Ch1-Adrenaline
Another day I'm woken up to the sounds of screams of agony, terror and sorrow. Erick watching guard, the look in his eyes was signs of his psychosis slowly taking over him. The grip he had on his sword was deathly and tightens with every second that passed. I slowly I rose to my feet, stretching every muscle in my body. I looked to my left and saw my weapons B.S and L.S (big spear and little spear) broken. To my right was my best friend Ty sleeping soundly, but it was like a touch of nightmares. Ty's whole family had been slaughtered by the flesh gulfers, a.k.a zombies. His mom, dad, brother, sister, even his girl friend mauled like sick animals unmercifully. The damage that the flesh gulfers have caused is worldly.
I sat back down from the light feeling in my head, inhaling the disgusting air, and let out a small remorse growl.
"Erick bro come sleep, you've got to be exhausted it's quiet today…well quieter than usual I'm pretty sure they don't know where we are."
I whispered this to him, but it was as if my words didn't even pierce his ears. He stood there watching motionless, like he was waiting for them. I started over back to my pallet when a familiar scent came to across my nose. The smell of molted flesh, dry blood, and innocent deaths the flesh gulfers were near and were closing in. I rushed over to Ty to wake him before Erick caught on and woke everyone with his war cry. I shook Ty rapidly trying to wake him, when he woke he had a strange, confused, and tired look on his face.
"Get up we're leaving now…….lets go now, come on dude."
I rushed relentlessly until he was on his feet grabbing his bow and arrows. Erick's had already become enraged attempting to wait for the onslaught that was slowly, but rapidly approached us.
"Erick" my hand slowly and softly touched his shoulder,
"We need to go now there's too many I'm not letting you stay here just to become breakfast for flesh gulfers." Immediately he calmed down and turned to me the look in his eyes showed he was reverting back to his normal self. "Dom what's going on man are they here fill me in dude."
Ty stood there waiting for my explanation,
"They're not far from here, but we still have time to go so let's go."
We turned southwest and began walking sadly we didn't make it far without noticing we were walking right in their trap.
"Ah……..are you serious how did this happen!! When did these things get smart?"
"Quiet! I can hear them"
Moments later they were swarming everywhere circling us. Their mouths dripped with blood and drool, the little clothing they had on was torn, they drug their feet closing in on us. Erick began swinging his sword hitting at least seven at a time; while I stood back protecting Ty I couldn't engage in combat without unleashing full potential.
"Yo man what are gunna do they're all over the place?"
Ty truly confused about our situation backing up against a tree that we found what looked to refuge.
"Man I don't know what to tell you I…..I……"
Instantly my ears caught the sound of him gasping for air as if he was being strangled, quickly I turned around and saw my best friend, the person I considered my brother, was being drug up the tree by the flesh gulfers his bow on the ground and his arrows out of his reach. I could feel it inside the enraged animal inside of me. I had to make a decision to weather or not to show Ty bestial side of me or to find another way to free him. Time's running out and I'm running out of options. I let it go, I ran towards Ty as the painful transformation began the time was now he would see my ultimate weapon. I could feel every inch of my body transforming either in a bodily change or it just being prepared for extended abilities. The pain was almost over-whelming it had been years since my last transformation. I closed my eyes and let out the biggest scream I possibly could. I was no longer in control of my action and just barley my emotions, but I could see everything I was doing.
My nails were long and razor sharp, they were shaded the deep penetrating black, my eyes black with a red center which had given me sight beyond imagination, my teeth were no longer those of a human they were like canine. I could feel my body jump toward the tree half a mile away. Only reaching the mid section of the tree my claws held me there with a pull from my arms and a push from my legs I reached the flesh gulfers. I tore them limb from limb they attempted to bite me, but their teeth couldn't penetrate my skin it was hard as diamonds. My main mission at that point of time was to save Ty and that I did.
