zombie apocalypse | the fallen (book One) [REWRITING]

chapter 22

It has been a week since the incident with elaine, garnet, and you. Preston tries to talk to you about it but you say nothing and run away everytime he does. "Lunch is being served." preston comes into the room quietly. His voice soft and gentle.

He hasn't been the same either since what happened. "im not hungry" you lie. It's been 3 days since you've last eaten but preston doesn't know that. "I'll bring you something anyways" he says leaving the room. You just stare at the grey wall with blue stripes. "what the fuck is wrong with me?" you ask yourself out loud. There may never be an answer to that.

After a few minutes Preston comes back. 'here" he hands you a snickers and orange juice. "you're not you when you're hungry" he jokes. "that would explain this past week then wouldn't it" you say back and look down. He sits down infront of you and rests his arms on your knees.

"Zoe, i know you think im afraid of you, disappointed, upset with you. Im not, okay? I just want to understand why. Why did you do it, why the sudden rage and violence? What made you stop when i said zoe grace over everything else?" "i don't know" you look up at him with teary eyes.

"i hate it here. I hate living under the same roof as the man who fucking beat and kidnapped me and killed the woman who saved me, who took me from my family. Everyone gives me bad looks and whispers about me. I had two girls come after me on tuesday." "why didn't you tell me that? Do you know the girls names?" "no" you lie.

"Zoe..." he knows you too well. " sarah and lynn. They've been mean to me since we got here but i ignored it. Now they've started hitting me. Pushing me around. Taking my sketchbooks and ripping the pages. I tried Preston, i tried to just deal with it. But having to relive everything is just..."

the tears fall and you give up trying to stop them "I'll see what i can do about them. I'll make sure they don't bother you anymore." Preston hugs you. " What about the response thing? You never stopped like that for anything but zoe grace." "I don't know. I guess because my mom would call me that when i did something wrong." You wipe the tears from your eyes.

" I only listened to her when she said it. I guess I responded to zoe grace as a way to remind myself who i am and i need to snap out of whatever is happening" preston wipes the remaining tears away and gives you a small smile. " you're right. It isn't your fault. But you do need to learn to control it"

"i know. I try but i never succeed. It's too difficult for me to do" you look down at your orange juice. " you know i don't like sunny D" you give preston a death glare. He laughs "i know but they didn't have the tropicana cartons today. And there's nothing wrong with you. It isn't your fault you have all these things happening to you. But you're not going through it alone, okay?i am not going anywhere and neither is Isabella."

"Speaking of isabella can we go see her?" "Of course we can." he smiles at you and stands up, taking you with him. You walk down the white halls to the health clinic.
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"Knock knock" you whisper yell and enter the room. When you enter the room everything stops. Time froze and you just scream. "No no no no no!" you sob and run to Isabella. What's left of her. "Zoe step back." preston warns. "No! What the fuck happened! I- i..." before you can finish your sentence the strapped down, half decayed Body of your sister tries to reach for you.

" Zoe...." she whispers eerily. "isabella what happened" you grab her bloody hand and sit by her not giving a shit about what preston's trying to tell you. "Gar-Garnet started to..." "He what?" you cry "He... He started ripping my flesh off. Told me he'd kill *cough cough* all of us. He strapped me down so i couldn't defend myself. Elaine watched. She was crying. She knew it was wrong she wanted to save me but she knew she'd die too."

her eyes close. "don't you give up on me! Not now, not like this!" "Zoe there's no time. You need to do it." she squeezes your hand with whatever energy she has left. "I can't Bella... I can't..." "Please. You're the only person i want to do it. Don't let me turn. I don't wanna hurt you." "i don't wanna hurt you either. I won't let you turn but i don't... I don't want you to die." "There's no time left zoera. Please"

she's the only person you ever let call you zoera. Nobody ever called you by your full first name or you'd kill them. "I....i- okay." she's crying blood. You cry even more seeing how much pain she's in. Atleast she won't have to be anymore. "Thank you zo. I love you so much. I'll tell mom and emma you guys said hi." she looks at preston.

He's crying behind you. You didn't even notice he came over. "We love you too Isabella." you and preston say in sync. "We will all see each other again one day. But zoe i need you to promise me that you will not give up. You're gonna make it to the end. if you won't do it for yourself, do it for me, mom, emma, dad. Everyone. You and Preston will make it to the end together. Promise me?" it's hard to understand her through sobs.

"I promise hun. I promise i won't give up no matter how much i want to. I'll beat this world for you, mom, emma, and everyone we lost. I'll make sure things get back to how they were. And when i become president I'll make sure everyone knows our names." you all laugh and cry. "I love you Bella." "I love you too zo..." that was the last thing she said. The following seconds consist only of the sounds from the impaling of a knife. Someone was going to pay...