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He doesn't remember when everything begins to blur together. The scarlet moon hangs above in all its radiance, lighting up everything it's light touches in a red hue. It's bright, both from the headache it induces and the crimson seeping into his clothes that it lights up and enhances the color. It is bright in contrast to his fair skin that it stains as well. The blood of a vampire ignites in bright valor and color underneath the bright red moon. The crimson seeps into everything it touches; clothing and skin, stained in the ichor that touches his face and slips into the curves of his neck. Eyelashes flutter as do his closed eyelids as the world is drowned out. "-oé." The sound rings in his ears like a chorus. It is a twisted melody that he tries to grasp. It's familiar in a way he can't discern. "Noé!" The yell of his name has his eyelids fluttering open. Recognition comes to Noé suddenly as his mind begins to run again. With vision blurred and mind foggy, he stares openly at brilliant blue that comes into view. That's right. Memories come back to him suddenly, crashing into him in violent waves as he recalls how he came to be in this predicament.

[WARNING!! this fic contains elements of graphic violence and gore! If you don't like this type of content or don't feel comfortable, don't read it!]

Parasite, the Monster in Me

Prologue - Survivor

In the immense void surrounded by the stars of space, a single space base roamed. The base commander himself communicated with the nearest planetary base through a monitor, discussing upcoming missions for the various base groups, when a call for help flashed on the screen.

[Patrol ship 15, under attack]

The warning said. The commander's eyes widened, he cancels the communication immediately and through the communicator he orders a search party and sends them the coordinates. A planet at least an hour away from the base, the search party prepares itself quickly, adjusting their spacesuits to go on the rescue mission from which they would never recover.

Half an hour on the rescue ship later, the crew discussed what they might find on the found planet. Among the crew,Rupert Price he was the most dedicated and most trained , and leader of the search group. He prepared a weapon created by Dr. Vinschpinsilstien, A weapon made to adapt to any situation in relation to different species of beings from other planets. Which may be the case for this mission.

–"What do you think we can find?" Questions one of the crew close to Rupert. The leader adjusts the weapon in hand, turning towards the crewman to answer him, "I have no idea, but better prepare for anything that comes our way." The crewman nodded in agreement, turning to the others who were getting ready in the ship's exit cabin.

Rupert stares at the gun in his hand and straps it to his back and equips his spacesuit helmet. "Rupert, we're here." Says one of the crewmates in which Rupert turns towards him, nodding his head and joins them in the exit of the ship.

The automatic doors begin to swing open, cabin air being pulled out as the crew braces themselves on the metal floor before taking a first step outside. The ship in front of them is destroyed, Rupert looks at an air vent, mangled with deep claw marks, scratches all around and screws that looked like they had been pressed into a press.

He turns to see the other side of the room, one of the windows was stained with blood, it looked fresh and it was still dripping. As they keep walking through the room, one of the crew members of the group step on a can of blood, and when they turn their head in the direction that the blood sees, their eyes widen, attracting the attention of the others.

Rupert's eyes dart to what caught his attention. On the floor, buried under a broken chair, was a body, a completely broken arm, Half of the face looked like it had been eaten by an animal. The most agonizing was the stomach opened and the organs removed and some scattered on the floor.

One of the crew brings his hand closer to the position of his mouth, a knot in his stomach and an urge to vomit just by seeing the grotesque image. Rupert feels a distaste for whatever it was that caused this. "Rupert! A crewman catches Rupert's attention, pointing to the corridor ahead of him, he raises a flashlight to illuminate the darkness of the place. Seeing the macabre nightmare of the situation, they arrived too late...

Bodies everywhere, torn apart on the floor, blood on the walls and floors next to the bodies. Some missing body parts, others decapitated or with a punctured head, torso or stomach. The sight was like a nightmare, Rupert was at rest from the state of the place, but deep down he was hoping that at least some survivors were still there, if not, whoever sent that message?

–"Look for survivors! Anything just let me know through the communicator!" Rupert commands, "you, you and you, come with me!" He points to three companions, the same reluctant nods following his lead. Rupert and the other three make their way down the dark corridor, past more bodies of the ship's crew— 15 rangers, that's the total number of crew members should have on the ship— Rupert counted every body he saw, managing to count a minimum of 4 in the entrance and 2 in the hallway.

