Chapter VIII:
Find Daddy
Jane was very eager to go out and look for her father. Her face shined a little brighter after Dick decided to help.
"Where should we look first?" asked Dick.
"I've already looked through this entire building one too many times to see if he happened to be here, but sadly he isn't." answered Jane. "I should say our best guest would be the house."
Jane was referring to the new house her parents and she lived in prior to the incident. Jane walked towards the bunker exit door as Dick fell out of the couch and limped towards Jane with his new prosthetic leg.
"Keep an eye out for any more of those freaks out there. This place is still crawling with them." Jane said.
Dick nodded his head.
Jane and Dick both readied their weapons as Jane slowly opened the door. Luckily nothing appeared to be in site concerning the mutant creatures. Both sighed to themselves in relief.
"I suppose we're in the clear for now." Jane said to help alleviate the tension in the room.
The two began walking quietly out of the headquarters, trying their best not to be noticed. A small amount of time passed by until they reached the main exit of the building, but to their surprise, there stood a deformed civilian right beside the exit door. Jane spotted it right out of the corner of her eye then retreated with Dick to the nearest wall where they could not be found by the monster. Jane began loading her assault carbine until she realized how little of a supply of ammunition she had for it.
Jane stood blankly, worried for a second then looked at Dick. "I'm almost out of ammo."
"What?" Dick replied. "What happened to the rest?"
"The rest went into saving your life, ya jerk." Jane answered sarcastically. "Now, I'm gonna form a distraction while you open fire on th' thing."
"Alright then." Dick said.
Jane searched for something to use as a decoy for the creature to pay attention to so Dick could have an open shot for it.
She found an old, half broken coffee mug stained with coffee in the handle and blood on the inside. Jane picked up the first half of the mug tossing it in the air with her hand as a way to ready herself. She threw it towards the front desk next to a dehydrated potted plant in the corner of the room.
To their advantage, the disgusting creature took notice of the sound coming from the direction Jane threw the mug at and began searching the area.
Jane shouted, "Now Dick!"
Dick took no second thought and began shooting at the monster. The first shot went into the thing's shoulder and the second found itself in the lower head region. Without giving the monster time to react, third and final shot went straight through the head region once again, but this time in the middle of his head. The third shot was enough to completely obliterate the creature's head, leaving it in utter shambles. The beast was dead.
"Not bad." Jane said.
"What me? Oh, thanks"
Jane smiled for a moment. "C'mon. We better get going."
Jane jogged towards the exit holding her carbine while Dick, holding his revolver, followed closely behind.
Jane opened the door and stood in shock.
Dick was nervous for Jane. "Jane, what's wrong?"
Dick looked outside and saw the madness. The city was infested with these creatures and mutants. Thousands of them were outside walking around and making harsh grunts and sounds.
Dick stood by Jane in shock.
"Well...what do we do now?" asked Dick.
Jane looked at Dick with complete fear in her eyes. "I don't know."
