Chapter 8: A death of a child
"So Marik, where are we suppose to head to next?" Aya asked as she followed him and Mark out of the Brookhaven Hospital.
Marik shrugged and he shielded his eyes from the fog, trying to see through the pea-soup fog. Unfortunately, he couldn't see a thing. He just wanted to get out of this town and be on his way home.
"I'm not sure." Marik replied. Aya sighed in frustration, cursing him for being so ignorant. She felt the snowflakes touching her face and she brushed one off and pulled the hood of her sweatshirt over her head.
"Well, we'll have to find where to go next." Aya said. Then the sound of the radio went off again, only this time, the voice was now clear.
"Marik.......can you hear me.....?......Go to the Lakeside...." Then the radio went off.
"To Lakeside what? Tell me damnit." Marik yelled as he shook the radio, however, Aya placed her hand on his shoulder.
"It's okay Marik, let's just walk around, I heard of a place called Lakeside Amusement Park when I was practically 9 years old. So that's probably where we need to look." Aya said. She checked her gun to see if it was still loaded and there were only three bullets left. Marik did the same and he only had two bullets left.
"Okay then, you got your wish, but keep in mind we only have a few bullets left, after that, we'll have to run from any of the monsters that attack us." Marik said. Aya nodded and they proceeded down the foggy and dark street.
The fog was gone for now, but it had grown darker and Aya wasn't sure if the batteries in the flashlight she was carrying were going to die out or not. Luckily, Marik and Mark were with her.
"Relax Aya." Marik whispered as he wrapped his fingers around her cold hand. Then he saw something large walking through the streets, the thing was obviously a big person because the ground was shaking under their feet.
"Marik, are you sure that isn't a monster?" Mark asked
"I.....don't know." Marik answered since he obviously knew that it was another one of those demons. The creature was then shown in full view in the light of a lamppost. It had large arms and a face that appeared to be a skull and blood was covered on its round and plump stomach and it swung a fist at Marik, causing him to fall on the ground.
"Even though I have two bullets left, I'm going to make these shots count." Marik said as he aimed his gun at the demon and shot at its head, causing it to grip its eye sockets in pain as it staggered from him.
"C'mon Marik, don't just sit there; run!" Aya shouted as she helped Marik up and helped him escape the demon and it begun chasing them.
They continued to run away from the demon, but it still kept up with them and finally, Marik felt himself run into something metal and hard.
It was a car that appeared to still be working.
Marik got into the driver's seat of the car, pulling the corpse out of the car and he saw that the keys were still in the ignition, Aya got in the passenger seat and Mark was in the back seat.
"Let's just get the fuck away from that thing." Aya shouted.
"Right," Marik said as he started up the car, but it didn't start up, "what? C'mon, work already damnit."
The gluttonous monster then caught up with them and it slammed its fist through the back of the car, causing glass to scatter everywhere and grabbed Mark and carried him out of the car.
"Mark, no!" Aya shouted.
"Sister, please don't let me die." Mark shouted as he felt his neck snap and he died and finally, Marik started up the car and drove away from the demon, leaving it to destroy its now dead victim.
"Thank god we made it." Marik said.
"You're just lucky you made it, but my brother.....is dead now." Aya said sadly as she tried to hold back the tears.
Marik gave a sorrowful look and the pity in his face soon faded and he concentrated on his driving while Aya looked out the broken window as the scenery in the town went on.
"I was weak. I feel like this town is now punishing me for being so irresponsible. I don't even deserve to have a brother at all." Aya thought. She then remembered the time Mark had gotten injured two years ago.
**flashback**
Aya sat at Mark's bedside, he had almost drowned when he hit his head on the bottom of the pool and Aya was too busy talking with her friend on the phone to even give a shit.
"Mark, if you can here me, please forgive me for being so irresponsible." She whispered softly. Then her mother came into the bedroom and grabbed Aya by her shirt and slammed her against the wall.
"You irresponsible bitch, I gave you the responsibility of watching over your brother and for what? You are just like your father you pathetic excuse for a daughter." Aya's mother said angrily as she slammed Aya against the wall, grabbing her by the collar of her shirt.
"Mother, please-" Aya was then cut off when she was slapped in the face and she clutched her cheek in her hand.
"Don't call me your mother Aya, I don't even know who you are anymore since your father died." Her mother shouted and she left Aya to endure her own pain.
**end flashback**
Aya held back another wave of tears at the memory of her mother beating the crap out of her and she then noticed that the car stopped near a gate that said, "Lakeside Amusement Park: A place to be happy and free." in bright neon signs. She then noticed that Marik had gotten out of the car.
She got out of her side of the car and she saw Marik looking up at the sign.
"Well, this is it, let's go inside." Marik said.
"Right." She said as she followed him into the amusement park, preparing to face her own inner demons and to brave the inner hell of the amusement park.
To Be Continued.
A/N: Sorry for the lack of an update. I was busy with some of my homework. I'll be adding the Korn song I promised later on in the story. However, I can't tell you what it is since its a surprise. ^_-