Chapter 7: Exploring
When They got back outside of the Café, everything seemed different. Only, they weren't sure how or why. It just seemed like everything around them - the cars, the buildings, the mailboxes - all seemed like they had been placed as props. But in spite of all that, Ron knew this was real. That even though the place he was in had a nightmare like atmosphere, he knew that this was as real as things could get.
"We have to find her," Ron ordered Kim. He was not going to let some small town win over them. No way. Not a chance in hell. "We should head back to the alleyway. It was the last place he wanted to be, but at least there was a chance Cheryl could be there." Kim suggested. "You could be right, there nothin wrong with trying lets go." Ron replied. He checked the map and then they began walking.
Ron and Kim could barely see more than seven to ten inches ahead of him because of the misty, snowy fog that lingered around him like a curtain. He hated it. And he was beginning to hate himself for not watching the road.
They approached the alleyway with caution. Judging by what happened last time, they didn't want to risk getting cornered by those what ever the hell they are. They began walking through the long stretch of garages, looking carefully around him. Then they seen the gate they entered the fist time going through there. Kim pulled Ron's arm "Ron come over in the garage the door is open." He heard Kim said looking at the garage to see the door barely open. "Alright lets go stay behind me though." Ron ordered Kim and she nodded seeing him pulling out his gun.
They walked up to the garage cautiously unaware of what or who would be inside. Ron looked at his gun seeing if the safety is on or not. Holding the weapon towards the door with one hand pushing the door slowly opening it, as he did he herd wrestling noises coming from inside. He paused "Something inside." He said as he observed. Kim looked down and seen a pipe she bent down and picked it up and held it like a bat. 'At least what ever is inside and takes out Ron I could still take it out,' Kim thought. He pulled the hammer back with the finger on the trigger and they ran in. "SHIT, turn off the light!" Kim and Ron yelled in unison. They enter to be only blinded by two flashlights pointed to their face.
"Ron?" on male voice said as he was actually surprised to see some one that is familiar to him. "Kimmie?" a female voice asked with a sense of annoyance in her sultry voice. The Two pointed the flashlights in the faces of their fellow schoolmates. Kim and Ron Knew who the voices belonged to and had the only one question for them. "Josh, Bonnie why in the hell are you doing here?" Ron and Kim ask in unison. "We are on our vacation. Why are you doing here?" Bonnie asked while turning off her flash light. "We were on our vacation but it pulled a total 180 on us." Ron replied.
"We were heading to Lake Wannaweep for a camping trip. We stopped by here to refill next thing I know these dogs were chasing us. But here what freaked me out the most those dogs didn't seem to have any flesh on them and it look like it was bandage as well. I seen the garage door open and we made a mad dash for and shut it be hind us." Josh waving his hands around while explaining the situation they got into. "Our turn, how did you get here?" Bonnie asked. "Its a long story." Kim replied. "We got time." Josh butted in.
After explaining the entire situation Ron and Kim sitting on the ground trying to plain out there next move. "Your sister is out there with those things." Bonnie asked looking shocked. "Dude, we'll help you find her and get out of this hell hole." Josh offered. "What do you say KP, if you ask me we could use the help and they have a car." He asked the red head. "Well, we first have to find a way out first, then find Cheryl and get out fast." she said. "Then that's the plan." Bonnie stated. "Yep." Josh replied. "Lets go, but first lets see what this place has." Ron suggested.
After searching and pulling several items out on to the bar that the garage happen to have. "We have six flashlights, which two of them don't work, and we have a map, a bat, some shells and this weird ass sword." Bonnie called out to them. "Well that leaves us with a flashlight and a weapon for each one of us." Josh figured out. "Ok, Bonnie you take the gun and shells, I'll take the katana, you guys can take what ever you want." Ron said as he picked up the katana and studied it. "I got dibs on the pipe." Josh said almost leaping to the pipe. "That's alright the bat will do me just fine. Ok, lets go." Kim said as she stood up.
Outside in the alley Ron hands Kim one of the maps. "Ok here's the plan we can cover more area if we split into two one with go south the other go north, sounds good to you guys?" Kim was asking with the confident voice that is found when she would go on missions. "Sounds good, alright I'll go with Kim and Bonnie you go with Ron." Josh said with a commanding voice. Bonnie gave Josh a dirty little look and walks up to him. "Why did you do that?" Bonnie asked quietly. "Bon Don't worry Ron will take good care of you." Josh was about to continue until Bonnie cut him off. "It's not him I'm worried about it's you, I know what you going to try to do and don't do it. I'm also with her on when it come to it. You dated her just for the popularity purpose and that is fucking wrong and you knew." Bonnie hissed at him quietly.
