Chapter 1... Saved

I could hear footsteps, heavy footsteps and light footsteps of which belonged to me, he sounds became louder as I started running, from what you may ask, that I do not know, all I knew at that point was that if I didn't run I would die, my heart continued to sprint with me until I tripped on a bottle and fell hitting my knee on the floor and wounding it,

"please, I don't want to die" I shouted as I could hear the heavy footsteps come closer and closer to me and after a few seconds of crying, what was chasing me became visible, it looked like a woman and a very familiar one at that but woman won't be the right word to describe what I saw because the woman (with air quotes) had fingernails of someone who had never cut the in their life only a lot sharper and covered with a black mist, another noticeable thing about her was her eyes, they were completely black and looked lifeless scaring the shit out of me, literally,

"mom, please stop, I won't be a bad boy again" I said trying to reason with my mother turned monster knowing fully well that wasn't my mother anymore. She slowed down when she got very close to me and began to rub my face and I could see ear drops falling from her eyes, suddenly the creature began to shriek in an annoying frequency holding her head as she threw her hands towards my face again obviously not to touch it like before. I closed my eyes accepting my inevitable death but then the sound of gunshots echoed in the empty hallway and it was followed by a thud, I opened my eyes again and the creature was on the floor, dead,

"go grab the body and take it back to base" a guy in a black suit without the blazers and holding a gun in one hand said as he walked towards me,

"It's okay now, you're safe" He said stretching his hand towards be but I slapped it away,

"momma" I said crying loudly and suddenly, I felt a warm feeling enter my body, it was the warmth of a hug, I tried to resist but my body failed me so I just gave in,

"what should we do with him sir" another guy in suit came in looking at us hugging it out,

"we can't leave him here, we'll take him back to base" The man hugging me said as a teardrop fell from his eyes,

"I know you're in lot of pain right now, both physical and emotionally, but we'll get through this, if you don't want to die and if you don't to see anyone you love die, then stop crying and follow me, let me make you stronger" the man said and began to walk away, I played what he said over and over again in my head and finally stopped crying,

"goodbye mom" I said as I limped towards the man.

A few seconds later, I was jumping up breathing heavily and accidentally punched my moor cracking it and it seemed the pain brought me back to life as I finally realized it was a dream,

"Calm down" I told myself as I rid my fist of the blood that was on it with a handkerchief that was lying beside the mirror, I then sighed in disappointment at the cracked mirror,

"I'm gonna have to but a new one" I said and had a long look at my slender and slightly built body, my shiny black short hair that reached my neck flew with the wind finally revealing my green eyes, after a long look at my reflection, a smirk appeared on my face as I sauntered into the bathroom to take a bath.

I wore my particularly tight yet flexible uniform, custom made, and put a receiver in my ear,

"you know, you probably shouldn't take that to school, or wear it" I herd a very familiar and annoying voice enter my ear, it sounded like the screeching of plagued animals, and unfortunately, it as an acquaintance of mine,

"are you listening to me, I said you shouldn't take dnfks" he was speaking but I was hearing was the voice in my head telling me to shoot him there, but that would get me in trouble with my higher ups as he worked with me in the agency, what agency you might ask, it was founded because of the arrival of a certain illness that unlike actual diseases, this one made people far stronger than normal humans but also far more violent, it was referred to as the shadow sickness due to the attributes an infected person exhibits, the black eyes, dark mist around then, thicker the more infected the person is, and sharpened long claws and the urge to kill people and…. Eat them, it was what took my family away from me, and the agency, that saved me, specializes with eliminating them. We'll get back to that later, but for now, to take care of the current issue,

"look, I know you don't like me, but you have to listen to me" my brown haired pest, I mean friend said getting angry,

"I'm going to school" I said walking out the room but he stood in my way,

"get out of my way" I said as I pulled him and p my leg in the way trying to trip him but he simply skipped over it and inverted my grab, and now I was in his arms trying to free myself but to no avail,

"you have ways to go before you reach me kid, what are you, like 17" He said with a grin on his face,

"you're just one year older you know right" I said hissing and using the back of my head to hit his nose causing his grip to weaken and I walked out,

"reach you my ass" I said and left for school.

Usually, people would be nervous on their first day in a new school, but not me, I wasn't the type to feel that type of emotion, or most emotions, I just walked in and looked around, trying to memorize possible entry and exit routes in case of emergencies, a habit I had picked up on the way,

"good day class, today we have a new student, but he hasn't arrived yet so when he does you guys should…" I interrupted the teacher by walking in, as expected, all eyes were on me,

"oh, he's here, please Mr. Tyrone, introduce yourself" the teacher said smiling at me,

"my name Is Tyrone Johnson, nice to meet you all" I said sarcastically, but only a few noticed but it seemed those one didn't even care as they continued to stare at me, after a few seconds of awkward silence, I began to sense hostility from a group of boys probably because the girls were staring at me and mumbling to each other some words I shouldn't say ,

"thank you Mr. Johnson, go have your seat by the window at the back so we can get on with the class" The teacher also sensing the hostility said and I obeyed.