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“The faster I go and do this, the faster I
can return and be there for Danny,” William said.

“Maybe in the time he needs me most, unless I
arrive here too late, none the less the trip will keep my
occupied,” William said as he rushes out.

The three return to do what they said, two
extra days to continue the search for more supplies, William is
tired and very emotional, he ends up being extremely silent and
allowed Martin to lead the way to where ever he believed is more
resources.

After a few hours since their departure,
Bobby checks in on Danny, he puts on a glove and feels his
forehead, realizing that he is ice cold, sweating like a pig, his
veins are thick and the blood running through them very dark.

Leaving Bobby to ask Emma many questions,
also with a dirty plan, that he just needs to execute, he continues
inspecting Danny opening his eyelids, it's yellowish and bloody,
this gave Bobby a slight freight but he kept himself calm, he
remove the glove and throws it into the trash can.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Emma asked
in a high tone.

“No, what do you think you’re doing? Bobby
asked angrily.

“I am treating him; I am the doctor, after
all, am I not? Emma asked.

“In that case, I am checking on him and no
you’re not, you are just a nurse,” Bobby said sarcastically

“I am the closest you will get to the doctor,
you don’t have,” Emma said angrily.

“I highly doubt you will even qualify as a
doctor, anyway, to me it seems that this guy is done,” Bobby said
smiling.

“What exactly do you mean, by he is done?”
Emma asked in a high tone, angrily.

“He is infected, he is dying,” Bobby said
with a smile.

“You don’t know that for sure,” Emma
said.

“How many signs do you need to realize that,
give me a gun and I will put him out of his suffering right here
and now,” Bobby said still smiling.

“That won’t happen, I am still going to treat
him and make sure before jumping to silly conclusions,” Emma
said.

“Fine, we will just have to see what the
people think about this, I will go inform them right now,” Bobby
said.

“You’re such a child, go on, run and go tell
them, no one will touch Danny while I am here,” Emma said.

“Really, well since you are here, listen
carefully, you can easily disappear,” Bobby said as he rushes out
angrily.

Emma is frightened and fears for her life and
the safety of her family, she has no choice but to talk to William
about this, as soon as he returns. William is still going to be at
least 30 hours, it’s not that long, yet it’s long enough for that
idiot to do something horrible.

Bobby is angry; he walks with his back
straight and fast while he talks to himself, very clear sign that
he is very angry. He walks making a lot of noise, calling out to
everyone to join him for an important little story.

“Come now, hurry up, there is much important
info I need to share with all of you,” Bobby said shouting as the
people find spots to sit down.

“You see, I am a very caring person, someone
that don’t care about myself but cares for everyone here,” Bobby
said with slight laughter.

“I care, I really do, but some here like
William and Emma doesn’t care about you, they just care about
themselves,” Bobby said.

“What type of leadership is that?” Bobby
asked out loud.

“Stop wasting our time, get to your point
Bobby!” Samantha said shouting with a few people agreeing.

“The point, sure I will get to the point, one
of the people they care for fell ill a few days ago and what they
have been hiding is that he is infected,” Bobby said with a smile
as the people seem stressed and shocked.

“He is pretty much already dead, in a coma
for almost two days now,” Bobby said explaining to them.

“His cold, his eyes dry, yellow and filled
with blood,” Bobby said as all of them talk to one another.

“That’s all, now if you don’t, believe me, go
check and you all will see the truth,” Bobby said, as most of them
got up marching to the tent where Danny is getting treated.

The group of people marches to the tent with
Bobby alongside them, they confront Emma wanting questions, Emma
tried to explain everything but no one believes her, except her
mother and daughter, the group drags her out of the way.

Before they can enter Bobby stops them all,
asking for permission to execute Danny, the group don’t think twice
and all come to an agreement that they are all endangered and the
risk is too high, he must die. Emma cries out loud and begs them to
listen, but there is absolutely no response. this little angry mob
has made up their minds.

Bobby requests one more thing from the
people, he sends them all away so that he can do this in peace
without disturbance, he want to give the man some peace and quiet
before he dies. Bobby promised that he will reveal a well-done job
within an hour, to Bobby’s surprise they seem pretty much alright
with the unusual request and some is already walking off.

Bobby enters the tent and sits next to Danny
that’s slightly awake, he heard most of what was said yet he is
still weak to talk, Emma is held back by her mother, also believing
that it might be better this way, there is no reason to risk any
lives for just one person, it might be sad, still it isn’t worth
it.

“Do you know what I am going to do with you?”
Bobby asked.

“Please,” Danny said very softly.

“What’s that? I couldn’t hear what you said,
oh never mind you just relax, you will be fixed in no time,” Bobby
said laughing.

“Firstly, I am going to take this knife and
well castrate you, then circumcise you slowly, don’t worry I will
burn you, I don’t want you to bleed to death,” Bobby said laughing
loudly.

“I will then proceed to excise that thing
inside of you,” Bobby said with a big smile.

“If that didn’t work, in other words if that
don’t kill you, then I will decapitate your head from your body
while you breathe,” Bobby said laughing out loud.

Bobby dragged Danny to a chair and tied him
down firmly before he continued to pull down his pants; he then
proceeds to tie down the chair firmly to avoid unwanted injuries.
Even though Danny was weak and still dizzy the first cut was
extremely uncomfortable, waking up his senses slightly, he could
feel it was a very small cut, he could also feel the blood running
down his legs.

Bobby proceeded with his so-called operation
and applied pressure in order to push the testicle through the
small cut. The pain was unbearable, leaving Danny to moan intensely
with immense pain, Bobby then made the final cut and placed the
testicle in a small container, he then repeated this painful step
for the second testicle.

