Chapter 8

Freddy's POV

I soon woke up from my insane blackout. I had watched Toshio blackout first and by the I had awakened he was also conscious. Rose was slowly beginning to come out of her blackout and Nancy was still unconscious on the sidewalk.

"Nancy," I whispered. "We're here." Seeing that just trying to wake her gently didn't work, I was forced to try to shake her.

Toshio soon interrupted my efforts. "She's probably still out from the transportation," he said. "You're probably gonna have to carry her."

I sighed in irritation over that thought; I didn't want to have to carry the bitch until she stirred out of unconsciousness. Still, I knew Toshio and Rose wouldn't let me leave her on the block, so I had to obey. I picked up Nancy by the legs and shoulders and made the brats follow me. "If you see anyone or anything unusual let me know," I said.

"Yes sir," Rose said.

"Now that's a kid that knows to respect the leader of the pack," I thought to myself. We continued to walk down the dark abyss of the streets in Niota. Niota, that's not even a fun word to say. It's sounded like some sort of dark depression. All and all, I guess Niota got a fitting name.

Toshio spotted something out of the corner of his eye. "Freddy, I think I saw something in that alley," he said. There was a dark alley at the end of the block. It looked like a place where gang members would hang out. I slowly led the kids into the alley.

What we saw in the alley wasn't a pretty sight. It almost looked like a small decomposing demon. Its eyes were blood red. You could see its leg bones sticking out. The horrid sight made Rose gag and all Toshio and I could do was stare.

Suddenly the demon lunged toward Toshio. Toshio struggled with the demon for what seemed like hours, but he soon pried it off of him. The demon soon lunged for me. There was something about this demon that was too strong for me, for I couldn't pull off the demon from my face. "Get off of me you bastard!" I kept yelling. I was able to pull him off but it tried to lunge for me again. I was ready to defend myself by clawing the shit out of the demon but there was no need to. Nancy had stirred out of unconsciousness and hit that horrid thing with the loose pipe she kept from facing Takeo.

Nancy decided she had a right to brag because she kept cheering, "And that's a home run for Nancy Thompson, which brings her score up to one, while the crazy-ass demons are left in the dust with zero!"

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah brag if you want, but I could've defended myself."

Nancy rolled her eyes also. "Just be thankful I saved your life. Oh, and thank you for carrying me for three and a half miles."

I could feel myself starting to blush in embarrassment. "Uh…You're welcome? Thanks for saving me."

Nancy nodded. "No problem, we have to stick together seeing as we're all stuck together. Now if you can excuse me for a minute, I need to find a better weapon." Nancy soon ran into the dark streets.

After a couple of minutes, I could hear Toshio and Rose giggling behind my back. "What's so fucking funny?" I asked.

"Oh nothing," Toshio said. "Just the fact I know your little secret."

"And what is that secret you're talking about?"

"You love Nancy…admit it."

I tried not to show any blushing around Toshio or Rose. "I don't love her," I growled. "That bitch got away form me years ago. If you didn't need her to stop Takeo, she'd be dead by now."

Toshio chuckled. "Well what about the time you tackled Takeo down after he hit Nancy with that pipe? It looked like you had more than stopping Takeo on your mind." "Let's just get off the subject. I don't love Nancy, and that's that." We decided to continue on our way and let Nancy catch up with us.

The empty streets made Rose nervous. She clanged to Toshio's through out most of the walking. I rolled my eyes. "Some kids I tell you," I said to them. "They always want to cling to their boyfriends' arms."

Rose got back at me for that. She smiled and said, "And some people are just too scared to admit they're in love. I agree with you Freddy, some people."

I rolled my eyes again and ignored her. I had learned over the years that there are two kinds of brats in this world; brats that want to pester you because of you're imperfections, and brats that want to pester you because of something that wasn't any of their business. Toshio and Rose were the second kind of brats.

Nancy eventually caught up with us with a machete like weapon in her hand. "I found this awesome thing in some old ramshackle barn a few blocks west," she said. "You got to admit, it's pretty awesome."

I scanned the weapon up and down. "Eh, I've seen nicer and more bad ass ones than this."

Nancy rolled her eyes. "Well it'll just have to do for now, won't it." She complained.

I rolled my eyes back at her. I didn't know why she was always a picky bitch like this, but for now she was right. For all we knew that was the only weapon in stock. "Fine, keep it for now, but it ain't gonna last forever. We need to get going."

We were only down the lifeless street a few blocks when Toshio started acting weird. "What the fuck is up with you, kid?" I asked.

Toshio looked up at me. "I keep hearing voices of some children," he said.

"That's crazy talk."

"No it's not," Rose said. "I keep hearing them too."

"Well if you're so damn interested in those voices, go see where they're coming from."

"Okay we will," Toshio and Rose said simultaneously.

"Freddy," Nancy growled. "Don't let them go out there on their own."

I rolled my eyes at her again. "Then you can go with them if you want to. I've done my share with them for the night."

"I will go with them then. If you see any more of them demon shit heads slice their heads off with this." She then handed me the machete. "We'll see you in a while."

They then left me alone in the dark quiet streets of Niota. Only one thing was running through my mind at that moment. "Be safe Nancy. Just be safe."