I woke to news on Friday of trouble starting up in Americas' largest cities. "Rioters" had re entered the streets on Thursday morning, just after dawn. Taking the cleanup crews and the small peace keeping forces in the city by surprise.
The "rioters" were all in the last stages of the KKK infection. They weren't interested in destroying property, either by acts of violence or arson. Seemingly intent only on hurting/ killing other people.
Roof top web cams in New York caught the disturbing images that were being repeated all over America.
Groups of the infected chased down and attacked clean up workers. Poor bastards didn't see it coming, just doing their jobs, intent on cleaning up broken glass, burnt cars and buildings. Most of em were probably wearing ear muffs, to protect against the noise, and the cold. Then they were set upon.
I watched in horror as the workers and other people just going about their business were mobbed. The victims mostly went down quickly and were covered by the infected, you could see glimpses of them being virtually torn apart.
The small number of peace keepers (mostly local Police by the looks of their uniforms) fought bravely. Trying to protect the unarmed civilian workers, They were mobbed and fell beside those they were watching over. Some when their ammo ran out, some were overwhelmed by growing numbers of monsters before they could reload. A few of the infected stopped using their hands to tear at their victims, apparently teeth were more effective.
I dragged myself away from the TV, and caught the late bus to work. The boss didn't seem to mind that I was an hour late, there were no customers to serve anyway. A quick check around the rest of the dealership confirmed that about half of the staff didn't come in. Most of them were probably crowding the local supermarkets, it was bedlam at the front of Woolworths as the bus went by on the way in.
As nobody wanted parts for their Falcons, Mondeos, Focus's and Transits, I had some time to think on the mornings developments.