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c00lkidd was running through the ruined streets, he was carrying his dad who was barely breathing. c00lkidd wished he knew what went wrong today. His dad was gathering supplies for their survival, but he didn't come back at his usual time.
So c00lkidd went out to look for him, and found him being attacked by an infected. He had rushed to his dad's aid and altered the infected. It tried to attack him, but c00lkidd was quick. He had thrown a rock at its eyes, and ran off.
c00lkidd always worried about his dad potentially getting in these situations. Ever since the start of the apocalypse survival has been getting harder. The infected were scary, they always somehow had some sort of weird power with them. It's a miracle he managed to live.
He barely survived the one he fought, It had corrupted code all over him with a yellow shirt barely poking out. He wondered how his dad managed it for so long by himself, he never let c00lkidd go with him. But he could think about it later, right now he had to tend to his dad's wounds, before it was too late, before he could turn-
A low growl came from above him, his dad. “Dad?” c00lkidd asked, worry made his stomach twist. He was hoping he saved him before it was too late. However his dad's growling got louder and he unexpectedly jerked out of c00lkidd’s grasp. “Dad-” he cut off seeing it.
His dad's old Coolgui was merging with his skin. It started to cover one of his eyes and the other was blank, lacking emotion. His skin was now like the Coolgui, black with a red outline.“N-no…” c00lkidd stuttered.
It was too late, his dad was infected. 007n7 finally turned his gaze on him, his empty eyes suddenly filled with an animalistic hunger. c00lkidd knew he had to find something to protect himself with, he spotted a branch near him. He grabbed it just in time as 007n7 lunged at him. c00lkidd put the branch in front of him as his dad ended up grasping the branch in his jaws, knocking c00lkidd down in the process.
c00lkidd was a teenager and was close to his dad's size, but he was nowhere close to his strength. “DAD!” He pleaded, he hoped he could snap him out of it, but he knew that couldn't happen.
Infecteds attack anybody, no matter if they are family or not, but he had to try. “Dad please! It's me c00lkidd!” 007n7’s jaw clamped harder on the branch, almost breaking it. “Please…” c00lkidd begged, tears flooded his face.
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Waking up hurt, pain was all over its body, and whatever was carrying it made it so much worse. It growled, feeling his stomach clenching with agonizing hunger. It growled at that, it needed to eat!
“Dad?” That sound echoed through its head, it winced. It fought out of the grip it found itself in, rolling on the ground. The creature it assumed made that sound earlier made more sounds, as if the creature was trying to communicate with it.
It really couldn't bother to understand what it was saying. A burning pain engulfed his skin as something red and black grew around it.
The delicious smell of living flesh went straight to its nose, and its hunger worsened. It finally turned its attention to the creature again who made another sound. ‘Prey!’ was the first thought it had as he lunged at the creature, who unfortunately grabbed a stick and blocked with it.
“DAD!” It was that sound again, just like before it made it's head hurt so much worse!“Dad please! It's me c00lkidd!” Frustrated, it clamped hard on the stick, ignoring how weirdly familiar its prey sounded.
“Please…” It begged again followed by crying. It made its vision clear, focusing on how its prey looked. Its skin was red and so was its hair, it had a red shirt on with a bunch of lines it couldn't decipher, except for one. ‘c00lkidd.’
Where had it seen that before? “Dad…” Its shaky voice got its attention again. It focused on its prey's face. It looked familiar. Why did it-?
(Thunder clashed in the cold rain as someone left a child at his door. The child was crying so loud while shaking, whether it was from his fear or the cold he didn't know. Maybe both, he quickly took the baby in, his shirt had the name c00lkidd plastered on it.
“c00lkidd huh? That sounds similar to my Coolgui, I wonder who left you here?” 007n7 knew he wasn't fit to take care of a child, he was a hacker for goodness sake! And he did look strange with that red skin of his, he should get rid of him immediately- c00lkidd grabbed his arm, making babbling noises as his crying had ceased.
007n7 sighed, he couldn't leave the child, especially in the condition he was in. The kid looked very unwell. His ribs were poking out of the skin like he wasn't being fed, a rage filled him, who would do this to a child!? 007n7 told himself that when the storm ends he will put him in a safe orphanage, but he knew deep down he wouldn't.)
He let go of the branch to the complete shock of his prey- NO! His son! It was his son! The one person he promised to protect, his family!
007n7 collapsed on the ground. “Dad?!” c00lkidd said, disbelief heavy in his voice, he attempted to approach his dad. 007n7 had to get away, he almost hurt son. He scrambled up to his feet and fled. He could hear c00lkidd call out to him, but he didn't dare go back, he had to get away!