The damaged brains

Chapter 13 - Another loss.

  Unt Laura helped my mother to walk inside , she appeared so sick . I could tell that she was breathing hard and she barely could stand up . My heart felt sorry for my mom , yet I was still mad at her and I didnt want to be in the same place with her .

Unt Laura and Grey helped my mother to sit on a chair , I was still trying to fegure out what was the right feeling to feel .

" She's burning .. " Ian sounded worried checking my mother's temperature .

He rushed to the kitchen and came back not long after with some cold compresses to help her reduce the fever , I was still in the same place I was when she first came in ..just standing there and watching everybody else trying to give her help .

" She needs to rest for now , in a couple of  hours if she doesnt get any better I will give her acetaminophen and Ibuprofen pills. " Ian was speaking more to Grey than to everyone else.

" Emma .. " she faintly called my name . She was really sick . I was mad at her yet I couldnt help but feeling worried about her . Eveyone's eyes rested on me , including Ian's who nodded his head asking me to go closer to where my mom was .

I stood by the chair where she was sitting , she made an effort reaching out her hands to hold mine . There were so many wild emotions trying to guide me , I was lost . Part of me desprately wanted to hold her tight , while another part wished to see her no more .

I felt the tears gathering in the corners of my eyes , I didnt want anyone to see me crying so I took leave in quick steps walking outside the house into the night.

" Emma .. wait ! " Voices called after me and I egnored them all .

Grey was the first one to follow me outside . The cold breeze met my face and I let the tears drop , he tapped on my shoulders saying it's going to be okey .I turned to him and burried  my face in his chest , crying like a frightened lost little baby.

I didn't know weither Grey knew about mom and Mr Andrew or not , but I thought he did . There was no other explanation of me running away .

Another gunfire erupt in the town , the noise was so loud and surely not far from where we were . I tried to run outside but my brother stopped me , I stared at him with questioning eyes .

" It's okey .. Mr Andrew is nearby , we needed more guns and he knew where to get them . That might be another brain-less creature , and he shot it dead ."

" It !? " I asked with disapointement .

" Their humanity has completly left the building  Emma . They have to die .. all of them , where ever they are . "

Maybe he was right , but for a reason part of me felt sorry for the infected people ,It's not their fault , they did nothing wrong . If only there was some kind of a cure .

Another gunfire then another , wiping the night's silence away.

" They'll hear him ! We're within the borders of the town invaded by the infected army !What is he doing !! " Ian appeared running outside freacking out . So he too knew that Mr Andrew was behind the gunfires , I guess Cassandra told him .

" They army ! " Grey almost laughed saying the word.

The tree of us kept quiet for a while then Grey broke the silence off .

" The only diffrence between the infected locals and the infected army is that who ever was behind this mess , filled the army's brains with instruction to inject the survivors and not to eat their flesh as the other once usually do .. " he paused for a breath . Appearantly there was something Ian and I were missing here .

" and ! " I woke my brother from his deep thoughts .

" Well now there's no diffrence .. we knew that there was something wrong when the news from the radio shut down four days ago , there was no more injecting and the army wasnt searching for survivors . "

" For god's sake ! " Ian punched the air .

" Oh no ! That's actually good news . " we both turned to Grey in questioning eyes .

" now we have only one enemy .. the brain-less once  .. There will be no more injections means no more infection."

Footsteps were heard in the backyard and from the fainting light of the cold moon we saw Mr Andrew .

" Mr Andrew .. over here " Grey called and I thought that little did he knew about the incident my eyes had witnessed the day I ran away .

" Grey ! Dont you know what they have done ??" He nodded , I was so furious how can he be so careless ! .

" Stay the hell away ! " I yelled at Mr Andrew who didn't really give a damn about my words .

I felt the blood boiling in my veins . Ian took my shaking hands in his and tried to calm me , Grey took the pistols from Mr Andrew's hand egnoring me .

I set my hands free from Ian's and ran to my brother . He was walking inside the house when I blocked his way forcing him to talk to me , he needed to know .

" That asshole and my mom have an affair ! She was cheating on our father with him .. thats why I ran away . " I waited for him to react but surprisingly his face expression didn't change a bit , nor Mr Andrew's .. nor Ian's .

An awkward silence took over , and for a while I thought that I went out of my mind . I wanted to convince myself that Grey needed time to process what had I just told him , but it was obvious that he allready knew.

" Ian ! " I looked at him in search for help , I couldnt stand being in the same place with that bastard .

" It's okey .. we need to talk , there's something you need to know . " Ian walked inside the house holding my hand , Grey and Mr Andrew followed .

My mother was taken to the guest room , Unt Laura and Cassandra helped her take tepid bath .

" mom is infected .. " Tears shone in Grey's eyes .

The words fell on me like thunder , I felt my heart beat pounding louder and louder inside my chest . Another loss ? That would break me down .

" I've been working on a medecine , it's supposed to work more than the virus does . I hoped it to heal the infected once  .. "  Ian said  while my mind shutt down .

It was all so much for me to realize . Ian knew that my mom was infected and he was giving her medecines behind my back ! . And Grey ! How could he be so careless toward Mr Andrew's behaviour , this was so much , really too much for me to take . The thought of my mom turning to one of the infected people made my heart beat stop .

" We need to stick together in order to help her get through this ... " Mr Andrew held his breath , in his throat he kept some unspoken words .

" and the baby .. " He said at last .