The Apocalypse | Hempires

Chapter Five: I Used to Want it Only to Affect me

His hand...

It's cold now.

Is he dead?

Did...

Did I kill him...?

I...

I wouldn't do that though...

But I have.

But...

We started this...

So...

Why would it make me kill him?

Shelby woke up in a skulk covered lab with Cub standing over her with a smug grin that she would have loved to wipe off his face.

"Wakey wakey eggs and bakey!" Cub cooed mockingly.

"Shut up, where are my friends?" Shelby asked

"I'm right here, what do you mean?"

"You know what I mean"

"Oh come on Shubble. Aren't you at least a little proud of what we've made? Doesn't it excite you knowing that we have the power to infect whoever or whatever we want?"

Shelby said nothing, she simply glared at him.

"Jeez you can't seriously still be mad about that. So we got carried away big deal. It gave us power and we used it, and look at it! It's beautiful!"

"The world was beautiful until we ruined it"

"Oh don't be like that old pal, this is what you wanted right? You wanted to strike back against the world that had wronged you!"

"Only you wanted that, I was just trying to be a good friend."

Cub frowned, "you can't really mean that"

"I do"

Cub then sighed, shaking his head sadly, "y'know, I really didn't want to do this to you pal, but you've given me no other options."

He then stepped towards her, and Shelby instinctively backed up. This continued until her back hit the wall, "y-you don't have to do this Cub" Shelby pled, hopefully her old friend was in there somewhere, deep down.

"I-I actually do like the skulk and think it's beautiful! I was just messing with you hahah"

Cub stopped, before giving Shelby a warm smile, "oh Shubble you goof! You really need to make it more obvious when you're messing with me! I actually thought you liked the world before for a moment."

"Oh but where's the fun in that!? If I make it too obvious the joke will lose its charm!"

Cub laughed and patted Shelby on the back, "it's great to have you back pal! You got no idea how boring it's been! Like what am I supposed to do start a conversation with these zombies?"

Cub poked a still figure of an infected, and it started swaying.

"True hahah, they really are emotionless" Shelby said awkwardly, in truth, she was trying to find a way to get out of this situation.

This was why she had run away in the first place, because of all of this talk about skulk and how good it was, and how it made the world more beautiful it just wasn't what she wanted. It didn't feel right to her.