Chapter 1:

Sam awoke in the hospital. Weak and hungry, he got up. He was really thirsty. He tried to make his way to the bathroom, but fell down. He groaned. “Nurse, Help,” he said wearily, no response. “Help,” he stopped. He got up.  He continued to the bathroom. Sam turned on the water faucet and drank greedily. When he was done he walked over to the door. It was stuck. He hit the door. He moved back a little, then he rammed into it. He repeated this process multiple times until the door opened. The hall was lifeless. He was confused. Sam tried the elevator, to no effect. Why was there no electricity? He walked down the stairs. The main level lobby was also empty of people. Why was there no one in the hospital? A vending machine lay on its side. He tried calling his grandmother-who was his only living relative. The phone didn’t work. Was there no signal? He made his way over to the vending machine and realized that the glass was broken. Probably from the fall it had had. He took a coke and drank it, at least what was left of it. He grabbed a plastic bag and put some more soda cans in it.  He forced open the front doors open, and left the hospital.