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Radiance
Chapter 10: Alone
First POV (Tyler)
December 17, 2026
As I looked at the former city of Detroit, it started snowing. A few months earlier, I talked to the other survivors around the world. The cure worked for them as well. It doesn't cure the undead. It cures only the living. I told them that it's time to put the final plan into action. After carefully putting all of the pieces together, it's time to fight. I started singing quietly to myself.
Something has been taken from deep inside of me
The secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show they never go away
Like moving pictures in my head for years and years they've played
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I would
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave
Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back
And never moving forward so there'd never be a past
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
If I could take all the shame to the grave I would
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave
Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
It's so much simpler than change
It's easier to run
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made
It's easier to go
If I could change I would take back the pain I would
Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
If I could stand up and take the blame I would
I would take all my shame to the grave
I heard the door behind me open before I turned around to see the others.
"I know you're all wondering the reason why I've told you all to come up here." I said.
"What have you been planning for the past year, Tyler?" Lauren curiously asked, her arms crossed.
"It's time to take back what's ours."
"Please don't tell us that you plan on taking back Detroit." Drew added before putting a hand on his head.
"I intend to take it all back." I answered as I grabbed the binoculars and looked at Detroit.
"That's suicide. We would never make it out alive." Mickia answered before Skyler spoke.
"Tyler…we're not going out there." I turned around and set the binoculars down before looking at all of them. I saw no confidence in their eyes whatsoever.
"You're all free to make your own choices. I'm not going to force you to go." I replied before pausing. "I'm not going to stand by and watch as all of those demons take over our world."
"And you don't consider yourself one of them?" Lauren asked. I thought about that before replying. I walked over to her as she backed up.
"Truth is, I'm pretty much dead already, but that doesn't mean I can't take a few undead bastards back to hell with me."
"Tyler, we should just stay the course and keep surviving." Drew stated before I rapidly walked over to him, pissed off and furious as hell. I grabbed Drew by the throat.
"If we stay the course, we are dead!" I turned into the demon while the others backed away in fear. "We are all DEAD!" I released my grip on his neck and threw him down to the ground. I turned back to normal.
"How can we win with a demon on our side?" Skyler asked.
"I don't know." I replied. "I'm the only hope you have."
"Are we really going in there, Ken?" Drew asked.
"No one is." Ken answered before I opened the door. I stopped and looked at the others as they all looked at me.
"With or without you, I'm taking the fight to them." I went down to the first floor and gathered all of my belongings while Ken tried to stop me.
"You're gonna get yourself killed, Ty. Is that what you want? Is that what you want?" I stopped and looked at him as he continued. "I promised your family that I'd keep you safe."
"I know you did." I grabbed my helmet and got on my motorcycle.
"Please, don't make me break that promise, Ty."
"I'm not a kid anymore, Ken. I can take care of myself." I placed the helmet over my head. "You kept your promise." I drove away as it started to storm. Rain pouring hard, thunder echoing away, lightning striking in the distance. I looked back as the train station moved farther away. One name entered my mind.
Abigail
I turned away as a tear slowly fell from my scarred eye.