Looking around I saw him just barley hanging on to a branch a few stories below me I leaped toward him reaching only to see that he had lost grip. I followed him and acrobatically slicing some branches out of my way I grabbed him. He grabbed hold of my arm as if he were going to die right then and there and maneuvered himself on top of my back and held my torso. Landing where Erick was I cleared the area only leaving dust in the air, a crater the size of a SUV, and Erick soaring in the air. Erick with tremendous strength through his weapon into the ground where the remaining of the flesh gulfers, I ran out of the way to prevent any further damage that could've possibly been done to Ty and myself. But before I could get out of range I was hit with the shock wave coming from the impact Erick's weapon had made. I could feel Ty grasping my fur tightly I could smell his fear. I could only think of Ty's safety it was the only thing that mattered to me, my body had began to react to my surroundings. Within seconds my claws had bolted into the ground to slow the speed of my reckless flying, my body had twisted itself into a position where I could catch myself without harming Ty. My hands and feet were then solidly planted on the ground with both sets of claws in the ground to bring me to a complete stop. Taking a second to figure out what the hell had just happened I could sense all life around me Ty was still alive and with no surprise so was Erick. My only thought swimming through my head "damn I love these two." Erick picked up his sword wiped off any thing that had given it any flaws in appearance and began walking towards me like nothing happened. Ty hopped off my back and began to examine me closely as if he were confused to who I was I couldn't talk so telling him it was me was out of the question. Slowly he began to back away the fears in his eyes was unbearable. The only thing I could do was scream in my head was
"Tyler it is ME!!!!!!!!!!"
I did just that the only thing that came out were small cries that a puppy would make when crying for its mother. He stopped, squinted, and finally his jaw dropped.
"D……D…..Dom is that you?"
"But how, when, really"
Confused he'd ever get as far as I knew he stood there in shock and amazement. Slowly I began to transform back to my normal appearance. From the nails, teeth, and body going back what a human's body "should" look like. I had been almost normal except my clothes had been ripped to shreds in the mist of me transforming.
"OH what the hell dude cover up?"
Looking down at my bare body I deemed it necessary to get new articles of clothing…..plus I was cold.
"Toss me the bag would cha?"
Erick wanting to agitate me obviously threw the bag at my face knowing my reflexes were about dead. Pulling the clothes out of the bag I cursed him.
"God damn you Erick YOU PLAY TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!"
"Whoa your teeth are flashing chill out dude."
I turned away and pouted and with the clothes in my arms I walked over behind the tree to put on the clothes.
"I don't see why you have to mess with me al the time Erick it's like suicide."
Staring deep into my eyes as if he was in a deep thinking, maybe he was just trying to poop.
"Because it's fun and there's nothing better to calm ya down after a fight like that then to pick someone smaller then you."
The devious smile on his face made me want to curb stomp him. I couldn't stand the way he teased me.
Ch2-Tolerant: I was still sore from the agonizing transformation in the last battle. I glanced at Ty; his face had been flushed and covered in sweat. He was thinking about his family what it would be like to be with them right now. I felt bad for him I at least had my distant not so wanted brother. Though I still felt his pain I had lost my mom, sister, older brother, aunt, uncle, and all four of my cousins. I thank god that my grandparents didn't have the same fate as they did.
My fiancé I had no idea were he was, but I knew he was still alive I could still feel his energy from time to time it would go from weak to incredibly strong I missed him. He had gone to Texas to finish his training, Texas was the first to get hit by the virus: it was where the virus originated from, but I knew he was still alive he was only in National Guard they weren't doing any heavy duty stuff.
"Ty are you okay man?"
Quickly he wiped the tears from his eyes and faced me.
"Yeah I'm fine just doin a lil thinking that's all."
I wanted the truth from him I wanted him to confide in me. I wanted to break the emotional barrier he put around himself.
"Ty….I know you're hurting and its okay to let out a little emotion…its fine for a man to cry."
He looked at me and I could tell that he was trying not to cry.
"Tyler look at me you are not alone bro you're far from it okay?"
Suddenly the tears started streaming from not his face, but mine I felt so much care, anger, and hurt in my heart.
"Dom I…..I……"
"Ty bro I love you man, but you have to understand you're not the only person who's lost something or someone."
As I stood there talking to him I could sense the emotional wall coming down. He was about to break I would finally get my brother back.
