FEMBOY IN A BOX

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We both sat back down on that unknown's car seats...
- Sorry... - I said. - I guess I'm just too much freaked out.
- Don't worry. Me too! But let's talk a bit, calmly... Remember when you asked me if you should wear a mask?
- Ah, yeah.
- If you're still alive, it means you are probably immune to the DNA mutations that are a consequence of the biogenetical bomb hazard. So far, we had find only other survivor... A woman, from Donetsk. She told the doctors, when asked about diseases, she had been diagnosed with "LAM"... or... lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
- What!? Oh, "LAM" is definitely easier!
- Yeah, right!? Hehe... So... "LAM" is a genetic disorder related to the growth of smooth muscle cells in the lungs that leads to the formation of multiple cysts in the lungs, this simply putting it. It's very rare, specially amongst men... And very unlikely to be diagnosed in children.
- Do you think I have that rare thing!?
- It's a possibility, but you never heard from it before, have you? Like, in doctor's or from your parents...?
- No. Never heard of it until now.
- Right. So... That's why it will probably be impossible to tell...
- Why?
- Because... That woman... When she was affected by the biohazard... She was cured!
- Oh... Wow! Really!? So... It means that, if I actually have the disease, maybe, then I won't have it anymore!
- Haha! Yeah! That's right. That's my logic tho...
- Sounds good.
- Well... Yeah... Appart from the millions of people that died.
- Oh... Right... Sorry.
- Don't apologize or feel guilty. - He tried to lean his head towards me. - It's not your fault at all.
- Yeah... - Some silent seconds... But something came up to my mind! - Oh. Volomir!
- Volodymyr!
- That! I have a song on my MP3... It's an Ukrainian song! But I don't understand it...
- MP3!? I can't use earplugs, but... Maybe... You try to listen and try to tell me the words you listen to... Maybe I'll be able to translate it for you somehow...
- Ah! Okey!!!
..So, this is when I sort of figured out the meaning of "Zénith" song by Ígnea...
...
After that delightful pause, the masked men readjusted himself of the front seat. I was listening to music on my MP3, low volume.
- Very well. It has been quiet for a while. - He stated. - I'll risk to turn on the car again. We must get the hell out of here! I parked my jeep close from here, nearby the chapel. Not just because I like my jeep, but this car's fuel won't take us too far! Ready!?
- Yeah! "Let's get the hell out of here!"
- Alright! - And he turned on the engine!
...
We went back the way we came, until the crossing with the "main street". He turned right into it, the large "Derevianka" avenue! It was a spaced city road with two lanes on each side. We passed through a gas station and, not much further, I began to notice a cathedral-looking building partially hidden in between loads of trees...
- A BEAR!!! - I saw! It suddenly jumped out off those trees against us! It tackled the car and it dragged across the road, lost it's own weight balance and rolled over with us inside! We bounced like unliving toys and ended upside down! Dizzy... Shocked... - Ow... Are you okey!?
..."A growl!"
- Argh. - Complained the masked man. - Quick! Release your seatbelt and run! - He was trying to do the same. - I'll try to cover you! - He had thrown his weapon along with his weapon to the side sit when he got inside the car, but now everything was everywhere!
The fatned bear approached and began biting the car nearby his window.
- Now! Run!
I released the seatbelt and fell on the car's rooftop! Tried to ignore the pain and mindset myself to the twisted upside down car. Opened the door and pushed it! Crawled to the outside!
- Search for a black jeep inside the cathedral park! It's resistant and it's open! Hide there!!! - And then he fired a shot that broke the car's window!
I began running towards the small road next to the chapter and looked at the Bear still attacking the car. Another gunshot! I kept running!
..."Another growl! Another gunshot!"...
I looked back...
The bear... Salivating... It saw me! And began chasing me!!!
"No!!!" I looked front! "RUN LEGS! Please run!!!" I had never run so much on school. My friends wouldn't ever be able to catch me today! "I need to search for a jeep!" But, hearing the bear's barfing behind me only made me want to keep running! "I must lose him! His faster than me!" I saw trees and bushes and ran towards that direction. I passed through them, but the branches scratched me! The day didn't got much more clearer or warmth than it was in the morning. Still a bit foggy, grey, cold... I tried to confuse the trees themselves with "zigzags" while hearing heavy steps beating against the ground and wooden cracks. Never breaded so fast! "Cold!?" I was sweating like in the hottest summer days! I passed through more bushes...
- Auch!!! - I checked my arm... It was bleeding! So was the music I was listening to... "Bleed Out" by "Within Temptation". When I reached a land long straight road I stopped, exhausted... The road looked symetric. Naked trees, linearly next to each other, one after another, dozens of them, accompanying the land road in both sides. I began moving, a bit slower. My muscles were in pain. I kept my eyes open and my head moving, looking everywhere... "Where's the bear!?" I followed the road to a cross path and continued forward... Movement! Dark massive movement! It was the beast bear! Really looked like the one that died on the electric fence! And I was listening some sort of other electrical or mechanical noise too!... The beast was advancing towards me and I couldn't figure out in what direction I should run to! "It's going to get me!"