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Sixth Extinction : Winter Is Coming

October 10, 2016
By Redbasho BRONZE, Dublin, California
Redbasho BRONZE, Dublin, California
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Friday: 10:10 A.M.: I was in shock… Kiandra was being attacked by zombies and I couldn’t help her. As I pulled out HereAfter, Cole rest his hand on my shoulder and did a silent shake of his head. “You can’t make that shot dude,” he stated in a deepened almost sad, tone of voice. “But-” I tried to reply, “No! You can’t make that shot! We have to hope that the body armor holds up!” He said cutting me off. While Cole was dealing with me we heard another scream, instinctively I pulled out and threw a throwing knife at the zombie that Caitlin hadn’t seen. Johnny had run inside crying,, guess he wasn’t fit for this kind of work. While that was going on Kat was attempting to calm Caitlin down. I was torn. I buckled under the ‘weight’ of all the burdens I had been carrying. When Cole saw me he took a step towards me. In anger I pulled a gun on him and threatened, “Stay back, I need to be alone for now.” Cole put his hands up and stepped away slowly. I was being stared at by everyone, Kat: Sister to Caitlin and mother to Ana, Cole: We had known each other for years and he had helped me through hard times, Kaiden: I didn’t know much about him but I knew one thing, never doubt his loyalty to one. And Kiandra: She was the love of my life, I remember when she helped me after I broke my leg she carried me four miles in the searing sun. Suddenly a wave of emotions flew over me like a tsunami. I laughed slow at first but it turned into a maniacal laugh of pure pity of myself. Ever so slowly I raised the gun to my head. Cole was the first to react, “No! Don’t do it Xenon!” I kept on laughing.

Friday: 10:15 A.M.: Cole took a step forward, then another. I raised my other hand and he saw the grenade, my thumb holding it until I pulled the pin and it started cooking. I said with a light but evil chuckle, “Tick, tock, the pin flew on the clock, tick, tock one second on the clock.” Cole screamed for everyone to get back. After everyone had left only Cole, Kiandra, and I remain. Kiandra had fended off the zombies and was sprinting to me but I was too far gone to hear her. I laughed again, “Tick, tock this gun is c***ed.”  Cole was in shock. Kiandra was still sprinting at me and me, well, let's just say I pulled the trigger.

Saturday: 5:06 A.M.: I woke up just fine. I remembered what happened but it was still foggy. As I sat up I saw Kiandra with a bullet in her head.

Tuesday: 3:04 P.M.: This is the fifth week Xenon hasn’t said anything to say of us. We kept trying to tell him that it wasn’t really her. But he wouldn’t listen. Even Kiandra had tried telling him she was fine but he was gone. He was physically there but mentally he had snapped.

Wednesday: 10:14 A.M.: Xenon was back, we don’t know how. But we haven’t seen him for hours. “We need to send a search party for him!” Kiandra says worriedly, “I do too, believe me. But we don’t have the supplies for it. And even if we did find him there’s no telling if he’ll want to come back with us.” I said with a cracked voice.

Wednesday: 12:01 P.M.: Xenon is back. But something’s, ‘off’ about him. He keeps singing various versions of his ‘Tick, tock’ song and it’s getting creepy. I mean, he’ll be singing it while cleaning HereAfter and whispering “You’ll stay with me right? Yes, we will be together forever.” Kiandra is getting so anxious she refuses to do anything other than try and make it to Xenon. He just waves her off as a voice in his head.

Thursday: 1:18 A.M.: “Tick, tock. My gun is c***ed. Tick, tock the clock has stopped. Tick, tock my head is shocked.”

Thursday: 6:09 A.M.: Xenon hasn’t come out of his room since Wednesday, I’m really worried for Cole, he and Xenon were basically brothers. They could count on one another. I really want Xenon back. To whomever is reading this… I’m glad you won’t have to see what happens next.

Friday: 12:00 A.M.: Kiandra is gone and Xenon is still in his room with half our rations. We had to go on a supply run and we found Kiandra, well, we found what was left of her. For the looks of it she fired a singular shot to attract as many zombies as possible then, grenaded herself…….

Saturday: 1:03 P.M.: I couldn’t bring myself to do it, but one of the survivors I had found was my sister, she killed herself because she thought it was a dream…

Sunday: 3:09 A.M.: “Tick, tock. The gun is c***ed.”

Monday: 4:04 A.M.: Xenon went out for a supply run. I hope he doesn’t find the remnants of Kiandra.

Monday: 11:56 A.M.: Xenon is back. But so is Kiandra, alive her and dead her? We are all sorts of confused right now.

Monday: 3:05 P.M.: “Tick, tock the slide is locked.”

Monday: 11:39 P.M.: Xenon has finally seen Kiandra (alive) and is slowly coming back. But he still sings the song.

Tuesday: 7:00 A.M.: I think Cole has become delusional, he thinks Xenon is coming back from what he endured but it seems as if he’s falling deeper.

Wednesday: 12:00 A.M.: “Tick, tock, everything is locked.”

Friday 0000 hours: “Tick, tock the clock is still stopped.”

End Of Part Two

Friday 0001 hours: But nobody came.


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