The Bus

The Bus

Chapter 1

TW- DEATH AND ABUSE REFERENCES

This is stupid. I stood up and went back into the bus and saw him. The one, the only person who had the power to save us. The doctor. A murderer, a bus driver, a schoolgirl, a r*pe victim, a baby and a doctor. But the doctor is now dead. But who did it? Who decided to ruin our lives and kill the only person who could save us from imminent doom?

You may be wondering how and why I am here. Well, It is a long story.

I was born into a wealthy family with two loving parents and an older brother. My life was perfect but I wasn't happy. I always craved more and wanted to do something exciting and extraordinary. There were many occasions where I tried to cause trouble. For example, when I was five, I was at an aquarium and I broke the glass for one of the exhibits and the sea creatures were on the ground bare and lifeless. My parents were furious but I didn't care.

That is when I made my first mistake.

I had always been obsessed with my brother's best friend Jason. He was everything a girl wanted: smart, funny and handsome. I had always been in love with him but observing him from afar. But one bright sunny afternoon, he finally asked me out and I was elated and overjoyed.

But I had no idea what was in store for me.

We went on one date and then five others and it was the happiest a I'd ever felt in ages. But one day, we were hanging out in his bedroom when he said he wanted to try something out with me. I asked what he wanted to do and he said that he wanted to tie me to the bed. I refused and left because I felt uncomfortable. I thought it was over but it had just started. He apologized the next day and invited me to his house for dinner and I met his parents. His mum was very sweet and attentive but his father was very mysterious.

After dinner, Jason's father called me into a separate room and said that he wanted to talk to me. And he did talk after he fertilised my eggs and created an embryo in my fourteen year old body. You will never guess his reasoning, because "I was not submissive when his son asked me to do something. I missed a lot of school due to the pregnancy and was a few years behind and my parents said that I could either put the baby up for adoption or I would be kicked out of the house. So, I had to give up my baby with a heavy heart.

Months passed and I was still wondering where my small child was and how she was doing so, I decided to visit the orphanage but they told me that she had been adopted. It was then that I knew that she was loved and happy. Somethings I could never give her.

Now, the zombie apocalypse has started and I was lucky enough to get out alive to find the school bus waiting in the parking lot. It was period three. Maths. Learning about Quadratic equations. And then a crusty green being threw the door of the classroom down and started biting people like there was no tomorrow. I sprinted out of the classroom and my maths teacher grabbed my hand but I couldn't die now so I threw him into the zombies. I bolted down the emergency exit and into the school bus where the driver was clearly hungover with an empty beer bottle and a few bones littered by his side.

"WAKE UP THERE ARE ZOMBIES COMING DUMMY." I screamed. Without asking questions, he drove as fast as he could down the highway.

"Phew, we are safe for now." I sighed.

"Safe from what."

I screamed in terror as a little schoolgirl was standing at the end of the bus in her plaid skirt from my school.

"Are you okay?" she asked

"What is that noise?" I queried.

"My brother." She replied.

She pulled out a baby from behind a seat and gave him to me.

"My mum hated him and decided to leave him with me today." She stated.

Just before I could reply, glass rained through the broken window as the bus driver stopped the bus abruptly. A man in a leather jacket with blood on his shirt broke the window. The strange man whipped out a knife from his pocket and threatened the bus driver and he instantly let him in. I hid behind one of the chairs as a doctor ambled sheepishly behind the man t and sat down next to me. We started talking about life but eventually, I fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up to the doctor asking if we could explore the surroundings and find more food that we could ration. But then the schoolgirl grabbed me and dragged me outside the bus. She blabbed on about how we are the only girls and how we should protect ourselves but I had had enough.

"This is stupid." I stated, "Just leave me alone you little squirt." I walked back to the bus and went to bed.

When I woke up, I saw the doctor, a true friend of mine, dead on the floor with a giant stab wound in his heart. I hate everyone here.

Chapter 2

I didn't do it. I know what you're thinking but I didn't kill him I would never do something like that. But that stupid teenager keeps running away from me every time she sees me and she is always distributing the ration packs unfairly by giving me less than the others. She probably thinks I killed the doctor but I am not a bad person. I only killed one person and that is because I had no choice but to do it so she can suck it.

I had to murder him even though I shouldn't have, I did. No, not the doctor. My dad. He was an evil filthy man and he hurt my mother and sister because of his drinking problem. I had no choice because I needed to keep my family safe. I will never forget the day they found out. They said I was a disgrace to the family and they kicked me out of the house and I didn't turn back. I have had nightmares about it ever since.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

My family was a small happy one, my dad, my mum and my younger sister Zelda. Everyone thought that we were the perfect family but we were far from perfect. My father was an alcoholic and he made some stupid decisions. He used to hit my mother late into the night as I heard her blood curdling screams while I cowered in my bed. When he was done, he would go to Zelda's room and hit her too. One night, I had had enough, I marched into his room while he was beating Zelda and he slapped me across the face leaving an ugly bruise there for weeks.

