The sun peeks over the horizon as we drag the dead bodies into the back of a pickup truck, from what I see most people survived only the scatter few that I already knew about died.
It has been seven hours since I've been bitten and I don't feel sick at all. I feel normal.
Samantha limps over to me carrying a glass of water, handing me the clear plastic cup she feels my forehead; "Nothing" she looks kind of worried but I just smile at her and kiss her cheek, gulping back the entire glass of water I get back to work.
Another couple hours go by and I'm sitting in the medical room, on the table the cancer patient died on, and the new doctor; Valarie, pours some peroxide on the bite mark and cleans it up.
"So it has been nine hours and you don't feel sick at all?" Valarie questions me. I shake my head; "Not a thing, only a slight stinging in the bite from the shit you poured on the bite" I snicker and she turns around and writes on her clipboard.
"Go home and take sleep, I'll come check on you when you wake up. Also Lachlan.." The nurse pauses and looks at me. "Don't sleep near Samantha.." My heart shatters when I realize how much of a threat I am to everyone here. I nod and stand up, watching from the corner of my eye as the nurse writes a big question mark on the clipboard.
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David's P.O.V
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Me and Asher cuddle on the bed of the apartment I sucked Lachlan into giving us, just laying in comfortable silence. It has been an entire day since the Infected got in and Lachlan is still sleeping soundly in his home, no sudden death of turning.
We didn't have to lead the herd on a wild goose chase afterwards, they just moved on away from here, not turning back.
An ear piercing scream startles me and Asher up from the cozy bed, We look at each other with concerned faces and grab our weapons, dashing out the door and down the street in search of the source of the sound.
We stop abruptly and the sight in front of me is one like no other. Asher throws himself into my chest and mumbles something about the shitty world.
In front of me lays a little girl no older than five, her limbs are chopped off and form a square around her body. Her piggy tails have been cut off and placed in her hands. Another little girl is on her knees weeping over the dead girl.
Alec runs up behind me and takes a step back himself; "Someone get me a blanket" He screams to the observing crowd.
The next thing that happens shocks everyone. The little girls starts breathing.
"Sissy.." the other little girl sniffles a few times, lowering her ear to the dead girls mouth, she practically shoves her ear into the dead girls mouth.
"Julia get away from her!" I hear a man shout, pushing through the crowd.
The girl, Julia, Scream in agony as the dead girl bites her ear off. The man swoops up what seems to be his daughter, and pulls out his pistol, firing a bullet into the turned girl.
Alec gets the blanket and covers the body and limbs, telling everyone to return to their homes. I stay behind and send Asher home for the night. Alec waves me over and leans into my ear; "this was a murder.. We're living with a murderer and we don't even know who" I knew that an Infected couldn't do this so why was this so much of a shock?
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Lachlan's P.O.V
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The water engulfs my feet and sends cool shivers through my body. The beach is empty and continues into the horizon. It's so peaceful here.
I hear footsteps in the sand and in the corner of my eye I see Samantha coming towards me holding our new born baby. I smile and take the baby from Samantha, holding my beautiful baby boy in my arms I laugh as he brings his foot up to his mouth.
I stare into the baby's big brown eyes and see me in him. The power, the light, the playfulness. Just like me as a child.
I look at Samantha and scream, her face is decayed and her mouth is full of blood. I look at my baby and realize he is no longer in my arms. The sky is now a war red and the ocean is a dark blue. I run from my wife and into the water.
I'm being dragged to the bottom of the ocean and everything goes black and I can no longer breathe.
I'm going to die.
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Life's Test
HorrorOne Bite...One Scratch.. That is all it takes to end it all... 23 Year old Lachlan has it all, a perfect life, A home he owned since he was 17, a beautiful girlfriend, a perfect job, and a child on the way. But what happens when it is all ripped awa...
