Triple-Sided Apocalypse
Chapter Two
"Bella!"
It seemed like the illusion of the Edward who loved me came back at my time of dying. He pulled them off and twisted their necks until they snapped. How odd. Illusion Edward could never move from where he stood.
"Bella, thank god! Are you alright?!" He could never physically-
"Bella?" He said in a worried tone. I could feel his hands gripping my shoulders, I could see them. He couldn't possibly be really here…
A phone vibrated that he picked up quickly.
"I got her in time." He suddenly grabbed my head and turned it in one direction and the other while looking carefully looking at my eyes. If he-If I can feel him then-
"Do you have any cuts, I need to know?" I shook my head my head slowly.
"She's clean Carlisle. I know. I'll get ready." I screamed when he put his arms under me.
"No! you cany be real!" I pushed him away, feeling how solid he was, and covered my head, not wanting to feel him.
"Bella, I'm so sorry…" He gathered me in his arms and held my head to his chest as if to protect my mind.
"I am truly, very sorry but we have to leave. I'm take you upstairs; we have to get you out of those clothes before you get infected." He said, carrying me up the stairs. I didn't say anything.
"I need you to change and pack what you can- Bella, are you listening, can you hear me?"
"You're..."
"I'm here, I'm sorry. I can't apologize enough, I promise-I swear I'm not here to hurt you more. Bella, we don't have any time,"
"Carlisle, Emmett, Rosalie, and Esme went to find Charlie and take him to the Quileutes. Jasper stayed just in case." I recognized Alice's voice but said Charlie's name.
"It's alright Bella, we'll find him. Let's get you ready," He put me back on my feet but kept his hands on my shoulders to keep my steady, while Alice rummaged through my drawers at lightning speed.
"What are you doing here." I said, not lifting my gaze from the floor to her.
"We came to save you-"
"You don't care." I said, blocking her hands that were going to pull off the shirt I was wearing.
"...That's not true. Did anyone from the Quileute reservation say that?" She asked.
"No. They don't care enough too. I'm asking, what are you doing here."
"We came to save you; I know that we were gone, I know what Edward did and that it must have hurt, but none of us stopped loving you. We never would."
"How does that explain how quickly you all left. Couldn't wait to leave huh?"
"That's not-we left before we could convince ourselves to stay."
"I told them to go." Edward said. I was quiet for a moment then scoffed.
"You." I tried to look at him, but my eyes fell down to his chest. "You must be so...so happy."
"I...I'm not. I was not, not for a moment since-"
"Since you've been gone I've had to deal with a lot of shit, you know that? But I should thank you, I learned a valuable lesson. Mind over matter."
"...Although I knew there was a possibility you would feel that way, and tried to prepare, I cannot deny it hurts. I'm sorry. I'll apologize every day; I can only hope the pain lessens. I daren't hope that you'll forgive me, but I can't live in a world where you don't exist. I want to keep you and your family safe. I owe you." Edward went into the hall and closed the door.
"Bella, I want you to know that I did miss you. You're more than just my best friend, you're my family. Edward is in more pain than he let's on; you would have had to seen to believe just how much."
"Alice, I don't know what's going on. Things are happening, and none of it makes sense and-"
"Sh, don't worry." She said as she embraced me. "We're not going anywhere, I promise."
While I changed into thermals, two layers of jeans, and her leather jacket, she packed my school bag with underwear and shirts.
"These will do for now but they can still be torn by them and anything. You can't allow any wounds to be exposed to the air. Carlisle has been keeping tabs on the outbreak but there's not much to go on so far. I suppose we'll figure out more where we're going."
"To get Charlie."
We treaded carefully down the steps, but jumped onto the first floor skipping over the pile of bodies, myself in Edward's arms again. He smelled the same, wonderful, and for the first time in a long time I felt safe.
"We're going in your truck." Edward said. Alice rushed me to the back.
"Why mine, it's slow?"
"A truck will come in handy later." They both pulled out the bodies and piled them on the road and set them on fire.
"Why did you do that?" I asked.
"To keep the pathogens from spreading." Edward answered. "It's been spreading via coughs and saliva so far. We aren't sure if the virus can get through the skin or infect someone via their eyes."
"...what just happened did happen right? There's real, fucking zombies?"
"It just might be the end of the world as we know it."
Title TBD, whatever point in time, present or future, send in any suggestions for a better title. Take your time, makes sense for the title to change when it's all done or close to being done.
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