Chapter Eleven; Infection

                                    

                                          
 I couldn't believe what was happening. Carter didn't seem hurt, but I had a very good idea of who did this to him, 
                          
"This was Simon, I'm guessing?" I ginned in a sort of 'I told you so' way. Carter shook his head breathlessly, 
                          
"Oliver. He was here. But it's like he's not even him anymore. He's calling himself..." Carter started but couldn't finish the sentence. He looked as if he was going to pass out. 
                          
"Killswitch" Violet uttered. I turned my head to her, 
                          
"How do you know that?" I asked. She gave a silent, wide-eyed point to the door. Both she and Corey were staring in it's direction. I looked beyond Carter and the doors that stood open, and found Jake tied to a chair and gagged, shirtless with the word 'KILLSWITCH' carved into his chest in all caps. 
                          
"Ah... I had wondered where he got to..." I stated, straightening up to a standing position. I walked, with a soft tread, over to Jake and shook him a little. his eyes opened. One of them was blackened, his body bruised, and bones broken. Oliver, or Killswitch, clearly had him for a while. I took the gag out of his mouth too, 
                          
"He's going for the lab... he knows where it is. The gate being left open, that was him too. He lured those things here" Jake said with pained groans. 
                          
"I'll go get someone who can look after him" Violet said, about to walk out of the room. I stopped her with my arm. Jake was wearing nothing but a pair of jeans. There had to be a reason. I bent down and examined the ropes around his ankles. Something ball-shaped was tied around the back of the chair legs. I got on the floor, had a look around the back of the legs of the chair. There they were. Two deadly grenades tied to the chair legs. I got up and moved around to the back of the chair. The rivets in the chair's back were covered with grenades. 
                          
"GET DOWN!" I yelled, diving away from Jake. Suddenly, there was a massive, deafening explosion. My ears rang for about five minutes. I turned from my stomach to my back, finding nothing left of the chair or Jake. I rose back to a standing position, feeling a rage fill me from head to toe, and a fire burning in my chest. "Enough" I growled. I turned and stormed out of the factory. Everyone was rushing towards it, seeing me covered in blood and wondering what the hell had happened. I climbed up on a ladder on the outside of the factory that led to a metal catwalk overlooking the crowds of people. over a hundred of them. I didn't know what to say, so it was a good thing that the words left my mouth without permission.
                          
"My friends have been kidnapped, abused, bound and gagged, assaulted, put in mortal danger every day, and it has happened far too many times" I called out to the masses of survivors below me, that now also included Violet and Corey, "It is time this stopped. It's time we put this motherfucking plague to bed and took back our right to live!" I yelled as people began to nod in agreement, "We're all tired, we're all afraid. Who gives a fuck? I don't!" I yelled, "I really don't. we've gotten what we need to survive, who know where the government lab is, let's go clear it out, launch this cure and fight to the bitter end. This is life or death. We've all lost someone, no matter who they were, this is how were honour them! THIS IS HOW WE SEND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ROTTING BASTARDS TO HELL AND TAKE BACK OUR WORLD!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as people began calling out, whooping and cheering. Calling out for the blood of the dead. 
                          
It took an hour, but every able body was armed and in a vehicle with plenty of munitions. We had our very own army. Some stayed behind to look after the old and those too young to join us, but we still had just over a hundred people with us. We were taking absolutely nothing lying down. That day, everyone stood, armed themselves and fought back against the darkness consuming the planet. We reached the gates of the facility, finding them torn down, like every fence around. there wasn't a single corpse in sight. Something was very wrong. Violet, Corey, Carter, Darcie and I went in on our own, the rest of the people stayed behind and readied themselves for battle. My father also insisted in tagging along with us.