The group continues to investigate the ship, all they saw were more signs that something had invaded the place. Every part of the walls, surrounded by claw marks, frayed bullets scattered on the floor, a strange black liquid on the walls resembling blood. The woman next to Rupert was feeling sick from so many bodies, "In my entire life as an explorer, I've never seen so many bodies like this... What caused this??" She asked herself covering her mouth. "One of those monsters the general mentioned?" Take over the man beside her, "As far as I knew, the last planet scheduled for this group to visit was the same planet those things live on..." As the two argued, Rupert focused on the spot, looking at every corner of the ship he still didn't see. The voices of the two muffled as he stayed in the envariment.

Does he then hear something, a cry? There was a survivor!Rupert is quick to step in the direction of the cry he heard, alerting the other two right behind who soon follow him. Sitting near the entrance to the bathroom, A man in a green uniform with a hole in his shoulder, in what looked like a bite mark, Rupert ignores the body and enters the bathroom to find the person responsible for the crying he heard.

A crewman, blood on his clothing, punctures and scratches, mostly in the corner of his abdomen, covering his head with a deep scratch on his head.Rupert approaches the individual in the blue uniform, but his presence seems to alarm the survivor who quickly retreats to a corner covering his face. "We won't hurt you... We were here to take you to a safe place..." The individual slowly looks in Rupert's direction, his face full of tears, falling from his face and mixing with the blood that smeared part of his face. Rupert extends his hand to the individual, but the meso continued to walk away covering one of his eyes in which he looked injured, he could see blood dripping from the covered eye.

Rupert and his group make room for the individual visibly traumatized by what happened."We found a survivor. Any news?" Asks Rupert activating his communicator, "No, we couldn't find anything else, we looked everywhere!" Answers a crew member, the same answer is given by the other crew members but they all answer the same.

Rupert feels his fist quiver, he has just found the only survivor of the ship, and he is in a state of shock and fear. he hangs up "We found a survivor... We'll take him to the ship immediately!" Rupert turns off the communicator looking at the floor. He noticed something in his foot, bending down to get a better look. He picks up two objects that were on the floor, an ID card and a bloodied photo.

In the photo, it was the survivor next to the man in the bathroom entrance, by the warm and happy smiles, Rupert understood the relationship between the two, releasing a smile full of melancholy and empathy. He looks at the identity of the survivor who was helped by the other two.

"Henry Stickmin: Private exploration ranger– 28Years old"

Rupert was older but he recognizes the name, they attended the same ranger academy years ago but never interacted. Rupert was looking at Henry, who was pressing his hands on his arms tightly, trembling and not feeling comfortable being touched. Rupert and the three return to the entrance, Henry kept his eyes closed, tears streaming from his eyes uncontrollably. Rupert swears he saw Henry turning to the bathroom entrance and muttering something he couldn't hear. Her eyes widening and quickly being forcefully closed and then turning back to the three of them, as if the image of the man in green was the worst part of her experience at the scene.

Upon their return, Rupert claims the base information that they found a survivor, but that the rest of the crew were dead. Rupert is ordered to return and that another group would arrive to collect the bodies for a funeral worthy of them at the planetary base.

Rupert hangs up the communication after it ends, but before I know how to move away from his monitor, another call appears on the screen.

[Dave Panpa]

It was written on the screen. Rupert smiles seeing his friend's message accepting the call. "Rup! How was the mission? I was worried when I heard that you were in charge of a rescue mission!" A video message immediately begins between a crewman in a dark uniform and a cap, a worried look visible on his face. " Dave, I'm great, don't worry!" Rupert says with a laugh. "yes yes I know... But you know I worry too much! It also doesn't help that your job is too dangerous!" Dave was a friend of Rupert's, a very old friend, and his concern for him was enormous. Rupert shakes his head, "Dave, I'm just returning from the mission, we'll talk later..." Rupert says returning to his calm but also responsible state. "Did something happen? You... You don't look very well..." Dave notices a nervous and sober look coming from his friend, Rupert shakes his hands, "It's nothing, we'll talk when I arrive!" Dave almost says something but Rupert interrupts his friend by hanging up.

Rupert sighs, needing his hands on the communicator in front of him and turning to see Henry covered in a blanket sitting in a corner.

Henry was gripping the blanket tightly, his hands were shaking a lot, he was cold, very cold, hyperventilating.Henry covers his injured eye, blood seeping under his hand, he death hard on his lip.

He tastes the metallic taste of his blood.

