But Arix does not show any signs that he's still in good condition. Mark and Richie were busy fighting with other zombie who escaped from the fire.

"They are also afraid of the light coming from the sun." said Aya, who joined them after a while. The sun is up and they did not realize that it was already morning.

"Arix!" Yam shouted again. She wants to cry because of the extreme frustrations and sadness she feels. She thought he couldn't ... she was shaken, that could not happen!

She was about to go to Arix because she could no longer take the situation when suddenly someone quickly and loudly dispelled the monsters that were already being consumed--it was Arix!

Arix, who was in a hurry to get out of the place, then quickly rolled on the ground to put out the fire on his clothes.

They attended Arix immediately, Yam could not stop herself from being overjoyed that Arix was safe and but at the same time was sad because he sustained an injury - he had a burned in the arm, thigh and body, thankfully, it was just minor but he looked in pain and super exhausted.

"Call an ambulance immediately!" she said, as he was busy taking care of her best friend. Richie quickly dialed the phone. "Please wait for a bit, you'll be fine!" she said crying.

"You did a very good job, bro." said Mark, Viva and Aya thumbs up.

"I will leave first, I will jist inform the barangay about this matter and I will ask for help to search the whole city and to burn all the zombies that were hiding somewhere, we will take this chance to make a move. I will visit you at the hospital, kuya Arix. " then Aya said goodbye.

"I hope the whole City will be notified so that they can prepare themselves." said Mark.

"Arix, what do you feel?" Yam asked.

He was half concious. "I-I'm okay, don't worry." he answered weakly.

She held his hand but he moaned, she saw that he also had a wound there. She felt sorry again. His smooth skin will have that scar forever because of this incident, but that added intense feelings for Arix She loved him even more.

"Please bear with the pain, the ambulance is near." she whispered to the man, he nodded. "I love you, Arix." tears welled up in her eyes.

He tried to raise one hand to perhaps wipe the tears from her cheeks but his wounds only hurt.

"Yam, I-I ..." he could not continue what he was going to say when the ambulance have arrived. The medics quickly went down with the stretcher to put Arix and brought him inside the car, and since only one person could get in the car, she volunteered.

"Please check on our families, then follow us to the hospital and please bring us some clothes and food." she instructed Mark, Richie and Viva and the three nodded.

When they got on the ambulance, the driver quickly drove the vehicle away from the area.

"Sir, how is my friend?" she asked the white uniformed man who was examining Arix.

"He's okay, her vital signs are normal, it's good that his burns didn't get too deep." he answered.

"Thank you." she said then he turned to her friend. "You'll be fine after this." He nodded sparingly at her.

"But I don't know what kind of wound is this was, it didn't look like a burn." there was something the man pointed to Arix's left arm, it was a small wound. "Was he bitten by an animal or what?"

She suddenly struck by nervousness, her eyes widened as she stared at what the man was saying. The wound was like a bite that's kind of familiar to her. She swallowed hard.

She came closer to the man. "A-Arix," she whisphered. "Did they bite you?" but she seemed unwilling to listen to what he would gonna say. She wanted to cry as if her world is slowly collapsing.

"I-I'm sorry, Yam," there were tears in his eyes. She couldn't take it anymore, she also cried a lot. She could not accept what had happened to her best friend. She felt so heartbroken and it was as if heaven had fallen on her.

"What are we gonna do? You can't be like them, Arix, I can't afford to lose you." she said while crying.

"Ah, miss, your friend just got minor burns, he won't die yet." the man in white said with a smile, because he heard her cries.

She quickly turned to the man and sat up. "Sir, what are we going to do?" she cried hysterically.

"Y-Yam, don't cry," Arix said. He then forced himself to hold her hand. "I-I have something to tell you .." he said softly.

She brought her face closer to the young man. "What is it?"

"I-I love you," she was surprised by his sudden confession, so she was speechless and immediately looked at the man. "I-I really don't like Mary, I just told you that lie before so you could just focus on your studies,"

There she recovered. "But I can do better with my studies while in a relationship with you!" she complained quickly. "You are different from the man I had a relationship with in high school, I was inspired to study when I was with you, so my grades will definitely soar high." He shook his head and sparingly smiled. "You have a lot of explanations and revelations to make but for now, you need to be treated first, but how did it bite? What are you feeling? Are you gonna transform sooner?" she cried again.

"This is just a little bite, maybe i can think of possible solutions into this," he said.

When they arrived at the hospital, the young man was immediately treated in the Emergency room, first aid was applied and his wounds were treated.

"D-Doc, I would like to whisper something to you," Arix said to the doctor who was treating him. He saw that the old man looked surprised, but Arix begged him.

When Arix was transferred to the suite room, she asked about what he had told the doctor. He had also changed jis clothes into a hospital gown and he was injected with an IV Fluid.

