I flung open the bedroom door and my eyes widened at the sight in front of me. Mia's body was jolting around brutally in the bed. At first I thought it was one of her seizures but as I made my way over to the side of the bed, I saw the white foam coming from the corners of her mouth.

"Mia!" I grabbed her head and pulled her towards me as I always did. I moved her hair from her face to see that blood was trickling from her ears, falling on to the sheets and my fingers. "Mia!" I tried again to get her to focus on me but this time her eyes were rolled to the back of her head.

"Cora, I don't know if we can save her." I heard Warren's voice from beside me. I hadn't even noticed that she was there.

I became more aware of my surroundings as I saw the rest of the group crowded into the room.

"She needs privacy!" I screamed, feeling violated.

Addy, Doc, Vasquez and Murphy exited the room. Cassandra, who was lurking in the hall, followed Murphy back down the steps. This left Warren, 10K and me. My heart was pounding so hard I thought it was going to rip through my chest. If I was to have a heart attack right now, I wouldn't be surprised.

Foam continued to fall from her little mouth and now blood was dripping from her nose. I slightly shook her, "Mia can you hear me?" I didn't get an answer. "MIA!" I was so angry. She wasn't supposed to go today, she had more time.

"Cora, please, if we get any louder we are going to attract any Z moving through the neighborhood." Warren backed away from the bed.

I looked up to 10K, he was keeping his distance.

Mia had stopped moving. I felt her head and it wasn't hot anymore. I lowered my ear to her chest and I didn't hear the beating of her heart. I rested my hand on her stomach, feeling for the slightest rise and fall, indicating that she was still breathing. Nothing. The foam covered her lower face, and mixed with blood as it ran down her neck.

"She subsumed to her condition." I whispered to myself.

Warren handed me a freshly damped rag and I began to clean Mia up. The blood stained her pale skin and it dried into her brown hair, making clumps. Time felt unreal, this felt like a nightmare that I would wake up from any minute.

"We are all very sorry for your loss." Warren spoke, touching my shoulder.

I didn't say anything. The shock was cutting too deep and there wasn't anything I could do to pull myself out.

"You do understand that you will need to give her mercy…" Warren walked over to 10K. "…if you need us." She motioned for 10K to lead the way out of the room and within a few seconds they were gone.

From the corner of my eye I could see the black handgun that Warren discreetly left on the edge of the bed. I still didn't want to believe that this was the end for my baby sister. We had come too far for her to just check out now. I spent the next few minutes just staring at her and taking in her pitiful appearance. If you ignored the blood stained sheets and the disarray of her hair, upon death she still looked innocent.

I finally moved from the bed and walked over the bedroom window. I looked out of the curtain to see one lone zombie staggering down the street.

This world wasn't enough for Mia. Who would want to fight to live in a world full of the undead, full of hardship and death? Why would anyone want to be on the move all the time, hiding and scavenging?

I heard the creak of a bed spring. My stomach was in my throat and my heart was beating a mile a minute. I gripped the gun in my hand.

I kept my eyes focused on the zombie making its way down the street. The moon lighting its way and shining through the window, illuminating the room.

There was a gurgle sound.

I drew in a sharp breath and turned around, lifting the gun and aiming it at the bed. Mia had regenerated into one of those monsters. Before I had time to think I was pulling the trigger. I didn't want to see her as one of them. The bullet passed through her skull and she fell back to her sleeping position.

I stayed there for the rest of the night.