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Hey guys, quick update on the chapters. 5 is finished, and I'm currently writing 6. I want both of these to release at the same time so just hold on. How about a teaser for Chapter 6? The title is CHAPTER 6: 2040. So.. there's your teaser. Have fun with that.
CHAPTER 5: ROOM
My vision was still blurry. I couldn't really see. But from what I could see.. it definitely wasn't anything familiar. The base was no where in sight, and neither was John. I only seen darkness.. It was pitch black. I was in a room of some sort. A tiny room.. I got up on my feet. I moved my hand around and tried to feel for a wall, if I found one there's probably a light switch around. From how tiny the room was, I found one within seconds, and a light switch too. I flicked it on, and sure enough, the light came on. Well, that was easy. But now where the hell am I? The room had one table and a chair in it. The table had a computer, and some papers on it. The door seemed to be locked. I could probably shoot the lock off or something.. I checked for my gun. But.. I didn't feel it. I didn't feel a gun in the holster. I looked for myself.. and, my gun was gone! I had nothing else, either! My knife, ammo, grenades.. all gone.. I sat down in the chair. I took a deep breath, and looked at the desk. A few papers with not many words on them, and a computer which looked functioning, and some dust. Alright, let's see what's on these papers, I thought.. I picked one up. It read: "Turn on the computer, Miles, then read the next page".. that's a little weird, but alright.. I looked for the power button. It wasn't a laptop- it was a desktop computer with a monitor and all that. Eventually I found it.. I wasn't good with desktops, I'm more of a laptop guy. Then again I usually don't use computers at all. I pushed the button, and looked at the screen. It started booting up. This wasn't any boot-up screen I had seen before... it kinda looked like Windows but really, really messed up. Colors were inverted, logo and stuff was sideways.. didn't look right at all. After a few minutes, I got to the login screen. Again, it didn't really look right.. but I need the password. Okay, I guess I'll check the next page now. I picked it up, and read it. It said: "password is: deathwillcome". Jesus. That's just messed up. Like really messed up. Who thinks of stuff like that? I typed it in anyway. I finally got in.. and seen a lonesome file. It was the only thing there. The name was "readnextpage.wmv". What is with all this.. I picked up the next page. On the page, it read "open the file. it will tell you info". Huh.. the file had a .wmv filename extension. Like I said I don't really do computers that much, but I think .wmv means video. Let's watch, I guess.
The video started off black. Nothing was on the screen for about 20 seconds. Then.. words appeared on the screen.
"Hello miles
you know who this is
why won't you listen?
john isn't safe
he did terrible, terrible things before
pick up the next page, miles"
John.. wow, what did he do? What was so bad about him? I picked up the next page, anyways. It said "skip to timestamp 20:40". 20:40.. that's, well, 20 minutes and 40 seconds into the video. This must be one long video.. I wondered if I should watch all of it.. no, no I shouldn't actually.. I just wanted to get out of here. There was black, again. For about 5 seconds.. then words appeared once again.
"Back again
john didn't only destroy my necklace
have you heard about the serial killings from last year?
let's watch some security footage
you will see a certain man there"
The words stopped and the screen went black, once again. After a few seconds it came back, and there was security footage on screen. I remember seeing this on TV, the police submitted this evidence to the public. It's what got the killer. Well.. let me explain. Last year, there was these serial killings. It went on for a few months. Like, three or more. It was really bad.. the killer didn't care who died or how it happened. But he was crafty, that guy. He would always hide in new places whenever he commited a murder, and the police wouldn't even find out about it until days later. This wasn't your normal 'guy got shot, police found fingerprints on murder weapon which was found at the crime, other guy gets put in prision' type of deal. We're talking disguises. He would disguise as a family member of someone, do terrible things like make food for them and slip some posion in there. And he would leave.. and move on to an entirely different neighbourhood. This security footage.. was one that showed him robbing a store. He apparently went from 'silent, stealthy killer' to 'doesn't care what happens all of a sudden'.. but, why am I watching this?
The video soon slowed down. Slower, slower, slower.. and it got all fuzzy. Words appeared again. "watch carefully" is what it said. So.. I did. The video went back to normal from it's fuzziness. I did as the words said and watched carefully.. but what was I going to get from this? I had watched this video thousands of times before and could only confirm who the serial killer was. I did not see anybody else. And the serial killer was not John.. or was it.. The reason we knew this guy was the killer was for a few reasons. First off, he was wearing a mask. At one of the crime scenes, a mask was found under a table.. the police took it back to the police station. Next day, the station got broken into and the mask was gone. Day after THAT, this video happened. the video suddenly slowed down even more and zoomed in on the serial killer. By now, the video's quality was really bad. I tried doing things like this, especially at this point, because the killer's mask that he was wearing falls right off. But.. the quality suddenly went up. The killer's face.. was visible. And it was John...! This especially surprised me.. we always thought it was an entirely different person.. But this could be edited! What the hell is this about.. Would this John commit these murders? The screen went black again and words appeared again.
"John was the real culprit
I can assure you this is not edited
But I'm sorry I can't prove it to you
Check the next page now, miles"
The video finally stopped, and I looked at the next page. More evidence from other cases.. from year to year, all different years. Or just months. It was official evidence.. with more evidence CONTRADICTING the real evidence. And it all leads to John.. John was the serial murderer, he was the one who robbed almost all of the banks in one city, he was the one who did all these different crimes.. There was basically stacks of evidence toward John. It was.. very convincing. Pictures of him at crime scenes.. he would wear gloves in each picture, so he doesn't get fingerprints on anything I'm assuming. He's been convicted before.. put in jail for a few years, but he was taken out.. he knew what he was doing. This new evidence coming to light.. how long was this here? I know this doesn't sound right.. all of a sudden there's all this evidence.. and I don't know if I can believe it. I just don't know anymore..
My vision was still blurry. I couldn't really see. But from what I could see.. it definitely wasn't anything familiar. The base was no where in sight, and neither was John. I only seen darkness.. It was pitch black. I was in a room of some sort. A tiny room.. I got up on my feet. I moved my hand around and tried to feel for a wall, if I found one there's probably a light switch around. From how tiny the room was, I found one within seconds, and a light switch too. I flicked it on, and sure enough, the light came on. Well, that was easy. But now where the hell am I? The room had one table and a chair in it. The table had a computer, and some papers on it. The door seemed to be locked. I could probably shoot the lock off or something.. I checked for my gun. But.. I didn't feel it. I didn't feel a gun in the holster. I looked for myself.. and, my gun was gone! I had nothing else, either! My knife, ammo, grenades.. all gone.. I sat down in the chair. I took a deep breath, and looked at the desk. A few papers with not many words on them, and a computer which looked functioning, and some dust. Alright, let's see what's on these papers, I thought.. I picked one up. It read: "Turn on the computer, Miles, then read the next page".. that's a little weird, but alright.. I looked for the power button. It wasn't a laptop- it was a desktop computer with a monitor and all that. Eventually I found it.. I wasn't good with desktops, I'm more of a laptop guy. Then again I usually don't use computers at all. I pushed the button, and looked at the screen. It started booting up. This wasn't any boot-up screen I had seen before... it kinda looked like Windows but really, really messed up. Colors were inverted, logo and stuff was sideways.. didn't look right at all. After a few minutes, I got to the login screen. Again, it didn't really look right.. but I need the password. Okay, I guess I'll check the next page now. I picked it up, and read it. It said: "password is: deathwillcome". Jesus. That's just messed up. Like really messed up. Who thinks of stuff like that? I typed it in anyway. I finally got in.. and seen a lonesome file. It was the only thing there. The name was "readnextpage.wmv". What is with all this.. I picked up the next page. On the page, it read "open the file. it will tell you info". Huh.. the file had a .wmv filename extension. Like I said I don't really do computers that much, but I think .wmv means video. Let's watch, I guess.
The video started off black. Nothing was on the screen for about 20 seconds. Then.. words appeared on the screen.
"Hello miles
you know who this is
why won't you listen?
john isn't safe
he did terrible, terrible things before
pick up the next page, miles"
John.. wow, what did he do? What was so bad about him? I picked up the next page, anyways. It said "skip to timestamp 20:40". 20:40.. that's, well, 20 minutes and 40 seconds into the video. This must be one long video.. I wondered if I should watch all of it.. no, no I shouldn't actually.. I just wanted to get out of here. There was black, again. For about 5 seconds.. then words appeared once again.
"Back again
john didn't only destroy my necklace
have you heard about the serial killings from last year?
let's watch some security footage
you will see a certain man there"
The words stopped and the screen went black, once again. After a few seconds it came back, and there was security footage on screen. I remember seeing this on TV, the police submitted this evidence to the public. It's what got the killer. Well.. let me explain. Last year, there was these serial killings. It went on for a few months. Like, three or more. It was really bad.. the killer didn't care who died or how it happened. But he was crafty, that guy. He would always hide in new places whenever he commited a murder, and the police wouldn't even find out about it until days later. This wasn't your normal 'guy got shot, police found fingerprints on murder weapon which was found at the crime, other guy gets put in prision' type of deal. We're talking disguises. He would disguise as a family member of someone, do terrible things like make food for them and slip some posion in there. And he would leave.. and move on to an entirely different neighbourhood. This security footage.. was one that showed him robbing a store. He apparently went from 'silent, stealthy killer' to 'doesn't care what happens all of a sudden'.. but, why am I watching this?
The video soon slowed down. Slower, slower, slower.. and it got all fuzzy. Words appeared again. "watch carefully" is what it said. So.. I did. The video went back to normal from it's fuzziness. I did as the words said and watched carefully.. but what was I going to get from this? I had watched this video thousands of times before and could only confirm who the serial killer was. I did not see anybody else. And the serial killer was not John.. or was it.. The reason we knew this guy was the killer was for a few reasons. First off, he was wearing a mask. At one of the crime scenes, a mask was found under a table.. the police took it back to the police station. Next day, the station got broken into and the mask was gone. Day after THAT, this video happened. the video suddenly slowed down even more and zoomed in on the serial killer. By now, the video's quality was really bad. I tried doing things like this, especially at this point, because the killer's mask that he was wearing falls right off. But.. the quality suddenly went up. The killer's face.. was visible. And it was John...! This especially surprised me.. we always thought it was an entirely different person.. But this could be edited! What the hell is this about.. Would this John commit these murders? The screen went black again and words appeared again.
