Contagion

Chapter 2: Unreal

Matthew woke up, his vision blurred. He thought he had just been in a terrible dream... But then he realized that "terrible dream" was reality.

Matthew got out of the car to see Henry on his knees crying. There was a Cannibal lying in the grass, and a few feet from the Cannibal, was Henry's mother... She was lying there, pale and lifeless. "What happened?" Matthew asked Henry. Henry just sat there sobbing. Henry's hands were covered in blood. He was also holding a piece of metal. Henry stopped crying, and then he spoke. "My mom, my mom was bit. I had to do it, I had to kill her. She would've killed us both if, if I didn't. I'm so sorry mom." Henry stuttered. Then he began sobbing again. Henry got up, with an angry face. He walked over to the Cannibal dead on the floor, and started screaming, "You made me kill my mom! My own fucking mom!" He started stabbing the Cannibal, over, and over, and over. And then he fell to his knees...
Henry softly said, "We need to go find my father."
And with the nod of the head from Matthew, they started walking down the road.

Henry kept the piece of metal in his hand, because he wasn't too sure if he would need to kill another Cannibal. Henry and Matthew arrived at Henry's fathers workplace, and it was like a horror scene, the windows were covered in blood, and there were dead Cannibals everywhere. They ran inside to search for Henry's father, but they couldn't find him anywhere. They found Henry's father's cubicle, but Henry's father wasn't there. Then, Henry looked in his father's desk. There was a pistol. "Dad never left anywhere without a gun to protect himself." Henry whispered. He handed Matthew the piece of metal, and kept the pistol for himself. He had more experience with pistols because of his father, so it was probably best if he had it anyway. Henry started yelling his father's name. That wasn't such a great idea because soon after, a Cannibal came running out of one of the restrooms. It started sprinting towards Henry. Henry pulled out the pistol, and shot the Cannibal, directly between its eyes. After the gunshot, Matthew heard a quiet voice, sounding as if it was in distress. The voice called out "Henry."

Matthew whispered to Henry, "I heard someone call your name."
"Where did it come from?" Henry quietly replied. Matthew was about to tell him, but then they heard a scream come from the bathroom, "Henry!"

They ran to the bathroom, to find Henry's father, lying on the floor, his leg was torn apart. One of the cannibals got to him... Henry ran to his father and grabbed him. His father just said, "I love you Henry..." and then his head fell back on the floor.
"No... No, no, no, no, no!" Henry yelled. "Give me the metal." Henry said so quietly that Matthew didn't hear him clearly.
"What?" Matthew asked.
"Give me the metal!" Henry said frustrated as he snatched the metal from Matthew. And in the matter of a few seconds, Henry chopped of his father's leg.
"Henry! What the fuck are you doing?" Matthew yelled.
"I need to try to stop the infection." Henry said determined.
Matthew thought Henry was crazy.
After a few seconds, they heard Henry's father breathing, and then he opened his eyes, but something didn't look right.