*Claire's Pov*
*Weeks later*
I open my eyes, my head is on Johnny's chest with his arm around me. He's sweating and mumbling in his sleep. I try to wake him up but he starts screaming "NO DON'T COME ANY CLOSER DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS!!"
I finally get him to wake up.
"W..What happened?" He asked trying to catch his breath.
"You were having another nightmare." I answered as I hold him tight.
"Oh, did I wake you?"
"No, I was just getting up, now come on we need to get ready we got jobs to do." I told him. Giving him a kiss on the cheek. I slid on some jeans and a white t-shirt, and head to the bathroom to get cleaned up. After I finished I went down stairs and sat down next to Olivia and her mom Sandra.
"Hey Claire." They both said at the same time.
"Hey guys." I chuckled at they're mother daughter twining.
"How are you doing?" Sandra asked.
"I'm doing better, just worried about Johnny." I replied.
"Another nightmare?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah, I don't know what to do or how to even help him." I sighed.
"He blames himself for your parents deaths." Sandra admits.
"What? Why would he think its his fault?" I asked with confusion in my voice.
"He feels as if he was too late, that he could of saved them. Getting there and seeing them like that, having to be the one to...he believes he failed you. And what's even worse they were his first." Sandra explains. My eyes start to water and before I knew it Olivia gives me a hug.
Sandra is..well I mean was a therapist, so she was really good at reading people. I nod my head before getting up to head up stairs, back into Johnny's room. He was laying there with his arm over his eyes, wearing some grey sweatpants and a white beater. I laid between his legs, putting my head on his chest, and hold him.
"Babe?" I said worried.
"Yes." He replied.
"I-I don't blame you and you shouln't blame yourself, t-they were...gone way before you got there. I'm honestly glad you did what you did, they wouldn't have to suffer being one of them anymore. You didn't fail me baby, I love you, I just wanted you to know that." I cried. He was silent and then tears came down his face.
"T-Thank you, and I love you too baby." He exclaims. I come up to his face and began to kiss him. His lips are soft and sweet and tasted like pineapples. Our lips part away from each other as we heard a scream.
We get up and Johnny grabs his baseball bat. I grabbed the gun that was on his desk and we darted down stairs. Everyone is here with a weapon.
"What happened?" I asked.
"There was a knock on the door like a human knocking not a growler beating the door...and a voice." Sandra explained crying and scared.
"Alright, Sandra, Dylan head up stairs look out for one another. Johnny you take point and open the door when I tell you too, Olivia you and Claire both have a gun you guys hang back, make sure the damn saftey is off and shoot only if whoever this is, is dangerous got that?" David ordered.
"Got it!" Olivia and I say in unison as we flick the safety off. David nods as everyone gets into place. Johnny cracks the door and a man barges through knocking Johnny down, David grabs the man and slams him really hard on the ground. He put a knife to this mystery man throat. Johnny gets up and shuts the door. The man was wearing a full swat gear just without the helmet.
"Who the hell are you?! Who are you with!?!" David asked the strange man.
"I-I'm alone don't hurt me, I'm a cop." The stranger said pleading for his life.
"I was on the force for 20 years, and I damn sure haven't seen you're face. If you don't start telling the truth a finger comes off, now WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?! David yelled. The strange man starts to laugh.
"Phoenix."
"Okay 'Phoenix', who are you with?" David demanded.
"Phoenix!! And your gonna be dead like me in a minute." He said. A crunching sound comes from his mouth, foam starts coming out of his mouth, and the man stops breathing.
"No, no, no, FUCK!!!" David said getting up pacing back and forth.
"H-How did he die? Olivia asked.
"He had that damn Cyanide pill a.k.a. the "suicide pill", nazi's used it when captured so they don't risk revealing any info." Johnny answered while going to sit down on the couch. I go to sit next to him, holding his arm while we all process what just happened.
"Dylan, Sandra you guys can come down now!!" David yelled.
Dylan and Sandra come downstairs. Dylan almost pukes in the sight of the dead guy in the middle of the floor. We catch Dylan and Sandra up to speed of what happened, then suddenly I hear a moving sound, the dead guy gets up and makes his way into our direction.
Johnny grabs his metal baseball bat and with one good hard swing to the head, blood, pieces of brains, and skin scatters into the air and onto the wall and floor. Putting the man down again.
"I thought this asshole wasn't bit!? Dylan asked confused. Johnny checks his body for bites.
"H-He's not." He gulped.
"No thats's not possible, the hell you mean he's not? If you get bit you turn into a growler, that's how it works. Your not looking hard enough." Dylan exclaims.
"Check him yourself no bite." Johnny said plopping back down on the couch next to me. Dylan proceeds to check the body for a bite.
"T-There's no bite." Dylan said dumbfounded.
"Told ya." Johnny replies.
"So what does this mean?" Dylan asked. And we all go silent. Olivia stands up and starts laughing.
"What's funny sweetie?" Sandra asked confused. Olivia clears her throat.
"Oh guys don't you get it? It's not the bite that turns you into a growler. It's death! The bite only gets you sick. The fever is going to kill you and you become a growler. It doesn't matter how you die as long as your brain is intact we will become one." She explained.
"That explains why he wasn't bit" Dylan mummbled.
"We are all infected." I said with disbelief washing over me.
"God help us all." David exclaimed. Johnny gets up.
"We have to get prepared." Johnny said while closing the door.
"For what?" Dylan asked raising a brow.
"To leave. He was definitely not alone. Plus his name wasn't Phoenix, it's the name of his group. They could come at any moment and slaughter us all or worse. I say we leave this place before more blood is shed." We all look at each other and nod.
"So where will we go?" I asked.
"We could try Canada?" Dylan suggest.
"We don't know how big this group is they could be there as well. We're to close to Canada." Johnny said.
"Sounds like we are going to the south then." David grinned.
"Alright, lets start packing now then leave in the morning." Johnny demanded. We all get up to start packing. This is gonna be a long trip.
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End Of Everything (Book 1)
HorrorA senior in high school who is dating the girl of his dreams, hoping to get accepted into the college he's been wanting to go to since he could even remember, captain of the wrestling team and in one moment everything that he's ever stressed about e...
