The Last Survivors

CHAPTER 9

We resurfaced from the gut churning stenches of the manhole and the lab was at the distance, not in a condition to fight or encounter any monsters we quickly made our way there...

The doors a sealed.

"Jake!" We both said out loud gauging our voices just so the monsters don't hear

Then noises of heavy metal frame start rattling, and the closed doors begin opening up

Inside was a huge lab, the concrete slab walls with swaying patterns and the high ceilings finished with wood paneling added a comforting feeling to it.

It made me miss home.

With all that, over two dozen rooms, all the same but different wall designs.

"We will only need three rooms"Hannah shrugs as she walks of to inspect the fist three rooms. "Yeah these will be fine" she says as she walks back with a look of concern dwelling on her face

"What is it then?" Jake asks
"We don't have beakers"Hannah says adjusting her glasses

"OK, we will do that in the morning, so for tonight, let's first seal and reinforce all the doors and get a well deserved good nights rest...OK?" I conclude scanning the others faces for any disagreement

"But...what about Kaitlin, she might just be dead because of me"Hannah says as her eyes drop to the floor and starts to cry

"What about me?" Kaitlin asks with curiosity

"KAITLIN!! YOUR STILL ALIVE!?, I'm so so sorry, I just... THEY WERE TOO MANY! I tried to fight them off but they were just too many... Then I turned around and you weren't there, I felt so scared, and I went into this manhole, and...."Hannah cries out but is interrupted by Kaitlin who just laughed and said "whoa whoa, easy tiger, we are not dead"

"Well now I wish you were! " Hannah sarcastically roles her eyes and we all laugh about it

We quickly reinforce the steel doors as we stacked furniture lying around against the doors, "well that would be hard for anything to get through" Jake states exhaustedly

We all go to the labs kitchen and cook up something to eat and we all start talking about the infection.

"Hey Bob. What happened to your family?" Jake asked with eyes filled with curiosity

" Well...it was just the night before the outbreak, my mom and sister went out as they usually do but...they never returned. I waited but.

Nothing.

I guess they were killed or infected" I say as my voice begins to crack

"And Hannah?" Jake still wearing that mask of curiosity.

"Long story short. I went home, my mom tried to bite me, I locked the doors behind me and ran as fast as I could" Hannah replies as she sharpens all her knives

"Hey... Kaitlin what happened to you anyways? " Hannah asks as her glasses illuminated her hazel brown eyes that fully focus on Kaitlin's black eyes

"Urm I don't know where to start... But.
My brother came back from the military, he kept saying he was scared and confused.
He repeatedly apologised...
He told us that he ran away, the military used him as a test subject for this new project they were working on
He said something about creating super soldiers. But everything went incredibly wrong. The test subjects started loosing their minds, they become focused on one thing only.

To kill.

And that's when it started, he just... turned
He killed all my family members and I ran. He watched me run... It was like a part of him didn't want to do it." Kaitlin's words made everyone start to tear up and we all decided on heading to sleep right away.

Everyone did go to sleep, except for me.

Memories of my family still lingering in my mind... I remembered everything.

How me and my sister would bug each other but end up laughing, how my mom would always try to get me to study, or try get me to wear my slippers when I woke up "that old lady" I laughed and cried at the same time.

I felt my throat start to dry up as tears started to force themselves up my eyes

I then thought of my friends and my girlfriend Jess

"What am I doing... I am just putting everyone in danger.

What on earth was I thinking?

That i can change this?

I can't... I'm just a teen. And I have already lost the people I love the most...

Not anymore. I will protect them Even if it's the last thing I do.

And Jess. I will find you... I promise." Those were my last words as I closed my eyes and trailed off to sleep

*AUTHORS NOTE*

HEY. I know its been wayy to long, apologies.

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