"Hey you guys smell that?"
We ignored Erick and continued to have our discussion. I could see Ty's eyes watering. Like the Niagara Falls the tears fell from his eyes and he began to cry. I gave him a hug laying his head on my shoulders letting him know that I was going to be there for him.
"God I miss them so much, bro you just don't know."
"They were just snatched from under me, snatched from my life."
"They're gone forever."
Instantly I cupped his face into my hands and looked him in his brown and red eyes.
"They're gone physically, but they're not gone from your heart they will always be there."
"I know its hard grasp now and it's going to be for a while."
"Them being in your heart is what gives you the strength and power you possess, if they were here to see the strong person, the strong young man you are now they would be so proud……."
A rotting smell hit my nose, but it wasn't flesh gulfers. The smell was twisted like nothing human. My instincts were telling me to follow the smell, however common sense told me to steer my family in a different direction.
"What do you want to do dude?"
I stood there like I was literally fighting my body I was trying not to follow the scent.
"DOM……DOM….....DOM!"
"Huh….oh yeah lets head toward Lindale we're running low on equipment."
I felt bad I mean really go to Lindale for supplies I could've at least said Wal-Mart.
We began to head toward Lindale for supplies. I couldn't stop thinking about that scent that I caught. Obviously it was pretty bad if even Erick with no heightened senses what so ever could catch it. Something was telling me to tell them the truth to let them know we could possibly be in danger. If we would've went toward the direction that the scent was coming from then we probably would've been destroyed by whatever was going to approach us. I wouldn't be able to transform let alone fight, my body hasn't recovered from the last transformation. Erick wouldn't last by himself his berserker would take over within ten minutes of battling the mystery foe. I'm not sure about Ty there's something about him that becoming increasingly strong each day. He's an archer and he'd dead on his own. No I just can't risk it; I don't want to lose the only family I have left.
I looked up at the sky after contemplating on if I should tell them what was really going on. The sky was no longer a dead blue, but a drowsy red. Nightfall was coming and we needed to set up camp.
"Guys stop we need to set up camp."
"It's a little early for that isn't it?"
Erick stood there expecting an answer while I stood there thinking about his question. My mind had been so caught up in thoughts that I hadn't realized I was stopping us slightly early.
"We're like four and a half miles from Lindale I think we should keep going and sleep there."
Ty looked at Erick as if he had brought up a short flashback. He shook his head and set his equipment down as if he were ready to set up camp.
"Dude, are you nuts?!"
"That's basically trapping us if the flesh gulfers were to come searching through there for food it'd be hell to get out and away from that area. We're setting up camp."
Erick wanted to keep going, but he didn't understand that I wasn't going to let him go on his own nor was I going endanger Ty nor myself.
"Come on bro we're going to need your help putting the stuff in the tree."
"Tree what do you mean by that?"
"So we're not venerable to the flesh gulfers we're setting camp up in a tree."
He scratched his head like I just spoke to him in another language, but I knew he understood.
"As smart as it sounds to set up camp in a tree, however how are we getting up there along with our stuff?"
"Um we could either use your sword to make large enough dents in the tree so we can climb up the tree, or I could take our stuff arm full by arm full and jump up there your pick."
Erick looked at Ty, looked at me, then his sword.
"Ty what do you think?"
Without a second thought Ty answered.
"So the flesh gulfers are less likely to attack us Dom should jump up there."
A smile attempted to make its way across my face, but I shook out of it, and began to concentrate on the beast within. I had to think about the muscles that were used by the beast during the last battle, the muscles that it used when it leaped toward the tree. That moment I could feel the energy surging through my legs I feel my legs swelling with muscle.
"Alright Ty you have to come up here first so things get set up as they're brought up here."
Though Ty was taller than me he managed to jump on my back, when he was securely on my back I squatted. I could feel the energy build up, with a push of my legs I sped upward toward the first tree branch. Not only could I leap through the air, but I could navigate where I was going in mid-air. After reaching the first branch I noticed we were a ways from ground. I leaped once more to the second, and then the third. I figured we'd be high enough.
