The massacre of district three

Brad and the others ran outside after listening to chef Mancini's words.

Things were not so good outside. They were in the private section earlier and they were not ready to face the scene that awaited them in the public section. 

Almost all of the people were coughing up blood and losing their minds. They were panting and falling to the ground. Aroma and the others looked outside the restaurant and saw that people were in the same state outside, too. 

"Niccolo, what is this madness?!," Brad asked chef Mancini. 

"I don't know, Brad!," he said. 

His eyes were stuck on a man suffering outside and his palms were sweating. The man Mancini was looking at was a tall man who was coughing up blood in lots of amounts and was banging on the front door on the restaurant. 

"C-chef Mancini, what are we gonna do?!," Aroma asked. 

But, he didn't answer her at all. He was afraid of the people of district three right now. 

"Shit!," Brad exclaimed. 

"Niccolo, where's the emergency exit?!," he asked him. 

He didn't answer. 

"Niccolo! Answer me, you coward!," he said, grabbing him by his shoulder.

Niccolo was brought back to reality by Brad's voice. 

"F-follow me!," he said and quickly ran towards the kitchen and the others followed him. 

The kitchen was in a mess of it's own. The chefs were losing their minds and coughing up blood everywhere. 

"Do you have face masks here, Niccolo?," Brad asked. 

Niccolo hurriedly went to check the cabinets and they luckily had face masks. He handed them to everyone and they hurriedly put them on. 

"Why did we put on these face masks?," Kayla asked, as they made their way out of the kitchen and into the warehouse, which had the emergency exit. 

"Cause the virus spreads through air, miss Nash," Mr. Young said. 

"I don't understand how this virus works!," Aroma said as she tried to keep up with the others' pace. 

"Miss Nash, it spreads when a person coughs blood. When you cough blood, the germs in your blood spread everywhere through the air. And then, they enter into people's nostrils and mouth and travel to the lungs. When that happens, your lungs start to work extremely fast and your stomach starts churning at a really fast speed too," Brad said. 

"And your heart starts working really fast, too?," Kayla asked. 

"Yeah, absolutely," he said. 

"But, why do you cough blood in so much amounts?!," Aroma asked. 

"I'm sure the lungs get inflamed. And you cough blood when your lungs are inflamed," Niccolo explained. 

Aroma nodded. 

They hurried out of the emergency exit and the air outside was extremely weird. The smell of blood was everywhere and it's heavy stench was making it unable to breathe properly. 

"Oh God, I didn't knew blood smelled this gross!," Kayla said. 

They wanted to make their way towards Mr. Young's car which was parked in the parking lot. 

But the parking lot was in front of the restaurant and they had avoided the front door because it was surrounded by infected people from the inside and outside of the restaurant. And there was a lot of infected blood on Mr. Young's car, too. 

"Mr. Young, your car's really dirty right now!," Aroma said, pointing towards Mr. Young's car. 

He looked at his car and sighed. 

"My apartment's not that far away. Let's go there!," Niccolo said. 

They had to run really fast because the streets were suffocating them with the stench of blood and vomit. The people, on the other hand, were rushing out of their houses and were puking blood outside on the streets instead of staying inside and puking in the bathrooms of their homes. 

When they were running through the crowded streets, Aroma saw a little girl standing on the other side of the street. She didn't look infected at all because she wasn't coughing blood or grabbing her throat like all the other people. 

Suddenly, she saw an infected man make his way towards her. The child was obviously very scared and the people who seemed to be her mother and father had already been infected and were vomiting blood on the road. 

The little girl was frozen at her place and her body didn't allow her to move at all. Seeing the man grab the little child's shoulder and hearing her scream, Aroma ran towards the other side to save the child from the infected man. 

As soon as she ran to the little girl's aid, Mr. Young looked at her with very wide eyes. He was scared and was shocked. 

"Miss Nash!," Mr. Young yelled. 

But Aroma didn't listen and ran to the child with all her power. She could not have breakfast properly and she was very hungry. But, in that moment, only the little child mattered and nothing else seemed to be of importance to her.

"Mr. Young!," Kayla yelled as Mr. Young ran towards Aroma to bring her back to the safe side. 

By now, Brad and Niccolo, who were way ahead of them, had noticed what was happening.

They turned around to look at Kayla, who couldn't run across the crowded street to get Mr. Young and Aroma back to their side as she was scared and grossed out due to the people and blood. 

