Revolution of the Apocalypse

Chapter 27

As much as I didn't want the next 2 days to go by, they seemed to go by very quickly. It was our last night before a mass majority of the Zone will be heading to the Boarder to fight for our protection of the property of #2326. Me and Chris have been begging Chuck to let him Chris go into battle, he still says no. My mood still hasn't changed, even with Chris holding me in his arms still wont make me feel better.

He knows that I'm still upset that he can't come with us. He tries to drag me out of bed, he brought me food from the Mess Hall, which I refused to eat. For the past 2 days, I just laid in my bed and did nothing. The only time I would get out of bed, was to go to the bathroom and to bathe.

I just keep wondering to myself: Why is my life such a mess? I didn't ask for this particular life. I didn't want to shot my Dad, be alone, or to have so much anger and anguish against The War. It's all the Government's fault. They are the reason why almost everything is gone.

I sigh as I try to push my thoughts to the side as I get my clothes ready for when I go bathe in the bathroom. I got a tank top and a pair of shorts out of my dresser so when I'm done bathing, I can go to bed. I also grabbed some of my anti-depressants so hopefully my depression can go away, even though it's not going to.

I went to the bathroom and put my clothes on top of the toilet lid and ran some warm water in the bathtub. Soon after, I stepped in and washed my body and hair. After a mere half an hour later, I was already out of the bathtub, I was just laying on the floor, with my wet hair all over the floor and my body sprawled out everywhere.

I still haven't taken my anti-depressants yet, but I don't think I'm gonna take them anyway. I feel like if I do take them I'm gonna overdose on too many of them. I got up from the floor, grabbed 3 anti-depressants and swallowed them dry.

I put the bottle in the far end of my drawer that contains my personal belongings and laid back in my bed. I let out a couple of tears at the thought of saying goodbye to Chris tomorrow morning. I don't want to seem weak in front of everyone since I am their leader.

Trying to make myself feel a little bit better, I started singing the song my Dad taught me: "Soon"

The deer come out every morning, some might even say,

Only to be killed at the end of the day,

Nobody ever thought that it would be this way,

The end will be soon, we all would be doomed.

But then came a Rabbit, so cute and quite petite,

Only to be killed by hanging from his feet,

Nobody ever thought that it would be this way,

The end will be soon, we all would be doomed.

But then came a Bear, so big and strong,

Only to be killed by a shot to it's heart,

Nobody ever thought of it would be this way,

The end will be soon, we all would be doomed,

And lastly came The Infected, so dirty, grim, and old,

Only to be killed by an Army of a Whole,

Nobody ever thought of it would be this way,

the end will be soon, we all would be doomed

At the end of the song, I heard the door behind me open and then close. A pair of arms wrapped around my body and the smell of food engulfed me and my bedroom. The food may smell good, but I'm not going to eat it. I mean Chris can't make me eat. Can he?

"Babe I know you are upset about all of this, but this doesn't give you a reason to starve yourself. Please eat something. I'm begging you." Chris said,

"I just don't wanna eat anything" I said,

"It's not healthy to not eat anything for 2 straight days Alli. You should know this." Chris said,

"How come your taking this so good when I'm over here upset because we both don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow at that Boarder" I said,

"You don't think I'm not hurting about all of this Alli? Yeah, we don't know what will happen tomorrow when you leave to go to the Boarder. But if you do die, just know right now that I will always love and remember you, I will never move on. If you live, I promise that you and me will go on to have a happy life together." Chris said,

"Chris" I said, "That is the most sweetest thing you ever said to me, all of this time we have been together has been the happiest I've been since I killed my Dad. I want you know that you showed me such love and care. And I want to thank you so kindly. This may sound a little bit cheesy, but I think you basically saved my life." I said.

Chris pulled me in his arms and gave me a hug. I felt all of the love in it. I wanted to freeze this moment in a picture frame and replay it back whenever I wanted to. But sadly I can't. Reality always hurts everyone, no matter how much people try to hide from it.