Chapter 12 (i would have given you the world)

Chapter 12: i would have given you the world

Narrator (no one)

July 2022

About 2 months after outbreak

Ohio

Season 2

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Maverick ran into the house first, with Cole following close behind. He kept screaming his sister's name, but he never got a reply.

"Maverick, I think we should go-"

"You said you would help me find her."

"Yeah, but, Mav, I don't... I don't think she's here."

"Annie!"

Maverick broke through all the doors, looking in every corner. He started to believe that maybe it was really hopeless, that his sister was really gone, until he broke through the lock on the guest bedroom door. The room was lit with candles, and a warm breeze came through the open window. His mother stood in the corner of the room, facing the wall, crying. His sister sat on the floor at the foot of the bed, her hands tied to the bedpost. She was here, but she wasn't alive. She was one of those things now.

"Annie?

"Maverick-" Cole rested his hand on his friend's shoulder.

"What the hell did you do, Mom? What did you do to her!" His best friend held his body back to restrain him from doing something he might regret. His mother didn't respond; her body shook as her tears fell harder.

Cole buried Annie's body in the backyard, where they used to have barbecues and play soccer. He felt like he had lost his sister too, but he stayed strong for Maverick and only cried when he wasn't looking. The two never spoke about what happened to the rest of the group, except when Valentine was passed out and Maverick pulled his skin from his body in an attempt to save his life. He told him everything about his little sister, knowing he wasn't listening to a word he said.