The flashes of that day go through your head. The expedition on the inhabited planet. The thing they saw in that dark cave. The pain she felt in her entire body as he came into contact with that... The insatiable hunger he felt... The taste of his companions' flesh... The blood of his companions running down his face... The feeling of the bullets having no effect on his body... The sound of flesh being torn... The sounds of your teammates' cries for help, fear and cries...

"You are not a monster..."

The last words of the only person who was never afraid of him...

He remembered. He was responsible for the death of his companions... He was the one who took their lives... But he himself remembers that they couldn't kill him... And Henry might as well say right there and now that he is responsible for the deaths...

But he can't speak... His voice has been broken for years... And even though he uses sign language, he was afraid...

All Henry could do was hope it didn't happen again...

But deep down he told himself...

"I'm a monster..."

To be continued...

[WARNING: This fanfic contains elements of horror, blood and gore, if you feel sensitive to this don't read it! this fanfic also has no connection to any of my other AU's!]

New world no second chances

Chapter 1- Escape from the Prison of the Dead

Henry always got away with trying to steal something, this time he wasn't so lucky. He was caught just trying to steal a safe in the middle of the Arizona desert!(by the way, who builds a safe in the middle of the desert??)He sat in his prison cell, watching the guards passing in front of his cell for 5 months. marking the days on the wall until he could finally get out of there and go on with his life as a thief.

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in one of the precinct rooms were three long-time friends, Dave, Johnny and Rupert. the three were talking about donuts and a movie nine that was coming out next week. "I'd love to go, but I think I'd be too busy so you two can go without me!" says Johnny leaning back in his chair eating a donut,Rupert stares at him questioningly, "Okay, what are you doing next week on Opening Night of the movie ham?" Price asks raising an eyebrow, Johnny opens his mouth to speak, but nothing comes out, the same snort crossing his arms, "I just don't feel like it!" he says rolling his eyes and looking away from the other two.

Dave laughed scratching his cheek with a finger, "I think it would be nice to go just you and me Rup." he replies shyly looking down, Rupert feels his cheeks getting red before he sighs smiling and laughing, "sure! I just wanted to go with my two best friends anyway!" Dave and Johnny look at each other and smile and laugh beside Rupert. Dave gets up, "I'm going to get a coffee, would you like it?" he asks the two of them, Johnny shakes his hand in denial and Rupert nods.

Dave goes to the coffee maker, he hears the tv in the corner of the room talking about something a little worrying. "breaking news! downtown Phoenix Arizona is undergoing a quarantine, a strange infection seems to have affected part of the city. We advise everyone to stay in their homes and not leave until further notice!" Dave tries to ignore it, but the thought that downtown is going through something so terrifying is enough to frighten him.

Dave picks up his coffee cups and turns to go back to the other two but ends up accidentally bumping into another policeman. "what the fuck!! don't you know how to look where you idiot???" annoyed the cop grabs Dave by the collar of his uniform, Panpa keeps his hands up nervously, he notices some bloody bandages on his arm, the cop shakes Dave, "you will learn "you will learn not to mess with me!!" Dave closes his eyes prepared to take a punch

"oi!" Rupert pulls the guy away from Dave, he pushes him to the ground he pushes him to the ground, which he holds tightly to the bandaged arm. he grunts, gets up angrily and goes to the nearest bathroom. "what an asshole..." Rupert looks at Dave worriedly and holds out a hand, "are you ok Dave?" Dave accepts to hold Rupert's hand looking down. "don't blame yourself man, he's been acting like this since he arrived..." says Johnny looking at the door. "I-I... sorry about the coffee..." he says looking at the broken cup, "Nah, it's okay!" Rupert responds. "I really didn't want to."

Dave smiles, the two leave the room and continue walking through the police station. while Rupert is talking to another colleague, Dave finds a box in the middle of nowhere. on the box was a note saying "for Henry stickmin" Dave takes the box in his arms gently, "oi Dave!" Rupert catches Dave's eye as he turns and follows him, "Hey, I found this box here, for Henry Stickmin?" Rupert raises an eyebrow, "If I'm not mistaken, it must be that guy who tried to rob a safe! haha! come on give it to him, whatever it is." rupert puts his arm around Dave smiling heading towards the cells on the fifth floor.

while the two were leaving, a policeman hears something abnormal coming from the bathroom, a little curious he goes in to see what it was, opening the door... for the nightmare to begin...

