REUNITED,
CHAPTER TWELVE

JILL opened the door, resulting in the teenage boy to jump up in fear. "mikey." jill walks over to the teenager, pulling him into her arms. mikey wanted to protest against her but he couldn't. she was right. she didn't need to take care of him but she did it anyways because she loved him.

"jill, i'm sorry." he mumbled, nuzzling his head into her neck. "you were right. i should've listened to you but i didn't and—."

"mikey, i shouldn't have lashed out on you, i'll admit it." she pulls away from the hug, looking into his eyes. "but you have to realize that our lives are at stake and i'm trying to protect you. you going against me just makes it harder." she sighs, crossing her arms.

mikey nodded, looking down at the floor. "i was just hoping my father would still be alive. but he's not, so—." he plays with his fingers.

"i know and i'm sorry, mikey." jill sighs, rubbing his shoulder softly. "as much as i'd love to console you, we have to find carlos." she walks over the platform, pulling the lever.

"is he okay?" mikey asked with a worried tone in his voice. "he's not hurt is he?" he asked his voice with more worry in his voice.

"he's okay, don't worry." jill reassured, feeling the platform they were on go down. "once we find carlos we'll get the vaccine and then we're out of here." she started. "i promise you mikey, once we're out of here, i'm gonna make sure your life is so much better than it was before." she sighs. "you deserve so much better." jill frowns, gripping her handgun tightly. once the platform finished descending the two hopped off of it, stopping for a moment to look at their surroundings. there were a ton of trucks parked at the bottom of the facility.

before the two moved forward, jill reaches into one of her holsters, handing mikey a small handgun. "here, i found another one of these lying around." she hands mikey the handgun, placing it in his hands securely.

"thanks." mikey mumbled, holding the gun in his hand tightly. "only use it when something's in your way and if something's tries to hurt you." jill started. "to aim, look down the top of the gun." she informs, resulting mikey to nod slowly. he didn't understand why jill was teaching him how to shoot a gun, if he had already used one before. he shrugged it off as the two started to walk towards the truck area.

"how is it no one in the hospital ever noticed all this?" jill questioned in disbelief. mikey said nothing, walking with the brunette. thoughts about his father rummaged through his mind. he could still be alive. he didn't have the best relationship with his dad, however, he couldn't but feel sick thinking about him being eradicated by the nuclear blast.

the two walk onto another platform, feeling it ascend the second they stepped onto it. "is there something on our mind?" jill asked with a look of concern written on her face. mikey just shook his head, looking away from the older woman. the platform stops, resulting iin mikey to walk off. jill follows him, frowning softly.

"if you're upset, we could talk about--."

"no, you'd just yell at me again." mikey sassed, shooting her an angry glare. jill raised an eyebrow at mikey's small outburst.

"i'm not gonna argue with you right now." she scoffs, walking through two green doors with mikey trailing behind her, slowly. once they walked through the green doors, they entered a small factory that had yellow tape and crates lying around, along with other machinery. as the two were walking, they noticed a silhouette watching them from across with it's arms crossed.

"who the fuck--" mikey muttered, before lifting his gun up with jill. they both aimed at the figure, only for it to chuckle. the to jump off the bridge and head towards the other moving platform. once they stepped on it, all of the power goes out. sparks come out of the box, causing jill to hold her arm out in front of mikey.

"i must admit, i respect your tenacity." a russian voice echoed. mikey clenches his jaw, growing angry. nicolai. he looked at jill, only to see that she was fuming as well. "but i'm afraid our games end here." he teased, only for mikey to roll his eyes at his irritating voice.

"you think this over?" jill called out, angrily. god, she was fed up with his little fucked up games. all jill wanted to do was get mikey out of here. she was sick and tired of these little games. before jill could head over to the other control panel, something falls in front of her causing her to let out a small yelp.

the zombie gets up, only for jill to start shooting at it. the zombie wasn't like the other zombies she had killed before. this zombie was white and it looked as if it's flesh was coming off of it's body. the zombie also had smoke radiating from it's body. mikey grew queasy looking at this new zombie. he was already so used to the other ones, that these ones made him a bit sick to his stomach. there was something about this zombie that made him sick. maybe it was the hanging, white flesh dropping from it's body.

after fighting enemy after enemy, the duo finally turned on the power. "here." jill hands mikey a box of bullets. mikey takes it, pulling the box into his back pocket. "mikey, i know you're still mad at me but--."

"that's not important." mikey shook his head. "can we just find carlos, please?" he interrupted, walking towards the platform again. jill frowns, nodding at the boy's request. once the two were on the platform, it started asscending.

"what was he doing in here?" jill mumbled, once they made it to the room nicolai was in. jill takes some of the random materials lying around and puts them into her hip pouches. the two of them walk over to the control panel, only for them to read through some of the things that were written on small sheets of paper.

the sound of the platform alarmed the two, resulting in them to take their guns out in the direction of the sound. "jill, mikey!" tyrell exclaimed, resulting in the duo to lower their weapons.

"tyrell." jill sighs in relief with a smile growing onto her soft face. "i got through. they're willing to negotiate." tyrell announced before grunting in pain. he leans against the table, looking at jill and mikey again. "they'll call off the strike, if-- and this is one big ass 'if'... we can deliver the vaccine to them before they launch." he informs.

"well, we just need the sample right?" mikey asked, looking at the two. "if we could locate it, we could give it to them on time and save the city." mikey shrugs.

"yeah." jill agreed with mikey. "how long do we have?" she asked, looking at the slightly imjured man.

"hours, maybe." he sighed heavily, leaning against the control panel. jill turns her head at enterance, taking her gun out of her holster.

"then let's not waste any second."

we're basically four hours in gameplay, which is pretty cool. this book's almost done omg--
i hope you guys enjoyed this chapter 💗

DATE PUBLISHED: 8/1/20

TIME PUBLISHED: 2:43 P.M.

WORD COUNT: 1257