Chapter 17

"what's going on!" I said frantically "he's infected" she cried. as I saw her and everyone else back away from her son "dammit" I sighed as I began looking around the room for a shadow 'its to dark' I thought to myself "some one find me a shadow" I said as the boy slowly began to transform into a zombie "mommy help" he cried as she only backed away from him in fear. "there's one here" Will yelled using the light of a candle and his hand to create a shadow.

I quickly pulled the shadow out of itself and separated it into three hearts then stabbed the little boy in the head heart and lungs. within less than a second his pain was over and his half transformed lifeless body fell to the ground. "fuck" I said turning away from his lifeless body and his sobbing mother.

"does anyone know how he was infected?" I asked "he was fine he had no injuries everything was fine until he got the fever" his mother said calming down slightly. "is there anyone else who is sick?!" I yelled and they were silent "Sam and Haley keep an eye on every one, Will, Xavier, Mae, Tyler, and Antonio come with me" I said walking towards the office we were in earlier.

after a minute everyone was in the office and we shut the door in hopes no one would hear. "we have to keep everyone calm or else it will become chaos" I said leaning against the desk "how are we supposed to do that" Antonio asked "Antonio's right say more people become infected we can't just bring in the weapons we took from the Military that will cause even more chaos" will said.

"ok for now let's separate anyone who becomes sick from everyone else and keep an eye on them, I have a feeling Jeffery is only the beginning" I said standing up straight. "just one problem, more people are infected how do you intend to get rid of them, you have an ability sure but as far as we know no one else has an ability they can use as a weapon" Xavier said. "good point" I replied. I sighed "any suggestions?" I asked.

"it's simple, only take out a few weapons from the trucks and have people we all trust watch over any who become sick" Xavier replied. "let's do it" I said "I agree" Tyler said. "just one more thing" I said "I was going to wait until the military got in contact with us but I think it's best for us to contact them" I said. "what are you crazy we decided..." Antonio said as I cut him off "I know what we decided but that was before we learned people could get sick and turn not just get bitten" I said annoyed.

"if there is any possibility that I can help find a cure and protect our group then I'm going to" I said looking down. "let's do it" Mae said and I looked up in shock "she has a point maybe she can help" Mae said "I agree our decision changed after the infection did" Will said.

*knock knock* we heard and Sam entered more people have become sick" she's said sadly "how many more?" I asked "5"she replied "that fast" Antonio said "it doesn't matter Will and Mae Start separating the sick as far away as possible, Xavier do me a favor and get the weapons, and Antonio and Sam watch the people who aren't sick and let me know if anything changes" i said walking towards Sam "what will you do?" will asked.

"I'm gonna figure out how to get in touch with that friend of mine" I said walking past Sam out of the office.

JARRED'S POV

"Your telling me that our men were attacked but a single gifted?" I asked slightly annoyed. "yes sir" my subordinate and tall black haired brown eyed man named john replied.

"but sir they did leave a message before leaving" my another subordinate, Emma said "what was the message?" I asked "they'd said Mel did this and that someone would understand what that means" Emma replied.

"did you say Mel?" I asked desperately "y-yes sir" Emma replied 'shes alive' I thought to myself "thank god" I said "sir?" my first subordinate John replied. "she is not only my closet friend but also our chance to fix this world, she is Amelia Wayne" I said when suddenly the radio emergency channel went off.

"Captain Jarred Michaels it's Amelia so you better answer" a familiar voice came through the radio "Mel?" I said tears filling my eyes "the one and only" she replied "listen I'm totally for catching up but there's no time, the infection progressed" she said quickly. *bang bang bang* "shit" she said "what was that? I asked worried. "people in our group are getting sick and turning and we don't know what's causing it" she said "I know about you looking for me if you agree to protect who is left I'll help with the cure were at the south east Methodist church in Danville" she said "I'll see you soon" I replied.

AMELIA'S POV

"I know about you looking for me if you agree to protect who is left I'll help with the cure were at the south east Methodist church in Danville" I said "I'll see you soon" he replied.

I tossed the radio back to the military man I requested it from "thanks" I said "Sam how many are we at "13 got sick 3 who got sick turned then got killed" she replied "how long till that friend of your gets here?" Sam asked "not long enough I'm estimating an hour 2 at most but by then 30-40% of our group might become sick and we don't even know if everyone who gets sick is infected" I replied as we walked towards the room the sick were put in.

as we got to the door we just stood there watching inside through the window, when suddenly another person turned *bang* we heard the gunshot as Xavier shot them "damnit" I said turning away from the door "we need to stop this" I said angry walking away.

TO BE CONTINUED