Finally, it’s over; Danny is wide awake and
feels a heavy burning sensation, he sweats heavily due to the pain.
Bobby starts with the second operation the burning cut was
unbearable, Danny could feel against his legs that he is bleeding
heavily.

As Bobby starts with the final operation, he
makes a slight cut and stops midway just coming to terms that the
best way to fix Danny is to chop off his head that’s less work and
much faster. He laughs like a deranged maniac, it last only a few
seconds before he got beaten over the head multiple times.

“God, what did you do to him,” Emma said
shocked.

“Danny listen to me, this is going to hurt, I
have to give you a few stitches,” Emma said very concernedly.

“It’s only to make it bearable and stop some
of the bleeding, you will have to escape,” Emma said.

“Ok,” Danny said shivering in pain.

“Here is a kit, it contains everything you
need to stitch yourself up once you reach a safe distance,” Emma
said worriedly.

“It’s not so bad,” Danny said as Emma unties
him.

“Trust me, it’s bad you need to hurry or you
will bleed to death,” Emma said shocked as Danny cripple away.

Emma watch over Danny making his way, making
sure he reaches the boat safely, he takes off slowly but manages to
escape. Emma have no hope left for him, knowing that he will bleed
to death before he can even reach Key West.

Emma starts to tie down Bobby, hitting him
twice over the head with a pan, just to make sure he stays down,
she firmly ties him up, before she heads outside, firing one shot
to get everyone’s attention.

“You are all filthy pigs!” Emma said angrily
as the people stare at her.

“Do you have any idea in how much pain he
was, while he was being tortured for almost the last hour?” Emma
said shouting and crying.

“It could have been anything, I just got the
equipment to diagnose him, did you care, you didn’t even give me
the chance to use that equipment!” Emma said crying.

“But you know what, when you are on my bed
seeking help, I will let you suffer, I won’t help you, I simply
won’t care just like all of you didn’t care here today,” Emma said
angrily as she walks away sniffing.

She made a valid point, everyone felt
horrible even her mother; she really got to all of them, Emma
herself felt bad, she made a promise to William that she will take
care of Danny until his very last breath. Knowing she didn’t do
everything that she could to help him, she blames herself for not
going any sooner, knowing something was wrong the moment he
mentioned it will take an hour.

Danny leans backwards trying to relax, with
all this pain, even he is sure that he will pretty much die soon
especially with his sickness, knowing that he won’t be able to give
himself proper stitches, arriving at the shores of Key West far
away from the for. Danny knows he needs a place to hide, since
William is looking for supplies, it has to be a place where no one
can find him, a place where he can die peacefully.

Strange enough the pain isn’t that bad, now
that Danny found a perfect spot in one of the shops, that has been
swept clean of resources. Still bleeding Danny decided that he
won’t even try to give himself stitches; just the entire idea of
going near his private areas with a needle sends chills up his
spine. He sits down slowly on a pillow he grabbed, laying himself
down gently closing his eyes.

Danny thinks of all the good times he had, at
this moment even the bad times was good compared to now, he could
only be grateful to have met William, saying his last prayer for
William to be happy, before he could finish, everything just went
blank for Danny, his breathing slowed down with every passing
second.

Chapter 8: Approaching Death

There
is only 4 hours left and the supply run has gone very bad, there
should still be enough food to last a month, if it’s only us and if
we ration it carefully, at least until we find more.

“How can there be so many of them?” William
asked.

“I don’t know something must be wrong,”
Martin said.

“When we came on this run, there wasn’t even
this many,” William said concerned.

“Unless they learned to pilot a plane or
something, there can only be one way into Key West,” Markus
said.

“This is no time for joking around,” William
said.

“He’s right, there is only one way they could
get here and that’s the bridge,” Martin said.

“I highly doubt it, why would they travel so
far without any encouragement?” William asked.

“Your guess is as good as mine,” Martin
said.

“To be on the safe side, we should go check
it out,” William said

“We will never make it back in time if we do,
it’s late, you said it yourself, we only have 4 hours left,” Markus
said.

“Are you always this lazy?” Martin asked,
William staring curiously.

“No, but why risk our lives, when we can
retreat to the Fort?” Markus asked smiling.

“If they over run Fort West, then we will
need to go further to get supplies or fight endlessly at this
rate,” William said.

“I guess you make a valid point,” Markus
said.

“Then it settled, let’s get to it then,”
Martin said, after taking a big sip of water.

The travel was good and uninterrupted, as
they get closer to the bridge more and more of them showed up, a
few killings had to take place in order to pass safely, reaching a
good lookout, the group is horrified.

All of them are struck with fear; to see the
entrance to the bridge blocked by these things, as far as the eye
can see, there is absolutely no way out other than boat or plane.
William doesn't consider this to be a real threat to them just yet,
knowing that they actually are capable of drowning just like a real
human being, Emma said that the organs fail much faster when they
fill up with water and this results in death.

Even though they will simply die, if they
ever had to enter the water, it will be a big mess, William already
saw what this looked like by the beaches, the water gets murky and
bloody, it’s defiantly a risk if this many had to drown and die in
the waters.

“What are we going to do now?” Markus
asked.

“William, we can’t stay for much longer, we
will get surrounded before we even know it,” Martin said.

“What are we going to do now?” Markus asked
again.

“We go, we do nothing for now,” William
said.

“We need to deal with this somehow,” Martin
said.

“We must, it will be the highest priority, as
soon as we get out of here,” William said.

The group struggles to get back, managing to
get half way but stuck on 1st street, left, right or straight there
is to many of them, they seem highly active almost like they are
looking for something, it could also be, that its late and the sun
will be down in maybe two hours.

“How long are we going to wait here?” Markus
asked.

“It could be a while, I know, I have been in
this situation before,” William said.