Chapter 2: Abilities
"I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."
-- Roy Croft
I sat on the bathroom floor, completely detached from reality. I was trying my hardest to forget what I just saw and heard. And I stayed away from the mirror, simply afraid of what I might see. I touched my long dark hair and moved my bangs out of my eyes. My eyes still burned though but my tears ceased it a little. I heard something walk to the door and I pushed my back up against it, not want anyone to come in. Too bad I was lighter than a feather and they pushed me out of the way like nothing. I was squished up behind the door and wall and I could barely answer the question of "are you in here?" It was Dustin and he didn't realize that I was behind the door. I gave a quiet shriek and he moved. I crawled next to him and said
"Yes, I am in here....go away..."
"Alex wants you" He said and turned away.
"Oh, alright..." I replied, not wanting to follow these demons into the dark. As I got up, I faced the mirror. Even though it was dark and I couldn't see well, I could see my eyes clearer than the moon at night. My once brown eyes were now a yellow-white color. My haunting eyes accompanied the new teeth I had too. They were sharp and demonic in a appearance. They sent chills down my spine and I began to get teary eyed. I heard them call for me and I came. I decided to accept who I was rather than fight it. But I couldn't accept that my Adam was gone, I'd never accept that.
As I walked to them, I wiped the grim tears away and waited for them to take notice that I was there. Alex was the first to see me and said
"Well, you definitely not an ordinary zombie. You're like us, special."
"S-special?" I asked with a stutter
"Yeah."
"...well....how are you guys special?" I asked, just a little interested.
"Well, Cornelius has his tongue, which ensnares humans. Dustin can vomit on humans and attract lesser zombies to kill them. He doesn't do it often though, and as for myself well, I can pounce on humans and claw their face away." He said with a small smile.
"Oh....well...I don't see how I'm special..." I said looking towards the window.
"Well, we're going to go find out. Come on, we're going." He said, taking me by the hand and heading towards the window. I didn't take note of it until I realized we were standing on the window ledge. I got cold feet and started to squirm. I freaked out as he put my arms around his neck and jumped. I shrieked so loud that it echoed throughout the night and Cornelius complained for me to shut up. We landed on the ground safely, all of us, and I looked up. We were ten stories high and we jumped that far? Thank God that we were dead, or else, I'd have a hear attack. I clung to him like a cat would do to a tree and he laughed. I was about to cry until Dustin told us to be quiet. A few seconds later, he spoke
"I hear a few humans...this way." And so we followed behind that larger man and kept our eyes open. I still couldn't see but then I noticed something moving up ahead. I was still on Alexs' back but I completely forgot as I jumped off of him and wtached this movement. They stared at me as I did and whispered
"Don't you guys see that? They're right there..."
"I can't see them." Cornelius said.
"I do..." I said and ran. I watched and heard the humans. They were talking about looking for food and a place to stay. The three were still behind me as I got closer and closer. Not only that, I was silent on my feet so I had the option of surprise attack or no attack at all. I chose surprise attack. I was just about close to on, a girl with blond hair next to a taller one. Then I felt something snake around my left wrist and I let out a haunting howl. It pierced their ears as they flew to the ground in pain and attempted to drown out the sound by covering their ears. Cornelius dragged me back from them as they recovered and started to fire about, attempting to kill me. A few moments later, lesser affected were drawn out and attacked them. We all watched and I growled. As blind as I was, I could still hear and smell all the gunfire and blood that was being spilled. Dustin laughed and said
"Well, that was close. You honestly could have been target practice for those people."
"You think that's funny?" I snapped back. My eyes getting watery. I really needed to control my emotions, especially feeling sorry for myself.
"Sorry, just saying." He replied, backing down.
"Well, now we know what you can do." Alex said, trying to make the best of it.
"...I can scream?" I said "I'm an effing banshee?"
"Apparently so." He replied smiling.
"Not only that, you have intense sight at far away distances."
"And not to mention speed." Cornelius added.
"So you're pretty special Lucretia." Alex said "I'm glad I saved you."
"But you have to control your emotions." Cornelius growled.
"I know..." I said. As we were walking, we noticed a large increase of bodies all over that place. They were demonic looking, yes, but they were still people who had died. something inside of me tightened as we wandered around this dead city. Then we began to hear gunshots off in the distance and we slowed down. We were still close enough to hear all the yelling and screaming. I could barely hear what was said but I'm sure someone yelled Francis. I had a Francis in my life once, my father. When I was four, he ran off with some whore and left me and my mother alone. It couldn't be him, could it? That was thirteen years ago and considering this outbreak, he must have been dead, right? I reconsidered when I took a look at the man off in the distance. I recognized those tattooed arms from my early childhood. I remembered how he hugged me the very last time before he never came back. I was about to scream dad but remembered the only difference between us: He was human and I was dead. I was going to cry again until I choked out
"I think that's my father."