Did you know that it's actually really hard to write the author's note? Well now you do!
I don't have much to talk about since it's been like a 2 days since the last upload. I read the latest chapter of FT though! IT WAS TOO MUCH! Everyone that doesn't read the manga or dropped it, you are missing out. Real shit is going down. But I feel like it may be the last arc. It will be sad when FT ends but I'm expecting a chapter with all my ships and their future kids. It will be sooo kawaii!
Moving on here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy :3
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Act 2: Fair Well's Resolve
Shit. Shit shit shiiiit!
I ran and ran as fast as my legs could possibly carry me. I arrived at my destination and flung open the door wildly scanning for my best friends
"Miss. Alistair! I thought I had sen-"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I screamed inturpting Mr. Lee. He looked shocked but said nothing.
I stomped up to my two friends and looked them straight in the eyes.
"Lilly are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost," Franki asked concern washing over her gentle features. Well, it wasn't far off.
I looked them both straight in the eye which was strangely nerve wreaking. I guess I was scared about the answers I was about to recieve.
"Do you trust me? If you trust me, come with me." I said holding out both of my hands. They knew I wouldn't pull them out of class without a good reason but they still hesitated.
Both looked at me confused. I saw doubt flash across Franki's eyes for a split second. So that was her answer.
There's no helping it. I needed complete trust.
I pulled back my hand held out to Franki and turned to Drake. He had a steely look in his eye as he grabbed his bag and took my hand.
I looked back at Franki sadly. She looked downcast but there was nothing I could do but wish her the best and that she be safe in these times.
I ran out of the classroom dragging Drake all the way to the roof but not answering a single question of his.
"Lil! What the hell is going on? Why did you come for me and leave Franki? There better be a good reason for this or I am gon-" He paused his rant to look in the direction my finger was pointing.
I could see it. I could see it all. All the emtions soaring through him showed clear as day through his face. Shock, disbelief, confusion, disgust, sickness, sadness and fear. The last was the most prominent. I'm sure my face must have looked like that when I first saw the disgusting scene before me. The poor souls who had died falling into the pit had somehow survived and started crawling back out. When they did, they looked barely alive. Flesh clinging to rotting bones as it nearly slides of. Scorch marks that turned their skin the darkest black with pus and blood gushing from everywhere.
What was most scary were the eyes. Dead on the inside. Deprived of life.
They crawled out and started nawing on live humans. Biting, chewing, eating them like food. Once a person had died from being bitten... They rose again as one of those... Things.
It was chaos. People screaming, crying and dying. These things had people cornered and devoured before leaving for the next victim. They were multiplying. Rapidly.
I looked away and saw Drake staring in confusion and horror. His eyes glued to the hell before him.
"What..wha...WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!" He screamed backing away from the edge like it was poison.
"I have no clue. But what I do know is that it's getting closer and that they are dangerous. They are probably something like zombies but that's kind of far fetched. There must be a logical explanation for this but before we figure that out we need to get out of here." I explained calmly.
He looked at me in disbelief, "Zombies? The living dead? Dear God... Well if they really are dangerous wouldn't it be better to stay in school?"
"No way. The school is going to notice the commotion sooner or later so we have to leave before they do. They're going to try and evacuate us but everyone's gonna fucking panic and someone is going to get bitten and before you know it the school's over run. We need to leave NOW." I said sternly.
What I was saying was true. People were going to crush each other trying to save themselves. We needed to leave before that.
"I understand but..." he hesitated.
What was he hesitating about? I thought he trus- Oh.
"Your brother and sister right." I thought out loud. Shit. That was a crucial fact I had missed. I could probably handld his twin coming along but his 8 year old sister... I wouldn't be able to keep her safe and I knew that. Do I put us at all at risk or?
Fuck all these important decisions, I'm only 14!
I walked up to Drake and cupped his face with my hands so he was looking me right in the eye.
Taking a deep breath, I said, "Drake. I can't look after the three of you and I'm not going to deny that and put you in danger so I'm giving you two choices. You can either come with me or go find your brother and sister. Now you are going to choose the second option. You are going to climb off this roof and find your brother and leave this shitty school and collect your little sister from Primary and you are going to go find a safe place. Understand me?"
He looked down and asked in a quiet voice, "Come with me please. You make me braver."
His voice broke when he said that. So did a little bit of my resolve.
No.
I shook me head slowly and smiled. Then he did something unexpected. He pulled me into a hug wrapping his arms around my waist.
This was new. He knew I wasn't a hugger. I stood there awkawardly for a minute before closeing my eyes and nuzzling into his neck.
"You will be brave ok? Because we are going to survive this. Let the thought that we will meet soon give you courage." I whispered into his ear, stroking his hair.
I felt him nod and give one last squeeze before backing away. I watched the tears roll down his face and reached out to wipe them. He did the same to me. Wait. I was crying?
I felt the tears on my face and wiped them again.
" See you soon Lilliana. I love you!" He smiled hold out his pinky.
I smiled.
"See you soon Drake! I love you too," I replied linking our pinkies.
Then he turned and ran off. He didn't look back.
Good boy.
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I turned back towards the massacre before me and made my reslove.
I will survive. I had a purpose. I had to see Drake again.
After all, we didn't say goodbye. I will live to see Drake again and my nephew. Shit my nephew!
I looked at my watch. Elaine should have picked him up from nursery by now.
I ran off the roof and through the school ignoring all teachers. I ran straight through the playground and into the playing field. First on my agenda for survivng: A weapon. Luckily for me, the P.E cupboard was amazingly unlocked and I picked a baseball or rounders bat.
It was basically the same thing.
I sprinted back out before anyone could notice, straight through the atrium and out of the front gates. So far there was nothing on this street but I don't know how far they've gotten since I left the roof. Looking back at the school, I felt slightly guilty.