"John was the real culprit
I can assure you this is not edited
But I'm sorry I can't prove it to you
Check the next page now, miles"
The video finally stopped, and I looked at the next page. More evidence from other cases.. from year to year, all different years. Or just months. It was official evidence.. with more evidence CONTRADICTING the real evidence. And it all leads to John.. John was the serial murderer, he was the one who robbed almost all of the banks in one city, he was the one who did all these different crimes.. There was basically stacks of evidence toward John. It was.. very convincing. Pictures of him at crime scenes.. he would wear gloves in each picture, so he doesn't get fingerprints on anything I'm assuming. He's been convicted before.. put in jail for a few years, but he was taken out.. he knew what he was doing. This new evidence coming to light.. how long was this here? I know this doesn't sound right.. all of a sudden there's all this evidence.. and I don't know if I can believe it. I just don't know anymore..
CHAPTER 6: 2040
I gotta get out of here now. I am convinced about John. Damn, who knows what else he did. Fingerprints, pictures, videos, I got all I need. The page said about a backpack under the table, decided I should keep it. I put all the evidence in the backpack, and put it on. There was a small door at the end of the room. I turned the knob and pushed.. and the door actually opened. Wasn't locked. Found this surprising, but, whatever I guess.. I walked out. I wasn't really sure what to expect.. but when I walked out, it was nothing I would have before. I seemed to be somewhere else than what I seen before.. there was futuristic things everywhere. I think I was in a town of some sort. Pretty rundown, but futuristic. Buildings were down and crashed as if there was an earthquake, but you can tell they were pretty modern. Lights surrounded the area I was in, whether it was street lights, or cars. There were a few cars around, all of them had each and every light on. Produced a ton of light. I noticed it had some more exhaust pipes than usual- it almost looked like as if it could fly or something for god's sake..! I kept on walking. Didn't know where to go, where I was going, or anything. I have to find my squad, though.. but my radio was gone. Suddenly, I started shaking a bit.. in fact, everything around me started shaking! What the hell is going on? I tried to stay still. Which was hard. I was being thrown around.. Oh god, is there an earthquake going on!? There was nothing to grab onto. Yet I was being thrown into buildings, cars, pretty much every object.. My armor was shredding off. Piece by piece, it fell off.. until I was finally without anything to protect myself. But then.. the shaking stopped. I was on the ground, and stayed in that one spot.. I couldn't move. I tried pulling my arms up, getting on my feet, but nothing happened. I could, I wasn't too tired or anything, but.. it felt as if something was stopping me. My head suddenly turned left. Without any hesitation within the turn. I didn't even want to turn it left.. it just happened. I seen a figure walking towards me. Slowly. It didn't look human.. it didn't look human at all.. not even one of the infected. Not the infected I seen. This one was bigger. It seemed pretty.. well I'll just go ahead and say fat. Stomach was very.. big. Could hear every step it took.. it was the only sound there was.
It got closer and closer.. until I heard her voice again. "This is the year 2040. You will be here eventually. This year, technology and things still did get better, but the infection grows worse. If you do not find John, and either kill him or bring him to me, this will be the world. If you do not kill him, you will recognize this as a Bloater. There will be other infected like this. It grows worse.. and when it does.. this won't be the only one. Expect bigger. Miles, you follow orders.. your new orders are to find and either execute John or bring him to me. He is the reason for all this." Liz spoke within my head. It seemed like a warning. By the time 2040 rolls around, which is in like twenty years, the infection will get bigger and I will see these.. Bloater things. And bigger infected. 2040.. again, that's 20 years from now. I have a long time to deal with John, or if it's Liz I have to deal with. How can I trust her, though? If I kill John now will this not happen? But I already seen the future, is this written in stone that it's gonna happen or something..? I had many thoughts running through my head. But finally I realized.. I was free, and I could move. The Bloater was coming. How do I kill this thing!? I got up and backed away. The Bloater kept on moaning, and still moving slowly toward me. "Your time here is complete." I suddenly heard Liz's voice again. But not in my head- as if she was actually there. My vision started to get all blurry. I was hearing things all of a sudden, footsteps, yelling, and some of the infected, I think. It wasn't very clear. I tried to speak but I couldn't.. All I seen now was black.. I didn't see anything. My arms and legs were locked and I could not move again. I struggled to move, but nothing happened. "The year is 2020. It's December 1st. 7 days until your decision." I heard a voice. It was a female's voice.. but not Liz. No, it wasn't her at all. Liz speaks all creepy-like.. this one was calm.
I felt like I could move again, and the sounds were clear. I definitely heard footsteps, and I was lying down. The yelling was clear and the voices were familiar. It.. was my squad! "We're almost there! Delta Squad, this is Sarge, we have precious cargo and we are returning! John and some medical supplies were also found nearby the base, returning with that too obviously! Dr. Red's supplies for the cure is also in our possession. This is Sarge, out." Sarge said. I slowly opened my eyes.. and seen my squad. Sarge, Frank, Alex, James. They were all out. Sarge and Frank, that is. Alex and James were wheeling out John. I tried to speak once again. "...Where am I..?" I had no idea where I even was. Didn't look familiar. "Oh! Sarge he's alive!" Frank took note of the fact that I just said some words. "Yeah, what, did you think I was dead? That's not very nice of you to think. Jerk." I replied. I was feeling.. okay, I guess. No pain or anything. Just kinda confused of what just happened. "Miles.. we just found you and John outside the base. We're taking you back to our shelter. We decided we should come back for Dr. Red's cure, and to go back to saving John from being infected. Then we found you, and you didn't look all that dead so we took you and decided 'hey maybe he's alive' and stuff. So.. yeah." Sarge explained everything that happened. Was I just sitting there? Was I not actually in 2040, and did I not get warned about the infection? I tried to just relax.. I had too many thoughts going on in my head. But.. December 1st, 2020, the date that random voice said. That's today. The present... I think. 7 days until my.. decision? On December 8th, I have to decide something. I have to decide if it was either John, or Liz, that started the infection, and if John really did all these crimes and things. Who was it?
(Alright, this is your time to shine! Instead of just posting the next chapter like that, let's make this interactive. There is 7 days left, and that will be on November 24th. Who started the infection, and is the real bad guy here? Was it John, or Liz? Once the 24th comes, I will write a chapter that follows whichever decision was more voted. So if more people say John than Liz, then we will go that way with the story- with Private Miles convinced that John did a buncha bad stuff. Note that the chapter might not be posted on the 24th. Anyway.. post your votes now!)
I gotta get out of here now. I am convinced about John. Damn, who knows what else he did. Fingerprints, pictures, videos, I got all I need. The page said about a backpack under the table, decided I should keep it. I put all the evidence in the backpack, and put it on. There was a small door at the end of the room. I turned the knob and pushed.. and the door actually opened. Wasn't locked. Found this surprising, but, whatever I guess.. I walked out. I wasn't really sure what to expect.. but when I walked out, it was nothing I would have before. I seemed to be somewhere else than what I seen before.. there was futuristic things everywhere. I think I was in a town of some sort. Pretty rundown, but futuristic. Buildings were down and crashed as if there was an earthquake, but you can tell they were pretty modern. Lights surrounded the area I was in, whether it was street lights, or cars. There were a few cars around, all of them had each and every light on. Produced a ton of light. I noticed it had some more exhaust pipes than usual- it almost looked like as if it could fly or something for god's sake..! I kept on walking. Didn't know where to go, where I was going, or anything. I have to find my squad, though.. but my radio was gone. Suddenly, I started shaking a bit.. in fact, everything around me started shaking! What the hell is going on? I tried to stay still. Which was hard. I was being thrown around.. Oh god, is there an earthquake going on!? There was nothing to grab onto. Yet I was being thrown into buildings, cars, pretty much every object.. My armor was shredding off. Piece by piece, it fell off.. until I was finally without anything to protect myself. But then.. the shaking stopped. I was on the ground, and stayed in that one spot.. I couldn't move. I tried pulling my arms up, getting on my feet, but nothing happened. I could, I wasn't too tired or anything, but.. it felt as if something was stopping me. My head suddenly turned left. Without any hesitation within the turn. I didn't even want to turn it left.. it just happened. I seen a figure walking towards me. Slowly. It didn't look human.. it didn't look human at all.. not even one of the infected. Not the infected I seen. This one was bigger. It seemed pretty.. well I'll just go ahead and say fat. Stomach was very.. big. Could hear every step it took.. it was the only sound there was.
It got closer and closer.. until I heard her voice again. "This is the year 2040. You will be here eventually. This year, technology and things still did get better, but the infection grows worse. If you do not find John, and either kill him or bring him to me, this will be the world. If you do not kill him, you will recognize this as a Bloater. There will be other infected like this. It grows worse.. and when it does.. this won't be the only one. Expect bigger. Miles, you follow orders.. your new orders are to find and either execute John or bring him to me. He is the reason for all this." Liz spoke within my head. It seemed like a warning. By the time 2040 rolls around, which is in like twenty years, the infection will get bigger and I will see these.. Bloater things. And bigger infected. 2040.. again, that's 20 years from now. I have a long time to deal with John, or if it's Liz I have to deal with. How can I trust her, though? If I kill John now will this not happen? But I already seen the future, is this written in stone that it's gonna happen or something..? I had many thoughts running through my head. But finally I realized.. I was free, and I could move. The Bloater was coming. How do I kill this thing!? I got up and backed away. The Bloater kept on moaning, and still moving slowly toward me. "Your time here is complete." I suddenly heard Liz's voice again. But not in my head- as if she was actually there. My vision started to get all blurry. I was hearing things all of a sudden, footsteps, yelling, and some of the infected, I think. It wasn't very clear. I tried to speak but I couldn't.. All I seen now was black.. I didn't see anything. My arms and legs were locked and I could not move again. I struggled to move, but nothing happened. "The year is 2020. It's December 1st. 7 days until your decision." I heard a voice. It was a female's voice.. but not Liz. No, it wasn't her at all. Liz speaks all creepy-like.. this one was calm.
