New chapter! Sorry about how slow this is progressing but I'll try to pull one chapter a week! Working on it! I don't own the characters.
As they walked through the ship, Rey felt her heart racing as she searched for any forms that may harm them. She felt like she was suffocating more by the minute and she hoped her mask wasn't failing her right now. "Now that we have called them, we just have to find somewhere to wait it out. If we can find somewhere," Kylo muttered as his lightsaber swung at his hip. For once, he wasn't using it to dice things up.
KO21 on the other hand was trying not to think about the fact that he had gotten infected and that he could turn into a zombie at any given time. He pushed back all thoughts of his friends getting torn to shreds as he shuddered, trying not to think about it. The wound on his arm was a slightly deeper to be a comfortable scratch so if he was indeed infected, it may take a few hours to settle in. Should have enough time for him to get extracted and healed, hopefully if the First Order were willing to spend their resources on him.
Rey sensed their awkwardness and she tried to break the ice by saying, "I never took you to be a person willing to take arms with a stranger." Kylo's anger rippled through the Force slightly as he said, "Not like I have a choice. Besides, if you turn into a zombie I don't know what I would do to myself." Rey wondered what he meant by that when they came to a turn.
"If we can find a cabin, we should be able to rest there for a bit," Kylo muttered as he looked left and right. The sounds of moans coming from a distance could be heard and Rey wondered in addition to the Stormtroopers and Resistance fighters that got turned, how many were lurking about the ship. She hadn't been particularly close to anyone but it still hurt to know what had happened to them. Some thoughts of what would happen to KO21 and Kylo entered her mind and she quickly batted them away when she felt something raking the defenses of her mind.
"Can you not go through my mind like that? Its disturbing," she growled as Kylo retracted his mental claws. She could almost imagine him grinning from behind the mask as she felt her walls go back up, shielding herself from him as KO21 grunted. "Hey you okay?' she asked when she noticed the wound on his arm. "What on earth happened?" she shrieked as she grabbed his arm but she flinched as she saw the wound. "Get away from him! He could infect you!" Kylo snapped as he wrenched her away from KO21. He was filled with fear as well as he snatched up his lightsaber, ready to ignite it and kill his soldier.
"Wait! He can still get help!' Rey pleaded as he snarled, "You think we have time to worry about that? If he gets on board with the First Order and suddenly decides to transform, there's no telling how disastrous it would be! There are thousands of people on the vessel! I won't let one man jeopordise everyone on board!" he snapped as he let Rey go. She clutched her wrists, his finger marks on her skin where he had gripped her hard.
"Its ok Rey. I know my duty is to die on the battle field for the First Order anyway. Its not like I have anyone waiting for me anyway," KO21 said but despite that, Rey couldn't stand the fact that he wasn't even treated like a person but rather like a liability. "You people are sick. Not caring about a person's life is just wrong! He helped you stay alive this entire time and you just want to throw him away?" she snapped. "That is his duty as a soldier." "Don't you have any feelings?!" "Why would I?"
As both of them fought, KO21 stood warily, feeling his head getting more lightheaded as he nursed his wound. He knew his time was running out and he didn't want to destroy them just because of his condition. He also noticed the way Rey was panting and how the air in her mask seemed to start to get a little musky…
Just then there were howls as zombies entered the area and Kylo and Rey cursed as they ignited their lightsabers, ready to kill them when KO21 coughed. "Hey get yourself together!" Kylo snapped as he strode forward and claimed his first kill. Rey tried to kill the zombies but with no avail as she tried not to think of her fellow Resistance fighters as they were brought down.
"We're not going to get anywhere at this rate!" Kylo snarled. He was sick of having to be stuck in this situation and he just wished that they would get out of there quickly. Now with KO21 being injured with next to no chance of surviving, he felt his inner rage and fear growing more. "You two get back! I'll hold them off!" KO21 shouted as he raced into the fray, shooting with his good arm. He winced as he felt the infection dig deeper into his body as he shot, his blast shots barely hitting his targets.
"Get back! You're going to kill yourself at this rate!" Rey shrieked as she tried to come in front of him to give him cover. Instead, he pushed her back and she collided into Kylo, who had just beheaded a zombie. "You know, if you want them to stay dead, make sure you aim for their head!" "I know! Its just so wrong!" "Well they're dead so there's nothing you can do about it!" "Would you two just shut up and get out of here?!"
"We are not leaving you!" Rey snapped as she used the Force and yanked him towards them, his blaster nearly flying out of his hand as he slammed into the wall. Not caring about how the pain would bite into his arm, Rey snatched him and dragged him behind her, Kylo staring at them through his mask as he clared a path for them. "Just how many of these damn things on board? We must have killed fifty so far!" he snarled as he beheaded yet another zombie. Searching for a medical bay, he thanked his lucky stars as one loomed up ahead.
"Get in there," he snapped as he shoved both of them roughly into the room and slammed the door behind them, destroying the panel on the door to keep them shut in. "You just sealed our way out, you moron!" Rey snapped. "Just get to work in disinfecting his wound. You want to save him? Do it," Kylo snarled as he whirled around and sat onto a chair, his hand running over the top of his helmet as he breathed.
"Come here," Rey said as KO21 flinched away. "Have you no idea what the hell I may do to you if this continues? I may be the death of you," he muttered as she punched him in his bad arm. "Shut it and let me bandage you. Although I have no idea what to do," she admitted as he rolled his eyes. "Get the first aid kit. I'll tell you what to do from there," he said as she went to the cupboard and shifted through its contents.
KO21 felt a little uncomfortable with his commander's piercing gaze as Rey blinded him up, her teeth chewing her bottom lip as she tried not to gag at the wound. She had seen wounds before but nothing as bad as his. The flesh had begun to rot and a smell came from it. She was surprised he managed to last this long. The most he could manage is another hour before he goes to…
"Hey I'll be fine," KO21 muttered as Rey noticed her eyes stinging. Why did she care so much about someone who would have killed her in normal circumstances? Still, she couldn't help but feel sorry for this man in front of her, someone probably ripped away from his family as a child and forced to serve the First Order. "That should do it," she said as she went to wahs her hands with disinfectant. She prayed she didn't get any of those germs on her.
"You would have to get yourself a wound to get infected you moron," Kylo muttered from across the room and she glared at him. KO21 chuckled a little as he tested his arm, making sure he could hold his blaster as he looked at the door. "Well, how do we open it now?" he wondered as the sound of a lightsaber coming to life filled the room. Kylo twirled it as he began to cut a whole in the metal, carving a large enough hole for them to fit through. "After all of this shit, you better stay alive," he snarled as he strode out, Rey following him. KO21 couldn't tell if that was directed to him or Rey as he walked after them.
