OK so it had been a while since I uploaded on this story, but hey...heres a new chap
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The whole time we were heading back to the dome everyone in the van was conversing of a plan to escape, also while in said van I found out that some of the normal infected have human minds also. In fact everyone in that van has their human mind, this just states that ZERO wants a human dominated new world, they don't want our kind, even if we are half human.
"Screech you….ok?"
"What do you think amber? My eyes are bleeding and I can't see." I pointed out while trying to stop my eyes from bleeding by hiding my head in a corner, which it fucking didn't work. I heard Amber sigh and lean closer to the group of infected who were awaiting for a plan to escape. I heard soft crying from beside and I stiffened, are they stupid?! Why would they put a Witch in the van?! "Um…I heard they were going to hang us, as an example for the others." A soft voice whispered. Everyone including me turned towards the Witch, I don't know about everyone else but my face fell. Yes I am infected, but would you want to hear that you're going to be hanged? Yea I thought so.
"That's inhumane!" I heard the Spitter named Jessie shout, the rest groaned in agreement. Banging my head on the side of the van I just wanted to go home...oh wait that's gone…no I have Nathan I wanna go home with Nathan and Amber. "What's your name?" I Amber asked the Witch, and with a soft sob and sniff, she replied that her name was Ashley.
"Well I have a confession to make." I looked at Amber and if I had eyes they would be squinting in suspicion. "Victoria-"I froze, Amber never used my name before, it felt foreign to me, this also made me uneasy. I nodded telling her that I was listening, "I knew that ZERO was in the area and I let you get captured-"
"No, don't you say your finial words I don't want an apology"
"Victoria please, I want to plus it's not so much an apology but a farewell gift, not only to you but everyone in here. I want you to spread the word once I teach you this."
I turned my body towards Amber and everyone, I guessed, was also leaning towards her as well. "As you may or may not know after this, war upon the humans will take place. Leading the war will be Nathan the Hunter and you Victoria." At this I felt stars at me, I kept my face blank but on the inside I was freaking out. Me leading a war?! Amber continued, "During and before my time of capture I have had an intense conversation with my monster, I have found out that there is a way for us infected to speak the human tongue. The only way for us to achieve this is to remember some of our past in which we are speaking. This will trigger our inner monsters, letting them know that we wish to learn it and they will open the passage so we can speak it. How all the triggers our way of speaking is unknown, but that is what I got, I have tried it out and it is successful."
Everyone was speechless; to say the least I was slightly confused how can it be so simple to learn to speak the human language? I at times have flashes of when I was human, does that mean that I am slowly learning the human tongue?
"You wish to speak the language of the human's, child?" I heard des ask from the depths of my mind. Mentally nodding head him sigh, I told him I wish to speak the language because it would help with the war that will happen. I heard the others growl and moan in pain, I assumed that they were also doing what I was about to do. As I started to hearing the ringing in my ears my mind was sent to a void. I felt my ears start to bleed and I bit my lip to stop myself from screaming out in pain. I felt myself being dragged into the void, the place of death, a place I visited already.
I opened my eyes to find myself wearing white pants with the plain white blouse, I was also bare foot. Finding myself a human and I can actually see didn't really surprise me the thing that surprised me was that I was floating and that Des was standing in front of me.
His black hair was sticking up everywhere, his bangs slightly covering his left eye. His eyes were a bright red that seemed to glow in the darkness; his pupils were that of a cat. His skin milky white but not too pale, his face seemed like he was angry or board, yet his smirk said otherwise. Looking closer you can see that his teeth was sharp and slightly pointed. He was shirtless showing off his well-toned arms and body. He wore black pants, he was also wasn't wearing shoes.
"I know I'm sexy but stop staring." He said bluntly making me frown and look away. "I was staring you freak, I never really saw you before so I was taken back. Don't get full of yourself." I huffed while crossing my arms but turning back to him. I thought this is was going to be painful, but I guess it's different for everyone. "So how does this work?" I asked while putting my hands on my hips. Floated over wordlessly and grabbed my hand, before I could protest the void around us started to swirl with colors.