I felt like I could move again, and the sounds were clear. I definitely heard footsteps, and I was lying down. The yelling was clear and the voices were familiar. It.. was my squad! "We're almost there! Delta Squad, this is Sarge, we have precious cargo and we are returning! John and some medical supplies were also found nearby the base, returning with that too obviously! Dr. Red's supplies for the cure is also in our possession. This is Sarge, out." Sarge said. I slowly opened my eyes.. and seen my squad. Sarge, Frank, Alex, James. They were all out. Sarge and Frank, that is. Alex and James were wheeling out John. I tried to speak once again. "...Where am I..?" I had no idea where I even was. Didn't look familiar. "Oh! Sarge he's alive!" Frank took note of the fact that I just said some words. "Yeah, what, did you think I was dead? That's not very nice of you to think. Jerk." I replied. I was feeling.. okay, I guess. No pain or anything. Just kinda confused of what just happened. "Miles.. we just found you and John outside the base. We're taking you back to our shelter. We decided we should come back for Dr. Red's cure, and to go back to saving John from being infected. Then we found you, and you didn't look all that dead so we took you and decided 'hey maybe he's alive' and stuff. So.. yeah." Sarge explained everything that happened. Was I just sitting there? Was I not actually in 2040, and did I not get warned about the infection? I tried to just relax.. I had too many thoughts going on in my head. But.. December 1st, 2020, the date that random voice said. That's today. The present... I think. 7 days until my.. decision? On December 8th, I have to decide something. I have to decide if it was either John, or Liz, that started the infection, and if John really did all these crimes and things. Who was it?
(Alright, this is your time to shine! Instead of just posting the next chapter like that, let's make this interactive. There is 7 days left, and that will be on November 24th. Who started the infection, and is the real bad guy here? Was it John, or Liz? Once the 24th comes, I will write a chapter that follows whichever decision was more voted. So if more people say John than Liz, then we will go that way with the story- with Private Miles convinced that John did a buncha bad stuff. Note that the chapter might not be posted on the 24th. Anyway.. post your votes now!)
CHAPTER 7: DECISION
I gave it some thought. This is too convenient. Just out of nowhere there's all this evidence stacked against John and trying to make him out to be some sort of terrorist or something. He isn't. I don't know what it is Liz wants from him so god damn bad but she isn't getting him. This was an attempt to brainwash me or something isn't it? Trying to make us give him up. No. He has things to talk to us about and we will get them. I don't know how we will revive him; not sure if Dr. Red has some sort of un-infection machine we can put him through or something. Wonder how he got infected. I remember the infection starting with the gas going throughout the town we had evacuated. Then I believe it spread, I don't know how much. But it was a gas, and people who breathed it in became infected and started eating other people. How come it was so fast for them, but for other people like me who may have breathed it in due to having to actually breathe to live haven't been infected yet? Maybe we are infected.. but it hasn't taken effect yet. I sure hope we can fix all this so we can just go home and zombies aren't walking around. The world sure has changed.. I never really noticed until now. Stores and stuff have been closed up. It was a world of shoot and loot now- I haven't found any bandits or anything but I have friends who entercountered some. They had a fight, but, they won. Sadly, they recently got bitten. Had to put the guys down, if you know what I'm getting at. We're fighting different wars now.. before it was taking down the enemy and their plots to do whatever and be a winner of stuff, now we are defending ourselves from victims of a deadly infection and finding out who did this. And once I find that person, that person will pay. And after that, we can send out Dr. Red's cure once it's finished and fix this up. Mankind fell, but we can bring it back.
"So.. where's Dr. Red, anyway? Is he at the shelter?" I asked my squad. I want to talk to him. About how he's gonna save John. How he's going to save the world with this cure. How will we give it out? Do we just make the zombies drink it or something? Actually.. I guess I'll save the questions for when we get back. "Yeah he's at the shelter. He's been worried about you, and John. He's really convinced that he can save John and give out a cure. Heh heh. Never thought I'd see the day that Dr. Red'll be our savior. But hey.. where the hell have you been? Did you really think taking a nap right outside a base exploding and on fire would be the best idea?" Sarge replied to me. I wondered if I should tell them. If I should tell them about how I went to the future and seen the infection getting at it's worst, about how I seen all the evidence against John. "Well, uh, you wouldn't believe me. I think the weirdest of things just happened to me. No one would believe me." I don't think I could tell them. They would never believe it and I don't think I have proof I did. Hell, maybe it didn't, maybe I just fell asleep and had a lucid dream that I didn't control. I know that would mean a normal dream but it just felt so.. real. "Miles, after all the hell we've been through, all the things we seen, you're telling me I wouldn't believe whatever happened? Some sorta supernatural stuff, it all seems normal to me now. Come on, tell us." Sarge told me. He had a point, I guess. Seeing aliens walking around wouldn't surprise me. I don't think anything would surprise me at this point. "Well.. alright then.." I started. I decided I had to tell them at one point. And to prove it, I probably still had the backpack! I tried to remember to remind myself about that after I tell the story of where I've been.
The sun went down and the moon went up. I seen tents in the distance. I finished telling them what happened, about when I went to the future, the backpack, Liz trying to jam it into my head that John is the enemy, everything. "Well damn. That's.. crazy. We.. we should probably keep an eye on John if we save him.." Frank said whilst taking a quick look through the evidence. "Well, we're here boys. Let's go." Sarge declared. I got up, slowly just in case, and put my backpack on. We left my bed thing. Still don't know what those are called.. The rest of the squad rolled in the bed with John and all the medical supplies. I walked alongside them. I seen Delta Squad sitting in front of a campfire. What is this, are we camping? Delta started waving to us as they seen us, and, we waved back. I seen someone in a tent, which must have been Dr. Red. The tents were pretty big. Enough size to put the bed in, thankfully. That way no infected should be eating John for a midnight snack while we're sleeping.. I started running in. I had to speak with Dr. Red.. hopefully he will explain everything to me. Why did we find John again, what made us find him? No one came to the base as far as I know. Nobody could have told us. It's as if we just knew where he was and that he could help us. I started to think.. do we even need him alive? I was in the same class as him. I know John and I know Liz. I now know even more. I can testify to the same things that John probably can. There isn't much he knows more than I do. Hell, I already told the squad about Liz just now.. What is it that he will help us with? "Yo, Miles. Sup bro." One of Delta's members called out to me. This guy was known as the badass of that group. He saved our lives countless times. His name is Shaun. "Hey. Just got done being dead. Or.. sort of alive.. not really sure, how about you?" I replied. I couldn't just run in Dr. Red's tent; that would be rude. Being rude isn't very nice. It's.. well, rude. "Not much, had to shoot about 18 infected while you guys were gone. We moved the bodies, but, the smell might still be here. Sorry." Shaun answered me. As soon as he said that, I realized.. damn, it really does smell here.
I guess I should be going to Dr. Red now. "Haha. It's fine. Let's hope it doesn't attract the other ones. I gotta go talk to the doc, so I'll be out in a minute." I told Shaun. It's time to get some answers.. I was too clueless on all this. The doctor is working on this guy, so he HAD to be informed of him. Dr. Red just has to have info.. he always does, he always has all the info on any patient he works on. Let's do this, I guess..
I gave it some thought. This is too convenient. Just out of nowhere there's all this evidence stacked against John and trying to make him out to be some sort of terrorist or something. He isn't. I don't know what it is Liz wants from him so god damn bad but she isn't getting him. This was an attempt to brainwash me or something isn't it? Trying to make us give him up. No. He has things to talk to us about and we will get them. I don't know how we will revive him; not sure if Dr. Red has some sort of un-infection machine we can put him through or something. Wonder how he got infected. I remember the infection starting with the gas going throughout the town we had evacuated. Then I believe it spread, I don't know how much. But it was a gas, and people who breathed it in became infected and started eating other people. How come it was so fast for them, but for other people like me who may have breathed it in due to having to actually breathe to live haven't been infected yet? Maybe we are infected.. but it hasn't taken effect yet. I sure hope we can fix all this so we can just go home and zombies aren't walking around. The world sure has changed.. I never really noticed until now. Stores and stuff have been closed up. It was a world of shoot and loot now- I haven't found any bandits or anything but I have friends who entercountered some. They had a fight, but, they won. Sadly, they recently got bitten. Had to put the guys down, if you know what I'm getting at. We're fighting different wars now.. before it was taking down the enemy and their plots to do whatever and be a winner of stuff, now we are defending ourselves from victims of a deadly infection and finding out who did this. And once I find that person, that person will pay. And after that, we can send out Dr. Red's cure once it's finished and fix this up. Mankind fell, but we can bring it back.
"So.. where's Dr. Red, anyway? Is he at the shelter?" I asked my squad. I want to talk to him. About how he's gonna save John. How he's going to save the world with this cure. How will we give it out? Do we just make the zombies drink it or something? Actually.. I guess I'll save the questions for when we get back. "Yeah he's at the shelter. He's been worried about you, and John. He's really convinced that he can save John and give out a cure. Heh heh. Never thought I'd see the day that Dr. Red'll be our savior. But hey.. where the hell have you been? Did you really think taking a nap right outside a base exploding and on fire would be the best idea?" Sarge replied to me. I wondered if I should tell them. If I should tell them about how I went to the future and seen the infection getting at it's worst, about how I seen all the evidence against John. "Well, uh, you wouldn't believe me. I think the weirdest of things just happened to me. No one would believe me." I don't think I could tell them. They would never believe it and I don't think I have proof I did. Hell, maybe it didn't, maybe I just fell asleep and had a lucid dream that I didn't control. I know that would mean a normal dream but it just felt so.. real. "Miles, after all the hell we've been through, all the things we seen, you're telling me I wouldn't believe whatever happened? Some sorta supernatural stuff, it all seems normal to me now. Come on, tell us." Sarge told me. He had a point, I guess. Seeing aliens walking around wouldn't surprise me. I don't think anything would surprise me at this point. "Well.. alright then.." I started. I decided I had to tell them at one point. And to prove it, I probably still had the backpack! I tried to remember to remind myself about that after I tell the story of where I've been.
