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Chapter 8 - Love in the middle of an apocalyptic time

Note : this chapter has being recently corrected, but The point of the story is still the same.

language note: some Turkish words used in this chapter:

( aşkım= my love)

( kardeşim= brother/sister)

(arkadaşım= my friend)

(arkadaşlarım= my friends)

the ' ş' is read 'sh'

....Previously....

"They are getting some zombie bodies ready to burn, I'll go back and pretend I forgot something then cut you off a piece or something! stay here (Y/N), and as for you Omar follow me, we have to be quick." Sultana replied jogging back into the town gate followed by Omar.

I decided to wait up for them, my hunger was getting worse and worse, my veins were popping and my skin was slightly cracked up.

I sat down waiting for the Hijabi Girl And the tall dude to come back.

....[chapter begins]....

...Slight time skip...

I could swear that, more than few minutes have already passed, and the two are a no show, at this point I started to feel the world spinning around me.

Sultana and Omar haven't returned yet, and I was on the blink of losing my Shit, as I was rummaging like a maniac in my bag when my hand touch something flat and cold.

it was a small mirror, I quickly pulled it up to my face to see how I look.

I was horrified at my own reflection!

My skin went greyish by the second, my eyes have changed, the sclera of my eyes ( the white part of the eye) also turned grey with tiny red spots all over it.

My Irises turned a marigold yellow color instead of my original eye color, goodness my eyes resembled the eyes of a monster.

There was these cracks on my skin that started spreading wider and wider than before, I wanted to scream.

"Why is this happening to me..." I said touching my face, it was cold causing me to dropped the mirror on my lap.

"I shouldn't have waited for them?! I SHOULDN'T HAVE COUNTED ON THEM...I AM TURNING INTO THIS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LOOKING SHIT!!" I just lost it, grunting and screeching and screaming to myself.

My head was killing me...it hurts.

I was tired and All sort of animalistic noises were coming out of my mouth, I was changing by the minute.

Then, I felt a rush of mixed emotions invade my body, I knew I was turning into a zombie and I felt terrified that I couldn't control this.

I stood up and walked away, back into the forest.

I was afraid of being spotted by the guards at the gate, or just anyone I don't know from that town.

What if somebody would pop up on me and notice my Zombified stated?

After walking away for a bit, I finally dropped to the ground.

for a good minute, I laid curled up around myself, rocking back and forth until I heard a noise, I heard the two people that I was waiting for, call my name Over and over.

Sultana and Omar were looking for me.

"CAPTAIN WHERE ARE YOUUUU!!" Omar shouted.

"HEY (Y/N) YOU IDIOT!! I told you to wait for us for THE LOVE OF GOD!" Sultana shouted after him.

I tried calling for them, to tell them where I was, but the only noise that came out of me was a low screech, I was too far away back into the forest for them to hear me.

it appears that when you turn this way, at a certain point you'd lose your voice, and that's what was happening to me.

Thankfully, I was still able to think a bit, despite feeling foggy in my head.

I remembered I had a gun on me,

I quickly checked it to see two bullets remaining in the champer so I fired one up to the sky.

In few seconds I heard the sounds of two people running towards me, Sultana and Omar have managed to find me thanks to the gun shot sound.

"DAMN YOU OMAR!! I knew you and your team are the dumbest on Earth, but I have to admit your captain is the most dumb one of them all!" Sultana yelled kneeling to the ground, she was out of breath from running While clutching something like a dark plastic bag in her hands.

My senses were instantly pointed at the the plastic bag, I was able to smell something special, delicious even.

"I told you to let me carry the plastic bag for you!" Omar said taking the plastic bag from Sultana's hands, he then opened the bag and emptied it in front of me.

a big piece of Rotten flesh came rolling out of the plastic bag, and I immediately grabbed munching on it.

I couldn't believe I was chewing on some zombie flesh (ಥ‿ಥ)

Sultana was just dead ass watching me eat,

girl has zero chills.

"Ugh, this is so freaking disgusting!" Omar said holding himself back from throwing.

Sultana slapped him on the back of his head saying " Shut up you judgmental idiot!! this is what my sister eats everyday too! if you find it disgusting then go ahead and get the Hell out!!" She said.

I love her.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to judge anyone! I just don't get every day to see a person eating a zombie!" Omar said defending himself,

I'm eating this shit and I can't take it bro.

