Dragon Prince Zombie Apocalypse AU

A Silent Drive

Callum ran through the forest, a voice whispering in his ear. "Get rid of her.... You can't trust her.... think about Ezran! Leave her here." He ignored the voice, he was angry with Rayla but we wasn't going to do that to her. She wouldn't hurt Ezran. He looked up and saw a deer, still and quiet. "... No more voices.... no more urges... it's about time I dealt with you again...."

Callum came back a little bit later, his stomach covered in blood, too fresh to be a deadits. Callum got back in the driver's side and started driving again. His face completely void of any emotion. "... Callum..." Rayla was worried about his reaction, she wanted to fix the situation so badly. "I said I didn't want to hear another word from you.... If you really want to talk to someone, get in the back with Ez." His voice had no anger in it, it had no emotion. Rayla was about to talk again but stopped herself. She looked out her window, clenching her jacket in her hands. She had a green t-shirt on, a few sizes too small due to not being able to find anything in her size. She crossed her arms over her chest, a bit uncomfortable by the size even though Ez couldn't see her and Callum wasn't even wanting to look at her. Ezran was awake by now and was greatly confused by the situation, but he was too scared to ask what was going on so he just played with his toad. Rayla looked at Callum, his body was tensing up every few seconds or so. Rayla thought about it and realized that Callum hasn't slept for almost three days now.

Callum pulled over a little bit later, barley able to stay awake. "I'm going to take a quick nap.... Wake me up in a few hours." Rayla nodded, obeying Callums wish of no words. He leaned his seat back and fell asleep. Rayla sighed as she got out and went in the back with Ezran. "Hey, mind if I sit with you for a little bit?" She was hiding her sadness from Ezran, he didn't need to get involved with their fight. He nodded and kept playing with his toad. Rayla sat next to him, she smiled at his innocence. "Im jealous of you.... You know that?" She said in a happy tone, not needing to hide anything anymore. "How so?" He looked at her, a bit curious. "You are young.... Don't have anything serious to worry about... I miss that time in my life.... And Callum.... I'm pretty sure he grew up without that.... Sorry for getting a bit deep like that...." "No no it's fine, it makes sense.... But what's going on between you and Callum?" Rayla smiled as she pulled Ezran closer to her, hugging him from the side. "You don't have to worry about that... I'm sorry that you have to watch it.... But it will be fixed soon.... Hopefully...." Ezran didn't completely understand but he decided to just trust her. Rayla felt terrible about the situation. She was happy that she hadn't done anything to Ezran directly but he was being forced to watch the outcome. She didn't let go of him, eventually he fell asleep again. Rayla put his head gently down onto her lap so he didn't mess up his neck. She gently played with his hair before drifting off too, having a weird feeling inside her. A feeling of protectiveness and care, she was starting to understand Callum's overprotectiveness of Ezran.

Callum looked into the rearview mirror and smiled, having not fallen asleep yet, "Maybe she is more of a mother than a sister..." "Can you trust her? What is she trying to do," the voice said. Callum clenched his fist, his face going back to its emotionless form. He closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Callum woke up in the car again, except he was in the passenger side. He looked around and saw the dark figure driving. It looked at him, "We meet again...." "Like I wanted to.... Why are you back? I thought I dealt with you..." Callum responded, really annoyed, this wasn't the first time he's seen or talked to this figure. The figure let out a laugh, but Callum felt like he couldn't hear it. "You still don't get it after all these years.... I'm not a different entity.... I'm not even a split personality.... You can't get rid of me like I'm just a disease, I'm a part of you, a part of your personality that you lost when we watched dad die..... I'm the urge that builds up, I'm the reason you have to let your flood gates open.... I am your anger.... I'm your fear.... I am Wrath.... But you are the one who has to fix me...." Callum looked at him, "Why would I fix you? You make me into a monster.... Why would I want you apart of me again...." He tried opening the door to get out, he had been in this situation before, but he couldn't move his body, his lower body was paralyzed. "I'm sorry.... But I'm in control now.... Notice why I'm driving? Don't worry, I won't hurt her. I couldn't even if I wanted to, we are not separate Callum.... We are just.... Temporarily divided..... We have our moments of being dominant.... We have our moments when we are covered by the other... It's your turn to be covered up.... I mean it's only fair." Callum closed his eyes as he woke up, he looked out at the setting sun. Rayla and Ezran are still asleep. Callum starts driving back onto the road, no smile, no emotion. He was whole again.

A few hour pass, the night was a cool relief to the hot day before. Callum was looking at the map and looked up, he saw the shape of a barn in the distance. He speeds up a bit and turned off onto a dirt path. He slowed down, making less noise and making the trip less bumpy. He came to a stop beside the barn, he looked around before taking his soda bottle from earlier, getting out of the car and throwing it far, in-between the house and barn. The bottle broke, a loud enough noise to attract any deadits to it's origin. He waited, almost ten minutes, before getting back in the car. He got his pistol in hand and drifted off to sleep, to wake up to the sun in his eyes, the area lit up, and the feeling of cold metal on his temple "..... Why hello and good morning to you too...." Callum said in a sorta Jim Carrey way, raising his hands, leaving the gun on his lap. "What's good about a very confusing morning? I got a shirtless stranger with a gun on my property with what looks to be blood on his stomach, a government vehicle, and my friends daughter in the back with a little boy resting his head on her lap.... Just what exactly are you doing here son?" Callum looked up at the white haired man smiling, "Well that's a bit of a long story.... Got a minute to hear it?"