My hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly my hands turned white. I haven't started driving yet but i could feel a bile rising in my throat.
As i began to drive down the road, i watch a lot of cars drive past us in high speed and a lot of shops where being broken into in daylight damn things where getting bad already.
"Shit this is like a fucking movie" Elise whispered behind me. The stranger was trying hard not to fall asleep mainly because Elise begged him not to.
"I know right" I said "shit!" I cursed as I nearly ran into a man covered in blood. "Stranger you alright back there?" I said. What? I don't know his name
"Yeah... I'm... Good...." He said obviously tired. "The name's... Ga.ry" oooo damn I should've asked now i feel like a dick.
"Just try to stay awake" Elise said. Giving me a dark side eye which i ignored by focusing on the road.
The road was filled with people who where running and screaming. I'm not sure but everything was happening too fast.
I pulled into the parking lot. Elise helped Gary out of the car who was groaning in pain.
I'm not going to lie i felt a little bit scared but no way am i going to show that.
Huffing and puffing, we finally made it to the hospital which was the longest 10 minutes of my life.
My head was spinning and I'm sure my legs where gonna give up any minute if I didn't pause. Gary wasn't looking good at all. He was starting to look too pale which scared me a lot more.
"Gary are you ok?" Elise looked scared too. We were walking towards the hospital side by side holding Gary up.
"I'm... Fine..." He said between breaths.
"No you're not we need to hurry" I said as I grabbed his other arm tightly. "Shit looks like we'll be here long " I said taking in the crowd before us.
It was like a fucking protest with lots of people on stretchers. I could hear wailing, screams and loud honks as we got closer to the door.
We squeezed our way through the crowd to get to the front desk which was very busy and all I could sense was the confusion and panic rising all around us which made me feel cold and panicked. I hate this feeling.
Fuck this island.
I honestly didn't want to think about the fact that i came to this island to celebrate my graduation my freedom and a bew chapter of my life. But here i am in a hospital with a lot of injured persons trying to get treatment.
"What's your emergency?" The woman at the front desk asked in a rushed tone not lifting her head once.
"Urm ... An injured leg ma'am" I answered.
"Number of patients"
"One"
"Cause?"
"Bite"
"Infected?"
"Yes"
She lifted her head immediately her eyes looked panicked. Sje quickly typed something on her computer.
"Fifth floor use the elevators at the left" she then yelled next and we were forced to move. Gary is really heavy and I wasn't enjoying this one bit i could feel my back straining.
"I can't.... Move...." Gary said as we got to the elevator. Really Gary? Really?.
"We're literally holding you" I snapped which made Elise punch my arm "ouch" I glared at her.
"It's just few more steps you can do it" Elise said. Oh so nice Elise. I rolled my eyes.
We stepped into the elevator and headed to the fifth floor. As we stepped out, I was nearly knocked down by the number of people there. The place was swamped. All the seats where taken and lot of sick people where standing, sitting and laying down all around us.
"Take a seat we'll get back to you" the nurse we met said as she called next. We nodded and walked towards the end of the line damn there wasn't any space.
"Let's check the exit side I'm sure there will be space" Elise led us towards the exit where a water fountain was and we found
Elise sat down by his left and I sat by his right watching as people entered for their checkup also ,some people where chained to beds wheeled to only God knows where.
I was trying to wrap my head around the situation but it was making my head spin even more.
"Guys.... I think.... I'm getting worse" Gary said beside me coughing after every word. Hee began to cough violently accompanied by wheezing. I jumped to my feet and stepped away from him. Elise did the same as she looked at me as if saying what the fuck.
His removed his hands from his mouth and it was stained with blood. Blood!.
Elise began to call for the nurse but I just stood there lost and confused.
Some men dressed in a hazmat suits came with stretchers and chains. And began to pick Gary up.
"Hey he's having a seizure you're not supposed to move him!" I screamed finally getting my voice back but the men ignored me. "Hey!" I called again but they still ignored me.
Gary trashed around as they bundled him and harshly tied him in the bed. I couldn't bring myself to speak again so, they wheeled him towards the door the badly infected people went through. Immediately the door opened it became bloody.
A nurse whose hands where detached from her body ran out screaming in pain she fell and began to roll. The room became hot as people began to run towards the exit. People began to panic and run .
"Eth!!" Elise screamed my name from the other side of the room as people began to push everyone around the room scattered with people pouring from all the sides.
"El!!" I screamed as I tried to locate her. I couldn't see her but I could hear her screams.
My head began to spin due to the way I was twisting and turning. I couldn't find her especially how worst things were getting. The nurse who was bleeding was bleeding suddenly sprang up caught the man nearest to her and bit a chunk out of his neck. I screamed in pure panic as i tried to locate my sister.
Should I wait for her? Should I ? Or should I run outside and wait for her ? All my thoughts came to a stop as I heard a gun- shot fired behind me. I saw a man with a revolver shooting at a sick man without stopping. Bullets were rolling everywhere and i sheilded my ear running towards where everyone was.
My body moved on it's own accord with my head spinning.
Shit this is the apocalypse.