Finding hope

I woke up feel the ache of the loss of my mate. I wasn’t sure how it happened but I knew something wasn’t right. He was right there next to me but I looked over and he wasn’t there anymore. I got out of bed and went down the hall and out the door to find him outside.

I called his name, but he didn’t look at me. Puzzled, I took one step closer. Suddenly, he spun around. There was a horribly cruel, wicked look plastered to his pale face. And something more- His teeth were razor-sharp and dripping blood. And then I knew- he had become a vampire.

His head turned as a confused dog’s might, and he chuckled.He ran to a wall and climbed it until he was out of sight. I stood there, shocked and in awe.When I snapped back to reality, I decided to follow him in hopes of finding some kind of weakness or cure, whichever came first.

Since I could not simply climb up the wall as he did, I searched for a way past the wall. After walking alongside the wall, which felt like hours, I stumbled upon a crack in the wall large enough to fit my arm through it. I peeked through the crack and saw

A large orange lever. There was a sign above it that read “PULL IN CASE OF HOPELESS SITUATION”. I pulled it down. An alarm blared. I backed away then turned and ran as the wall crumbled. When the smoke cleared I was in a meadow, free but alone.