Just kidding. Here's the epilogue. Enjoy.
They drove until they ran out of gas, then went the rest of the way on foot. Ever since Aubrey woke up, she barely ever talked. She would often stare randomly at different objects till Kai yelled to get her attention. Once in a while he would even catch her touching her bite mark. If she ever did respond it was always one word answers.
Kai sighed and stopped to look at the scenery. "It's actually kind of pretty ain't it."
"Yah." She said dryly without actually looking up. They reach the edge of the mountain and just on the other side you could see the compound ran by Bryan just on the other side. Kai jumps up to get on the ledge that will lead to a trail back down and turns to help Aubrey.
"Grabs on…" He waits a few moments but she doesn't grab on. He peeks over the edge at her staring off again. "Aubrey!" She turns her head to him. "Let's go."
She grabs onto his hand and pulls her up over the edge.
"Alright. Come on." He starts walking.
Aubrey stops. She looks down and starts nervously messing with her hands. "What's left of us?" She says almost in a whisper. He stops and turns back to her, waiting for her to say what she needed to say. She let's out a heavy sigh. "I never told you about how I got bit."
"It doesn't matter…" She cuts him off.
"Yes it does. Back in Boston… when I was bitten… I wasn't alone. My sister was there and she got bit too. We didn't know what to do. We were each others world. We did everything together. I raised her by myself in a world full of infected when I was just 5 years old… So when we got bitten she said 'let's just wait it out. You know, we can be all poetic and just lose our minds together.'" She pauses, letting the memory glaze past her eyes. She looks up at him and looks directly in his eyes. "I'm still waiting for my turn."
"Aubrey…"
"Her name was Alley and she was the first to die. And then after that, everyone I knew, died. I just…" She shakes her head. "I need to know that everything you said about the fireflies is true."
"None of this is your fault." He tries to change the subject.
Aubrey forces him to look at her. "Swear to me!"
He pauses for a long time, struggling with what to say. Then gives her a fierce look. "I swear."
"…..Okay."
I hope you all enjoyed! It was so much fun writing this!