Chapter 11 -Florida- Final Journal
i went back and made all of the chapter titles places instead of names(except prolouge, 1, and 3 because those ones were deleted on my profile)
"so, the world is over?" I still couldn't believe it.
"yes, we took you because like us, you were immune to the "clean bomb." John tried to explain.
"OK, but what exactly is a "clean bomb?" I asked.
"Its a bomb that only effects organic matter. It leaves all rocks, dirt, buildings and things but kills all plants and animals. It only effects 93% of the population."
"but that's... like sci-fi stuff." I said baffled.
"I wish." he said silently.
"when you wish upon a star..." mitch started.
"oh shut up, you idiot!" Katrina yelled.
"why are such a bitch!?" he yelled back.
"why are you such a child!?"
"stuff it you two!" John yelled.
When they quieted down John turned back to me.
"its supposed to dissipate after detonation." he explained.
"I assume that it didn't dissipate. It might of actually have gotten worse as it went along." he continued.
"wait. How do you know this?" I was almost afraid to ask.
John looked down and it looked like a tear ran down his cheek.
"because my dad designed it." he said quietly.
"I would understand if you would want to leave."
I smacked him the back of the head.
"if I wanted to leave, I would have already."
"it was your dad that made that bomb, not you. In my eyes the sins of the father do not pass on the son; got it?"
"thanks Keith." he wiped his tears.
"no problem, lets get going, I have some questions for Ninian."
"Ninian?" he asked.
"the girl I came with."
"ahhh yes, the quiet one."
"don't you mean the hot one?" mitch joked.
"ugh, your a pig! you disgust me!" Katrina remarked.
"ugh, your a prep! you annoy me!" he shot back.
"geez, wont you two just fuck already?!" john yelled annoyed.
"ugh, Gross. John!" she yelled.
john looked to Mitch.
"What? I'm up for that." he said semi-seriously.
"Ewwww. Mitch!!!" Katrina screamed and ran ahead.
Me and john gave him a look.
"What? I am!"
I put my hand on his shoulder.
"dude, it's called "tact" get some."
"it doesn't matter, she don't want me. and I don't want her."
"oh your mean...?" i pointed to john.
"dude, its called "a clue" get one." he laughed and went to go apologize to Katrina.
in the preceding he got slapped in the face, she then huffed and walked around the corner to get to the house. and i heard a scream that made my blood curdle.
"Katrina!" me and John yelled at the same time. Mitch was already around the corner.
When we got around the corner Katrina was fine but johns house was completely engulfed in flames.
"those bastards!" John yelled in anger.
"Ninian!" I yelled and I jumped in. a similar power to the one before filled me now; but it wasn't insanity it was... caring. No flames came close to me, they were blown out before they came near. Then I saw her, she was laying on the ground, and there was a beam across her chest. she was naked, she must have just came out of the shower. When I went to pick up the beam she grabbed me by the back of the neck.
"its time for you to have full control of the power that has lain dormant for so long." she said inside my head.
"i don't know what the power is! How do you know?!" I yelled.
She only smiled.
"wait... that was you, wasn't it?! The demon thing! Why?"
"i was testing you, to make sure you were ready. Now go, live your life the way you want. Leave my body to this place. a burning is fit for king, its good enough for me. Now go!"
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"Ninian!"Kieth ran straight into the burning building.
"Gibson!" mitch also rushed into the building.
"Keith!!" Katrina screamed and she rushed to him.
John rushed and stopped her.
"let me go!" she rallied against johns strength with no effect.
"if you both die whats the point!" he yelled.
"i can help him!" she cried.
"and if not? And you die? Then what?!" he yelled at her.
She stopped struggling.
"OK, OK! John your right."
John smiled and let her go.
"i know."
Katrina then bolted to the house.
"Dammit!" John swore and went to get her.
Before she got there she ran right into Keith.
"Oof!" they both went at the same time.
Keith went to go help Katrina and he got a slap in the face for his efforts.
"if you ever do that again I'll kill you myself. Got it!" she fumed.
"yeah, I got it." he smiled.
"good. Wait, where's that girl?"
his smile disappeared, he looked down shuffled his feet, and his voice was barely above a whisper.
