When we finally get back to the hideout, Katy began to ask me why I ran out like that. "Randy, what happened in there? Are you okay?"
"I think that we're going to be spied a lot from now on. Mac told one of his workers to keep an eye on me. I think Mac might have recognized me, and is going to be making sure I stay out of trouble. In other words, I think Mac might suspect me as the ninja." I look up at Howard and Katy in a shamed face. I almost got Howard, Katy, and I caught. I have to lay low until I know how things work around here.
"Yeah, Howard told me about that. You don't really think that he's capable of taking the suit from you, do you? I mean, maybe we should put the mask and book somewhere safe. If he or any of his followers find them, then we're done for." I wasn't sure if I should take Katy's advice, or if I should just hold on to them until I need them. I decided to just hold onto them, if Mac or anyone else found the mask and the Nomicon without me know, than we were dead. I'd rather have Mac take the mask from me voluntarily because at least then I know who took the mask and the Nomicon.
"I think I'm going to hold onto them. We better try to stay low for awhile until I know how I should act around here." They both just stare with an assuring look on their faces. Howard and Katy were the only people I could trust now. Anyone else is the enemy.
"Okay Cunningham, but if you want to fit in here like everybody else, then you're going to have to see what our daily routine is. Think you can handle it?" Howard asked me with a smirk.
"Please, there's nothing I can't handle. Bring it on bro." I say feeling confident.
"Okay, come on Randy. We need some new weapons. Then we need to go around the town to look for some survivors. Which may involve kicking some monster butt." Katy tosses me my book bag, I look inside to see nun-chucks inside. I throw my book bag over my back and begin to follow Katy and Howard threw Norrisville. We stopped at the junkyard where we meet a guy who was willing to give us some newly welded weapons. I'm surprised he didn't charge us or anything. Then again it was kind of the end of the world for Norrisville so yeah. We then head into Norrisville, we stop at Game Hole. Katy said that it was where they had found most of their survivors. We go inside and it had looked like it was in a fire. Black ashes everywhere, nothing had any color in it. It felt so depressing to even just be in there. It's hard to believe that this was where you would play video games at.; now it's a place to come and hide and just wait for help.
Howard begins to call to anyone who was in Game Hole. "Hello! Is anyone here? We're here t help you, please make some sort of sound so that we can find you and help you." Nothing. The store/arcade was silent. At least, for a while. We heard a small grumble kind of sound. It came from the back of the store, we slowly begin to walk to the back of the store unaware of what or who we were about to face. When we finally get to the back, we could hardly see anything. My eyes adjust and it looked like someone who I had met in the past, but I wasn't sure who it was. It was a boy. He was about my age but mostly looked like he was six-teen. He had brown short hair and I think blackish brown eyes. He was about half an inch taller than me. We run over to help him out of the ruble. He seemed to be very out of shape and was very skinny; I wonder how long he has been in here for. He was unconscious so we had to carry him to our hideout. We laid him down on the couch and Katy revived him. When he finally woke up, he was very confused of where he was.
"Where am I? Who are you?"
Katy tries to calm him down by putting her hand on his shoulder, "It's okay, you're safe now. I'm Kate, this is Howy, and that's Randy. We found you almost dead in Game Hole. I hope that we are no threat to you, it's our job to save people who have survived an attack." He looks at us for a while, then he smiles at Katy err… I mean Kate. But it wasn't like a thank you kind of smile. More like an evil satisfying kind of smile.
"Oh no, I am very grateful that such nice people are willing to put there lives in danger in order to save me. Thank you all," He stops for a moment. "Well, I guess I should be on my way, OW!" He grabs his stomach when he tries to get up. Kate lays him back down.
"I think you should stay here with us for a while. By the way, we never caught your name. What is it?" Kate asks.
"It's Marcus, Marcus Anderson. Thank you Kate."
"You're welcome Marcus. Now I think you should get some rest. Get some sleep." Kate covers Marcus up with a blanket.
"Oh and Kate, you can just call me Marc if you want." Kate smiles at Marcus. Then we leave the room to let Marcus rest. The three of us go into a room to talk about Marcus.
"So what do you think we should do with him when he gets better?" Asks Howard.
Katy starts to think. "I don't know, maybe we can take to one of those over shelters. The ones in the north side of town. They can train him on being able to protect himself and live on his own. Once we drop him off there, we'll never see him again. Got it guys?" Howard and I nod our head. I didn't feel right about this guy, there was something more to him. He had something to hide. I just hope that he gets better soon. The sooner he heals, the sooner he can get out of here and out of our hair.