That is when I knew what I had to do. I got rat poison from a local shop and added it to my father's alcohol and I slept like a baby that night. But, when my mum found out what I did, she was furious and my mother wanted to turn me over to the police. Luckily, I was old enough to move out of the house and kissed Zelda goodbye. Two days later, I saw on the news that there had been a home invasion at my old address and that two armed robbers killed all of inhabitants of the house.

That is when my life went downhill. I went around alleyways at night with a knife and a baseball bat and went on a killing spree whenever I saw criminals. I showed no mercy for them and that is how I became a murderer. The killings still haunt me to this day. I remember every single one.

I woke up the next morning to the stupid little kid screaming at the dead body of the doctor on the floor of the crusty and filthy bus. Good riddance. The bus driver was giving me weird looks and I just knew something was up with him. The older girl was looking at me weirdly too, so I decided to take the baby and leave the bus. I had to leave when everyone was asleep so that no one got suspicious.

I ran as fast as I could with the baby in my arms but it was so dark and eerie. That's when I saw it, the most horrifying yet majestic sight I had ever seen. An enormous mansion that looked fit for a King so, I whispered in the baby's ear as he cooed.

"Come back here my son, when it all dies down live here and live the life you were meant to live."

After that, I walked back to the bus and impaled a shard of glass into the idiotic teenager's leg, just to make her panic a bit. Then I went to bed.

"Ahh!" The teenager screamed. I thought she was scared of the glass in her leg. But it was much worse.

Green slimy creatures surrounded our bus and I knew it was over the moment I saw them. I quickly protected the baby and cowered behind a seat.

I wished it was a dream.

Chapter 3

But it wasn't a dream. This profession is the dumbest career choice I've ever made and I have made some stupid career choices in my life like being a personal assistant or a scuba diver. I have made very stupid decisions like going to an amusement park after hours. But this is the worst situation I have been put in. Ever since that demon entered my body, I have realised that I have done some unforgivable things. I must regain full control of my body

I remember the night clearly.

The eerie night was cold and dismal with mists of fog wavering around like ghosts. I must find a way to escape it or I will surely die. I will be its next victim and then it will devour the world. I can't get rid of the image of those blood red demonic eyes being omnipresent and watching us all like a hawk. I thought a visit to the amusement park with my friends would be fun (we came after hours so that we could get the park to ourselves) but now it is only me and I can feel its presence lurking and tracking me down.

The vast amount of space is useless now that I cannot escape it. Flesh was lying on the floor with the skeletons of my old friends. Thunder and lightning rush down viciously as if they were directly sent at me. It sends chills down my spine and now it is over for me. The eyes are peering at me greedily as if I am his new snack as it races towards me savagely as I try to sprint away. But I am too slow. It bites off my foot and leaves me frolicking on the ground as he starts chomping down on my other limbs and eventually, I have one arm and one fully functional leg.

They always said not to go there after hours on a full moon. I thought was just a silly myth, a story, not real. But everything I have experienced so far is 100% authentic except for when I say that I am scared because I am not, I am absolutely petrified. It has been a traumatizing experience but what terrifies me more, is that it will come back soon.

It rested for a bit and I used that time to sprint away (I was quite fast since he hadn't completely destroyed my foot) I ran into the security office of the park to try and find something, anything that I could use to destroy this monster and that is when I found it. The key to save me and the world. A bible and a sword. But this wasn't any ordinary bible, It had a little note at the front that read "If the demon is released use the healing powers of this bible and this bible alone to destroy it and tame him for the next ten years. Be warned if it is the year 2022 you must be careful as he is even more powerful and has the power to destroy this bible."

I knew what I had to do. I used the power of the bible to destroy the vicious demon. The bright white light blinded me as the demonic being screamed and cried as the small red ghosts floated out of him and into the red moon. His soul was cleansed and I realised that the person wasn't demonic, but the demons had corrupted his soul. He fell on his knees and asked if he could help me and I stated

"Yes, you can help me, just give me your arm and part of your left foot."

I slashed his arm off with the knife I had found and used the bible's infinite powers to stick the arm to my body and the same with the foot. Then, I sliced him into pieces like a piece of meat and ate every last piece of his delicious body.

I had to focus on the present.

The zombies were banging on the bus and I knew that I had to think quickly. So, I drove away from that wreckage as fast as I possibly could.

"Hold on tight people!" I screamed.

"Woah!" They shouted as we swerved past a creepy looking house. I stopped when we were in the middle of a secluded forest and I finally had a chance to breathe.