"Nothing." he replied. She didn't nag anymore because he might not really want to say it.

"How are you feeling? The bite on your arm ..." she saw as if the wound from the bite was expanding. She felt nervous again.

"I'm sorry, if you think I underestimate you about your studies while in a relationahip, I just didn't want you to be disturbed becauae of your Mom." sabi nito.

"Can't we still do it? I promise I will study hard!"

He smiled sparingly. "The important thing is we love each other." she just nodded and smiled and was about to hug him it he remembered that he had wounds.

"Rest well, I'll be right there on the sofa to rest. This day is too long for us." the young man nodded.

She was lying on the sofa when she received a call from the hospital phone, she found out that it was Aya, she informed her that they burnt many bodies of zombies, they had also thorough searched operations on other places She hope that those monsters were really dead.

Aftet the call, Yam did not realize that she had slept on the sofa until morning. She got up quickly and his friends arrived just in time.

"How are you? I already brought your belongings with Arix." smiling Viva informs.

"Where is Arix?" Mark asked, so she quickly turned to the hospital bed where the man was sleeping yesterday.

"Maybe he's in the CR." said Richie, he immediately looked for him in the CR but Arix was also not there. She suddenly panicked.

"Where is he?" Viva and Mark asked.

Until a crazy thought popped up. Oh no! Maybe Arix already have felt that he was about to transform into a zombie and thought of going away, or he might have ended his life so that no one else would be affected.

"No!" she shouted loudly. His friends were even surprised. Just as she was about to run out of the room, Richie quickly stopped her and asked the her the reason, she was forced to confess the fact and they were also shocked.

"What are we going to do?" Viva asked worriedly.

Mark was disappointed because Arix has no longer had a cellphone because they used it to the zombies. They toured around the hospital to find the man. She started asking questions to the nurses and the people at the information desk but eventually hopeless, Arix suddenly disappeared like a bubble.

They felt sad and heavy going home. Mark also filed a report in their barangay regarding Arix. They can not file at the police station because he has not yet been missing for 24 hours.

MORE than a week since Arix disappeared, there has been no news from the barangay or the police. They are hopeless.

They also went back to school and by the grace of God nothing was reported about the creepers. Is it true that they are truly gone? She had goosebumps when she remebered those monsters again especially with the thought thay they might just be hiding somewhere and time would come when they might appear again. She shook her head, she must stay positive.

The Wilab troops were in the taekwondo club, they don't seem to have the energy to practice, so they just sit on the bench and stare in the blank space

They were surprised when suddenly someone kicked an monoblock chair that flew in front of them. At the same time, they turned to the culprit, who she almost stood up to scold when they saw the unexpected person who was standing in front of them and smiling

"A-Arix!" surprised and at once they said.

"Welcome back to me!" he said happily.

Their friends came quickly and happily except for her who was just crying and stunned. Viva was also suddenly surprised to see ...

"Your left arm ..." Viva could not continue what she was saying when she fixed her eyes on what her friend said and there she cried again and rushed to hug him - but also immediately released because the wounds were not healed yet. His left arm has been amputated.

"Sorry guys, I don't want to see you struggling and suffer with me, so I just kept everything to myself, I informed my attending physician that day to find an ortho for me to perform the amputation immediately, because the zombie virus might spread quickly in the body, so when I was brought in the room and Yam was asleep, I went to my ortho to perform the amputation immediately, at first he was hesistant but I convinced him when I said the truth and believed me, though my whole body was still sore at that time. I also asked the hospital staffs not to let you know where I was, and to be a private patient, but I was also in the hospital then, I'm sorry." he said, making them all cry. "But don't worry, guys, I'm getting better, I'm okay, my wounds are getting better,"

"But you don't have ..." Yam couldn't continue to what to say.

"He can still do taekwondo." Mark lightened the ambiance around.

"And he can write because he is right-handed." Viva said.

"And you still love him no matter what happens." Richie teased, which made her face turned red and made Arix smiled.

"I'll let my parents know what happened and don't worry, we already have an advance technology, there is this arm prosthetics now, and I can work with it." Arix squeezed her cheek, finally nodded and smiled.

They were having a good time talking and having a snack when Aya appeared from nowhere.

"What happened to you, Aya?" Mark asked.

"I think this whole thing is not yet over." breathless she said.

Again, they were struck with nervousness. "Why?" they asked at once.

"There was a horrible incident in the neighboring city last night, one of my classmates was there and she said that they were attacked by scary monsters last night, monsters that were biting and eating people, so they needed to move somewhere else today. And I think tonight or in the next few days they might be here again." she said seriously.

Yam clasped her hands and his friends closed their eyes in frustration.

The nightmare they thought was over is just the beginning. Is there an end to it? What can they do to save the world against these cold body creepers?

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