Chapter 14: The Super Exchange

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Archie drives down the road in the infected area, they can see a few zombies far in the trees fighting with each other and the mushrooms give off a faint light and a bad smell.
"Ugh it smells like a dead body back here" Bernadette covers her mouth and nose as if her hand is a most and Annalise uses the sleeve of the hoodie she is wearing to do the same. Jesse just stays silent with her arms folded.
"Hey what's up with you? I thought you'd be the first one to complain about this smell or something" Bernadette nudges Jesse.
"Nothing" Jesse rolls her eyes and sighs.
"Jesse if something is bothering you specifically you can tell us, I mean I know obviously this whole zombie thing is bad but we'll get out of it. We'll survive. I promise, it just takes-" Annalise gets cut off by Jesse yelling.
"CAN YOU STOP WITH THAT PERFECT EVERYTHING WILL BE OK ATTITUDE? DON'T PLAY VICTIM! YOUR DAD GOT US INTO THIS MESS!" Jesse screams at Annalise. Bernadette shoves Jesse and Jesse almost falls off the car.
"WHY DO YOU HATE HER SO MUCH?!" Bernadette asks Jesse.

Benjamin hears the screaming and turns to Archie.
"Archie stop the car for a second" Benjamin says, grabbing Archie by the shoulder and then stepping out the car and walking to the back, Archie follows him.
"What's going on girls?" Archie asks.
"You just got here! You don't get to ask!" Jesse points her finger at him. Annalise rolls her eyes and jumps off the back of the car. Jesse notices and hops off the back of the car as well.
"Got something to say Annalise?!" Jesse says, shoving Annalise. Bernadette grabs Jesse by the collar.
"What is your goddamn problem?!" Bernadette shouts. Jesse smirks.
"Wow Bernie, she's really got you on a tight leash huh?" Jesse chuckles.
"I'm not surprised, you always where one to fall easy but never have the guts to confess"
Bernadette blinks and scoffs.
"What are you talking about?!" She let's go off Jesse. Jesse folds her arms.
"Oh c'mon Bernie! The little blonde bitch has got you totally whipped! You'd scream at and shove your own sister just to defend her! Gave her your hoodie and everything!" Jesse says.
Bernadette hops off the back of the car.
"I'm defending her because you're being a bitch! You've clearly been bullying Annalise for a while now and you are that obsessed with chasing a power trip that you still bully her in the middle of a bloody zombie apocalypse..you really got to fix your priorities my god!" Bernadette shouts.
"Yeah, because she's annoying" Jesse says simply.
"Not that anyone asked but I, for one find her quite pleasant" Archie shrugs. Annalise smiles.
"Aww thanks" she says. Jesse groans.
"Why does everyone love you?! You're literally just a little short blonde girl with no friends! I thought the bomb wasn't suppose to affect our blood type but clearly it has fried everyone's brain except for mine!" Jesse sighs in frustration.
"No the stupid bomb hasn't fried any brains Jesse, you're just not willing to let go of your stupid power kick which YOU so clearly crave!" Benjamin buts in. Jesse rolls her eyes and points at Annalise.
"Speaking of the bomb, did everyone forget that her DAD! Is the one who helped make this bomb?! And he didn't even make it correctly! It was suppose to make us all faster or give us superpowers or whatever! But noooooo, it let us live but made all the other blood types into zombies!" Jesse blurts out.
"Wait what? Ok more info on that later please but that's her dad, how is that her fault at all?"Archie asks.
"Ha! See? Even my boyfriend who doesn't know anything about Annalise realizes she's not at fault!" Benjamin laughs.
"Screw you all" Jesse says and turns to walk off.
"Yeah go walk off! Get stuck up a tree again! Only difference is I'm not gunna save your ass again!" Bernadette calls after her.

Jesse gets stopped.
"No one is going anywhere" a voice that Annalise recognizes appears. It's Annalise's dad.
"Hey who's this guy?" Bernadette asks, grabbing an annoyed looking Annalise by the arm.
"...That's my dad" Annalise says, moving closer to Bernadette, Archie moves next to Benjamin and puts his hands on Benjamin's shoulders and Jesse claps her hands and smiles.
"Well this is just amazing, it's the state killer himself" She says.
"Honestly, I won't even disagree with you there young lady. I did play a part in making that bomb, but it clearly didn't work correctly" he says.
"Well no shit dad!" Annalise yells at him. Bernadette raises her eyebrows at Annalise for yelling and swearing at her dad and smirks a little bit.
"Don't swear at me Annalise Dalia Winters" Her dad says sternly.
"Your middle name is Dalia?...Pretty" Bernadette smirks. Jesse scoffs, rolls her eyes and pretends to throw up. Archie and Benjamin smirk knowingly at each other and Annalise sighs.
"Thanks but not the time right now" Annalise shakes her head and looks at her dad.
"How have you even been following us?" She asks him.
"Well, It took a while but there aren't that many people alive and you all aren't very good at covering your tracks" He says.
"Well we weren't exactly thinking the man who made the blood type bomb was going to track us down" Benjamin mumbles.
"I'm here to find out who the concentrated one is" He says.
"The what?" Jesse asks and looks to the side.
"When I noticed the zombies, I did some calculations and because everyone else is turned into zombies instead of everyone with a certain blood type getting a super power or enhanced abilities, the zombies are sort of the opposite of the intended affect, but..I'm gunna guess here, you, tall brunette boy" he points at Archie.
"What?" Archie says.
"What's your blood type?" The dad asks.
"Uh, O negative. But isn't everyone here because only one blood type can survive?" Archie says. Everyone in the group apart from the dad either gasps or tilts their head in confusion.
"That's what I thought, you see, the virus seems to have substituted one person to survive even though they aren't B negative blood type, in exchange, one person **with** B negative Blood will actually get super powers" The dad Reveals.
The group. Is. Stunned.

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