Chapter 20 - If only that was the case... Im sorry... (2/2)

”Please! Help him!” Clara shouted.

I noticed a dark-red mark on her chest as she lifts the baby towards us. Derek also came to the realization and he moved her family away from Clara. Tears now starts to fall on Clara's and Julia's eyes.

”How long! Clara, How long?!” Derek bellowed. ”We could've been infected! Is that why you've locked yourself up in the room?! You should've told us!” Derek's wife moved his kids outside of the house towards Jared and Mark.

”F.u.c.k! Is there anything we can do?” Derek turned to me.

I shook my head and drew my weapon.

”Oh my god! Sky! You aren't!” Kaley shouted as she looked at me.

Derek hung his head low and seemed unable to do anything, Dong was silent the whole time but his hands are trembling. Kaley didn't stop me but tears are now flowing on her cheeks.

”I'm sorry, this is the only way to do it. Finding a cure now is just impossible, it could take a few years. What can we do now is… contain it.” I said.

”No! Please! He's just a baby!” Clara pleaded.

I gave a bitter smile and I said to myself, ”If only that was the case…”

”I'm talking about… the both of you... it's only a matter of time.” I said.

”Hold on wait! What do you mean?!” Derek stared at me with a look of confusion the same as everyone else present.

Kaley looked at Clara's clothes near the chest area and she understood. ”She's i-infected too, She must've been b.r.e.a.s.tfeeding, the baby must've bitten her while she's nursing him.” Kaley said bitterly.

Julia seems to have heard the conversation as she almost fell on the ground, Derek saw her wife and went after her.

”What do we do now?” Dong mentioned as she looked at me and Kaley.

”I'll handle it. It's the right thing to do. Kaley, go to them first.” I said.

I went inside the house as I close the door behind me. I just see Clara in a fetal position while holding the baby in her arms crying. I just whispered to them, ”I'm sorry.”

*shhck*

Then I stabbed the blade at Clara's head. She slowly fell to the side as her baby was still clutched in her arms. Tears were flowing on the side of her face and her expression is of bitterness and anger.

I saw her baby struggling to get out of the embrace but I raised the blade once again to stab down.

*shhck*

The slow flail immediately stopped as I pull the blade from the baby's head. I felt a familiar sensation, like something leaving your body but it feels heavier.

I grabbed a blanket to cover the two and I also used it to wipe the blood on the blade. I saw Derek's family crying outside the gates while Kaley comforted them. I motioned for Derek and his wife to gather their things and come to our place where it's safer. They agreed immediately as he asks her wife to help him pack. Julia saw the covers and she started crying again. I asked for Dong and Mark to wait for them while Kaley and Jared came with me to the door at the end of the walkway.

”Are you ok?” Kaley stopped me before we started walking. She grabbed my shoulder as she looked at me in the eye.

”That's… different, I'm still okay though. Thanks for asking.” I said as I walked forward.

I looked at the right side of the passage first and it turns out to be a place where the family who lived here places their shoes and umbrellas. The search went smoothly and I marked the doors appropriately and I said to everyone to stop for now. It's been a few hours and It's past 11:00. Everyone agreed as we all walked back towards the compound. We also moved the bodies from that house to the place we burn them and took care of it afterwards.

We got back to the compound after transporting the bodies and I looked at the catwalk being built. The frames are mostly done as they drilled through the wall to mount the metal bars for it. It's a combination of metal, wood and cement. The wall would be a little over my waist if I stand on it. I also told them to drill holes at the side so we could place some carabiners, belaying devices and some climbing rope. We could drop the rope to someone on the other side so the person could either climb or be pulled up if by some chance we can't open the gate.

*whrrr*

”Hey man, look at this!” I heard a shout from below.