve shoved the bench out of the way. Of course he peeked outside first to make sure there were none around. Quickly he lead the two from the church and down one of the side streets, but that was a horrible idea.
---Upcoming Death---
Usually the side streets had little to no zombies but that wasn’t the case today. There had to be at least thirty of the most ugliest Mutts he had ever seen. There skin peeling off in different chunks. Blood dripping from their torn and stained clothing. The entire street around them smelt of death and decay.
Picking up Lila, Steve pulled out his gun and kept her head against his shoulder so she couldn’t see. “Come on we have to move!”
They took off down the street Lila crying against Steve’s shoulder. While running Laura slipped and fell down in front of the horde of Mutts. Steve was going to run and help her up but a zombie took a large chunk out of her ankle.
Screaming out in pain she cried out to Steve. “Take Lila to the bell tower church on main street! Fuck please! Her father promised to meet us there! Please! Please Steve shoot me! Please!” A blood curling scream left her throat as more joined in biting and tearing at her flesh.
Aiming his gun Steve couldn’t watch as he pulled the trigger. Laura’s screams stopped but the groaning continued. Quickly Steve took off holding a crying terrified Lila in his arms. “It’s gonna be alright Lila I’m gonna get you to your dad. I promise.”
---End Of Death Scene---
“B-But my mommy!” Lila cried against Steve’s shoulder as they got as far away from the horde as possible.
“I know and I’m sorry but I promise we’ll get to your father!” Steve took several side streets trying to make sure no unwanted guests heard Lila’s crying. He was glad when she finally passed out.
“I’m so sorry.” Steve was mumbling to himself as Lila slept. “I’m so sorry I couldn’t help her. I’m so sorry I couldn’t keep you both safe.”
It took Steve several hours and a few more bullets but he managed to get to the rooftop across from the bell tower church. He would be on the ground but the bell rang every hour on the hour, and it attracted a lot of unwanted attention.
Pushing open the door from the stairs Steve froze as a bow and arrow was pointed at his head. “Daddy!” Lila called out as she wiggled from Steve’s arms and ran to her father.
Seeing his daughter the man put the bow down and kneeled down to hug her tightly. “Lila I was so worried about you! I’m so glad you’re safe!”
Steve slowly came onto the roof shutting the door. That’s when the man noticed him again and grabbed the bow and arrow. “Don’t move!”
“No daddy wait!” Lila tugged at his arms to get him to put the bow down. “Mr. Steve helped me and mommy!”
“Mommy.. Lila where is your mommy!?” Lila lowered her eyes as they begun to tear up. Dropping his bow the man hugged his daughter tightly. “Oh Lila I’m so sorry. It’s alright sweetie it’s alright.” Looking over at Steve he let out a soft sigh. “Were you with her when it happened?”
Steve nodded and walked over to the male kneeling down to be on his level with Lila. “Yes.. My name is Steve Rogers. I found your wife and daughter in an office and helped them except… This morning your wife she slipped in front of a horde.. Asked me to bring Lila here to you and to… Well.. Put her out of her pain.” Steve looked down guilty before the man spoke up.
“I’m Clint Barton, thank you for taking care of my wife and my little girl.” He motions to the boy behind him holding a baby. “That’s Cooper and little Nathaniel.”
Steve put on a bright smile. “It’s nice to meet you Cooper. It has been a while since I’ve met anyone so it’s nice to see some new faces.”
Clint let out a deep yet sad laugh. “We.. We’re heading to a camp outside of Chicago if you want to join us.”
“Hmm? Oh thank you for the offer but I can’t… I’m heading to Washington to find my friend Bucky. After I get him I’ll find you at the camp.” Clint smiled and pat Steve’s shoulder.
“I hope you find him.” Standing up Clint picked up Lila holding her close. “Come on we have to head out of the city by nightfall or we’ll never make it. It was nice meeting you Steve. I hope we’ll see each other again.”
Steve nodded standing up. “I hope we do.. Goodbye Lila.” He waved as they left. He himself had to get moving before the next hour struck or he’d be stuck on the roofto-...
The large bell begun to chime. Slowly the groaning got louder and louder, now Steve was stuck on the roof until they left when it was over.
Pulling out his blanket Steve sat down and got out his notebook, it would be a while until they all cleared out.
Steve’s Journal: Entry 5
‘The day hasn’t gone so well so far. First of all…. We lost Laura today. I had only known her about a day but still it’s upsetting. She had fallen in front of a horde we got caught up in. She had me end her suffering…
I got Lila to her father and two brothers. They’re heading to the camp outside of Chicago. Hopefully I’ll meet up with them again once I find Bucky. And I WILL find Bucky, I promise. Now all I have to do is wait for the horde in front of the Bell Tower Church to leave and I’ll be on my way. I’ll see you soon Buck… I promise you that.’