Zombie Apocalypse with teens

Chapter 14

  To my sadness, Troy and Rose were captured. And Zack was not having the fact that I changed all of his scientists mindset. He was furious with my decision, and he was not going to let it come between him and his plans, he wanted power, and I had just taken that away from him.

  I heard a loud screech in the speaker, and Zack began to speak, "Listen up you science nerds, she is wrong, I am right. I am always right. You must know that I am always looking for the best for all of you, and I would never do anything to hurt you. Her friends are in the ground. The prison cell in the ground. None of you know where it is, and she doesn't either. And Clare, if you are listening, your friends have close to no oxygen, so, tick-tock, tick-tock," And that was all he said.

  I knew that I couldn't do this to Rose and Troy, the 2 people I cared the most for that were alive, and the only ones that have helped me through this like no other. I had never trusted anyone else with anything other than Rose, and Troy, sweet Troy, that was always looking to help me.

  The scientists went back to doing good work, instead of Zack's plan, and they told me to open the gates, but I knew what that meant. Zombies would get out, and they had no weapons. I had to go in and find them, personally.

  I knew that I couldn't bring every scientist, because if not, the antidote to help the whole entire world wouldn't be made, and I needed protection. I was struggling with my decision so much, I didn't hear the knock on the speaker door.

  "May I come in?" said the woman.

  "Of course, it's open, just to let you know" I reply.

  "I have the numbers for the security guards outside. I can have them escort you, so you can find your friends. Or we can try the security cameras to narrow it down?" said the woman, who's name was Rosemary, as I read on her name tag.

  "Rosemary, that would help tremendously, where can I find the security camera's? Are they everywhere, a control room?" I ask.

  She shows me where the security room is, and I get to work, but something is missing, chamber 92. 91 and 93 are there, but not 92. I decided to check security footage from that hallway, and what I heard was horrible.

  I heard gurgling and moans, much like what I heard when I first called my mother, which seems so long ago. I missed her, but I knew that I would be hurting much more if I didn't save Rose and Troy. I would have no one left.

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  I set out that night, and I took the security guards with me. The security cameras revealed that in fact, Troy and Rose were there, and I needed to go look for them. I took all the weapons I found, and left everyone direct orders to use the specimens that were locked in a safety room, another advantage of security.

  The tunnel was dark and quiet, and quite a lot of zombies were in sight. I saw many, but the security guards just killed them, like flies almost. They looked so lost, and I couldn't stare at them long, before feeling that sinking feeling I felt when I lost almost everything I loved.

  As I got near the end, I found the chambers, but the sight was horrible. Zombies everywhere, outside of chambers, lying dead on the floor, and others pleading to die, or so I figured by their eyes.

  I ordered the security guards to lock them up again, and make sure everything was clear, and I took 3 weapons with me. I knew that looking for them would be hard, and that I couldn't stop, or I could be dead within minutes.

  Walking down the hallway, with nothing but a flashlight, I found them. But they looked, almost dead. I felt my heart drop. I knew that I had failed to get back the 2 people that I loved the most in this cruel world.

  Running to the cell, not accepting defeat, I picked the lock with a spare bobbypin I acquired from the lab coat. I didn't know what taught me how to pick the lock, but I imagined it was courage speaking to me.

  I rushed over to their lifeless bodies. And I called the security guards over, they helped me lift them, and we ran, making sure everything was taken care of down there, and what I came back to was just as I left it.

  We put Troy and Rose down on a table each, and I called over the laboratory doctors. I knew that they would be able to help them, but I didn't know if they had anything to save. Losing them would hurt me like my mother's death. So I did nothing but look away, and went to check on Zack. 

  I heard wails and pleas for me to open the door, that he was thirsty and hungry, and that I couldn't keep him like this, that it would hurt my soul, and some other things I couldn't make out from his crying.

  In the midst of this crisis, I knew that I was doing wrong, keeping him from food and water, and almost human sacrifice in a way, but I couldn't make myself move. I felt as if I was planted on the ground, and I felt helpless.

  I had the feeling of despair, of hurt, of loneliness. I missed how everything was before, and I knew that I could do nothing to change it, which only increased my sadness. I knew that everything was gone, or so I thought. Until I heard the sounds of the 2 people I cared about the most. Troy and Rose were alive and well.