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Henry was sitting on his cell bed, uncomfortable being made of stone, he hadn't slept in months just waiting to finally be released. "Oi!" Henry looks in front of him, two policemen, Dave and Rupert were outside, "you can leave now!" Henry flashes a smile with his shoulders shrugged, but rupert laughs with a hand on his belly pointing at Henry, "haha, not really," Henry's expression changes to irritation. "You should see your face! but hey, you got a delivery! " he shoves the box through the cell's food entrance, "don't get super excited ok? we checked what we had to be sure right Dave?" rupert looks at Dave with a confident smile, Dave breaks into a nervous sweat and smiles nervously, "of-of course I checked, if I didn't check I'd lose my job, I'd lose my job!" he says scratching the back of his neck nervously.

the two move away from the cell, allowing Henri to see what was inside the box. a cake?well, apparently not, the cake opens and Henry sticks his hand inside to see what he has. he pulls out a nail saw and with a smirk he already knows how to escape.

Dave and Rupert continue talking when a scream from downstairs alerts them. "what the fuck was that???" rupert asks, already preparing his pistol in hand, Dave hears the sound of metal letting go of himself turning to see Henry outside his cell holding a metal bar in hands. "Rupert!" Price looks towards Henry already getting annoyed but then they hear another scream again, this time they hear several screams coming from downstairs, Henry stops, listening to the screams very confused.

the elevator doors open, revealing what looked like some police officers, "Hey! what's going on down there??" the cops were on the ground, but as soon as they hear rupert's voice they turn around. the police officers were in a decrepit state, their eyes lifeless almost as if they were dead, some had bites on their body parts, blood all over the uniform but mostly around the mouth. in his hands were live chunks of flesh, and on the floor at his feet... another policeman's body, cut open in the stomach with its innards sticking out. the decrepit cops were feeding off each other...

Dave covers his mouth at the sight, almost wanting to vomit at the disturbing image he saw, Henry grips the metal bar tightly in his hands feeling the cool surface. rupert points the pistol at the direction of whatever those things are. "stay away from us!!!" rupert grotto, this only makes those things if they get up and walk limping towards them, one of them runs at an absurd speed. before they got close to them Henry lunges forward, hitting the thing with the bar right over the head, splattering blood on the floor and wall.

Dave screams, falling back, tears in his eyes and covering his mouth in horror. "to the closet, NOW!!" Rupert warns pulling Dave by the arm and taking him to the closet while Henry hits the other policeman with the iron bar and punches the skull in which he makes a disgusting sound. Henry enters the closet before it's closed, his face covered in the blood of the thing he's just realized he's killed.

"WHAT WAS THE—" Dave almost screams but Henry covers his mouth as rupert continues to peer through a crack in the door. the shouting drew the attention of more of those things."Agent is going to die, I don't want to die!!" Dave was crying covering his mouth so as not to attract more attention. rupert makes a sign of silence blocking the post with his chair, "we have to think about what to do..."

Henry was standing back in a corner and he stared at the metal bar he was still holding, his hands trembling at the blood that still trickled down to two of his hands. Henry's eyes widen in terror and he throws the metal bar heavily to the ground covering his head with his hands. he starts hyperventilating one hand to his heart and the other trying to clear the blood from his face. he feels some tears of fear running down his face, in all his life he never needed to kill to get what he wanted. at least a few punches here and there, but killing was one of the things he didn't do, didn't fit his moral sense.

Dave feels sorry for Henry and tries to calm down even against Rupert's opinion. "Hey, calm down, w-we're going to get out of this ok?" he puts his hand on Henry's shoulder but the thief slaps him away with a look full of Panic. "no need to be rude to him!!" rupert defends, he looks up seeing a vent, "We can use this to get out of here!" he says pointing to the vent, "but how are we going to open it...?" the question was quickly answered by Henry himself standing up a little wobbly and picking up a screwdriver from the counter.

Rupert sees it in Henry's hand and agrees, "ok, first we have to see who's still normal, Johnny has the keys to our police car! he can help!" rupert says taking his cell phone and has trying to call Johnny. I meanwhile Henry starts to open the vent with the screwdriver without a single complication. "wow, you're good at that..."Dave complements him but Henry seems to ignore him by finishing opening the vent and removing the lid without making too much noise, a moment later he looks at the metal bar, and reluctantly he picks it up and puts it in the vent before starting to climb..

