"Breathe Me" (Sequel to "Don't Let Me Get Me") (Ben Mason Fanfic)

Chapter Thirty Five: "Deception"

Matt's P.O.V

 Most of those people who is still alive are still mourning the death of my brother, Ben. Surprisingly, Pope and his band of idiots didn't make any sly remarks about him. Maybe they finally respect him, or maybe they're just scared of Allison. She is after all, the strongest person we have.

 I can't cry anymore, I think I've drained all the tears in my body. That's the main reason why I went out for a walk, it's already been a couple of days but nothing has changed. To be honest, I don't think we'll ever recover from it.

 Dad spends most of his time with Me, Anne and Charlie. Hal is with Maggie while Allison still likes to be alone. I'm more than worried for her. 

 I was walking outside near the woods when I heard weird voices. I made a turn towards the corner and my heart dropped. I saw Charlie talking to a skitter ... one that has no paint in it's face and a woman. "Hey" I thought to myself, that person looks familiar. She turned around and my jaw literally fell open.

 It's Maggie.

 To make things worst, I can see the eye-bugs crawling on her face, she's the mole we've all been looking for.

 "Do they know Ben's alive?" she asked Charlie.

 "No. They all think he's dead. When will Dad be conscious again?"

 "Maybe a few days from now and when that happens he's gonna fight the humans. He is one of us after all" she replied and I saw an devilish smile formed on her lips.

 "What? Ben's alive?" I asked myself. I'm now more confused as ever so I decided that it's gonna be best to tell others about it.  I had to cover my mouth to prevent myself from making any verbal noise as I slowly backed off that place. My heart is beating fast, I don't wanna get caught.

 As soon as I was able to gain some distance, I turned around only to find Maggie standing behind me. "Hello there Matt" she said and I felt a sharp blow at the back of my head, everything went black afterwards.

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Allison's P.O.V

 I miss him so much. I don't know what I did to deserve something like this, I lost my parents .. most of the people I love and my husband in a span of a bit over than 2 years.

 "Where's Charlie?" I asked Anne as I saw her came out of the makeshift clinic. "I don't know. I'm sorry" she replied.

 "It's alright" I said and then went outside only to see him running towards me. He gave me a tight hug as I lifted him into my arms. "How's my big man?" I asked and he just smiled. A tear fell out of my eyes and I wiped it right away, the fact that I'll be raising Charlie alone hasn't sunk in yet ... it only feels like Ben's out for a mission and he'll come back. Except, he won't. Because he's dead.

 "I saw Dad today" he whispered and I just smiled. Maybe he's looking over him.

 "What did he say?"

 "He said we'll be together again someday"

 "That's good" I replied and then smiled, using all my willpower not to cry again.

 "He also said something else"

 "What is it?"

 "There's a human overlord among us"

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Hal's P.O.V

 Losing Ben is still taking the toll on me. I visit his grave every single day while we're here just to update him with things. We could be moving to other place any day from now that's why it's important to spend as much time as I can with him.

 "I'll take care of Charlie, I promise" I whispered and smiled as if he can see me. A few moments after, the smile changed into small sobs and now they are tears.

 "I'm so sorry. I should have protected you. You're my brother" I uttered while having another breakdown.

 But then I noticed the ground moving, "What the hell?" I asked myself. The stones started moving around, I got down to my knees to have a better look at it. As I was able to get closer, Ben's hand erupted from beneath the ground.