Chapter 2

Death in the Darkness

Tina and I got done chopping down the five maple trees that were need for the next few weeks. We chopped each one up into three massive sections and haled them home. "Awesome, now that's done we can begin on making them even smaller." Tina said with a huff. "Yeah, now comes the next part." I walked around to be barn to grab the axes that were in there. Tina; waiting on me to return stood hands on her sides trying to breath. I snatch the axes from their hangers and started my way back. Before I left I noticed that smell of rotting meat was gone, so was the foot prints of the dogs. I reached for the barn door and closed it. I made my way back to where Tina was. Tina stood straight up and put out her hand waiting for me to give her the ax. I held out the ax as I got closer to her. The pants what she was wearing was all dirty and so was her shirt. Holes and other tears was strewn about on her cloths she was wearing. Her hair was the only thing that wasn't dirty. Her dark hair flowing down to her shoulder had not a single wood chip or grass in it. Her face was had a very calm, tranquil look she really strong and confident. Something that was expected, sense we lived in a very dangerous world. Food wasn't hard to find neither was water; we finally perfected how to make a fire with in our first two months of being here. Not long after that we started to make some simple showers and bathroom because a lot of people were afraid of going outside during the night including myself. We got all the need supplies from old towns that had small metal spicks called nails that if you hammered into something wooden you could create something like a small bucket to a large water container. The biggest one was on the side of the house that held twenty times what a small bucket could hold. It provided us with the means to have a shower and sense it was high enough off the ground the animals couldn't get to it. Water was just a small walk to a large river and the same goes for apples and other assorted goodies.

We finished chopping the large trunks down small enough to be put into our metal barrels that kept us worm during the night. It was a very nice living here, our own heaven. We put them into a pile and went into the house. Just before I went into the house I saw that the sun was getting close the horizon. That meant that it was very close to dinner time. I opened the door and saw that plates were already on the table and Mitch and Seirra were just finishing up with dinner. It looks like the traps we set up the other day worked. Four small rabbits and it looked like a deer was for dinner. "I thought I smelled something fantastic cooking." Tina said just before her stomach roared. Her face turned pink. "What, I'm Hungry." She screeched. A few seconds later my belly did the same. I just laughed; seconds later so did everyone else in the dining room. Lori came into the dining room. "That smells fabulous." Seconds later so did Julie as she walked in to the room. "Great so dinner will be done in about five minutes so get everyone. I walk to the bathroom with Tina we both washed our hands at the same time trying to get the dirt and some of the splinters out of our hands. Tina splashed some the water on her face before the water got any dirtier. I followed up by doing the same thing. We both left the room almost the same time. Tina dried off her face and hand then so did I. I walked into the dining room and saw that the deer meat was strewn on the table. All that was left was everyone to arrive and wash up. One by one people started to show up. After they wash up they sat down and waited for everyone else before we ate. Few moments later everyone was her besides the scavengers, they had yet to show. And the daylight was almost gone.

(Thwack) Someone smacked hard against the door. We all jump at the sound. The door slowly open and I it was one of the scavengers. He was breathing super hard almost hyperventilating. Mitch and I jumped and rushed over to him. Seirra got him a chair to sit in. We helped him onto it. "What happened?" I said frantically "Where's everyone?!" Mitch shouted. "Lower your voice Mitch." I said slowly. The creature could of followed him here. The Scavenger gave me the map and pointed me to the town they were in. I grabbed myself a large piece of meat and scarfed it; I finished that off with some water. "Alright I'm going. Mitch you're following right." He nodded. We both ran to our room and grabbed the weapons and things we might need. Mitch grabbed his bag full of bullets for his pistol and I grabbed twenty four bullets for my revolver. I ran down the stairs and jump over the last four. We met at the front door getting our courage and all the strength we could muster. The first step out the door was Mitch. He then broke off into a light jog. I quickly fallow behind. I looked at the sun it was maybe two fingers from the horizon. That means we didn't have long. We stopped at the sign, I checked the map as Mitch cough his breath. "We are not far from where they are. Let's get moving." I said with a huff. We started our jog once more. I could feel the small stones and pebbles under my holy shoes. They didn't really seem to bother Mitch. I kept my mind focused on getting to my Family. I really didn't know what to expect, I didn't really care anyways. If one of my family members was hurt I would be there. That how I have been that how I'm going to stay. I looked back and could see the sun the clouds over head were pink and red. The whole sky turned red and pink as we drew closer to our destination. It seemed as if the sky already knew what had happened. The clouds really made my feeling go sour. I pressed on feeling the wind rush pass and the smell of the red thorny flowers made me remember my room it had that exact smell. The smell dissipated and the smell of death and rotting flesh started to bounce around my nose. The town was in our sights, the lights of a small fire could be seen from my distance. They had to be at least a few minutes away but the fire was dancing about against the buildings of the old town. I picked up the pace, Mitch barely could keep up. The need to get there was so high I didn't even notice that Mitch was very far behind. I reach them, the girl was holding a her friend as blood spat from his mouth. I looked even closer and could see blood coming from his chest, a large puncture wound was almost direct center of his chest. He didn't say anything I look behind him and there was another. The exact same wound, the blood was still coming out of his lifeless body.

I looked even farther back I could barely see something skulking in the back round. It moved its head to the side and hands forward almost like it was getting ready to pounce on its pry. Then I realized this creature was about to pounce on us, its pry. At this moment my body felt extremely hot. Looking at this creature that was had already started its sprint but it was slower then normal. It was like time it self had slow to a crawl, but it was no time to watch and look at this slowness i was experiencing. I un-holstered my gun; everyone watched as my gun rose from its holster. The creature started its advance toward us, its hands getting ready to grab someone. After a few micro seconds my gun was fully up, its hammer was cocked, and pointed at the creatures head. (Bam) My gun blow out smoke from the barrel, the gun rose up from the force of the gun exploding its bullet outward. The creature head jerked back and it fell to the floor. Another followed right behind it. 'I didn't know there was another' I thought to myself. Two more came running out from the shadows. A single shot was fired from behind me. It smacked the creature in the chest. I let off another shot that sent the other one's head back and onto the floor. Its body flailing about I walked over to the creature and shot at it one more time. (Bam) I knew this creature it was the Fallen. The creature hand near glowing white skin with teeth sharp and pointed. It had very sharp pointy fingernails. Once the hand of this creature grabbed you, you barely had any chance of getting away un touched. Moments later I got a sharp pain to the right side of my head. As if someone had stuck a large knife through to my brain. I pressed my hand against it. Then I could see nothing but stars. Black and white dots fill my sight. I tried to rub them away but they stayed. I fell on the ground face first. I could feel the hands of my friends on my back and shoulder but soon I didn't feel anything.

"It's you…the one that will bring a brighter future to this world." I couldn't speak; all I could do was listen. I opened my eyes and saw a woman, a woman in the dark. She hadn't any facial features but I knew it was a woman by the shape body and the sound of her voice. The sound of her voice was very soft to the ear. "You will bring a great…" the words were missing from her sentences. "We… will recreate…" more and more I tried to focus in on what she was saying, the more i couldn't understand her. Then nothing

(Three Weeks Later)