Epidemics

part three

song of the chapter:: Dead Phoebe Ryan

I feel nauseated. Drugged. The pain in my abdomen was still there but it was not as intense as it was. But it still hurt. It hurt really bad. I was surprised I was even alive.

My eyes are closed. The first question that popped in my head was: Am I dead? After I realized that I am not dead and that I'm breathing I asked myself: Where the hell am I?

I didn't hear no voices,I opened my eyes. The room was well a room. I looked around. There was medical supplies everywhere. And a camera. So they're watching me. The question was: Who were they?

I heard footsteps,they were coming. Whoever that person was. I didn't know if I should panic or stay calm. If they saved me then...should I stay calm? They could have just let me bleed till I die which, I thought which was going to be my fate.

I held my breath until the door opens. I'm glad to see its not some crazy person. She didn't look crazy,right now. "You're awake." Is all she said. She sat on the side of the bed in a chair. "You must have a lot of questions. But I can assure you that we are only trying to help. Some of my men found you bleeding. We decided to take you in-"

I cut her off. I didn't mean to be rude but it just came out. Like a little poop. "How do you know I'm not infected?"

She looked at me,and put her thin lips in a straight line. "We watched you over the coarse of days,your eyes did not glow and your not trying to kill me now. From the looks of it you were injured by one of the Gone. Is that correct?" She said. The lady had a perfect neutral tone. There was no emotion.

"Yes he stabbed me. " I told her. Short and simple. Did not want to go into detail.

"Okay...I'm going to explain to you the rules of our "society." And the only reason we have this is so we can keep order and so that everything not fall a part. No weapons permitted. No harming another person,if so you will be kicked out immediately. No exceptions. We are trying to keep it safe. Once your in you cannot get out unless you want to leave for good. Then you will not be able to come back. No going into the kitchen ,we have limited food that we do not need anybody getting into. Do not ever go into The Warehouse it's restricted to only permitted personal. If you do you will be kicked out immediately. " Dr.Castile got serious for a moment before saying."And that's about it. You'll be living in a house with two other people. We don't have many houses to offer so we're keeping three to a house. Two story three rooms. At 12:30 it's lunchtime everyone goes to the square to eat. It's outside you'll find it. As for your wound...well there will be a nurse to take care of that. She'll come by your house regularly to check up on you. Any questions?" She said,her brown eyes bore into mine.

"Who will I share the house ?" I asked. I only ever stayed in my house living with my family. I didn't want roommates. It doesn't matter anyway I'm only staying here temporarily. I'm not forgetting about Scout.

"Maya Tipton and Brian Malcom, really nice kids both of them. You'll like them don't worry." The lady said. "And I'm the head of this place. We call this place the Destination. Just a heads up,and they call me Dr. Castile. I sent Theodore to come and show you to your house. Good luck and come to me if you have any questions. Go right-"

I cut her off. "Where's my backpack? I need it. " I told her. "And clothes I needs that to. " I said. All I had was a thin hospital gown or whatever they call it.

"Right. We confiscated your weapons but you can have everything else in you pack. " she said. Still no emotion. "I'll grab you some clothes. " Dr. Castile said. I was irritated. They took my gun. My Dad's gun. That was one of the last things I had from him. All I have now is a photo and his jacket that I was wearing. She left the room.

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Dr.Castile walks in with a small stack of clothes. She sets them right next to me. "What's your name?" She asked. For a second I looked at her,why didn't she ask me that before. It's not really important. I could lie,I could be whoever I wanted to be.

"Kane. " I tell her,looking at her eyes. Confusion. She looked confused. Why would she looked confused? Did she expect me to be someone else. I straighten my posture,paying attention to what she might say next.

"I thought it was..." She trailed off for a second. "I thought it was Mark,while w-" I cut her off.

I choked on her words. "Mark?" Mark my dads name. Mark Salsburg. Why would she think my name is Mark. It can't just be an unbelievable coincidence.

"Well... Yes. While going through your stuff,we found in the jacket you were wearing a letter and all of us thought it was for someone. It was addressed to Kane and someone named Mark wrote it. " Dr. Castile explained.

I had a hard time keeping my voice steady,"That's my dad's name...he... He probably wrote that for me. Where is it? Where's the letter?" I ask.

"It's in the pocket of your jacket,but we put all your stuff is in the house that you'll be living in for now. " Dr.Castile said. "Theodore is right out the door,he said he will show you to your house. "

"Okay. "

"I'll walk out so you could change. Take all the time you need. " This time she offered a small smile but it looked force. I'm already not liking her. She then walked out of the room leaving me alone.

I sat down there,still trying to process everything. The odds of this happening.... Finding this place is just random,with the years that I've been out and trying to find my sister I would never think to find a place like this. It was just to good to be true. I wanted to change already so I can find that letter from my dad. I reach for the stack of clothes and started changing.

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Dr.Castile comes back in. She looks at me directly,"Are you ready to meet Theodore?" She asks,she stands right on front of me.

"Yes." I told her,I really don't want to meet anyone,but maybe he'll answer some questions that I don"t want to ask Castile.

I stand up,getting off the little bed,I tower over the doctor,I don't feel like I am a kid no more. She motions me to the door,she opens the door and there is a small hallway and some other rooms that were closed.

I saw some people walk by and I couldn't help but stare. Seeing people,not trying to kill me,not surprised by me,just simply walking passed me. It was a lot to take it.

Dr.Castile finds the end of the hallway,and uses a key card to unlock the door. The first thing I can see when she opens the door is sunlight. Blinding sunlight and then everything came into focus. It look like an area,perhaps a housing complex surrounded by a huge wall. From the looks of it, the place was quite big. Before I could scope out everything else the doctor says something.

"Kane." She said sternly,like I was her own child. "Theodore is here. He will show you to your house. " with that said she turned her back and left me.

Theodore then stood in front of me. He was tall,really tall. With curly black hair,fair skin and hazel/greenish eyes.

"You could call me Theo."

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I finally updated. I'm sorry. I know it's short but I promise I'll make a extra long one next time. And I'm proud. And I made a trailer to the book it's a short teaser so I hope you like. You could find it in the prologue :) check it out it's really cool!