You need strength in numbers! You resolve to find your family and friends as you make your way to your car which is, fortunately, untouched by looters and monsters. You decide to start by finding your parents, dodging (or ramming) as the road situation warrants. Finally, you make it to your home. You draw the Colt 1911 you gathered from your apartment before you left and rush in when you see blood on the ajar front door.
You watch in absolute horror as multiple fish-like creatures eat your parents like piranha! You see red as rage overwhelms you, and you empty every bullet you have into the two creatures with a roar of vengeance, stomping their heads in for good measure. breathing heavily, you grab the shotgun that your father dropped nearby, and take as many shells as you can find. You lay sheets over your parents' bodies respectfully before leaving to find your friends before it's too late for them as well.
One by one, you find five of your friends alive, exchanging your car at one point for a four-wheel drive SUV. Your final destination is a Professor from college that you kept in touch with over the years. When you arrive at the University, you find his office in shambles, a note typed in on his computer as an explanation...
The note explains that the reason for all this is the new age church that established itself in town a few months back. Supposedly, they brought all this about, and he was on his way to stop them however he could.
Your friends are divided on how to respond to this. Some want to help him, others want to let him do as he will and leave to find a place fortified or secluded enough to survive. As the de facto leader of the group, you decide to...