Cranks Descending

Chapter Six

I was woken up to Peter and LeAnn whispering. 

"What do you think the Right Arm will be like?" LeAnn asks. I open my eyes just a crank to see them. Peter is holding LeAnn close to his chest, sitting at the end off the mattress. 

"I don't know, but whatever happens, you're my little sister now, okay? I'm going to protect you." It makes me so happy to see that Peter and LeAnn are really getting along. They don't look anything alike but they are really acting like siblings. They just met. 

"Will she come with us?" LeAnn asks, pointing at me. I see the worry in her eyes, even though she tries to hide it. 

"I don't think she can." Peter says, looking in my direction. "She's a crank, remember?" My heart drops at the words. Man, I wish I was immune like them. 

"So? She needs our help. She can't just stay here!" LeAnn jumps out of Peter's arms and comes to my side. She snuggles up next to me.

"I wouldn't get to close." I say, startling her a bit. She shakes her head and leans in close, wrapping her arms around me. Peter gets up and leaves the shed, closing the door behind him. I sit still until I try to get up and remember I was still chained. "Hey, do me a favor and go get Peter for me." LeAnn gets up, nodding, and leaves the shed. I have fallen in love with LeAnn, not in a couples way but in a sibling way. I don't want her to leave but I know that I can't protect her. Peter has to now and I sware, if Peter let's her get hurt, I will hurt him. 

A tear slowly falls down my cheek and I quickly wipe it away, throwing away my emotions as LeAnn and Peter come through the door. 

"Sorry, I forgot." Peter says, unlocking the chain. 

I rub my hand across my waist from me struggling at night. "It's okay, your not used to having a Cranks friend tied up." I chuckle a little. "Come on, we need to go find Sonya and Vince." 

"Who's that?" LeAnn asks, following me out of the shed. 

"Vince is in charge and Sonya is one of my friends." I say, rounding the corner of Marcus's house, heading to the abandoned hospital. There is an apartment building behind that and that is where I meet Vince and Sonya. "They will take you to somewhere you will be safe. You need to trust them though. Whatever Vince says, you need to listen." 

LeAnn nods. There is a screech from inside Marcus's house and LeAnn grips my hand. Peter stands on the other side of her, protectively. 

"Let's just get there quickly." Peter says, picking up the pace. I nod and walk his pace. 

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We pass the hospital and make sure to stay as quiet as possible, there are Cranks that are way past the gone all around here. Once passed, I climb up the vines hanging off of the old apartment building.

"Wait here." I whisper to Peter and LeAnn who are still on the floor. "Be quiet." I climb into the building through a broken window, making sure to watch out for the glass shards. I walk towards the door and whistle into the hall way. A whistle comes back the exact same. I whistle again but change up the pattern. They whistle a different pattern back. It's them. Sonya walks out of the door across from the room I'm in, lowering her rifle. Vince comes up behind her. 

"Hey stranger." Sonya says, pulling me into the hug. "Who do you have with you today?" She asks, pulling away. She holds up my arm, rolling up my sleeve to see my veins. "Oh god, you haven't taken the Bliss in a while, have you?" She says. Vince comes around her and pulls out a blue vile. He takes my arm and injects the Bliss into me. I take a deep breath as it courses through me. It's painful at first, stinging my arm before it turns cool and I am able to let by breath out, calmly. 

"Thank you." I say. I turn around and lean out the window. "Come on up guys." Peter pushes LeAnn up and I grab her arms. I pull her through the window and Sonya helps her up. Peter comes up next. Vince shakes Peters hand before shaking LeAnn's hand. 

"Is this all?" Vince asks, looking at me. 

"WICKED is getting stronger. They are getting kids quicker. There aren't that many immune kids left." Vince winces at the mention on WICKED. "There were five immunes that I couldn't get out. They were drunk and crazy, I wasn't even going to try with the way they were acting." 

Vince nods. "We are leaving." My eyes widen in surprise. "We can't stay here. We need to get to the safe haven." 

I nod, "Do you have an idea of where that is." 

"Somewhere on the coast. We are going to head north." He takes a deep breath. "You should come with us." 

I shake my head, "I can't, I'll get you all infected." 

"We'll give you the Bliss, everything will be okay." Sonya says, grabbing my arms, forcing me to look her in the eyes. 

"And what happens when we run out?" I pull away from Sonya's powerful grasp and look out the window. "Can we just face the fact that I'm going to be passed the gone soon? You guys leave to the safe haven without me so I don't hurt anyone. Leave me here."

"We aren't going to leave you here!" Sonya says. I can see the fear in her eyes, she's worried about me. 

"Stop Sonya!" I yell, not being able to control it, "I've made my decision and it's for the best." Vince pulls Sonya back.

"Come on Sonya, we need to leave." Sonya sighs in defeat and backs up. 

"I'm gonna miss you, my friend." Sonya says, hugging me one last time before taking LeAnn's hand and heading out of the room, leaving before she can cry. 

"Goodbye Vince." I say, my hands shaking with anxiety and fear. I hear Sonya sniffling and LeAnn crying too. I hold my breath, holding back my tears. 

"Make sure you get as many kids out as you can. Doesn't matter if they are immune or not. Just get them away from WICKED." Vince says. "Goodbye." He takes one last look at me before leaving the room. 

I let out my breath and let my tears falls. Just get kids out until you change. Once you change, have Marcus put you down. Simple. Easy. 

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The picture is of an abandoned hospital.