The morning after they arrived came and Brian awoke the same way he had been for the last week. Crying. He hated to go to sleep and to have to shut his eyes. Whenever it was that he had to close his eyes, he was reminded of the only happiness he had, was gone. The loud sounds of gun shots were the only thing he could hear at night, and as he closed his eyes to go along with it, he watched Meredith's dead body fall backwards.
He had killed her. His mind had flashed back to the night before they got out of the hell hole he used to call his home, where Britney had kept trying to make him feel better and tell him otherwise. But it was no use. He knew what it was that he had done and there was no use trying to get rid of the feeling.
He didn't want to sleep that night, and probably wouldn't have, but as soon as Brian had laid down on an actual bed he was out like a light. It was good to finally sleep on an actual bed and be cleaned off.
However it still wasn't good that each time Brian had closed his eyes, Meredith's death replayed in his mind. It wasn't just hers however that haunted him. It was everyone else that had died in those two months. Joey, Jaime, Nick especially. He had almost felt like a failure to all those that had died. He didn't protect them, he had failed in doing so.
Meredith was his responsibility, and she wasn't here for him to take care of anymore. Without her there just didn't seem to be a reason to even be here anymore. He had some friends here still, but if he was being completely honest with himself he didn't think he'd much be missed.
If Eric had been right, and this was some mess with the government, it seemed to be highly unlikely that they'd ever get out of this situation. After all, people they had sent to be saved, hadn't made it out of whatever building and place it was they were keeping everyone now. His thoughts were interrupted when Joe threw a pillow at him telling him it was time to get out of bed.
Brian nodded silently then grabbed a change of clothes from the provided ones, that surprisingly fit him, then headed down with Joe to where Breakfast was.
Edible freshly cooked food was all Joe needed to stay happy now. However his mind did drift to Lauren and he wondered what was going on with her. He only crossed his fingers that she would be safe whatever it was she had to get done to her.
"Hey, Eric, do you know if I can go see Lauren?" Joe asked leaning over to Eric figuring he'd know the answer if anyone. Eric was the first one to successfully leave the Chicago area during the whole mess. They tried to get most of the girls to leave, Joe recalled, but after some unsuccessful attempts, like Arielle and Elona, people were very hesitant about leaving. Eric had been the one that had decided to go first then.
Eric nodded as he shoved a piece of bacon in to his mouth, "Yeah, depending on what was wrong with her you should be able to see her," He said with his mouth full using his free hand to cover it up his full mouth.
"She was scratched," Joe commented glumly.
Eric nodded again, "As long as it wasn't a few days ago, but within a few hours of arrival, they'll probably have to just have to remove her leg and everything will be fine.
"Woah, what, remove her leg?!"
"It's going to have to stop from spreading, or else she'd probably turn Joe, do you really want that?"
Joe merely shook his head and went back to eating his breakfast. Just then Lily seated herself next to Joe and smiled at him and looked around the table, "Hey, you haven't seen Britney have you?" she asked to Joe as she glanced around.
"Uhm," Joe quickly looked up and around the table. He was sure she had come down and he saw her, but she was no where to be seen at the table. "I-I haven't," He told her. Something in the back of his mind deeply worried himself about this, but decided not to dwell on it too much. Britney was a strong girl, and whatever it was she was experiencing she'd get though it.
Joe watched as Brian got up and left the table without a word and barely anything to eat. However, he didn't have time to think about that either when Eric stood up too finishing his food. "Let's go see Lauren now?" He asked Joe as he quickly finished eating.
Joe got up quickly with a smile, and followed Eric out of the room. The two walked, quietly chatting about what life was like here for the last almost two months for Eric. Then they had arrived at the hospital wing, where around 9 people were currently residing and recovering.
Lauren however was missing. "Uhm, hey would you happen to know where Lauren Lopez would be?" Joe asked one of the doctors near by.
It only took a moment before the man looked up from his clipboard, "I'm sorry, Miss Lopez is currently-" Before the man could finish, the all now too familiar sound of a gun went off i the direction of the mess hall.
Panic burst though Joe, "Hold that thought," He said then dashed off. What met him when he arrived back at the mess hall was a surprise. It wasn't exactly a comforting one though. "Brian!" Joe yelled to his friend. "Dude, put the gun down." He tried to coax him.
What lay in front of Joe's eyes was a sight you never wanted to see a friend go though. Brian had the pistol raised and pointed at most the group of guards. "They're the reason, Joe, they're the reason.. that she's gone. That everyone is gone!" Brian said with tears in his eyes.
"I'm still here! Eric, is still here," Joe said as he looked over at Eric who was now huffing from run that much a little a ways behind Joe.
"Joe, about Lauren-" He was about to start saying then caught wind of what the current situation was.
"Brian... Please, don't shoot," Joe waned Brian. "This is not a smart thing to do. You don't know for sure-"
"Oh, come on!" Brian said with an eye roll. "Don't know? of course I know, Eric told me. He's right. It's all these guys faults. It's their fault I have to wake up in the morning alone, that I don't have anyone there for me. It's their fault she's dead, Joe! Don't you understand?! I can't be with her anymore!" There was a swift movement from Brian and the metal weapon was soon pointed at his own head instead of at the group of people. "I can't go on without her, Joe," He said though his tears.
Joe instantly inch toward Brian. "No! No! Brian! Put it down, everything will be fine. Do not shoot. Seriously just put the gun-"
BAM!
"Down." Joe finished as Brian's body hit the floor the gun clattered down with it.
That was one less than what they has started with, and Joe cursed himself, knowing he should've kept a better watch on Brian. He assumed that since they were out of the city itself, but how terribly wrong he was. Joe bit his lip as he stared at Brian's body on the floor the pool of blood collecting at his head where the wound had created.
Eric grabbed Joe's arm and pulled him aside, away from the body that was quickly being taken care of. "Joe, Lauren is... well, Lauren died, Joe."
Joe's world seemed to crash down at him from there.
A/N: dun dun dun duunnnnnn. yeah sarah okay. im sorry. but i had to! but okay. yay new chapter! It's not as long as the last sorry, but it's still p much the same as my other chapters. im thinking there's gonna be maybe two more chapters? idk also, im curious. ya'll should tell me what you think is gonna happen now. im curious what you guys think about the goverment or whatever and maybe like what's going on with britney. (((not cus i need ideas or anything pfffft where'd you get that idea.)))
