Day 8

Shit hit the fan.

I'm taking a breather in a car right now.

About 3am I heard crashing at the door. No voices, and with it being on the 2rd floor, I couldnt take chances to find out if it was safe or not. So I bailed. Luckily I've already mastered a key point: always pack things away when you sleep. Make it safe for a grab and run with nothing important left behind.

I landed on the ground floor balcony bad enough, but I just ran. I heard gunshots shortly after I think. not like in films but softer yet harsher. They would have killed me! As if I don't have enough to cope with... I can hear things coming, but the doors are locked and the windows blacked out. I need sleep. It's just past 10pm and I haven't stopped today...

I suppose it's a good time to mention why the dark clothes were a godsend. I mentioned yesterday the Rani's had super awesome eyesight. Well here's the thing their weakness is night, simply because they can't distinguish between colours very well. My dark clothes blend me into the background, especially when I got a balaclava and mask to switch into (which I'll cover soon). I discovered this purely by accident on Day 4. I ran round a corner only to see the Ranis. They stopped and turned to me for what seemed like forever in which I stayed frozen in fear, then they stumbled off in their own directions. This confused me as on Day 1,2,3 and earlier on 4, a similar thing had happened at day in my normal clothes, and I was chased.
It saved my life. As it is doing now.

A thought occurs to me, I bet you wonder why I move at day, when at night I can blend into the background if I stay still. I prefer to be able to see everything, darkness doesn't offer me that. Even if I blend in, if i run into one they'll see me.

Shit though, how did they know I was there? No lights, no nothing... Not even this blog could have been used to track me down... If they had ifrared they may have... but that would have meant they would have known I was no longer in that room...

I've spent all day running from the Ranis, Damn things don't give up even when they should realise after 4 hours of chasing I'm out of reach.
A major tip you all need. It's the end of the world, don't be afraid to smash windows. They are quick after an initial stumbling period but they aren't that good at jumping over things. They clamber, but they don't seem to be able to run and clamber, which is good news for me. Another tip, however, is to make sure what you throw at the window can break it. I also advise throwing stuff at windows over punching them; getting cuts isn't a really smart idea. I still don't know how they really track me when they lose sight of me, blood, sweat, or the general smell of a living person, but other than that, blood aslo can get infected if not seen to, it's just not worth it.

I've been staying south side of Hereford for the past week in the residential areas. It sounds stupid at first, but considering the emergancy broadcast repeats to stay at home, people seemed to ignore it. When I left my home I saw traffic jams of people trying to get away from others, little realising that getting away was easiest done by staying while all others run. I also figured homes had more of a chance of having medical stuff, foods, drinks, beds, clothes, all lined up in one place. Town would mean going shop to shop to get stuff. Also I figured there's at least a few bad types here, so I may find weapons, hell even a replica sword would work using a standard home blade sharpener in the kitchen. No such luck yet. Seems I didn't give people enough credit to leave decent stuff behind.

So here I lay in the back of a quite expensive Chrysler with black tint windows. I haven't had anything except 2 Lucozades and 4 Mars Bars today. Doors are locked, all I can hope for is by morning I'm not surrounded... My leg hurts so much from the fall, I hope it the pain is gone by morning...

I hope you make another day... I hope I do too...