Imminent Threat: A Young Adult Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Series (The Separation Trilogy Book 1)
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“We have to get him back,” Marc says, trying to pick him up.
“He’s not going to make it,” Luke says.
“Sean?” I call.
“Huh?” he answers, not fully coherent.
“How are you holding up?” I ask, looking him over. Blood’s pooling beneath him.
“I can’t feel anything,” he says in his lighthearted tone. “Just sucks.”
Marc’s hand is tightly wrapped around Sean’s, and only Marc’s embellishments illuminate from his efforts. “That’s not going to work,” I tell him.
He nods, never tearing his gaze from his brother. “We have to get him back,” he mutters.
They’ll treat him like they did Susan.
“Pain is pricking through my head and my face,” Sean says, cringing. He groans and tries to turn over on his side, but Marc keeps him grounded.
Marc’s head bows. “Come on, Sean. We have to get you back.”
“If I turn into one of those things, Marc…just shoot me. Don’t try to save me or heal me. Just kill me,” Sean says.
We have to do something. We can’t let Marc lose his brother. The weight of an elephant drops on my shoulders. I meet Luke’s eyes. He’s going to kill me for even thinking it, but I can’t let Sean turn. “Luke,” I beg. “We can’t.”
Mud splatters as he marches over. He yanks me to my feet and harshly whispers, “No Ky. Don’t even think it.”
I look over my shoulder. Marc struggles to pick up Sean, trying to help him stand. “Please Luke, call them and make them help him. They have to,” I whisper, swallowing the tears trying to spring from my eyes. “I can’t allow Marc to lose him. Not over saving me.” Why on Earth would he do that? “Luke, please?” I beg, voice trembling. “If I’d caught that bite, you’d do it anyway. Then you would explain later. Come on. Please.”
Luke throws his head back. “Kylie, please don’t start crying.”
I grab his shoulders. “Please, Luke, call them so they can help him.”
“Okay, Ky, let me go.” He shoves me back. Clearing his throat, he puckers his lips and blows blue and green particles past them toward the sky. Seconds later, a coyote howls from somewhere nearby. “Come on. You are going to owe me so big for this.”
I run to Marc. “Come with me.” He keeps walking with Sean stumbling alongside him. “He’s not going to make it if you try to go back. They won’t even help him if you were to make it.” He doesn’t acknowledge me, pushing on. “Please. Trust me, Marc. We can help him. Just don’t—” I tug him, shaking my head and swallowing my words. “Just come on.”
He ignores me as he keeps going.
“Come on, Marc,” Luke says. “Before she starts crying and begging again. We can help.”
Marc stops. “Help how? How can you help with this?” he asks with a stabbing anger in his raspy voice.
“Please,” I beg. “Just trust me. He’ll be okay.”
Sean’s grumbles turn into a husky groan, sounding similar to the Zombie’s snarls. Marc looks at him then back to me.
“We have to hurry,” I say. “And we’re your only option for his survival.”
Marc gives in and throws Sean over his shoulder. He follows Luke and me through the hills toward the reflecting eyes of the coyote. It leads us on, and we’re soon surrounded by the hills, unable to be seen, should someone come looking. Only the scattered moonlight illuminates our path.
The coyote stops and waits.
Marc lays Sean on the ground as he catches his breath. Sean snarls, bones grinding as he cringes, face filling with black veins while his eyes go dark.
The blue and green particles blow around us, and Marc instantly pulls Sean from the ground. He mutters angrily. “What the hell, Kylie?”
“Just wait, Marc, please,” I beg, tears streaming from my eyes. He knows my betrayal and our secret, and we will now be enemies. I just hope he’ll understand, one day, that I gave up everything for him.
The silhouettes appear, taking male forms, turning whole. “Why have you called us here, Lukahn?” one asks, sounding like Talock, the Vojin that threatened me in the burrow.
“It’s you!” Marc accuses, throwing Sean’s arm over his shoulders. “The two of you are part of them. Traitors.” I can’t see his eyes because of the goggles, and the betrayal in his voice is strong enough for me to be grateful for that.
“I know, I’m sorry,” I say to Marc. “I just wanted to help Sean. Just let them save him.”
He backs away, pulling a stumbling Sean with him.
“Please, Marc, let me help. Just trust me, please,” I say, walking toward him.
“Stop your begging, Kylie Alexander. We will not help,” one of the Vojin says from behind me. I whip around. “Why not!?” I snap.
“They are what we want to end.”
“No! You will help!” I jab my finger toward them. “You will help him, please,” I beg. “After everything Luke and I have done. After what you did to us. You will save him right now!” I demand. “Take it out, fix him. Please.” I beg Marc, “Let them help him. We’re talking about your brother’s survival. Don’t be stubborn.”
Marc lowers Sean, holding him back from snapping at him.
I beg the Vojin still unconvinced, “Do this, and we’ll do whatever you want.”
To Be Continued in Salient Invaders…
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