Note : this chapter has being recently corrected, but The point of the story is still the same.
.....[chapter begins].....
"Let me guess Mickey, you thought you can save the kids by yourself, didn't you?" I stated handing him back his binoculars.
He nodded with his head " that's what I thought, but I thought wrong.
And I almost got killed saving whomever was still alive from those kids, if it wasn't for you and Omar...you guys created a distraction for the zombies so me and the kids can escape." he said slowly drawing another deep breath.
"So did the Omar guy make it out alive?" I casually asked him throwing my hands in the air to stretch.
"Seriously?" was the last thing Mickey said before he started laughing at me.
"Mickey shut up!! You'll wake grumpy grandpa Ivan!!" I tried to close his mouth with my hands, but Mickey was doing too little to no effort trying to hold back his laughter.
Why does this scene feels familiar?
Finally, It took him a moment to finally calm down and stop giggling like a middle schooler.
"Even now, you think of everything and everyone else first but yourself Captain." he stated something weird as he gathered his breaths.
Well, it wasn't that weird, I guess I'm too flustered hearing those words.
I looked at Mickey's hazel eyes for a second, was I really this admirable type of person he's speaking about?
No one is completely selfless, not even me.
"Omar made it because you helped him get away, by becoming the lone bait for those Dead walkers...so yeah, he made it out alive!
and so did I and those kids and the rest of the team, well except for you (Y/N)... or so I thought?" He said my name.
Well I don't remember if it's really my name, but it sounded familiar for some reason, he's been calling me Captain the whole time I thought I might have no name at all.
"( Y/N) huh...so that's my stupid name I guess..." I said a little too loud for it to be an inside thought.
"So you really don't remember anything do ya? heh." Mickey's question was more of a request of a confirmation than a question itself, so I simply nodded.
"Yep, I don't...Not a single thing about me dude."
...[Time Skip]...Next day...
The morning came by rather quickly, I was taking the last watch shift involuntarily, so I was the only one still awake by the window.
It was beautiful to watch the sunrise but lonely at the same time, especially with two grown men sleeping and snoring like engines on floor next to me, while I remain awake for a duty I didn't sign up for.
I didn't feel like it was the right thing to do, to wake them up especially not Mickey, since it was obvious he was having Difficulties in his sleep.
I stood up from my seated position next to the window, and stretched my limbs a little.
As far as I am concerned, my problem here is to figure out who I am and WTF happened, that I ended up the way I am.
The memory loss, the apocalypse, the whole captain thing and most importantly the scene that I first woke up in.
The dead body of a stranger, the half burnt ID card, the weird thriller movie setup and my wounds.
"Huh?" The thought of the horrible cuts that were on my thighs, made me reached down to touch where my wound supposedly were, and it's then when I discovered it.
Something was missing...my wounds!
How the hell some big ass deep wounds disappear within few hours? on their own?
I quickly took off most of my clothes and even my shoes, checking my body.
i noticed that all my wounds are gone from the smallest scratch, to the big slash marks that were supposed to be on both of my thighs.
How's that possible?!
In the midst of my panic, I heard something shuffle, it was Mickey who just woke up, And i was wearing nothing but my underwear... great!
"Holy shit captain! what are you doing naked so early in the morning?" A sleepy Mickey said, while gently Patting the old man next to him to wake him up.
"Dude shut up will you?! and what are you doing?! Waking Ivan up?! have some decency and look the other way to!...Ugh! go back to sleep, let me at least put on back my clothes!" I whisper-screamed at him but he didn't even budge or react.
"Seriously, I've seen countless of ppl naked before you, you're not the first one (Y/N)! besides we're all humans! we got the same anatomy...well except for some of us and some parts." he casually said.
I grabbed my shoe that I removed earlier and targeted Mickey with it, It hit him Right in the face, knocking him back to the ground.
"Ow?! what the Fuck (Y/N)!" while he was busy whining and wincing in pain, I took the chance to quickly dress up.
"That's what you get for misbehaving bro! Listen to your Captain next time!" I stated fixing clothes.
"You kids are fooling around way too early in the morning " it was Ivan's grumpy voice that spoke this time.
"Who's fooling old man?! I got shoed to the face!" Mickey said with tears in his eyes, still whinny about the shoe hit he received.
"Mickey my friend, it's just a shoe! get over it and stop being an adult baby!" I yelled in frustration ruffling my head.
Mickey who was joking around a minute ago, suddenly turned seriously serious, clearing his throat.
He Stood up and walked towards me "Real talk though... Your wounds are gone.
I guess now I understand what I saw... captain." he simply said looking straight at my eyes.
I gulped down thinking, does this man acts on purpose like an idiotic little kid to make people let their guard down?
Ivan caught up on our conversation rather quickly, "Fucking Hell WHAT? ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE FREAKS!!" Ivan screamed as he stormed my way.
He then proceeded to check me up and down aggressively, it was obvious he was searching for my wounds.
"Get your hands off me first of all! I did not consent this!
second of all, when I was injured none of you two even try to help me, or like I don't know! give me first aid? clean up my wounds? or do shit for me?!
And I totally get that you guys didn't trust me enough to help me out, but now you're coming up my face, screaming I'm one of those things?!
so do a little explanation before I lose my Fucking mind! as if this whole mess isn't ENOUGH ALREADY!" I fired back at them pushing Ivan to the ground and he fell back, easily.
"Listen captain, we didn't treat your wounds because we weren't sure whether you were going to transform by the sunrise or not!
And good news is you didn't! transformations usually happens within 10 to 15 minutes at best, but despite the time mark passing, you were still heavily wounded and I suspected something else.
Now that you wounds are gone om their own, the situation turned from dangerous to even worse...well, depends on how you translate it.
My suspicions were right, I know the reason why you're still alive." Mickey tried to explain to me in a calming manner, but Ivan was having none of it.
"GOD DAMMIT I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP! the moment you let them in Mickey! there was absolutely no possibility, your Captain could survive out there with the walkers swarming around the area like bees, unless they are some sort of a freak as well!" Ivan screamed again, glaring me up and down.
Fuck this old man for real! he's riding my nerves.
"listen, I don't understand the situation Grandpa! and you're clearly upset with me about something I'm not even sure what it is, but both of you still owe me an explanation regardless of this situation.
What the hell are you both talking about?!" I insisted on getting my answer.
I am tired of Ivan yelling on my ass, and Mickey pretending he's clueless.
"You're right! we owe you an explanation, it's just that I don't know how to bring you the news... considering the fact that you are dealing with memory loss too." Mickey's words were sincere, but they didn't satisfy my building up anger.
Especially when Ivan opened up his damn mouth again, " Oh for FUCKS SAKE MICKEY! you ain't gonna reason with this freak! I shouldn't have trusted you to allow this thing up our tree house! tell them to leave."
Our tree house? why does this phrase bother me?
"NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP IVAN BEFORE I TURN YOU INTO A THING!" I screamed on top of my lungs causing them both to shut up.
Fucking finally, silence.
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