The sun went down and the moon went up. I seen tents in the distance. I finished telling them what happened, about when I went to the future, the backpack, Liz trying to jam it into my head that John is the enemy, everything. "Well damn. That's.. crazy. We.. we should probably keep an eye on John if we save him.." Frank said whilst taking a quick look through the evidence. "Well, we're here boys. Let's go." Sarge declared. I got up, slowly just in case, and put my backpack on. We left my bed thing. Still don't know what those are called.. The rest of the squad rolled in the bed with John and all the medical supplies. I walked alongside them. I seen Delta Squad sitting in front of a campfire. What is this, are we camping? Delta started waving to us as they seen us, and, we waved back. I seen someone in a tent, which must have been Dr. Red. The tents were pretty big. Enough size to put the bed in, thankfully. That way no infected should be eating John for a midnight snack while we're sleeping.. I started running in. I had to speak with Dr. Red.. hopefully he will explain everything to me. Why did we find John again, what made us find him? No one came to the base as far as I know. Nobody could have told us. It's as if we just knew where he was and that he could help us. I started to think.. do we even need him alive? I was in the same class as him. I know John and I know Liz. I now know even more. I can testify to the same things that John probably can. There isn't much he knows more than I do. Hell, I already told the squad about Liz just now.. What is it that he will help us with? "Yo, Miles. Sup bro." One of Delta's members called out to me. This guy was known as the badass of that group. He saved our lives countless times. His name is Shaun. "Hey. Just got done being dead. Or.. sort of alive.. not really sure, how about you?" I replied. I couldn't just run in Dr. Red's tent; that would be rude. Being rude isn't very nice. It's.. well, rude. "Not much, had to shoot about 18 infected while you guys were gone. We moved the bodies, but, the smell might still be here. Sorry." Shaun answered me. As soon as he said that, I realized.. damn, it really does smell here.
I guess I should be going to Dr. Red now. "Haha. It's fine. Let's hope it doesn't attract the other ones. I gotta go talk to the doc, so I'll be out in a minute." I told Shaun. It's time to get some answers.. I was too clueless on all this. The doctor is working on this guy, so he HAD to be informed of him. Dr. Red just has to have info.. he always does, he always has all the info on any patient he works on. Let's do this, I guess..
CHAPTER 8: ANSWERS
I walked over to Dr. Red's tent and let myself right in. "Ah! Miles! What a pleasant surprise. Please, take a seat!" Dr. Red greeted me, and pointed over to a chair. The tent looked pretty nice, for a tent.. It had a small bed, lantern, even a small table. Two chairs were in the tent, one at the table and one next to it. The doc was sitting at the table. "Hey Doc. Uh, I.. have some questions, for you. It's about John, I want to know more. Is that okay?" I asked Dr. Red. As I have mentioned before, he always knows about his patients. If it's a private on his first mission who got shot in the foot, he knows their life story. I don't see why John would be an exception, even if he is such a big deal. "J-John? You mean ehh.. the patient.. the one who's infected." Dr. Red seemed a bit hesitant to answer.. as if he didn't want to? "Yes, him. John. I know who he is. He's from my old school, and it seems like we met up again. I want to know, why do we know him? How did we come across his location? And when we did find him, how'd we know it was John? I need answers, dammit!" I told Dr. Red straight. It can't be a coicidence that I'm meeting all these people I already knew again. What was it that gave away where John was? I was finally about to get answers.. "Well I'm gonna be completely honest with you, Miles. I was told about John, I will admit. But I was also told not to tell anyone. That if anyone else knew it would be trouble. Serious trouble, they didn't tell me what exactly would happen but just something bad. Terrible sorry for the inconvenience, Miles." Dr. Red replied. No one could know? Only Dr. Red knew about John.. and he was the only one who could. That can't be right. I asked about patients before and without any sort of hesitation or questions asked from him I got info. John was different. "Wait.. why? Why isn't anyone allowed to know? What's so special about him?" I asked Dr. Red. Should we even try to revive him? I'm gonna be honest.. I don't know what to expect. Who can say for sure he WILL help us? Just because he knows things may not help..
"You wouldn't believe me, Miles. If I told you.. you would think that I am lying. Again, I can't even tell you. Some really crazy things happened in his life, at least, before he died. It's already night. By the time morning rolls around, he will have been infected for like a day, or more. I have to save him now, before it's too late. Miles, I am so, so, sorry I can't tell you anything about John. But we are the only ones who can save mankind. I know this is a bold statement.. but when you think about it, we are. I'm working on the cure, and also trying to save someone who can tell us info that will help us in finding who started this, why, and we can punish them afterwards. You guys.. Alpha and Delta. The only two squads left. The best squads. I'm sure we can do this, if we all work together." Dr. Red responded to me. The only ones who can save mankind.. He was right. We were. Because we're the military. There isn't any higher-ups. Everyone else.. as far as I know, anyways.. are just civilians trying to survive. There isn't anything they can do.. other than just that. Survive. "Doc.." I started saying. "You are correct. Only we can. I believe in that, and do sincerely hope we can save us all. But I also believe it is for the greater good I know about John! We're trying to save this guy but I know nothing about him other than childhood memories. You see this backpack I have here? Look inside. I found a ton of evidence leading toward John doing crimes and stuff. Nothing that really says he started the infection but if you put 2 and 2 together it will seem like he might have. I'm not convinced he did these. This might have been an attempt to brainwash me. It didn't work. That still doesn't make John not dangerous. Dammit Doc I need to know! I don't care if I won't believe you! Just tell me!" I yelled at Dr. Red and threw my backpack on the table. He took a look inside the backpack, the files, the folders, the pictures.. the evidence. "Oh dear.. where did you get this?" Dr. Red asked me. "That's irrelevant, Doc. Just take a look if you want but we shouldn't be just messing around for too long." I replied. Dr. Red looked down, and took the backpack off the table. He stood up and looked straight at me. "Get up." Dr. Red told me to do.
I stood up, and looked him in the eye. "I cannot tell you.. I cannot.. they said.. t-they said he will come.. and he will kill all of us.. i-it's you in specific.. you can't know about John! You can't! B-But.. now that you know this.. that he's coming.." Dr. Red told me. He? Who's he? "Doc, who's he!? What the hell is going on!?" I quickly turned around and exited the tent. "EVERYONE! SECURE THE SHELTER!" I yelled out to everyone. I'm no leader, but I had to inform the people.. someone is coming. "You weren't supposed to know.. now you're going to bring him here.. to us.. you just stuck a knife in our plans, god dammit!" Dr. Red exited the tent as well. Delta.. the only people who were outside.. had shocked faces. They seemed to know what was going on. The rest of my squad left their tents and seen what was going on. "What the hell.. what aren't you telling me?" I was getting nervous. I looked around, everyone was.. scared. I never seen Delta or Alpha this scared. "We can't save crap now. That is.. unless we get rid of you. I-It's the only way.." Dr. Red said behind me. Get.. rid of me? "What!? WHY WON'T ANYONE EXPLAIN TO ME, WHAT IS GOING ON!?" I turned around and seen Dr. Red staring at me.. with a knife in hand. "You should never have asked about him.." he spoke to me.. and thrusted his arm forward. He stabbed me with the knife..! I felt a sudden intense pain in my stomach. "G-GAAAAHH.. REEEDDD!!" I let out a scream and fell to the ground. Why.. why did he do that.. I couldn't think. I couldn't feel anything again.. just pain.. "It's a good thing you didn't have all that armor you used to have." My vision blurred, but I can just barely see Dr. Red standing above me. Delta got up and stood over me as well. "Let's get him out. He can't be here anymore." A Delta member said to the doc. They picked me up.. as I started to feel numb.. everywhere.. I couldn't even feel the pain as much anymore. I was convinced this is my end.. until I heard yet another voice. In my head.
"Miles. You seem interested in John. I can't tell you anything myself. But I can tell you that since you seeked answers so much.. you have brought great grief upon your fellow squadmates. They were right. Now that you know about my plans, you couldn't be around. If you died, right then and there, perhaps I wouldn't have even known. But they didn't kill you. You fell, but you're alive. I'm coming. Alpha and Delta will fall. The cure will be destroyed. John will be ours. You should have just listened. But now.. yours, and Dr. Red's faults.. will kill everyone. Good job.
I walked over to Dr. Red's tent and let myself right in. "Ah! Miles! What a pleasant surprise. Please, take a seat!" Dr. Red greeted me, and pointed over to a chair. The tent looked pretty nice, for a tent.. It had a small bed, lantern, even a small table. Two chairs were in the tent, one at the table and one next to it. The doc was sitting at the table. "Hey Doc. Uh, I.. have some questions, for you. It's about John, I want to know more. Is that okay?" I asked Dr. Red. As I have mentioned before, he always knows about his patients. If it's a private on his first mission who got shot in the foot, he knows their life story. I don't see why John would be an exception, even if he is such a big deal. "J-John? You mean ehh.. the patient.. the one who's infected." Dr. Red seemed a bit hesitant to answer.. as if he didn't want to? "Yes, him. John. I know who he is. He's from my old school, and it seems like we met up again. I want to know, why do we know him? How did we come across his location? And when we did find him, how'd we know it was John? I need answers, dammit!" I told Dr. Red straight. It can't be a coicidence that I'm meeting all these people I already knew again. What was it that gave away where John was? I was finally about to get answers.. "Well I'm gonna be completely honest with you, Miles. I was told about John, I will admit. But I was also told not to tell anyone. That if anyone else knew it would be trouble. Serious trouble, they didn't tell me what exactly would happen but just something bad. Terrible sorry for the inconvenience, Miles." Dr. Red replied. No one could know? Only Dr. Red knew about John.. and he was the only one who could. That can't be right. I asked about patients before and without any sort of hesitation or questions asked from him I got info. John was different. "Wait.. why? Why isn't anyone allowed to know? What's so special about him?" I asked Dr. Red. Should we even try to revive him? I'm gonna be honest.. I don't know what to expect. Who can say for sure he WILL help us? Just because he knows things may not help..