Before I knew it I was on a street that was loaded with zombies, they walked past me and threw me as if I myself was a ghost. I whispered cool and I tried to let go on Des's hand, his grip tightened. I looked at him, an annoyed expression on my face. "If you let go of my hand you'll die." My eyes widened, I tightened my grip on his hand not wanting to accidently slip and let go of his hand. This action caused Des to laugh; before I could to tell him to shut up I saw my past self-walking down the street with Nathan. I instantly remembered this; this was after I was shot and after Nathan helped me with my injury. I was chatting freely telling Nathan of my life; at that time when he was healing me he told me that I would die. He said though hand signs and growls that my head injury was more serious than I thought. That a shard of glass has pierced my brain, that I was only alive because we have not removed the glass, but the bleeding would eventually kill me. He said that I have about a year or two before I die, at that time I told him I wanted him to turn me, which he did. He scratched my neck and put a little of his blood in it, this caused me to slowly turn into a infected, the hunter genes were turning mine.
After that we went for a walk, which I was witnessing right now. I saw my past self-walk among the living dead; they did not noticed me since I was becoming to smell like them. Nathan told me that as long as I didn't startle them they would leave me alone. I watched as my past self-herd gun shots in the distance and raced towards it, not before telling Nathan to stick to the shadows. I dragged Des to follow my past self; "This is where I met Tammy, Tiff's older sister." I told Des fully aware that he already knew since he was with me the moment Nathans blood mixed with mine. Yet Des nodded allowing me to remember things I forgot or started to forget since I became a full Hunter.
I sat with Des on top of a car, watched as my past self-hid and watched Tammy kill a Tank single handily. I saw that I started at her in awe and when he successfully killed the said Tank I watched as I jumped out of the shadows and congratulated her.
"Dude! The way you took out that tank was cool, I like you! Let's be friends!"
I saw as Tammy looked me over her blue eyes criticizing and judging me instantly. I watched as he put her blond her behind her ear. Her pale complexion was dirty but flawless, and not a freckle in sight. She frowned, and walked towards my past self. Tammy wore a white shirt that was now grey-ish and bloody, she also wore demi short shorts with white running shoes. "Ewe, you're like ugly." Was all Tammy said before she walked away and out of the building and down the street, shooting zombies here and there. I glared at her, happy that I killed her when I did. I heard Des growl out "bitch" which I laughed and turned back towards my past self who licked her lips. I could practically hear her stomach growl when she said "Ah, the voices are telling me it's time to kill" to no one before skipping towards Tammy. I chuckled remembering that, at that time Des said that he was hungry for flesh and the "bitch" looked tasty.
As the world around Des and I started to spin and we started to float I sighed. "I miss my sight." I frowned and wanted to cry for my loss of sight. Des squeezed my hand; "Trust me; you don't want to see how the world is now. I am happy that you saw it the way it was. Now the world only got filthier." I looked at Des for a few seconds who refused to meet eye contact with me, thinking on what he said I guess he was right. As the colors settled to a small clearing in the woods I saw Tammy glare at my past self.
"It's like your following me or something like that." I heard Tammy say while putting her hands on her hips. I watched as my past self-looked at her as if she was dumb. "It's because I was following you..." It wasn't as if my past self was being sneaky in following her, I remember I even started to sing. I watched as Tammy marched up to my past self and was about to yell at her until he looked at her height, which I only came up to her boobs. Tammy looked at me and asked if I was in middle school. This caused my past self to get red with anger yelling that she's in high school. Tammy laughed and said she could have fooled her saying that I looked like a little kid. I remember after that she let me be her comrade only if I do the labor work and he kills the zombies. After a day or two with her she told me about her little sister Tiff, how she was looking for her.
The world started to spin again and I yawned. "What, you're past too boring for you?" I heard des snicker. Glaring at him I said "No, just tired. Being a infected you don't sleep, and since I'm human right now I'm tired."
The colors turned to a dark room, a barrel that had lit fire in it. Looking around I guessed that this was a hotel room and Tammy and I set camp here for the night. "I don't remember this." I stated and I felt Des tense which made me slightly scared, what was this place?
I watched as Tammy came in looking pissed a yelling and pissed of past me came storming after her along with two other guys. Both twins that had brown hair and green eyes, tall and wearing a ZERO's uniform. This caused me to tense, what was I doing with ZERO?
