What? No Title? Why?

Note: This episode takes around the same time as the previous episode.


Description: If they HEAR you, they HUNT you.


Peter

I got on the helicopter. They lifted me out of South Park and were taking me to Nevada.

"Alright, Peter. All you need to do is to find the butterscotch frosting and leave." The mayor said.

"How do I signal you?" I ask.

"Just paint a sign saying over here in large black letters." The mayor said.

"Why not a flare gun?" I suggested.

"We ran out."

"But there are flare guns over here," I said, pointing to a gun stash in the back.


Peter

We soon arrived in Nevada. As I stood over the edge, I readied my parachute. I jumped out of the helicopter and landed on top of a building in some quiet town. Strange, no people here. But I wasn't going to call out for anybody. I went down the building to the nearest convenience store. The place looked like it was looted. Was there a zombie apocalypse here or something? But whoever looted it, they did not take any junk food with them. The soda, chips, and candy were still on the shelves. I went over to the sweets aisle and found it. The butterscotch frosting. I grabbed it and made my way outside.

"This is too easy." I thought.

CAW! CAW!

A raven made a calling sound. Then in a blink of an eye, the bird was smashed like a pancake.

"What was that?" I thought.

Somehow the raven made a sound. It must've attracted whatever killed it to its location. When I went to check on it, I heard a ringtone on my phone. I quickly shut my phone off. Whatever that thing killed the raven must not like sound. I quickly ran to the nearest dumpster and hid in there. I held my breath as I heard clicking noises. Clickers from Last of Us? No, they're zombies. Aliens? No, I don't know if aliens can make clicking sounds. Soon, I heard the clicking go away. I came out of the dumpster.

"Okay." I thought. "Don't make a sound."

I quietly left the town and into the woods.


Peter

In the woods, I noticed a path made out of sand. Whoever laid it down must be desperate to make no noise when walking, but if you take careful steps, you wouldn't need sand half of the time. That's when I saw who must've laid it down. I look to find a man along with his son standing before me. Finally! A human being! Two of them. The man motioned me to be quiet. I didn't need to be reminded.

The son did some sign language to the father. I didn't know what they are talking about, but I need to know what the two are up to. Since I cannot speak, I motioned that I wanted to come with him. He agreed.


Peter

The man and his son took me to a waterfall. The man did some sign language for his son. I assume is to check on the fishing traps they set up because the son walked over there to check on them.

"We never have seen you around here." The father said.

What? But the father talked! The father chuckled.

"The river is loud." The father said. "Small sounds are safe."

So it's okay to make sound, as long as there is a louder sound next to it.

"What's your name?" The father said.

"P-Peter," I said, still shaken by the father speaking.

"I'm Lee. And this is my son, Marcus." The father said.

Marcus came back with a fish.

"Good job, Marcus," Lee said.

Marcus was surprised, but Lee showed him that the river masked their sounds. We then went to the waterfall.

"AHHHHHHHH!" Lee screamed.

No monsters came around.

"You should try it," Lee said.

Marcus wasn't going to scream, so I did.

"OVER HERE!" I shouted.

No monsters came around. Eventually, Marcus screamed too. We all screamed together. Lee filled me in on everything. A year ago, the entire state of Nevada was invaded by sightless creatures called Listeners by the people. These creatures have annihilated most of Nevada's animal and human populations. They hunt by sound using their keen sense of hearing and have indestructible armored skin. But in Lee's point of view, he stated the entire world was annihilated. Lee also stated that he lost his youngest child from the invasion.

"But there are no creatures like this from where I live! Everything is normal there." I said.

"Wait, no aliens?" Marcus said.

"Yeah," I said. "I don't know why the monsters haven't left Nevada and invaded other areas."

Lee came back with some more fish.

"It's getting late, we need to head back soon." He said.

"Can Peter come with us?" Marcus said. "He said that there are no monsters from where he lives."

"We need to discuss this with your mother and sister first," Lee said.

Marcus then changed the subject.

"Do you hate her?" Marcus said. "For what Regan did?"

"What did Regan do?" I ask.

"When we were getting supplies from a town, my brother wanted to take a toy rocket with him..." Marcus said.


FLASHBACK...

Lee and Marcus, along with Marcus's deaf sister Regan, Marcus's younger brother Beau, and his mother Evelyn were scavenging a town for supplies. Beau is attracted to a space toy, but Lee states that the toy is too loud. Regan gives Beau the toy anyway.

Along the way back, Beau activates the toy. Lee rushes to save him, but it is too late as Beau is killed by the creature.


Peter

"Regan blames herself for Beau," Marcus said.

"It's no one's fault," Lee said.

"But she wants you to show that you still love her," Marcus added.

"Of course I do," Lee said.

"You should tell her that," I said.


