The End

Chapter 7

Angela-

All the stores we looked at were bare. Feeling tired and defeated, we head back to the house.

"Mckenzie just looking out for you." Junior says as we're walking.

"It doesn't matter. She doesn't trust me and it shows." Anthony states.

"She trusts you." Junior says.

"She still has no right to talk to me the way she did. Let alone get mad because I comforted Angela." Anthony says. I pause at my name. They argued because of me?

"Why was she mad?" I ask.

He sighs and runs his hands threw his hair. "She says it's because I have a girlfriend and she thinks I'm already moving on. I think there more to it." Anthony says frustrated.

"She would let you know if there was more to it." Junior says.

"She shouldn't be mad. I hugged Anthony because I was sad." I tell Junior. We turn a corner and head up to our house.

"She probably mad at you too Angela." Anthony says. I sigh thinking about what waiting for me inside. Mckenzie going to pull me to the side and get on to me.

When we get inside Emily and Brandon sitting on the couch whispering. They turn and look at us surprised.

"You guys are ok?" Emily says standing up.

"Ya we went and looked at all the stores. Their empty, Someone stole all the food." Junior tells her.

"So you wasn't kidnapped?" Brandon asks.

Me, Junior, and Anthony all look at eachother confused. "Where everyone else?" I ask.

"Sawyer came for Logan. He said he had you guys and he would trade you for Logan. Mckenzie and Jace went with him. We was going to go to but Mckenzie told us to stay here." Emily says looking down.

Junior looks over at Anthony, " I knew I shouldn't have left."

"We will get them back." Anthony says. "We just need a plan."

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Mckenzie-

We get to the villa apartments and pull up to the main doors. I get out and look at my surroundings. They had walls covering the villa and houses a bit away. When we get out we walk in to the main building.

When we walk up I notice my friend sitting behind the counter. I smile and run up to hug Jazmyn. She smiles and hugs me back Sawyer looks at the two of us with amusement.

"I'm guessing you know Jazmyn?" Sawyer says.

"Ya she one of my best friends." I say.

"I'm so happy your here. We can have sleep overs and drink. I have alot of the good stuff too." Jazmyn says to me.

"Ya for sure." I say.

"Jazmyn show Jace and Mckenzie to their apartment." Sawyer says sounding bored.

"What about Logan?" I ask.

"He staying with me." Sawyer says.

"He can stay with us." I tell him.

Sawyer glares at me. "He my brother, so he staying with me."

Jace sighs and pulls me to the side. "Let him go, I don't want to deal with the stress."

I roll my eyes and look back at Logan. He was whispering to Sawyer and laughing. He looked really happy to see and talk to him. I look back at Jace. "I'm just worryed." I whisper.

"Soon enough we won't be here. We're just getting our friends." Jace whispers.

I walk up to Sawyer; "now that we're here, where our friends?" I ask.

Sawyer smiles, "I'm sure you have some friends here if you find them. You found one already."

This was annoying, "Junior, Anthony, and Angela. Where are they?" I ask.

"Oh those friends." Sawyer says with a smirk, "their not here."

"Where are they?" Jace asks.

"Somewhere out there." Sawyer says pointing towards the built up wall.

"So you lied?" I ask annoyed.

"No, I never told you which friends of yours I had." Sawyer states.

This was so frustrating, but at the same time I wasn't mad. I wanted to see if my parents was here. Along with I already found another one of my friends. Which means there could be more here.

"Ready to see your apartment?" Jazmyn asks.

"Might as well." Jace says.

I Look back towards Logan one more time before following Jazmyn and Jace. We walk to one of the buildings and go straight upstairs. When we walk in I take a look around. The place was decorated beautifully. There was LED lights up in the living room. I look over to the corner of the room and see a collection of movies and shows. Jace and I head to the kitchen and look in the pantries and fridge. They were all packed with food and snacks.

"How the electric working?" Jace ask.

"We had some people come up with the idea of solar panels and build them on day one they just got done today. Though their still going to be some issues." Jazmyn says.

"Impressive." Jace whispers.

"I know." Jazmyn says smiling.

"Thank you for the apartment." I say.

