Infected Chapter 3 - Stained
Who is alone now?
I remember the last time I saw either of my parents. It was such a vivid memory and part of everything you could say. My dad was a very hard-working person, but he never complained or argued. He loved my mom very much that he would do things I would never like to do; like carry her to the table to eat dinner or massage her feet after coming home from work. I told him one night why he did that sort of stuff and he smiled. "Sometime son I feel like I might have been poisoned and when I get home my body quickly needs to see her" he says. One night I actually told him if it was love and he said, "I guess love would be it or else you wouldn't be here" and he kissed me good-night. Mom always came to give me an earful on how much she loves me. "I love you to mommy!" I would yell back to her as if it was a game. Before she could leave my room she would smile and look at me, "Not as much as I do" and would disappear. I loved my parents just like every kid on the planet and I knew they would keep me safe.
One day when I was playing in the backyard, while my mom was napping and my dad was working all day, something happened to me? At first heat spread all around my body and I went on my knee as the temperature rose higher. My skin started turning a stone color tone and weird-looking. Minutes later the heat stopped and I felt different as if this new me was still...me. I suddenly remember dad and mom looking like this, but their skin was different. The door to the house quickly opened and i was surprised to sense dad from work. Sure I was scared, but something inside me told me I am no different than I was before. I wanted this to be a surprise so I tired to turn back, but it was no luck when I remained the same way. Dad and mom were inside screaming at each other and I became scared of something I didn't know yet. The color in my arm became more and more transparent and before you knew it I was normal. Dad and mom never knew I had done something great, but at the time they didn't have time to recognize it.
Things were changing and we were packing. It took me two days to realize the potential I had with my new body and what I could do. The heaviest thing I could lift was a log that sat in or yard and I made sure to be careful of the neighbors. It was on that day that infected beings came on television and scared everyone. I knew when they said infected they were talking about people like me, even though I was four I knew that when mom and dad screamed it was because of the word on television, it meant bad news. Transforming into the form was quite easy after a while. I always had to feel this cold or feeling around my body and spread it around. It's hard to explain it to someone who can't actually go and do it themselves, but it's like covering yourself in covers until your warm enough.
After a month of training myself, soldiers where everywhere and my parents for some reason already had everything packed. "Dad, are we moving?" I said as I stormed out of my empty naked room. He looked at me and tried to say the right words, which were stuck coming out. "Yes, dear were moving" mom said and hugged dad. Dad looked outside and mom looked around the backyard and in unison they said, "This should be fun." They both transformed and looked at me as if I might be scared at them looking scary. I surprised them both by transforming and my dad instantly hugged me. "My boy is a prodigy!" he said and gave me to mom who just cried. "Son be careful, you should be able to keep up with me. Mommy will protect you from everywhere so just follow me." He looked at mom and smiled and rushed outside.
I ran and at first and I thought we were normal running until dad was so far ahead of me. I ran hard and tried catch up, but even in my infected form he was still a little agile and quick. Then I heard something I would never forget in my entire life. The sound of a gun shout coming from behind me. Mom pulled me to the left and threw me towards dad who jumped higher than I can ever jump on to a building. Mom joined us and we jumped down into the backyards of houses. My hearing was very good and I kept hearing heavy stuff collide together and animals running away. Not from us, but something that was after us. Dad stopped and looked around at our position. "Seems they blocked that area guess we'll have to go the long way" and he jumped again. This time I was ready as mom grabbed my lower body and throw me to dad and we raced the other way.
Before, I could go another step pain struck me and I went limp. Mom didn't hesitate as she grabbed me and ran even faster. "What happened?" dad asked looking not at me, but in front of him. "His exhausted himself" she said smiling. "That's our son alright!" dad shouted softly into the air. My body felt rigid when I couldn't move and Dad suddenly stopped. "What is it Llam?" mom said. I never heard mom say dad's name around me much so it was weird in this moment. "They got us surrounded" he said not seeming the least bit discourage. Mom grabbed me tighter and dad looked at me with eyes of something no one could have described to me. We were surrounded by trees in someone's backyard, but in his eyes I saw me. "Seems I'm going to have to meet you guys along the way" he said looking all around us. I know a lot of guys would say shit about a dad kissing a four-year old on the forehead, but in this situation cut my dad some slack.
I cried for him to come with us, but mom was already running away from him. Mom was in tears and I could tell dad was not ever going to come, not even if I prayed really hard for god to change his plans. Endless gunshots resounded everywhere and mom ran a little faster every shot. I realized then that my mom was very strong! She was so strong and no matter how tired she looked she ran and that made me cry a little harder more. She stopped in a neighborhood where bad things didn't happen and looked all merry. She laid me down on the door mat and I realized I couldn't move my legs at all or talk! "I'm sorry Jeremy. I'm not a great a liar as your thickheaded father, but this is going to be your new home. I'm going to miss you and you probably going to hate me and your father as you grow up, but as long as you remember us we will remember you. Stay aware of yourself my baby" She was an infected and crying for me as I laid there defenseless on the mat.
