Humanity's last breath

2. I will never be the same again

I placed my hand over my heart and closed my eyes.

Thump, thump, thump.

"I- kn-ow your i-n there" taunted a low voice as it struggled to communicate.

My grip tightened around my mother's arm. I looked up to see pure fear plastered on her face as her eyes moved slowly with every step the deligent took.

Suddenly the table we were hiding under was thrown over and we were exposed. I froze as I looked into the dark eyes of the murderer. He looked completely normal with his black suit, however, his hair was greasy and ruffled, while his eyes were practically melting out his skull and his clothes were crumpled and soaked in my father's blood.

Just like we planned, mom ran to the kitchen but I didn't run to the bathroom. My feet felt completely rooted to the ground and I just couldn't pull myself up.

"Kelsy!" screamed my mother begging for me to escape. Horror filled me as it bent over towards me. Liquids were oozing from its eye where my dad had cut diagonally across his face to save us some time before he died.

The man paused, pulled the knife out its leg and licked its own blood off it. "Kelsy, run!" Mom cried out. I could run, escape, but it was too late. He looked back down at me before smiling and aiming the knife at my mom who was trying to grab the only weapon that can kill it, not realizing it was actually going to kill her.

"Mom!" I screamed. A second went by before the knife replaced her eye. She dropped to the ground in a pool of blood that surrounded both my father and now her. A rock filled my throat as I realized I was alone in my world and my new home would be in that same pool of blood.

A wide grin formed on its face until it's ripped the skin to reach its eyes ready to devour me. I shot past the deligent and headed to the bathroom. I desperately pushed the door shut as the deligent tried to push it open. Finally with one last heave I shut the door and locked it.

I took a deep breath blinking away the tears that was now filling my eyes.

How did this happen? I'm going to die, and I won't even be able to fight as I don't even know how to kill a deligent. Even if I did survive this, everything wouldn't go back to normal, both my parents are dead.

I squeezed my eyes shut. My body was shaking so furiously with fear, I couldn't even control myself. I was going to die and that was the truth and no one was here to save me. The deligents had eaten our 6 guards, no normal bullet could piece their skin.

The thumping on the door halted. For a moment I let myself relax. Has it gone? No their hunger never goes only if it's...

"Jamie!-" I swung open the door.

Crunch. The deligent bit into another price of his shoulder and blood splattered onto my face. His eyes slowly met mine.

"run"

My mouth dropped open.

Jamie is the strongest out of my family and even he couldn't defeat it, what chance do I have?! I was never strong, cleaver or tactical. I'm only 10 for goodness sake. I was afraid because I knew I had no chance against them, I am pretty much dead just like the rest of my family and all because I wasn't strong.

My head shook as the floor under me moved. I felt as though I couldn't stand.

Was I really that helpless?

"Run!" Shouted Jamie as blood spluttered from his lips "RUN!!"

"No! I can't, I-I will die" I cried while my brother was being devoured by the deligent.

"You will die if you don't fight for your life!" He shouted. Slowly he started to give way and dropped to the ground

"I-I ca-nt" I stuttered edging away from the deligent in fear as it approached me.

"Kelsy, the world is cruel, they are our predictors and we are the hunted, fight for your life"

At that moment I realised how weak I was, I was the hunted and I was going to let it just eat me without a fight. My hand balled up into a fist and I narrowed my eyes at the deligent. Without a fight? No Blake would give in to bullies; I won't let my brother die because of me! I won't let them hurt me.

I. WILL. FIGHT.

I pulled down the mirror and it shattered and scattered into a thousand pieces across the floor. The deligent stopped eating the left over flesh in its mouth. I grabbed a piece of broken mirror and backed away from the deligent which approached me. The mirror shook in my hands but I stabbed the thing in its heart as hard as I could.

It didn't even flinch instead it grabbed my neck and lifted me off the ground. I hit its chest waving around frantically fighting for air. Slowly I felt every part of me start to surrender as my brain starved for oxygen.

Skin ripped and I dropped to the ground. However, the skin wasn't mine.

"Only one?!" Shouted a man

"Yeah, quick and easy job but the Blakes are all dead" replied a woman

"Dead?" My eyes shot open "No, no, no, no..." I desperately crawled over to Jamie and shook him "Jamie, Get up, stop messing around!"

The man signed "grab the girl, there are actual problems at the front line"

The woman and man left behind looked at each other then at me.

"Good luck" The woman whispered and left me with the man.

"He's not dead!" I screamed at him as he approached me. I backed away from him.

"He is, and you know it too, let's go-"

"No!" I shook denying everything "he's all I have left" I held onto my brother's cold hand, hugging him tightly. There was a scream from outside and the man quickly grew .

"They are dead" He pulled my hand away from my brother's and tried to get me up "And if you stay here, you will be too"

"No" I tried to hold on to the past until he threw me over his shoulder.

"There have never been any miracles in this world, why do you think you're the special exception?" I stopped shrugging under his grip "Have you already forgotten that death exists? It's everywhere. Get over it"

-

By the next day I was put in a refugee camp with homeless people. I have never felt so low in my life. This whole empire my family helped build is dead along with them. People use to actually care how I felt but now I'm a orphan its like the rich powerful title that followed me around is now gone. I have nothing.

The military, boarder defence and police fought the war against the deligents until we were safe. I was left alone on the field as people cried in pain and sadness.

They promised they would always be there for me and that the deligents wouldn't hurt us but they were wrong, the deligents attacked once again and the weakest survived.

What's even the point of fighting for a life that's not worth living without the people I love and care about?

I wrapped my arms around my legs and rested my head on my knees. I hate it when people see me cry. I don't want to feel weak like everyone else.

What am I kidding? What is even the point of this? Why aren't I dead?! I have lost everything I had and it was all because of them. The deligents. I hate them from the bottom of my heart. They took what they couldn't have from me. I will never be able to forgive or forget. They don't deserve that. They don't deserve to live or exist. The only thing that holds us back is them!

They need to be stopped, even if it's the last thing we as a nation dies doing.

I will get stronger. I will join the Crimson Swords of Freedom Military. I will never give up or stop fighting ever again. I will kill every single one of them. This way, my family can finally rest in peace, and I?

I will never be the same.