"she... didn't make it. She... died in my arms."
Katrina covered her mouth with her hands.
"No..."
"yes, she also gave me a message."
"it's to bad you won't be alive long enough to do anything with it." someone to the far left piped up.
He was of average height, he had cropped gray hair, and wore the suit of a priest.
"I'll kill you! Get away from this place!" John yelled at him.
He lifted his eyebrows.
"oh? You don't like the handiwork of God?" the Priest asked innocently.
"Because your friend didn't mind it." he said with a dark smile.
Two big men at least as big as John walked from behind the corner.
"me and my *ahem* "disciples" have taken a vow of celibacy, but raping heathens is doing His work and so I think it will be fine."
Keith remembered Ninian being naked.
"you... I'll FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" he screamed in rage.
The ground started to crack around Keith, fire spewed from them.
"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
his eyes went black, and veins popped up everywhere, power came off him like steam, steam to also came off of him, his body, including his clothes turned black and charred and his skin started to crack like a desert floor.
"I WILL DESTROY YOUUU!!" he shot forward lightning fast leaving a blazing trail behind him. He went to the first thug and ripped his arms off. Fire jet forth from Keith mouth engulfing the thugs head, incinerating it. The other thug went and grabbed Keith by the shoulder and his hand turned charred.
"What the fuck!" his arm started to char and fell off his body.
Keith turned around and got a look at the thug. Keith, with a flash of speed plunged his hand into the thugs chest and brought out the thugs heart. Only shock registered on the thugs face before he turned to ashes and fell apart. The heart in Keith hand also became a lump and coal and fell to the ground.
"D-demon! Stay away!"
The priest pulled out a silver cross.
"the power of Christ compels you!"
Keith hand lunged at the priest but stopped short a few inches from his face.
"Ha, ha, ha. God is on my side! With the creator I'm invincible!"
Keith laughed at his own joke. his middle finger, and his index finger entered the priests eyes, while his thumb went into his mouth... and ripped his face off. The priests body twitched once, twice. Then it fell into ashes. The face in Keith hand too fell to ash. Then the power left Keith. He was naked just standing there, he swooned, then before he fall to the ground John caught him.
Just then a shape burst form the building cradling something in its hands. It was whispering sweet nothings to what was ever in its hands.
"are you okay? Hmmm, whats that? Its OK now, your safe." a very charred and burnt Mitch was comforting his Gibson Darkfire electric guitar. It was a very beautiful piece no doubt.
John and Katrina just stared at him in disbelief.
"what? Did I miss something?"
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"so your leaving?" John asked me about three days later.
When I looked up in surprise he laughed.
"it's kind of obvious Keith."
"really?"
"yes."
"you should tell Katrina and Mitch."
"i know."
"they- we have grown pretty attached to each other us four, eh?" he stated.
"yeah, we make a pretty good team." I remarked.
I got up.
"well, I think it's time to go."
"Katrina? Mitch? Come here please."
when they came into the room I told them.
"I'm leaving." I told them.
"about time. I thought you would be gone two days ago." mitch remarked.
"oh no! Please don't go!" exclaimed Katrina.
John put his hand on Katrina's shoulder.
"I'm going too."
"Me too." mitch piped up.
"well then, I want to go with you!" she told me.
"that's fine with me, John? Mitch?"
"No, I have some things to collect." John explained.
"i heard there is an amp in Japan that run on these fancy-pants batteries that last for like ten years. I want to get a couple, travel the world, and play for the remaining population. Besides I'm a "journeyman." mitch explained.
"what are you doing?" John asked.
"well, you said there should be about 7% of the population left. I'm going to New York, then Detroit, Toronto, then my home city of Winnipeg to find survivors and make a colony. Start again and make this the world it always could have been.
"well, I wish you two luck. Its time to leave."
the four of us went in three directions with mitch playing "I'm on the road again" acoustically on his Darkfire. Like the three kingdoms we split, not to meet again for a very long time.
END OF THE FINAL JOURNAL
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Mitch's references: "when you wish upon a star"- a nursery rhyme
"journeyman"- iron maiden
