4 comments/ 5217 views/ 6 favorites The Light Side of Death By: WilBeLes Chapter one Past Scientists were working on a miracle cure that could possibly destroy any terminal illness known to man. They have tested the new drug on rats and chimps but not on humans. This would be the first human trial thus far. Thousands of terminal ill people are waiting in line for their one shot to being free of their chains linking them with death. The line of people took eight weeks to fulfill. Within two days all those people got even sicker than what they were. Scientists said it was a normal reaction of the drug. The drug attacks the ailing cells and destroys it by eating through it and regenerating the dead cells the illness have destroyed. The so called miracle was supposed to work within two days but instead of killing the illnesses it killed the people and turned them into mindless flesh-eating zombies. What took a year to complete and save us killed human kind in six months. People turned on their own friends and families and turned them into zombies. The streets was chaos, it was like living in hell for the survivors. Neither scientists nor the army officials could stop the death spreading in the darkness of this evil. Every day was a constant threat. Present It is dark and very quiet in this big city. There are no lights, no cars driving around and no people around. Our home is like a ghost planet. The few of us that weren't infected live in fear at night and day. Within six months all seven continents were removed from all life. The virus regenerated the cells of the dead and now the undead haunts the streets desperate to quench their most basic need. They hunt the survivors to feed. The virus was supposed to be a cure for cancer and every other life threatening natural illness you can imagine. We call it regencell. If the undead bites you once, you die within forty eight hours and turn into one of them. I on the other hand have been infected but lived to see another day. The virus changed me into something else. Somehow it made me stronger, almost superhuman. We found a way to give it to all the survivors without killing them. We used my own blood to come up with an antivirus for those who are infected and not dead yet. It turns out that our blood group is immune to the effects of regencell. We call ourselves the a-negs. I am a twenty nine year old female and lost my whole family to the virus. I have my family's blood on my own hands. At one time i thought that i was the only survivor. I saved all the others from being eaten alive. I always go out on my own to check for more survivors. I was walking along the street, my dual pistols in its holsters and grenades clipped on my belt, my shotgun and my sniper rifle slung over my shoulders and my hunting knife stuck in my ankle holster. I wore my usual loose hanging blue denim and hiking boots with my torn almost see-through red t-shirt. I heard a car crashing and screaming from the north about ten blocks ahead of me. I ran as fast as my feet could carry me. The buildings flashed past me in a blink of an eye. My blood was pumping through my veins. I could feel the heat of adrenalin surge from my core. I could hear a woman screaming and the undead growling. I could hear rushed footsteps coming my way from around the corner of the street. I stood still listening, lit a smoke and then a slender woman about my age, height and size ran into my arms with fear in her eyes. She had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. She wore tight blue jeans with a loose hanging t-shirt with takies on her feet. 'Calm down miss. You are safe now.' I said trying to keep her still in my arms. She relaxed and looked into my eyes when she heard my voice. 'They are after me, they want to eat me.' She said in a voice trembling with fear. I pushed her behind me and peeked around the corner. The zombies were chasing her down the street. I took one grenade from my belt pulled the pin and through the grenade in the zombie's direction. I pinned the woman against the wall and covered her with my body. The grenade flew through the air landing in the middle of the croud and blew most of them to bits. 'We have to run.' I said grabbing her hand, dragging her along to my safe house. 'Where are you taking me?' She asked trying to keep up with me. 'I'm taking you somewhere safe.' I said looking behind us. A few zombies that survived the blast from the grenade were catching up with us. She looked back shocked. 'Keep running girl.' I told her grabbing my pistols from my sides. 'Don't worry, I'm running.' The woman said running even faster. I stopped and turned around to face the zombies chasing us. I shot a few of them between the eyes making them fall to the ground totally lifeless. I turned around and caught up to the woman grabbing her hand and dragging her around the next corner with me. I ran into a building lifting a big steel door and dropping the door closed behind us. 'We're safe in here.' I said looking at her in admiration. 'Thank you for saving my life back there.' She said trying to catch her breath. 'No problem. What were you doing out there by yourself?' I asked walking past her up the stairs. 'I was looking for someone that i know lives in this area.' She said following me up the stairs. 'Oh, who is that? I could be able to help you. I know everyone that's left alive.' I said looking back at her. We reached the top of the stairs and walked through a door leading to a penthouse on the very last floor. As i let the woman in i locked the door and slid a steel door closed and locked the latches. 'I am looking for a person named Charlie. I was told that this person can help me with a problem we have.' The woman said looking around at my place. I went to the balcony, swiped my rifle from my back and stood on one knee. I looked through the scope for the last few zombies that were chasing us. I saw them outside my place banging on the big steel door and shot each one of them between the eyes. The last bullet seemed to go in slow motion when it left the barrel. I watched it cut through the air like a knife, penetrating the last zombie in the left eye digging its way through the back of the skull into the ground. The zombie flopped backwards onto its back like a rag doll. 'Well, you just found Charlie. What's this problem you have?' I said sticking my hand out towards her in greeting. 'You are Charlie? I am sorry but i was expecting someone a bit more... Brute, no offence of course.' She said looking me up and down shaking my hand. 'Yeah well, what you see is what you get and... None taken of course. So who are you if i may ask?' I said as i just smiled at the woman. 'Oh sorry, my name is Angela.' She said returning a smile. That moment we shook hands i felt a spark between us. We looked into each other's eyes for what seemed to be an eternity. It felt like i was swimming in her eyes. 'You look like you could use a good meal Angela, how long have you been traveling?' I asked as i released her hand and walked towards the kitchen. 'Please, i could eat a horse. I have been traveling for about a week now looking for you.' She said taking a seat at the kitchen table. Digging in the cupboards i found two tins of spaghetti and meatballs and opened the tins. I emptied the contents into a pan on the gas stove to heat up the food. I dished it into two plates and sat at the table. We sat in silence eating our meal before she explained her situation to me. 