The Risen

Chapter Nineteen

Turned
Ryder

Dante, Maya and I searched the field for what felt like hours, checking each body one by one, one if us would check the body, another would shoot the body when it turned out to be a zombie, and the last one keep watch for other zombies.
The gunfire has died down now, can't tell if that means there dead, or alive.
"We won't find James like this!" Dante started.
Maya turned to face him. "You have a better idea Dante?"
Dante turned and looked towards the forest.
"Ya, actually I do. I'm gonna deal with the douchebags who took him hostage" Dante starting sprinting in the direction of the forest.
Maya run after him.
"Dante! Don't be a idiot!" She called back.
But I couldn't move, I wanted to chase after them, to keep them safe from the Major and his men, but it was if a invisible wall was keeping us apart.
"Kill" I heard the wind call.
I turned around, searching for the voice who said the word.
"Them" I Turned all the way around again, I swear I wasnt going crazy, I could hear a voice calling to me, almost like a welcoming.

"All!" The voice finished.

Then a man appeared.

"Boo!" He shouted. I began to get dizzy, and fell to my knees, I couldn't feel the world around me, I could only see him, think of the words he was saying.

The man looked, talked and acted just like me, and I knew why. He was me.

"You have survived this far!" He started.

I could only nod my head, as if agreeing fully and completely.

"And yet, you waste your skills on this puny group, I mean there weaker then us, why do we keep them alive?" The voice asked.

I nodded my head and agreed.

"Yeah why? We should—" but I couldn't finish my sentence, I wanted to I really wanted to. I wanted to let go of my problems by being ready to kill then all, but I knew what was keeping me back.

Love.

My brother Jayce came to mind, I've known him off as long as I have lived, and then there's Maya, I don't know what we are, but I love her.

"You don't need them!" The voice whispered into my ear.

Then I came out of my daze.
I shook my head, and told myself it was just a dream.
I stood back up and looked around the field. The sounds of distant gunfire rung in my ears, I turned towards the forest, and realized how Maya and Dante were in extreme danger.
I tried to run, but my legs were to tired, so I began to walk, as fast as I could towards the forest.
After about twenty meters I tripped over something, or rather, someone.
"Help..." The body called.
I turned around to see James's, lying on the field covered in blood, I also noticed his left arm was missing.

"James?" I stepped back.

James had his right hand on where his left arm should've been, I guess to stop the bleeding.

"I was bit—" James started, after a long awkward pause he continued.

"I had to cut it off, please Ryder help!" James begged.
But I couldn't move, I felt the world disappear again, as everything went still, as if the world just stopped around me, time has stopped.
And there was him. There was me standing next to me.

"So, we have a chance to do something here" the voice explained. This voice which was me stood over James.

I looked at James, his face stood still with time, and I looked deep into his frozen begging eyes. He begged for help.
I couldn't kill him, not after everything he's done for us, he helped save me from Fort Black, he went through hell and back with us through the bandits, he helped defend the Tank, he was a alley, but over time he became more then that, he was family.

"Fine! I'll just do it myself!"  The voice called.

And I was frozen with time too, everything then unfroze, but me. 

I tried to move, but my body refused, and I felt my hands reach for my sidearm hidden under my belt, only I wasn't in control, it was him. The Voice.

"Ryder?" James asked.

I wanted to stop the voice, I tried, I watched as he raised my gun and pointed it to James forehead. I screamed for help, for Maya, Dante even for the Major to come and shoot me through the head before I pulled the trigger. 

But not even a creak escaped my lips.

Bang!

And then I got back control.

I fell to my knees and started crying, I wouldn't dare to look at the body that was James.

"Oh shut up, I did you a favor, besides it was a clean shot he won't turn!"  The voice complained to me.

I heard the gunshots from the forests, I didn't dare look in the forest direction, but I heard them, and they were getting faster and faster, there was a full out fire fight going on. I needed to help Maya and Dante, but I couldn't trust myself to stand, I knew If I tried, I would fall back down. All I could think was the amount of blood that popped from James's head when the bullet went through and what was going through James head before I pulled the trigger? I hated myself for letting him to that to James.

"Go help Maya!" The voice yelled in my head, the voice echoed off my skull.

I tried to stand, but as I predicted I fell back to my knees, I barely made it to one knee.

"Ugh! weakling! no matter I'll handle this!"   The voice told me, as I felt myself go numb, and I lost control of my body again. My body stood up, and took a long look at Jame's corpse. 

"Wow, I did I number on this guy!"  I felt my body smile at the thought, I threw up, in my head that is, I can't physically throw up. My head turned to look towards the forest, and my body began sprinting towards the forest. My body followed the gunshots until they found Maya. Maya was hiding behind a tree near the crashed chopper, the flames coming from the chopper was the only real light source here, that and the moon.

Dante was nowhere to be seen, I ran over beside Maya, only my stupid self stood out in the open next to Maya.

"Hey sweet cheeks!"  The voice spoke to Maya. 

Maya, who saw my body was out in the open, grabbed him and pulled him close to her, to take cover behind the tree with her.

"Oh, is that what we're doing?" the voice asked her, getting closer, wrapping one of my hands around her waist.

"Don't you fucking touch her!" I screamed to him.

"Why not? She seems to like it!" The voice said to me, right before Maya slid away from him and focused towards the fire fight.

I felt him get bored, as he lifted my ppsh assault rifle, and pointed it towards the Major's men. he walked out into the open and threatened them.

"Make it easy for me and walk out here! No? Fine, It's more fun this way anyways!" The voice screamed, and then opened fire. 

Bang! Bang! Bang! 

Despite me hating him, I had to admit he was a good shot, although he was me, I think.

once they were all dead, Maya walked over to him, but pushed past him, she started checking there vitals and making sure they got a good head shot.

"Good job, Ryder! Although your still a idiot for going out into the open." Maya said to him.

He walked up to her, and combed back her hair covering her face with my fingers!  He gently kissed her, slowly and passionately. If I ever get a chance to kill this son of a bitch I will take it, without hesitation. After many seconds, they pulled apart, and he stared into her eyes with care. He held her in his arms with my arms! Did she just kiss another man? It technically counts as me, but...I'm going to kill him slowly.

"We need to find Dante." She began, pulling away from him, and walking off into the forest. 

My body followed her, my bodies eyes kept staring at her ass.

What was wrong with his side of me? this person who now has control over my body is gonna pay, As soon as I figure out how to get control back...