"You wouldn't believe me, Miles. If I told you.. you would think that I am lying. Again, I can't even tell you. Some really crazy things happened in his life, at least, before he died. It's already night. By the time morning rolls around, he will have been infected for like a day, or more. I have to save him now, before it's too late. Miles, I am so, so, sorry I can't tell you anything about John. But we are the only ones who can save mankind. I know this is a bold statement.. but when you think about it, we are. I'm working on the cure, and also trying to save someone who can tell us info that will help us in finding who started this, why, and we can punish them afterwards. You guys.. Alpha and Delta. The only two squads left. The best squads. I'm sure we can do this, if we all work together." Dr. Red responded to me. The only ones who can save mankind.. He was right. We were. Because we're the military. There isn't any higher-ups. Everyone else.. as far as I know, anyways.. are just civilians trying to survive. There isn't anything they can do.. other than just that. Survive. "Doc.." I started saying. "You are correct. Only we can. I believe in that, and do sincerely hope we can save us all. But I also believe it is for the greater good I know about John! We're trying to save this guy but I know nothing about him other than childhood memories. You see this backpack I have here? Look inside. I found a ton of evidence leading toward John doing crimes and stuff. Nothing that really says he started the infection but if you put 2 and 2 together it will seem like he might have. I'm not convinced he did these. This might have been an attempt to brainwash me. It didn't work. That still doesn't make John not dangerous. Dammit Doc I need to know! I don't care if I won't believe you! Just tell me!" I yelled at Dr. Red and threw my backpack on the table. He took a look inside the backpack, the files, the folders, the pictures.. the evidence. "Oh dear.. where did you get this?" Dr. Red asked me. "That's irrelevant, Doc. Just take a look if you want but we shouldn't be just messing around for too long." I replied. Dr. Red looked down, and took the backpack off the table. He stood up and looked straight at me. "Get up." Dr. Red told me to do.
I stood up, and looked him in the eye. "I cannot tell you.. I cannot.. they said.. t-they said he will come.. and he will kill all of us.. i-it's you in specific.. you can't know about John! You can't! B-But.. now that you know this.. that he's coming.." Dr. Red told me. He? Who's he? "Doc, who's he!? What the hell is going on!?" I quickly turned around and exited the tent. "EVERYONE! SECURE THE SHELTER!" I yelled out to everyone. I'm no leader, but I had to inform the people.. someone is coming. "You weren't supposed to know.. now you're going to bring him here.. to us.. you just stuck a knife in our plans, god dammit!" Dr. Red exited the tent as well. Delta.. the only people who were outside.. had shocked faces. They seemed to know what was going on. The rest of my squad left their tents and seen what was going on. "What the hell.. what aren't you telling me?" I was getting nervous. I looked around, everyone was.. scared. I never seen Delta or Alpha this scared. "We can't save crap now. That is.. unless we get rid of you. I-It's the only way.." Dr. Red said behind me. Get.. rid of me? "What!? WHY WON'T ANYONE EXPLAIN TO ME, WHAT IS GOING ON!?" I turned around and seen Dr. Red staring at me.. with a knife in hand. "You should never have asked about him.." he spoke to me.. and thrusted his arm forward. He stabbed me with the knife..! I felt a sudden intense pain in my stomach. "G-GAAAAHH.. REEEDDD!!" I let out a scream and fell to the ground. Why.. why did he do that.. I couldn't think. I couldn't feel anything again.. just pain.. "It's a good thing you didn't have all that armor you used to have." My vision blurred, but I can just barely see Dr. Red standing above me. Delta got up and stood over me as well. "Let's get him out. He can't be here anymore." A Delta member said to the doc. They picked me up.. as I started to feel numb.. everywhere.. I couldn't even feel the pain as much anymore. I was convinced this is my end.. until I heard yet another voice. In my head.
"Miles. You seem interested in John. I can't tell you anything myself. But I can tell you that since you seeked answers so much.. you have brought great grief upon your fellow squadmates. They were right. Now that you know about my plans, you couldn't be around. If you died, right then and there, perhaps I wouldn't have even known. But they didn't kill you. You fell, but you're alive. I'm coming. Alpha and Delta will fall. The cure will be destroyed. John will be ours. You should have just listened. But now.. yours, and Dr. Red's faults.. will kill everyone. Good job.
CHAPTER 9: TAKEN
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"Miles. Wake up."
"..wha.."
My eyes slowly opened. My vision was still blurry, but I could actually feel things now. My stomach still felt intense pain as I remembered the events of what had happened to me.. where I got stabbed. "A-Aahhhh.." It didn't hurt as much as the moment it happened, but there was still a sharp pain. I tried to take a deep breath. Breathe. I just had to breathe. "Hello. Take a look around, Miles. This is your new home for a little while." I heard a deep voice. A male. It was... just, very deep, and scratchy.. if Liz was a guy, this is what Liz would sound like. My vision slowly cleared up.. and I could finally see. I was strapped to a chair. It looked like an interrogation chair. Probably an electric one. I was in a tiny room with a security camera in the corner. One light filled the room, and I could see all around me. Messages were on the wall. Written in some sort of red marker. Seconds later, I started getting a bad smell.. then I realized, that wasn't red marker at all. It was blood. I continued looking around. On a table to my right, there was a gun, a revolver. I couldn't move the chair around, and could not see behind me. I heard the voice through an intercom of some sort, so this person probably was not behind me. "Where am I? W-What is this about?" I asked. I wasn't sure if I could get an answer.. or if this person can hear me. "Today is December 8th, and you have chosen to keep pursuing Liz. That was the wrong answer. You are infected, Miles. Everybody is. Your time is coming soon. Do you remember how the infection started? A gas spread around, and whoever breathed it in got infected, quickly. And started eating. For them it was minutes.. for you, and many others, it's days. The infection has been around for nearly 2 weeks. It's finally time. The infection will go in full force today. You will stay here until you are infected, and we will free you from this place.. but you will have no idea what to do or where to go. Until.." The voice spoke through the intercom again. I guess he did hear me. But.. until what? Suddenly the chair started moving a bit. It turned right around. I was now facing the other way... and I noticed I was not alone.
Four people were sitting against a wall, tied up together. All of them were familiar. It was Frank.. Sarge.. and two others. They were familiar, but I couldn't exactly put my finger on who they were. People I haven't seen in years. "Miles, do you know who they are? Who the two females are? Who the people other than your friends from military are? What their names are, do you remember anything?" The voice asked. One was a little girl, and the other looked like a mother. Both had tears in their eyes as they looked at me.. "I.. they.. they look familiar.. but I don't remember where.." I said aloud. I wasn't sure if that was right to say. I had to think.. I thought, for a while. The voice did not reply. But the little girl suddenly did.. "D-Daddy..." she said to me. That was when everything came to me.....
"You know who they are. Before you went to the military, Miles."
This was my family. My wife. My daughter. Tied up right in front of me. Kidnapped.. "You have three options, Miles. I'm gonna free you from the chair. You can let the infection sink in, and who knows what happens from there. You can shoot yourself right now with the .44 magnum on the table. Or you can surrender John to us.. admit defeat.. as we take over. Do you know who I am? My name is Billy. You may not know me. I worked with Liz as the infection started.. in return she gave me power.. and we want more. We will work together to destroy all of you. Make your choice. It must be here, right now." Billy told me. I wasn't ready to die. I can't die just yet. I'm not finished here. "What is it about John you want so much? You can't be wanting him just because he will do harm to us, if he really did all those crimes. There's something else isn't there. I don't know who you are.. and I don't exactly know what you want. We will keep John, and we will win this fight. We will finish the cure. We will save John. We will talk to John, and how he can help. I don't really know how he will. But. We will not lose, not to you." I spoke. We can't back down. I'm not going to be a coward in front of my friends and family. Not in front of anyone. "...Then you can either turn, in front of your family, and eat them, or you can shoot yourself. Remember that your daughter is here, and she will see what happens to you. If you even attempt to get up, you should also remember the room is rigged with explosives. Ready to detonate at any time. It's your choice..." Billy responded. I already made my choice.
Doors were behind them. And a keypad. I might be able to crack the code and get us out of here. Frank seemed to have hid his knife or something.. I could see it on him. Guess Billy didn't take it. I can cut the rope off of them. I can shoot the camera with the gun, cut them out of the rope, enter the code, and we can all get out. But.. this is really risking something here. It's time to make my move, however. I slowly reached for the gun. "Daddy no.. no, no no!" my daughter, Lilly, spoke. She didn't know what I was gonna do.. I couldn't say. Billy would know.. he can quite obviously hear me. Slow but sure, I raised the gun to my head. "You were good, Miles.. real good. It's a shame we're in this position.." Sarge said aloud. Everyone closed their eyes.. they had no idea. Okay.. okay.. let's take a deep breath. Raise the gun, shoot the camera, free everyone, enter the code, and leave. Once I shoot the camera, Billy won't be able to see us.. but he'll know still. He will know that I got up, and trying to attempt an escape. "I didn't think you'd make this decision. Not this soon.." Billy said through the intercom. I could only think one thing at that time.
"Screw you."
||CHAPTER 10: RISE FROM THE ASHES, THE FINAL CHAPTER COMING SOON||
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"Miles. Wake up."
"..wha.."
