JASON
Tyler dips the cotton into the bottle again and begins to clean Jasons cut. He winches as the chemical burns the germs away.
"Stay still" Tyler says.
"I'm trying" Jason says.
Tylers hands are really warm kind of like how your hands usually feel after you've had them wrapped around a mug of hot coffee. Jason can see a few slashes from the creatures claws on his lower side.
"Why did I pass out?" He asks.
Tyler smiles and grabs a band aid.
"Your powers are a direct result of the infection. Using them puts a lot of stress on your body, over time your body will adapt to that stress. But for now if you use too much too quickly"
"I crash" Jason says finishing his sentence.
"Excatly"
Tylers brought him to a flat just outside his neighbourhood. The place is bare with boring furniture and no real personal touch to it. Jasons sitting on his counter a first aid kit open next to him.
"Here" Tyler hands Jason his phone. "Call your family and tell them you won't make it home tonight"
Jason frowns.
"Why would I do that?" He asks.
"You've seen how dangerous an infected is Jason. You're safer here with me"
Tyler packs away the first aid kit.
"It's dead Tyler, we killed it remember"
Tyler shakes his head.
"Infecteds travel in pairs Jason. So where there's one another one is not far behind." He says.
"Even if that's true then that means my siblings are in danger."
"No they're not" Tyler says.
"How do you know?"
"You and I are connected, you feel that right?" He asks.
Jason remembers the overwhelming need he had to look at Tyler when he was at school.
"Yeah"
"And even before you saw the infected you felt like you knew it was there, like you knew something dangerous was near."
"It felt like someone was following me" Jason says.
"You, me and the infected are connected. That connection is the reason why I was able to find you and also how the infected tracked you down."
"How is that possible?"
"The infection. It's the reason why you and I have abilities and its where infecteds come from."
"You're telling me that something inside of me is responsible for creating that thing?"
Tyler nods.
"When the infection enters your bloodstream one of three things can happen. You can die, either immediately or after a few weeks or months of sickness. Or you end up like us where you don't get sick at all and develop strange abilities. Or option three where you get seriously sick and your mind and body begins to change and you become an infected"
"How do you know all this?" Jason asks.
Tylers eyes drop to the floor.
"My father" he says.
"Your dad told you all this?"
"Not exactly" Tyler says.
"What does that mean?"
YOU ARE READING
The infected
FantasyJay's life was already pretty complicated. Adopted into a White family when he was born and having to try to navigate the world as a Black,Queer, adopted 16 year old. But things only get worse when strange things begin to happen to him and nightmare...
