“I know all about the bacteria in their mouth. But you didn’t know that when my brother asked you for help!”
“The death of anyone is regrettable, but her death should be placed squarely on her attackers. I didn’t bite her.”
“She was my girlfriend and you could have saved her.” It sounded weird saying that. He suddenly couldn’t believe she was gone. How could she be?
“Well, not to sound repetitive, but no I couldn’t have. I’ve saved a lot of people around here, she just wasn’t on my list that day. I’m sorry, but that’s the facts. I could sugar-coat it for you, but why bother. I simply could not have unplugged a dialysis machine and shipped it to you, nor could I have let her cut in line. We, at that time, had hundreds of injured, bitten or stabbed patients. You already know what happened to the infected ones. Regardless, we don’t even have enough blood to help people anymore. You get sick, you die, it’s that simple now. If you want any solace, count your girl to lucky she didn’t have to see this world.”
He wasn’t sure if this was his way of pleading for his life, or if he was just affording his precious time because we had guns. Peter didn’t think the doctor was taking him seriously.
“Those are just excuses,” Peter replied back.
The doctor shrugged and took another bite, barely showing any emotion, just a cool look.
“Perhaps to you. Right now you hold all the power, the man with the gun. You can’t even imagine being in my place. You couldn’t handle it kid! You probably think it’s nice being a god, but after awhile you see that it’s hard. Excuses or not, those are the bare-bone facts.”
“Your coldness would have impressed the Nazis, but here it does not endear you to me,” peter told him.
“And what do I care of your endearments? I’m sure I needn’t remind you of this, but we are at war. Everyone has their role, I heal those that can be, and you act like a self deluded overly emotional, post apocalyptic Mad Max wannabe.”
Peter laughed, shook his head and smiled. This guy was driving him nuts.
“No, I think he’d be more rational, me, I’m something else.”
“So, you’re going to shoot me?” he asked. “Please, put me out of my misery kid. Has society has already fallen to the caveman mentality? The ages of reasoning and enlightenment forgotten in a fog that was day. And advancement, gone? All gone?”
“Don’t forget your contribution… civility. You know Maddie might have liked you. You’re smart, she was smart, and gorgeous beyond belief.”
His heart ached thinking of her, tears were possible, he had to man up, quickly. He wonder what Maddie would do if roles were reversed? What if he was the one that had died, would she be standing here with a gun pointed at this man? Or another man? Or would she have saved everyone already?
“I’m not going to beg you for my life and I do apologize for your loss and give you my deepest regrets, but I’ve also given them to hundreds of others that have lost countless people in this… massacre. But I’m not willing to die for something that I don’t think was my fault. If you’re any kind of man you’ll see that I can save a lot more people. It’s not just me dying if you shoot me. It’s everyone that I could have saved. How much blood are you willing to spill for a memory?” the doctor asked.
Was he right? Was Maddie just a memory now, something to fade over time? Nothing tangible, just an excuse to fight? Hadn’t people done this for as long as man can remember? Just humans looking for excuses to fight?
“But if you have any wounded, maybe I could help them now. I have time,” he offered, and threw away his apple core.
He look back at Lee and then at Sophie.
“No… no you don’t,” he said quietly, he pulled the trigger. The doctor was shocked by the bullet’s blowing through him, he fell to the ground and Peter emptied his clip into him, until he was dry firing. Lee put his hand on his arm.
“You’re going to wreck your pin man.”
“Don’t worry about it, it has a firing pin stop.”
“Still, I think he’s dead,” Lee replied.
“You did what you had to do,” Peter said kneeling down to the doctor’s body. He was acutely aware of people crying in the background. He stood up and took in a deep breath. “I’m doing a sweep.” Peter said to Lee walking past him.
He couldn’t even look Sophie in the eye and walked past her, he could feel Olivia grabbing his hand, his mind was starting to shut down and he allowed her to lead him.
Chapter 12
Olivia brought him to the Yale library. They stood in front of the Gutenberg bible.
“I thought you’d like it,” Olivia said quietly. “I don’t know why I’m whispering I guess it’s just ingrained into you to be respectfully quiet in a library.”
Peter touched the protective glass and then focused on the bible words.
“It’s beautiful, but I’m not really that religious, it’s a bit lost on me. The verses aren’t even numbered,” he said.
“They didn’t start numbering it like we see it nowadays until sometime afterwards. Thought it’d make for easier reading I guess,” she explained.
“Didn’t know that,” he mumbled.
He became aware of Olivia’s arm around him, she’d drawn him close to her as they were walking, but he had his mind on other things.
“Did you enjoy your revenge?” she asked, her perfume invading his senses.
“I don’t know, maybe I shouldn’t have killed him like that. Just so…”
“Cold blooded?”
“I just snapped. I couldn’t stand seeing his face. His words were grating on my brain, it was driving me insane.”
He turned to her, they were dangerously close for just being friends.
“I wonder if I’m losing my humanity more and more. I wonder if I’m turning into a monster? Is this how it begins? Justifications for acting to your primordial self?”
She smiled at him Nothing more potent than a pretty girls smile. She was gorgeous. He could see why Lee was so in love with her. He might have been too, if He hadn’t met Maddie first.
