The damaged brains

Chapter 32 : So I hoped .

Ian gave me a serious glare over the rims of his silvery reading glaces , I suddenly realized how naïve we had been for thinking that the invasion was over once the infected army stopped searching for survivors .. we had a bigger unknown enemy .

There might be a chance that we were the only humans left on this part of the planet .. if not the whole planet earth.

Another man wearing the same lab coat Ian wore came out of the other tent , he smiled at me with wonder just like if he saw a dead person coming back to life .

" The sleeping beauty is up haa ? " He reached his hand to salute me , he was a tall handsome guy with long dark curly hair hanging by his shoulders , he was probably is his early thirteen's though his dark eyes seemed much yonger than his features .

" Petta Cordy . " He smiled letting go of my hand .

" Emma .. Emma Peril ." He nodded , I wasn't sure where does he stand in the middle of the Chaos we've been through and where did he came from .

" Petta was one of the doctors that was in charge of the Refugees Guard's survivors . "

I turned my head quickly to Ian , if this man who's called " Petta " was still alive then maybe .. maybe the others were ..

" Few of us were lucky to be out of that damned place when the army set fire surrounding the place , they burned them like they were worthless pigs .. with no mercy .. "

" Mr Andrew and Jack survived . " Ian's words made the long forgotting feeling of happiness visit my heart again for a brief time .

" Yeah , Enana too .. my daughter , she's nine years old . " Petta said pointing at a not far distance by the shore with his fingers , and there under's the shinning mid-day sun I saw a pair of kids playing with mud carelessly . It was Kevin and the Petta's little girl Enana .

" Allright now , since the sleeping beauty's up we got to get going .. no-where is safe around here and for now we have to keep moving ."

" What about my brother ! " I started freacking out , there was noway I leave without making sure he was still alive , I had to find him , deep in my heart I knew .. I could feel my twin brother's heart still beating somewhere , he was not dead .

" They're probably gone too Em . " Ian's tone was of an obvious sadness .

" No .. no ! " I yelled at him , and he just lowered his head .

" I'll get the kids , I'm glad you're fine now Emma . " Petta took leave .

There was a lot going on inside my mind and I was not thinking straight , Grey was all I wanted for then ..

A shiny black car approached with a neck-breaking speed , the two of us along with Petta turned toward the noise that the car made coming to a complete stop within a blink of an eye .

The sun's glare blinded me as the dirver's side door opened . Looking at the man appearing outside the car was like lingering in that one split second between falling asleep and entering one's dreams .. It was Mr Andrew .

Approaching us I felt an irresistable desire to run and hug him , I was pleased to see him still alive . I made a small step toward him , the pain in my head started to finally fade away .

" Mr Andrew ! " I sounded like a happy child , I was expecting him to be happy to see me .. or at least to pretend to but what he did made me out of breath .

He took a step away from me when I reached him , and he stared at me with blaming eyes , I felt myself to be a filthy merciless criminal under his glare .

I knew how much he loved my mother , but I didn't kill her because I wanted to , I had to defend myself and I allready hated myself for doing it ..not that I needed a permenant reminder to keep me updated with the ammount of shame to be fallen upon me for killing my own mother .

I couldn't help but cry , and for a brief while none of us but Kevin moved a bit , the little boy came running to the car where his father was .

Jack held his boy up in the air and squeezed him in a tight hug , then still holding Kevin , came to me and tapped on my shoulders .

" Glad you're fine kiddo . " He used to call me that , for some unknown reason we all seemed "kiddos" to him . Even Ian who was 27 years old by then was called kiddo by Jack .

I faintly smiled at him , kissing Kevin who too had a terrifying look on his face , he was affraid of me .

" We followed their car's tracks .. " Mr Andrew was speaking to Ian .

" It wasn't far away from the ocean .. " Jack continued for Mr Andrew .

" Their footsteps led in the direction of the ocean . " Who were they talking about , I had no idea .

" No one knows where did they disapeared ."

I turned to Ian whose eyes were suddenly shining with hope ..

" Cassandra and Grey might still be alive ." Said he at last .