The end of us

The past.

Keagan POV.

Zack was sleeping soundly. He looked kinda... cute? I still had to take care of his arm though. Focus Keagan focus.

His arm looked bad. It was swollen and had an ugly color. I picked up the things I needed and started cleaning it. He did very well on the stitches.

After cleaning it I wrapped it up again with the spoon.  It's was a good idea.

I cleaned up the stuff I used. I put it in his nightstand, that way if we need it, it won't be far. I looked at him one more time and walked out of the room. I closed the door as silently as I could and walked downstairs.

I walked towards the living room where Kaitly was.

I sat down next to her on the couch.

"Do you like it here?"

"From what I've seen I'd say this is the best we had since this monster thing happened."

And that's true. We lived in California. The so called monster infection started there. It has something to do with the climate or something like that.

My dad was a scientist. He mostly worked with humans and animals. They have a name for that but I never remembered it.

He and his team where assigned to investigate these monsters. My mom was a doctor so she helped to.

They were smart. Really smart and kind to. They accepted me as bisexual and Kaitly as transgender.

I have always been interested in what my dad does for work. I went with him a lot. Even helped him sometimes.

I went with him when they made a break through on the monster case, they discovered how to kill them. He and mom were so excited and asked me if I wanted to come and see.

Of course I wanted to. So next day I went with them and Kaitly went to our grandparents.

The monster infection was still small and it was still safe out there most of the time. Everyone carried a gun with them, yes some were stupid and shot other people, but most of them used them wisely.

Kaitly and I were never allowed to be home alone. It was simply to dangerous. We spend most of our time at our grandparents house. since mom and dad were busy with their jobs.

Anyway back to the day I went to the lab.

They were still testing these things and stuff like that. It was really cool to see.

Unfortunately the day took an depressing turn.

My dad went into the cage they were being held in to show me how to kill them. He walked closer to the monsters, there were 2 of them in one cage, with a knife in his hand.

There were 2 other people in there, I didn't know who they were but I guess they were some sort of security.

When my father was close to the monster it attacked him. It could only make a small scratch on his arm since it was chained but it was still a scratch. It drew blood.

You could say they made another break through this day, they discovered what made them stronger. Blood.

They broke their chains and attack my father and the 2 other people in the room. My mom, who stood next to me, screamed and went to help her husband. I could only stare in shock.

My father was already gone, he was infected stage one. My mom followed soon after.

The monsters were both stage 4 and were extremely strong now. People were screaming and dying.

Someone pushed me towards the exit and soon after that the building went on lock down.

Everyone that could get out was safe and the ones still in there, well they were dead.

I was out there to. I was 'safe'.

After that things went really fast, I moved away with Kaitly to my grandparents. My mom and dad had a funeral, and the investigation on the monsters continued in a different lab.

They failed to. After that hell broke lose. The number of monsters grew everyday. No one was safe anymore. My grandparents died and no one of our family was alive.

It was just us to.

We traveled a lot. And somehow we ended up here. Where here is no idea.

"I think we should stay here. Take care of each other and maybe even gather more people, share our knowledge about there things."

"Good idea bro. We'll make this work. We'll be fine."

I smiled at her. It was a sad smile and it probably didn't reach my eyes.

I was happy though. We found a house, a safe place to live. Maybe even a home.

We did had to fix the fence. I'd rather keep it safe here.

"We'll have to fix the fence as soon as possible. I'm afraid we can't wait for Zack's recovery."

"You think you could do it alone? Like Zack said we need someone to look out for monsters. Your the strongest of us so I think you'd have to make the fence and I'd be on watch out."

"Sounds like a plan to me. Let's do it tomorrow it's getting dark out."

"Mmh your right. I'll make some dinner and you go relax ok? The only thing you have to do tonight is taking care of Zack. Kay?"

"Of course thank you."

"No problem bro."

With that she walked into the kitchen and I walked towards the couch. I'm exhausted. I didn't do anything yet this day was mentally draining.