“No, not a monster. You did what you did out of human emotion. And you’ll live with it and learn and you’ll forget about it. Revenge was yours and you took it, like a man.”
She pulled her arm back and rummaged through her purse. She produced a joint.
“Want some?” she asked.
“No.”
“Yeah drugs are bad,” she put it back in her purse, “The library’s pretty cool isn’t it?”
He looked back at the bible.
“It’s was weird to think how important that book was to us and how before the printing press only a few got to read it. Now everyone can. It’s too bad it’s so hard to live by hey?”
Peter nodded.
Olivia reached over and grabbed his face. He turned with her hand.
She leaned in…
“Olivia…” he muttered before she kissed him. Her soft sweet lips met his and he didn’t do a very good job of fighting back. He wanted to pull her closer, but instead he pulled back and took a deep breath. Damn that perfume!
”Remember…” Olivia started looking down at the ground. She slowly looked up at him. “I wanted to tell you something?”
“Yeah.”
“It’s…” she walked away, and walked around a round table, her hand out touching the top of the chairs. She stopped on the other side of the table. Putting it between him and her. “Never mind, it’s too soon. I’m sorry.”
“Maddie, I ” he don’t know what he was thinking. But Olivia’s face went red. He rubbed his face with his hands not looking at her. “I’m sorry, I know you’re not Maddie, of course you’re not.”
She grinned at me, not a horrifying grin, just one that he wouldn’t know how to categorize. She almost seemed to enjoy his frustration. He walked over to her and grabbed her shoulders. She pulled his arms and wrapped them around herself. She felt good, soft. His heart skipped a beat, in a way that only this kind of
situation could allow.
“Good. Now I can’t see you,” she started. “I’ve always wanted to tell you that I liked you. Since the first day I saw you. But you were with Madison. So I kind of settled for Lee, I wasn’t using him; I do like him, just not the way I like you. I was hoping to get closer to you I guess. It’s not his fault. I’m distant to him and I’m cold. I’m sure it’s tearing him up. And it kills him to actually hear the words coming out, but if I don’t say them… I’ll explode.”
“Lee loves you.”
She giggled.“Love? What does he know of love? I’ve seen him acting out, he hurts people for the fun of it. He’s not like you.”
“And what am I? I just killed a man and for a barely passable excuse. We do what we have to do don’t we? He just wants to impress you, he’s not a bad guy.”
“Sure why not? I’m the horrible person right? I’m the monster here. I’m just… so…” she wiped her eyes.
His mind was blank, he didn’t know what to say. Too much information. It was all too complicated, he was too spent.
“I’m not sure what you want me to say, or what you want to hear. But Lee’s my friend, I don’t know what you’re asking. I can’t hurt him,” he said almost whispering.
She nodded her head. He looked at the back of her head, at her hair. Perfect, just like everything else about her. He enjoyed holding someone again. It’s not like it had been ages, but he was still alone at the end of the day. He knew this wasn’t right though.
She turned and faced him. He shouldn’t look into those eyes, maybe he should leave, but not while I’m looking into those eyes.
“You know if you feel guilty because of Madison, don’t. She’s gone and you’re a good person, don’t you deserve happiness?” she asked, “Don’t we both? I only do all the things I do, to be around you.”
She moved his hands to her waist.
“I’m not really…” he searched for words, something to say. He had decisions to make and fast, “If I was to be happy, then someone else wouldn’t be. And I can’t allow that.”
She kissed him again against his unmoving lips. She placed her forehead against his.
“Peter, we can play your game for now, but I doubt it’ll last long, not if you feel the way I think you feel. It’ll eat at you, and despite feeling full at what you did tonight with the doctor, you’ll feel empty again. Every look, every glance, every passing touch will burn you inside. But you should know I think I love you. For all you are. Don’t ask why, or when or how. But I’ve had a lot of time to think about it, even if you haven’t.”
“Olivia, I can’t argue about how you feel…”
“No, you can’t…”
She kissed him again and he could feel his resistance melting away.
He grabbed her by the hair and kissed her, she pulled him on top of her as they rolled on the ground.
Peter wrapped his arms around her and reached under her jacket and felt her amazing skin.
He loved the way she kissed. He bit at her neck and moved up to her ears and nibbled her ear lobe.
“Peter!” Olivia said, losing herself as she pulled at his shirt.
Peter pulled his shirt off and kissed at Olivia’s neck as he reached for her pants.
He saw a shear pair of black panties as she helped get her pants off.
“Peter, you should know…”
“What? Do you want me stop?”
“No… it’s just I’ve never been with anyone else before.”
“What? Really?”
“You’re my first.”
She reached for his pants and undid his jeans. He kicked them off.
“Will you be gentle?”
“Of course.”
Peter pulled her shirt off and kissed at the top of her breasts. He pushed her bra down and licked at her nipples.
He sat in between her legs and pushed them apart as he ran his hands up and down her legs to her crotch. He licked and bit at her breasts and then moved down to her stomach.
She moaned as Peter kissed her belly button and ran his hands up her panties, bunching them into her pussy.
