Chapter 2

The Headless Fighter

            Billy ran along the steel walkway that was suspended over a dark pit.  He was inside of a dam and somehow got himself separated from Rebecca.  She radioed him earlier and described which room she was in and now Billy was trying to find a way into the room.  He had his pistol out and had been running through these walkways for what seemed like forever and he still couldn't find an end to it.  Finally he turned around another corner and stopped, pointing his gun in front of him.  A smile spread across his face when he saw what was just thirty meters ahead of him: a small control room with a door next to it.  He was sure that the door led to the room that Rebecca was in.  He raced towards it and suddenly stopped in his tracks when he heard a clatter and a roar coming towards the ceiling.  He couldn't see anything above him because it was so dark. 

            Then a huge figure about twelve feet tall jumped down from the darkness above and landed three feet in front of him.  Billy looked up at it and stared right into the face of the Tyrant!  "Uh-oh." Billy murmured as he took out his shotgun.  He aimed the 12-gauge shotgun at the tyrant's head and was just about to pull the trigger when the Tyrant's huge claw swiped at Billy's head.  The sharp claw hit the left side of Billy's head about half way down the neck and cut through his flesh.  At the end of the swipe, the Tyrant hit the shotgun out of Billy's right hand.  The gun fell into the infinite darkness of the abyss below followed by Billy's head! 

Billy's headless body stumbled backwards a few steps.  The Tyrant grinned at its evil doing.  Then its expression suddenly changed as his body didn't fall over, but regained its balance and stood up tall!  The Tyrant watched in utter confusion as one of Billy's hands reached up and felt the top of its torn, but not so bloody neck.  The Tyrant then heard Billy's voice say, "Aarrgghh!! Son of a-" the body pointed a finger at the Tyrant, "You jerk!  You took my head clean off!  I needed it!"  The Tyrant's mouth dropped open in shock.  How was Billy still alive and why on earth was he still talking without a head?  The more the Tyrant thought about it, the more freaked out it got!  Suddenly, it turned and started running towards the door.  Somehow, Billy could still see as well and he bolted after it.  "HEY!  GET BACK HERE!  I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET!" 

"NOT ON YOUR LIFE, HEADLESS FREAK!" the Tyrant shot back. 

"OH! YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO PAY FOR IT NOW TEST TUBE BOY!!"  Billy pulled out his pistol and kept chasing the Tyrant back and forth along the walkway.  "HEY!  WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?  COME HERE! I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU!" 

The Tyrant stopped in his tracks and turned to look at Billy.  "Really?"

"Yeah," Billy answered calmly, "WITH THIS!"  Billy pointed his gun at the Tyrant.  

"HELL NO!  GET AWAY FROM ME!"  The Tyrant shot back as he turned and ran away again.  Billy followed. 

Eventually, Billy tackled the Tyrant by grabbing his legs.  The Tyrant scrambled to its feet and found that it was cornered.  It slid down the wall and cowered in the corner as Billy walked up to it, gun in hand.  The Tyrant started whimpering and said, "I want my mommy!"  Billy pointed the pistol at its head.  Then it burst into tears as it said, "MOMMY!" about every five seconds. 

Billy couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor monster.  He lowered his gun and started to walk up to the monster to give it a hug.  "Ohhh….poor guy.  Come here.  Give me a hug."  Billy bent down and started to hug it around the shoulders.  Then the Tyrant reached up and grabbed Billy by what was left of his neck.  "I can't believe you fell for THAT one, DUMBASS!" 

"HEY!  LAST TIME I TRY TO BE NICE TO YOU, JERK!"  Billy pointed his gun at the Tyrants head. 

"Um….sorry?" the Tyrant said through a dorky grin.  Then Billy shot the Tyrant in the head several times until it let go of him and died.  Billy stood up and went in the door off to the side hoping to see Rebecca. 

When Billy came through the door, he found Rebecca fighting off four zombies!  Billy quickly helped her shoot them all.  After all of the zombies were dead, Rebecca said, "Thanks for saving my life again,"  She looked up at Billy and jumped back, startled, "HOLY CRAP!  WHAT THE HELL?!"   

"Huh?  What?"  

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!"  Then Billy remembered that he lost his head a while ago. 

"Oh!  Um.  Yeah!  I had a little problem with that Tyrant guy, but I showed him!  Heh heh heh."  Billy chuckled silently to himself.  Rebecca tisked.  

"Billy Billy Billy.  What am I going to do with you?"  Billy hung his neck in shame.  "Sheesh.  I knew from the moment I met you that you had a potential to hurt yourself.  Come on.  Let's go." 

"Yes ma'am."  Billy murmured as he followed Rebecca into the elevator on the other side of the room. 

After they pressed the button to go up they sat in silence for a few seconds.  Suddenly they felt a huge jolt.  They both let out a startled yelp and then the elevator started moving faster and faster.  Eventually, it was going so fast that when it reached the top floor, it crashed into the ceiling causing both Rebecca and Billy to be launched into the air.  Rebecca didn't go so high, so she just fell back down to the elevator floor, but Billy soared!  He flew out of the building and sailed over the entire forest outside!  He started falling back down to the earth when he was over a freeway.  He landed on a silver Honda Accord's windshield and was knocked unconscious.  He somehow managed not to damage the car.  The driver, the driver's wife, and two little kids: a son and daughter screamed at the top of their lungs when they saw that a headless body landed on their car.  They swerved around the road trying to shake Billy off of their windshield, but he stuck like glue!  The driver finally slammed on the brakes, causing Billy to fly off into the bushes by the side of the road. 

The family sat quietly in the car, completely shocked.  A moment later, there was a rustle in the bushes.  The family jumped in their seats.  Then they saw Billy emerge from the bushes groaning and holding his back.  He turned and faced them.  He waved and cheerfully called, "Hi!" The family was totally stunned.  "You guys okay?  Sorry if I scared you guys.  Uh, I didn't hurt your car, did I?  Um, you guys wouldn't happen to have an extra seat in there would ya?"