"Shit!" the call goes to voicemail, "he's not answering!" Dave and Rupert are more worried, Panpa hugs her legs in the fetal position crying very nervously. "hey! let's go for the vents! we have to go to the first floor which is where we last saw him!" Dave, who had tears spilling on the floor, agrees cleaning them and getting up with the help of his friend.

Henry offers a hand already inside the vent, rupert helps Dave to be pulled by Henry, rupert is about to enter when the three hear the door slamming and aggressive groans coming from outside. Henry panics and pulls him heavily into the vent at the exact second when the door is burst open by the creatures that can barely be considered human anymore. the three silently begin to crawl through the station's vents.

the three crawl through the vent trying not to get lost, rupert looks through the doorways seeing more of those things below them. Dave hears a voice from other police officers trying to run, slipping and screaming for help before being caught by the creatures and torn apart. Dave covers his mouth to keep from screaming in terror and follows Rupert and Henry.

after much crawling the three stop at an entrance where Henry couldn't see anything under them. he kicks the vent cover hard until it falls to the floor, he throws the bloodied metal bar to the floor making a metallic noise and damaging the floor before going down and picking it up in his hands. rupert gave before Dave to help him down who was still scared. after the three descend, rupert arumã his pistol ready for anything, Dave was very scared and can only grab a tazer with trembling hands. Henry extends an open hand above his head, glancing up and down the hallway they've fallen into to make sure they're alone.

after looking both ways in silence, he arrows his hand and points to the left where he could see a staircase. the three stay alert running towards the stairs, blood could be seen on the walls and floor. they head downstairs until they find more of those things clustered on the floor, Henry keeps the two of them away while he sticks his head out to get a better look. he could see those things consuming the guts of another dead cop, Henry covers his mouth in disgust and horror gripping the metal bar tightly in his other hand.

gritting his teeth Henry grips the metal bar tight and runs towards the creatures, "STICKMIN!!" rupert cave. one of the creatures turns towards them but Henry asks for his head with the metal bar and violently pulling out of his skull with a disgusting hole in the middle of the head the other creature tries to attack Henry but the meso dodges back and slams the slash into the thing's head hard again and again. rupert loads his weapon and shoots one of the creatures several times. the shots seemed to have no effect and Rupert panics, he fires more and more and the creature continues to run limp towards them and Dave is still hiding behind the wall crying. rupert closes his eyes shooting the creature in the head which stops running and goes to the ground motionless.

rupert iperventbtilando starts shooting more times at Panic until the bullets run out. he searches his pockets for more cargo but those were his last bullets. another creature was about to attack him but Henry saves him at the last second by driving the metal bar into the thing's chest and sending it to the ground holding the bar firmly to the ground and I get it in the head forcefully with the foot until the brains burst.both breathing heavily, rupert looks behind Henry seeing that he had killed all those things and saved him.

Henry extends his hand to Rupert who accepts to get up, "thank god you're ok!!!" Dave cries hugging tight rupert,"hey, it's ok Dave..." rupert check out his scared friend, "I'm fine..." he looks at Henry who was wiping his bloodstained face, "thanks..." Henry looks at Rupert with a blank look. "for saving me..." rupert lets go of Dave and the two continue walking.Henry looks down and then at the two of them before walking away with them.

the three finally reach the first floor. rupert goes into shock and Dave covered his mouth, the whole police station was dominated by these things...colleagues and superiors either Turned these things over or were consumed and torn apart by them. there was blood and chaos everywhere, how did this start? how does this happen?? Why did this happen??? the questions that surrounded the heads of the three stopped when they heard a familiar scream coming from another room. "STAY AWAY SON OF A BITCH!!!" the two friends look in the direction of the shout, "Johnny!!" the two say running towards where the screams came from with Henry the seconds and looking to see if they were followed. to make sure they don't get near them, Henry picks up a mug he found on the floor and throws it as far away from them as possible. the mug breaks on the wall next to a horde which runs towards the noise if moving away from the trio.

finally they arrive at the source of the screams seeing Johnny being attacked by one of the creatures, the same policeman who bumped into Dave earlier! "Johnny!!" Rupert gropes for his friend, grabbing a chair and slamming the creature hard and knocking it off him. Henry finishes the job by crushing his head with the metal bar. Johnny was hyperventilating on the floor until rupert helped him up, "thanks man..." he says with a tired look and being seated in a chair. "John what do you hear??" Dave asks already in Panic as Henry blocked the entrance with a closet with difficulty, Rupert joins in to help.