My tears streaming down my face as I mentally asked her to stay. She hugged me the longest as if trying to shape her mind into mine. I felt her breathing and Before, I could even remember her leave she ran towards the direction of dad. The door to the house opened and a fat lady came out to see me. I didn't realize anything until and gunshot pierced the air. I closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep as the fat lady picked me up and hugged me. "Poor child did your parents just leave you on my doorsteps?" she said, smelling of baby and something weird. Outside I nodded as if to agree, but on the inside I said, "To protect me."
One day when I was playing in the backyard, while my mom was napping and my dad was working all day, something happened to me? At first heat spread all around my body and I went on my knee as the temperature rose higher. My skin started turning a stone color tone and weird-looking. Minutes later the heat stopped and I felt different as if this new me was still...me. I suddenly remember dad and mom looking like this, but their skin was different. The door to the house quickly opened and i was surprised to sense dad from work. Sure I was scared, but something inside me told me I am no different than I was before. I wanted this to be a surprise so I tired to turn back, but it was no luck when I remained the same way. Dad and mom were inside screaming at each other and I became scared of something I didn't know yet. The color in my arm became more and more transparent and before you knew it I was normal. Dad and mom never knew I had done something great, but at the time they didn't have time to recognize it.
Things were changing and we were packing. It took me two days to realize the potential I had with my new body and what I could do. The heaviest thing I could lift was a log that sat in or yard and I made sure to be careful of the neighbors. It was on that day that infected beings came on television and scared everyone. I knew when they said infected they were talking about people like me, even though I was four I knew that when mom and dad screamed it was because of the word on television, it meant bad news. Transforming into the form was quite easy after a while. I always had to feel this cold or feeling around my body and spread it around. It's hard to explain it to someone who can't actually go and do it themselves, but it's like covering yourself in covers until your warm enough.
After a month of training myself, soldiers where everywhere and my parents for some reason already had everything packed. "Dad, are we moving?" I said as I stormed out of my empty naked room. He looked at me and tried to say the right words, which were stuck coming out. "Yes, dear were moving" mom said and hugged dad. Dad looked outside and mom looked around the backyard and in unison they said, "This should be fun." They both transformed and looked at me as if I might be scared at them looking scary. I surprised them both by transforming and my dad instantly hugged me. "My boy is a prodigy!" he said and gave me to mom who just cried. "Son be careful, you should be able to keep up with me. Mommy will protect you from everywhere so just follow me." He looked at mom and smiled and rushed outside.
I ran and at first and I thought we were normal running until dad was so far ahead of me. I ran hard and tried catch up, but even in my infected form he was still a little agile and quick. Then I heard something I would never forget in my entire life. The sound of a gun shout coming from behind me. Mom pulled me to the left and threw me towards dad who jumped higher than I can ever jump on to a building. Mom joined us and we jumped down into the backyards of houses. My hearing was very good and I kept hearing heavy stuff collide together and animals running away. Not from us, but something that was after us. Dad stopped and looked around at our position. "Seems they blocked that area guess we'll have to go the long way" and he jumped again. This time I was ready as mom grabbed my lower body and throw me to dad and we raced the other way.
Before, I could go another step pain struck me and I went limp. Mom didn't hesitate as she grabbed me and ran even faster. "What happened?" dad asked looking not at me, but in front of him. "His exhausted himself" she said smiling. "That's our son alright!" dad shouted softly into the air. My body felt rigid when I couldn't move and Dad suddenly stopped. "What is it Llam?" mom said. I never heard mom say dad's name around me much so it was weird in this moment. "They got us surrounded" he said not seeming the least bit discourage. Mom grabbed me tighter and dad looked at me with eyes of something no one could have described to me. We were surrounded by trees in someone's backyard, but in his eyes I saw me. "Seems I'm going to have to meet you guys along the way" he said looking all around us. I know a lot of guys would say shit about a dad kissing a four-year old on the forehead, but in this situation cut my dad some slack.
I cried for him to come with us, but mom was already running away from him. Mom was in tears and I could tell dad was not ever going to come, not even if I prayed really hard for god to change his plans. Endless gunshots resounded everywhere and mom ran a little faster every shot. I realized then that my mom was very strong! She was so strong and no matter how tired she looked she ran and that made me cry a little harder more. She stopped in a neighborhood where bad things didn't happen and looked all merry. She laid me down on the door mat and I realized I couldn't move my legs at all or talk! "I'm sorry Jeremy. I'm not a great a liar as your thickheaded father, but this is going to be your new home. I'm going to miss you and you probably going to hate me and your father as you grow up, but as long as you remember us we will remember you. Stay aware of yourself my baby" She was an infected and crying for me as I laid there defenseless on the mat.
My tears streaming down my face as I mentally asked her to stay. She hugged me the longest as if trying to shape her mind into mine. I felt her breathing and Before, I could even remember her leave she ran towards the direction of dad. The door to the house opened and a fat lady came out to see me. I didn't realize anything until and gunshot pierced the air. I closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep as the fat lady picked me up and hugged me. "Poor child did your parents just leave you on my doorsteps?" she said, smelling of baby and something weird. Outside I nodded as if to agree, but on the inside I said, "To protect me."
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