I came back towards the usual spot inside an abandoned building since I finally took down one of the survivors. As far as I can remember, one of them called him Nick. It shouldn't matter now. After all, he's going to get eatin, oh no, not by me but the new special infected. I hadn't seen or sniffed it yet, but as far as I know, they said that it cries...how interesting.
As I came up the stairs with the body, Jockey came rushing towards me like always whenever I bring some sort of food back. "Ah! I see you brought treat back for Jockey, how generous of you Hunter. Now if you let me take it , I'll gladly accept my gift." The Jockey tried to sneak the body away, but that wasn't going to be allowed. I pounced him and retrieved the body back. I then pressed my claws against his neck, enough so that a tiny trinket of blood came out.
"I never said that this was yours you ignorant fool. It's for the new infected one, and you should already know that if a new specially infected doesn't feed within a period of time, they'll start to attack their own kind." I got off of him and started to head down the hallway. "If you even try to pull off a stunt like that again, I won't hesitate to kill you instantaneously. You know that I have a quicker speed, and could gauge much stronger than you. I suggest that you stay in your place." The now scared Jockey scurried quickly as possible while mumbling something like `Sorry ยด. Quickly forgetting what just happened, I continued to walk down the hallway.
The further down I walked, the more I heard the crying sound Charger was talking about. It sounded like a little girl. The new one is a little girl? How rare. We never had a child infected. `Don't let the crying fool you Hunter, she's not a child.` Smoker said as he came out of his room. I paused what I was doing to listen more of what he had to say.
"If she's not a child, then why does it cry like one." I leaned against the wall across from him, trying to think of answers on my own.
"Well while you were gone on your killing spree, me and Charger had been studying her. She really does cry, only for her own reasons. The part where she sounds like a young survivor is it's own lure for anyone who's alive. Think of it as a trick. The regular survivors think that there's a surviving little girl, go try to rescue you her, then bam! They're dead. This one is stronger than the Tank himself. You really should of seen his face when we told him, it was priceless!" He began to laugh to the point his tounge unraveled onto the floor. Quickly putting it back in, he regained his posture and signaled me to follow him. I nodded my head and dragged the body with me.
We walked all the way down to the last door in the hallway and stopped. I figured that this was where the lady was at cause of the crying sounds beneath the door.
"This is where she's at. I admit that she's quite the self cautious one. She gets upset if you look at her, and covers her face. I don't know what's all that about cause you and her aren't as deformed like me and the others, but hey, if she wants to be like that's then fine. We decided to refer her as Witch." He patted my shoulders and started to walk back down the hall. " Just throw the body in there and leave, just to make things simple. Me and Spitter are going out hunting for dinner, so we'll see you later." The man jumped out the window right when he was done talking. I didn't pay any attention to the unnecessary advice he tried to give and just opened the door. The room was fairly dark, making me see a lot more better. I scanned around the room and spot the lady crouching in the corner on her bed. She stopped what she was doing and stared at me. I came a bit more closer so I could give her food, but before I could even come up to her, I heard a low growl along with her covering her face. Her claws were much longer than my own. Clearly she has a much stronger gauge then me. Even though I knew she gave me a warning growl, I still continued to go closer. I couldn't help it, the Witch was far too fascinating.
By the time I came onto her bed, she turned her head quickly, avoiding any face to face contact. "Please...don't look at me...". I wad surprised once I heard her talk, but I stayed calm around her so she could know that I'm not afraid, or trying to threat her. Her voice was gentle, but you could tell that she was sad once you took time to listen carefully. I ripped off an arm and offered it to her. She took it frantically and started to eat. Each bite she took, I watched carefully. She paused again and looked at me once more. "Why must you stare so much?" The woman placed the arm down at her side and looked down at her hands. "Am I really that ugly?" The thought of that question broke me, even though I didn't have a heart anymore. The sound of her sobbing began to start again. I sat next to her and sniffed her, just to give her comfort.
"I'm sorry for staring at you so much... don't take it the wrong way. I've been half blind ever since I became an infected. I see much better in the dark than the light." She then put her head up and stopped crying. " I actually think you're beautiful as far as I can see. you should actually be thankful you didn't turn out like the others. We all didn't want to be this way, so it's not just you. The rest of us suffer being this way. I understand that you feel awful having to be this way, I felt the same way at first too." I ripped another arm off and handed it to her. This time she didn't take it so frantically as she did with the first, but took it ever so gently.
"I'm sorry...it was selfish of me, ... I look like I'm less infected then the others and yet...I cry about my looks. Forgive me." She grabbed hold of my arm and looked up at me. I've done something I never done before as she did that. I took off my hood and revealed my face. "You're like me." I allowed her to place a hand on my face. I didn't look like the others, but you could tell that I was infected. My eyes came the color of being once green, to a now crimson red. I grew claws and fangs. Me and the Witch were alike, that's why we got along.
"I forgive you and,...I'll protect you from now on." I held her closer to me. A comforting grip was gaven in returned. We stayed like that till we fell asleep. Both of our hearts may have stopped, but, the trust and feelings in each other made it feel like it kept beating.
