Apocalypse Love

Someone New

It's morning and I sit in between Ms.Venable who sits at the head of the table and Gallant who's on my left side. The grays set cubes in front of us. They're small, half the size of what they used to be. Ms.Venables cane echoed off the wooden floor as she tapped it three times. "I have an announcement" she spoke after everyone got quiet. "This will be our last breakfast. We're cutting back to one meal a day" she informed us. Just three days ago Venable had taken lunch away and now breakfast? "You can't be serious" coco scoffed. "An effective dieting technique" Gallant Nana chimed in. "Yeah, so it starving to death!" Coco raised her tone. "How are we supposed to survive on half a cube a day?" Gallant asked. "It's not optimal but also not impossible" Ms.Venable tells him. "Either way, we have no choice" she tells everyone. "Not if we want to keep eating at all" she added. "I fucking can't do this anymore!" Gallant blurted out, shaking his head. "We don't know how strong we are until we have to face adversity" Dinah tries to tell everyone as she slowly stood from her chair. "This could be an opportunity for all of us to grow." Gallant shot up from his chair and pointed his fork at her. "You finish that bumper sticker shit you used to say on your show and I'm strong enough to shove this fork in your neck!" He threatened her. I grab his hand, pulling him back into his chair. "Calm down Gallant" I ordered him. "What is the point of all of this? Starving, killing each other. Getting shot! All were doing is waiting around to find out how we die" coco stated. "I saw we take our chances outside" Mallory suggested. Gallant then stands to his feet again "She's right. We have to get out of here!" He agreed with her. I shake my head, letting out a laugh as their dumb plan. What were they going to do? Take over the outpost and when they did what? Leave, only to be killed off by radiation? It was the dumbest plan I've ever heard. "Nobodies going anywhere" Ms.Meads hissed out. Gallant had it, picking up his empty plate he threw it across the room and it hit the wall, shattering to pieces. "What are you gonna do!? Shoot all of us?Huh?" He shouted. I get up from my chair when the fist begins to approach him. "What are you gonna do?!" Gallant yelled louder. "Stop!" I run over to Gallant and stand in front of him. "Move out of my way!" The fist yelled at me. "Gallant, go sit down and shut the hell up for once" I hissed out. "He's not going anywhere!" Suddenly an alarm blares through the air as a red light flickered. "There's been a breech!" Ms.Meads shouted. They quickly take off out of the room. Just then I hear the click of the radio and a new song began to play. I felt like I couldn't breath, the air around me feeling thinner as the room began to spin. I know...you belong to somebody new. But tonight you belong to me. The radio sang loudly "What's wrong with her?" I hear a voice asked the smell of roses hit my nose. Although you're apart of my heart and tonight you belong to me... Just then my eyes began to feel heavy as the floor began to come closer to my vision. My body hit the floor and I stared up at the ceiling. "Athena!" I hear a voice scream. I see Gallant hovering over me before everything went black.
A hand reached out to me, softly touching my cheek. "You're the only thing I've ever loved" his voice tells me. I lifted my head to see his beautiful golden blonde hair but I couldn't place his face. "Really?" I asked him. "You are the one person I trust Athena..." He whispered before leaning down and placing his lips onto mine. He felt warm and his voice tugs at my heart. "This is a dream, isn't it?" I asked the man. "I'm going to wake up and you won't exist..." I stated as I pulled from the man. "Don't go..." He begged. "I have to, this is something I need to do" my voice tells him. "Pleased stay?" He begged me.
My eyes fluttered open. I slowly sit up and realizing I'm in my bedroom. Only a few candles are lit in my room. There's something different about the air, the whole outpost smelled of roses and blood. I pulled my blanket off my body and climbed out of bed and walked over to my door. I opened it up to see a Mallory standing next to my door. "Hey, you're awake" she turned to me. "What happened?" I asked her. "You fainted this morning" she informed me. "F-Fainted?" I knit my brows together. "Ms.Venable said it was everything all at once" Mallory explained. "Venable isn't a doctor, but thank you" I tell her. "Where is everyone now?" I asked. "Getting dressed for a meeting, there's someone new inside the outpost" she tells me. "Someone new is inside the outpost?" I questioned. "Who?" I then asked. "Athena..." Gallant called out, exiting his room. He walked down the hall and appoarched me. "You're awake, how are you feeling?" He asked, concern written on his face. "I'm fine, a little confused on what happened exactly" I truthfully tell him as I shifted uncomfortably. "Well, why don't you get dressed and I'll escort you to the library?" He suggested. I nodded "Mind helping me, Mallory?" I asked her. She nodded and followed me into the room. "What do you want to wear to the meeting?" She asked me, opening the closest. The scent of roses hit my nose again. "Athena?" Mallory called out. I turn to her "Do you smell that?" I whispered. She sniffed the air "I don't smell anything." "It...smells like roses" I tell her. "Maybe you aren't feeling well still" She tried to tell me. I shake my head "I feel fine." "Okay then, we should focus on your dress?" She suggested, extending a beautiful purple and black old Victorian dress with black flowers on the it. I know what I was smelling, something that felt familiar. Something...New.