'Where i come from the zombies seemed to have gotten smarter. They kidnapped my family. I think they are being controlled by a scientist that lives in the hospital. He has been doing something to the few survivors. The problem is that the kidnapped people don't come back alive. He mutates them in some way. A friend of yours sent me here to find you before he was taken too. His name is Johnny.' Angela said as i made us some coffee. 'Oh Johnny, what have you gotten yourself into this time? I can say that i believe you because i noticed a change in zombies here as well. There is a whole group of us that are immune to the virus. I am infected but instead of killing me, the virus made me stronger, super speed, super strength and i use more of my brain than normal. All my senses are stronger than normal. My body somehow moulded the virus to its own advantage.' I said handing her a cup of coffee. 'You are infected?' She asked me surprised, with her mouth gaping open. 'Don't worry girl, i don't bite. As you can see, i eat what you eat and i talk.' I told her pointing to the empty tins. She then stood up taking my hands in her own looking deep into my green eyes. 'Will you please help us?' She asked me with a tear welling up in her eyes. 'Sure i will help you. We can leave tomorrow. I need to gather some supplies first.' I said to her. Angela through her arms around my neck and pulled me in for a hug. I put my hands on her waist; i didn't know what to do at that moment. She released her arms and brought them down slowly to my chest looking into my eyes then she moved away from me blushing. 'I'm sorry, i get carried away sometimes.' She said lowering her face so i wouldn't see her face as red as my t-shirt. 'It's alright girl.' I said grabbing my weapons. 'Where are you going now?' She asked me looking at the weapons. 'I'm going shopping for the trip.' I said walking to the balcony looking over the railing for any trouble. 'So you are just going to leave me here?' She asked looking very fragile at that moment. 'You will be safe here. Okay well, how are you with guns?' I asked her. 'I'm a crack shot with any weapon, my grandfather taught me to shoot.' She said looking at me with her hands on her waist. 'Okay then, take these.' I said handing her my pistols in their holsters strapped on a belt. I walked over to my closet and came out with two small machine guns and strapped it in my shoulder holster over my shoulders. I walked to the door and slid the steel door open. Angela walked past me through the door with a smile. I slid the door closed again and followed her down the stairs to the big steel door. I then slid a small eye height slide open and looked through it. There was nothing in site. The zombies that i shot earlier were still lying on the ground lifeless. The smell of death and rot lingered in the air. I bent down and lifted the big steel door. ******************** Angela was standing next to Charlie by the door admiring her muscles as she lifted the door without breaking a sweat. Angela could feel a familiar tingle inside of her as she walked past Charlie underneath the door. She felt the same tingle when they shook hands earlier and when she hugged Charlie out of excitement. For some reason she was attracted to this woman that she doesn't even know at all, she just meat Charlie an hour ago. Could she be falling for Charlie? She asked herself blushing crimson. Angela thought back to her husband she had lost to the virus. She still loves him, even though he was a beater and tried to eat her. ******************** I stood there watching Angela think to herself while looking around in all directions with her hands on both pistols. She was ready for anything. Angela looked like a woman that lost everyone she had loved. She has a wedding ring on her left hand and a locket around her neck. Angela also looked like she was getting a bit weak. I dropped the steel door lifting one right next to it. I walked in and started a vehicle. It is a hummer that the army used. I found it abandoned next to a road and turned it into an armoured vehicle fit for killing zombies. I drove the vehicle out of its hiding place and stopped to close the door. When i got back in Angela was already in the passenger seat. As we drove along we asked each other all sorts of questions to get to know each other better. 'So you married?' I asked Angela. She looked at me then at the ring on her finger. Her face suddenly turned sad. 'I used to be.' She said looking out the three inch thick windows. 'What happened to him?' I asked her. 'He tried to eat me after a night out with the men two days after he was bitten. He said it was nothing, that some old lady bit him.' Angela now looked at me with great sadness in her eyes as she told me the story. Past Bill got home drunk as usual then sat in his chair while waiting for his dinner. Angela went to the kitchen to heat up his dinner. When Angela turned around in the kitchen with his dinner in her hands he was behind her grabbing at her with his hands. At first she thought he was in one of his bad moods again then she saw the look on his face. He was pale and had a blank look on his face. He was dead but walking. Angela watched the news that afternoon and then just in case put a hammer were she could get to it easily. He tried to bite her then she grabbed at the hammer and smashed his head in. Her five and a half year old daughter was up stairs sleeping through all the commotion. Before morning broke Angela had cleaned up the mess and removed the body from the house into the back of the car in the garage. Angela just told her daughter that her father never came back home the night before. Present 'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to open old wounds.' I said with regret and sorrow in my voice. 'No it's alright. He beat me to a pulp every night after drinking so honestly i was happy to get rid of him.' Angela smiled lightly at me. 'So what is your story, why are you alone Charlie?' She asked me. 'I killed my whole family bashing their heads in with a baseball bat. ' I told her driving slowly through the zombies crowding the streets. Angela looked at me as if i was crazy. I took a deep breath then remembered back to that day. Past My family were all out for the day. I wasn't feeling well so i stayed at home. They never saw the news that morning so they didn't know about the outbreak. When i got up the next morning the house was quiet. I went down stairs from my room and walked into the kitchen to find them all dead on the floor. My instincts kicked in then i backed off away from them. I grabbed the baseball bat from the closet and walked through the house. I found nothing and when i got back to the kitchen they all stood there dripping of blood. My brother came at me first then bit me. I killed my brother and my father and step mother. My birth mother died when my brother and i was very young. Present I parked the vehicle in a parking lot outside a supermarket. There weren't a lot of zombies around. Most of them didn't even notice us when we stopped. 'After that you started to notice the changes in you.' Angela said opening the door without looking if the coast was clear. 