"There was nothing I could have done! I refuse to have weak people on this team!"
"He was just a fucking child!"
"Right just a fucking damn child who was no use to us! I did him a favor in killing him!"
"Don't be a bitch you know full well that we could have taken him under our wing!"
"Don't be such a damn child! Be thankful that I let you tag along! If it wasn't for me taking a poor child like you under MY wing you would have been dead!"
"Dead really?! I was doing fine on my own you cunt!-
"Then leave I was sick having child like you along anyway!"
I watched as silence engulfed the room, the two guys looked at each other be kept silent. I watched as Tammy looked at the guys while my past self-started for the door.
"Do what you want with her." Tammy said while catching up with me and threw me in the room and shut the door. I heard the lock click but I noticed that my past self didn't she was too busy flicking off the door. I watched at the twins grabbed my past self and shoved her on the floor. I tried to run and help my past self but Des pulled me back; "It's no use, this is the past you can't change it, only learn from it." I stared as tears pooled in my eyes as my past self-screamed for them to get off. They said that men have desires that can't be easily treated in this world. I watched as they started to strip me and defile me right then and there. I heard my screams and cries for help.
"Isn't there a way skip this over? I don't want to watch this." I cried while looking away from the scene. Why does this have to happen? Why can't I have normal shit life, why does it have to go this far?! After twenty minutes my past-self's sobs subside but I could tell that I was still crying, I heard her whisper for someone to help her. That's when the window exploded and Nathan screeched while landing on the hotel floor. The twins were soon ripped apart, turned into a messy of pile of body parts. I saw Nathan bring me my clothes with his teeth and drop them by my head, then rubbed his cheek with mine while whining. I heard the apology in the whine for being late to save me.
Thankfully for me that the world started to spin and I hiccupped hating that Tammy bitch even more. Having to not remember this memory I half heartily thanked myself to forget it, yet having to remember this again just to speak human disgusts me on many levels. I turned towards Des just wanting to be done with this, and sensing my discomfort he grabbed me in a tight hug with him gently rubbing my back.
"Why?" I managed to choke out, In general I didn't know what I why I said that. This feeling of wanting answers just flooded me, yet I didn't want answers. I didn't want to know why because I knew why. Yet, I asked that question knowing the answer so what made me said that one word question? I just knew that it has a double meaning maybe? Why did all this happen or maybe why…why?
""There is no reality no mercy no hope for being normal in his sick game. We're all his pawns ready to be taken out by the better good." Is what Des said before colors started to form. He was right, weather Des was talking about God himself and for what he let happen to this world, or whether he was talking about the leader of ZERO. It did seem like the infected and the other ZERO members were pawns in his deadly game of chess. For us to be taken out by the stronger opponent, yet we still have no clue who will win at this game. The infected or the humans?
As the colors stilled I saw that we were on a road in a small town it seemed, I looked around and found that the town looked like me hometown which brought back homesickness. Pushing the feeling a side I looked to me left to find Tammy running for her life, this time she was dressed in ZERO uniform, this made me glare at said person. Des squeezed my hand to calm me down, which it did instantly and I let out an irritated huff as I watched her run though us. A cold sensation racked though my body, I resisted the urge to shiver. Getting a good look at Tammy while she hid behind a car, trying to hid from whatever was chasing her and the general infected that littered the street.
Tammy's clothes were torn and shredded making most of her skin exposed. She looked like a fucking walking porn star with her tits barely hiding in the little to no shirt and running around in what looked like underwear. The only reason I could tell that she was wearing ZERO uniform was because of the hat she wore, and the only reason I knew it was ZERO's was because Nathan told me about what they wore since I…you know….have no eyes. Cuts and gashes was like second skin to Tammy for her skin was nothing but blood and gashes, she was holding her arm that was bent awkwardly, looking at it closer I found that her bone was sticking out of her skin. I snorted with how much blood that is being exposed it's a wonder how the infected don't come attacking her.
Hearing footsteps coming from the direction Tammy came I came to find that my past self was calming walking down the street, basically dancing around the infected.
