Tales of Twisted Madness

Struggle

I can feel my entire body start to tremble as the cold wind penetrated my exposed body. I was still sitting on the ground, hands tied, legs tied, and mouth gagged. I lift my hooded eyes and saw my mother's crying and hysterical face. She's looking at me like she's contemplating ending my life.

I tried saying anything, but only an inhumane groan came out of my mouth. Dry... It's so dry. It felt as if my throat was on fire. It's as if I haven't drank water in years, when it was only yesterday when I started feeling sick.

We were in the dining room yesterday, full of life, laughter, and the mood was just joyful. The entire family was there celebrating my grandmother's 76th birthday. All my aunts, uncles, cousins, distant relative, as well as invited friends and significant others were invited fir the joyous birthday celebration of my grandmother. And then... Then what happened? I can't seem to remember. It all felt so blurry. The memory stopped after we drank a little bit of alcohol. Did we get drunk? But the alcohol content on our drink were not even that high. It was only 15%

Did something happen after we drank? I don't remember anything. And now, my mother is dressed in very dirty clothes with a gun on her hand.

"My baby *sob* I'm so sorry" she cried. Tears streaming down her face, snot on her nose, and what seems to be sweat that made her entire face wet and oily.

*CLANG!*

The sound of a metal hitting another metal caught my attention. I turned my attention to my right. A man cuffed to the pole was struggling to break free. He was screaming this goddamn awful guttural voice that made it seem animalistic. His body was very thin. It seems like he hadn't eaten in years. Wait... Is that.... Dad?!

I tried calling him, but this burning sensation in my throat stopped me. I gagged at my own saliva, unable to spit it out nor swallow properly because of the gag i have.

I turned to mom and I saw her pointing her gun at dad. My eyes widen, even though I couldn't open my eyes properly. I tried screaming at her, but all I could do was create a muffled sound because of my gag.

She was sobbing so hard at this point. Her hands were also shaking, unable to pull the trigger.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry"

*BANG*

And she pulled the trigger. My dad was shot right through the head and instantly died. I stilled, unable to process what just happened. My mom screamed at what she had done. She dropped the gun and immediately ran towards dad. She held him in his arms and hugged him. I was still motionless. My ears were ringing because of the gunshot, but I can still hear my mother's horrific wail.

Suddenly, a man appeared on the left. He was covered with thick clothing from head to toe. He picked up the gun that mom held earlier.

"Good. Now, him next"

"No. I can't kill my own son!"

"You have to. It's what we're supposed to do. Or else"

"He's just a child!"

"He's already of age. He has no hope. Look at him! He's ghastly!"

"That's because you didn't fed him!"

"So should I let him eat me instead and become a living dead?! Look around you sister! We have been surviving for the last 3 years! You husband and son got infected! Instead of killing them, we locked them up per your request! But we can't have them moving! The contamination is becoming airborn"

"Please... No"

"I'm sorry sister"

The man then faced me and held the gun at my head. He was wearing a helmet of some sort. And then, I saw my reflection. I was very thin. My bones were showing, my skin was decaying, and my mouth my hanging with the gag stuck on my skin.

"I'm so sorry nephew"

Then, he pulled the trigger. Silence....

It was all silent... Not until I heard bones cracking.

I still have my eyelids so when I opened them, I saw my mom eating my uncle. She was infected.

After she was done, she stood up and went to the opened door to find new victims. From what I remember, there should still be a lot of them since the first infected were me, my father, my female cousin, and a boyfriend of another cousin.

I struggled hard to break free. I need to catch up with her. There's no way in hell that I'll let her eat all the food. I've been starved for three years now, I won't be starved anymore.

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