While India and Dennis were doing god-knows-what in the kitchen, the rest of us were silently sitting in the living room. In some form I wasn't worried about my sister, the good part of tonight was that they weren't fighting...again. Resting my arm on the arm of the sofa, I rested my head in my palm. Tonight had been a weird night for sure, I mean aliens invading the block, anyone would be freaked out.
Pest, who was still sat next to me, moved around so that his back was against my shoulder. I didn't push him away, on some level I wanted him to do that. I may have been the one to finish him, but that didn't mean I didn't miss him. India and Dennis walked into the room, freaking the hell out of me. His arm was wrapped around her shoulder while hers rested around his waist. They both looked pretty...well, loved up.
They sat down in Dennis' previous spot, and she rested her head on his chest. He smiled and kissed her temple, they hadn't been this loved up for a long time, so I was a little worried right now. Turning my head I scanned the room, looking for any sign that the others were as concerned as I was. Some of the girls turned their heads for a glimpse, but soon averted their eyes. Moses stared at the table in front of him, Jerome constantly glanced at his phone screen, and Pest looked half asleep. So really, I was the only one curious about my sister and Dennis.
"They're coming for us you know, ready or not" Pest said, breaking the silence. Dimples and Jess started to sing, obviously both of them found the whole thing hilarious.
"Listen to me!" Sam exclaimed rising to her feet. The girls silenced as we all looked up at her "There's a dead one in my kitchen. I live on the first floor, go and looked if you don't believe me. There's no door anymore" she said shaking her head.
"Moses when did you start going out with your Maths teacher?" Dimples asked. The girls, minus Tia, laughed and Sam rolled her eyes before sitting back down.
"How d'you know that woman?" Tia asked, looking down at Moses. She was sat on the arm of the chair right next to him, it was no secret that she fancied him big time.
"We met earlier, he mugged me" Sam admitted.
"For real?" Jess asked looking up from painting her nails.
"That part I believe" Dimples nodded.
"Dat true? You rob that woman?" Tia asked, slightly angered.
"Yeah, but. Afterwards she fixed up my leg and we saved her from the monsters, so we're all sweet. We're hero's init?" Pest asked turning his head to look at Sam. She narrowed her eyes.
"Hero's? Five of you and a knife against one woman. Fuck off" she snapped.
"Cold" he muttered shaking his head.
"Nah, don't build it up love it weren't all that. We never even touched you" Dennis said, pausing from his weird actions with my sister.
"The blade was to get it over wiv quick, we was as scared as you" Jerome said shaking his head.
"Blade? You're such a waste, why is it always trouble wiv you? Why is it always someone gettin' robbed or beaten up, or someone gettin' arrested?" Tia asked angrily while moving away from Moses.
"We can't deal with this on our own, we have to call the police" Sam said. We all stared at her with disbelieving expressions "You can trust me, I'll tell them what really happened" she added.
"You think the police is gonna help them? They might not arrest you but they'll arrest them" Tia said motioning to the boys.
"For murder of two police officers, vehicle theft, resisting arrest, everything that happened everywhere in the ends tonight" Dennis said.
"They arrest us for nothing already" Pest said pulling a rollie out of his pocket.
"You know what I reckon yeah?" Moses asked leaning forward, staring down at the floor. We all turned our heads to face him "I reckon the feds sent them anyway. Government probably bred those creatures to kill black boys. First they send drugs to the ends, then they send guns, now they send monsters to get us. They don't care man, we ain't killin' each other fast enough, so they decided to speed up the process" he said.
"Believe" Pest sighed nodding. I rolled my eyes as the girls burst into laughter.
"Pest I told you not to do that, do it out the window yeah?" Tia asked walking towards the windows.
"Pain relief man, ask the nurse" he shrugged.
"Excuse me but, what is that?" Tia asked nervously. We all turned our heads and my eyes widened. The others jumped to their feet while my hands flew to my mouth...they'd found us again.
"Oh my days!" Dimples screamed.
We all ran to different parts of the room, but away from the window. Well, all of us except Dennis. He put on his bright red helmet, aiming the gun towards the window. India and I stood in the living room doorway with Jerome, Sam and Pest. All of us watching fearfully "You can't take two fam!" Moses shouted a few feet away from Dennis, aiming one of the samurai swords.
"Watch me" Dennis said staring at the aliens through the window. He pulled the trigger, but as no bullets appeared and only popping sounds were heard realisation kicked in for him "Shit, it is a toy!" he exclaimed.