My eyes slowly opened. My vision was still blurry, but I could actually feel things now. My stomach still felt intense pain as I remembered the events of what had happened to me.. where I got stabbed. "A-Aahhhh.." It didn't hurt as much as the moment it happened, but there was still a sharp pain. I tried to take a deep breath. Breathe. I just had to breathe. "Hello. Take a look around, Miles. This is your new home for a little while." I heard a deep voice. A male. It was... just, very deep, and scratchy.. if Liz was a guy, this is what Liz would sound like. My vision slowly cleared up.. and I could finally see. I was strapped to a chair. It looked like an interrogation chair. Probably an electric one. I was in a tiny room with a security camera in the corner. One light filled the room, and I could see all around me. Messages were on the wall. Written in some sort of red marker. Seconds later, I started getting a bad smell.. then I realized, that wasn't red marker at all. It was blood. I continued looking around. On a table to my right, there was a gun, a revolver. I couldn't move the chair around, and could not see behind me. I heard the voice through an intercom of some sort, so this person probably was not behind me. "Where am I? W-What is this about?" I asked. I wasn't sure if I could get an answer.. or if this person can hear me. "Today is December 8th, and you have chosen to keep pursuing Liz. That was the wrong answer. You are infected, Miles. Everybody is. Your time is coming soon. Do you remember how the infection started? A gas spread around, and whoever breathed it in got infected, quickly. And started eating. For them it was minutes.. for you, and many others, it's days. The infection has been around for nearly 2 weeks. It's finally time. The infection will go in full force today. You will stay here until you are infected, and we will free you from this place.. but you will have no idea what to do or where to go. Until.." The voice spoke through the intercom again. I guess he did hear me. But.. until what? Suddenly the chair started moving a bit. It turned right around. I was now facing the other way... and I noticed I was not alone.
Four people were sitting against a wall, tied up together. All of them were familiar. It was Frank.. Sarge.. and two others. They were familiar, but I couldn't exactly put my finger on who they were. People I haven't seen in years. "Miles, do you know who they are? Who the two females are? Who the people other than your friends from military are? What their names are, do you remember anything?" The voice asked. One was a little girl, and the other looked like a mother. Both had tears in their eyes as they looked at me.. "I.. they.. they look familiar.. but I don't remember where.." I said aloud. I wasn't sure if that was right to say. I had to think.. I thought, for a while. The voice did not reply. But the little girl suddenly did.. "D-Daddy..." she said to me. That was when everything came to me.....
"You know who they are. Before you went to the military, Miles."
This was my family. My wife. My daughter. Tied up right in front of me. Kidnapped.. "You have three options, Miles. I'm gonna free you from the chair. You can let the infection sink in, and who knows what happens from there. You can shoot yourself right now with the .44 magnum on the table. Or you can surrender John to us.. admit defeat.. as we take over. Do you know who I am? My name is Billy. You may not know me. I worked with Liz as the infection started.. in return she gave me power.. and we want more. We will work together to destroy all of you. Make your choice. It must be here, right now." Billy told me. I wasn't ready to die. I can't die just yet. I'm not finished here. "What is it about John you want so much? You can't be wanting him just because he will do harm to us, if he really did all those crimes. There's something else isn't there. I don't know who you are.. and I don't exactly know what you want. We will keep John, and we will win this fight. We will finish the cure. We will save John. We will talk to John, and how he can help. I don't really know how he will. But. We will not lose, not to you." I spoke. We can't back down. I'm not going to be a coward in front of my friends and family. Not in front of anyone. "...Then you can either turn, in front of your family, and eat them, or you can shoot yourself. Remember that your daughter is here, and she will see what happens to you. If you even attempt to get up, you should also remember the room is rigged with explosives. Ready to detonate at any time. It's your choice..." Billy responded. I already made my choice.
Doors were behind them. And a keypad. I might be able to crack the code and get us out of here. Frank seemed to have hid his knife or something.. I could see it on him. Guess Billy didn't take it. I can cut the rope off of them. I can shoot the camera with the gun, cut them out of the rope, enter the code, and we can all get out. But.. this is really risking something here. It's time to make my move, however. I slowly reached for the gun. "Daddy no.. no, no no!" my daughter, Lilly, spoke. She didn't know what I was gonna do.. I couldn't say. Billy would know.. he can quite obviously hear me. Slow but sure, I raised the gun to my head. "You were good, Miles.. real good. It's a shame we're in this position.." Sarge said aloud. Everyone closed their eyes.. they had no idea. Okay.. okay.. let's take a deep breath. Raise the gun, shoot the camera, free everyone, enter the code, and leave. Once I shoot the camera, Billy won't be able to see us.. but he'll know still. He will know that I got up, and trying to attempt an escape. "I didn't think you'd make this decision. Not this soon.." Billy said through the intercom. I could only think one thing at that time.
"Screw you."
||CHAPTER 10: RISE FROM THE ASHES, THE FINAL CHAPTER COMING SOON||
CHAPTER 10: RISE FROM THE ASHES PT. 1
I snapped my hand away from my head and shot at the camera. A round fired and the camera fell to the ground. I jumped out of the chair, and at Frank. I grabbed at his knife and pulled it out through the ropes. "Why do you even still have this!?" I asked while taking it out. I started cutting ropes. "I-I don't know! Get us out, we can talk later!!" I was cutting as fast as I possibly could. We had to get out, Billy might not have been lying when he said there's explosives! "M-MIles.. Oh god, it's.. it's good to see you alive.. but.. Did you hear that person? He said the room is rigged with explosives, as soon as you get up he.. he.." my wife, Emma, started speaking. "Shh. We got this. We can get out and we will live. Then, me, you and Lilly can be safe.." I replied. I left out Frank and Sarge in that sentence.. I wasn't sure if they can come. "Frank. Sarge. I'm gonna let you out. And we will come back to base with you guys, so we can finish the cure, or whatever else we need to do immediately. But now is your chance to give me one good reason as to why I should let you come with us." I told Frank and Sarge as I continued cutting the rope. They sure as hell didn't do anything when I was stabbed. By not Frank or Sarge in specific, but it was by our teammates.. Dr. Red. They didn't bother to explain. Maybe if I knew what was going on this wouldn't have happened. "M-Miles.. I.. we... just get us out. We can talk later, remember!?" Frank responded. They seemed pretty sad about it all.. they must have been feeling regret. "Miles, he's right. I don't know what happened to you, but now is just not the time!" Emma told me. She had a point.. I couldn't do this now. It just isn't the time, like she said.
The rope finally gave in, and cut through. Everyone stood up. "Okay. We need to get the numbers in. We'll find the keypad code, and we can get out alright? We may not have much time.. everyone start searching this god damn room!" I declared to everyone. Lilly walked up to me. "Can I help too Daddy?" she said, with a smile. "Of course. Tell us if you see any numbers, or anything like that, honey." I smiled back. Wasn't too sure how much she will find to be honest, but she wanted to help. I had to let her. I had to start my search, now. Everyone started examining the walls, and the messages. If only they knew this was blood.. "Oh dear god, this is blood!" Frank suddenly yelled out. I guess they do know. "Eeew, gross!" Lilly replied. She wasn't too shy.. as far as I know, this is her first time meeting these people and already starting conversation. The messages were really.. messed up. Small poems.. cries for help.. I don't think we were the first people to be captured. I seen one that caught my eye, however. The message was "107" with a phone next to it. 107.. "Hey, Sarge, Frank, come check this out! 107, with a phone next to it!" I told everyone about this message, perhaps it will come in handy. Sarge and Frank came over. My family continued their search. They took a good, hard, look at it. Frank took a certain look at it.. he seemed to be so sure about this. "Miles. You remember that hotel? Where we thought was safe, but it turned out it wasn't?" Frank suddenly asked me. The hotel.. yes, that's where I met John again. Frank and I were arresting him for murder. I personally didn't think it was murder- he saved us all by shooting someone who was an obvious harm to us, but we're soldiers. We follow orders and don't ask questions. "Yeah I remember. We attempted to arrest John there." I responded. Frank nodded and thought. "Sarge, go see how many numbers the keypad takes for us please." he asked Sarge to go and do. "Never thought I'd see the day where a Lieutenant is bossin' me around. But okay." Sarge replied. I could only wonder what Frank seen in this.. 107.. phone.. hotel..
"10 numbers, Frank. We're gonna need a lot more than just 107." Sarge came back and told Frank. He suddenly got a big smile on his face. The kind of look that says "I know what I'm doing." Something he never does. "Guys listen. Do you remember the morning of the day the hotel became.. ehh, unsafe? 9: 30am. Intercom. The one in room 108.. phone was ringing." Frank asked us. Intercom.. 9: 30am. And finally.. that's when it hit me. It was 9: 30 in the morning, the day after the start of the infection. It was like.. November 30th. Or something, I can't really remember. We were all in a hotel, the safe zone. The intercom woke everyone up. This is what the guy on the thing said.
"Alright everyone, let's get up now. Up and early. It is currently 9: 30am, and there has been no attacks on anything overnight. Everybody slept nicely, except for the one in room 108, his phone kept ringing, sorry about that. We called the wrong phone. Hopefully you'll be fine now. Have a nice day, and remember, we are here for your safety and any of your needs."
Sarge knew what he was talking about too. 10 numbers, that's how many you need in a phone number. "So we gotta find 107's phone number." I said out loud. How are we gonna find that? Who even is this guy in 107? "I know it. I was helping, I was the co-lead of the hotel operation. We had to call somebody. I can't remember who.. all I know is it's some guy who's important. In room 107. We had the phone numbers of everyone in the building, and we accidentially called 108. We needed an answer from 107, so we kept on calling and calling.. no one answered. The person in 108 most likely didn't have a great sleep. Eventually.. we got 107 on the phone. I can't remember our conversation, either. But I remember his phone number." Sarge declared out to us. Well then. Maybe we have our ticket out of here.
I went over to the table and grabbed the .44 magnum. This thing was heavy. I should be able to drop zombies all over the place without any trouble. Other than the fact that I will run out of ammo. I checked rounds, 5 bullets left in the chambers. I will have to use these carefully. Sarge walked over to the keypad and started punching in numbers. "Frank! C'mere. Your knife." I called Frank over, as I just remembered I had his knife. I gave it to him. I walked over to Lilly and Emma. We might be safe now, at least safer than before. I had to speak to them. "Daddy! Did you find the code!?" Lilly ran up to me. "I think we did, Lilly. We might be able to get out of this room." I replied and gave her a hug. "She missed you, Miles. I.. did too. It's great to see you still around." Emma said as she seen us. "Missed you too. It's a crazy world now, isn't it." I responded to her. I glanced over at the door. I seen Sarge just about done with the keys and Frank right behind him. Suddenly, we heard a click and.. "Access Granted." The doors slowly opened, and we all looked over. "I think we got it, guys. Let's get the hell outta here now, eh?" Frank told us, with this big smile on his face. I can't believe we figured it out so fast.. I smiled as well. This was the first time in a while I was actually.. well, happy. I knew we were gonna get out.. and I was gonna get out with my family.
