Sci-Fi+Short+Story

I woke up in a small hospital room with grey walls and a small green quarantine logo on the door. I jolted upright, realization dawning upon me, I was in an infected room. Ever since project rebirth went bad, a terminal virus has been spreading around the US. Well it's not really terminal because it kills you... and then it gets weird. You start having urges to eat other people, and your skin gets a grayish tint. You also get enhanced strength, senses, and other things that even scientists haven't found out yet, that's why the infected are so hard to catch. I try and get out of the bed, but a large cable prevented me from walking far. I looked around the room and saw a small mirror, I picked it up and exclaimed "Oh my gosh!"

My face was grey, my eyes were black, and my usually light brown curly hair, looked like it was singed at the ends. My breathing sped up and I punched the wall in frustration. Instead of getting bused knuckles, my hand tore through the wall and hit a metal pipe which, thankfully didn't break, but bent. I backed up in surprise and felt the large cord around my ankle snap. I realized that if I stayed here I would be terminated, since they hadn't found a cure yet. I started running at the wall and turned my body so my shoulder would hit first, and burst through the wall. I was falling and falling, and then I felt a red, hot, pulsing pain coarse throughout my body. About a second later, the pain stopped, not gradually but all at once. I rolled to get myself upright and turned around to get a look at the the hospital. I heard faint cries and wondered what they were saying as the guard start running towards me from afar. I focused instinctively and heard, much louder now, a guard clad in all black body armor say, "We need to catch it before it eats anyone!"

I scowled and thought angerly "I'm not an it!" I started to run, fearing that if they caught up to me I might be killed. Or I might kill them. I started to feel sick and ran into a dark, shadowy alley to hide from the guards. I looked out from the shadows that the small overhanging fire escape made and smirked when I saw the guards looking around in confusion as they ran by the entrance of the small street. I sat down near the wall, my adrenaline, slowly slipping away and exhaustion coming upon me. I dipped my head Into my hands and my eyes started to slightly tear up. "Why is this happening to me, why do I still remember my life and don't want to suddenly eat a person-burger? I thought I got bit by an infected?" I said quietly to myself, starting to sob. "I don't wan't to be a killer, I just want to go home."

About an hour later, I composed myself and slowly rose to my feet. I had decided I wasn't going to look like an infected, but be a normal human on the inside my whole life, I would find a cure no mater how long it would take. I decided that I should go home, grab some supplies, and avoid my dad and jerk older brother. My dad wouldn't be a problem since I had no idea what he did to get money, and he was never home, my brother, on the other hand, had no life and was probably just sitting on his chair, watching TV like a lazy bum.

I arrived at my house and went around the back. I stood in a jumping position directly below my windowsill and had a dumb idea. "Could I jump up to there?," I knew that the infected had enhanced strength so I got ready to jump and leaped as high as I could, and only jumped about a foot. Well, that's disappointing. I shook my head and focused on the muscles in my legs, I jumped with all my might and skyrocketed upwards about 10 feet higher that I meant to, "Whoo!" I screamed, loving the feeling of weightlessness that I had for about 3 seconds. I saw the ledge getting closer and closer and landed, surprisingly, gracefully on the ledge right in front of my window.

"Wow, these powers are actually kinda cool, as long as I don't suddenly want to eat people." I slowly grabbed the metal window frame and snapped the latch that kept the window from opening from the outside. I pulled up the window and slid through the opening landing in a crouch on my bedroom floor. I walked slowly to my bedroom table and started packing my black backpack with my phone, a notebook, some food from my mini-fridge and some other random stuff. I quickly walked up to the window and prepared to jump when I heard a weary voice behind me say, "Molly."

I turned around and saw my brother, looking at me with fear. I didn't want to get caught so I turned away and jumped out of the window. I ran as fast as I could into the forest and sat down near a small clearing, I took out my X-Phone 28y and went to my web browser. I searched up "//What are the infected and what ability's do they have.//" An artical came up and it said, //"The infected are dangerous and have lost all humanity the moment they were infected. If they are not eliminated right when they contract the disease they will start to gain enhanced strength, enhanced senses and they are able to infect other people. All infected have only one goal, to infect others with this terrible disease. If you come in contact with an infected run as fast as you can because they are not human anymore."//

"Well, that's great." I said sarcastically, I seriously need to find a cure soon. I got back on my phone and looked up //"Cures for infected"// I saw lots of results pop up for this place called Sky laboratory. Apparently they were currently developing a cure for the infected but it was still in the experimentation process. I looked it up on a map and saw it was about a mile away.

About 15 minutes later I was crouching behind a tree just outside the fence around SL. I made a plan, I would wait until night, jump over the fence, and break into the lab, not caring how many alarms i set off, once I get inside I will locate the cure and grab it and get out as fast as I can. "Riiiiiiiing" I heard my phone go off. I grabbed frantically for it, I didn't want anyone to hear it, I turned off the ringer and then looked at the Caller ID and it read Jake Determan.

I picked up, he was my best friend, and said "Hello" wondering why he would call, I was presumed dead and all.

"Molly, oh my gosh, they said you were dead but I just didn't want to believe it, I can't believe your not. Wait how are you even alive... Are you alive..." He trailed off and I said quickly,

"Yes, of course I'm alive, well sort of, I kinda got infected, but not really because I don't want to eat people but I look sort of creepy, so yeah." I said, not knowing how to really explain this.

"Um, OK where are you, I mean I know your not at your house I checked there." Jake said.

"I'm right outside Sky Laboratories on the north side of the fence" I said, looking around.

"OK, I'll be right there." Jake said.

"Wait, I never said I wanted you to come, I mean I'm kinda infected." I said not wanting to force him to come.

"You know I don't care about things like that, I'm coming and that is final, see you later."

"See you" I replied wondering why he was so calm about this.

About a hour later I see a dark figure approaching me and I stand up, ready to fight or run depending on the person. I am about to take off running when I see Jake walking up to me looking confused.

"Molly?" He asked, probably wondering if it really was me.

"Yeah, It's me," I said, I sat down and he came to sit next to me.

"Wow," he said, "You look different."

"Yeah," I said, a little bitterly.

"So why are you here? I mean I'm assuming that you don't want to just go on the tour." Jake said.

"I'm planning on breaking in and stealing the cure, so I don't have to stay like this forever." I responded.

"OK,"Jake said. "I'm in."

Once it got dark, I told Jake the plan, grabbed him tightly and jumped over the fence landing lightly and being sure to cover his mouth ,so he wouldn't scream and alert the alarms. I started walking towards the door and tore it off its metal hinges throwing it absentmindedly to the side. It hit the ground with a loud clank and Jake jumped exclaiming, "Whoh, you are kinda scary!"

"Yeah" I said as a guard rushed at me, I kicked him and he flew back into the wall. I saw Jake give me a scared look but I just ignored it, beginning to walk into the lab. I looked around and saw a glass case filled with vials of green liquid, I raised my hand and shattered the glass. I grabbed the green vial and slipped it into my pocket frantically, the alarms had all gone off and I turned and started to run, Jake trailing behind me. As we fled into the forest I heard screaming and looked behind me, I saw an infected killing the guards that looked like...like.... My DAD!

"Dad?" I said, wondering if he knew who I was. He just grunted and walked over to me.

"Help" He said. I went wide eyed and backed away, I glanced at the cures and saw they were all shattered on the floor. Realization dawned upon me and I knew it was me or him. I threw the vial at the thing that used to be my Dad and watched it shatter.