The two then started slightly arguing, like an old married couple.

As I finished eating the rotten flesh in my hand, I felt my humanity coming back again to me slowly, the fog on my head lifted and I wasn't hungry anymore.

" this is insane...it worked." I stated at the fact and then I realized, I was actually enjoying my Zombie meal, it was tasty.

lol Zombielicious...Eww.

"And you!" Sultana yelled, switching her attention to me again, "you (Y/N)! I'm pretty sure I told you to wait in your place.

why did you run into the forest?! are you trying to give us a hard time finding you! almost got yourself completely turned!" She said scolding me.

"We were hiding so close to the town, I figured somebody might pass by and find me in this horrible state!" I defended myself, it seemed to work as Sultana no longer appeared to want my head in a box.

"Anyways, sorry Arkadaşım! we took our time too...I didn't think it's going to be difficult for me to cut a piece of a dead infected body, I had to clean myself too." Sultana apologize while fixing her Hijab.

"it's okay you literally just saved my ass right now, I own you one!" I said finally getting up on my feet.

"but be careful from now on, I'm not always going to be around to give you food just like now, and if the zombies are going to keep running away from you, then you're going to have to hunt them down! " Sultana said.

She was right, it was a miracle that I actually Met her today.

I don't know how long I can go without being hungry again, so I'll have to hunt some zombies soon and probably store them with me just in case.

"I think, now that we realize how dangerous the situation is, that maybe you should go back to the tree house? I mean its getting darker already!" Omar suggested to me.

It's getting darker?...

Going back, it wasn't a bad idea actually, but considering the fact that I literally just left the tree house for just a day.

I said that I was actually going to leave for longer, it just seems weird coming back to it, so soon.

" I think Omar is right for once in his life." Sultana said making Omar pout.

She smiled at his miserable reaction as she added "Now, I don't know who you are exactly (Y/N) , and the nature of the history you share with Mickey and his team.

but my advice is that you should trust them, they are good people...well except for Ivan, he's good in his own image but it's hard to tolerate his grumpiness sometimes, he just likes to get under people's skin."

No shit Sherlock, grandpa Ivan definitely made me wanna punch him in the throat this morning.

"I guess so...it's not like I have another choice, besides! I really need to get the hang of this HHZ Shit, at least before I think about starting any major journey again." I replied agreeing with her opinion.

"If you trust me, why don't you marry me Sultana?" Omar spoke whinnying, completely diverting the subject.

Wait what? dude that's not how you propose?

Suddenly, "You Sucking piece of Shit! I'll beat your ASS!" Sultana screamed at Omar removing her shoe from her foot.

She then started chasing him around and hitting him on the back with her shoe, the poor man ran for his life.

I was on the ground laughing my infected ass off at Omar's attempt to avoid getting clapped by a shoe on his back.

"Okay stop stop!! oh my God stop! I swear I'm sorry! I'm going to propose better than this!" Omar still running around, pleaded with Sultana to let him go.

Sultana was looking done with the cute puppy like Arabian boy, As she threw the shoe at him then ran to pick it up again.

"How many times do I have tell you!! stop proposing to me at the worst times! in this cheap ass fashion! can't you be a little romantic...like try confessing your love to me in love letters instead of proposing at the wrong place and wrong time! You giant idiotic A-hole!" She screamed her lunges at him.

That's cute...I guess.

"Ya hubbii! why are so angry! I'll take you to the lake side for a picnic, just calm down!!" Omar screamed at her, terrified.

"Calm down.. take me out? a picnic a picnic A PICNIC!!! I am going to kill you OMAR CHIRAG! I'M SENDING BACK TO GOD! BACK TO YOUR MAKER " She yelled charging at him with both of her shoes now, again.

Damn, this is a comedy romance show now.

" Aye aye ayayayaye! stop ok I'm sorry I'm sorry stop!" he ran away whining, I bet he was crying too.

I don't encourage her violent behavior, but Omar sounds like the type of guy who keeps getting himself in stupid shit.

I guess if it wasn't for my ability to drive zombies away, this place would have been swarming with zombies, the two of them were making too much noise.

Truth, I was crying my eyes out from laughing at this point, but I decided to interfere before one of them kills the other one.

