Beggining Of The End (Marcus Abbott)

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Emmas Pov:

Today, me and my family went shopping to go get supplies since we are currently in an 'end of the world' situation. We got some flashlights, a first aid kit, water, food, and all the essential needs. As we headed back home, we saw an abandoned car and Brady went to check it out. I forgot to mention, we now have to use sign language because there are these monsters that can literally hear EVERYTHING- We have ran into the monster twice now. My dad was trying to get Brady's attention but it wasnt working. I started to panick as he was about to open the door. He tried to open it and the alarm started going off.

"𝐑𝐮𝐧" My mom signs to me while grabbing my hand and running behind a tree.

She held on to me and covered my ears. I didnt know if my brother was going to make it. I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard this cry for help and then a slashing sound. I knew it was too late. I started crying and covered my mouth so I wouldnt make noise. My dad came back quietly with some tears in his eyes.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞." My dad signs to us, helping me and my mom up.

We continue walking until we reach our house. As we walk inside I immeditaly walk quietly to my room and start balling my eyes out. Our rooms are sound proof, not the house though. I scream into my pillow and start ripping random paper I find out of anger.

I felt so useless, I shouldve been watching him. This is all my fault. I grab a knife out of my drawer and look at my wrist as the knife is on it. I make 1 cut after another. I watch as blood trickles down my arm and onto the floor. This felt good, but painful. I did a couple more before putting a hoddie on and walking down stairs. I see my mom helping my dad clean a cut he got on his knee.

"𝑬𝒎𝒎𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚?" My dad signs to me, still worried about the monster.

"𝐍𝐨 𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲! 𝐌𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦!" I sign back angry.

"𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥." My mom signs to me. "𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬."

I roll my eyes and wipe my tears.

I quietly go outside and tie some sticks together and put a sign next to it saying 'Rest In Peace Brady'.

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I was fast asleep when suddenly, I heard a big crash. It sounded like a can dropped. I quickly got up realizing the monster was probably coming. I quietly went out of my room and hid behind a door in the hallway as I see the monster come in. My dad yells, trying to get the monster away from my mom. The monster slashes his chest and he falls to the floor. My mom gasps alerting the monster and it slashes her too. I stand there, frozen in fear. I quickly snap out of my fear and run to my room quietly. I start crying trying to hold my hand to my mouth. Though my parents were gone, it still hurt. Along with my poor brother. I realized I needed to leave. I wait till I hear the monster leave and get my bag to pack.

I pack food, water, clothes, pictures, and some other stuff. I didnt know where to go, all I knew was that I needed to leave. I ran out of the house and just kept running.

I knew I wasnt going to make any noise because my mom and dad made a trail making sure it didnt make noise.

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I stopped at this tree to take a break. I was so tired. Mentally and physically. What was the point anymore? I lost the only people I loved. I got out my pocket knife and made a few more cuts up my arm before falling asleep.

Going to sleep felt like a dream. It felt like when your so hungry and tired, your weak and can barely walk. I quickly drifted off to sleep due to how tired I was.

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I felt like I was in someones arms, they were walking somewhere. I tried to open my eyes slightly and saw a boy, along with this man who was carrying me. The boy had dark curly hair and brown eyes. He was lowkey cute and was about my age. The man had brown hair, a beard, and brown eyes aswell. He looked as if he was in his late 30's. I saw the boy look at me.

"𝐃𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩" He signs looking at me still.

The man looks down at me and I start rapidly breathing and looking around.

"𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞?" The man signs.

I shake my head no. I dont want to give my name to someone if they dont tell me.

"𝐈𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬." He signs to me.

The boy, I mean, Marcus, smiled and slightly blushed.

I finally gave in and signed to them that my name was Emma.

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚, 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤." Lee signs.

I quickly shake my head no, worrying that the monster may hear us.

"𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲." Marcus signs to me trying to calm me down.

I nodded my head and we finally reached the river. Lee sets me down and looks at me.

"Emma, how old are you?" Lee asks.

I clear my throat and quietly say '15', still worried about the monster.

"Im 15 too! Wheres your family?" Marcus asks.

I remembered what had happened and didnt wanna say, but I also didnt wanna be rude.

"They- they got killed earlier.." I say as my voice cracks a little.

"Im so sorry Emma." Marcus says to me.

"Were going to take you back home with us, you can live with us. You can share a room with Marcus. We have another girl at home named Reagan. Shes 17. We also have my wife and her name is Evelyn." Lee says to me.

Marcus picks me up this time and we head back.

MARCUS' POV:

I picked Emma up and carried her. She was really light. She was also very pretty. Wait..no, you just met her. I dont have a crush on her...do I?

As we got back home, I set her down and brought her to my room so she could unpack her stuff.