Chapter 10: First Bloodshed
Shyana was surprised. From what she had thought of an abusing father to be Mr. Anderson definitely didn't fit the part. He had a black suit and tie and his hair was combed back neatly. Not bald, no tattoo's or anything that showed there could be something wrong with him or his mind. When Mr. Anderson had first looked at Shyana he smiled a little and his eyes sparkled, then he turned to Zack and he suddenly lost his happiness.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be somewhere else Zack? Somewhere else hurting people?"
Zack was the one who looked hurt when his father said this, and Shyana felt pretty sorry for him so she cut in.
"Oh Mr. Anderson, my name is Shyana McKessa and this is my friend Tricia Castalia. We were here to cook some dinner for you. Zack was wondering if we wanted to go out and eat but we said we could just cook for you and him."
Mr. Anderson turned towards Zack, who had looked pretty surprised.
"Okay, come on in. I can help make it with you, I'm very good at cooking and you can just call me Thomas."
The three of them walked into the house. It was fairly clean except for the cobwebs and dusts everywhere. It seemed as if the house hadn't had a good dusting in a while.
"Did Zack tell you he was having trouble here?"
Before Shyana could answer Mr. Anderson, or Thomas, Zack told him he had told Shyana everything about what his father did and why. He told him it was because she might be able to help them. Zack's father of course was not pleased. They had an argument for a little while then Tricia sprayed a little bit of pepper spray in the air which got both of their attentions.
"Both of you stop it," she said. "You're acting like five-year-olds. We should be talking about this more calm and civilized than you are. Stop bickering so Shyana and I can cook the food while you two just tell us how you feel about each other."
It took a while, but while Shyana and Tricia were making the spaghetti and chicken Alfredo, Thomas and Zack talked over everything that was going on in their hearts. There was much Drama and sometimes even crying. It was a funny scene without the subject. Two girls cooking chicken pasta while two strong men were sitting at the dinner table weeping. They ate while they talked and Zack went to Janis's house for the night afterwards. Shyana and Tricia would have to come back again soon to help with more of the arguments, but they were getting somewhere.
"Did you notice Thomas was acting strange around you. Like he was afraid to hurt you or something? I don't know he looked like you were going to die right in front of him."
They were sleeping in Shyana's room, both talking about what had been happening.
"Well he probably misses his wife, and since I must look like her I wouldn't blame him. If I ever met another person who looked like Connor I wouldn't want to let him get hurt in any way neither, I would probably want to make the best impression ever also so he may not be as nice as he was acting."
Shyana felt bad at what she said after that. Her heart still hadn't healed from Connor. She missed him so much. But she had to concentrate on what was going on in the present. She couldn't allow herself to dwell on her past.
* * *
Earlier that day Landon had been with his friend at the Zoo feeding the dolphins.
"Chris do you think Shyana and I make a good couple, I mean you know . . . is our relationship questionable?" Landon by then smelled a lot like fish.
Chris had been one of those people at subway when Landon had first met Shyana.
"Well man, if I'm going to be honest . . . then yea I'd say your relationship is very questionable indeed. My ex-girlfriend and I had a tough relationship too but well, I asked her to marry me the other night and I found she had another dude too, and she said she loved him more. The dude and I had met on a train earlier; both of us were going to propose to someone that night, we never knew it was going to be the same girl."
Landon looked questioningly at Chris for him to say more.
"I think he had a car crash after that. I lose the girl but hey, life goes on."
Chris looked a bit teary by then, his blackish hair falling before his eyes as he cleaned the shallow waters of the dolphin tank. Landon was kind of speechless then. If Chris could stand that then Landon could surely stand for Zack and Shyana, they never really knew each other that well anyways.
They swam with the dolphins and fed them. Landon drove home earlier to check on his dog, Rascal. Still he could not get it out of his head that maybe Shyana would go back to Zack, probably get to know him better, and fall for him instead. As Landon was pondering his relationship his cell phone was ringing non-stop, about an emergency. It was a call from Zack.
* * *
Shyana's phone had been ringing also; it was from Zack's cell phone. When she picked it up though, it was Janis.
"Shyana please come here quick!!! Zack's father just busted into my trailer while I wasn't home! There was a not that was on my bed with a knife through it. Zack's dad is holding him hostage! Come quick!"
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
Shyana hung up and grabbed her jacket.
"Trish come on, wake up!"
Tricia gave a grunt then Shyana shook hr by the shoulders.
"Zack's in trouble we have to help him."
So Tricia woke up, her hair was messy, not having time to fix it, they drove all the way to Janis's trailer, where Zack had said he was staying about two miles down.
Janis was standing outside of her trailer when Shyana and Tricia pulled up.
"Okay what happened?"
Shyana then took a look at the trailer, it had been beaten in many places and it looked as if it had been hit with a bat. In some places there were gun holes.
"Get in my car!" Shyana yelled to the two.
She drove over seventy miles per hour and ran a red light. She didn't care. One of her friends were in trouble of being hurt, even killed.
Once they got there they heard gunshots. They all thought they might be too late. Janis thought that the person she loved most would be killed. Shyana thought a friend would be killed, and Tricia thought that the boy her friend was probably destined to be with was killed. Tricia honestly didn't really like Landon that much.
All three of them ran to the back o the house where they saw Zack lying on the ground holding his arm, which was bleeding, and his father was standing right above him, with his gun aimed right at Zack's heart.
To be continued
**Credits to my good friend Olivia (LyLacLuva). I sort of took the part about two guys proposing to the same girl and meeting on the train part from her fic, Somewhere Out There.
