This War of Mine: Apocalypse:
Penultimate chapter in my crossover story, get ready.
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Season 2
Episode 8 Part 2
Everybody stood, frozen in shock, unable to believe what they had just witnessed. Their eyes fixed on the corpse that had first been Eli, then a Walker and now this.
"How..." Niko gasped.
Arica was staring, wide-eyed, finally lowering her still smoking gun. "Shit, shit I..."
They all tried to think how it could be possible, Eli hadn't been bitten, they knew that. If he had been he would've made sure they knew about it and likely found some way to blame them for it.
"I'm sorry I...I know." Arica stammered. "My gun, the noise, other Walkers, but he, he..."
Niko shook his head. "It's okay Arica, we understand, there was no time, you had to act fast."
The others all nodded and Niko was dismayed to see the kids looked even more scared than before, not that he could blame them.
"But all of this doesn't make any sense." Grozdan said at last. "How could Eli have turned like that, he wasn't bitten, so how could he…?"
"You don't need to be bitten." Anton said suddenly, startling them all.
They turned to face him, his face grave and severe as he looked around at them all.
Their horror was blatant on their faces, likewise, their confusion filled them as they all looked at Anton, at how serious he was.
"What, what do you mean Anton?" Mara asked.
The old man sighed. "You just have to die...it seems, whatever is causing this, we're all infected, just dying is enough. Then unless your brain is destroyed...you'll come back as one of them."
The group all shared looked of utter fear amongst themselves as they took this in, unable to believe it. They had been so desperate, so hopeful that they just needed to avoid the Walkers, especially their teeth and they would be fine. But it turned out that it was already too late, being bitten only seemed to accelerate the process then.
"I've seen it happen before." Anton revealed. "How do you think the first of these creatures came into being. They walk, they kill, they bite...any human they don't fully consume becomes one of them, but they don't need to, a simple death without destroying the brain and that human will join them."
"So, you've seen this happen before?" Marko asked weakly.
"Yes, I've also seen that, depending on where you get bit, it is possible to...prevent further infection." Anton added carefully.
The others looked at each other, wondering at the implications of all of this. Especially for all of them, especially for the children. Just the knowledge that Misha was infected with nothing that could be done about it tore at Mara's heart as she looked down at him, clinging to her hip in fear.
She could only imagine what was going through his mind, through the minds of the other children. But then suddenly, Roman stepped towards Anton, a look of fury on his face.
"And you never thought to tell us this!?" He snapped. "You never thought that we should be warned, that-!"
Anton however remained calm as he replied. "I thought you already knew."
Roman opened his mouth to snap back, but stopped as he realized, Anton had a point there, none of them had said anything that hinted at them not knowing the truth. Anton had no reason to suspect they didn't, especially after seeing them so heavily armed and clearly prepared for fighting Walkers.
"Alright, let's just calm down and think." Niko said quickly, cutting through the tension. "This changes everything and we need to figure out what we're going to do next. Especially now that Eli is..."
But he never got a chance to finish that statement, for at that moment Katia gasped and Arica stepped back.
"Shit..." She muttered.
Everybody turned, following their gaze and their eyes widened again, fear gripping them more than ever for they soon realized the true magnitude of the terror upon them. Nobody blamed Arica for using her gun, it had been a spur of moment action that couldn't be avoided if they were to stop the reanimated Eli.
But none of them expected this, for now, like on the highway, they found themselves facing something far worse than just a Walker, or a group of Walkers. Emerging from the trees, through the stillness of the night, and drawing closer and closer to the farm, was a Walker Herd.
End of chapter and so we are poised for this story's finale, read and review please.
