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Deadly Lullaby of the Akatsuki: Prologue (A long, long prologue.)
"It's been five days. Five days since this world died, and been engulfed by hell. ... Five
days...since my mother was killed right before my eyes. ... Five days since I-I had to kill
my best friend! This is so painful! I don't want to live! ... Please, someone..! KILL
ME!"
I opened my eyes to hear yelling, I gasped and stood on my two feet. The other two in
the room also woke up as they heard the cries. ... This world is dying, we three children
were in the very middle of something so ridiculous, so unbelievably unfair, a zombie apocalypse.
Our families were dead, we didn't know where our friends were, or if they were even alive.
It was just so unfair! I'm Talia, I'm twelve and turning thirteen in seventeen days. But
as if I cared about that anymore!
The others in the room, which happened to be a broken cooler in a food warehouse, were
thirteen and fifteen. Kiye and Michael, a girl and boy who saved me from being eaten
alive at a train station, were awake and ready to go. Michael was fifteen, and Kiye was thirteen.
"Talia. You okay?" I looked up at the purple-haired girl, her silver eyes portrayed great worry
and kindness towards me. I hesitated and then nodded, "Y-yeah I'm fine!" I kneeled and picked
up my three weapons, a machine gun, a handgun, and a nightstick. Kiye had her choices of
a machete, and two handguns. She was more of a sword wielder than a gun user, so sometimes
she would let me carry one of her handguns for my safety. Michael glanced over to me,
"Have a nightmare 'Lamb'? Or are you scared?" (Talia means Lamb.) I frowned as I strapped
my nightstick to my hip and pushed my handgun in the strap as well, "Quiet!" Michael smirked.
He picked up his rifle and aluminum bat, "It's alright. We're all scared." I froze and fell
on my backside, "'Scared'? I'm terrified." We heard the yells again. "I'll go take care
of it, Kiye, watch 'Lamb'!", Michael said. He ran through the door and closed it behind
him. Then Kiye quickly slid the steel bar through the holes to look the door, "That
guy! He's so reckless!"
I hugged my machine gun, "Kiye?" Kiye looked back at me, "Uh...Yeah?" I looked down, "Do
you think...that all of my family is dead?" Kiye looked down with a painful expression,
"Well-" "Tell the truth! I don't want to hear any pity lies! None of that 'Happily Ever
After' crap!", I yelled angrily. Kiye sighed, "Fine. ... I think at least a few of your
cousins may be alive somewhere. I don't know about the rest." I sighed and stood up, "I-I'm
sorry I yelled at you. I don't know what got into me." Kiye smiled and patted my head,
"It's fine, when I get angry I yell at Michael. When you get angry, go ahead and yell at me
if you need to." I smiled, "Thanks." There was suddenly whistling from the other side
of the door, "Let me i~n!" I sighed, he scared the living daylights out of me! Kiye ran to
the door unlocked it and yanked it open, "Micheal you little-!"
She stopped when she saw a boy next to Michael, "Um, who's that?" There was a boy with white
hair standing and breathing quickly next to Michael, his white hair went down to his neck,
almost to his shoulders. His eyes resembled shimmering
jades. "H-hi, my name is, N-Noah.", he said. I giggled when Kiye just stared, a small blush
appeared across her cheeks. "My name is Talia, and this is Kiye.", I said hugging Kiye's
arm snapping her awake from 'lala land'. Kiye blushed even harder, "R-right..." She looked
down at me with a look that said 'thank your girl-soul'! I smiled like the devil, 'This
could work.' "I guess, from now on we'll be traveling together. It's nice to meet you,
Noah.", Kiye said confidently. I let go of her arm and sighed, "Are you injured Noah?
We can't leave if you're injured." Noah sighed as he finally caught his breath, "Ye-yes I'm
fine. What are those things!?" I blinked, "Okay. Would someone close the door?!" Noah
and Michael walked in, and Kiye closed the door and locked it.
"I found out that I was in a coma when I woke up in that hospital. 'They' weren't around,
and no nurses were coming when I pressed the help button. So...", Noah started. "You had
to crawl your way out of there.", Michael finished. Noah nodded, "I panicked when I
got outside. ... So much blood! But they weren't there. I regained my ability to run right
after, I think it was because I was so scared! ..." Kiye flinched, "Y-you don't have to talk
a-" "Kiye! Hush! Let him speak.", Michael whispered harshly. Kiye frowned, embarrassed,
maybe ashamed. Noah needed to talk about his experience, he couldn't keep it all inside.
Noah glanced up then looked down again, "When I came here, there was a little boy going
inside. So I followed him, then, I saw them! They tore him to pieces! I ran as fast as
I could, I kept yelling for help. Just praying for someone to save me! ... Then, Michael
came for me. ..." All of a sudden, Noah clung to Michael and started to cry. "I was terrified!",
he yelled. We weren't surprised, we were in hell. And us four children, and the few hidden
from our view, were surviving.
"These zombies were from hell, infecting our people, turning them into undead cannibals.
Yes, in hell, we were surviving."