'Yes it was. Since then i have been trying to save as many people as i could, using my abilities.' I said to her walking around the vehicle. Just as i came around the corner of the vehicle i grabbed my shotgun and shot a zombie straight into a wall. It was inches away from Angela sitting inside the vehicle with her one foot hanging out the door. Angela heard the blast and almost snapped her neck sticking her head out of the vehicle. 'Damn that was close. Thank you Charlie.' She said as she got out and looked at the zombie and the splatter of lumpy old blood on the wall. 'My pleasure, can you please be a little more careful next time?' I said grabbing a shopping trolley. Angela followed me into the supermarket walking slowly through the zombies standing around the parking lot. We were both being very careful collecting stuff we needed from the shelves. I could hear dragging sounds down one of the isles. 'Get this stuff to the hummer quickly.' I said pushing the trolley and Angela toward the door. 'We stick together; i am not leaving you in here alone.' She spat back at me. 'I'm not staying here alone. That is one thing i am not going to fight now.' I said looking behind us. Angela looked behind her and saw a huge zombie dragging a sledge hammer. She shoved the stuff in the back of the hummer and got in the front. This zombie is very slow so i decided to run to the cigarette counter and get me some smokes and matches. Angela was in the driver seat keeping the engine running. I grabbed smokes and matches and headed for the door. Angela reversed the hummer to the door. The zombie stood right in front of me lifting the sledge hammer into the air. There wasn't much space to pass on the side of the zombie so i slid through in between its legs and summer salted to my feet behind it. The back door of the hummer was open. I dove into the back of the hummer slamming the door behind me. The zombie swung its hammer and missed me by an inch. Just as we drove off we looked back at the zombie with its hammer. We spun away spewing dirt into the zombie's eyes. Its hammer hit the floor creating a whole the size of its own head. I stopped at a gas station and looked at Angela. We stared at each other for a moment then started laughing. We were laughing out of pure rush running through our veins. I got out and kept watch while Angela filled the tank and a few drums with diesel. We went back to my place and settled in for the night. I sealed all the windows and doors for our safety. Angela walked with me while i did my rounds through the building. As we walked through the dark hallways Angela held onto my right arm. 'Angela, could you please loosen your grip on my arm? I'm going to need it.' I asked her smiling. 'Sorry Charlie, after everything that's happened I'm a bit paranoid.' She answered me while letting go of my arm. We took our time walking through the building back to my flat after i started the generator. I enjoyed listening to the silence of the place except for the growling of the generator. We talked about everything that happened to us in our lives so far. We got back into the penthouse locking the door behind us. I made us dinner, got a bottle of wine out the pantry and put the heater on. The penthouse got very cold at night. 'You can take my bed after dinner; i will sleep on the couch.' I said to Angela drinking down the last sip of wine in my glass. 'I don't want to be a bother; i don't mind sleeping on the couch.' Angela said pushing half of her food aside. 'What's wrong Angela; you aren't eating much?' I asked as i left my own food. 'I'm just worried and tired of fighting all the time.' Angela said standing up and walking over to the couch. I sat at the table for a moment then stood up from my seat grabbing the wine bottle and sat next to her on the couch. I poured us each another glass of wine and put the bottle on the floor. 'I'm just as tired and worried about all this. I actually find myself thinking sometimes about how everything would have turned out if they didn't invent Regencell.' I said taking a sip of my wine. 'I have been through a lot in my life but that is nothing compared to this. I wish there was a way we could get rid of the zombies once and for all.' Angela said taking a sip of her wine. 'There is a way. I have been working on something using my blood; a cure if you could call it that. The only problem is that i don't think the zombies will survive it. The people that are alive might just be the only hope left for our planet.' I said to Angela. 'What job were you doing before this outbreak Charlie? You seem to know quite a lot about this virus.' Angela asked me looking at me. I looked at her then crossed my legs onto the couch. 'I am one of the scientists that worked on this drug. Before they made it public i found something in the drug that proved that it was not ready to be administered. They didn't listen to me. Before all this happened they fired me and since then i have been working on a new one to protect the survivors. I tested it and it worked like a charm.' I said looking away from her in shame. Angela grasped my chin with her right hand and turned my face toward her. The Light Side of Death 'You tried your best to stop them. There is nothing else you could have done to prevent this.' Angela said releasing my chin while fainting. 'When have you been bitten?' i slapped Angela awake checking her symptoms. 'How did you know i was bitten? I didn't tell you that.' Angela looked at me surprised. 'I saw your bite mark at the supermarket earlier today. What's your blood type?' I asked Angela standing up and walking over to the closet opening a small case with injections in it. 'I'm o positive. I was bitten by one of those zombies chasing me before i ran into you.' Angela said turning toward me and watching me intently. I took an injection out that read char.blood put it on the table next to her and took my belt off wrapping it around her arm. I removed the plastic covering the needle, searched for a vein on Angela's arm. I injected the clear liquid into her veins. I sat next to Angela as the mixture made her fall asleep with her head on my lap. I sat there the whole night with one pistol in my hand watching her for any signs of turning zombie on my ass. The next morning early Angela put two cups of coffee on the table then put her hand on my leg to wake me up. I opened my eyes immediately pointing the gun at her. 'Don't shoot Charlie; I'm okay the drug worked.' Angela said sticking her hands up in the air. 'Fuck woman, don't do that. I could have killed you and why didn't you tell me that you were bitten?' I said to her dropping the pistol on the couch with my other hand over my eyes. 'I'm sorry Charlie i thought that you would kill me. I just made us some coffee.' Angela said lowering her arms. 'No, i wouldn't have killed you. If you told me earlier i could have given you the shot before. I don't even know what it will do to you at this point because you already started to change.' I said going to the closet to get an empty injection. 'What are you going to do with that now?' Angela asked me confused. 