Infected Chapter 4 - The World Connected
Sometimes the nightmare of fire still haunts me to this day.
A lot of kids who come into foster homes always seem to have bad things to say about it. I think they only have bad things to say, because they believe it to be a place that kidnapped them from their parents. Others believed they would see their parents again if they were good enough. After a while they would understand that no one would come for them. I hid the fact I was an infected and my strength that was strengthening my human side a well. Three years after I joined I saw the cruelest thing ever. A boy named Henry Crane lost all hope he would ever see his dad again, and he transformed in front of everyone. Kids screamed at the sight of him and ran away from him. I just stood there none affected by his appearance and how he was looking around as if to say "Why is everyone running away?" I thought. He looked at his white hands and screamed as he grabbed a little girl and shock her hardly. "Don't be scared!" he said shaking her violently.
The girl just screamed and then she went limp, and Henry just stood over her body. I understood his feelings and knowing how no matter how much he wanted to change back he was already seen. I felt an icy chill creep on my back and knew I was beginning to change. I closed my eyes and fought to keep myself on the ground and slowly felt the sensation go away. I opened my eyes, checked my hand, and saw then normal in the eyes of my peers. Suddenly, Henry seemed different as he quickly had a presence of killing in his eyes. I wanted to stop him until man in armor came from behind me and rushed him. Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me so hard into a wall and pinned me there and held a light to me eyes. "Clear!" he shouted and lifted me up gently off the ground into a group with the others. "An infected", "I'm going to die"; "Die!" these were words that engraved my mind. I looked over and witnessed a primal for the first time.
Primal is a word that wasn't created either from the humans or the infected beings. It was a word that meant when something goes so out of control of itself it fights to kill. When infected beings go primal their eyes turn completely white and their skin becomes flaky as if the skin is dying faster. They lose the ability of speech and are far stronger than an infected. Henry ran so fast toward one of the guys and struck him in the stomach. Kids, Teachers, and Guys in suit all gasp at the sight of it. Henry pulled back and licked his arm which was covered in blood. The guy who was struck fell to the ground as blood came out his mouth. Henry growled as he launches another attack to another guy, but a bullet sent him flying to the ground with a loud thud. All he kids in my encircled group cried and yelled for someone to save them, but none of them cried to save them all. Henry stood up and stared at the guy with the gun and at the spot he fired at him.
The hole on his side gushed blood out, a black object landed on the dirt ground and started to heal. "A freaking healer on our hand" one of them said. Henry suddenly feel to his knee's and to the guy's surprised he slowly transformed back. Henry eyes were red now staring at the group of guys around him. "I-I want my daddy to c-come visit me" Henry said in a weak voice. He looked around hopping to find his dad somewhere. His face went whiter as he stared at the body by him. The guy he killed when he was in primal mode. Henry cried a then one of the guys walked up toward him. Henry stopped crying and stared at the guy. It seemed to me Henry couldn't move yet from the position he was in, but slowly he was getting the movements back. "You monster!" the guy said as he kicked Henry in the side so hard it made Henry cough up blood. Soon the other guys joined in kicking him their hardest.
Soon the kids who were crying so hard lifted up and to my horror joined in to. Henry was surrounded by people who promised to care for him, but the minute he was different they turned. One of the guys saw me staring and walked to me in a way of justice. "You must join in" he said a lifted me up towards Henry. I will never get what I saw and heard from my head when I saw him. Henry to my surprise looked at me and smiled a smile I could never understand. "J-Jeremy I wish we w-were fwends" he said and the color in his eyes lost color. I threw up and at that moment I hated all humans in the world. They sought people who were different and turned to cruelty when they saw it. Henry was burned by guys who came in later and even as the flames burned him away I never forgot about him once.
The girl just screamed and then she went limp, and Henry just stood over her body. I understood his feelings and knowing how no matter how much he wanted to change back he was already seen. I felt an icy chill creep on my back and knew I was beginning to change. I closed my eyes and fought to keep myself on the ground and slowly felt the sensation go away. I opened my eyes, checked my hand, and saw then normal in the eyes of my peers. Suddenly, Henry seemed different as he quickly had a presence of killing in his eyes. I wanted to stop him until man in armor came from behind me and rushed him. Someone grabbed my arm and pulled me so hard into a wall and pinned me there and held a light to me eyes. "Clear!" he shouted and lifted me up gently off the ground into a group with the others. "An infected", "I'm going to die"; "Die!" these were words that engraved my mind. I looked over and witnessed a primal for the first time.
Primal is a word that wasn't created either from the humans or the infected beings. It was a word that meant when something goes so out of control of itself it fights to kill. When infected beings go primal their eyes turn completely white and their skin becomes flaky as if the skin is dying faster. They lose the ability of speech and are far stronger than an infected. Henry ran so fast toward one of the guys and struck him in the stomach. Kids, Teachers, and Guys in suit all gasp at the sight of it. Henry pulled back and licked his arm which was covered in blood. The guy who was struck fell to the ground as blood came out his mouth. Henry growled as he launches another attack to another guy, but a bullet sent him flying to the ground with a loud thud. All he kids in my encircled group cried and yelled for someone to save them, but none of them cried to save them all. Henry stood up and stared at the guy with the gun and at the spot he fired at him.
The hole on his side gushed blood out, a black object landed on the dirt ground and started to heal. "A freaking healer on our hand" one of them said. Henry suddenly feel to his knee's and to the guy's surprised he slowly transformed back. Henry eyes were red now staring at the group of guys around him. "I-I want my daddy to c-come visit me" Henry said in a weak voice. He looked around hopping to find his dad somewhere. His face went whiter as he stared at the body by him. The guy he killed when he was in primal mode. Henry cried a then one of the guys walked up toward him. Henry stopped crying and stared at the guy. It seemed to me Henry couldn't move yet from the position he was in, but slowly he was getting the movements back. "You monster!" the guy said as he kicked Henry in the side so hard it made Henry cough up blood. Soon the other guys joined in kicking him their hardest.
Soon the kids who were crying so hard lifted up and to my horror joined in to. Henry was surrounded by people who promised to care for him, but the minute he was different they turned. One of the guys saw me staring and walked to me in a way of justice. "You must join in" he said a lifted me up towards Henry. I will never get what I saw and heard from my head when I saw him. Henry to my surprise looked at me and smiled a smile I could never understand. "J-Jeremy I wish we w-were fwends" he said and the color in his eyes lost color. I threw up and at that moment I hated all humans in the world. They sought people who were different and turned to cruelty when they saw it. Henry was burned by guys who came in later and even as the flames burned him away I never forgot about him once.
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