Distopian Recreation

Chapter 5

My heart quickly began racing as did our hunter to the right. Still keeping my eyes on the moving figure I pulled out the radio and shakingly pressed on the button as it softly crackled to life. Putting it near my mouth so that I didn't speak loudly. " Astrid , Brandon. We have a problem. If you'd please mindloking to the right. " I said as I looked down into Astrid's car. I could only see his little brother Kiley not him but I hoped he was looking.

The radio crackled again as Astrid replied with a shaking tone. " I see very well what's making you sound so scared. What are we gonna do ?" He said , this was rare. For the first time he was actually clueless on what to do.

Not any slower to the matter Brandon followed along and replied. " It's best for us to stop , of it attacks while we are moving it's gonna cause us a lot more trouble then when we aren't moving " Brandon said in a more calm and collected matter to the situation as of he had been in this situation countless times.

I heard the radio from the car trunk crackle and Astrid spoke through it in a somewhat calm and collected voice. In sudden and silent agreement every car slowed down to a halt. Looking over to the side the human also stopped , my throat tightened. The human came out of the shrubs and onto the road nearer to the front. It saw me first and headed our way. It's eyes began glowing a more fierce and aggressive red.

Growling eminated from the human , it's figure morphing into a more predatorial and untamed manner. Blood smeared on his arms , clothes moist with blood and torn slasshed shirt and shorts. It's eyes widened and released a high pitch scream. I covered my ears in sharp pain but forced myself from instinctively closing my eyes in case of any sudden attack.

The man quickly altered it's stance and within the blink of an eye it vaulted at me with great speed , though I was too slow to react fast enough to do anything useful. The man leaped over the black car which was blocking its target at great spread and knocked me over faster than I could tell run. We both fell out of the truck and I hit the hard gravel. Rolling I soon reached the grass. Only now noticing that the radio that I was holding was not in my hand any longer.

Staggering to my feet I saw the man already running at me , I managed to leap to the side but the mans hand was faster as he pulled out his right hand and it slashed my left cheek. Apparently this man had extremely sharp nails. I felt blood running down my face and down my neck as little trinkets but I needed a way to distract him enough to get to safety. I heard a door open and close as I looked to the side and noticed Ethan tackling the man down in an infuriated sprint.

I thought I was safe but my ears begged my pardon. My head quickly turned when I noticed a young man  with enigmatic read eyes jump at me , he grabbed my hand just in time and knocked me to the ground. Once I hit the grass I pulled my left hand for a blow to the face but the man caught it and slammed it against the ground. Viciously it sank it's head down at a face pace towards my face , also managing to slip upwards at an angle.

I felt a set of teeth pierce through my skin and into the side of my neck. My head ran clear and I lost it. I threw a kick into the clearly bigger males abdomen which sent him rolling to the side while his teeth detached from my neck. I rose quickly to my feet and saw the man trying to get up , my feet quickly moved at a high speed and within half a second I had closed the distance between us. My hands began glowing purple as I grabbed the man's throat. The smell of burning flesh quickly wafted over the two of us.

He screamed in pain and his hands went wild , scratching me in various places. Increasing the intensity my hand contracted and applied more force , his blood spilling onto my hands whilst his flesh slowly burning and turning to ashes. My vision was slowly turning to yellow. The hue a serene result of my surging abilities , but I was impatient. The man's body was slowly giving in and he slowed his suffering rampage to fidgeting. My other hand held his body and with force I pulled his head off and through it to the side , the mans body dropped and fell forwards.

Searching the area I saw the others standing to the side of the cars , searching the faces some where shocked , some were crying and others jaws dropped. That was the least of my worries , my eyes jerked hearing Ethan's protesting grunts. I eyed up the man who was pushing Ethan back and charged at him. The man's red eyes traced the noise of rapidly approaching footsteps onto me though it couldnt  react in time.

My hand instantly grasped its neck whilst pushing it to the ground. Giving more of a struggle then the previous one hand it kicked back and pushed me back , though I had already caused very noticeable damage since it was slowly staggering to its feet , it's through only somehow managing to keep intact. Only being more infuriated I charged at him in a fast speed , too great for him to react nor replicate. In great speed I rose my right food and twisted my left foot in chorus altering the direction of the kick to a swing. My foot collided with his still rising head and made a powerful kick to the man's head , disconnecting it from its body and flying away quicker than I could run. The body as did it's predecessor fell to the ground with a muffled thud.

I heard faint whispers eminating from behind me , I was in too much of a fit of rage to make out what they were saying , this was the most I've ever used an ability at such a high volume . I wasn't the most experienced fighter but I was one of the most powerful. I heard footsteps walk up behinf me , instinctively I turned around and swung out in a fist. Ethan only barely dodged it and grabbed my hand. Seeing his face made me calmer. They yellow tint in my eyes faded and the haze quickly cleared to no more.

" Are you okay , those wounds aren't exactly good looking " Ethan said in a soft and somber voice. I pulled my hand away from his grip and turned away. Sitting down on the grass and looking at the purple aura fade away from my hands , the blood and ash note prominent. The feeling of blood flow over my face and down my neck.

" Let me help with those wounds " Brandon came closer with a med kit and set it besides me before kneeling down infront of me. " May I ?" He asked curtly whilst wearing two gloves.

I nodded in agreement and let him do his thing , he started off by wiping anyway the blood on my wounds. He then applied a spray towards the two woungs before covering the Slask marks with salve and  putting a couple of plasters over it. The neck bite required more attention , he started stitching it up and in no time it was tightly closed shut. He then applied some salve to ease the pain before covering it with some bandage.

" This should do , I prefer you stay inside the car to give it some rest. " He said softly incase to not startle me , but with a voice that deep it was expectedly called for.

" I'll do so " I complied willingly whilst he gave me some water and a sanitiser to wash off the blood over my hands.

I stood up and walked into the dense forest where in uncapped the bottle and began pouring it onto my hands , changing hands holding the bottle each time. After finishing up I chuckled the bottle away and as I turned back a life threatening realisation struck me. I faltered and nearly tripped over literal thin air as I stopped. My heart began racing as my mind came to a daunting conclusion.

I got directly infected. I leaned against a tree trying to make sure I didn't fall . You must leave now , you can't let your family find of this or any of the other families , it must remain your secret , I'm not sure how much time I have left but I must make haste and disappear without a trace. I told myselft whisky I gathered all od my remaining strength and walked out of the dense woods cloaking me from those beyond.

Astrid looked up as I strode over there with a slight slump hanging over my posture , he frowned and the look in his eyes told me he knew what was my fate. " Are you ready , we were set back and the university is only about a 10 minute drive here " he said as he leaned against the car. " Brandon left and is gonna raise the university to higher ground so non of the infected can get to us."

I nodded and slowly walked towards the car , slamming the door behind entering of the pasaanger seat. I looked into the mirror and saw my elegebtly covered wounds. Brandon clearly new his job when it came to if ,I admitted with the itch of a smirk on my lip. Although it faded faster than it emerged as Ethan got into the car and began driving beside Astrid.