"it's all bullshit....., death comes for ya no matter what lad *coughs* whatever it takes nick .. Survive"he said drawing his last breath, nick stood confused, where had it all gone wrong, his plan was simple, lead the raiders here to their camp, take half the stuff they got and headed on out, no one was to get hurt especially not bob, bob had trained him since he was a kid, bob found him in the abandoned sewers all bruised up and didn't hesitate before taking a homeless kid like him home as his own son.

  "Where did it all go wrong?"nick cried holding nicks cold hand with his, "please don't go!!"he yelled out hoping by some miracle bob would wake up

  He was too selfish and that had cost him the death of someone important, he shouldn't have trusted some petty raiders, now he knew "please wake up..., please wake up...... Please wake up...by some miracle wake the fuck up old man*he cried his head pressed against Bob's cold chest. Soon he felt bobs body move, had the miracle worked out?, was bob really back...?, did he really have nothing to worry about? All these ran through his mind as he quickly raised his head to stare at bob

  "You scared me you old fool"nick said but what he saw wasn't his foster father, ut was something else, something many would call a demon, something most called the undead. With his Superior strength the corpse pinned nick down, although he struggled it was all in vain as he felt bobs cold, extremely sharp teeth tear through his skin, he yelled but his voice couldn't be heard.

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  BETRAYAL

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  "*I'm your mom's twin brother to be more precise*"

  "*I'm your last surviving family Chloe*"

  "Was that all true?"Chloe asked heading down the mansions garden while adoring the sweet fragrance the flowers there gave out

  "What do I do?"she huffed turning around and heading into the building, as much as she wanted to think about it, she had other pressing matters at the moment and chatting with Zack was one of them. Without making any stops Chloe arrived at the room Lisa had informed her Zack was given, but when she got there a lady stood standing outside, judging from her attire Chloe knew this was just a servant but why stay out here, and what did she need from Zack.

  "Hey...."Chloe waved with a smile "what.....what are you doing here?"she asked

  "I'm sugar...sugar limson, I was assigned as a personal maidservant for the young master by lord Zayn"sugar introduced and explained altogether

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  "Maidservant?.....young master?, what the hell is going on?"Chloe thought her eyes tracing down the lady in front of her

  "And why are you standing out here?"Chloe asked

  "The young master went out for a walk, he wished I stayed here while he walked alone......"sugar responded not wasting any time at all, "ok thank you"Chloe walked past her, if Zack went on a walk then he would be going for the flower garden they had seen before entering the mansion, he once told her about what his sister loved most before she died and that made him love them too because it reminded him of her, made him feel like he was closer to her.

  It took awhile but she finally arrived outside the mansion and had found herself exploring and admiring the flower garden too when she saw Zack sitting on a wooden bench his right hand placed in a flower, he seemed lost in thoughts, still watching she stood there without taking a step closer

  "What was he think about?" She thought

  But he seemed to have gotten back as he took his hands off the flower, "sleep well sis...." she heard Zack whisper, he really was thinking about her, Chloe felt like she could feel exactly what he was going through so she approached him slowly.

  "Beautiful ain't it?"Chloe asked sitting beside Zack while he adjusted to create some space for her to sit down

  "Yh"he replied "you know you never realize how beautiful and precious the little moments you share with someone important to you is until you lose them" he continued a tear escaping his eye and for the first time Chloe had seen him tear up, she hadn't seen him tear up eve after smokes death, why now? She wondered. She had never seen him as soft or she had once forgotten he was actually human until now, and for the first time she could see the human in him.

  "You think?"Chloe responded to his words he was right after all, and although she didn't want to bring up what he said earlier she had to as she needed answers.

  "Earlier Zack......what you said.., do you mean it?"Chloe asked

  "What I said?.....that huh?"Zack responded wiping off the tear off his face

  CHUCKLES

  "What if I said I did Chloe.......*smiles*, I just wanted to let you know and not regret anything before dying, although I know I was being selfish and that might not be what you want.......,I just wanted no regrets before death as smoke told me to"Zack continued

  "Yh...I know it's all stupid to feel that way but if I at least.........." Zack got cut off before he could finish his words as Chloe had given him a kiss on the lip. At that moment Time seemed to have stopped for the both of them, stretching the moment taut as their lips finally met, an answer echoing unspoken between them—a fragile, breath-held confirmation of the feelings she had just discovered, melting the sudden shock into a slow, undeniable warmth.

  "It's not selfish Zack......it's all part of being human...."Chloe replied

  "So... you.... you felt the same all along?"Zack asked still reliving the kiss he had just had, why had she done it, was she feeling sorry for him and decided to make him feel better by doing that?, what did she have to gain if so and why had she kissed him so suddenly.

  Smiling in response to Zacks question Chloe stood her arms folded behind her as she slowly walked forward then paused making sure she was in front of Zack and Zack could see her clearly

  "I love you too Zack,....I have for awhile now... Is that selfish as well?"Chloe said her voice and words repeating itself in zack's mind

  "You could've just said so like I did Chloe"Zack smiled standing and walking towards her, "you could've"Zack held her arms while whispering into her ears

  "I just felt doing it like this was a lot easier and cooler wouldn't you agree"Chloe responded smiling in response but as she did her head suddenly ached so hard she almost fell but was caught by Zack. Chloe's Expression suddenly went so sour for some reason as she stood with Zacks help of course

  "They.....they... they're here...., I..., I can feel them...., hundreds.....no thousands of them"Chloe barely said

  "Thousands of what Chloe?...tell me"Zack urged her to speak but as she tried she suddenly had a nose bleed, her head ached even more painfully than before

  "Infected...there are infected..a..around"Chloe said falling unconscious in his arms

  "Infected here?"Zack questioned not sure he could believe her words but as he listed Chloe and was about walking into the mansion with her, there was a sudden blare, the sounds of speakers going on and on, what the hell was actually going

  on?

  “EVERYONE HEAD FOR THE BUNKER NORTH OF EUROPA, THIS IS NOT A DRILL“