.swayla.zombie.apocalyse.

.TWENTY FOUR 🌸.

Anthony's P.O.V
We were about three hours into the journey away from the city. So far Jaden and Josh had answered my many questions about the time I was 'zombified' for.

I was sitting in the passenger seat and Jaden was driving, leaving Josh to sit in the back.

"So where did you separate?" I asked.

"Close to the border between Colorado and Kansas. So they should be in Missouri by now actually." Josh explained.

"Wonder what they're doing." Jaden said.

"They won't be worried about us because they gave us a whole week and it's only been roughly a day and we'll make it to Missouri within 2 more days." Josh said and I nodded along.

We drove way into the night, through many cities and towns each like the last, quiet and abandoned. When we got into Colorado we stopped in the middle of a completely rural area and all climbed into the backseat together.

It must have been around 3am and we were all exhausted. We had chose to spend the night in the car away from any cities similar to the night just before the whole hospital ordeal.

"Help me get these seats." Josh said to me and together we put the backs of the seats down so we had more room in the back of the car. We then grabbed some extra hoodies and stuff in replacement for blankets since it was getting colder. Finally we lay down and snuggled in as close together as possible, wrapping our legs and arms around each other and slowly drifting to sleep in one another's warmth.

There wasn't any covering placed over the windows so eventually the natural light woke me up. I blinked the sleep from my eyes and sat up, untangling myself from Josh and Jaden. I then climbed over Jaden being careful not to wake him up and opened the car door stepping out onto the road. I stretched my limbs and yawned. I then put my hand under the back of my hoodie and touched the bottom of the long scars.

The first second I felt that zombies pointed claw-like nails pierce my skin I knew what was coming. I was scared of course but I knew it was bound to happen at some point, it had all just been so easy for us so I sorta just let it happen, there was nothing I could do anyway.

It hurt so much leaving Josh and Jaden and when I slid the lock on the door it was like someone stabbed a knife straight through my heart but I knew it had to be done. When I walked away I had to use all my power to not look back, especially when I heard Jaden screaming my name. I had gone through a random door and sat against a wall and cried. That's all I did until I felt myself getting dizzy and loosing consciousness until it all went dark.

This is the part I didn't tell Josh and Jaden. The part were I went through hell.

As soon as it went dark these horrible hallucination like things started playing through my head. It was like being in a dream yet it wasn't a dream it was a nightmare. They were so vivid and felt so real. I could hear every scream and feel all the pain. The nightmare kept flashing and switching and it was like a never ending horror movie. Sometimes I was seeing from my own eyes and sometimes I was viewing myself from above but the thing I experienced where all my greatest fears over and over again until all I wanted to do was scream until it was over but I couldn't. I felt so trapped and helpless.

The worst one was having to sit tied to a chair and watch my loved ones be killed mercilessly over and over again.

I chose not to tell Jaden and Josh because I didn't want them to be worried and it would only scare them. Plus I wasn't sure if I'd be able to talk about it anyway. It's over now and that's all that matters. They saved me and I'm okay, I want them to be happy and telling them would only make them sad or worried and I don't want that.