Forwards:Why Alaska?

Two Words:

Why not?

Chapter One: The Grind

Stan (I)

4:00 am. Time to get up for Stan Cold. Stan gets up, gets dressed, makes chocolate-chip pancakes, turns on the TV and flips open his MacBook Pro. He changes the channel to "UFO Files" on the History Channel. Checking his e-mail while eating and watching UFO pictures, he notices that he got a message from ZSDW. So he checks it and he thinks there is nothing wrong with it, so he goes about with his routine. After finishing his pancakes he takes the plate to the sink and takes his laptop to the couch. He is an ER physician so he only has to work one week out of the month. This wasn't a work day. He chooses to wake up this early so he doesn't feel like he wasted 3 hours of the day. At 5:00 am he got into his VW bus and drove to the Traverse City State Hospital.

Joe (I)

5:00 am. Time to get up for Joe LaGattuta. He gets up, gets dressed, makes biscuits, turns on the TV and flops on to the couch.He pops a biscuit into his mouth and changes the channel to a sasquatch documentary. He is a vet and has Friday off. Then he just watches the documentary. At 6:00 am he gets on his bike and rides to the Traverse City State Hospital.

Stan (II)

Stan calmly waits for Joe as he eats the chicken biscuit grabbed from McDonald's and surfs the web on his laptop. It's a pretty foggy morning so he waits in his van. Now Stan isn't fat. He was waiting for Joe when he heard it. The moaning from the abandoned hospital.

Traverse City State Hospital

The Traverse City State Hospital, also known has the Northern Michigan Asylum, is one of the many abandoned mental institutions in Michigan. Horrible things have happened here such as electroshock-therapy and lobotomies. Under the hospital was tunnels that lead to the other buildings and, rumor has it, all over Traverse City. If a person's family stopped paying for their loved one because they were in a coma or too insane, they were executed. But what if a coma patient wouldn't die? What if he woke up and started to struggle and bite? Where would they put him?

Stan & Joe (I)

"Look who's late," said Stan.

Joe retorted, "I'm sorry I don't have insomnia. So what did you want me here for?"

Then he heard the moan. "JESUS CHRIST!!! WHAT WAS THAT!?!", Joe yelled.

"That's what we're going to find out. Come on", Stan replied.

"I'm not going in there, something might be in there."

Stan said, "Of course something's in there. That's why we're going in there. Why would we go in any building if nothing was in it. Luckily, something's always in the asylum. Never get bored."

It was true. Weird stuff always happens in the State Hospital. Stan and Joe have seen ghosts and demons inside, and by "seen" I mean "thrown around and beaten by". But that's another story for another day. They walked up to the entrance and pushed on the door. Someone chained the doors again. Stan took his lock pickgun and popped the pad lock off. They were now in the asylum and the moaning echoed through the hospital.

"Sounds like it's coming from the tunnel entrance," Stan smiled, "Ooh, I hope it's something evil."

They walk down the hallway until they reached the janitors closet. The door kept shaking. Something kept banging it. Stan looks through the window of the door.

"Pale skin, bones sticking out of legs... in my medical opinion, it's a zombie."

Then they heard the front doors get kicked down. Someone also heard the moaning the other day. They called the police. The police called the National Guard.

"Get down!" yelled one of the Guards, pointing his gun at Stan and Joe, "Were any of you bitten?"

"NO, SIR!" yelled Joe.

"No, sir," calmly replied Stan, "Could you possibly be here for the zombie? He's fairly decom-"

"Remain silent, civilian!," yelled the Guard, "Get outside now!" Stan and Joe follow the orders, and wait outside, where they are asked many questions and swear confidentiality. After five minutes of this, the Guard and his squad mates carry out a moving body bag. This is where Stan gets worried.

"No. No! You can't take him alive! Kill it and burn it!" he yells at the Guard. They drag them back to the van. Stan hits the steering wheel out of frustration and drives off.

"Wait," asked Joe, "Are we going to stop them?"

"Not much we can do but prepare. Go home, pack a bag with a gun, a blade, a crowbar, a towel and all the necessities of survival. Pack warm clothes. Have them at quick access."

"That's it?"

"Yep, call you in a month"