The Falling Stars (The Vamps and One Direction Zombie Apocalypse)

Chapter 49- Losing Ourselves

A/N So this is it. The finale! Don't kill because I love you for reading this!!!!!

My name is Connor Ball and this is the story of how I died.

I died in a room, along with people I knew and loved even back before the death sentence was put on our head in the form of a zombie apocalypse. My best friends, Brad Simpson, Tristan Evans and James McVey were with me when I died. I died with people I would never have met otherwise, and I died in a room with One Direction as well. Well that could be something, I mean, not many people can say they died in a room with One Direction can they? To be honest not many people can say they’ve died, but I can. And I can add the One Direction thing to my CV wherever the hell I end up. I also died with someone, the someone who started this who thing, but she was also the person I loved.

I don’t remember every detail of my last day.

Jake was rushing around, ordering people to do things in which they had to comply. Everyone had put their personal disputes behind them as there were bigger things at hand, like the future of the human race.

When it finally came around to the time, we were ordered down to the make shift science lab, where the room was cleared except for a piece of buzzing electrical work that exploded every few seconds, a massive red button set in its centre.

“I thought it would be symbolic” Said Jake “You all need to get out now, so I can do this, you know it will make the shields fall and there’s little chance I will ever be able to get back out. There is a weak spot, it’s by the south bank and there is a combination lock but only I have the combination and I’m not going to tell you because I want you to let me do it.”

“No” Said Ellie flatly, and Casey was also shaking her head “If we do this, we do it together” She stepped forwards, closer to Jake and the button.

“She’s right” Liam affirmed, placing his hand on her shoulder.

“I love her, so I’m doing whatever” Said Brad, and Ellie looked at him, eyes wide

“You still love me after all this?” She gasped

“Oh Ellie” He smiled sadly “You sound like you think it’s easy to stop loving someone” She kissed him quickly and smiled.

“For Eleanor” Louis stepped forwards.

“I’m going where you guys go” Casey joined the others.

“Maddy and Megan” L whispered, letting my hand go, my fingers slipping from her palm.

“You know I’ll follow you anywhere, and we do this, for Maddy” I took her hand again and she pulled me close to her.

“For Gemma” Said Harry

“Who?” Asked Jake

“His sister” Cut in Ava Rose “And I go in for all the dead I’ve ever spoken to” They both stepped forwards.

“For Beth” croaked Niall “I hope you can forgive me for what I did to you if I do this to pay back”

“Lucy” James said simply, joining the ranks.

“Ah well, everyone else is doin it, might as well bow to peer pressure” Tristan grinned, and we all circled around the machine.

“We need to do something” Spoke up James, biting his thumb nail. He strode slowly over to the board, picking up a permanent pen and scrubbing out Jake’s work with his elbow. He then continued, as we watched in complete silence as he wrote all our full names out, followed by our birthdates.

“What did you do that for?” Asked Casey, eyeing up the writing with a puzzled expression on her face.

“Because” Said James “In a hundred years time when they crack the place the cure came from open and find our skeletons, they’ll know exactly who saved everyone. We’ll be remembered, along with the others who died for the cause; we’ll be the broken bands, the lost girls and the mad scientist, remembered forever because we saved the future of the human race at the cost of our own lives.”

“Wow” Breathed Ellie “I can’t believe we’re going to do this”

“It’s time to say our goodbyes to each other too, because once the shields go down it will be dark, and to be honest turning on torches will only make it more terrifying for us all. Speaking for myself here but I’d rather slowly suffocate to death in darkness than with the full capability of seeing one of my friend’s dead body”

Jake reached out and hugged me, slapping me on the back hard as he said his completely emotionless goodbye. Ellie hugged me lightly too, followed by Liam, and Harry, then Niall, who was already crying. Then the goodbyes begun to get excruciating as Louis stepped forwards.

“Connor, I hope we get to see each other on the other side man, I mean, you saved me, and if y.. if you ever w.. want to come over to mine and El’s place in that big bouncy castle in the sky, y..you and your L are very welcome, I mean, I’m sure my El, would, would, love to meet you and your L,” He wrapped his arms around me and I could feel both our breathing hitching as we tried not to cry, before he pulled away to go and say goodbye to Harry and I was faced with Casey.

She didn’t say anything immediately, but flung her arms around my neck and kissed me softly on the lips.

“I’m gonna miss you, so much” she whispered

“Don’t worry, we can meet up” I tried to smile but my voice cracked.

“That’s the difference between me and you Con” She gulped “I don’t believe in heaven, so for me this really is goodbye”

I didn’t get the chance to retaliate, as L dragged me towards her and wrapped her arms around me, pulling her head to my chest and sobbing loudly.

“I can’t see Connor I can’t see” She half screamed, half cried “And it hurts Connor, because I love you so much!” She let go of me for a second as I let her words sink in before she did exactly as she had on our first kiss, grabbing the collar of my shirt and yanking my neck forwards so that our lips collided. Back then it was funny, crazy and spontaneous, but now it was meaningful and special and desperate, as our lips frantically joined and parted until finally we broke apart.

“I love you too, and I will love you until I die, and then I will still continue to love you” I whispered in her ear. She pecked my lips and pushed me away, crying freely.

The buzz of my last kiss was still on my lips as I saw who was left to say goodbye to. Brad, James and Tristan stood together, and I walked over, forgetting how cheesy it was as we group hugged so hard my sides hurt.

“I love you guys so much” I hissed

“None of us leave okay?” Brad said firmly “We meet back up the minute we get upstairs? I fugging love you idiots and I’m not losing any of you” Tears were dripping down all our faces.

“You searched for me when I was lost” Sniffed Tristan “I’ll do the same with you I swear”

“I’m never going to lose any of you” James said simply, and we all hugged together more tightly, our tears mingling as in our pain addled state we quietly sang Can We Dance under our breaths.

“It’s time” Jake said very quietly, yet somehow we all heard.

“Together?” I looked around at everyone, and we placed our hands on the button as it exploded again.

“One, two, three, now!”

And then everything went black.

But the funny thing was, as the shields shut, and now, I know my mind may have been playing tricks on me, but I swear I heard a close by female voice say

“It’s not over”