Bitten

It was quiet everywhere. The streets were deserted and peaceful. There was no one to be seen. The scenery would've been described as idyllic, unless the dead corpses laying on the ground wouldn't have been disfiguring it. One of them was missing a leg, another one had lost an arm. That really was far from idyllic. Eventually one specific front door opened for a few inches, through the small gap peeked a young man, who had a little stubble and a mischievous look in his eyes. When he was sure that everything really was clear, he completely opened the door and then quietly stepped out. At the very moment another human showed up behind him. Those two were close friends. The first one was Felix Kjellberg, 23 years old, and the other was Toby Turner, 27. Even though he was getting close of being in his thirties, he still had retained a whole lot of childish spirit in him. One thing that implicated both Toby and Felix, was their interest in videogames. Through those they actually had gotten to know each other. Without them even noticing their dawning friendship had grown deeper, and now they were as close as friends only could be.

When they got out of the house, they both continued forward, without even knowing where they were going. Up to this point there hadn't been any signs of other survivors.
- Listen.. do you think someone's still alive?
Toby finally asked from behind Felix's back. The younger guy really wasn't all that sure about it.
- I'm not sure about it, bro.. might be, or might not be...
he mumbled. Toby nodded quickly, he agreed with Felix. After those words a few minutes long silence fell over the two friends. During that time both of them kept thinking their own thoughts, still keeping an eye on their environment just to be sure. So many things had changed in the few past days. Everything that they knew, was now gone. Felix was just about to say something, but Toby quickly recommended him to stay quiet. Because not any further than a few meters away from them walked one of the many zombies that had taken over the streets and people alike. Luckily it hadn't seen them. At least not for now. Toby held his hand in front of Felix's mouth, so he wouldn't say a word. Slowly Felix also moved his hand closer to Toby's mouth. As carefully and quietly as possible they went down to hide behind an abandoned garbage can. Now they both kept thinking the same thing: they wished that the zombie would go away. For a couple seconds things didn't look too good, but then it finally went past them.

But sadly they had forgotten about one thing: the other zombies. While Felix and Toby still kept looking forward, one zombie managed to sneak up behind them. It managed to attack Toby and knock him on the ground, also biting him on his right wrist. Toby tried to kick and punch it away, but the zombie didn't give up.
- No! Take it away!
Toby shouted clearly panicking.
- TAKE IT AWAY!
Felix managed to get a hold of the gun he carried with him, and pointed the zombie with it. The first bullet hit the zombie's neck.
- Shoot it, god dangit!
Toby nearly screamed. The following bullets finally pierced through the zombie's head, thus destroying its brains. Toby pushed the zombie away, and it ended up slouching next to him.
- You ok?
Felix asked in a repressed tone. Toby was about to answer, but then he saw something, that made the words getting stuck in his throat. Felix took a quick glance over his friend's shoulder.
- Hey..? What's the matter?
Toby kept gasping for air, then showing his wrist to Felix. There was clearly visible bite wound. Felix's jaw dropped while Toby's skin colour changed into a little more pale.
- Is.. is that...
Felix started. The answer wasn't actually even needed, because they both knew what was going on. From now on everything would be nothing but useless fighting against time. Toby stood up with his legs shaking a little, and immediately got Felix by his side.
- You need any help, bro?
Felix asked. Toby shook his head slowly, and was clearly unwilling to talk about it more than he had to.
- No.. I'll be fine.. Let's go...
he mumbled and moved forward, with Felix following right behind him.
- To where?
he asked. Toby didn't have too many answers to give.
- I don't know.. maybe into one of the abandoned houses...
The plan sounded good enough, so soon they headed for the nearest house, away from the streets.

Toby's condition slowly started getting worse. Right after they got into the house, he slumped against the wall, clearly being quite nauseous. In the first place Felix had wanted to search the house a bit, but now he abandoned that thought, because he didn't want to leave his friend alone. So he sat down next to Toby.
- Just go.. the explore the house, if you want to...
Toby said abruptly.
- I'll wait here...
Felix still looked very unwilling, but then agreed slowly.
- Okay then.. I won't be away for long..
And then he got back up and left, leaving his friend to rest against the wall.

Felix decided to explore the house as quickly as possible, because he just didn't want to leave Toby by himself for too long. The house was completely abandoned, but a quick glance around the house told Felix that once it had been full of life. Some children had also lived in the house, Felix noticed when he came to the nursery. But now everything had changed. The destiny of this family was very cruel. And just as beautiful as the house was, it didn't provide anything that would help Felix and Toby. So, after quickly searching all the rooms for nothing, Felix went back downstairs.

While Felix had been away, Toby had taken a radical turn to even more worse. He's face was, if it was even possible anymore, even whiter than when Felix had left. A cold sweat drippled on his forehead, and sudden dark shadows had appeared under his eyes. He seemed to have some trouble just to retain his consciousness.
- Felix..
he called out, feeling powerless. Felix crouched next to Toby feeling both interrogative and worried.
- We both already know how this is going to end.. I don't want to hurt you, or any other people, so I hope.. I hope you will put an end to this, before...
Felix already guessed where this was going. Toby didn't give him a a chance to contradict.
- It's already too late for me.. You need to go forward, and you won't survive if I stick with you. Please, I don't want to live like this...
Felix listened to everything Toby had to say. Of course Felix didn't want him to suffer for no reason, and feeling very reluctant he took his pistol to his hands, pointing it straight towards Toby's head.
- I'm sorry, bro...
Felix then said, and pulled the trigger. In a couple of seconds Toby's suffering was over. Felix felt horrible, even though he knew he had made the right choice. Now he had to survive alone...