'I need to draw some of your blood and test it in my lab.' I said tying my belt around her arm again. I searched for a vein and stuck the needle in her arm. I then drew the blood and withdrew the injection from her arm. She removed my belt from her arm and pressed a cotton ball on the little hole in her arm. I walked over to a closed door across from my bedroom. Angela followed me into the room. It was my lab. There were tables placed neatly against the walls of the room. Glass jars, tubes in stands and equipment covered the tables. I injected some of Angela's blood onto a small glass plate and covered it with another. I put it under my microscope and switched on a screen connected to it. I focused the microscope and watched the screen. On the screen the mixture i gave Angela the night before was busy covering the "zombie" cells in her blood. After showing Angela what the "zombie" cells, my cells and normal cells looked like i explained to her what i put in the mixture i gave her. I separated my white blood cells from my red blood cells. I combined my white blood cells with the healing properties used in regencell and came up with a cure for regencell; so to speak. It only worked on people who has been infected but not dead yet. Angela exited the room and made us both each a hot cup of coffee. As she was busy in the kitchen i watched the screen again and noticed her blood cells changing like mine did. I looked through the microscope to see for myself. Somehow my blood cells were strengthening Angela's cells and morphing the "zombie" cells like my blood did. Her body accepted my white blood cells as its own and is using it to change her body. I switched everything off so she wouldn't see. I didn't want her to worry about this at this point. I will just have to keep a close eye on her for the next couple of days. We finished our coffee, packed some clean clothes and were on the road headed to Angela's home town. We drove all day long and it got very late. It was starting to get dark. I pulled the vehicle into a clearing a few feet from the road. 'I don't know about you girl but i need some sleep and something to eat.' I said climbing over the seat into the back of the hummer and started going through the stuff we got from the supermarket. 'What was that thing back at the supermarket yesterday?' Angela asked me turning my way in her seat. 'I don't know but i could have sworn i killed it before.' I said turning with soft drinks and crisps in my hands. I got onto the roof of the hummer through the sunroof. Put the stuff down and stuck my head down the sunroof. 'Are you coming up?' I asked Angela hanging upside down. 'Sure I'll be right up.' Angela answered me smiling. We were lying on the roof looking at the stars while enjoying our snack. 'Did you have anyone in your life before all this started?' Angela asked me. 'Yes i did. We were about to get married when she was killed in a car accident a year ago.' I said remembering the most horrific day in my life. 'Oh i am so sorry Charlie.' Angela said as she sat up. 'Don't be sorry girl; she was sick when she was killed. I think she would have chosen a quick way out anyway. We have to get inside the hummer to get some sleep before we go on with our journey.' I said while crawling back inside through the sunroof. I reclined the backrest of the back seat to turn it into a double bed. We laid there in silence till we fell asleep. I woke up the next morning early to find Angela's left arm draped over my chest and her left leg draped over my legs. I laid there for long time thinking about my beautiful fiancé before she died. I still love her, sometimes i can feel her around me or i can smell her favourite perfume. Angela stirred next to me and opened her eyes slowly. She looked into my eyes and smiled. When her vision cleared she saw that she was holding me. She spun around onto her back removing her arm and leg with a blush. 'Oh I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hold on to you Charlie.' Angela said sitting up. 'Don't worry about it Angela. I actually miss being held like that.' I said as i sat up too, smiling at her blushing. I got in the driver's seat and started the hummer. We had a long way to travel. After an hour of driving we came into a small town. There was no-one to be seen anywhere but i could sense danger lurking. 'I could do with a steaming cup of coffee.' I said looking around. 'I agree on that. Maybe we can find a small coffee shop or something.' Angela said to me as she looked around. We found a small coffee shop at the end of the main road. I pulled up and grabbed my machine guns while Angela grabbed the pistols. We got out of the vehicle and walked towards the shop. 'You wait here while i check it out.' I said going inside. I walked around cautiously and silent. I heard something in the back and checked it out with both machine guns pointing straight ahead ready for action. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears as i moved closer to the back door. Gripping cold hard steel in my right hand i lowered the gun in my left hand and opened the back door. As i opened it a cat jumped out from a shelf and ran past me. Hearing a shot go off behind me, i turned around in a spin pointing my gun. A zombie dropped to the floor right in front of me. Keeping my eyes on the door ahead i saw Angela standing there with both pistols pointing my way. 'You just saved my life. I owe you one.' I said still frozen. 'Nope, i owe you two. You saved my life three times.' Angela said walking towards the counter. Angela scratched around behind it, put two cups on top of it and boiled water on a big gas stove. She put sugar and instant coffee in the cups. 'It looks like you did this kind of job before.' I said sitting down on the other side of the counter. 'I used to have my own coffee shop before all this happened.' She retorted. 'Can i ask you a personal question Angela?' 'Sure ask away Charlie.' 'What made you stay with a dead beat woman beater?' 'I tried to get away lots of times and every single time he found me. When i fell pregnant i gave up trying to leave him for the safety of my child. She is thirteen now.' Angela said sitting down next to me. 'You fell pregnant?' I asked her before thinking that it might be the wrong question at the moment. 'Yes i did. My daughter is backing home waiting for me. She is twelve years old now.' Angela said with a smile growing on her face. 'You must be very proud of her?' I said taking a sip of my coffee. 'Oh yes i am, considering the current situation, she has been a very strong girl.' Angela said before taking a sip of her hot coffee. ******************** Back home in Ravens Rest a young girl was missing her mom terribly. She didn't know what to do to keep her busy. Before Angela left, Sarah has been spending time at her teacher's house in the afternoons. Sarah spent every single day there. Sarah spent her days indoors, in the safety of her own home while Angela was out traveling looking for someone to help the town out of certain danger. People were disappearing one after the other. The story going around was that one of the town's folk was helping this 'mad scientist' to kidnap people for his experiments. Sarah didn't like the old lady looking after her while mom was gone. The old lady always disappears at night when Sarah is supposed to be sleeping. Sarah can't seem to shake this feeling that her life is in danger with this old lady hanging around her home. The one night Sarah got up from bed to go to the toilet and saw the old lady talking to that creepy doctor from the hospital. Sarah didn't say anything about it. She was too afraid to mention it. At the hospital mark is working on a new strain of the virus. He is trying to create a strain that will make his subjects stronger but give him total control over them. He wants to be in command over his own army of super humans. Every attempt so far has been