Infected
Chapter 19: The Causalities
I was standing in a meadow full of flowers. The sky was blue and the summer breeze was blowing in my face. "What happened?" I asked myself, looking around. Then,
"Cain! Cain, honey!"
A familiar voice called. My ears perked up, I turned around and there she was. My mother was standing on top a small hill, waving to me. Tears welled up in my eyes as I yelled,
"MOMMY!"
I started to run to her. I leaped into the air and landed in her arms. "M-mom...I-I missed you so much!" I sobbed, burying my face into her stomach. "Hush now, sweetie. It's over. We're all here now." mom gently said, running her hand on my head. I looked up at her, "W-we?" Mom smiled at me and nodded, she turned around and pointed who was behind her. I looked behind her and I gasped. Pillow, Alex, Ava, Tank, and Ian was there. "E-everyone?" I said. Pillow nodded. "Yep! How's it going buddy?!" pillow replied. "I want to say thank you, cain. For escaping that hellish prison together as a team." ian added. "You're a brave fox and I'm extremely grateful to know you." Alex joined in. Tank gave me a nudge with his large hand. Ava walked to me and gave me a hug and a kiss. I couldn't hold in tears, they dropped onto the ground. "I-I don't know what just happen...but I'm really happy that you guys are here with me." I replied, wiping tears away. Then, pillow and alex looked at each other.
"We're not really here, cain. It's just a dream." pillow replied. I nodded my head, "I know, a dream that feels so real." "Yes but, we came here to tell you something..." mom said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Destroy him. That wretched scientist he calls himself."
"Take good care of Aizen for tank."
"Make sure Lakey doesn't do anything retarded."
"Watch over Ryan and shadow."
"Fall in love again, for me. We'll never see each other again, so this is my request to you, cain."
I looked down. I can do all that, except the falling in love again thing. Suddenly, just when I was going to say something, everyone disintegrated and the peaceful meadow turned into a red skied, fiery, ashy place. A voice yelled, startling me,
"WAKE UP!"
...
I gasped, sitting up on bed. A dusk soldier grabbed my bandana and dragged me. "ACK! AAHH!" I chocked. "Get...the fuck...off of me!" I yelled, struggling to get out of the grip. I was thrown into a room full of more dusk soldiers. They started to chain me against a wall and quickly leave the room. "Wh-wh-what the HELL!?" I screamed. Then, I noticed someone was next to me. I turned and saw the shivering light tan bear. "A-aizen?" I said. Aizen turned to me. "Cain...what're they going to do to us?" he asked. I shrugged. "Why us? Why?!" aizen added. "Maybe it's because we're the only two in the group who fought Dr. Petro..." I answered.
*Silence*
"Is everyone alright?" I asked. Aizen shrugged, "No matter how many times I call my mom, she wouldn't respond. I'm worried about her." Aizen started whimpering. "I hope the baby didn't come..." he said. I placed my tail around him, the only thing I can move. "It's okay, aizen. She's probably sleeping like the most of us." I said to him. Aizen calmed down and sighed. "Y-yeah...that must be it." aizen replied. Then, the door opened and Dr. Petro walked in. "Good evening, boys." he said with an evil smirk. I growled at him, "What the hell do you want from us!?" "Like I said, cain. I want revenge. Payback," Dr. Petro continued.
"Your friend, Aizen, may have beat me back at the lake, but I go for winning. I won't quit until you BOTH suffered...as much as I did. Now, starting with the fox, because I met him first."
I gulped, what is this bastard doing?! Dr. Petro snapped his fingers, and screaming was heard in the hallway. It got louder and louder until a dusk soldier came in the room, with a screaming and quiet gray and white cat. "Shadow!" I yelled. Shadow heard me, she turned and cried,
"Cain!"
"You're pretty close to this feline girl, are you?"