I had my hood down which my eyes were bleeding slightly from the sun, my eyes looked blood shot and looked like I was going blind. Which with the way the Hunter infection was, rather than going blind it was doing the exact opposite. A smile was plastered to my face, but they were not smiles of happiness, but smiles of insanity. This must be the result of the trauma I went thought when Tammy left me. Blood was leaking form the corner of my mouth, my past self just licked the blood before it dripped off her chin. Her face was nothing but blood as was her clothes, which was the costume still. Her clothes were fine except the fact that it was soaked with blood, mostly her hands but none the less she was drenched with blood. I had my suspicion that, that blood was Tammy's, my suspicion was correct when Victoria sang out Tammy's name and in return said person flinched. I saw that my past self-feet were bleeding from being bare foot and having glass litter the street. In both of her hands was two botcher knifes, her arms swung like they were numb, her walking was staggered like she was drunk but her smile was still plastered on her face. I saw that her teeth were a bit sharp and her finger nails were long and sharp.
"Oh Tammy." She sang out in a sickly sweet voice while looking around. I watched as my past self-walked past the car Tammy was hiding behind. Tammy's breath hitched in the slightest, if a normal human was in my position they wouldn't hear it but I wasn't normal I was a soon to be Hunter, meaning that my hearing was that sharper then a normal humans. I watched as I stopped walking, snapping my head towards the car Tammy hid behind. Her smile even grew wider, hey eyes that had fake joy in them turned to hate and anger. Tammy sensing that she made a mistake shot up and sprinted down the road she came, ignoring the fact that she just attracted the attention of the zombies.
"Found you." She sang out again before Nathan came out of a building, scooped up Tammy roughly and jumped back into the window he came out of before coming to get my past self.
"How am I supposed to get up there?" I asked Des while turning towards him not before looking back at the window she vanished into with Nathan. "Like this." I heard the smirk in Des's voice and I just knew he was going to pull something. I screamed in shock when I was lifted off in the arm and landed inside in room. Feeling his arm drop from my waist I turned full body towards Des and punched him in the chest while I glared.
CH 8
My back slammed back against the wall making the shards that was stuck in my back dig into my flesh. I hiss in pain, ignoring the fact I was just thrown in jail along with my team. I was stuck with Tyler while the jail cell across from me had an unconscious Says and a pissed of Tiff. Let me sum this up for you, Says lost an arm and the Z.E.R.O hospital is building her a robot arm while she sits in jail, Tiff made a big scene with Skittlez and mine reunion which got Boss suspicious and put us in jail without an explanation, and our rank went to 15. Tiff is screaming her head off at me and at the guards that walked out two minutes ago.
I looked around ignoring the fact that my back was most likely bleeding and looked for a way to escape, if I knew Z when I do, they would execute us as an example for the other Z members. The place looked like a medieval jail, to the dirt floors to the cramped jail cells that was nothing but bars. The only thing that was off was the fact that there was a wall that was cut off mid-way thought he room hiding whatever was behind it. I wince thinking it was a torture area.
"Are you even listening?!" Screamed Tiff shaking the bars trying to escape, I swear I could see drool drip from her mouth. "Certainly not." I grumbled, standing up I walked over to the bar doors, shaking them to see if there are any loose ends to it. Finding none I sat back down.
"I wonder what they are going to do with us." Looking at Tyler who had his head down, most likely on the verge of tears. I usually am good with comforting people and telling them that it will be all right, but right now I believe even if I try I won't even convince myself. I do not want to lie to my team, if I try and say things will get better I would only be lying to everyone and that's not who I am. They would probably kill us on stage and then after we are dead they will say something like "Take this as an example, don't ever cross us or make us suspicious of you." Bla bla bla~ They was really all Tiff's fault, if she didn't make a big deal with the other teams there and start to go to conclusions about me, then the other teams would not have got the higher ups on our ass. I should have killed Tiff from the beginning…why am I s stupid?!
Hearing the door to the jail open I turned asking myself if it was time to kill us already. We only were in here for a good five minutes. I watched as the girl and boy in all black with a mask on, both of their masks smiling, which was creepier then the infected. The two came up to Tyler's and mine cell, unlocked it and marched in front of Tyler not before closing the door and the girl pointing her gun in my face making me glare. I could feel her smirk behind her mask and this made me glare even harder and even made my lip twitch.
