FEAR

It Had To Be Done

RECAP:

Kaiden and Dalton come upon a group who stole their car. Max, an old friend of Dalton's, finally got Brooke to confess that she was bitten to Toby and Lillian.

Kaiden's POV

"Dalton? Kaiden?" Max says taking a step forward.

Wait. Is that Max? That's Dalton best friend. Finally! Someone that we know!

I run over to Max and give him a bear hug. Then Dalton came and gave him a bro hug after I had pulled away.

I look at the people standing in front of me. There is an old man, a woman, and a young lady. The young lady is on the ground next to a pool of blood and she had blood dripping down her mouth. She spits and lays down on the ground.

"What's wrong with her?" I ask Max, pointing to her.

"That's Brooke. She is sick." He tells me.

I see her shirt rise up a little bit and I see something red on the side of her stomach. Is that a bite mark? She isn't sick.

"Sick as in bitten or scratched?" I ask.

He just nods his head. I just stare at the young lady, known as Brooke. She is going to die. We don't know how long she has left. We need to come up with something and fast.

"She is bit?! You haven't killed her yet?" Dalton said talking to Max.

"We just found out ourselves too. Your buddy over there knew and didn't tell anyone about it." The old man says.

We have to kill her. She is going to turn and come back as a rotter and try to chew on us.

"You got that right kid. I agree with you." The woman said.

Wait. Did I say that out loud?

"Yeah. You did. And that too." Dalton said to me.

Crap! Brooke heard me say that we have to kill her.

"What are we going to do with her? We can't just kill someone that is still alive." Max says to no one in particular.

"We have to kill her obviously." The old man states.

"If you want to sleep out here with her and let her eat you, fine by me. There shouldn't even be any debate over this anyway. She is already dead. Listen to the kid. The kid even knows what to do and she is younger than you Max." The woman fusses.

While they are all tying to talk some since into Max, I see that Brooke is starting to breathe irregularly. She is about to die. I have to do something because I'm pretty sure that she doesn't won't to be one of those things. I look around for something starting to panic a little. I sneakily grab the gun off the old man's side without anyone noticing. I hold it to Brooke's head. She justvstares at Mr silently pleading me not to with her eyes.

I don't even hesitate to pull the trigger. It's for the best anyway. When the loud noise ring through the air, all I hear is gasp from behind me.

I look up to see everyone staring at me like I'm a killer. Then I start to think that I am. I just killed someone who wasn't even dead. I can't believe I done that. I didn't even hesitate or think twice about it. What have I done?

She was bit though. I did what everyone else would do. She was dying. She was suffering, but now she isn't. She is in a better place now where she isn't suffering. Yeah. That's right. What I did was right.

I got fed up with everyone just staring at me. So I decided to speak up and speak my mind.

"What? It had to be done. Someone had to do it. She was taking her last breathe while all of you were arguing. She could've turned and came back and none of you would have even realized it. So your welcome." I say.

"She's right." The woman says.

They all just kind of nod. Even Max surprisingly. They all had sorrow in their eyes, but I didn't.

"What's your name?" I ask the old man while giving his gun back to him.

"Toby and that's Lillian but she likes to be called Blu." He says and outs the gun back on his side.

"You did right thing kid. Don't let anyone say different. You basically saved our lives. You did something that I don't think anyone of us would have the guts to do. Don't feel guilty because you killed someone. Trust me. Win the way how the world is going, that won't be the only time. So thank you." He says and walks away with Lillian or Blu.

Max and Dalton walk away to talk and I'm stuck standing beside a dead Brooke.

Well, this is going to be a long night of no sleep for me.

Author's Note

Hey everyone. Okay so should I do every Thursday I update at least 10 chapters or should I do every Monday 5 chapters and every Thursday 5 chapters. Let me know what you all think.

Love you,
- Haley😝❤