Goodbye Emily

7th June 2023

It took a little longer than he planned to deal with Noah. Not that it was hard, just the similarities between both brothers made him a little bit more mad and he ended up just torturing that dude for hours.

After that when he was about to leave and go to kill Kiara and Liebe, his body went limp and all that pain just hit him again. He could walk around despite having that many injuries just because the infection was dulling his senses and mostly he couldn't feel much of his body anymore. But in between every now and then, these seizures started to hit him, where his senses would go into overload and he'd feel all the pain he couldn't feel before. Plus the feeling of something just burning inside of him or eating away at his body would just drive his brain insane. He nearly dug his nails into his skin, and ripped out his head yesterday, before losing consciousness.

Plus when he woke up again in the middle of the night, that hunger for everything hit him, and he simply couldn't think anything clearly. He didn't even know what he did or where he went at that time. Just that when he got a little sane again, he had the taste of blood in his mouth and had a chopped up hand lying near him.

All these things only made him realize that he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer. His skin had gone pale completely today, and the red veins near the bite marks had started turning into black color. His body was just numb now, and he couldn't even feel any sense of touch or anything.

He couldn't even smell anything. Which was weird, as he thought all the zombies only worked on smell and sound. But guess some shit probably pops back up, once he was fully turned or something.

"Maybe today is the day." Ali said in a hoarse tone, as he clenched his fists but felt nothing. "Let's just go and kill them."

He decided to finish Kiara and Liebe at least. Kevin was missing now and he probably wouldn't be sane enough to find him later. But since he knew about those two, he would just kill them.

As the anger and bloodlust rose in his heart, so did the hunger he felt within him.

'Maybe once I see them, I won't even be able to hold on anymore.' Ali said as he slapped his head to get it back together.

He didn't want to live like a zombie, roam around like an undead until someone bashed his head in and killed him for real. He didn't want that for himself.

That's why he had already decided the day he was bitten, that he'd just kill himself when he felt like he couldn't hold on anymore.

The decision was still the same and seeing his condition, he could see that today was the day he had to die.

But before that, there was something he had to do. Someone he had to meet and talk with.

Ali started walking towards his house, the place where he left one of his friends waiting for him - Emily.

When Emily was bitten, it didn't take long for her to turn into a zombie. She was already wounded badly and was unconscious for a day. When she woke up again, she was already in the situation where he is now. The hunger was driving her insane and there was nothing he could do to help her. So he could just bind her in his basement.

The basement was soundproof so no one could find her there. He wanted to keep her in the hope that maybe someone out there, some organization, some government, some doctor or hero - would find a cure to this madness soon and he could heal her.

He knew it was a fool's dream, but he just didn't have the guts to end her life and give her freedom.

But now that he was going through everything himself, he knew his cowardice only ended up hurting her more. The pain that is breaking his mind, he had her go through that locked in a basement, just because he was too much of a coward to take her life and give her freedom.

He didn't want to do that again. Once he was dead or fully turned, maybe no one would ever find Emily again, maybe she'd just stay there locked in that basement until the last moment and die of hunger. Even now it had been days since he had been there to see her, maybe she's suffering even now.

'I'm sorry for everything Em. But today both our suffering ends.' Ali said to himself, he even wanted to cry a little, but even his eyes had gone numb now.

—grughhhrr– krugsgtegh–

As Ali opened the door for the basement, the sound of growling and snarling started echoing everywhere. Looking forward he could see Emily standing there, bound by metal chains in a corner.

The rattling noise of chains rang out as she tried to rush forwards when he entered inside. The face which always had a smile whenever she saw him, now only had those emotions of hunger on it. The hands that he was so used to getting a massage from, or fingers that would always had that gentle touch which would calm his nerves, were all broken and marred with scratches now. Her painted nails were no longer even visible as only blood marks were left on them and on ground cause she used them to dig her own flesh and floor.

Ali closed his eyes as his heart felt heavy just looking at her, he could feel his throat getting dry as he didn't know what to say anymore.

But knowing it was the last time he'd see her, he forced himself to calm down and walked forward.

He sat there in front of her and told her about everything.

Not about all the sad stuff that happened with him, he didn't want to share that with her. He just told her all about his childhood. The memories he could still remember, the funny incidents and playful habits he had. She was always curious about them, about the time when she wasn't around him, so he told her everything.

He even told her about all the things he could remember about them - when he first saw her following his mom years ago. Or what he thought about her when his mom told him she was going to follow him next. Or what he felt when she followed him here without asking anything.

There were so many memories he had of her in his mind that even he didn't realize. How her presence had just become a habit of his in his life. About how much he missed seeing her around him all this time, or her just combing his hair after he took a bath or giving him a massage when he was tired - there were so many things he never even told her how much he appreciated them.

But it was all too late now.

"I'm sorry for everything Em. If not for me, you would still be at home and living leisurely. If I had just been happy with everything I had, none of it would've happened. You wouldn't have to wait for the end to tell me everything. And I wouldn't have to lose you like this. It was never your fault, but I never realized how much I hurt you." Ali said as he fixed her hair. "So for everything you ever did, I'm grateful."

Emily bit his hand with her mouth and started chewing on it. Soon enough her teeth were dug deep in his skin and blood started dripping out, but he didn't pull his hand back. He just stood there in front of her.

He pulled the knife from his waist and clenched it tightly in his hands.

"I'll kill everyone who did this to us, Em. Everyone who forced us into this corner would die soon. And once that's done I'll join you." He said as he pressed the knife near her throat. His hands were shaking and tears finally fell down his dead eyes. "You waited for 3 years last time, just wait for one more day, and then we'll be together."

Ali pulled his other hand from her mouth and held her head. Emily looked upwards and their eyes met. There were no emotions in her ruddy eyes, no power of love overcoming her zombieness and giving her emotions back.

"Goodbye Emily" Ali said, as he kissed her forehead one last time, as he forced his hand to take her life.

-Grhgrh krurg-

Emily growled as the knife cut her skin, yet before Ali could push it forward, another seizure hit his brain. This time probably the worst one yet. It felt like his brain was about to explode like a water balloon. A loud scream escaped his mouth, as blood started leaking from his ears.

He fell to his knees and held his head, he felt pain that he couldn't even describe anymore. Like every cell of his body was on fire and was just dying a million times every moment.

Pain pain pain pain pain pain pain

So much pain that he started banging his head on the ground to stop himself from feeling it.

The sound of screams was echoing in his mind, but no sound escaped his lips, it felt like they weren't even his screams anymore. No they really weren't his.

His eyes went completely dark, as it lost all sign of light and life, and then blood started dripping out from them marking them in red.

At this point he just wished for death. Yet death eluded him. 'Stop it. Stop it. STOP IT.' He begged.

And someone finally heard his prayers. An orb of red light fell over his head , knocking him out and merging within him.

The great villain system, who was floating in the sky, looked at Ali and scanned his body with a glance. It clicked its tongue and looked at the sky, where it saw multiple barriers surrounding this world.

[So it's you Darkness.]

[Interfering again, even after knowing that the Devil sent me here.]

[If you want something then go and ask him. Come here again, and I'll wipe out this entire earth and everyone in it.]

'Along with the little anomaly you left here.' The system thought in its heart, as it dared not say those words out loud.

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Written by - author DevilDarkness😎