"Your welcome. You guys already have jobs assigned to you." Jazmyn says.

I sigh, I didn't want to deal with what ever job I had to do.

"All you have to do is help build the wall that will surround this place and the houses that's a bit down the road." Jazmyn states.

"Will do." Jace says.

Jazmyn says her farewell before she heads out. She let's me know that her apartment right under mine and I could come visit any time.

It starts to get late and Jace and I sit on the couch.

"How do you feel about this place?" I ask.

"It would be alot nicer if I trusted it." Jace states.

"Me too." I say leaning back.

Me and Jace sit and talk about what we're going to do and us escaping.

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Angela-

Junior has not stopped stressing out. the few times people tried to talk to him, he blew up on them. I on the other hand can't stop thinking about Jace and how he left with her.

I think back to when I first met him. It was a few years ago and we was hanging out with Anthony. We was genuine friends than and was throwing a football back and forth. I was so nervous because he looked perfect in so many ways. I tried getting with him the second time we hung out. Sadly he told me I wasn't his type and he didn't want to be with me.

"I've made my decision, I'm going." Junior stands up. He looks so crazed, I'm sure he lost his mind.

"Bet, I'll go too." Anthony says walking into the room munching on his cheese puffs.

Junior looks at him and coldly states, " no Mckenzie already there and in danger. Your not going too."

Anthony busts out laughing, "you can't stop me."

"Wanna bet." Junior gets threatening close. "Your going to stay here, it's not up for discussion."

Anthony busts out laughing again, "I'm not going to stay like a good dog." his smiles drop and he whispers into Junior ear. His demeanor is hard and his look is cold. when he pulls away he smiles at him. "Junior you shouldn't be alone, don't fight me on this."

Junior nods and heads to me, "Your staying here with your cousins."

"No!" I squal standing up. "You need me too, I can be super helpful."

Anthony stands next to Junior, "Your not going and that's final.

"You two aren't the boss of me!" I harshly tell them. "I'm going."

I start to walk to the door when Junior stands in the way. I try to move him or past him but he like a wall. I start to yell and and hit him but it doesn't do anything.

"I'll wait till you leave!" I yell inches from his face.

Suddenly I'm grabbed and dragged to a room where I am pushed in. When I turn around Anthony smirking before the door shut. I rush to it but it's to late its already locked, leaving me trapped.

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Logan-

"You really thought you was the only one that survived?" Sawyer says laughing hysterically.

We was in his house drinking some soda and snacking on some chips from his cabinet. The place looked like a picture from a home magazine. It looks way to nice for my brother to thought of.

"The school looked insane, I was sure I was the only one that got out." I say trying not to sound shaky. It's impossible to truly describe how it was. the blood, the cries, and the chaos. it was mentally to much for me.

A flashback of the day the sick happened popped in my head. I was already was having a bad because my car tire was flat and I had to ride my bike to school. When the chaos happened I was in the hall near the nurses office. Three people bust out the door looking ravaged. two had grabbed me and a student I barely knew threw one off. The other that was holding me grabbed the student and bit him in the face. The scream he released pierced my soul. The look he got as he quickly turned was worse. I ran for my bike and rode away from him chasing me. I lost him pretty quickly but my street wasn't safe. there was a sick roaming and it noticed me. I rushed in my house and locked the door. I stayed there to scared to see if anyone I knew was ok. My grandma wasn't home and I didn't even bother to think about her. I was just frozen, in fear.

"You good?" Sawyer asks curiously.

Still kinda dazed I mumble out a yes before I excuse myself to go get some rest. You would think seeing my brother alive would be a thrill, but I was just so numb. I'm not sure how long I can keep my smile going.

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Anthony-

My satisfaction of putting Angela away felt so good I couldn't stop smiling.

"We could have dealt with this in a calmer way." Junior whispers walking up to me.

"What the fun in that?" I whisper trying not to laugh. Angela was banging on the door and yelling so many insults, most of them funny.

"You dirty loose butthole, let me out now!" Angela yells muffled by the door. Junior snickers and looks at me.

"I'm a dirty loose butthole apparently." I say still trying to hold in my laughter. Tears started forming in my eyes as I make eye contact with Junior who not trying to hide his laughter.

