Growing Into The Plague

Chapter 1 The Survivors

Chapter 1: The Survivors

"Unhhhhh-hhhh" I said moaning as I rubbed my head. I realized that I was hallucinating again. Imagining the shithole we live in was fine. But it was not. A plague of god knows what was infecting the world.

Thankfully I was immune but I was also one to spread the plague if I scratched or bit someone. I wouldn't bite someone but still if I accidentally scratched my people. My people you ask? Melissa, Luca, Andrew, Victoria, and Britni.

They were my closest friends who knew how to survive it after excessive hours of playing zombie apocalypse games. Only 2 of them were immune like me except they couldn't spread it.

I never told 'em I could spread it. Because I really was the plague. Melissa and Luca were immune, and that's it. "Anyone up?" I said quietly but loud enough they could hear me.

"Ggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" I heard gurgling sounds by Andrew's body I crawled over and saw Andrews neck slit. I cover up his wound and try to get a response. "Andrew can you hear me?" I get a thumbs up. It wasn't vocal but it was something.

I woke up Victoria immediately because she knew her way around herbs and how to make medicine for stuff like this. "Uhh what's up?" She faintly whispered "Victoria there were obviously Z-You (survivor group that kill other survivors) and they slit Andrew's throat!"

I honestly cared about Andrew and I knew he cared about me. We'd been good friends since 4th grade. "Oh shit one sec." She got up and got to our medical station. She used mortar and pestle and mashed up some different herbs and mixed them together.

"Listen you guys gotta be comfortable with each other because you gotta put is stuff in his wounds." Not the thing I wanted to do. But if it meant keeping him alive I would do it. I unraveled the quick bandages I put on and got the herbs ready.

"Listen Andrew. This isn't gonna feel good, I gotta put the herbs on directly which means I'm taking my hand into this open wound." A look of worry flashed onto his face. But he gave a thumbs up.

I took the herbs into my hand, and stuck my hand right into his open neck. It felt creepy but I felt something. Hard. Cold. It had to be metal. I pulled it out, turns out it was a food stores key. "Holy shit man this is the jackpot." I continued to put herbs in the wound.

I finished up by wrapping the new bandages on his neck. "Hey" he croaked out. "Hey man. Nice to see you're ok." I said "If you hadn't asked, and I never responded I would've been dead." He took my hand and squeezed it tight. I squeezed it right back. This was our friendship pact. Our friends always thought we were something more. Maybe it would be after this was over.

I examined the bloody key. I used his old bandages to wipe off the blood. That's when I heard Melissa wake up. "Hey Jill......... Wait what the fuck happened here?" I could tell she had seen all the blood. "Z-you was here and they got to Andrew. Guess our little pets didn't work out as well this time." Pointing to the dead zombies. "Oh shit, is he ok?" She asked. "Yeah he's fine." I replied calmly, Andrew gave Melissa a thumbs up.

We woke up Britni first, "Jill leave me alone!" She gave me the finger. "Brit it's breakfast time." "Ugh fine...." She groaned as she rose. What's for breakfast? A can of 60 olives, 10 olives for each of us. Really nutritional right?

Did I mention there's also 1 thing of noodles for dinner? But we had to wake up Luca. "Luca get up! Before I fall on top of you." ( Luca would enjoy that by the way) Luca had liked me, and it was obvious.

He got up. We had our supply of river water that we boiled and put them in some cups we brought with us. We put our olives in there to make them warm which was more filling. We drank the leftover water to fill us up. Fire you ask?

Britni was our survivalist so she knew what berries were safe to eat, and how to make fire, etc. Luca was our inventor, with new weapons, defense systems and more. His latest idea a trap that would have a tripwire and an arrow into the intruder. We got it set up and we threw a can at it, worked like a charm.

Melissa and I were the sharp shooters, guns and arrows, Andrew was our hunter and specs. Victoria was our medicine chick, we found mortar and pestle and we used it to mix remedies she had learned from her spiritual books from ancient years, she also believed the tribal remedies she found in them.

We all sat around the campfire eating our olives. "So Um what's up guys?" Luca asked. "Luca we're mostly feeling good, except Andrew I don't know how he feels" I said "I'm fine Jillian." He said. "Ugh sorry for asking Andrew..." I replied. "Hey let's play truth or dare guys" Britni suggested.

Britni knew I was the plague and so did Victoria. I thankfully couldn't spread it through mouth which would make this a very boring game. "Ok who starts?" Melissa asked. "ME!!!!" Britni shouted. "Ok Andrew truth or dare?" "Dare duh!!!" "Ok I dare you to....." She pondered for a minute.

"to kiss Jillian" his face had a look of surprise and joy.

"Hurry up guys!" Andrew came over to me and gave me a quick peck. That was it. Thank god.

"Well Brit, truth or dare?"

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Done!!!! Not with the whole book but you get it.

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~Jill