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All Chapters of Between Life and Death: The Bad Blood: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10
42 Chapters
Prologue
"You need to run faster, Xiomara! Run as fast as you can, and don't look back. Don't you ever stop running!" Sweats profusely rolled down to my face. I halted with heavy breathes when I heard her yell those words behind my back. "You can't die on me!" I screamed in pure madness as I faced her. Every fiber of my nerves was writhing in agony and shivers traveled through my spine when my eyes darted to her with begging. How can she think of sacrificing herself for me?! I was gritting my teeth while giving her a pleading stare. "You can't do this to me! You can't!" "Xiomara... go. Save yourself, please." her trembling hands weakly shoved me away. "W-we can still call for help and aid you," I muttered with a trembling voice. Her shaking hands touched my face. "I am far from s-saving. We b
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Have you ever wondered what is good about rain? For my entire existence, the zeal feeling weeing rain makes me feel good that doesn't change a thing. Well, the fresh droplets of rain create a sense of calmness that soothes my body and gives me satisfying chills. Indeed magical. My lips weep down in a bold curve as I reminisce my teacher asking me one time why the rain makes me happy? And there's this me, answering with a pleased smile saying; rain produces a sound akin to white noise. The brain gets a tonic signal from white noise that decreases this need for sensory input, thus calming me down. Similarly, the bright sun tends to keep us stimulated. However, for today's weather, it's just gloomy. Poorly lit but not enough to rain, I guess. Yet still melancholy to my eyes. "For how long will you stay there standing, Xiomara?"
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I don't know what to do. I can't even think rationally about this matter. My head was full of confusion. A lot of questions were ruining my mind. Nevertheless, I can't get an answer to any of my queries 'cause who the fuck will give me the key for the overflowing elicit information I want? I don't even know if these walls were protecting me otherwise blocking my way to escape. My head was aching from all these occurrences that caught me off guard. It was hard to stay dumb after everything that happened earlier. Yet, I'm alone and held responsible for my survival. However, I don't know where to start. I felt like a speck of dust on the floor, waiting for the wind to take me from its paradise. If only I could be sweep away from this hole. I got up. My tears dried up in my cheeks that I didn't notice. I chewed my bottom lip, eyes were wandering around these walls, finding somethi
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"What you witness is just a tip of an iceberg." Everything went into a noose. My breathing became a rope, knotted firmly, making my chest yanked downward and upward motion in a turbulent course. I blink momentarily before glancing at him. His face is waiting for me to speak up. But how? I can't even utter a single word because I'm fucking busy calming myself! My valor wasn't enough to face the danger ahead of us. Especially in this battle, I don't know how to defeat. Is there even a way how? Moreover, I sense like I wanted to throw up and smack my head multiple times. Everything I saw is making me insane in a hardcore way. "How did you survive?" What the hell?! So, he's fucking speculating that I should be a frigid cadaver right now? "I don't even know how the hell this world ends up like this." I hissed and gritted my teeth as I looked away.
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3 hours later...Military BaseManeuver Base of Excellence To crown it all, it comes as no wonder that their military base was massive. I was flabbergasted at how modern everything was. My eyes were greatly filled with stupefaction as I kept company with them inside. O-okay? Their military headquarters are hubs of activity, with facilities for housing, operations, cooking and dining, hygiene, equipment maintenance and storage, and even medical care and treatment. These expansive military camps can surely support populations of people. Too bad, half of humanity was undead, I supposed. I grimaced at that thought. "Do you have enough food for these people?" I jolted a bit when his eyes squinted and darted at me. Damn it. My tongue protrudes and unconsciously lick my lower lip, and then blink. Not once but twice. My palms glistened with sweats too.
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"I'm coming with you." I declared, showing tenacious zeal in my eyes. "Silly, stubborn woman. And what can you do when everything muck up, huh? Trot and redeem your ass out and leave others behind?!" My eyes arraigned at him. This rough-hewn! "I'm coming with you and I don't accept fucking no!" "Wow. You're ordering me now, huh? Who the fuck are you to decide?" "Damn it, you jerk! I need to go with you to save my mom!" His eyes doubted me like he's validating the entire circumstances and my bidding. "Your mom might be dead." That's it. Everything came dubious and I found myself in front of him as my knuckles hushed up in his damn face! It almost rip him off the ground. That was an arduous punch. "Fuck you! Fuck you! She's not fucking dead!" He captured my hands and I winced when he tucked my arms behind my back.
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We took a massive wary stride to locate the surviving troopers that are still breathing. I was prudent to the surroundings, feeling every pitch for the upcoming threat ahead of us. We deadlock in our track when we listened to the loud yell, withering while begging for remedy. I pursued the outcries from where it came from and I got dumbfounded by the various quantity of the undead sprinting toward the woman. I reared away from what I saw. Damn. I never comprehend this panorama. I couldn't even gulp the existence of what I vouched. "R-run, Belle. Run!" I screamed, horrified by the ferocious phenomenon. "W-what are you doing, Xiomara?" She shouted in reciprocal, motley with outrage and alarm. "The woman was already infected. We can't save her! Now scamper quickly and lie low in a safer place. Don't you ever dare to quit and look back whatever happens." "Are you
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Chapter 07Horrendous atmosphere howled roughly at us. The disconcerting feeling grovel and erupted my system. The atrociousness in my eyes was shuddering and tangible. I give attention to assorted coughs that came from Lieutenant. He's severely puffing 'cause of the collision that steers him to an indiscreet harsh tumbled.I bet, he's whipped by the collapse that snagged him unprepared. Too bad, he needs to endure that a bit further. We don't have to hold up otherwise we will be at risk. We must keep moving and get out of here right away.I proceeded to trudge at his smudge. When I got there, I settled my hand over his face and fondled it passively."X-Xiomara..." His muffled voice was impaired in stamina. "Get up." My voice was supreme sovereignty in ordering him. "I-I can't." His voice was creaked in anguish, annex by his tardy orbs. "I think I crushed my bones. Just go and leave me here. I don't wanna
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I've been here for two consecutive days and it's quite comical how they trained these fragile ones, chiseling them into a novice warrior. Pity."I saw you fight that night." He perched next to me.Forthwith, he became troublesome into an indigent person, huh? Well, I'm not the type of woman who is likely to kiss and tell. His queries subsist in peeving him since the last time we communicated and I'm not here to apprise him."Those strengths that you possessed and the dexterity with rapid momentum were startling. How did you do that?""Who are you to merit my answers?""There's something in you that made you unique from us. Now tell me, who are you or rather what are you?" His eyes clasps skepticism when he consulted me."Would you like to leap into your conclusions or perhaps, would you fairly stick to my rejoinder?"He got lulle
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"I'll command them to back off." Even if he repressed the oscillation of his tone, I can still sense it no matter how arduous he lurks that to his sleeves.Pity."I thought you want me to have some fun?"He shook his head with a jiggling hand flapped on my face. "J-just forget it. I'm going."I can't prevent myself from chuckling 'cause of his remarks. He's appalled at how I fiddle his defrauding. At how I veered the plateau and busted him in his gamble and whirled myself as a naive one in his sight.Does he think I didn't know? For these facts, he can infer that an Eleanor haul a hoax to maneuver some askew shifts. Where he wields the sovereignty of his subterfuge but is later destroyed by the puppet.This is how Eleanor plays. Tricky, destructive, and above all, lethal to jeer for a wager."Xiomara! The news was up!" Exclaimed by Belle.
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