"Dude can you get down from here, or do we need to go down a level?"
I looked at him I could feel the beast's craving for control. I looked at him and laughed.
"You're joking right?"
I didn't mean to laugh and I knew he could sense the attitude, but the beast's characteristics were so strong it was almost impossible for me to fight them.
"I'll be back sorry about that."
I leaped off the branch as if I were cliff diving. My body began moving into a position to create air pockets to slow the fall. I could feel the wind hugging my body like an infant hugs it mother. I felt great no I felt more than great I felt alive. Half way through the trip I curled into feeble position. I began to flip forward; I could sense that I was getting close to my desired branch. I sprang out of feeble position and split the air itself as I came in for my landing. I opened my hands as I reached for the designated branch. As I caught hold of the branch I used it as a balance bar as I once did when gymnastics were a part of my life, before the flesh gulfers walked our land once more.
I grabbed the rest of our equipment with two armfuls Erick hopped on my back. By nightfall when the sky had turned a penetrating purple you could tell we were in one of our darkest eras.
"Alright guys while were up I have something to tell you guys."
I figured telling them the truth would break the awkward silence.
"What's up bro?"
I was hesitant on telling them, but I knew it was now or never…or whenever one of them figured it out.
"We're not low on equipment I just led us away from the direction that we were originally going because the scent that came across Erick and I…it was so strong like it wasn't anything human nothing of the flesh gulfers."
They gazed and glared as I attempted to explain to them why we were heading towards Lindale.
"So you took us in the wrong direction because you were scared?"
"NO! I did it because we would've been slaughtered like everyone else on this damn planet…Ty you're an archer hell you're best archer I've ever met, however these things in case you haven't noticed are a lot smarter then they're given credit for…"
"I don't care how smart they are!"
"You don't understand I don't want you to die, I don't want either of you to die…look at Erick, he knows that he wouldn't make it far without us because he's a berserker."
"What does that have to do with me?"
"Look you have something incredible growing in you with each passing day…when I said that we're your family that also meant that I won't take any risk of losing you."
"Look I'm stronger then I look and I don't appreciate you not giving me enough credit to know that I can handle myself."
"I don't doubt for a second that you could."
"I mean I was pretty much kicking ass and taking names before you guys found me."
"EXCUSE ME…. When we found you, you were cornered by flesh gulfers about five seconds from becoming their midnight snack….that's another reason why I don't want to split up because I think we stronger when we're together."
"Alright you two that is enough"
We continued to argue completely disregarding Erick's request. The yelling continued to rise louder than the desired level. It went from shouting to screaming, but it was silenced immediately by Erick slamming the flat side of his sword into the floor of the trunk. He stood up as did we; there was long hard cutting silence it was like we were listening for scouts.
"Now I said that's enough, I don't want to hear another word from either of you about this subject until you can resolve this like two reasonable humans."
I saw the anger and frustration in his eyes it was almost frightening. My eyes swelled with tears and within seconds I was leaping from one high branch to the next branch.
"Let him go there's no point in trying to chase him he's got that thing inside of him with speed like that there's no way you'd catch him…if he didn't want to be caught."
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean I can't try."
"How would you make it branch to branch these things are at least a mile and a half away?"
"Like this…watch and learn."
Ty stood there for a moment. He took rope from his bag and sat down, he closed his eyes took a deep breath in, and moments later he was surrounded by energy. He exhaled and opened his eyes and stood to his feet once more. His eyes were a slick silver; you could see the flames from his eyes drip down his face as if they were tears. He drew his bow with a look on his face so intent a diamond couldn't break his concentration. Ty pulled back the string and aimed three trees ahead of me.
"Dude what are you doing, you don't have any arrows, and you wouldn't even make it that far."
Ty looked back and let go of the string. Within seconds a beam of light was shot three trees past me. I looked behind me and I could see Ty coming after me, he wasn't really in the shape of a human he looked more like a spirit. In a startled mode I stretched my leg preparing for a jump. Instead of going up I could feel my body being snatched down with something wrapped around my stomach…tight.
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