Dr. Petro said, petting shadow's head, making her whimper. I growled, trying to get out of the chains that held me to the wall. "G-get the fuck away from her!" "I'll take that as answer. Sergeant Twitch, bring it in." Dr. Petro said, turning to a dusk soldier. He nodded, ran out of the room and came back with a small jar. Inside of it was a long legged spider, with a red thorax. I watched as Dr. Petro pulled it out. Shadow started to cry, watching as Dr. Petro place the insect on her arm. Shadow continued to whimper,
"P-p-please...get it off of me! Get it off of-OWW!"
Shadow cried out in pain as the spider bit her. "SHADOW!" I screamed. The spider climbed off of shadow and it mysteriously died. Dr. Petro stepped on it and dusk soldiers tied shadow up to a wall. "Watch and learn." Dr. Petro said, watching shadow's face turn pale. "Sh-sh...shadow?" I called out to her. Shadow growled, her eyes opened as her eyes glowed deviously red. She turned into an Infected. I gasped, my heart stopped. "N-no...no..." I said to myself over and over again. Dr. Petro laughed as he faced Aizen. "Your turn." Aizen flinched, watching a dusk soldier bring in his father.
"DADDY!"
Aizen screamed. "Aizen?! Cain!? What's happening?!" chance yelled. Dr. Petro pulled out the same spider and placed it on chance. Chance glared at him and blew the spider off and stepped on it. "Is that all you got?" chance growled. "Smart. Smart for a stupid bear." Dr. Petro smirked. Chance looked at him, puzzled. Suddenly, chance cried out in pain. Aizen watched as the spider bit the bottom of chance's foot. "I-it didn't die?!" he gasped. "What the fuck was tha...tha..." chance said, his face turned pale as well. He was chained onto the wall with Infected Shadow and he turned as well. Aizen froze, he didn't say anything. The torture continued, Ryan turned, Lakey turned, Thomas turned, aizen's mother turned, Next was Maiko. "N-no! Please, anything but her!" aizen begged. Maiko was trembling. "PLEASE! NOT HER! PLEASE!" aizen screamed. Dr. Petro held onto the spider. "Fine, fine. I'll let her say her last words. So listen carefully, because she's not going to repeat herself." he said. The dusk soldiers let go of maiko. "Go! GO, maiko! RUN! Run while you still can!" aizen yelled. Aizen yelled. Maiko shook her head. "I can't. Even if I do, they'll still chase after me...you know that aizen." maiko whimpered.
Aizen's tears dripped onto the floor. "Please...don't infect her..." he begged. Dusk soldiers chained maiko to the wall. Dr. Petro placed the spider onto maiko's arm as she continued. "Aizen...I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time-OUCH!" maiko said, then screamed when the infected spider bit her and died. Aizen watched in horror. "I-I...I...I love you...aizen...survive...for as long as...you can..." maiko said, her face turning pale an her once green eyes turning red. "M-maiko...I...*Sniff* love you too...so much..." aizen said to her as maiko turned into an infected. Aizen began sobbing, his eyes are already bloodshot. Last is Angel, his quiet little brother. "Last one, sir." one dusk soldier said. Angel was brought in, his blue winter cap is dirty and blood-stained. "A-aizen?" I said as the spider was taken out of the jar. "Let's try a new spot, shall we?" Dr. Petro said, placing the infected-maker spider on angel's nose. Angel didn't tremble in fear, he stared at the spider. Dr. Petro stooped down and looked at angel. "You're one of the first survivors who aren't afraid of spiders! Brave little boy aren't you-" Dr petro laughed. Suddenly, angel took a deep breath and blew on the spider. Aizen watched, surprised. Dr. Petro screamed as the spider bit his eye. "AHH! Son of a!" he screamed. Dusk soldiers let go of angel by mistake and with one shove, angel pushed the dusk soldiers into our infected friends. "AAHH! MY EYE!" Dr. Petro screamed. "Come on, buddy! Let us out!" Aizen called. Angel ran to aizen and untied his chains. Angel did the same to me as we all started to head into the hallway. We kept running, desperately searching for the exit. Then, I saw a sign that said,
EXIT
"There it is! Come on!" I yelled, bursting through the doors as we escaped the evil safe house, only the three of us.