"2035" - TAEKOOK

02

One of the creatures catched his arm, before the boy could reach for his weapon. The rotten teeth broke through his clothes and soft skin, making Hoseok scream in pain. Jungkook didn't let the t h i n g hurt his friend anymore, by smashing it's head with the baseball bat he had in possesion. He did the similar thing to the other one. The digusting parts of the brain, skull and rotten parts of their faces flew high in the air, before loudly splashing on the ground. The three last ones were succesfully shot by the others.

The doors leading to the storage, now closed, got baricaded just in case. After that Jungkook ran to the place where Hoseok was laying, desperately holding his wounded arm. The scared boy moved his sight from the injured place to Jungkook's eyes. Hoseok felt warm tears falling down his cheeks.

The whole thing was his fault.

They wouldn't be closed in this small supermarket, surrounded by t h e m, waiting for death, he wouldn't get bitten, if he just listened.

"Jungkook... Please..." Hoseok asked, almost whispering, voice shaky. The young leader knew exactly what he begged for.

The bite from those things would spread the venomous virus in up to few days, changing the person, slowly and painfully, making them loose their minds and forget everyone they loved. It was like, taking a bit of the soul, within each hour, minute or second. The quicker the infected person was killed, the better for them, the more human they died as.

Jungkook did it before. He killed people. But he didn't know if he could kill his friend, even out of mercy. He clenched his fists, tightening his fingers around the baseball bat, he was still holding instinctively. The adrenaline was still pumping wildly in his veins, making it hard for him to think straight.

One thing was clear. They were fucked.

He exchanged looks with everyone. All of them knew it was their end. And they knew what to do.

They had to kill each other, before those inhuman creatures got to them, tearing their bodies into pieces, eating them alive.

Jungkook looked back at his friend. Hoseok was crying his eyes out right now.

"I'm sorry... I-... I'm so sorry, everyone..." He sobbed.

"It's not your fault..." Jungkook grabbed him by his shoulder. "They would got us anyways, but out on the streets, so we wouldn't have a chance to say even a goodbye. So, Hoseok-hyung, you kind of saved us. Thank you for buying us time." The young leader smiled sadly, tears coming to his eyes.

Jungkook stood up. He took the axe from his companion.

He closed his eyes for a second and breathed slowly. All he could hear was distant, creepy screams of t h e i r s, t h e i r hands banging on the doors, making the baricade move away slowly within every second and quiet sobs of Hoseok. He knew what to do.

The boy lifted the axe above his head.

"Thank you for everything... Thank you for being my friend... I'm sorry." Hoseok whispered, trying to calm down and prepare himself by closing his eyes tightly.

"Thank you too." Jungkook smiled again, tears falling down his cheeks.

Just when the young leader was about to swing the weapon down, all of them heard a loud explosion. The sound came from the storage room. All of the creatures rushed from the main entrance to the source of the noise, waddling around the supermarket.

That was their chance.

Having no idea what that was, but not thinking too much, Jungkook quickly grabbed Hoseok, trying to make him stand up.