futile. Every strain he developed thus far has failed. The virus still kills his subjects and brings them back as zombies. His wife is helping him collect people to test on and his grandson is trying to train them for battle which has been absolutely useless. Unknowing to mark, Johnny wants nothing to do with his grandfather's plans to rule the world. He called on someone he trusts to stop him. Someone strong enough to stop mark. He has seen this person in action and knows that if his grandfather gets his hands on this person's blood this planet will be doomed. Unfortunately that is a chance Johnny will have to risk to save the lives of the last remaining people that inhabit the earth. Charlie has saved Johnny's life from a whole group of zombies and didn't even get a scratch. She was quick and stronger than anyone he has ever meat before. Chapter two After raiding the stores for more supplies for our trip, Angela and i continued on our journey. We stopped in every town along our journey looking for any survivors. We arrived in a small one-horse town in the middle of nowhere. It was too quiet for my liking. Nothing could be heard, not even animals. Standing outside our vehicle i could feel a cool breeze blowing on my skin. 'I don't like this one bit Angela. It is way too quiet here.' I said feeling the hairs on my neck stand up. 'I don't like it either Charlie.' Angela answered me walking around the vehicle to my side. My senses suddenly picked up a threat. All around us i could feel someone watching us. I looked around at the small buildings, next to them in the alleys and on the roofs. People appeared on the roofs with weapons in their hands. A small group of people came out of a church towards the two of us. All my senses was alert, i could hear their heartbeats and smell their fear. I could feel what these people were thinking. 'Be ready for anything.' I said looking at Angela then turned my attention to the group walking toward us. 'You two ladies must be lost.' An older woman said standing still right in front of me. 'Oh, we are just passing through ma'am. We just stopped to stretch our legs a bit.' I answered the woman. The woman was old and frail looking. I could see that she was in charge of this little town and its handful of survivors. The others looked like they were afraid of this woman. 'Why don't you ladies stay here?' She said with a sly grin growing on her wrinkled face. 'Thank you ma'am, but we really have to keep moving.' Angela answered taking my hand in her own. Angela's eyes had fear in them. She felt what i felt at that moment. 'Oh no my dear, that was not a request. You aren't ever leaving this town again. Boys, grab them!' She yelled to the men that were standing behind her. 'Yes boss.' The men answered her all at the same time. 'Angela, get in the hummer now!' I ordered her. Without a word Angela got in the driver's seat and locked the doors. The three men surrounded me. More people came running out from the buildings and attacked the vehicle. The old woman took a few steps back giving the men space to take me down. Angela locked inside the vehicle stuck her pistols out from shooting holes in the doors and shot off a few rounds making the people scatter, then come back toward the vehicle one at a time. Angela opened the sunroof and stuck the top half of her body out shooting at the people running to the hummer with their guns in hand. I stood watching the men around me with my senses on full alert mode. One man through a punch my way while another swung his leg up in a kick from behind me. I ducked for the punch i through a punch into his ribs breaking them and blocked the kick from behind me. I swung a kick in a spin around me taking out the other two guys. I grabbed my machine guns from my shoulders and pointed one toward the old woman and the other one toward the other people. The old woman stretched her arms out toward me in a screaming attack. I shot her in the head with three rounds at once. I got on top of the hummer's roof and jumped in through the sunroof with the top half of my body sticking out pointing my guns toward the men lying on the ground. The three men got to their feet and tried to grab me. I shot at them turning them into sives. A big pool of blood appeared on the ground where they fell. The old woman ran towards me with her hands stretched out in a frantic attack. I gave her one hard look and shot her. She flew backwards through the air onto her back. The other people started gunning for me. Angela ducked inside the vehicle dodging gunfire. I clambered onto the roof of the hummer jumping in through the sunroof. I stuck my torso out and opened fire on the people. A few of them dropped to the floor while others ducked for cover. 'Get us the fuck out of here Angela!' I said with guns blazing while dodging bullets from the roofs. 'Hold on to something.' She said starting the vehicle and spinning away. I dropped down onto the back seat looking behind us. The old woman stood up dusting herself off. The people i shot got up again and gathered around the old woman. 'How could those people still be alive? I shot them all in the head.' I asked getting into the front passenger seat. 'I don't know Charlie but i think i know who they are.' Angela answered. 'Who are they?' I asked her in shock and disbelief. 'They are some kind of cult. Apparently they were infected but they believe that god spared them because of a sacrifice they made. I only realised that they were the cult i heard of because of the church.' Angela said looking at the road while talking. 'Yes, i saw the markings on the church doors. Damn that was close. I really hope someone else doesn't go through that town.' I said trying to relax. 'Didn't you pass through this town looking for me?' I asked Angela. 'No i didn't, i took a different road up ahead. I didn't know you can fight like that?' Angela said looking at me for a split second. 'I didn't either. I felt something else back there. I felt as if i could feel that they were infected. I knew they were infected before they revealed themselves. I knew every move those men were going to make before they made it.' I tolled Angela looking out the window. 'It sounds to me like you are getting stronger. Your body is discovering all of its... Hum powers... When there is danger around.' Angela said making a mental note of my abilities. 'Yes I've noticed, i don't really know what i am capable of right now. I have researched all of this when i first realised that I'm getting stronger.' I said breathing hard. 'If i could use a hundred present of my brain my powers would be limitless for example; telekinesis, telepathy and astral projection. This is a scientists dream come true.' I explained to Angela waving my hands around in excitement for the possibilities. 'So you mean to tell me that you could move things with your mind, kill someone just by looking at them, read people's minds and maybe use OOBE to your advantage?' Angela asked me looking very puzzled. 'Exactly Angela, science is my hobby. I didn't just study medicines; my favourite part of science was the human body; the brain specifically.' 'Do you also think that it would be possible that you can't die, like maybe you can heal yourself?' Angela asked me with a look i have never seen before. 