"Let's go."
I snapped my hand away from my head and shot at the camera. A round fired and the camera fell to the ground. I jumped out of the chair, and at Frank. I grabbed at his knife and pulled it out through the ropes. "Why do you even still have this!?" I asked while taking it out. I started cutting ropes. "I-I don't know! Get us out, we can talk later!!" I was cutting as fast as I possibly could. We had to get out, Billy might not have been lying when he said there's explosives! "M-MIles.. Oh god, it's.. it's good to see you alive.. but.. Did you hear that person? He said the room is rigged with explosives, as soon as you get up he.. he.." my wife, Emma, started speaking. "Shh. We got this. We can get out and we will live. Then, me, you and Lilly can be safe.." I replied. I left out Frank and Sarge in that sentence.. I wasn't sure if they can come. "Frank. Sarge. I'm gonna let you out. And we will come back to base with you guys, so we can finish the cure, or whatever else we need to do immediately. But now is your chance to give me one good reason as to why I should let you come with us." I told Frank and Sarge as I continued cutting the rope. They sure as hell didn't do anything when I was stabbed. By not Frank or Sarge in specific, but it was by our teammates.. Dr. Red. They didn't bother to explain. Maybe if I knew what was going on this wouldn't have happened. "M-Miles.. I.. we... just get us out. We can talk later, remember!?" Frank responded. They seemed pretty sad about it all.. they must have been feeling regret. "Miles, he's right. I don't know what happened to you, but now is just not the time!" Emma told me. She had a point.. I couldn't do this now. It just isn't the time, like she said.
The rope finally gave in, and cut through. Everyone stood up. "Okay. We need to get the numbers in. We'll find the keypad code, and we can get out alright? We may not have much time.. everyone start searching this god damn room!" I declared to everyone. Lilly walked up to me. "Can I help too Daddy?" she said, with a smile. "Of course. Tell us if you see any numbers, or anything like that, honey." I smiled back. Wasn't too sure how much she will find to be honest, but she wanted to help. I had to let her. I had to start my search, now. Everyone started examining the walls, and the messages. If only they knew this was blood.. "Oh dear god, this is blood!" Frank suddenly yelled out. I guess they do know. "Eeew, gross!" Lilly replied. She wasn't too shy.. as far as I know, this is her first time meeting these people and already starting conversation. The messages were really.. messed up. Small poems.. cries for help.. I don't think we were the first people to be captured. I seen one that caught my eye, however. The message was "107" with a phone next to it. 107.. "Hey, Sarge, Frank, come check this out! 107, with a phone next to it!" I told everyone about this message, perhaps it will come in handy. Sarge and Frank came over. My family continued their search. They took a good, hard, look at it. Frank took a certain look at it.. he seemed to be so sure about this. "Miles. You remember that hotel? Where we thought was safe, but it turned out it wasn't?" Frank suddenly asked me. The hotel.. yes, that's where I met John again. Frank and I were arresting him for murder. I personally didn't think it was murder- he saved us all by shooting someone who was an obvious harm to us, but we're soldiers. We follow orders and don't ask questions. "Yeah I remember. We attempted to arrest John there." I responded. Frank nodded and thought. "Sarge, go see how many numbers the keypad takes for us please." he asked Sarge to go and do. "Never thought I'd see the day where a Lieutenant is bossin' me around. But okay." Sarge replied. I could only wonder what Frank seen in this.. 107.. phone.. hotel..
"10 numbers, Frank. We're gonna need a lot more than just 107." Sarge came back and told Frank. He suddenly got a big smile on his face. The kind of look that says "I know what I'm doing." Something he never does. "Guys listen. Do you remember the morning of the day the hotel became.. ehh, unsafe? 9: 30am. Intercom. The one in room 108.. phone was ringing." Frank asked us. Intercom.. 9: 30am. And finally.. that's when it hit me. It was 9: 30 in the morning, the day after the start of the infection. It was like.. November 30th. Or something, I can't really remember. We were all in a hotel, the safe zone. The intercom woke everyone up. This is what the guy on the thing said.
"Alright everyone, let's get up now. Up and early. It is currently 9: 30am, and there has been no attacks on anything overnight. Everybody slept nicely, except for the one in room 108, his phone kept ringing, sorry about that. We called the wrong phone. Hopefully you'll be fine now. Have a nice day, and remember, we are here for your safety and any of your needs."
Sarge knew what he was talking about too. 10 numbers, that's how many you need in a phone number. "So we gotta find 107's phone number." I said out loud. How are we gonna find that? Who even is this guy in 107? "I know it. I was helping, I was the co-lead of the hotel operation. We had to call somebody. I can't remember who.. all I know is it's some guy who's important. In room 107. We had the phone numbers of everyone in the building, and we accidentially called 108. We needed an answer from 107, so we kept on calling and calling.. no one answered. The person in 108 most likely didn't have a great sleep. Eventually.. we got 107 on the phone. I can't remember our conversation, either. But I remember his phone number." Sarge declared out to us. Well then. Maybe we have our ticket out of here.
I went over to the table and grabbed the .44 magnum. This thing was heavy. I should be able to drop zombies all over the place without any trouble. Other than the fact that I will run out of ammo. I checked rounds, 5 bullets left in the chambers. I will have to use these carefully. Sarge walked over to the keypad and started punching in numbers. "Frank! C'mere. Your knife." I called Frank over, as I just remembered I had his knife. I gave it to him. I walked over to Lilly and Emma. We might be safe now, at least safer than before. I had to speak to them. "Daddy! Did you find the code!?" Lilly ran up to me. "I think we did, Lilly. We might be able to get out of this room." I replied and gave her a hug. "She missed you, Miles. I.. did too. It's great to see you still around." Emma said as she seen us. "Missed you too. It's a crazy world now, isn't it." I responded to her. I glanced over at the door. I seen Sarge just about done with the keys and Frank right behind him. Suddenly, we heard a click and.. "Access Granted." The doors slowly opened, and we all looked over. "I think we got it, guys. Let's get the hell outta here now, eh?" Frank told us, with this big smile on his face. I can't believe we figured it out so fast.. I smiled as well. This was the first time in a while I was actually.. well, happy. I knew we were gonna get out.. and I was gonna get out with my family.
"Let's go."
CHAPTER 10: RISE FROM THE ASHES PT. 2
We walked through the doors, Frank and I taking point with Sarge and my family close behind. We were greeted with a straight hallway, with elevators on each wall. It's as if this floor or whatever was dedicated to just that one room. A lone window was at the end of the hallway, and I went to check it out. I looked through, and seen.. it was dark. Just.. so, dark. I couldn't see from the window, but I think the moon was gone.. again. I turned and looked to everyone. "Everybody. Tonight is the night. Tonight we will punish who started this. We will defeat them, and all we need to do then is await the finish of the cure. And John.. We don't need him anymore, do we. We're here. And we will do what we have to, and we do not need John's help. We can only call the elevator to get down.. from what I can see it's a big drop. And I'm not jumpin' out a window." I said to everyone. We've gotten so far.. we can't look back now. All we need now is to defeat Liz and Billy. Afterwards, it's just the cure to finish. John is only delaying the cure, and we have pretty much won this war. Almost. Frank called up the elevator. "So then this is it. We're gonna win. I have been waiting for this moment, for so god damn long. And Miles I feel I don't even know who you are now to be honest- I know you're my friend but I also know there's more than meets the eye with you. Me and you, we're gonna have a drink after this is all done. On me. And ehh, I'd like to hear about Liz and all this crap. You seem to know a ton." Frank told me, with a laugh. A drink.. yeah, I think I needed one. For sure. After all the stuff we've been through it'd be great. "I feel the same god damn way. I feel like I'm learning more about myself. It's weird, cuz, you know, I thought I'd know everything there is to know about myself." I replied. It's pretty messed up to be quite honest, what's been going on. Got this psycho little girl runnin' around making zombies, then we got this John dude that's been a real pain, we don't really need him anymore. "We've been getting pretty lucky lately. First, we're stuck in a room then you go all badass mode and save us, then we DON'T explode when we were supposed to, then out of nowhere Sarge remembers this random phone number. All I wanna know now is who the hell is 107?" Frank told us as we continued waiting. He had a point-- who is 107?
"I'd like to know too.. Sarge, why don't you join us on our drink, after this is all done and you can share to us about 107? Hopefully there's some things I can know, it seems everything is a god damn secret to me. I got lots of questions still." I replied. 107.. I really do want to know who he is, why was he so important at the hotel? Suddenly we heard a ding, and doors opening. We looked over at the wall, and the elevator was open. "Well then. Here we are. Let's.. go." Frank said aloud. It's about time. I turned to my family. I wasn't sure what happens next. Where we go from here. What will we find.. "Emma. Lilly. Stay close to us. Right behind us. I don't know what's about to happen, but I got a good feeling we getting into some serious danger. Come on." I told them as we all walked into the elevator. "Uhh.. I guess we go to Ground level. I'll just.. ehh, press this. I don't like this.. but once we get down there and these doors open, get ready.. might need to--" Frank started saying. I seen where he was going with this. "Uhhh, yeah! Press it, it will all be fine.. heh.." I cut him off. I didn't need Lilly to get scared or anything.. The doors closed and the elevator started moving. We were on the 14th floor. This is a big place, isn't it. We slowly went down.. 13.. 12.. 11.. 10.. I starting wondering things. Once we get down there, where do we go? How will we know where our shelter with the cure is? I shook my head. I shouldn't be thinking about this. "Oh! G-Guys. It says G. We're on the Ground floor. I think." Frank suddenly said. He was right, we're on ground. "Emma, Lilly, get behind me. Now!" I told them. I readied my revolver. The doors opened.. and nothing was in sight. It was just.. pitch black. All lights were off and no one was in sight. I signaled for everyone to follow me. We crouched down and explored a bit. I couldn't see anything.. except for one lone window. "Daddy.. it's so dark.." Lilly whispered to me. It was really dark.. didn't even know it can get this dark. "Stay next to me. We gotta get to that window over there. Then we'll get out." I replied. She walked right next to me, and we continued walking.
