Chapter 21

"what the hell Mel" he said as I entered the office. I then used my shadow and pinned him tightly against the wall. "2 months Jarred 2 fucking months I was making that cure and you couldn't hold up your end of the deal I yelled. "what are you talking about" he struggled to say "how dare you keep my people from surviving and force them to stay in a crowded church where they could all potentially become infected" I yelled once more.

his men ran into the office and surrounded me point their weapons at me "WE HAD A DEAL JARRED" I yelled "STAND DOWN" he yelled at his men, they then put their weapons down. "I'm sorry" he said looking me in the eyes. "are you really" I said loosening my grip on him slowly. "yes" he replied. I then threw him to the ground and stormed out of the office.

"what the hell was that" sam said confused following behind me, I stopped in my tracks and turned to look at her "he and I had a deal and he didn't keep his word so yes I went off on him you guys could have died, all of you could have died" I said to her.

"you can't sink down to his level Mel" Sam replied "Mel?" I heard and turned to see who it was "I'm so glad your back?" tyler said running and hugging me "hey Tyler" I said awkwardly, I still hadn't gotten used to his presence.

"is everything ok I heard you yelling" he said releasing me from the hug. "jarred he lied to me about everything going on here I should never have made it if I didn't" I said bursting into anger my eyes turning black "wow" they both said at once and my eyes turned back to blue. "what?" I questioned confused. "your eyes just turned completely black when you…yelled" said Tyler. "what?" I asked confused "it was kinda scary" Sam cut in.

'thats never happened before' I thought to myself "disregarding that for now you are are calm and collective person if you freak out your not gonna figure out how to get past this" Tyler said. I sighed "yeah I guess your right" I replied. "so what's next now that your back?" will said walking up to us. "well unfortunately we can't stay here if we separate from the military" I said "in my opinion our best course of action would probably to find a place with a natural water source and good fertilizer" I said.

"like a farm?" Sam asked. "kinda but I think that's to out of the way if we needed to leave or something... I need a map." I said then walked over to a soldier and stole a map out of his pocket. "hey" he said "leave it" my cousin said as I walked away back to our small group.

I unfolded the map laying it flat on a table. after a moment of looking at it I pointed at a spot "here" I said "the area doesn't look like it would be to populated and if it is we can find another place" I said.

"are you sure that's a good idea" Sam asked "it's been 2 months Sam I doubt this is gonna change any time soon" I said 'or ever' I thought to myself. "start packing to leave" I said folding up the map and putting it in my pocket as I walked away from the table.

under normal circumstances I would've said it was best to keep going south but from what I remember. within the next month these undead will begin to evolve even more then they already have.

"jarred!" I yelled "what is it" he asked turning to me "were leaving" I said "what you you mean we're leaving?" he asked confused. "me and my group are leaving, as they've been here long enough" I said "I see" he said "does that mean we're going our separate ways then Mel" he said sounding sad.

"yes it does" I replied then turned around and started to walk away "listen jarred I have a feeling things are gonna get bad soon so just be careful ok" I said stopping. "yeah" he said then I began to walk away again. "alright people let's move out" jarred yelled "what about the cure?" will asked walking up to me. "we still have some extra and they have the ingredients to make more" I replied.

"the trucks are loaded up" my brother said walking over to me. "alright let's get everyone loaded up then shall we" I said.

there weren't many of us left at this point compared to when we first started this survival journey. but we loaded up who was left and went on our way. from everything that happened to each and everyone of us we felt broken, tired, hurt, and so much more but our will to live that's what kept us alive.

I don't know why I was brought back, weather it was to save my brother change the future or both. but no Matter what I will make sure to survive.

especially for what's about to come...

Alicia's pov

"Brandon we've been with this stupid group for 3 months why are we even still following them" I whispered as we sat in the back of a box truck with a bunch of other people. "you already know why Alicia" he replied "bran she's not gonna trust us again after what happened, she's changed and now she thinks she's some big shot because she's in charge of this group..." I said when he interrupted me "it's not time yet but we're almost there soon she'll be begging on her knees for me and when that time comes I'll finally be able to take what's mine" he said as confident as ever.

"I want to be the one to kill her bran" I said leaning my head on his shoulder. "once she gives me an heir to her throne you can do whatever you want" he said with a wide smile.

To Be Continued