Infected
Chapter 2: On Your Own
I gulped, one sweat drop rolling down the side of my head. The strange thing is that I wasn't scared, I was just nervous. I turned to the basement door, walked to it, and touch the door knob. I took a deep breath,
"Okay…"
I slowly opened the door and walked down the stairs, almost missing the first step. I forgot how deep pillow's stairs are. After reaching the bottom steps, I looked around. The basement was cool and smelled like popcorn a little. Wait, popcorn? I followed the smell and saw pillow, playing games, with a set of headphones on his head. He was eating popcorn while playing. "Pillow!" I called. He didn't hear me. "Pillow! We gotta go-"
"Oh snap! I just beat my high score!"
"Pillow!?"
"MOM! Get me some more potato chips!"
"PILLOW! HEY!"
"MOM!"
"PILLOW!"
"MOM!"
"PILLOW!"
"MOM!"
No matter how many times I called pillow, he's completely into his video game. Wait a minute, if I looked everywhere in the house, I would've seen pillow's mom. But, I didn't. Is she out? No, I saw her car outside. I was getting slightly nervous. I looked everywhere around the room, but there was nowhere to hide in this small room. Suddenly, I felt something wet drop on my head. I flinched, slowly bringing my hand to my head and I saw a string of saliva on my fingers. "Wh-what the heck?" I gasped, slowly looking up to see, pillow's mother on the ceiling. She was on her hands and feet, looking down at me with her hungry red eyes, drooling. Just before I could react, she dropped on top of me. I screamed as I tried to get out of her grip. "PILLOW! PILLOW!" I screamed on the top of my lungs. Pillow, finally turned and saw his mother on top of me. "HELP!" I screamed some more. But, pillow started laughing and went back to his video game. "Oh, cain. I thought you weren't into my mother!" he laughed. I blushed hard, still trying not to get bitten by pillow's mother,
"I'M NOT! NOT ANYMORE!"
"Liar~!"
"I'M NOT FLIPPING LYING!"
"Come on, cain! It's obvious~!"
"DUDE! GET YOUR MOTHER OFF OF ME!"
I punched pillow's mother in the face multiple times. "Not now! Cain! I'm beating this jerk's high score!" Pillow said. Then, I reached for a nearby pipe that always falls on the ceiling, and hit pillow's mother across her face. I did it again and again. Until, my face and body was covered in blood. I panted, glaring at pillow as I walked to the TV in front of him and unplugged it. "Dude!? WHY!?" pillow yelled, ripping his headphones off his head. "What do you think?" I said through my teeth. My face wasn't red from blushing anymore as I calmed down a little. "Come on, we gotta go." I said, grabbing pillow's hand and tried pulling him off the couch, but he was too big and heavy. Not to mention he's strong too. "Now listen, FOX!" pillow angrily yelled, picking me up from my arm when I tried pulling him off the couch. "What's your problem! You know I get angry when you interrupt my gaming mode! Now if you want to apologize, I suggest that you-"
*BOOM!*
A large explosion was outside, cutting pillow off. "What was that?" he asked, dropping me and making me land on my back. "THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU!" I yelled, getting up. Pillow's ears dropped. "Sorry." he said. I calmed down, "It's alright, let's just go." I said, running with pillow to the stairs. When I made it to the top, pillow was on the last few steps. He stopped, panting. "Come on! Pillow, hurry!" I called. "Easy fa...you ta say! I hate these stupid stairs!" pillow panted, sweating. I went behind him and pushed him. But, it was like pushing a boulder. "Come you heavy jerk! Almost there!" I said. Finally, pillow and I arrived outside, and we-
*CRASH!*
"CAIN!"
"MOM!? ALEX!"
There were a group of infected animals surrounding Alex's car. "Mom!" I screamed. There was no way I could reach them, there has to be something, ANYTHING! Then, I had an idea, but it's extremely risky. "Pillow!" I called. Pillow walked up to me, panting, drinking a bottle of water. "Seriously?" I asked. But I shook my head, "Listen, you see those group of people right there?" I asked. Pillow faced the group of infected people and nodded. Here we go, "They called you...a glob." I whispered to him. Pillow's eyes widen, he spit out the water and his eyes turned red with anger. "They called me a WHAT!?" I backed away from pillow. The one thing you should know about pillow, NEVER call him a glob. Like an angry bull, pillow charged at the infected people and crashed into them like a group of bowling pins. All I could hear was the sound of skulls breaking, infected people screaming, pillow angrily roaring like a grizzly bear, and the sound of glass breaking. When I looked at Alex's car again, pillow was covered in blood and angrily panting. "Alright, buddy. let's go." I said. I ran to Alex's car, relieved to see that they're alright. "Are you alright?" I asked, getting in the car along with pillow. "Yeah, we were waiting for you guys until a group of them started attacking." mom said, covering her arm. "Oh god! You're covered in blood cain, are you alright!?" alex cried. "It's okay, it's not mine. Let's just go." I said, wiping blood off my face. Alex stepped on the gas and we started to drive out of town.
But, soon, the car broke down and mom was growing pale. "Mom? Are you okay?" I asked, worried. Then, I moved her hand, that covered her bandaged arm and saw,
*GASP!*
Mom has been bitten.
Alex and pillow were outside, trying to call for help. "No...no..." I said, repeating, shaking my head. "C-cain...it's alright...just get...alex..." mom weakly said. I nodded my head and screamed for alex. Alex and pillow came running and Alex's face pale. "No...zola...ZOLA!" alex cried, picking her up and carefully placing her on the ground. My eyes welled up with tears. "Mom?" I said as I noticed her eyes were losing their color. "Zola? Please...don't...don't..." alex sobbed, tears flowing out of his eyes. "Alex...ta...take care of my son..." mom coughed as her eyes were starting to flash red. "YOU KNOW I CAN'T DO THAT! I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU!" Alex yelled, burying his face onto my mother's chest. I could see my mother's eyes well up with tears as she kissed alex's lips. She pulled away and said, "I love you too...can I talk to my son?" she asked, starting to sound weak. Alex nodded, I walked to my mother and held her in my arms. "Mom?" I said, trying not to cry.
"Ca...in...I want you to...listen to alex...stay strong...keep fighting...for as long as...you can..."
Mom weakly hugged me and I returned it, sobbing. Then, her eyes turned red. "Mom!? MOM!" I screamed. Mom has turned into one of those infected monsters. Pillow quickly picked me up, with one hand. "NO! NO!" I screamed as alex grabbed a sharp large tree branch. "ALEX! NO! PLEASE!" I screamed. "I...I...love you..." alex said as he raised the branch high.
*CRUNCH!*
"NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"