dedicated to: lgbtqmcsm
(because girl, this song is great- and now we can fangirl together) XD
- this kinda ties in with that chapter before this btw.

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"We'll get out of this," Jesse murmured as he sat beside Lukas in the moving truck. Lukas looked pale as flashes of light illuminated his face as the truck drove past more and more lampposts.

The two boys had been captured and were now headed towards the hospital to be drugged and checked for the infection that was spreading throughout the entire world.

"Everything's gonna be okay." Jesse whispered under his breath as Lukas trembled from the shock and cold of the winter outside.

Lukas clenched his teeth together as he struggled not to cough, knowing what would happen if he did.. he couldn't let anyone know.

The blonde leaned against Jesse, his hands and legs tied with zip ties but still managing to hold Jesse's hand in his own.

"I love you," Lukas whispered back, twisting the silver ring around Jesse's finger. "I-If we don't make it out of here-."

"Shhh, we will." Jesse whispered back, his lips against Lukas's cheek, "I know we will make it out of here alive. I promise."

Lukas pulled away from Jesse, struggling to keep that cough in. "Lukas? What's wrong?" he heard Jesse ask worriedly as Lukas's vision blurred for a moment. He blinked back his tears and shook his head, "I-Its okay, I just got dizzy there for a sec.." he managed a weak smile.

Just as Jesse opened his mouth to reply, the doors of the dirty metal truck flew open, making one kid yelp with shock as someone grabbed his arm. Jesse watched as the kid burst into tears as the older man roughly pushed him to the ground.

The others flinched when they heard a gunshot and the crying immediately stopped.

What kind of place was this.?

Jesse felt Lukas wrap his fingers around his tied wrists, trying not to cry as more and more people got out of the truck.

Lukas and Jesse were both sixteen, but both extremely dangerous despite their ages. They've been through so many problems together and now that they were finally captured.. who knows what could happen?

When the crowd thinned, the two boys got out of the truck and their feet crunched against the snow, trekking towards a blinding white hospital.

It stood out against the darkness of their surroundings like a sore thumb. And Jesse hated it all.

Ever since the government had spread the disease which killed off the rest of the world, he mistrusted them and now they were entering enemy territory.

Up ahead, he saw someone press a device at the side of a girl's head. Jesse noticed it flashed green momentarily and she was taken straight into the building.

But on the other hand, he saw a five year old boy holding a plushie get the device pressed at the side of his head. And it turned red.

Before Jesse could even call out, the guard holding the device pull out a gun and shoot the boy straight in the head, killing him instantly.

Jesse felt Lukas grip his arm tightly as they made their way to the front of the queue. Nothing was going to happen to them. Nothing. He was going to believe they were going to make it out alive. No matter what..

Jesse gritted his teeth as the guard pressed the device against his temple, and the device flashed green. He was clear...

Jesse relaxed, turning back around just as a flash of red made him stop. Lukas. Lukas..

"No!" Jesse yelled, startling everyone as the guard aimed for Lukas's head without hesitation. "You can't kill him!" he held the blonde close as he coughed, slowly sinking into the snow as Jesse knelt beside him.

"Move off kid," the guard snapped, aiming at Lukas's head. "He's Infected."

"You kill him and I'll freaking kill you-."

"By all means," someone spoke up from behind him. "Kill my guard and I'll kill every innocent child out in this line."

Jesse turned to see a blond haired woman with a purple suit and an arrogant smirk on her face. "Who the hell are you?" he snarled, "And what the hell do you mean?"

The woman flipped her hair out of her face, "I'm Stella. And if you value your life, I say that you should let the Infected go."

"Never," Jesse snapped as Lukas shook his head, weakly clinging onto Jesse's arm. "We talked about this.." he heard Lukas whisper.

"No, I can't let you go Lukas," Jesse murmured, gripping his hand. "We need to cure you, and I'm sure there's some way to cure-."

Stella burst out laughing, making Jesse growl with annoyance, "What are you laughing at?" he asked as Stella smiled, wiping tears away from her eyes.

"If we had a cure for the Infected, we would've used it a long time ago!" she smiled but it didn't seem to match her cold eyes. "But unfortunately, there is no cure. So if you love him," she walked towards Jesse and held out a gun.

"Kill him." she instructed.

Jesse stared up at the woman, shocked as Lukas coughed violently, his entire body shaking with cold and the disease. "No... no you can never make me-."

Jesse aimed the gun at Stella, his hands shaking.

Stella didn't even seem surprised. As a matter of fact, she looked bored, as if this happened every single day.

"I'm not making you do anything, Jesse," she glanced at Lukas, who was muttering something he couldn't hear, "But I'm giving you a choice. Either you kill the Infected and get along with life or... we'll kill you, the Infected, and every single life out here. How's that?"

Jesse glanced at the queue of children, all watching him as they pleaded for help with their eyes.

Jesse looked down at his best friend... his boyfriend who's eyes was full of pain. "Let me go." he heard Lukas say very softly, "Please."

Jesse shook his head, "No.."

He froze when he felt a gun at the back of his head. "Kill him." he heard Stella say as she loaded the gun with a click.

Lukas looked up at Jesse, gripping his hand in a death grip. And with trusting blue eyes.

It felt like only yesterday when the blonde had given him the ring.

Lukas guided Jesse's hand and placed the barrel of the gun straight over his heart, "Please." he pleaded, still making eye contact with Jesse.

"I will count to three. And each time you hesitate. I will kill a kid, do you hear me?" Jesse heard Stella say as she dragged a crying child over to the two.

"I-I can't kill you Lukas, I just can't.." Jesse's trembling finger still over the trigger of the gun.

The two boys flinched when they heard a gunshot right behind them and the muffled sound of a body dropping right onto the snow. "I warned you, didn't I?" Jesse heard Stella say as he saw a dead body of a girl, lying in the snow.

Stella had shot her all because Jesse didn't want to kill Lukas.

"I cant kill you." Jesse whispered as Lukas smiled up at him, "I trust you'd make it quick.."

"Two!" he heard Stella yell and another gunshot rang out, making Jesse sob.

"I-I'm so sorry Lukas," he clenched his teeth as more children cried behind him.

"Hey," Lukas muttered, his eyes already starting to close as he anticipated the shot, "I love you, okay?"

Jesse squeezed his eyes shut.

"Three!" Stella shot another child the same time Jesse pulled the trigger.

... Jesse waited, not wanting to see Lukas's face as he lay in the snow. The blonde's hand had fallen limp to his side, confirming his death.

Lukas... he killed Lukas. Even after he made that promise back in the truck.

"Well done.." he heard Stella say as arms grabbed Jesse to lift him up. He didn't even protest as he continued to close his eyes. "Now all you have to do, is to behave yourself." Stella continued to speak but he didn't listen.

All he could hear was Lukas's last words ringing in his mind.

-End.