Contagion

Chapter 4: Alone and Afraid

Alone and afraid. That's how Matthew felt right now. He had just lost his best friend, and he doesn't know where his father is.

Matthew was starving. He had been through a long day, and decide to fix himself something to eat. He decided to fix himself up a meal of macaroni and cheese. After getting everything prepared, he tried to turn on the stove to find out that the power is out. He then got a bag of chips from the cupboard and went on his way.

Matthew wanted to find his father, but he wasn't sure where his father could be. To travel faster, Matthew tried to hop in his dad's car which was left in the garage and drive it. Only thing is that Matthew was never taught how to drive, so he didn't even make it into the street before almost wrecking the car. Matthew decided driving wouldn't be the best option for him at the moment. So he continued on walking.

Matthew was bored. He hasn't seen a live being that wasn't a Cannibal for at least a week, and he wanted that to change. But everyone left, he was alone. Matthew was also very afraid, he never knew when he was gonna have to battle another Cannibal. But Matthew just wanted to find his dad. That's all he could think about, was being back together with his dad. But then, he started realizing that his dad could've picked him up from school, and they could be together, happy. But his dad left him, he didn't go to the school to pick Matthew up, he just left. Matthew now had a different reason to find his father. He no longer wanted to be with his father, he wanted to find his father, and get revenge.

Days passed by like this, Matthew so alone, so afraid. But one cold morning, Matthew was walking into a store to go get some food, he found a person inside. No, not a Cannibal, an actual person.
"Hello?" Matthew asked.
He was greeted not so kindly with a gun, pointed straight at his face.
"You better answer these next questions carefully or I will shoot." Exclaimed the mysterious person who you could tell was a female by the voice. She was wearing a ski mask.
"Ok, ok." Matt said.
"Who are you?" Asked the mysterious female.
"I'm Matthew." Replied Matthew.
"And may I ask, who are you?" Matthew asked.
"I'm Bleue." She replied as she pulled of the ski mask to reveal a woman with midnight black hair. "Who are you with?" Bleue asked.
"I was with my best friend and his mother, but they didn't make it." Matthew replied sadly.
"It's ok, you can stick with me now. I've lost my friends and family too." Bleue replied.

Finally, Matthew found a friend, but that joyous moment didn't last forever. A man who was driving in a car, sped up to the front of the store, and pointed a gun right at right at Matthew and Bleue.

"We don't want any trouble!" Bleue yelled.
"You may not want trouble, but I want your stuff." Replied the man.
"Ok, we'll give you our stuff." Matthew said as he was setting his bow on the floor.
"What the fuck are you doing? We need this stuff to survive." Bleue aggressively whispered to Matthew.
"But you said you didn't want any trouble." Matthew whispered back to Bleue.
"Fine." Bleue mumbled under her breath, as she laid her gun on the floor.
"You guys were stupid enough to think that I was gonna let you idiots go? Ahahaha." The man said as he raised his guns to shoot at Matthew and Bleue.
Bleue reached for her gun, but she wasn't fast enough...