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Chapter 14
Mark is sitting on the couch; with his little girl on his lap. John is in the kitchen cleaning out the dishes and putting left over away.
The whole day was silent it was now close to dark. The day went by slow. John sits on the couch next to Mark. They enjoy watching a movie. Caroline looks out the window and sees the same buzzard she saw yesterday.
"Dad…look…" she said as she points out the window.
Mark looks over and sees the buzzards. He grew angry and held Caroline tight. He gets up; gives John his little girl.
"You two go upstairs to the room..." he said "And stay there"
John nods as he runs upstairs with Caroline close to him. Mark watches them go. He then gets a gun; a flashlight and heads outside.
Mark searches the whole front yard. He doesn't see a thing…just those little buzzards. The buzzards kept swirling around in the same place.
"Come on!" yells Mark "Show yourself…"
There were nothing; just the same old bugs. Mark gets closer to those bugs; with the gun held tight. He swishes at them. The buzzards starts scattering; but remain back to the same place.
The buzzards start forming some letters. As Mark watches them; he tries to figure out what there were writing.
You cannot protect them
Mark swishes the bugs away. The buzzards scattered again but only to remain in the same place.
Bray is not done…this is not over
The bugs then attack him. Mark growls as he starts swapping away the bugs. He stumbles back; moving around. He twists and turns; the buzzards are still attacking him.
The buzzards then disappear. Mark starts brushing himself off. He really hates bugs. He looks around again; making sure they were gone. Mark picks up his gun and keeps on walking.
Mark heard a noise; like a stick breaking in half. He turns his flashlight to the direction of the noise. He then gasps. It was a sheep.
"What the…?"
It has red eyes. Mark was standing in shock; sheep don't live here; where did it come from. He raises his gun higher. The sheep didn't move at all. Mark didn't know what to do.
The sheep then charges with speed. Mark shoots his gun; but it didn't hit the animal. The sheep hits Mark on the stomach and he falls down. Mark's gets hit on his head; his world going black. The sheep walks over to Mark.
Bray then appears next to it. He looks over the deadman. He smirks as he pets the sheep. Bray takes out a bag that was glowing green. He then throws it over Mark. The green was now glowing over Mark; and then disappears inside him.
"You can't protect them deadman…" said Bray "And that little green magic I gave you…will make you a different man"
John hears the gun shot; and he covers Caroline. John is now worried sick; the gun shot was heard; maybe Mark got shot. John starts panicking but he remains calm because of Caroline.
She is scared to death. John tells her every time that everything is okay. It's been a long while now. Mark still hasn't come back. John has to do something. One problem is that he doesn't want to leave Caroline alone.
He has to something; has to think of something. John places Caroline down; and he walks to the door. He opens it slowly; hoping that Mark would be walking up the stairs. He wasn't and now John is getting nervous.
He wants to check on Mark; but leaving Caroline. John then carries Caroline with him. He goes downstairs; looking everywhere. There is still no sign of Mark. He stops near the front door and looks out the window.
"Mark…" John whispers.
Mark wakes up gasping. He feels really different; his head is hurting. He shakes his head a bit; tries to get up. He looks at his hands; nothing different but why does he feel different.
He slowly walks to the front door. John sees him and opens the door for him. He helps his older love to the couch. Mark just stares at John.
"Mark…you okay?"
"I'm fine…"
"Okay…oh Mark you're bleeding…"
John reaches in the back of his lovers head. The head was busted open and bleeding; yet Mark didn't feel a lot of pain.
"I'm fine…"
"You sure…?"
"Yes…I'm fine…"
"Mark you are bleeding…let me"
"I said I'm FINE!" yells Mark. John was shock a bit. He slowly nods. Mark was angry now; at John. He looks at him with anger.
John just stares for a long while. He can see the anger in the deadman eyes. The eyes are green but they looker darker then his original. Mark gets up and cleans out the blood. He didn't even flinch a little.
Caroline was still scared; she just saw her dad yell at her daddy. John didn't move at all; he watches Mark pace back and forth.
Mark looks at the towel he was using to clean his blood. The towel was covered in blood; but he doesn't feel any pain.
"Mark…you okay?" John said as he walks towards him. Mark looks at him; he stares at him for a long while. "Mark….answer…"
Mark grabs him and slams him to the wall. John gasps and stares in shock as he stares into the eyes of the deadman. John wasn't afraid of him…he never was.
"I'm fine…"
John nods but still was in shock. Mark had never slammed him anywhere or even yelled at him. Mark lets him go and he just walks right past Caroline; not noticing that she was there. John blinks a little as he looks at Mark.
Caroline runs to John and hugs him tight. "Something is different about Mark…"
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