Who's that in my mirror? Who's that at my door? Who are all the people, I've seen before? I see them in my dreams. I can't help but feel, like I've been here before, it's all so very real. What is this place? The opera of my mind? A never ending space beyond the confines of time.
How can it be? What did I do? To be here again, facing you.
Here I go around again, I'm spinning out of time. If I stop believing you now will you disappear from sight?
In the stillness, there's only light. In a vast desert with patches of ice. I see you in a mirage, out the corner of my eye. Everytime I look though, you vanish, why?
How can it be? What did you do? For me to be here again, without you.
Here I go around again, I'm spinning out of time. If I start believing now, will you come back in sight?
~Frenchy and The Punk (Bonjour Batfrog, Mirror Mirror)
*All copyright goes to Frenchy and the Punk*
Chapter 1: The New Girl
Francis grabs Bill by the arm. "What the hell, Francis?" the old man says, shooting infected running at them.
"Two things," the biker responds, sounding serious for once. "There's a girl in that blue house, and there's a witch in front of the door." Bill follows Francis's pointing finger to a house not to far from them, a witch crying in front of the door.
And a curtain pulled back on the next level, revealing a girl with pleading eyes.
Turning to the rest of the group, Bill had a hard look frozen on his face. Zoey and Louis stood with there guns pointing over the old man.
"There's a girl in that blue house over there. If your eyes aren't broken, you can see there's a witch in front of the doorway," he says. "Zoey, your going to have to go inside the house to retrieve the girl. Francis is going to shoot the damn thing and we'll help him after it gets up. Zoe, your going to have to run and gun when it gets up and starts running." He turns around to look back at the house. "There's a safe place up ahead! Let's get her there!"
Running, Francis starts shooting the witch. She stops crying and looks around. Looking straight at the running Francis, the witch starts to get up and run. "NOW!" screams Bill, and the air is pierced with the sound of firing. The witch starts running after Francis all the way down the street, while Louis and Bill shoot at her. Zoey and Francis run and gun.
As Zoey disappears into the doorway, Louis prays to god that she'll live.
Bill only watches the window. When Francis starts to shoot the witch, the girls eyes grew big. When the witch hit the ground, she smiled. And when Zoey disappeared into the house, the curtain fell closed and the shadow of the girl disappeared.
After a few moments of waiting, Zoey and the other girl emerged from the doorway. The new girl had a black book-bag slung over her shoulder, and dual pistols in her hands.
A girl like Zoey,
thought Bill happily. A friend for Zoey.
They walk into the safe room, the new girl closing it loudly behind her. Francis starts to barricade the door. The girl walks over to the other door and sits down. She leans against it, the bag sitting in her lap. Zoey sits down next to her, setting their guns in the new girls bag.
Smiling at Bill, Zoey calls the group over and everyone stands in front of the girls.
"Okay, everyone, this is Nellie," she says. She turns to 'Nellie'. Pointing at each person when she says their names, Zoey continues, "And Nellie, these people are the rest of the group. Louis, the assistant manger. Francis, the biker. And Bill, the old man." They giggle with each other. "Kidding, kidding. Bill might be old, but don't let that underestimate you. He's used to be in the war, and has a good shot." Zoey smiles happily. "Welcome to the family, Nellie."
Bill smiles a little bit.
"Yeah, welcome."
Francis slaps Louis's back. "Yeah welcome new girl!" he exclaimed.
Louis has a pink color to his cheeks. "Welcome Nellie," he says, avoiding eye contact.
Nellie and Zoey giggle at him, tears forming at the end of Nellie's eyes.
