A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 27

That night I dream about hundreds of zombies. They are everywhere. The sky is red as if its on fire. There's smoke filling the air. I look around and see nothing but chaos. I call for Taehyung as I quickly walk around searching for him. I can't find him anywhere though. Suddenly, I turn to find a group if familiar zombies. It's everyone from the group. Except for Taehyung. Jungkook turns and notices me, then they all start making their way in my direction. I run as fast as I can, but I don't go anywhere. Something knocks me backwards and I fall down a dark hole. I land hard on the cold concrete floor. 

"Celeste!" I look over and see Taehyung on the opposite side of the hole. I try to stand, but I can't move. It looks like he is also trying to stand but can't either. A small group of zombies appear behind him and they slowly stumble to him. 

"Taehyung! Zombies! Behind you!" He doesn't move and just stares at me. The zombies bite and cut into him as he screams. Tears stream down my face. "TAEHYUNG!!! PLEASE! YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THEM!!!" The zombies walk away seconds later and Taehyung stands up. I look up at him. He's one of them now." He looks at my and steps closer and closer. "Taehyung...please..." I whisper. I look up and see Kyra staring at the scene. Taehyung grabs my neck with a cold hand and I scream as he tears my flesh.

I sit up in bed, short of breath. My cheeks are wet with tears. Jungkook walks in and rushes over to me. "Celeste are you okay?" He hugs me. 

"Where's Taehyung?"

 He pulls away from the hug. "He's outside. Is everything alright?" 

I nod. "Yeah, just a bad dream." We stand up and walk out of the tent. I see Taehyung sitting by a fire, roasting a marshmallow. I hurry over to him and hug him tightly. 

"Are you okay Celeste?" he asks. 

I look at him and nod and he wipes away my tears. We hear a gunshot and someone in the distance screams. We all stand and see two figures coming our way. They start running and I see Jimin pull out a gun. They get closer and we realize that its just Karissa and Kayla.

 "Hey guys, sorry if we alerted you." says Karissa as they approach. 

"Yeah, Karissa almost shot my frickin foot off!" Kayla says while she glares at Karissa.

 They run over to Namjoon and Jimin and give them hugs and kisses. I roll my eyes before sitting back down next to Taehyung. He puts his arm around my shoulder and kisses my head. 

"Woah wait! Are you two a couple now!?" Kayla asks shocked. I look back at her and then at Taehyung and smile. 

"Yeah, we are." I give him a gentle kiss on his lips. 

"Hey, get a room," Hoseok jokes as he passes out pancakes to everybody. Everyone laughs. Once breakfast is over we all sit by the fire. I glance over in the direction of the city. A cloud of black smoke hovers above it. There's a huge boom and a bright light follows. An explosion. It hasn't been three days yet, has it. We all stand up quickly. 

"We have to get out of here, that was not a good sign!" shouts Addi. We all run to vehicles. 

"Guys..." Everyone turns to look at me. "I think we need to split up." 

"What!? Are you crazy!?" Abbi yells.

 "I know it sounds like a bad idea, but I have a feeling we have to if we want all of us to survive." 

"I agree." says Jungkook. "Celeste, Addi, Abbi, Hoseok, and me in one vehicle, the rest in the other. Let's meet in San Fransisco by the Golden Gate bridge. Okay?" Everyone nods in agreement. Everybody except me and Taehyung get in the vehicles. 

"Taehyung, I don't want to let you go again!" 

He kisses me. "I don't want to let you go either, but we need to hurry to San Fransisco. Everything will be okay." I nod as I begin to cry. "I love you Celeste," He says as he hugs me. 

"I love you too!" 

Jungkook rolls down the car window. "Hey we have to go now! Look!" We turn our heads to see a huge army of zombies headed our way. 

I hear addi from the car. "Holy sh-" 

Jin honks the truck horn and I quickly climb into the car. I shut the door and see that Taehyung had gotten in the truck already. 

"Let's go!" shouts Hoseok. We drive along the beach until there's a clearing of zombies. We drive on the road in the direction of SF. 

"Three days. She gave me three days! I'm going to kill her!" 

Abbi looks over at me. "What? Who!? What are you talking about!?" 

I look out the window. "I can't talk about it right now." 

"Why not!? Tell me Celeste!"

 I turn to her. "I said I can't okay!? Just forget about it!"

 There's a gunshot and the passenger window shatters, then Hoseok cries out loudly. He'd been shot. Addi starts screaming and Jungkook drive a faster. 

"We need to stop at a hospital!" yells Addi. I look at Hoseok who's now clutching his shoulder tightly as blood gushes out. The shot looks close to his heart, he had been facing the window when it happened. He looks at his shoulder and his eyes widen and he starts breathing heavily. He passes out.

 "Jungkook! Find a hospital!" I yell. 

"I'm working on it!"

 Minutes later we get to a hospital and carry Hoseok in. We find a room and lay him on the table. We grab towels and medical supplies when a man wearing a white coat walks in. 

"I'm a doctor, let me help."