He pushed them aside and licked gently at her pussy. He ran his tongue up and down her clit. She ran her hands through his fingers as he flickered his tongue across her clit. He pierced her vag with a finger and fingered her slowly.
He licked at her more veraciously and then pushed another finger into her vagina.
“How’s that?” Peter asked her.
“Good, you’re so good.”
“Peter went back down on her and pulsed his fingers into her a little bit harder.
She pulled him up to her and Peter pulled down his boxers.
The kissed as Peter pushed his dick against her wet pussy. He pushed apart her pussy lips and pushed against her vagina, feeling her tightness.
She wrapped her arms around him and squeezed as the slight pain took hold. She thrust herself up to push him inside her despite the pain.
Peter pushed himself inside her to the fullest extent and then slowly pulled it out and then thrust it back inside her again.
“Rub your clit, it’ll help,” Peter said as he kissed and rubbed at her neck and breasts.
“Ok,” Olivia said and reached down and rubbed at her clit.
“You’re so wet,” Peter said.
“You’ve always made me horny.”
Peter fucked her harder.
A bang broke his concentration and his heart leapt in his throat. He turned and looked around, fearing the worse; Lee.
“Who’s there?” he yelled.
And then the old familiar growl. He was actually relieved for a second before a different kind of fear gripped him.
“Oh crap!” Olivia said and reached for her gun that Lee gave her. Peter reached for his too, pulling his cock out of her pussy. A slight bit of red could be seen.
A Night Crawler came out from an aisle and then another one on top of a shelf.
“You take low, I’ll take high!” Peter ordered and they both moved out and engaged, firing at the Night Crawler’s, smattering Night Crawler blood all over the library.
He clapped her back. They were both still naked.
“Good shooting!” He told her impressed. “Duck!”
A Night Dragon came flying in shooting fire at them. They fell to the floor. Olivia rolled and fired, the Night Dragon flew dead into the wall. Olivia rolled and put her arms on both sides of Peter effectively pinning him down. She reached down and kissed him.
Faint gunfire echoed around and then an explosion somewhere.
“It sounds like they’re back,” Peter said through the kisses.
“Mmm mm,” she said closing her eyes. She pressed her wet pussy against his cock and Peter guided it back into her.
“I don’t really know what to do,” Olivia said.
“It’s easy, here,” Peter said grabbed her hips and lifted her up and down, “Or you can do this,” Peter rocked her hips forwards and backwards.
“Yeah, that’s good she said and leaned down on his chest and rocked her hips, grinding her wet pussy on Peter’s cock.
Peter fingered her pussy and watched Olivia’s beautiful face as she took her joy from his dick.
Peter thrust up, matching her weak grinding, she lifted herself up as Peter fucked her hard. Her tight pussy loosening up.
“Oh what is that?” Olivia asked as she leaned over and clsoed her eyes,s he reached down and rubbed at her clit. She grabbed Peter’s other hand and squeezed as she moaned loud and harder.
“Quiet,” Peter said.
“I can’t.”
Peter pulled his cock out of her pussy abruptly and cum came flying out onto his stomach as he jerked it.
Olivia rolled to the side and rubbed at clit as she came.
Her body wracked with spasms as she came, she moved her hands and stretched out.
“Fuck me,” Peter said ran his hands over her tight body, from her perky tits, across her pubic mound to her kneecaps.
/> “You’re so perfect,” Peter said to her and kissed her. She moved to be in his arms more, “We should get dressed though.”
“I like it here,” Olivia said and closed her eyes.
Peter shut his too, he hadn’t felt so good for so long.
The old familiar growl and gunfire opened both our eyes.
“Come on!” Peter said as a Night Crawler pierced the spot where we were laying.
Olivia shot it in the head. Peter grabbed Olivia’s hand.
“There’s more in here, we need to get dressed and get the hell out of here.”
“Ok.”
They dressed as fast as they could and ran out of the library followed by the Night Crawlers.
Chapter 13
When they stepped outside fiery carnage greeted them, most of the campus was on fire. From behind them the bugs burst out, glass sprayed all over the duo.
Peter shielded Olivia, trying to protect her from the sharp fragments. They both spun around and started firing, killing their pursuers.
The creatures were everywhere. In the sky the Night Dragons were reigning down fire burning Yale. A unit of soldiers ran past them.
“Hey!” Peter yelled at them, but they kept running.
“Stay low!” He yelled at Olivia who was practically crawling. Once again He was shocked at her actions. She was a natural.
They ran to the dorm where the party was. The doors looked damaged and blood was smeared all around.
“Hold up,” Peter whispered and strained to hear any signs of enemies the best he could, trying to figure out if the inhabitants were human or not.
They entered the dorm and soon it was clear that the sound were definitely of the insect variety. Night Crawlers were sniffing around.
They were right beside a closet. He slowly opened it, hoping to avoid detection.
“Wait in here,” Peter told her.
“Peter, I can’t. I’m too… scared,” she said.
“You have to, I just want to look around and see if there’s another way out,” he tried to shut the door. Olivia reached out and stopped the door.
“Olivia, please!”
She reached out and kissed him, “My pussy aches from you.”
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