'Are you maybe a tad worried about me?' I asked Angela trying to keep a straight face. It was dark already. Angela blushed crimson as she spotted a clearing next to the road and pulled off. I looked at her puzzled as she got out the vehicle. Angela stood in front of the vehicle in the lights. I smiled to myself, got out of the vehicle and stood next to her. 'So my suspicion is correct then? You have developed feelings for me.' I asked her crossing my arms looking her straight in the eyes. 'I don't know how to tell you this Charlie. I am so confused right now.' Angela couldn't look me in the eyes. 'Tell me what Angela?' I knew what she was going to say at that point. 'Yes i have developed feelings for you Charlie. I didn't mean for this to happen. I don't know why i feel this way about you but i love you Charlie.' Angela looked down at her feet after she said the last four words almost as a whisper. I uncrossed my arms, put my hands on her shoulders and gave her a hug. I held her close to my body feeling her warmth. 'I love you too Angela.' I released her when she lifted her head. Angela looked into my eyes. 'You really mean that Charlie?' Angela asked me not knowing whether to smile or cry. 'Is this proof enough?' I said as i cupped her face in my hands and kissed her both gently and hungry at the same time. I felt Angela melt into my arms. My knees felt weak. Kissing her felt like fireworks going off in my body. Angela separated her lips for my tongue; our tongues probed each other's mouths. When we broke our kiss we stood there looking into each other's eyes. I got lost in a sea of blue. We felt totally right for each other. ********************* Angela stood there looking into Charlie's green eyes. Her body felt like it was on fire just because of that one kiss. She never expected Charlie to feel the same as she did. They both have lost someone and now they have found each other. Angela never thought that she would ever fall in love again. The love she felt for Charlie was stronger then what she felt for her late husband. At this point she has noticed that she never really loved him in the first place. ********************* 'Wow that was the best kiss i have ever had in my whole life.' Angela said smiling at me. 'That never happened to me before. I could have sworn i heard fireworks. Can i do that again?' I said with a blank look on my face. I put my hands on Angela's hips pulling her closer into me. Angela put her arms around my neck then pressed her lips against mine. I slid my hands over her hips under her shirt feeling her soft skin. Angela let out a soft moan into my mouth. I brought my hands to a Holt on her lower back. The Light Side of Death We broke the kiss then i turned us both so i would sit on the hood of the hummer with my legs hanging over the bulbar. Angela got up over me, crossed her legs behind my back and her arms around my neck. I put my hands underneath Angela's shirt and slid them slowly up towards her breasts as we kissed again. Angela moaned in my mouth and broke the kiss. 'Charlie i never did anything with a woman before, i wouldn't know what to do first.' Angela said looking at me with a sparkle in her eyes. 'Well you are doing a great job so far. It's quite easy really; you just do what you like any man to do to you.' I said grinning wide. 'That would be a bit tricky. Bill was my first and we never really experimented.' Angela said very shy at that moment. 'Then i guess i will have to teach you. Did you at least like the kiss?' I asked her trying to make her relax. 'I might be able to tell you if you kiss me again.' Angela said tilting her head slightly to the right grinning at me. 'You mean like this?' I asked pressing my lips to hers with my left hand behind her neck. This kiss felt so sensual and sexy. I couldn't help myself when i slid my right hand down her back to her hips, down to her thigh and rubbing her inner thigh with my thumb a bit too close to her mound. Angela broke the kiss and let out a soft deep sigh tilting her head back. I opened my eyes, stopped moving my thumb and saw total ecstasy on her sweet face. Angela opened her eyes bringing her head forward in a kiss while cupping my face in her hands. 'I guess i am a homosexual now. You know Charlie; i didn't even feel for my idiot of a late husband what i feel for you.' Angela said to me as she untangled her legs from behind my back, bringing them to the side of my legs sitting on her heels. Instead of answering Angela on that i lay down on my back and pulled her with me kissing her gently on her full luscious lips. 'How did you know that i feel something for you Charlie?' Angela asked me lying on top of me supporting herself with her hands pressed against the bonnet next to my head. 'You told me the other night while you were sleeping with your head on my lap before we left my place.' I answered her truthfully. 'How did i tell you if i was sleeping?' Angela looked at me puzzled. 'You talk in your sleep. I spent that whole night listening to you.' I said watching her blush again. 'Oh i totally forgot about that. I'm so sorry Charlie.' Angela apologised. 'Why do you keep apologising for everything Angela?' I asked her as she sat up over me resting her hands on my abdomen. 'Force of habit i guess Charlie. I'm so used to apologising it actually sickens and scares me.' Angela tried to smile but she couldn't. Angela started crying, leaned forward and pressed her face against my chest. I sat up wrapping her in my arms. 'Angela i will never hurt you like bill hurt you. If he was still alive i would have beaten the crap out of him for beating such a beautiful prize like you and by prize i mean that you are one special catch of a woman to have. It just pisses me off to know that there are people like him who would choose to ruin what they have rather than to protect it with their lives.' I said as i brushed a string of hair behind Angela's ear. Angela placed her hand over my hand, closed her eyes and kept it there as if she were savouring my touch. 'I know you won't hurt me Charlie. I could see on the first day i meat you that you won't hurt or destroy what you have. I just hope that my daughter will love you as much as i do? She is a tough young girl.' Angela said to me opening her eyes. Angela got off of me and sat next to me smiling. 'I am sure that we will get along just fine. It might take her a bit of time to get used to me and trust me considering what she has been through with her father beating you.' I said getting off of the bonnet. Angela sat closer to the edge with her legs hanging off of the side of the bonnet. I stood in front of her between her legs, put my hands on her hips and lifted her off onto her feet. Keeping my hands on her hips i planted a kiss on Angela's lips. 'It is getting very late, i guess we should have something to eat and get some sleep before we move on tomorrow morning. We have at least two days of traveling left to do.' I said taking Angela's hand in mine and leading her to the back passenger door. 