Niccolo ran his eyes to the other side and saw Aroma hugging a little girl and Mr. Young punching an infected man and then, making their way towards Kayla and the others. 

"E-girl, hurry up and run! They'll be here soon!," Niccolo shouted. 

His shout was addressed to Kayla and she immediately ran towards Niccolo and Brad. 

But then, the little child that Aroma had been trying to get to safety, started coughing up blood. And the blood was directly coughed onto Aroma's face. 

The moment Aroma felt her face getting wet with the blood, she stopped in her tracks. She had been sure that the child was not infected at all. But she could not understand why this was happening. 

She made herself forget what had just happened and didn't care that she might get infected, too and continued to move. But then, the child coughed blood again and this time it was in a larger amount. But, Aroma continued to move towards the other side. 

Niccolo, Brad, Mr. Young and Kayla were shocked.

But, Mr. Young hurriedly ran towards Aroma and tried to get the child off of her body as she was clinging to her like an infant clinging onto her mother. 

"Miss Nash! Miss Nash! Let go of the child! She's not alright! She's infected!," Mr. Young yelled. 

"No, Mr. Young! I can't do that!," she said. 

He was trying to be gentle with the child as he was a strong man. 

But, Aroma didn't want to let go of the child and stopped right there. 

Suddenly, there was the sound of a gunshot. But, unfortunately, it was not enough to faze Aroma out of the distressing moment of reality she was living right now. 

"Miss Nash! Please! Black Monday is here to kill the infected people! Please, move!," Mr. Young begged. 

"Leave her there if she's not gonna come along! We don't have time to wait for cowards like her!," Niccolo yelled. 

"No! We can't do that! I'm responsible for these two girls! I can't do that!," Mr. Young said. 

"Miss Nash!," he yelled again. 

Aroma shaked her head. 

Niccolo clicked his tongue. 

"Idiot!," he said under his breath. 

"Mr. Young, come back! Please!," Kayla yelled. 

"Miss Justin?!," Mr. Young said, shocked. 

"Come back! Let her die if she wants to! Please!," she said. 

Mr. Young looked at Aroma one last time and she showed no signs of giving up.

Then, Mr. Young sighed and made her way towards Kayla. 

He was fast and quickly got to them. 

Suddenly, the sound of gunshots increased and people were dying. Earlier, they sounded very distant but now they seemed very close; close to Aroma!

And then, a gunshot was fired at Aroma and the little child. It pierced Aroma's leg and she screamed in pain. She was crying now but she had to make her way through the crowd of infected people. 

Another gunshot was fired and this time it was her arm that got hit. She screamed again and fell to the bloodstained ground with the little girl in her arms and the infected people were all around her. 

Niccolo, Brad, Mr. Young and Kayla couldn't hear the first scream as all the other people were screaming, too. But the second one was really loud and very audible. 

"This idiot!," Niccolo exclaimed and quickly ran towards Aroma. 

Niccolo was physically strong and he punched every person that got in his way. 

"Are you out of your mind?! What are you trying to do here?! Leave this girl alone! Let her die!," Niccolo said when he got to Aroma. 

He was shocked and maybe felt really bad for Aroma. But he didn't know why. 

"No! I can't do that!," she said with tears in her eyes.

"Why?!," he asked, angry yet worried. 

"Because her mom asked me to save her!," Aroma said. 

Niccolo was taken aback by her words. 

"What?! You mean that woman who's dead over there?! You're kidding me. Aren't you?!," he said. "I don't care about a dead woman's last wish! She's dead! Forget about her!". 

"Why?! Why should I forget about her dead mother's last wish?! It's very important to me!," she said. 

"And why is it important to you?! You're not even related to her!," he asked. 

"Cause I don't have a dad and I know what's it like to lose a parent when you're very young!," she said. 

Niccolo was shocked. 

"I don't care if you don't have a dad, you dumbass! But if you really wanna take that kid along, you can do that! You're already infected, anyway; you and that kid!," he said. 

He sighed. 

"Can you walk?," he asked her. 

She shaked her head. 

He sighed again and clicked his tongue. 

He got down and first, got the little girl off of Aroma's body and then picked Aroma up in bridal style. 

"You better not be heavy," he said. 

And when he picked her up, she was surprisingly very light. 

"Oh, you're very light," he said and smiled but she had already passed out and didn't hear him. 

He got the little girl on his back and then ran towards the other side. All of the other people were dead around them and the streets were tainted with blood. 

Niccolo was glad Aroma was not dead like the other people of district three who had died in the massacre of district three.