The streets didn't seem to be getting any better, wandering place to place was getting old now, and it was only 2 weeks in since the infection hit. We had lost many of our traveling companions and we were brought down to just 6 of us. Funny enough, it was our group that we traveled with from Japan that made it. Call it a blessing from kami-sama. By now we were all exhausted and just wanted to finally find a place just to lay low. 20 hours of just constant walking and fighting for our lives, kinda tires you out.
"How much longer do we have to travel before we get to a resting spot? Can't we just stop into one of these buildings?" Natsuko, my twin sister, asked rubbing her arms tiredly.
We all wanted to stop, but if we did now, it might be the end for us.
"Maybe not here, but that looks pretty promising!" Kyome pointed grinning wildly. "There's a store over there, maybe we can stay there for a while!" Maybe we could find food as well... That thought urged me to keep moving.
The sun was going down and he infected were starting to come out to the streets as we closed up the store for the night pushing the huge cabinet in front of the door.
"We're safe!" Suzuki sighed out of character dropping herself to the floor. We all shared relieved glanced before I spoke up.
"We're not sure of that yet, we need to look around, make sure that no one is actually here," The others looked at me.
"Right, Kyoko and I will check down here, maybe you should see where that door leads Natsumi," At the end of the store was a dark brown door under a dimmed yellow light.
"Right, Zumi do you want to come up with me?" I noticed her grip her leg lightly before getting off of the floor.
"Yeah, let's see if we can find any medicine of some kind," She walked over to me covering a small limp.
'What's up with her...' My worries were getting the best of me. I shouldered the door a few time before it budged and opened a tiny bit.
"Alright let's go," We both made our way up the stairs shining our flashlights around. Nothing really interesting except for maybe a few boxes, small bedroom, and a tiny bathroom. "All clear over here, you find anything?" I turned around looking at the closet where Suzumi had gone in. I raised my pistol. "S-Suzumi?"
I shined my light into the room seeing stairs leading up into an attic. I climbed up slowly and peeked my head in seeing Zumi leaning against the wall.
"How long has it been?" I asked approaching her. She said nothing holding her leg. "Kondo! How long has it been since you've been bit?" Her eyes met mine a hesitant smile on her face.
"A few hours ago up the trail...I've been fighting off the pain pretty well so far, so I figured I was immune... But my bite didn't turn into what yours looked like...yours is all brown and healing, mine is black and traveling up my leg..."She moved her pant leg showing me the darkness of her leg. It spanned up her leg and down leaving her leg covered in black veins.
"Oh god...Zumi, no!" I covered my mouth feeling tears.
"It's already at my hip Sumi...look, I don't have much time left. I'm just going to leave tonight and-"
"NO, that's not acceptable! Think about your sister, about us! There must be something we can do!" I panicked grabbing her shoulders. "Please, there must be something we can do to cure you! I have universal blood, maybe I can give you some of it and it can help!"
"Natsumi stop...I already feel it going through my body, even if there was a chance of your blood curing me, it's only about .01% since I'm already far gone. Plus, it's blood, you don't have any actual antibiotics to work with, face it, I'm a goner," She rested her head against the wall covering her face. "Just, take care of my sister, I don't know how she's going to take it,"
I cried into her shoulder holding her tightly, muttering about how she needed to hang on.
"Hey you two find anything up there? It's all clear down here!" Kyome yelled up from the bottom of the stairs.
"Don't say anything, this is solely between us alright? No one is to know," I opened my mouth to reply, but she repeated herself and walked to the stairs to talk to Kyome. I wiped my face tiredly hitting the wooden wall.
'Why did this have to happen? How come I'm immune and everyone that I come into contact with isn't?' It just wasn't fair, we used to be a group of 20, now our numbers are dwindling to almost none. I didn't know how much longer I could deal with this.
"Hey nee-chan? Are you going to come down soon?" Natsuko peeked her head up through the entrance.
"Huh? Yeah, I'm just going to loot up here and I'll be right down," Her steps retreated realizing that I needed some time alone. I looked around the room opening drawers and moving boxes. I found ammo, pills, more ammo, a hunting rifle, and a map.
This leads into town where there's a hospital. A hospital meant medicine...I'm sure I could whip something up. Quickly, I slide down the stairs and ran to the other room where the girls were at.
"Guys, guys!" Kyoko jumped and aimed her gun at me. "There's a hospital only a few blocks from here! If we leave first thing in the morning, we can get there and get some medicine!" Suzuki pushed Kyoko's gun down, Natsuko was in the bathroom, Suzumi sat by the wall with her head between her legs, and Kyome leaned by the window.
"A hospital? I guess if it's on the way we can head there, but why are we going so soon? Can't we wait until we're all rested?" Suzuki said.
"No!" Kyoko jumped again. "No, we have to go tomorrow. Look if some of you are too tired, I'll go and get some medicine on my own and bring it back," My sister came out of the bathroom drying her hands on her pants.
"What's this about you going to a hospital on your own?" Suko flicked my forehead.
"I think it's a really good idea that we go! I mean..." I stopped. "I don't even know if any of you are immune like I am. If you're not and something happens...I wouldn't be the same. I don't want to be alone," Slumping down on the bed I put my head into the hard pillow. I don't want to lose my sister, or my best friends. I don't know how the rest of our family is doing since they're in another country... on top of that, I felt like I was going to be alone for the rest of my life. There wasn't any guys out here, that weren't trying to eat me.
"I'll go with you tomorrow," Suzumi spoke quietly, "Yeah, we go together, and we get back before the sun comes down," I grinned over at her.
Now she's speaking my language! We had decided then that we'd be the ones to go, while the others stay here and watch over our current base and rest up.
Suzumi and I would get our sleep and leave first thing in the morning, while Kyome took first guard. Nightmares weren't supposed to be this bad. Dreams of my brothers turning into those walkers, my parents committing suicide over their childrens deaths. It was all too much for me.
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When I woke up Natsuko was kneeling over Suzumi, who was sweating profusely.
"What...what's going on?" I rubbed my eyes tiredly.
"She's not going to make it Natsumi..." My eyes widened and I crawled over to them. The virus had spread up to her head changing her skin tone completely. She had about an hour tops.
"No no no no no no, this..this can't be happening," I patted her cheek; ice cold.
"Just...kill...me," Suzumi pleaded. "Please..." Her eyes were glazed over and pained.
I stood up pulling my shoes on and grabbed any supplies that I'd need.
"Where are you going?" Natsuko stood grabbing my arm.
"I'm going to that hospital and I'm bringing back something to fix her," I knelt down beside her. "Hold on a little longer, Zumi. I'll be back as soon as you know it and you'll be good as new,"
I made my way to the door fighting my sisters protests and ran out into the darkness, with just a small map, flashlight, and hunting rifle.
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