4 The Apocalypse is Here!
BACK TO PRESENT!! DAY 1 of the Outbreak
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Abbey was very confused.
Ben had always known how to fix things that concerned him in the nick of time. He knew what to do and how to go about it but not him. He did not know what to do right now. And it pained him, badly.
The red blinking icon over his friend's head. The strange blue screen telling him to kill his friend and the urgency at which the words were directed to him.
What in the world was happening?
Perhaps Ben would know. He was always an anime freak. He would have an idea about what was happening to him and be able to come with a diagnosis.
He wanted to speak out about the system in his vision but seeing the condition Ben was in, he shut up; the strange bite on his hand, just where did that come from?
"What happened?" Abbey asked, holding out the friend by the shoulders as he looked all over his body with a worried expression.
"I-I don't know." Ben said with a stariend expression.
"Who did this to you?" The attendant miss said, coming over to them from behind Ben.
"It was a-one m-man… He entered the rest… rest room and.. Gosh, my head. I can't see well. My eyes…" Ben cried out, holding his eyes.
"W-what's happening?" Abbey asked, confused.
"You need to take your friend to the hospital. He is not well." the girl said. "I would call an ambulance for you." She gestured, hurrying over to her desk.
"H-he bit everyone else there. When they tried to calm him.H was so panicked, scattered things about in the restroom." Ben sat to the ground, holding out his bleeding elbow. "It's so hot. Hot. I feel thirsty, Abbey. W-what's happening to me?" He cried.
Stricken by grief, over Ben's predicament, Abey could sniffed, holding back his tears. "What's happening? You will be fine. They are calling an ambulance. Pleas.. Do you… uh?" Abbey stopped, bending down to see Ben tugging at his feet.
"I- won't be fine. Hahaha." Ben laughed mirthlessly.``How could I not have known? Everybody the man bit complained of heat. And these black marks over their body and their eyes were kind of red… Oh my goodness. I never thought it could ever happen." He laughed mirthlessly again.
"What are you saying?" Abbey knelt down, shaking his head in wonder.
[DING! KILL BEN!]
"Shut up!'' Abbey cried out, throwing his hands in the air in a bid to scatter the screen from his vision. But it failed.
"W-what?"
"There is one screen in my eyes, telling me to kill you." Abbey replied.
"Oh, fuck. This is even crazier. Not only is it a zombie apocalypse, there are also systems in it? Why am I so unlucky?" Ben muttered.
"There is no zombie apocalypse." Abbey replied. "You are just tired." He heaved, shaking Ben lightly by the shoulders.
"Of course, THERE IS! RAWW GGH!" Ben roared out suddenly, pushing forward to Abbey.
In one second, Abbey was on the ground, a crazy looking Ben right on top of him, and about to bite into his neck.
"Please…. Stop. Please…" Abbey whimpered, using all his might to hold out Ben as tears began to stream out his eyes.
He did not want to believe it but Ben did have an answer. Right through the glass doors of the tech shop, he could see people being chased and bitten into. Glass shattering here and there and those who were bitten standing up some moments later to hunt for other unbitten people.
[Due to the present emotional state of the Host… System is requesting Host permission for Auto Pilot Mode… Host will relinquish control of his body to the system for better survivability chances. System would relinquish control after the Host is safe.]
New words panned out on the screen in Abbey's eyes but he ignored it, focusing on Ben.
[DING! Host would experience a huge burnout of energy after Auto Pilot Mode and would go unconscious afterwards, in severe cases.]
"I-i cant.. Rawwghhh…" Ben cried amidst his beastial roars, the only thing restricting him was the hand of Abbey at his throat. "K-kill m-me.. Ahh.. kill me…" He cried.
[DING!]
But he couldn't.
[Permission needed for Auto Pilot mode?]
"I can't.. Come back to me. Please get better and let's survive this together. Please. You have always been my friend and you have… agh!" Abbey gasped as blood splattered over his face.
Ben dropped down on him even as the figure of the female attendant came to view behind him.She held a rod of iron as she cocked her neck.
"The world is fucking ending and you are being a pussy crying and begging ? Do you think this is telemundo?" She asked, turning around to the metal drawdown door handle. "GET UP! We need to barricade the shop!"
