When I came to, I was sprawled over something soft and wet and sticky. It was in my hair and under my nails, and oh god, it stank. I kept my eyes shut. Something heavy and warm and soggy was slumped over me. I remembered dragging my brother away from that zombie, and slipping. He screamed in pain as I fell, and he fell too as the zombie struck him, pushing me away down the hole I fell through, shouting for me to go. He was in so much pain. It was horrifying. Finally, I cracked open my eyes, trying to peer through the darkness, and I just about made out a pair of bloodshot blue eyes, or were they purple? They were lifeless, mouth running with blood now dried, tears staining his agonised face. His pale face was framed with blond hair. Fresh dead. With a horrified shriek, I threw the body off me, scrambled to my feet and desperately brushed myself off. Hyperventilating, I burst into hysterical sobs, wishing more than anything for a bath and my best body wash. Slowly, my eyes were drawn back to the mangled remains of the boy that had been lying on me. He was wearing a Sekingessha Academy uniform and his body was...barely a body. Everything below his ribcage was probably still up above. I shrieked in absolute emotional agony.
"Jou! My brother! Jou! No, this can't be real, no, no...Jou..." I collapsed to my knees in tears. I couldn't handle it. I sobbed loudly into my hands before gaining the courage to look at him again. His arms had been torn off. Slowly, shakily, I cuddled him close, sobbing into his shoulder. His head flopped back, no force to keep it up. My precious twin. My beloved brother. I kept screaming and crying and holding his bloody form close until his heat had gone and even then a little longer. How would I ever tell mum and dad? Jou was dead. Horribly killed. I lay him down, whimpering. That monster had killed my brother.
I walked through the hall, fists clenched, anger bulling through me. I would make that foul monster pay with every fibre of my being. I didn't care what it would take, I would find that beast and kill it.
A little walking around and all I found was the infirmary. It was the only door I could get open. Well, that and the boys' bathroom, but all that was in there was a ghost trying to use the facilities in peace. I felt bad when he told me to close the door. Why was I snooping around the boys' loos anyway? Anyway, that wasn't the really important thing. I was shuffling about, hugging myself for a little warmth. Every now and then I would pass the bodies that I had fallen upon, and Jou's body a little along. I'd closed his eyes and laid my blazer over his remains. I didn't care how cold I got, I wasn't moving that blazer. It was decency. It was the best I could do for him until I could get outside.
I suddenly froze. A bone-chilling groan was echoing through these halls. I'd armed myself with a wooden plank. I was ready, or so I thought. Turning, I saw that monster approaching, and I ran at it with a yell of anger. I swung my plank and it splintered on his arm, half flying away. I stared for a moment before trying to stab the monster but it didn't pierce. Something hit the side of my head hard. I stumbled against the wall with a grunt, losing hold of my weapon, and turned and ran on instinct. The monster was following. If I hid, maybe I wouldn't end up like Jou. I bolted into the infirmary and desperately looked for somewhere to hide. There was a body by the door, a girl clutching her throat. I tried to squirm under the mattress of one of the infirmary beds. I tried to calm my breathing. I had to make it out of here...for Jou...for him...
And then the creature slumped in. I heard it for a moment before the door shut and all was silent.
I was safe...
Or so I thought.
His hammer slammed down on the bed. Parts of me fell through the bars of the bed frame. The agony never did fade...
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