Peter

We made our way back into the woods. Lee was confused about why I didn't follow the sand path. At least I was not making any noise. As we walked by, I saw a body in the woods. Lee and Marcus were looking at something else. An old man standing over the body. It must've been his wife. So tragic. Lee motions for the man to be quiet, but it didn't look like it was working. The old man looked like he was about to burst out. I carefully made my way up to him, covering his mouth. The old guy pushed me away.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The old guy yelled.

Lee, Marcus, and I ran away. The former two hid behind a tree as I watched the old man. The man stopped screaming, the same clicking sound occurred. In a flash, an alien creature jumped out of the bushes and killed the man. When it was over, Marcus was still terrified. Lee motions for him to carry on as we left.


Peter

When we got back to the farm, I saw red lights everywhere. It must've not been a good sign. Lee motions to Marcus as the latter ran off. Lee runs to the house. I decided to go after Marcus. Marcus was at the cornfield, setting up fireworks. He lights then up just as I heard a curling scream.

"AAAAHHAHHHHHH!" A woman's voice shouted.

It all happened fast. Lee ran inside the house, Marcus ran into the fields looking for his sister, with me following him. The creatures were lured away by the fireworks.


Lee managed to get inside and find his wife holding a baby in her arms.

"It's a boy..." Lee thought.

Lee carried his wife down the basement, where he put her to rest in a bed. He closed the entrance of the basement with a mattress.

"They can't hear us..." Lee whispers to Evelyn.

"But the kids..." Evelyn whispered back.

"I'll go find them," Lee said as he left.

But when Lee left to find the kids, Evelyn got up to check the monitors the family has set up. In it, she saw a strange teenager with her kids. She couldn't do anything about it, but it looked like to her that he was helping the kids.


Peter

Marcus found Regan in the cornfield. We made our way on top of the grain silo of the farm, but as we got to the top, Regan fell into the silo. Marcus and I jumped down. Regan was sinking into the grain, but I reached in and pulled her out. Just then, the same monster that was targeting Evelyn now came for us. I held up the hatch as a shield. Regan turned on her hearing aid to hear what was going on. It emitted a high pitched frequency that drove the monster away. It made a hole int the silo that we can escape from. But Regan, hearing too much, turned off her hearing aid.

We made our way out the silo and met up with Lee. I could tell Regan motioning on meeting a complete stranger and who he was, but Lee motioned to her that I was going to help them. The reunion was short-lived, however, as the monster came for us. Marcus and Regan ran for the truck up ahead. Lee grabs an ax and attacked the creature, but is swiftly knocked away.

"DAD!" Marcus screamed.

Oh shit! The monster ran for the truck. It started to attack it like a rag doll. I helped Lee up as he motioned me to join up with the kids. He then turned to Regan.


As Evelyn watched from the security camera, Peter made his way to the truck silently. Lee picked up the ax but intentionally dropped it. This stopped the creature from attacking the kids.

"I love you." Lee signs.

"No..." Evelyn whispered to herself. "Don't..."

"I always have loved you."

Regan smiled. Peter shook his head in fear.

"No... don't do this..." He tried to motion.

"Peter... protect the kids... for me..." Lee motioned back.

Peter nodded and made his way to the truck.

"AHHHHHHHHH!" Lee screamed.

The creature went off the truck just as Peter got in. Marcus shifted the truck to neutral just as Regan watched in horror as the creature came up to kill Lee.


Peter

Regan buried her face into my chest. I tried to comfort her, but inside me, anger built up.

"We will avenge his sacrifice," I thought.

We then arrived at the farmhouse. Evelyn ran up to embrace her kids. She then hugged me too. I never had this kind of hug before, so I hugged back. Still, why would she hug a total stranger that she just met?

We went inside the basement of the farmhouse. I saw a nail sticking up with blood surrounding it. Evelyn must've stepped on a nail since her foot was bandaged. She must've also been pregnant since there was a newborn baby. Then we heard clicking noise. I saw a pump-action shotgun on the table along with some ammo. I took it and loaded it. I motioned for the family to stay behind me. The monster arrived, Marcus was hiding behind some furniture with the baby, me carefully aiming the shotgun, ready to shoot, and Regan backing away to the desk that Lee was working on.

"Oh shit, Oh shit, Oh shit." I thought.

Regan then thought of something, remembering what happened last time with the monster on the silo, she turned on her hearing aid again. The monster started shaking, I looked back at Regan, seeing her trying to endure the sound it made. The monster thrashed around, knocking stuff over. The baby was crying, Marcus trying to keep it quiet. Regan then went up to a microphone and turned the volume up. She then placed her hearing aid over the mic. It amplified the high-pitched frequency, causing the monster's armor to expose its weak spot. The monster then came for us...

BLAM!

I shot at the monster's weak spot, killing it.

"Not so tough now are you?" I silently taunted the monster.

With that, the family instantly embraced Regan and me. Now we know the monster's weakness! No need to worry about sound now. Or is it...?

We looked at the CCTV monitors, two more creatures were heading to the farm investigating the sound of the shotgun blast. As Regan readied the mic, everyone turns to me. I pumped the shotgun.

THE END?