One of the aliens smashed through the window, crashing against Dennis and pinning him to the floor. Moses flew back behind the sofa, while the rest of us watched in horror. Dennis screamed as the alien snapped it's jaws near his face. Moses stood, about to help his friend. But as the other alien jumped through the window, I guess he knew he couldn't help. India screamed as the alien bit down on Dennis' helmet, blood squirting over the floor. She tried to run forward, but Pest and I held her back.
The alien ripped off Dennis' head, throwing it towards Tia and Dimples. India screamed louder and fell to the floor, I shook my head in disbelief. Both aliens paused, sniffing the air for something. I narrowed my eyes in confusion as they walked towards the sofa Moses was hid behind, it was like they could smell him somehow. But then a thought hit me, if they could smell him, why couldn't they smell us?.
Tia grabbed a lamp nearby, smashing the bulb end against the wall "Oi fucker!" she shouted jabbing the alien, shocking it and taking it's attention away from Moses. It chased her and Dimples into the room, but by the sound of the shouting I was sure they would be okay. Moses jumped to his feet, turning to face the remaining alien. He raised the sword about to slice when he accidentally lodged it into the wall above his head.
As the alien advanced towards him, Sam moved away from us. She snuck up towards the alien, and successfully shoved the knife through the bottom of it's jaw. The alien froze up and she yanked out the knife, the alien body falling limp to the floor. We all walked out from our hiding places, surrounding Dennis' headless body. India fell to her knees, screaming and shaking her head. I crouched down next to her and wrapped my arms around her shoulders, she clung to my waist while hiding her face from the body.
"You know that little on you killed before? That was a mistake" Tia said. I looked up at the girls.
"They weren't going for us, they were going for you" Dimples said turning to Moses.
"Actions have consequences Moses"
"Everywhere you go bad things happen"
"Stay away from us Moses"
Loud alien screeches reached my ears, and my head shot towards the window along with everyone else's. The girls ran out of the flat, screaming. India had calmed down, but that meant that she was worse. At least when she was crying everything was being let out, but when she was quiet she was keeping it all in...and that could drive her mad. Someone gently took hold of my shoulder and I looked back to see Pest, he nodded towards the door and I sighed. Slowly rising to my feet, I kept my arms around my sister. She mutely clung to my waist, letting me lead her out of the flat.
"You should go, I don't want no one else to die" Moses said, shaking his head.
"Fuck that brov, I got your back!" Pest exclaimed.
"I ain't goin' nowhere, they killed Dennis man. We gotta kill them all brov" Jerome added.
Gunshots suddenly echoed through the hall and we all ducked as bullets hit the walls. Glancing back I found three men shooting at us, but I had no idea why. The boys started to run towards the stairs, while us girls stayed behind "Come on!" Pest shouted holding the doors open. Sam helped me get India to her feet and we ran towards the boys, sounds of banging and gunshots filling my ears as we ran.
The boys continued to shout out as we reached the floor above. Running down another hall, we finally reached the lift. They pushed the button repeated, hoping that one of the doors would slide open. Looking down at India, I sighed nervously. Her eyes were blood-shot and tear tracks stained her cheeks. Her arms had loosened around my waist, but still gripped my jumper in her hands. I had no idea how she was feeling right now, but I'd have probably felt the same way if it was Pest that had his head ripped off.
The doors finally opened and we all flooded in, not caring about the high-looking posh lad already inside. We looked towards the doors and my eyes widened as the alien ran towards us. But thankfully, the lift doors closed "Who was that?!" Sam shouted, meaning the man who repeatedly shot at us.
"That's High-Hatz. Man's a sausage!" Pest exclaimed. So that was High-Hatz, now I actually felt glad that I hadn't met him before.
"Why is he shooting at us?" I asked, finally finding my voice.
"His best friend got ate, and he's a bit vexed about it" Jerome explained. Something smashed against the doors and we all jumped back "I know exactly how he feels" he added.
"Will someone please tell me what the fuck is going on" The posh lad begged. I sighed and lowered India to sit on the floor "What's that thing chasing you? Why is the other lift full of bits of dead people?" he asked. Shrugging, I unlatched India's hands on my shirt "What are you doing we need to go down!" he shouted. I looked back at the boys.
"I ain't going down. There's too many things down there that's out to get me, get me?" Moses asked shaking his head.
"True say, police, crazy gangstas and fucked up monsters down there!" Pest exclaimed.
"Okay, let's not go down. Where can we go?" The posh guy asked.
"We're going to Ron's weed room" Moses replied.
"What's Ron's weed room?" Sam asked with narrowed eyes.
"It's a room full of weed and it's Ron's" The posh guy explained. She nodded.
"19" Moses instructed. Pest nodded and pushed the button, sending the lift upwards instead of down.