"II have no idea... I remember a colleague walking into the bathroom where he was..." he looks at the dead body. "then we heard a scream and went to see." he chuckles, "bad idea..." he responds by covering his arm on which it looked injured. "you're hurt??" Dave asks worriedly holding his friend's hand. "yes," he replies, looking away rather blankly, "after that thing ran out the bathroom door, it was a matter of seconds before it started attacking everyone..." he says in a melancholy tone. "if they bit, scratched or caused deep wounds, they quickly turned others into these things..." he points to the door where those things were outside.

"we need the car keys!" rupert responds if moving away from the barricade, Johnny takes the keys out of his pocket and throws it to him, "it's already done.." Henry gestures to the window heading towards it to see if there were more of these things out there, he could see three of them. "let's go John!" rupert tries to help him but Johnny slaps his hand, "I can't go with you..." he replies with a low head. "w-why not??" Dave asks. John sighs uncovering his injured arm and showing it to them. the three go into complete terror in shock.

he was bitten...

"I can't risk hurting you..." he replies lowering his arm and head even further. "THERE HAS TO BE A CURE!!" rupert screams, forcing himself not to let tears fall down his face. "the only way not to risk it is to leave me or..." Johnny looks at Henry's metal bar, in which rupert shakes his head in denial, grabbing Johnny's shoulders aggressively "NO!! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY!!" he cries, not wanting to believe that he was just that way.

Johnny smiles putting his hand over Rupert's, "It's ok..." He replied looking into Rupert's eyes. "Do you know the movie?" he recalls the conversation before me in a calm and serene tone, "I said I didn't want to watch with you..." rupert doesn't understand why he mentions this. "I just wish you had some time to spend with the person you really love..." he looks at Dave who was opening the window carefully, Rupert finally got it, he wanted him and Dave to have a moment to themselves, Johnny was always the third wheel and always wanted to see the two of them together soon.

Rupert can't help it, tears start to fall down his face. he hugs Johnny tight, "I'll miss you brother..." he says crying, Johnny hugs him back holding back tears. "my father called me, he said the government would be downtown looking for survivors and resources..." he lets go of Rupert, "if you see him... tell him I love him... that he's a better father of the world..." he smiles weakly holding up a picture of him and his father from the day he joined the police academy. Henry looks at him as he approaches, "come on... get it over with!!" he closes his eyes, waiting for Henry to kill him.

Henry glares at him, lifting the metal bar to face him and staring at the photo.

[kill]

[spare]

...

Henry lowers the metal bar, putting his hand on Rupert's shoulder and heading to the window where he breaks it to pieces with the metal bar and exits through it towards the creatures outside. Johnny looks at him confused and laughs weakly, "What an idiot..." his eyes were almost dead... rupert couldn't look at his friend anymore and if he walks to the window, "goodbye friend..." he wipes his tears and helps Dave out and leaves together giving Johnny one last look in which he gives one last smile...

Rupert leaves the window and makes his way to the parking lot pressing the car keys button in which they hear his signal the three of them drive away with Henry removing the metal bar from the head of a creature he has just killed. the three of them get in as fast as possible, with no time to buckle up and just follow the road ahead of them with Rupert at the wheel.

Dave looks back at the police station one last time and then closes the car window. the three survived...

the only ones who managed to escape that hell alive. each with a new trauma in their lives.

rupert has just lost someone he considered a brother, he didn't even know what he would say to his father when he saw him. Henry felt the rush of killing, even if it was for his survival, he was no longer in the best state of mind, it would only get worse... and Dave... never seen death or tragedy so close, he was very sensitive, he was crying with his head against the car window, Rupert looked at him worriedly.

now they would have to trust each other in this nightmare... in this world of dread and fear...

In this new world with no second chances...

[to be continued...]

Day 3: Metallic

Her stomach rolled; the metallic taste of blood filled her mouth. It wasn’t hers, but it would be soon.

He still had a use for her, but she grew weaker by the day, and when she couldn’t stand, he’d replace her, just like he had Tara. 

He’d made them watch, as Tara’s blood splattered every direction. The new girl started to wail, falling silent after a single blow, and she’d envied the girl’s respite.  She would have no such break; not till she was dead.

It was okay though because it wouldn’t be long now, and she could hardly wait.