The Apocalypse

Melody, you'll know what to do.

I woke up with a start not knowing where I was, which seemed to happen often these days. I looked around at my surroundings and noticed we were in some sort of building.  Definitely not the one that I particially rememeber running from. I heard chatting coming from another room so I slowly stood, caught my balance and then wandered to where the sound was coming from. I slowly opened the door to see Wen and Frank in deep conversation with each other. They both looked up and me with shocked faces as if they thought that i would never wake up. "Melody your awake!" Wen shouted as she rose from her spot on the floor and made her way towards me. i smiled and embraced her into a hug. "where are we?" i questioned as she let me go. i was confused, it looked like we were in a small house.

Frank was the one to speak up though, "We ran from the lab, as you know because Wen told me you woke for a period of time. We eventually lost them the further we went into the forest behind the lab and we came across this small cabin and well here we are." he said sarcasticly. "where is mum?" i asked Frank. He seemed to be a little taken back by that question because i knew full well what happened to her, i saw it happen but i needed someone to tell me it was real. "Melody what you saw, did happen. Mum's gone." he said slowly, looking as if this was hard for him to say to me. I fell to the floor in tears only  now was this processing through my brain that mum was actually gone. How was i meant to do anything? i was meant to find her and then she was going to help me survive and we would find a safe place and stay there with dad as well. But now that they're both gone, where am i meant to go? plus i now have Frank to be with but i dont even know the kid.

I sat silently in the corner of the room for a long time processing this information and trying to understand what i was going to do now. Wen said she would follow me anywhere because she doesnt have anyone but even then where am i meant to take her now. Can we afford to keep traveling the country, maybe we could find another group and stay with them but is it safe to be with anyone but us three? there was so much to consider that i was getting overwhelmed with all these thoughts i couldnt keep up so the best thing to do i decided was to go to sleep and i would figure it out when i woke up. Before i fell asleep i looked over at Wen and Frank to see the deep in conversation again, about what i have no idea and at this spesific moment i didn't really care.

I woke up sometime later and found Wen asleep next to me. i slowly stood from my spot, moving around Wen hoping i wouldnt wake her up and went back into the room i found her and Frank in earlier. i walked into the room and found Frank sitting by the small fireplace at the opposite side of the room. He obviously didnt hear me as i walked over and sat down next to him looking at the fire. "Hey" i said looking at him properly for the first time. Noticing that he looked a lot like my father, but had many features of my mother aswell, he resembled them more than i actually did. "Hey." he replied back, i got the impression he didnt want to talk to me so i went to stand back up but he grabbed my arm and i sat back down. "Stay please. i want to understand some things." he looked me in the eye as he said this and so i nodded for him to continue talking.

"so you're my sister?" he said aloud. "yeah, i guess I am." I didnt really know what to say to him because this was all new to me aswell. i didnt understand how they could of kept this from me and how did he not know about me. It's like my parents were living double lives I guess. "I could tell from anywhere that you were obviously related to my parents just by looking at you." he said. Funny i thought the same thing about him. "I like your eyes. i like how they're different, one like mums, one like dads." I smiled at this, no one else has ever like my eyes before except from my parents. "Thank you" was all I said in reply. we sat in silence for what seemed like forever just staring into the fire.

I finally broke the silence "Can you tell me what exactly went on in the lab please, like where were you kept? i mean surely a lab is no place for a child growing up." I honestly could not come up with any answer as to why things have happened like they have. "I honestly dont know Mel, i just woke up and knew who mum was." he said looking confused, I sort of felt sorry for him because of the situation he is in. Frank reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from it and handed it to me. "She gave this to me when we were hugging, she said if we didnt make it out with her then we should read this together. She must of known that she wouldnt be leaving." I grabbed the piece of paper from him as he was still talking and with my mood dropping i opened it up.

"Melody and Frank, my babies.

I didn't think this would ever happen, i knew when this whole break out happened that you would be fine melody. But i had to release Frankie from where we kept him because i always fought with your father about giving him a life and i couldnt just let him stay here when I died. I didnt know whether you would actually come here for me Melody so if its just you reading this Frank then I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you dont know anything, I'm sorry that you havent been given a proper life. I know this isn't perfect but you have a life now and you need to protect yourself and your sister. You are far more advanced than you think you are. Think and you can do, without knowing it you know how to do alot of things that people only wish that they could do. I'm sorry i dont have a plan for your survival, if i could then i would but no where is safe now and you just need to keep moving, go around the world if you have to. Just keep moving and stay away from the undead. And if you do come across a nasty time with them ,well Melody, you'll know what to do.

I love you both. mum x"

'Melody you'll know what to do' just kept repeating in my head. what am i meant to do?