I miss my family so much. I made some stupid decisions that I regret. The demon made me have a drinking problem and I used to abandon them all the time. But now I realise that I shouldn't have done what I did. I did it all for them. All of those stupid professions for them. I needed to help them live a better life but I made a stupid decision that I will regret for the rest of my life. I can't even look her in the eye after what the demon did.

"We need to get rid of him!" shouted the murderer.

"We can't just toss him around like trash!" screamed the teenager.

They must have been talking about the doctor's body

"He is the reason that the zombie came to eat us."

"But think of his family."

"His family is probably dead stupid."

"You are a heartless monster. You only care about yourself!"

"Shut up you stupid girl. We are trying to survive here. There is no room for sentimental nonsense."

"There is still hope for us and the world, you are just a pessimist."

"You are too much of an optimist. We will all die eventually."

"We will survive."

She still doesn't know.

I can't tell her or I know I will die. But what am I even living for anymore? For food!

I HATE MY LIFE.

Chapter 4

I killed him.

My backstory is short like my height. My dad always told me that no one else wanted me except for him. Not even my adopted mother wanted me. I was adopted as a baby and named Zelda and then, 4 years later, my younger brother Jason was born. I loved him with all of my heart but my "mother" seemed to be annoyed by us. She worked for the government and would sometimes take me to work with her. So, when I learned to read, I went through all of her files and found out some shocking information.

When I left for school the next day, I took Jason with me. We had to escape from it all but then the bus driver kidnapped me. He was so scary, he had bulging red eyes and said that he would bite my head off if I didn't come with him. So, I had to and I didn't know what I was in for but I knew I would get revenge.

I am apparently just a stupid girl or a little squirt but I'm capable of doing a lot of things. My dad really chickened out of it but he could kill his dad and get abandoned by the family. I am a little girl and I knew people wouldn't suspect me of stabbing a poor doctor. But his last words made me laugh.

"I am sorry I made the virus that infected the world but please spare me."

The idiot thought I would forgive him after ruining my life. He deserved everything he got and that stupid teen drooled over him like he was an ice cream cone. She is so stupid not to know what the bus driver did. She deserved it too though. She acts all innocent and scared when she went to all the wrong places at all the wrong times.

I know nearly everting in this stupid town.

The stupid teen is called Cassie, her parents are very rich and she is my mother her brother's best friend's father is my dad. I know you are thinking how but she had me when she was very young and she put me up for adoption, that is when my dad and my evil adoptive mother adopted me. I love my dad though, he always loved me. A few years later, they had my little brother and I loved him with all my heart. But his mother hated him.

The driver was responsible for her pregnancy. He was the reason I was born and why she is so traumatized every day. I know if she realises who he is, he will certainly pay for what he did to us both. I can't wait for that day.

I guess it might be wishful thinking but I want him dead.

I cried myself to sleep that night like all of the others.

Chapter 5

"How could you do this to the doctor you rat!" screamed Cassie while strangling the little kid whose name is Zelda.

"How could you abandon your own daughter!" Zelda screamed back. "And you stupid bus driver. I hate your guts. He kidnapped my brother and I and stuffed me in the back of his bus. My dad tracked me down so that he could save me but that stupid doctor is the reason we couldn't go home. The bus driver is responsible for your trauma and he is my father!"

"You did this to me? Cassie questioned. "Why, and you tried to hurt my daughter too."

"Cassie let me exp-."

"Like you're any better mum, you left me in an orphanage and you're lucky my adoptive dad treats me well unlike how you treated me when I was born."

"How could you do this to a girl in high school, you despicable man!" screamed Zelda's dad

In a flash, Zelda's dad and the bus driver started fighting very aggressively and the bus driver stabbed Zelda's dad with a shard of glass and his last words were:

"I am so sorry Zelda, take care of your brother."

Zelda burst into tears as the driver (whose name was Nick) threw her adoptive father' body out of the bus and slammed the door shut.

He drove away from the crime scene as fast as he possibly could as Cassie hugged and comforted Zelda. Who was coughing, crying and throwing up.

"Tell that stupid little kid to shut up!" shouted Nick.

"You shut up you monster!" shrieked Zelda.

Then, the bus stopped abruptly and Nick came up to Zelda to slap her but Cassie was in the way.

"You will regret this!" yelled Nick

Chapter 6

He pushed Cassie to the ground and started to beat her brutally but what he didn't know was that Zelda had picked up a piece of glass and pierced it into Nick's back.

"You've made a horrible mistake." He sneered.

He grabbed her small arm and licked her body. Then, he bit her head off. She laid on the floor of the bus with her neck throbbing and bleeding.

Cassie lost it. She smacked his face and used Zelda's body to slap him repeatedly until he fell out of the bus. She drove away from there as fast as she could and stated to the baby while holding him in her arms,

"We'll get out this together little one."

The drama and heartbreak was finally over.

But this wasn't the end of their story.