The Undead Chronicles (completed)

Chapter 6

Renner was already running towards the parking lot and Raven followed him, running behind him. He got into his car and sped his car out of the hospital ground. 

'What is going on, doctor!' Raven asked exasperatedly. 'It may sound ridiculous, but I have a theory.' The doctor said his voice shaking. 

Raven looked at him, his eyes on the road ahead and his hands wrapped tightly around the steering wheel. 

'It seems as if there is some form of virus, which is transferred through bite. It has affected Jeremy and now God knows who else he would bite.'

Raven stared at him, 'What about the dead man?' she asked 

'Dave Cooper died under unknown circumstances, he was out of town for hunting and when he came back he was feverish for a day and wouldn't see any doctors, he was a very superstitious. I knew him personally and went to see him; he showed me a small wound on his upper arm, it was barely a scratch, but it had festered and it was nothing like I had ever seen before, in fact it was quite similar to Jeremy's bite mark, cooper died that night and apparently woke up again, a week later.Õ'

They had reached a big, 2 level house, with a big backyard and Renner parked the car outside the house and got out quickly. A dark blue SUV was parked in the driveway. 

Renner ran inside the house, and Raven followed him. He rang the doorbell and waited. After ringing the doorbell for about 10 more times, he gave up and they went behind the house, to find the back door opened. 

'Harry!, Jemma!..' Renner was calling out the Wilsons but there was no reply. 

Renner ran up the stairs and Raven went toward the living room. 

She saw someone sitting on the couch, from behind, it was a man. 

'Hello, Mr. Wilson..' Raven approached the figure gingerly. 

She couldn't hold back a scream, when she went around the couch and saw him. 

The man was sitting with his head resting on the backrest of the couch, his neck was torn and blood was gushing out freely onto his white shirt. His face had also been clawed on, a woman was lying face down on the carpet and Raven knew before she turned her around what she would see. 

The woman's stomach was torn and her entrails were hanging out of her body. Raven felt sick, she staggered backwards and crashed into Renner, who was looking at the Wilsons horrified. 

There was no sign of Jeremy anywhere. They ran outside, spurted by adrenaline, and quickly drove towards the town, hoping to catch Jeremy. 

They were both quiet, an ominous silence hung between them. 'Its true then.' Raven spoke after a while. Renner nodded, his knuckles white against the steering wheel. 

They drove to the police station and got out. The officer on duty was sitting with his feet on the desk and was eating a donut; he was a short, fat man, with a big moustache. 

'Butch, the Wilsons have been murdered!..' Renner shouted, the donut fell from Butch's hand and he stood up quickly, 'What the hell are you talking about Doc?'

Renner explained the situation briefly to the officer; Butch grew pale as Renner described the scene at the Wilsons. 'Are you saying that a 10 year old boy, who had just woken up from the coma, killed two healthy adults and is now on the run?' Raven's blood chilled at the thought. 

'Yes, it's the same as the Cooper case. The boy is infected and he is a danger to the rest of us, we must find him.' Renner said. 

Just then a thought struck Raven, a thought so terrible that she staggered back and had to hold the edge of the desk for support. 

Renner noticed and looked at her concernedly, 'The Wilsons!'

Renner's face became ashen as he realized what Raven meant. 

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