Chapter 8: Dad?
Lu lu lu lu lu lu
Lu lu lu lu lu lu
Luu luu luu lu lu
Lu lu lu lu lu lu
The song slowly woke me up, and I was surprised to find myself in a run-downed building. The place looked strange and scary, filled with cobwebs and scattered books and articles and stuff. But I kept on hearing that strange song, and looking left, I followed the sad melody. I passed by some corners and had to jump over somethings. The place was a little bit dark, and I paused severally to listen to the song.
Somebody said
Lu lu lu lu
Somebody said
Lu lu lu lu
Somebody said
Luu luu
Somebody said
Lu lu lu lu lu lu
The song continued, and still I almost found it hard to find it. Then I entered a room where I felt the intensity of the song. As I moved closer, the song became louder. Someone was playing a piano, and I did have to say that the person was a very good pianist. Then I saw a wide room, where the nightlight shone on a figure playing the piano. It continued the song, singing mournfully, yet with excellent pianist skills. I walked slowly towards it and accidentally stumbled over something. The figure stopped the music, then spoke without looking at me.
" It s good to see you Joe".
I froze as I remembered that voice, the voice of Max. He turned and looked at me, with tears following down his cheeks.
" Max?", was all I could say while standing there shocked.
" I warned you and your father, but you two didn't listen to me".
" W-What? What do you mean?".
" Can't you see the chaos that you've brought upon our planet?".
" I'm sorry Max. I should have known that this would turn out bad. Please Max, what should I do?".
" Help yourself", he replied with disgust written on his face.
" Please Max. I know, I've been a jerk and been behaving like a fool. But please help me Max. Please".
" Go and get your answers from your father. You are wasting your time here".
I sighed and said," Ok Max. But please answer just this question".
" And what is it?".
" Who killed you Max?".
Max frowned as he remembered how one of his most trusted friends had betrayed him.
" You really wanna know Joe?".
" Yes, more than anything else".
Max faced his piano and continued singing. Then everywhere began to fade, the light disappeared, Max vanished, and then the voice of someone woke me up from my sleep.
Blue reached the facility and had relaxed after a long trip. I had given him the coordinates before drifting off to sleep. He looked tired after driving for so long. He too had his nap, but woke up before me and continued the journey. I was a little bit annoyed at this, but had to overlook it as the cure was more important. We came out from the vehicle and armed ourselves with guns. I took a bag containing more guns, and with Blue we proceeded towards the building.
The Facility was wrecked and abandoned, with its empty vans motionless. The place was a mess outside and a bigger mess inside. Loose cables hang about freely, blood spilled on the floor, broken weapons lying about, and a huge gigantic creature laid in the center of the building, dead. We approached and examined it. A big muscled creature that had many bullet holes in it, only had pants, no shirts. Blue was shocked. It must have taken a lot to kill this creature.
However, we were so distracted that someone shot our guns, thereby disarming us. Alarmed, we turned round and saw a soldier with 2 AK-47s. He motioned to me to drop my bag, which I did. Both of us knew each other, and I could see he wasn't happy to see me.
" Well look who's here, the bastard called a scientist who succeed in bringing about a zombie apocalypse on us", said the man.
" We don't have time for this Erik?", I replied.
" No time Joe? Ha", Erik laughed," But you had time to turn people into zombies huh?".
" Huh?", said Blue as he looked at me wties confused face.
" So he hasn't told you huh? Ha, what a bitch you're Joe. Because of you, I had to stay here for two days killing zombies, and yet I keep finding more. Worst still, they are mutating into something else. Imagine seeing a zombie that can handle guns, like seriously? Now we have Militans".
" Enough all ready! What do you want?".
Just then Erik saw some Militans carrying guns, and he immediately ducked for cover. The zombies opened fire, and me and Blue ran to different directions in order to escape. Then one of them used a bazooka and fired at us. Seeing this, I ran faster than I've ever run before. The blast separated me from Blue and Erik. I stood up and looked back, seeing that the path was blocked. I continued the other path and recognized it as the one I and my dad took to the lab. Immediately I ran until I got there, then stood still and gasped.
The lab was a mess, with the Mut-7 busted and rendered useless. But in a corner sat my father, behaving like a rat as he searched through his files and mumbled meaningless words. He looked like a savage animal as his clothes were torn and his hair unkempt.
" Dad?", I said as he caught sight of me.
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