Virus (Narry Zombie AU)

Extra: Alternate Ending Epilogue

I am going to consider both the alternate ending and this epilogue ‘Extras’. Not really planned parts of the story but added anyways.

There will not be an epilogue for the original ending, only because I’m really happy with how it ended, and lets you all fill in the blank. It’s your decision if Niall goes to heaven or hell, if there even is such a place or if he’s a ghost aimlessly roaming Earth. You get to decide if he reunites with Harry and the lads, reunites with his family or not. It’s all up to you.

This will the last chapter of Virus, it’s pretty sad, there will be a thank-you page posted afterwards. I don’t think an author’s note is long enough for all the ‘thank-you’s I need to give out.

Last Virus dedication: @KingCommenter for being there since the start.

I hope this meets your expectations for it, enjoy.

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~Harry~

(Year: 2020)

I smiled watching our son run around joyfully, his infectious laugh sounding just like Niall’s. He wasn’t our own flesh and blood, but we considered him ours anyways. 4 years ago we had been travelling, out in search of supplies when we had heard a cry, and Niall being himself decided to help whoever had been crying. But he was cautious, the sounds of groans quite close, and I knew that ever since the incident 2 years prior he had never been the same- he had barely let me come with him this time around.

We followed the cries, quickly and quietly, and soon found a small little bundled up baby- his mother chained to the wall growling as she tried to reach the baby. His mother had been bitten.

One shared look between the two of us and we knew that we had to take him, to save him. His hair was blonde and curly, the perfect mix between the two of ours, and his eyes were a breathtaking turquoise color. And I knew he would fit perfectly in our little family, because as soon as Niall picked up the small boy and began rocking him in his arms the baby’s cries had been silenced. He just looked up at Niall with these adoring eyes, and Niall looked back down with love radiating off of him.

And so we took him, brought him home, made him part of the family.

Strong arms wrapped tightly around my waist, chin resting gently on my shoulder. I could tell Niall was watching Keaton with fond eyes, I knew he had loved the boy the second he set his eyes on him. And Keaton was the same: such a little daddy’s boy. And somehow, I had gotten the title ‘Mommy’ but I couldn’t mind really, not when it was uttered by such a cute little boy. I didn’t have the heart to correct him.

I watched as he continued to run, laughing and yelling out, trying hard to find his sister. Niall nuzzled his face into my neck, smiling against the tanned skin there. He pecked it lightly, a smile on his features that I could feel.

“Found you Clark!” He exclaimed and she laughed, rubbing a hand through his hair while nodding.

Clark was 10, and we had found her three years ago. She had been running from some brutes when she had run into us. The utter fear on her face, it was heartbreaking, but soon she hid behind me, as we saw four brutes running after her. Niall had stood in front of me protectively, Zayn and Liam- yes, he got better- on either side of him, blocking the little girl, me and Louis from their view. The guys thought they could take Niall and the other two, sadly they didn’t realize that making a comment about me being a good prize would do to him. And the other two helped fairly well too, them two having always been protective of me. It was fair to say the four got there asses handed to them, and then proceeded to run away like bloody cowards. Clark had clung to my leg, even when Niall had talked to her, and eventually she agreed to go back with us. She warmed up to Niall and Keaton quickly, seeing that they were nothing like the people that had been keeping her for the majority of her life.

“How did I get so lucky?” Niall questioned quietly in my ear, and I nodded in agreement staring at our beautiful children.

“Daddy, why are you looking at Mommy like that?” Keaton questioned, and I saw Niall smile widely and look at him. Niall unwrapped his arms from me, and pulled both Keaton and Clark into a little huddle, whispering something to the both of them that made Clark smile and Keaton pull a face but smile afterwards. I was curious, how was he looking at me?

The trio giggled all three wearing matching Cheshire grins. I just shook my head and chuckled.  Then Niall was in front of me again, one hand on my waist while the other caressed my cheek, he was so close, his nose nuzzling the cheek he wasn’t holding and his eyes were closed. I closed mine as well, loving this gently side of him- loving every side of him.

“I love you.” He whispered, his lips hovering over mine.

“I love you too.” I answered back, kissing his lips softly.

Small squeals of disgust pulled us away, both of us laughing at our grossed out children who had their hands covering their eyes.

Yeah, I could get used to this.

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We were all laughing around the campfire, the wooden walls surrounding us keeping us safe. We had built this place shortly after the incident, figuring that the only way to live rather than survive was to make a home. And a home it was. We each had our own homes, for our own families. Zayn and Louis, Luke and Ashton, Michael and Calum, Niall and I, and Liam and Fletcher- we each had a house to share. No Liam hadn’t gone gay, he had actually found a girl, and had knocked her up. God, he was heads over heels for the girl, and they were together almost a year before she got pregnant- and 9 months later she was having Liam’s baby and taking her last breaths. Liam was devastated, but he got a beautiful son and that’s really all he could ask for. He was happy, and she had loved the name Fletcher- everyone was happy.

Liam and Niall and I were the only ones that had children, but everyone was okay with that. Louis and Zayn were on the lookout every time one of them went out for a supplies run, and Luke and Ashton said if a child came around than they would accept it with open arms. Overall, we were all happy and okay. We were living.

Keaton and Fletcher were the same age, so they got on really well. There were the two trouble makers, when Niall and Zayn weren’t causing trouble together. And yeah, they got along really well. I guess Zayn finally realized that he didn’t have to compete with Niall, and after that they found out they had a lot in common. Sometimes I felt that Niall was engaged to Zayn rather than me.

That’s right, I was engaged.

Everything is going to be okay.

As long as I had my family and my mates, the virus didn’t matter. The world may have ended, but a new one has just begun. And we would be the ones living in it.

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So, I hope that epilogue was sufficient.

Thank-you’s will be posted soon.

I would truly love honest feedback on this book.

And I am really, really, awed by how much you guys liked it.

Thank you all for reading, and sadly Virus is now officially over.

(But hey, check out Danger for me?)

 

Xx Val