I could have warned them but I didn't. I'm sorry but I have people to protect hence why I only went back for Drake and... Franki. I sighed and said a little prayer for my friends before I started moving again.
The road was eerily quite as I turned a corner into my street. In the slight distance, I could hear the chaos and it was getting louder. Moving at a quicker pace, I thanked God that I lived 10 minutes from school. I turned into my street cautiously and saw it was as quiet as when I had left it. Only difference was that nearly all the houses had smashed windows and/or broken down doors.
GOD DAMMIT!
I ran to the end of the road, bat in the air, looking for my door. Thank God. It was still in tact.
I unlocked the door carefully and stepped inside, making sure I locked the door again.
Creeping up the stairs just incase, I went into my bedroom. I dropped my bag, ditched my blazer and put on a navy blue hoodie. Looking around my room, I noticed things missing. Important things. I went back onto the landing and turned the nob on Elaine's room. When I opened the door, I came face to face with a pistol.
The fuck?!
"OH MY GOODNESS! LILLY! I could have killed you! Be careful!" Elaine exclaimed and pulled me into a hug. I patted her back awkwardly as I always do when she surprise hugs me and pulled away first.
"Since when did we have pistols in the house?" I asked seeing my nephew fast asleep in his cot. Relief flooded me knowing they were safe. I may hate Elaine but she did look after me when I was going to be put in a care home.
She giggled and walked over to the bed and finished what she was doing which I found out was packing. My stuff.
"What are you doing?" I asked pissed. Who said she could touch my stuff?
"I could ask you the same thing but the only reason you would be here is if you've seen them right? The living dead." She asked seriously.
"Yeah, I came to get you guys so we could leave before the panic." I answered.
She looked down and I caught a few tears falling down her face. Oh God. I felt uncomfortable and started fidgeting.
I cannot deal with grown ups crying.
" I'm such an IDIOT! I should have listened to your parents and took you away. Your father left that note and I ignored it. He knew! He knew this was going to happen but I couldn't bring myself to believe it. I'm so sorry Lilly." She sobbed violently.
I just stood there. So dad knew huh?
"Elaine stop crying. Explain," I asked already over my shock. I wasn't the type of person to just freeze in situations like this.
"I was only your dad's assistant so I don't know the major details but he predicted something like the living dead appearing after earthquakes on this exact date. 22nd of October. The rest of the files are at the villa," she told me, wiping her tears.
So he knew what these things were huh? Makes sense that his files are at our villa in Wales.
When he was made redundant as a scientist, the government tried to confiscate all of his work but he kept some hidden in a vault at the villa.
"I take it that's where we are heading?" I questioned.
Before she could answer, I heard a huge bang outside and raced to look out of the window. They were here.
"Elaine we need to-" I stopped because she had frozen. Again...
"Lilly... I'm sorry. I can't go with you to the villa. I have important information that I need to give to friend," she looked up and I saw tears running down her face. Again...
Why was everyone crying and leaving me? Shouldn't I be the one crying? Well I did at one point but you know.
"I understand but how am I going to get there?" I asked waking up my nephew softly. He opened his crystal green eyes and smiled, reaching up to me.
He was already 3 but such a big baby. I picked him up and turned to Elaine.
"There's no point hiding it. I know you can drive and I put the SatNav in the car already. There are also 4 bags of food for the road." She closed the last bag and walked over to me strapping it on my shoulders.
Ughh... The two bags were heavy and carring Ash made it worse.
Elaine walked towards the window and I could see the cogs whirring in her head. If nothing, she was very smart.
"Ok. This is what we are going to do. I will go downstairs with the bat and kick open the door. You take the gun. Exactly 15 seconds after me you need to run downstairs and out of the house past me. Unlock the car now so that all you have to do is open the door and chuck yourself in. By that time I should have killed them all. Understood?" She explained logically.
"Got it!" I answered, unlocking the car from up here. Thank God for electric keys.
She walked towards the door and nodded at me. I nodded back.
Here we go.
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Elaine busted through the door and I started counting.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15!
I ran downstairs and pushed Ash's head into my crook of my neck. He didn't need to see this.
Sprinting through the house, I jumped out of the front door and straight past Elaine. I opened the car door and threw Ash in the passengers seat and the bags in the back. I turned round and what I saw will never leave me.
Elaine stood there, the creatures all around her dead, clucthing her bleeding arm. She screamed and cried holding her head. She had been bitten. I saw the flesh around the bite rot and bleed. Pus started seepimg out and bones were becoming visible.
She was dying from the inside out.
"Elaine!" I screamed. I wanted to run towards her but my legs wouldn't move. I had frozen. Shit!
She looked up at me slipping in and out of her death coma. Her mouth started moving.
Please. Kill. Me. While. I'm. Still. Me.
I shook my head. No, no, no, NO!
I will not be responsible for anyone else's death!
"PLEASE ARGHHH!" Her plead became morphed halfway through and I looked up.
She was in pain. She knew she wouldn't survive but she went out anyway.
I pulled up the gun and aimed for her head.
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Elaine smiled as she fell to the ground.
I looked at the gun in my hand. I had just killed her...
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
Hopping in the car, I closed the door, dropped the gun and started the car. I slammed on the gas and screeched away.
Elaine was dead trying to protect me. Like hell that was going to happen again. I had a new reason to survive.
I had to live to protect my loved ones and I had to live for Elaine.
The vault. That's where I needed to go. Before I fight back, I have to know what I'm fighting. But I can't do this alone. I looked to my left and saw Ash sleeping peacefully.
Smiling, I hooked up my phone to the cars bluetooth.
I was going to need to make a few calls.
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Time for the squad to assemble!
Hope you enjoyed! R&R please x
Senpai out ~