???'s POV
Later, I woke up, feeling disoriented and pain somewhere in my back and abdomen. The place I was in was some abandoned room in an abandoned building.
"Where am I?" I asked, before getting up.
I looked around, seeing how derelict and abandoned it was.
Then, a man, in black, tactical gear and holding an assault rifle, was leaning against the dirty wall sleeping.
He had a gas mask, too.
Just looking at him made my memories of him flood in my mind like a flash flood.
No way, that guy is…the one who was after me.
Because of that, I now remembered what had happened at that time.
[Flashback…]
Somewhere in Chiba City's streets, I was running for my life from him, who was after my blood.
That soldier in black was saying something like, "Blood! Blood! Blood!"
Hearing that made me assume that he was a zombie-infected soldier.
"That guy is going to eat me!" my mind yelled in despair as I kept on running to survive.
And then, that scene in my memory switched to another one where I was in pain of being shot in the back, before coughing out blood and passing out.
That's how I died, sorta…
[Flashback ended…]
After that, I was shocked and looked at that masked person. And then, that masked person woke up and saw me awake and alive. "Oh, you had survived…" he spoke up, before getting up and walking towards me.
But his red eyes had scared me, so I flinched back, "P-Please don't hurt me!"
But then, the masked man stroked my forehead gently and said, "Thank goodness, you're safe."
Seeing that made me stunned. "What?"
"Can I ask you a question?" the man asked me.
"Um, uh…sure…" I replied back while being cautious of him.
"Are you Kashi, right?" the man asked me.
"Yes, I am. Why?"
"I am your father, Kashi-kun."
His response shocked me a lot because I had never seen my father for years. "WHAT?!"
The masked man, who was my father, then nodded. "Yes, it's me, son. We are together again."
That made my emotions intermixed and blended like ingredients in a blender.
My expression then changed to shock and sad melancholy. "No way…how come I was so lucky, Dad, to see you again? Also, are you the one who shot me, too, right?"
"Yes, that was me, son," responded my father while looking sad behind his gas mask. "I am sorry for trying to kill you. it's just…I was thirsty for blood. I shouldn't have scared you like that. You almost lost your life because of me…"
But I stood up and hugged him instead. "It's okay, Dad, it's okay. All I wanted was to see you again. Thanks for everything...dad…"
Tears started to flow from my eyes due to the mixture of sadness and relief resulting from physical and emotional pains.
Third person POV
The zombie-infected soldier, Tashio Hironaka, was stunned to hear that Kashi, his long-lost son, had forgiven him and sealed it with a hug. So, having a similar mixture of emotions as Kashi's, Tashio hugged him back with tears of blood flowing from his eyes behind his gas mask. "Thank you, son, thank you…now we won't be separated again…"