"You smell like one." Brandon says walking up to us.

I look at him and smirk, "I know I smell better than you."

"Guys what the plan with Angela?" Emily asks.

"Keep her in there till we get back." I say casually.

"And make sure you take care of her." Junior states.

"Like a dog." I say loud enough for Angela to hear me. In return I get a bang that comes from the door before more insults come my way. Which causes me to laugh hysterically.

"Can you stop antagonizing her?" Emily says annoyed. "She giving me a headache."

"We need to get going anyway." Junior says walking to the door.

"You sure she can't get out?" Brandon asks.

"Window can't open, trust me I've tried." I tell him reassuring.

They gave us a hug as we headed out. The sun was now setting and it was quiet, almost dead. We walk silently to the old house. We figured we would stay there for the night than figure out where they are tomorrow. Though I had a guess on where it was. There was some apartments up the road from the school which now had some walls built around it.

When we got to the house, Junior walks toward R.J grave. I follow him looking around for any sign of the sick. It was odd that the town was so bare, not even any bodies.

"Everyday that goes by I think of you." Junior says standing next to R.J grave. "It's still hard that your not here, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you in the school."

"You can't blame yourself." I say putting my hand on his shoulder.

"More like I can't stop." He sighs. He looks over at me like he wants to say more. After a few seconds decides not to and retreats to the house.

I sit down thinking about my girlfriend. The probability of her being alive was 50/50 to me. She was so smart and cunning, that she could get away without getting a scratch. However she can care and get so overwhelmed that she could get caught up and get bit.

"I miss you buddy." I tell R.J, with that I head inside.

The place is dark when I get in and Junior no where in sight. I walk through making my way to one of the rooms and lock the door. I lay down sleep overcoming me.

I'm in the basement again and this time my girlfriend is the one with emotionless hazel eyes. Her dyed black hair lacking more life than before. I try to reach out to see if there still any form of the old her and a gunshot rings everywhere. I run towards her holding her lifeless body holding on for dear life. I look up to see who the culprit was and I'm staring at myself.

"How could you." I say holding back tears that are burning my eyes like acid.

"I did you a favor." He smirks fading into the shadow.

I look down and caress her face. She looked so peaceful, so beautiful, I couldn't believe she was gone. I couldn't deal with the pain forming and I scream because she was taken from me.

I open my eyes to Junior trying to hold me down. "What the he'll are you doing?" I say harshly.

"You was screaming and thrashing around like a mad man." Junior says tiredly.

I fully sit up. "sorry about that."

"what was you dreaming?" He asks questionly.

"Nothing real." I say casually. I stand up and head to the kitchen. I avoid looking at the living room because the chair still there.

"Do you want to talk about it." Junior asks walking in behind me.

"There nothing to talk about." I say a bit harsher than I intended. Junior looks over at me startled and eats some dry captain crunch.

I grab an apple and head outside. The house felt so closed off and suffocating I couldn't stand it. I take a bite of my apple but it feels dull. Out of frustration I throw it towards the school. This feeling was painful and wasn't going away.

Junior steps out and takes a seat at one of the steps on the porch. He takes a deep breathe and sighs. "It beautiful out today."

"I'm fine Junior." I say annoyed. "You dont have to check up on me." Despite the fact I wanted to be alone I sit next to him.

"I'm aware of what you keep saying. But I'm out here because I can't be in that house, not with the memories that are a part of it." Junior says with a hint of sorrow.

"I'm sorry for what I did." I tell him.

"You mean shooting the thing that used to be R.J? Junior asks.

"It should have been your decision and I took that option from you. I should have let you decide what to do with him." I say looking down.

"I don't know if I would ever think he was gone. In my eyes he was in there. I didn't want to let him go." He says shakily.

"I dreamed my girlfriend was like him and before I could try and see if she was in there, she was shot. "I look at Junior who pulls me in a hug.

"I have hope that she alive." Junior says.

"What if she not though. What if she one of the sick or dead." A tear trickles down my face and I wipe it away.

"Until you see it with your eyes. Don't believe it." He states.

I nod and stand up. "We should head out and get to our friends" I say. He stands up and follows me, heading to the apartments.