Infected Chapter 6 - My Turn
Sixth Chapter Muhahaha.
I found out why everyone seemed to be afraid of Dane and Luke. They once killed both humans and infected beings. To them they hated the infected beings for killing their parents, and hated the humans who did nothing to help them. They didn't say anything more than that. Amy and I became very close to them and they liked our company very much, especially Amy's. The people soon figured they posed no threats to them after a while. It wasn't long before I missed the surface world and the birds. I mean the underground world was great and safe, but I felt imprisoned in here. Sometimes Luke, Dane, rarely Amy and I would rumble with each other. Some of the kids held respect for us after we laid some damage on Dr. Keil who even to this day denies every bit of it.
"Jeremy how did they capture you?" Dane said during breakfast. I never told anybody about it, because there wasn't anybody to listen to it really. "Bullies" I bluntly answered. "Why didn't you kill them then?" Luke said laughing his head off to the idea. "I was close to before my foster-father put a dagger inside my chest" I said still somewhat feeling the pain. "That sucks" Dane said looking at his empty plate. "Is there a way to get out of this place?" I said to Amy who was looking away. "No" she said as if too scared to really answer. I turned her towards me and looked into her eyes. "Is there" I said tightening my grip on her shoulders. She suddenly pushed me away and ran from us or more precisely, me. "That is one way not to ask a woman out" Dane said. Luke laughed at that and wrapped his arm around me. "Ask the old gizzer, but don't fight him. He is different than Keil. He is always at full straight and can get just as strongly hurt you" Luke said. I remembered how powerful he was and knew if he was that powerful then he was my only way out then.
Amy wouldn't talk to me for a while and something inside me felt squished. I was grateful to her, but at the same time I missed the outside. Every time she saw me she walked the other way, and I would hear Dane and Luke laughing their heads off. I walked up the stairs to Chandlers place and didn't bother to tell the guards why I was there. I thought they would put up a fight, but they just opened the door. Probably afraid my strength after probably hearing of Dr. Keils rumbles months ago. Chandler sat at the same spot again. "What is it?" he said still looking away. "I want to see the outside" I told him. He was quiet for a while and I got tired of hearing the silence. "I said I-"he raised his hand before I could finish. "You youngsters seem to not understand what is going on here" he said walking toward me. I did understand, but nothing would change if we hid under tons of dirt. "What do you hope to gain by going to the surface? Change, equality, vengeance for those you have lost?" he said as if spitting them out. I grinned and looked him in the eye. "What about freedom, old man" I said.
His eyes flicked a burning desire from those words. "I want to tell you something Jeremy. I was human once and married. I had a little daughter who would be about twenty years older than you. When I came back home from the experiment I wanted to hug her and so I did. She died in my arms Jeremy, she died. I ran away from the house and into the forest and lived their, like the monster I was." Tears streamed down his face as he looked to the floor. "Then upon walking I found a cavern and entered to find this place and knew I was to bring infected beings here." He said walking to me. He lifted his hands to my shoulder and held it inches from it. "None have ever wanted freedom from it" he said. I stared at him and smiled. "I'm not a monster and so aren't you? We have to fight for our freedom Chandler." I said as fear crossed his eyes. "They will kill all of us Jeremy and that is something I don't want ever to happen" he said looking more remorseful. "I swear upon my dad Llam I will find our freedom" and at that note I grabbed his hand and placed it on my shoulder. "Your dad must have been a great man to have raised a very weird son!" he said and smiled.
"Jeremy how did they capture you?" Dane said during breakfast. I never told anybody about it, because there wasn't anybody to listen to it really. "Bullies" I bluntly answered. "Why didn't you kill them then?" Luke said laughing his head off to the idea. "I was close to before my foster-father put a dagger inside my chest" I said still somewhat feeling the pain. "That sucks" Dane said looking at his empty plate. "Is there a way to get out of this place?" I said to Amy who was looking away. "No" she said as if too scared to really answer. I turned her towards me and looked into her eyes. "Is there" I said tightening my grip on her shoulders. She suddenly pushed me away and ran from us or more precisely, me. "That is one way not to ask a woman out" Dane said. Luke laughed at that and wrapped his arm around me. "Ask the old gizzer, but don't fight him. He is different than Keil. He is always at full straight and can get just as strongly hurt you" Luke said. I remembered how powerful he was and knew if he was that powerful then he was my only way out then.
Amy wouldn't talk to me for a while and something inside me felt squished. I was grateful to her, but at the same time I missed the outside. Every time she saw me she walked the other way, and I would hear Dane and Luke laughing their heads off. I walked up the stairs to Chandlers place and didn't bother to tell the guards why I was there. I thought they would put up a fight, but they just opened the door. Probably afraid my strength after probably hearing of Dr. Keils rumbles months ago. Chandler sat at the same spot again. "What is it?" he said still looking away. "I want to see the outside" I told him. He was quiet for a while and I got tired of hearing the silence. "I said I-"he raised his hand before I could finish. "You youngsters seem to not understand what is going on here" he said walking toward me. I did understand, but nothing would change if we hid under tons of dirt. "What do you hope to gain by going to the surface? Change, equality, vengeance for those you have lost?" he said as if spitting them out. I grinned and looked him in the eye. "What about freedom, old man" I said.
His eyes flicked a burning desire from those words. "I want to tell you something Jeremy. I was human once and married. I had a little daughter who would be about twenty years older than you. When I came back home from the experiment I wanted to hug her and so I did. She died in my arms Jeremy, she died. I ran away from the house and into the forest and lived their, like the monster I was." Tears streamed down his face as he looked to the floor. "Then upon walking I found a cavern and entered to find this place and knew I was to bring infected beings here." He said walking to me. He lifted his hands to my shoulder and held it inches from it. "None have ever wanted freedom from it" he said. I stared at him and smiled. "I'm not a monster and so aren't you? We have to fight for our freedom Chandler." I said as fear crossed his eyes. "They will kill all of us Jeremy and that is something I don't want ever to happen" he said looking more remorseful. "I swear upon my dad Llam I will find our freedom" and at that note I grabbed his hand and placed it on my shoulder. "Your dad must have been a great man to have raised a very weird son!" he said and smiled.
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