Shyana was surprised. From what she had thought of an abusing father to be Mr. Anderson definitely didn't fit the part. He had a black suit and tie and his hair was combed back neatly. Not bald, no tattoo's or anything that showed there could be something wrong with him or his mind. When Mr. Anderson had first looked at Shyana he smiled a little and his eyes sparkled, then he turned to Zack and he suddenly lost his happiness.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be somewhere else Zack? Somewhere else hurting people?"
Zack was the one who looked hurt when his father said this, and Shyana felt pretty sorry for him so she cut in.
"Oh Mr. Anderson, my name is Shyana McKessa and this is my friend Tricia Castalia. We were here to cook some dinner for you. Zack was wondering if we wanted to go out and eat but we said we could just cook for you and him."
Mr. Anderson turned towards Zack, who had looked pretty surprised.
"Okay, come on in. I can help make it with you, I'm very good at cooking and you can just call me Thomas."
The three of them walked into the house. It was fairly clean except for the cobwebs and dusts everywhere. It seemed as if the house hadn't had a good dusting in a while.
"Did Zack tell you he was having trouble here?"
Before Shyana could answer Mr. Anderson, or Thomas, Zack told him he had told Shyana everything about what his father did and why. He told him it was because she might be able to help them. Zack's father of course was not pleased. They had an argument for a little while then Tricia sprayed a little bit of pepper spray in the air which got both of their attentions.
"Both of you stop it," she said. "You're acting like five-year-olds. We should be talking about this more calm and civilized than you are. Stop bickering so Shyana and I can cook the food while you two just tell us how you feel about each other."
It took a while, but while Shyana and Tricia were making the spaghetti and chicken Alfredo, Thomas and Zack talked over everything that was going on in their hearts. There was much Drama and sometimes even crying. It was a funny scene without the subject. Two girls cooking chicken pasta while two strong men were sitting at the dinner table weeping. They ate while they talked and Zack went to Janis's house for the night afterwards. Shyana and Tricia would have to come back again soon to help with more of the arguments, but they were getting somewhere.
"Did you notice Thomas was acting strange around you. Like he was afraid to hurt you or something? I don't know he looked like you were going to die right in front of him."
They were sleeping in Shyana's room, both talking about what had been happening.
"Well he probably misses his wife, and since I must look like her I wouldn't blame him. If I ever met another person who looked like Connor I wouldn't want to let him get hurt in any way neither, I would probably want to make the best impression ever also so he may not be as nice as he was acting."
Shyana felt bad at what she said after that. Her heart still hadn't healed from Connor. She missed him so much. But she had to concentrate on what was going on in the present. She couldn't allow herself to dwell on her past.
* * *
Earlier that day Landon had been with his friend at the Zoo feeding the dolphins.
"Chris do you think Shyana and I make a good couple, I mean you know . . . is our relationship questionable?" Landon by then smelled a lot like fish.
Chris had been one of those people at subway when Landon had first met Shyana.
"Well man, if I'm going to be honest . . . then yea I'd say your relationship is very questionable indeed. My ex-girlfriend and I had a tough relationship too but well, I asked her to marry me the other night and I found she had another dude too, and she said she loved him more. The dude and I had met on a train earlier; both of us were going to propose to someone that night, we never knew it was going to be the same girl."
Landon looked questioningly at Chris for him to say more.
"I think he had a car crash after that. I lose the girl but hey, life goes on."
Chris looked a bit teary by then, his blackish hair falling before his eyes as he cleaned the shallow waters of the dolphin tank. Landon was kind of speechless then. If Chris could stand that then Landon could surely stand for Zack and Shyana, they never really knew each other that well anyways.
They swam with the dolphins and fed them. Landon drove home earlier to check on his dog, Rascal. Still he could not get it out of his head that maybe Shyana would go back to Zack, probably get to know him better, and fall for him instead. As Landon was pondering his relationship his cell phone was ringing non-stop, about an emergency. It was a call from Zack.
* * *
Shyana's phone had been ringing also; it was from Zack's cell phone. When she picked it up though, it was Janis.
"Shyana please come here quick!!! Zack's father just busted into my trailer while I wasn't home! There was a not that was on my bed with a knife through it. Zack's dad is holding him hostage! Come quick!"
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
Shyana hung up and grabbed her jacket.
"Trish come on, wake up!"
Tricia gave a grunt then Shyana shook hr by the shoulders.
"Zack's in trouble we have to help him."
So Tricia woke up, her hair was messy, not having time to fix it, they drove all the way to Janis's trailer, where Zack had said he was staying about two miles down.
Janis was standing outside of her trailer when Shyana and Tricia pulled up.
"Okay what happened?"
Shyana then took a look at the trailer, it had been beaten in many places and it looked as if it had been hit with a bat. In some places there were gun holes.
"Get in my car!" Shyana yelled to the two.
She drove over seventy miles per hour and ran a red light. She didn't care. One of her friends were in trouble of being hurt, even killed.
Once they got there they heard gunshots. They all thought they might be too late. Janis thought that the person she loved most would be killed. Shyana thought a friend would be killed, and Tricia thought that the boy her friend was probably destined to be with was killed. Tricia honestly didn't really like Landon that much.
All three of them ran to the back o the house where they saw Zack lying on the ground holding his arm, which was bleeding, and his father was standing right above him, with his gun aimed right at Zack's heart.
To be continued
**Credits to my good friend Olivia (LyLacLuva). I sort of took the part about two guys proposing to the same girl and meeting on the train part from her fic, Somewhere Out There.
