A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 35

I wake up in a cold, dark, empty room. My eyes dart around the room only to find a single door far in front of me. I can't get up. I'm strapped to a chair. I work on getting the ropes around my wrists loose. I hang my head down as I try to gather my thoughts when I hear a shrill creak from the door. My head jerks up and I'm surprised to see Kyra, Ellie, and Adam walk in.

 I ask "What do you want with me? Where am I? How did you get us?" 

Kyra's smile slowly grows. "Oh Celeste. So many questions. It wasn't us that took you though. It was someone you'd think you trust more than anyone, actually."

 I look up at her, confused. "What? Who?" Ellie laughs and holds out her hand towards the door and a familiar figure enters. My heart pounds. "Abbi!?" She avoids eye contact with me. "Abbi, what's going on? You took us here?" 

Adam says, "She had to. It was a deal. If she brought you and the others here, we would make sure her and Yoongi live through all of this." 

"YOU TRAITOR!!!" I scream at Abbi. I fumble on the word traitor. I see her mouth the words "im sorry" before walking out of the room. 

Kyra starts talking. "We knew taking you and the others would weaken your team and make all of you easy targets." 

"What are you saying?" 

There's a long pause before she continues. "I'm saying that her and Yoongi aren't really going to live through this. It was a lie. You are all going to die." 

"You can't stop us Kyra! Not you, or Ellie, Kiersten, or Adam! You keep trying but you keep failing!" She scoffs and turns to the others. They walk to a corner and whisper under their breath. 

"You're all cowards! You have to separate us to kill us because you're weak! Why can't we all be on the same side! Help us find the creator of the drug and help us go against the zombies!" 

Kyra looks over her shoulder at me. "The creator is my dad. If I go against the zombies, I'm going against him." 

She walks closer to me, and before she can say anything, I get the ropes off and punch her in the face. There's a loud crack and blood immediately runs from her nose. I get the rest of the ropes untied and run to the door. I hear three loud bangs and I stumble to the ground. A loud scream escapes my mouth and I look down at my leg as a pool of blood spreads out from it. I look at Adam who's pointing his gun at me. I try to move my leg, letting out another scream from the pain. The bullets must've shattered my bone. Adam and Ellie each grab one of my arms and drag me out the door. Tears flow down my cheeks as my leg drags on the concrete ground, the pain so immense. I start feeling dizzy and weak, then I pass out.

***"Celeste... Celeste....CELESTE!!" 

My head pops up from the floor and I look around. "What Kayla?" I ask, annoyed. 

"You're bleeding. There's a trail of blood right in front of our cell and it's really grossing me out." 

"Get over it Kayla. What happened Celeste?" says Karissa. 

I sit up and the pain in my leg makes my eyes water. It also makes it hard to talk. "I was...shot...by Adam. They're all here...and they want to kill us..." 

"What!? I can't die!" Addi shouts. 

"So it was them that brought us..." I hear Nate say. 

I shake my head to myself. "No...it was...Abbi."

 "WHAT!?" everyone says in sync. 

"I'm going to murder her!" Yells Addi. 

"Babe, think of the baby. Calm down."

 "Seriously Nate!? I'm fine so shut your mouth!" An awkward silence falls. 

"I miss Namjoonie..." I hear Karissa say with a shaky voice. 

She starts sobbing and Kayla joins in. Pretty soon, Addi too is crying loudly. Poor Nate. I rip off one of my sleeves and tightly wrap it around my bleeding leg to stop blood flow. I wince as I tie the cloth off. 

"Stop crying!" I yell. It gets a little quieter. 

Addi stutters as she speaks. "C-Celeste, you're j-just heartless. I g-guess you d-dont even miss T-Taehyung." 

"Why are you even crying Addi?"

 She stops crying and says quietly, "I...dont...know." I hear her sniffle. "Maybe I miss everyone that's not with us. I would at least expect you to miss your own boyfriend Celeste. I bet he misses you but he probably doesn't even cross your mind does he?"

 "I do miss him Addi! I've been thinking about him nonstop! I want to cry whenever I think of him! I miss him and miss being in his arms! I miss waking up next to him! But I have to be strong for him if I'm going to live through this!"

 I use the strength in my arms to scoot over to the corner of the cell. I break down into tears, covering my face with my hands, crying harder than usual, and I'm not sure if its from the pain in my leg, how scared I am, or how badly I miss Taehyung.