Welcome to Nuketown! (On Hold)

Living Nightmare

I'm using a photo I took with a Snapchat filter for this, that's where I got the idea for this chapter. Don't judge me...

Logan sprinted back to base as Bri ran a length behind him.

"Open the fucking door!" He yelled, hoping someone inside heard him.

Gillian opened the door and saw Bri behind him. She continued to hold the door open until Logan slammed it closed.

"What the hell are you doing?! Bri is out there! Whatever was chasing you was chasing her!"

"It wouldn't be chasing her." Logan huffed. "SHE was the monster I was running from."

Everyone looked at him as if he was insane.

"What the flubbernuck are you talking about?" You asked, gaining everyone's agreement.

"It-It's back *huff* And its *puff* Taken her!" Logan laid down on the couch to catch his breath.

"The shit are you talking about!?" Gillian damn near slapped him. You held her back and looked at the couch.

"What are you talking about?" You asked while shoving Gillian behind you.

"Gather around." Logan panted and everyone pulled up a chair.

"Two months ago, I decided to get off my ass for once and come look at what was left of the fight.

I knew I couldn't come alone incase something were to happen where I needed help to get out of a situation, so I brought Landry, Austin, Jacob, and Bryzen with me.

When we showed up, we first looked around for somewhere to call home while we were here.

We found this place.

We raided the joint for anything that might help us while we were out.

Found a shit ton of ammo, plenty of food, and we had a roof over our heads.

We'd found someone. He was barely breathing, close to dying. He said his name was Steel."

"Oh HELL no!" Gillian spat, interrupting the story.

"Where is he now?"

"Up the road a bit, wh-" Gillian sprinted out the door, with Blake after her.

"G! Stop!" He yelled. She ran on. Blake sighed and trotted back into the house. Everyone looked at each other.

"What was that about?" You asked.

"They were love birds!" Brady said sarcastically.

"They tried for a kid to try to become closer. It didn't work." Logan hung his head down.

"BRI!!!!" Gillian yelled from outside.

"Shit, Bri still has that virus!" Logan yelled and looked up.

"What virus!?" You yelled.

Logan ignored and ran outside with his brother close behind. You followed quickly after them. You stood outside as you watched Gillian run, bloody, from Bri's attacks.

"Go fuck yourself Bri!" Bri stopped dead in her tracks, almost as if she understood her best friend's attempt to save her ass. You stood in shock, thinking about if you should run after Gillian or not. You ran after her, not even thinking of Bri or the state she was in.  Gillian was so far ahead you could barely see her.

"Slow...The fuck...Down!" You huffed as you still chased Gillian.

"FUCK THAT SHIT!!" She yelled back and ran into a house. You stopped, not worrying about Bri, and observed the building the blonde ran into. It wasn't the groups hideaway. It was different, new almost.

"Gillian?" You knocked on the door.

"Hold still!" You heard back at the house.

"Logan no!! You can't shoot her!" You turned to see Bri staring down the barrel of a shotgun that Logan was holding.

"Stop!" You yelled. "Wait!" You ran to them and tried to grab the gun from Logan.

"What the hell are you doing!? You can't kill her! She may be infected with the godforsaken virus you keep telling us about, but she's still your friend. Still our Bri, and nothing can change that. Not a difference in opinion and especially not a damn virus!!!" You screeched. Everyone stared at you in awe, even Bri. Logan sighed and handed you the gun. You took a deep breath and threw the gun out of reach.

"Bri." You said with her behind you.

"I don't know if you can hear me much less understand what the fuck I'm saying," you started. "We don't want to hurt you. You know that, right?" She groaned in response. "And you don't want to hurt us." She groaned again.

"Okay. Everyone else, do you promise not to hurt Bri?" Everyone but Logan and Brady nodded.

"Burress Boys..." You raised an eyebrow. They sighed and slowly nodded their heads.

"Good!" You placed you hands on your hips feeling accomplished.

"Alright, we're all friends here. No virus will EVER change that."

~Meanwhile~

"Holy shit! This place is decked out!" Gillian was amazed by what was in front of her. "This place looks brand new!"

She started to wander around. She heard a bump behind her but ignored it, thinking it was Bri banging on the door. She went up stairs and into the master bedroom. She heard a crash, louder than the bump and looked around for something to protect herself since she didn't grab anything before she left. She ends up finding a baseball bat.

"Ooh metal!" She pulled it by her head, ready to swing, and went downstairs.

"Hello?" A voice called.

"Who's there?" It sounded so familiar to her.

"No fucking way..." She held the bat by her feet, knowing who she might encounter.

"S-Steel?" She asked in a soft voice.

"G-Gilly?" The voice replied. He ran to the stairs and sure enough, they'd found each other.

"I'm gunna go check on Gillian." A muffled voice came from outside.

~back to you~

You opened the door and found Gillian making out with a random guy. You thought he was forcing her to do it, so you sprinted towards them and punched him in the face, disconnecting his lips from Gillian's.

"Steel!" She cried.

"What the fuck Rookie!!?"

"I-I thought he was forcing you..." You stuttered.

Oh shit...I fucked up big time. I hope they're out there digging my grave. You thought to yourself. Steel stood back up and rubbed his cheek.

"Are you okay baby?" Gillian asked.

"Baby?!" You were stunned.

"Oh right, you two haven't met yet. Steel, this is Rookie, our newest recruit. Rookie, this is Steel, my boyfriend."

You blinked a few times.

"Let's go sweetie." Steel said and led Gillian outside.

"I'm so happy we found each other." Gillian said and she felt a sudden pain in her shoulder. Steel looked down at her and gasped.

"What? What is it?!" She panicked. She heard a groan behind her. She put two and two together. Bri with the virus, and pain in her shoulder.

Oh no...

She'd been bitten

Holy shit this one took a while to write! I worked with Gillian herself to write this, and I will add, WE DO NOT KNOW ANYONE NAMED STEEL. HE IS A MADE UP CHARACTER SO GILLIAN COULD HAVE A SOFT SIDE!!!! HE IS NOT REAL!!! Okay, sorry to yell at y'all, I wanted to be clear. Okay, bye!