'Yes your right, it is getting rather late.' Angela answered. We got inside set our bed and got something out the back to eat. After dinner we spent a few more hours talking about her daughter and what bill did to them. What she told me about him just made my blood boil in my veins. It always made me so mad when i heard about men abusing their wives and children or vice versa. Men and woman like that did not deserve to breath never mind having what they had. We both fell asleep in each other's arms just enjoying the warm friendly touch we had to offer. ********************* Walking into an old beaten up hospital i looked around and listened for any signs of life. I can only hear screaming and growling in the dusty hallways and rooms. I am walking as if floating. I am looking for someone, someone that is very important to me. Fighting my way through zombies i stood still in front of two big white swinging doors that lead to an operating room. I can hear my heart beating in my ears, my pulses are racing, my breathing is accelerated, the hairs on my neck are rising to the occasion and all my senses are on full alert. I can sense an evil behind those doors with the person... No... People i am looking for. They are in terrible danger. I started breaking into a cold sweat as i pushed through the doors. A bright white light is shining in my eyes. I lift my hand over my face to block out the light. While my eyes are adjusting to the light i can hear a woman and a daughter calling out to me, their voices sound very familiar to me. It is Angela and her daughter. Lowering my hand i can see a man standing next to them. Angela and her daughter are each tied to a gurney with leather straps. I know this man; he is one of the scientists that worked with me on regencell. His name is mark. I am looking around the room to see if i can use anything as a weapon. I see a pink backpack lying on the floor next to me. There is a name on it; it reads 'Sarah'. ******************* Angela was preparing breakfast and coffee on a small gas stove we took from the coffee shop when she heard me yell something in my sleep. She ran to the vehicle and tried to wake me up. Shaking me and calling my name i suddenly sat up. 'Sarah!' I yelled opening my eyes. I dropped down onto my back. Angela stuck her head in through the open door over my head. 'Relax... You just had a bad dream Charlie.' Angela said trying to calm me down. I was covered in a cold sweat with my blood pumping through my veins out of anger. 'No Angela this was no dream, it felt so real.' I said sitting up and getting out of the vehicle. Angela handed me a cup of coffee and breakfast on a paper plate. I downed my coffee not even worrying about the heat and ate as much as i could. The dream really bugged me. 'Angela what is your daughter's name?' I asked her trying not to look so concerned. 'Her name is Sarah. Why are you asking?' Angela said knowing very well that she never told me her daughter's name and that i yelled out her name as i woke up. 'It's the dream i had. It's really bugging me. You never told me her name before. I know who that scientist is and what he is doing in that hospital. That was no dream i had, that was a premonition.' I said standing up and walking from one side to the other thinking about everything i saw. 'A premonition?' Angela asked me confused. 'Yes, you are going to think that i am crazy when i tell you about it.' I said boiling more water. I made us each another cup of coffee and explained my 'dream' to Angela. She couldn't believe that i knew exactly what the hospital looks like. I also explained to her what Sarah looks like. I have never been at that hospital before and Angela never showed me a photo of Sarah. 'Okay, i don't think that you're crazy at all. I have seen a lot of weird things in the last few months that surprised me. This doesn't surprise me one bit.' Angela said keeping a straight face looking up at me. I stood still in front her and pulled her to her feet. I twisted my arms around her waist in a hug. Angela stood still for a moment and wrapped her arms around my neck. 'I promise that i won't let anything happen to you or Sarah. I know it's a difficult promise to keep but i am going to keep this one.' I said looking into Angela's blue eyes. 'You don't have to promise me anything Charlie. I know that you would take good care of us both no matter what. You proved that to me last night.' Angela said kissing me gently on the lips. We cleared up our supplies and packed it all in the back of the hummer. I let Angela drive for a bit while i sat on the back seat meditating with my legs crossed, eyes closed and my arms resting on my legs. I could feel everything that was going on in my body and around me. I locked all the noise from around me out my mind and concentrated on my body. I couldn't hear anything anymore; there was only my breathing and heartbeat. It sounded like an in-tune rhythm. Slowly breathing i concentrated harder on my brain. I seemed to be floating my way all kinds of weird looking tunnels. There was electricity flowing all around me in the walls, floor and roof of the tunnels. I was inside my own brain. I followed a narrow stretch of tunnel leading to a part of my brain i never used before; it looked like a big round room. It was pumping with energy. I came to a holt and uncrossed my legs to stand on my feet. There was someone standing in the middle of this room. I walked closer to that person. She turned around to face me; i was facing myself. She was different; stronger than i could ever be. Her eyes turned into a glowing white light and she stretched her hand out to me. I stretched my hand out flat against hers. I felt electricity flowing from her to me through our fingertips. She disappeared into dust right in front of my eyes. She was inside of me flowing like electricity; an unknown power never explored by anyone before. I opened my eyes looking straight into the rear-view mirror into Angela's eyes. She stepped on the breaks bringing the hummer to a screeching holt and turned in the seat facing me. 'What's happening to you Charlie?' Angela asked me turning the rear-view mirror so i could see. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my eyes glowing bright white and i was floating in the air a few inches up from the seat. 'Angela, i do believe that i just unlocked all of my powers through meditating. I wish you could experience this. This is so amazing.' i said to Angela relaxing. 'I can see it Charlie but i can hardly believe it. You are floating.' Angela sat there with her mouth gaping just staring at me. 'Let's see if i can get a hang of these powers.' I said taking a deep breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth. Closing my eyes i concentrated on relaxing my body. My body felt like an overloaded breaker. My heartbeat and pulses slowed down and i could feel the energy subsiding. I opened my eyes to look at Angela; she saw the light in my eyes fading smaller and smaller into my pupils till she could only see my green eyes again. My body plonked down onto the seat with my legs waving in the air and my head hitting the inside panel of the back left passenger door. 'Well, that is one thing i have to get used to.' I said smiling at the pain in my head. 'Next time when you do that could you please wait until we are standing still? Preferably somewhere safe outside of the hummer. You scared the living hell out of me back there. I almost crashed into a tree.' Angela asked me relaxing into the seat. 