Wasteland

Broken

Zombie fact
The brains of the dead function in certain areas, especially the auditory nerve. The zombies cannot see but are attracted to sound.
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After a few hours of what  seemed extreme pain and difficulty, I got my self into a wheel ( with some help from Nathan , yea , now he tells me his name) chair and came out of the room.
It felt so good , having to locomote again. The worst that could happen is not being to walk in a phsycopath hospital where people know you and you don't. We got into the elevator and it closed and our reflections on the steel doors emerged. We started going down. Soft music played in the air. I noticed Nathan humming to the tune , and I grinned to myself. So he knows how to sing. What other dirty secrets does he hide from me?

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" No no, no. This can't be happening ", I said to myself softly , my voice cracking like thin paper.

We were sitting around a table - me, Nathan and Dr Mac ( that's what Nathan called her).
I stared at the steel curves of the table, tracing it with my fingers.

"Why didn't you tell me this ?"

" "Honey, we tried to..".

" NO SHIT YOU DID!"I screamed. Banging my hands on the table.

" Don't you dare talk to her like that " said Nathan quietly.

"Oh, so both of you were together in this huh?"

I glared at him, but it was quite difficult to be mad at him, and this aggravated me more.

"Are you telling me that people just started to rot because of that pill like in the movies? Is this some sort of Joke? Nice way of convincing me, after kidnapping me and cutting my freaking LEG! You might as well be doing a freak experiment on me!"

" You think we did this? You think we would we waste our time on you?" Nathan said, getting up.

Owch that was harsh.

"Maybe you should see for yourself", he said wheeling me away down the corridor.

I could hear Dr.Macs protests get distant. We went back to the elevator and he jabbed at the button that was going to lead us to the top most floor. The breeze greeted us, and there was a metallic smell lingering in the air that frighteningly reminded me of the smell that made me vomit a few hours back in that room. He pushed me till the edge. And then he stood beside me. He stared on. My eyes followed his and ended up looking at the thing I dreaded believing. They grabbed at the fence blood covered their bodies. I really wished I couldn't see the details. I had no words. Was my family there? Was Lily a part of them now? I began to feel bile rise up my throat. Before I could stop, I felt out out of the wheel chair, the floor splattered with sick. Nathan knelt and pulled me up.This is no illusion, I can't run away from it.

"You believe what you see", He said.

We headed back to the elevator. I stared at my bandaged leg. Wiping my mouth desperate to stop shivering. Suddenly there wasn't enough oxygen. There was a ding and I emerged back in the corridor.

"Then why don't you just kill me? ", I had found my voice ."I am going to die anyway but I am not going to die in the hands of dead people. NOT THEM".

Tears streamed down my face an poured on my lap. Mac came around embracing my tightly.

"I am sorry sweetheart ,but last checked it was real and we found out the hard way. As for killing you Dr,Mac really didn't want you to die even when we found you half bitten. She still thinks she can save you"

"Sweet of her," I muttered bitterly.

My family, Lily , school, all the people who I loved and I'm not able to remember... There is no use, it's too late . They're dead any way.

"We need to fight. I would call you guys cowards for hiding here for a month." I said as I stared hard at Nathan, in the eye.

" You think it's that easy, try it your self " he said looking away as he sat down. A rock dropped in my stomach. I could have traced his hard jaw when he said that. I so wanted to touch it.
Damn it. How could  I just fall for someone who I just met, that too hid so many secrets from me.

"We tried dear, but it didn't turn out well " Mac said, walking down the hall. She said tapping me on my back.

They were as hopeless as me. I had to do something, call me foolish. The white lights gave a sick deathly glow to the hall. The silence was deafening.

I got up and went next to him and sat on the floor. Wincing I stretched my leg and sat next to him . I was tired of all this drama. I wanted it to end now.
I leaned my head on his shoulder, he didn't complain. I wasn't the old Cadence anymore.I am no self conscious , separate and lone Cadence anymore. Maybe this was a nightmare. Yes it will all end.

Nathan took my hand .It was cold .

"You believe what you see."

He started drawing small circles in my palm. His touch was as gentle as a bird perched on my finger. My ears were turning hot. Few seconds he was pissed of with me and now he acts suspiciously affectionate. As if he knew me for long long time. He didn't want to talk, I didn't want to anyway. So I did the next option ,I slept.