I walked up to the window with everyone right behind. I looked through and didn't see much out.. just an alleyway. With a light, too! "Miles, c'mere. Found a door." Frank whispered over to me. I walked over, and Frank opened it with ease. "I-It wasn't locked? They just left it.. unlocked." I asked. Why would they not lock it? You'd think it would be locked.. even if we were stuck in the room. "Let's... go.." Sarge spoke. He didn't sound right.. "S-Sarge, you ok dude?" Frank noticed it too. Sarge was now kinda limping. "S-Sarge! Come on." I put his arm around my shoulder and helped him walk. We all walked out. Lilly looked worried about Sarge.. what's going on with him? Is he doing okay? We walked outside and put him under the light. "Do.. you remember.. how it all started?" Sarge suddenly asked us. He looked sick.. his eyes were yellow, his face pale. He started breathing heavily. I then knew what was happening.. he's turning. The infection is taking it's place inside him. "No.. no, no no no! Sarge.. Oh my god.. W-We can get you somewhere safe, we can take you to Dr. Red! He can fix you up!" Frank started yelling a bit. "Miles, what is going on? How this all started? Did he get bitten or something!?" Emma started asking me. She didn't know.. as long as you breathe in the gas, which I'm sure we all did, we're infected. It's just happening sooner to Sarge.. "Emma, he's infected. We.. all are. If we don't get a cure happening soon, we all are going to turn. This man.. he's.." I started saying. I couldn't finish. I can't say it.. I knew what was going to have to happen. "Sarge... do you know what happens next? We.. we have to make sure you don't.. turn." I had to ask him if he knew. If I shot him.. killed the brain, and him.. he won't turn. I knew this from before we went to find John. Shooting an infected doesn't let them turn. "I.. I know.. I want to say some things first.." Sarge replied.
"Your daughter here.. she's a cute one, ain't she.. keep her safe. Find the shelter.. and get the cure. It's finished, Miles.. Dr. Red is finished.. John is saved too.. I know this is sudden.. but go. Get the cure. Cure yourself, and cure your family.. cough.. Teach them how.. to shoot. To defend themselves.. it's a new world now, Miles.. and this is what must be done. Frank. Make sure you guys get to.. the shelter. Take care.. of Miles.. he has lead us all.. To the end. Save John, too. And.. Miles.. remember this. 2040. Jack. John. And.. ug..." Sarge trailed off. His eyes slowly closed. "...Is.. this it.. then?" Frank said aloud. I think it is. He's.. gone, now. It's only a matter of time before he turns. "Miles.. what happened, while we were gone.." Emma asked me with a shocked look on her face. "Take Lilly, go over there. Make sure she doesn't look." was all I could say. I had so much to explain.. but I wasn't sure if I even could. Emma and Lilly walked away, and I raised my revolver. "You're gonna do it?" Frank asked me. He turned around.. I guess he couldn't look either. I took a deep breath. I held my breath and..
Fired.
We walked through the doors, Frank and I taking point with Sarge and my family close behind. We were greeted with a straight hallway, with elevators on each wall. It's as if this floor or whatever was dedicated to just that one room. A lone window was at the end of the hallway, and I went to check it out. I looked through, and seen.. it was dark. Just.. so, dark. I couldn't see from the window, but I think the moon was gone.. again. I turned and looked to everyone. "Everybody. Tonight is the night. Tonight we will punish who started this. We will defeat them, and all we need to do then is await the finish of the cure. And John.. We don't need him anymore, do we. We're here. And we will do what we have to, and we do not need John's help. We can only call the elevator to get down.. from what I can see it's a big drop. And I'm not jumpin' out a window." I said to everyone. We've gotten so far.. we can't look back now. All we need now is to defeat Liz and Billy. Afterwards, it's just the cure to finish. John is only delaying the cure, and we have pretty much won this war. Almost. Frank called up the elevator. "So then this is it. We're gonna win. I have been waiting for this moment, for so god damn long. And Miles I feel I don't even know who you are now to be honest- I know you're my friend but I also know there's more than meets the eye with you. Me and you, we're gonna have a drink after this is all done. On me. And ehh, I'd like to hear about Liz and all this crap. You seem to know a ton." Frank told me, with a laugh. A drink.. yeah, I think I needed one. For sure. After all the stuff we've been through it'd be great. "I feel the same god damn way. I feel like I'm learning more about myself. It's weird, cuz, you know, I thought I'd know everything there is to know about myself." I replied. It's pretty messed up to be quite honest, what's been going on. Got this psycho little girl runnin' around making zombies, then we got this John dude that's been a real pain, we don't really need him anymore. "We've been getting pretty lucky lately. First, we're stuck in a room then you go all badass mode and save us, then we DON'T explode when we were supposed to, then out of nowhere Sarge remembers this random phone number. All I wanna know now is who the hell is 107?" Frank told us as we continued waiting. He had a point-- who is 107?
"I'd like to know too.. Sarge, why don't you join us on our drink, after this is all done and you can share to us about 107? Hopefully there's some things I can know, it seems everything is a god damn secret to me. I got lots of questions still." I replied. 107.. I really do want to know who he is, why was he so important at the hotel? Suddenly we heard a ding, and doors opening. We looked over at the wall, and the elevator was open. "Well then. Here we are. Let's.. go." Frank said aloud. It's about time. I turned to my family. I wasn't sure what happens next. Where we go from here. What will we find.. "Emma. Lilly. Stay close to us. Right behind us. I don't know what's about to happen, but I got a good feeling we getting into some serious danger. Come on." I told them as we all walked into the elevator. "Uhh.. I guess we go to Ground level. I'll just.. ehh, press this. I don't like this.. but once we get down there and these doors open, get ready.. might need to--" Frank started saying. I seen where he was going with this. "Uhhh, yeah! Press it, it will all be fine.. heh.." I cut him off. I didn't need Lilly to get scared or anything.. The doors closed and the elevator started moving. We were on the 14th floor. This is a big place, isn't it. We slowly went down.. 13.. 12.. 11.. 10.. I starting wondering things. Once we get down there, where do we go? How will we know where our shelter with the cure is? I shook my head. I shouldn't be thinking about this. "Oh! G-Guys. It says G. We're on the Ground floor. I think." Frank suddenly said. He was right, we're on ground. "Emma, Lilly, get behind me. Now!" I told them. I readied my revolver. The doors opened.. and nothing was in sight. It was just.. pitch black. All lights were off and no one was in sight. I signaled for everyone to follow me. We crouched down and explored a bit. I couldn't see anything.. except for one lone window. "Daddy.. it's so dark.." Lilly whispered to me. It was really dark.. didn't even know it can get this dark. "Stay next to me. We gotta get to that window over there. Then we'll get out." I replied. She walked right next to me, and we continued walking.
I walked up to the window with everyone right behind. I looked through and didn't see much out.. just an alleyway. With a light, too! "Miles, c'mere. Found a door." Frank whispered over to me. I walked over, and Frank opened it with ease. "I-It wasn't locked? They just left it.. unlocked." I asked. Why would they not lock it? You'd think it would be locked.. even if we were stuck in the room. "Let's... go.." Sarge spoke. He didn't sound right.. "S-Sarge, you ok dude?" Frank noticed it too. Sarge was now kinda limping. "S-Sarge! Come on." I put his arm around my shoulder and helped him walk. We all walked out. Lilly looked worried about Sarge.. what's going on with him? Is he doing okay? We walked outside and put him under the light. "Do.. you remember.. how it all started?" Sarge suddenly asked us. He looked sick.. his eyes were yellow, his face pale. He started breathing heavily. I then knew what was happening.. he's turning. The infection is taking it's place inside him. "No.. no, no no no! Sarge.. Oh my god.. W-We can get you somewhere safe, we can take you to Dr. Red! He can fix you up!" Frank started yelling a bit. "Miles, what is going on? How this all started? Did he get bitten or something!?" Emma started asking me. She didn't know.. as long as you breathe in the gas, which I'm sure we all did, we're infected. It's just happening sooner to Sarge.. "Emma, he's infected. We.. all are. If we don't get a cure happening soon, we all are going to turn. This man.. he's.." I started saying. I couldn't finish. I can't say it.. I knew what was going to have to happen. "Sarge... do you know what happens next? We.. we have to make sure you don't.. turn." I had to ask him if he knew. If I shot him.. killed the brain, and him.. he won't turn. I knew this from before we went to find John. Shooting an infected doesn't let them turn. "I.. I know.. I want to say some things first.." Sarge replied.
"Your daughter here.. she's a cute one, ain't she.. keep her safe. Find the shelter.. and get the cure. It's finished, Miles.. Dr. Red is finished.. John is saved too.. I know this is sudden.. but go. Get the cure. Cure yourself, and cure your family.. cough.. Teach them how.. to shoot. To defend themselves.. it's a new world now, Miles.. and this is what must be done. Frank. Make sure you guys get to.. the shelter. Take care.. of Miles.. he has lead us all.. To the end. Save John, too. And.. Miles.. remember this. 2040. Jack. John. And.. ug..." Sarge trailed off. His eyes slowly closed. "...Is.. this it.. then?" Frank said aloud. I think it is. He's.. gone, now. It's only a matter of time before he turns. "Miles.. what happened, while we were gone.." Emma asked me with a shocked look on her face. "Take Lilly, go over there. Make sure she doesn't look." was all I could say. I had so much to explain.. but I wasn't sure if I even could. Emma and Lilly walked away, and I raised my revolver. "You're gonna do it?" Frank asked me. He turned around.. I guess he couldn't look either. I took a deep breath. I held my breath and..
Fired.