"Finally!" Tyler yelled happily I glanced at him with questions swimming in my head.
"So do you have food or not? I am starving!" Beamed Tyler his smile widening for the hope of food, I on the other hand would bang my head on the wall for his stupidity even Tiff face palmed. I heard the boy muter idiotic under his breath before slamming the butt of the gun of Tyler's face, wincing when I heard his nose break with a sickening crack that echoed throughout the whole room. "Fatass." He girl growled before punching Tyler in the nose making blood gush, both of them exited without another word. Throughout the next fifteen seconds was nothing but Tyler's moaning in pain.
"Dumbass." A small voice said much like a whisper.
"Shut the hell up Tiff!" Tyler yelled while giving her the bird, I sighed when will this end?
"Screw off Tyler I didn't say shit!"
"You're the only one who would be that much of an ass!"
"I didn't say it!"
I was about to tell both of them to shut up when that same voice talked again this time horse like it wasn't talking for months.
"I'm surrounded by worthless humans."
My face went into shock, Tyler's into confusion and Tiff's face drained of color but then turned red with anger. Tiff stood up quickly whipping her head in all directions finding the creator of that voice. "Where are you, you freak?! Come out! Don't be a coward!" My ears ringed from the high pitch tone Tiff screamed, every sentence got even higher. We all heard a growl from behind the wall Tiff jumped over Saya's body and ran towards the barred cell wall closes to the wall, Tyler and I doing the same.
We heard something like rope stretching in protest, then from behind the wall was a clawed hand the hand was high like near the ceiling high. Then came a black hood with neon green spicks paint on it. My heart pounded and my eyes widen this couldn't be happening, this cannot be happening! Then the face of my best friend came out from the darkness that was behind the wall. I heart sank and I felt vile rise in my throat, poor Tyler threw up and Tiff growled disregarding the fact that Skittlez's eyes was nothing but sockets the skin with in the sockets cut up and black goo was slowly dripping from it. The skin around the sockets was scratched up; light pink scars could be seen which I would guess that she created the scares when she was human. Her face was cut and that black goo was coming out, was that infected blood? Some of her flesh was peeling off revealing that black goo I mentioned earlier. The bright orange jail uniform she wore did not go with her hair, which made me a little irritated.
Her face showed of utter and complete anger as she turned towards me and snarled a bottom canine tooth that was a bit longer than the other peeked out "Shame, they are going to take my fun away. I wanted to eat your insides." I looked away and winced, she hated me. There was nothing more that I wanted then to keep her safe and alive. Well, looked how that turned out, how pathetic am I?
"Hey! Bitch!" Tiff screamed throwing a rock at Skittlez who in returned tried to launch at her only to swing backwards back into the darkness. Did that hang Skittlez up or something?
"What the FUCK do you want?!" I heard my ex best friend scream within the abyss before getting a grip on the wall again.
"What do you mean "What do I want?" I want you fucking dead!"
Skittlez, Tyler and I looked at Tiff as if she was stupid, well she id stupid but you get the drift. Tyler mumbled "Are you kidding me?" while I just stared in disbelieve at my teammate.
"…You're stupid." Was all Skittlez said Tiff getting what she was saying reddened even more before yelling out that she knew the situation but she meant she wanted to kill Skittlez.
Mustering up my ego I called out to Skittlez. "What?" She said her and Tiff and Tyler both looked at me, making me a little on edge.
"I-I want to apologize, I know that you think I am the bad guy but truth is…I wanted to protect you I actually been trying to find you! They only reason I couldn't was because of Z.E.R.O, if I was caught doing anything remotely suspicious they would of threw us in here. The only reason we are in here is because I fucked up! I was making a fuss on to get information about they were going to go with you but they got suspicious and started to question us. I fucked up and yelled out that you were and still is my best friend, thus going against the rules and that's how we got in here! But no more Z is corrupted and I know that now, if I ever get out of here alive I want to side with the RIGHT side, the infected side. Because I know that now that some of the infected at somewhat normal, take Nathan and you for example!" I took a breath giving Skittlez a pleading look to understand me. Tyler patted my back before throwing up again once he looked at Skittlez again.