'Ooh, I'm sorry Angela. I didn't mean to scare you like that. I always meditate when i think about something, this time something else happened to me. I had to face myself and unlocked all my powers in the process. That was just way too weird.' I said sitting up rubbing my head. Without saying a word Angela started the vehicle and drove off with a spin. I climbed over to the front passenger seat and reclined the backrest. That little episode drained all the energy from me. I felt tired and helpless at that moment. I was sitting there watching the world go by then i looked at Angela and put my hand on her leg. Angela just smiled at my hand then returned her eyes to the road. I woke up i short while later alone in the car. I got out and saw that Angela stopped in a town. Angela was nowhere to be seen. There were a big pile of zombies lying in front of a supermarket. I grabbed my shotgun and walked towards the pile of death. The wounds on the bodies were fresh. I stepped around the pile and into the supermarket. I heard a trolley being wheeled down the aisles. 'Why didn't you wake me up?' I asked Angela yawning with my arms stretched out over my head. Angela shot around in surprise pointing her pistols at me. 'Sorry girl, i didn't mean to scare you. I saw your handy work outside the door.' I said to Angela grabbing a pack of crisps from the shelf next to me. 'You looked so peaceful i didn't want to wake you. God you really know how to get me in a flat spin, don't you Charlie? After the episode in the car i just needed to blow off some steam.' She said throwing stuff in the trolley. 'Hah, if that is how you blow off some steam i will think twice in the future about scaring you. By the way, i see your bite mark has healed very nicely.' I pointed to her shoulder blade while taking a bite of a chip. 'Yes i noticed this morning. It healed very quickly; quicker than what it normally takes me to heal. Do you think i could be changing like you did?' She asked me stopping the trolley and turning around. 'It could be girl. I healed just as quick when i was bitten but i also think you healing so quick is because i injected you with my white blood cells and a few other stuff.' I said following her through the aisles. On our way to the door i stopped and walked over to the cigarette counter grabbing a few cartons of smokes and a few lighters. I turned around with my arms full looking at Angela. 'Really Charlie, you can just as well grab a few cartons of menthol for me.' She said with a smirk. 'Sure thing babe, let me just throw this in the trolley.' I said tossing the cartons in the trolley and turning back to the counter. I grabbed a smaller trolley on my way there and filled it up with more cartons for both of us and grabbed all the packets of bulk matches off the shelf. 'Do you think this would be enough to last us for a few months?' I turned around with the trolley in a spin. 'Yes i think that would definitely be enough Charlie.' We went back to the car and emptied the two full trollies into the back of the vehicle. After i closed the back door i grabbed Angela and gave her a kiss. 'I don't know about you girl but i could do with a hot shower. Maybe we can look for a hotel somewhere or an empty house? I saw that this town still has power for some reason.' I said letting go of her and getting into the driver's seat. Angela got in on the other side and checked in the cabriole for my map booklet. She flew through the pages stopping at a street map of this town. She followed the roads on the map with her fingers. 'Okay there is a hotel left on the next block; it's situated right on a T-junction.' She said to me lifting her eyes from the booklet. 'Sweet, let's go shower.' I said starting the hummer. At the next block i turned left and drove right through the gate to the hotel. I pulled up right at the lobby to get a key for any of the rooms. Angela and i both got out of the hummer and locked the doors. With our weapons ready we walked into the hotel hand in hand. The place looked deserted and dusty. The smell of rot and death filled the air. There were a few eaten bodies lying around and the place was painted red with blood. My senses picked up on something. I looked around in the corners of the lobby and saw that the cameras were still working and following our every move. 'We've got someone watching us Angela.' I said nodding at the cameras. 'Yes i saw them when we entered at the door Charlie. I will get the key while you check it out. I will wait here for you.' Angela said walking over to the counter, got a key and waited for me. Behind the counter i saw a door with security written on it. I watched the cameras around us and noticed that neither one of them can turn toward that door. I looked at the wall next to the door and noticed an air vent leading toward the security room. I opened the vent and crawled inside being very quiet. Angela walked back toward the counter and stood behind it. Angela crouched down to one knee behind the counter in front of the security office's door. I leopard crawled through the vent finding a grid panel that dropped right into the room. I lay still for a while checking it out. A guy was standing up from his chair from in front of the cameras grabbed a gun and walked to the door. The man stood next to the door getting ready to open it. I silently open the grid and left it hanging on its hinges. I waited for the guy to stand in front of the door with his back to me. I quietly dropped down and snuck up behind him. Just as he opened the door pointing his gun at Angela i grabbed him from behind making him drop his weapon out of fear. 'We mean you no harm man. We just need a room to rest for a while then we will be on our way.' I said still keeping my arm around his neck and my machine gun pointing to his lower back. 'No problem at all, you ladies can take as long as you'd like.' He said shaking in my arms. 'Who are you and are you alone here?' Angela asked him. 'My name is Kenny. I used to work here in security. Now i just spend my days here killing zombies. I live in the first room around the corner on ground level. There are a few of us here trying to fix this place up for any survivors passing through.' He said as i let him go. 'Where are your friends then?' I asked him walking past him through the door. 'They are all out for building supplies. They will be back in about ten minutes. I was left here to guard the hotel.' He said picking up his gun. Angela and i looked at each other and held hands. The guy looked sincere but he also looked like we couldn't trust him. 'Well we are just passing through and will be leaving in an hour. We just need a place to shower.' Angela said lifting up her hand showing him the key. 'Sure thing, be my guests. I will let the others know not to disturb you ladies.' Kenny said just as more people walked in through the doors. 'Oh look James; we finally have our first guests.' A woman said to a man standing next to her. 'Hi ladies, my name is James, this is my wife char main and these are our children Charles, Raymond and Jane.' He said pointing to everyone. 'Hi there, my name is Charlie and this is my girl Angela.' I said putting my arm around Angela's shoulders. 'As our first guests i think that you can stay for free considering the condition the place is in. As you can see we are still clearing it out and fixing it up.' Charmaine said walking toward the counter to put down a few things in her hands. 'Thank you very much char main, we will only be staying for an hour or so. We still have a long way to travel.' Angela said checking the room number on the key in her hands. 'No problem at all, you just call us if you need anything.' She said looking at the two of us. 'Jane will lead you to your room and if you want Charles and Raymond will wash your vehicle for you.' James said pointing to the hummer in front of the lobby.