"Okay lovebirds time out!! listen Sultana Honey! I 100% I agree with you that Omar is the dumbest man alive that I've ever met.

but trust me! he only means good! I can tell he loves you, but that won't last if you killed him so...the question is do you love him Sultana?" I asked her.

She paused from hitting him as she gave him a serious look, Omar smiled sheepishly at her as she said "unfortunately... yeah!" she replied.

"And you Omar? you can't just go and say to a the person you love...will you marry me the way you just did! you're going to have to think of something nice and romantic! be considerate!

this is an important moment in your life! you don't have to go expensive or extreme, just make it a nice surprise!" I explained to him.

Omar dropped himself on the ground sitting, he looked less confident now, "I just feel like I have nothing to offer her... ever since this apocalypse started I've lost everything I ever had, even the will to live, I gradually lost it.

My love for Sultana is what keeps fueling me to fight everyday, I'm just scared of somebody else taking her from me.

I know I shouldn't think that way, it's her choice to say yes or no... I can't force myself on her, it's wrong! it's just that I'm terrified!" Omar said with sad eyes.

I'll never understand couples...or love in general.

Sultana sat down facing him, "Oh you silly goody giant man... sometimes, I wonder...do you think with your head or your butt? no one's going to take me Omar, I won't allow it.

I keep waiting every day for you to come to my house and ask for my hand... if my dad was alive, I'm pretty sure he would have loved you.

I know you're scared of my uncle, he's a hard one to convince, but trust me when I say my uncle only wants the best for me.

I've already told him that I've made up my mind, so tomorrow come to my house please! don't make me lose hope on you Omar!" She said gently smiling at him, she looked nothing like the angry Sultana from minutes ago.

Cute...i guess.

So it turned out, she was mad at him because Omar chickened out on going to her house and confronting her uncle, so he can marry her.

Well at least these love birds got each other, damn me always the third wheel.

"That's very sweet! so I guess I'm invited to the wedding, at least you won't have to worry about feeding me from the menu!" I said jokingly, the two of them started laughing at me.

"Hah! let's wait for this thick head first to come to my house, and actually ask me to marry him like a decent human being, and then we'll see who we're going to invite to the wedding.

i'm definitely not inviting Ivan though!" Sultana said chuckling.

"Oh sis! couldn't agree more!" I replied sassily.

...Time skip....

Earlier we decided to go back, the three of us, Sultana, Omar and me.

We were walking side by side, on our way back to the storage town where Mickey and his team belong to, it was also where Sultana lives.

Omar remained silent the whole time as me and sultana were speaking, it was weird.

He isn't the type to be quiet.

Sultana told me the town people changed the name of town, after the incident where everybody thought I died years ago while saving those kids, they named the town after Me since then.

(Y/N) town, sounds funny.

Sultana promised that she was going to keep everything I told her a secret , and on the way she explained to me that her sister Yildiz works at a special HHZ agency, specifically the main headquarter of that very agency.

Sultana also told me that the HHZ Agency was located in the ruins of the city, outside the countryside we're currently in.

She further explained that the trip would take some time, and that if I wanted to go there, I need to prepare very well and avoid any contact with the military forces at all costs.

New enemy unlocked.

"Whenever you're ready to travel to the HHZ Headquarters just inform me...I'll find a way to contact my sister, will do it in secret.

I'm gonna have to tell her about my wedding soon anyway, and I'll tell her about you.

if you were lucky enough, the HHZ Headquarters will actually send you people at the outskirts of the country side, specifically to escort you from their back the their building!" Sultana said enthusiastically.

"What happens if I wasn't so lucky?" I asked her.

"You butt heads with the military or no one shows up from the agency.

then, you'll have to make the trip by yourself,

and you have to believe me when I say, don't trust anyone who seems friendly enough.

As for zombies, here in the countryside, there isn't as much as zombies as there is in the city.

The cities are invaded by zombies far more worse in strength and number than the ones around here." Sultana replied to me.

I scratched my head slightly " Aren't I a human hybrid zombie, I should be able to fight the zombies right...well at least some of them?" I said.

Sultana gave me a disapproval stare, "don't be so confident, you don't even remember who you are! and you know nothing about your own kind.

it doesn't matter how much physical strength you have, it's the knowledge you don't possess that's going to get you killed." She said to me.

....[chapter end]...