I watched as Skittlez opened her mouth to speak but-
"Pfft, yeah ok Capitan whatever-"
"Tiff! Now's not the time or place!" Tyler growled at Tiff, she looked at him, huffed then leaned against the wall. I looked back to my best friend hoping that she would understand that I was on her side. I watched as she smiled, her bottom left tooth stuck out, seeing that I smiled with her.
"Ok, but next time you do such a thing without telling me…I won't hesitate to kill you!" Her smile promised pain. After that was settled we talked about many things like the war Nathan was going to put into action, how she learned to speak human, Des and what they planned to do with her.
"Hang you?!" I yelled in disbelief. I watched her nod.
"Yup! I just hope that Nathan saves me before that happens." She turned her head towards Saya. "She's waking up.." We all watched as Saya groaned while opening her eyes, sitting up and rubbing her head.
Rubbing her head and looking around her surrounding then noticing that she only had one arm, "W-what happened." She looked at me her eyes filled with tears.
"You lost your arm in battle." Tyler answered for me, feeling the mood tense with heavy silence Tyler broke it with a smart comment. ""We're going to die from lack of food, oh and don't ask for food…I already did." He laughed while touching the spot they hit him, wincing when it throbbed. I leaned back and closed my thinking of ways to get out of here and ways for me to join up with the infected. I knew the raw power of the infected, and if they team up with others like Skittlez…this dome might be a bloodbath and I don't want no part in it.
"How that go?" I heard Saya ask with amusement in her voice.
"Got punched in the face and got called a fat ass, I told them I am far from fat and then I got hit in the head with a block of wood. I believe these people are here to harm us."
Maybe we can do a distraction, or we can release Skittlez from her rope then the distraction? But there might be a chance that the guy that comes in might not have the key-
"Really?! What made you think that?!" Skittlez spoke loudly interrupting my thoughts.
Is the area guarded- of course it is there is an infected in here, they wouldn't take her too easy just in case she might escape. From what Skittlez said they have been after her for some time, meaning that the area is heavy guarded.
"From the fact that you threatened to kill one of the girls, and then began growling and jumping on her trying to claw her throat out! Then the Elite force had to tackle you so you wouldn't kill them-" Saya interrupted me, I hate being interrupted.
"Is that why you are hanging upside down by your feet?"
Now the problem is weather we are underground or not. If we are underground it would be harder for us to escape due to the fact that the underground is only for the Elite. If we are above ground it would be easier to leave since we can blend into the crowd.
"Yup! But they're dumbasses and the blood can't rush to my head!" Skittlez crackled in laughter and by the fact that I heard the rope groan I bet she lost her grip and swung out of view. Opening my eyes I had enough of my thoughts being interrupted with Tyler groaning in pain and Tiff kicking rocking and Saya and Skittlez talking! "Shut up! I'm trying to think of a way out and I can't go that with you freaking dumbass talking!" I huffed my right eye twitched. Seeing Skittlez reappear out from the dark with a mock of hurt in her face.
"Hurtful~. A simply hush would be fine." She smiled at my frown, even with eyes she acts like she can see which is kind of creepy. Before I could snap at her the door to the jail slammed open making me slightly jump, silence erupted the room as four Elites came in. The dressed in helmets to shield their identity, they wore swat uniforms but the color was dark red, like blood. The marched right to where Skittle was, once they disappeared into the dark room it was quite for a few seconds, within those seconds my team exchanged looks some of worry and some of curiosity. Then that's when the shrill screeches and thumps where heard, I stood up and raced to the bars Tyler and Saya doing the same.
"Leave her alone!" I screamed ignoring the fact that my throat burned. More thumps and screams of pain could be heard.
"Hey stop!" Saya.
"Knock it off!" Tyler
"Leave her alone!" And me, after I yelled it went silent then a small thump was heard. My heart pounded with thoughts on what they might have done to her. Then I heard dragging and out came the four Elites with Skittlez's blood splatted all over her and one of them dragged her by her orange jail uniform out into the hall. My eyes hardened as I looked at my team.
"We are going on a rescue mission team."