"We'll meet back hear in a two hours. In the mean time we search every street, shop, building we can get into, got it." Kim said to the three looking at her with confidence. The three nodded and split off in there ways.
At the corner of Finney and Bachman Ron notices his jeep. "Bonnie, come on I wan to get something from my jeep." Ran said as they ran to his jeep. Ron open the back pulls out a bag and started digging. "Ron, what are you looking for any way?" Bonnie asked. "My cell phone and Rufus." Ron replied. "You bring your pet every where you go and why do you need your cell phone for?" she asked with a little awkwardness in her voice. "Booya, Rufus is like family to me and Kim and when the hips are down we always were able to count on him when we are on a mission. My cell phone is to call for help." Ron answering her question s he pulled out Rufus's bed with him coming out of our sleep. "Bonnie?" the naked mole rat squeaked looking confused. "Don't ask buddy lets go buddy." Ron said to his pet as he climbed in his jacket pocket. "Sorry about the jeep it looks totaled. It also looks like the underpass is blocked to" Bonnie said as the walked down further down on Finney heading east.
"Kim, I want to apologize for the way I treated you so long a go." Josh was talking to Kim at hoping to redeem himself. "Look Josh I'm pissed at the way I was treated but that was then it'll be stupid if I keep haunting myself of it if I do. If it helps you any more I forgive you but keep in mind I didn't forget." She replied as they walked at the corner of Finney and Levin. Slowly they see the road come to an end, but in a way that only an earthquake can create. "HOLY SHIT, how did this happen?" he asked with out expecting an answer. Kim looks down on the ground and notices that blood is every where and paper lay around with something written on them with blood. "What the." she bent down picked up the paper and it read 'GO TO THE SCHOOL'. "Kim, check this out." Josh said as he handed her the paper with the same thing written on it as well all the rest did. "Lets look in another place." Kim said with some fear in her voice. "I second that." He said wile nodding his head. They got up and walked further down the Levin heading south.
With the fog and snow so condense Ron almost didn't see the bridge ending. "AWW , man this tanks. Guess we'll have to find another way out of here." Ron saying as Bonnie notices a police vehicle on the edge of the bridge. "Ron come and check this out." Bonnie said as he tried to get Ron attention. He walks over and notices that the inside of the car is covered blood and a body was still inside. Rufus popped out of his pocket to look in the car and quickly shrieked dove right back in. He body shivered when he open the car door the body was brutally attacked to suck an extreme the only that person could be identified was by his or her blood. He looked in the glove compartment and seen several pieces of paper with a saying written on them in blood he grabbed two of them handed one to Bonnie. "Go to the school?" Bonnie repeated what was written on the paper. Ron also checked the trunk only to find the same thing, a key with the number 20 on one and a 04 on the other. Rufus took the key from him and out scurried into his pocket like use usual
"Weird lets get." He was about to finish as his radio started going off with the same crackling sound it made in the café. He stood strait up withdrew his katana and in his fighting stance. "What's wrong Ron?" Bonnie asked with a worried look on her face. "Something is out there." He replied grabbing Bonnie drawing her close to him. She with drew her gun taking the safety off and ready to go. Rufus peaked out his beady black eyes looked every where nervously, then tugged on his sleeve to point out the direction of the low growl sound was coming from. She looked and saw the four legged creature in its horrified beauty. She aimed and squeezed the trigger like her father taught her when in he taught how to at the shooting range. No sound or bullet left the gun it jammed on her and she knew it. Fear filled her mind as she saw the creature charging her and next thing she felt something big knocking her down. With two beautiful moves with his sword he took down the creature in mid area it was some thing that look like it came straight out of a martial arts film. "Ron Where did know how to do that?" Bonnie said with a surprised look in her eyes and seen that done by one other man. "I learned that from Japan when Hirotaka and me did the student exchange program that one year." He answered her question while wiping the blood off on the creature. "Oh, let get out of here before more come." Bonnie said as Ron helped her up and realizing this guy is not suck the geek as she thought he was.
Two hour has passed Josh and Kim was returning to the house they agree to meat at. After searching down Bachman, Levin, Matheson, Crichton, Koontz , and etc. "Have you notice that all the street names are author of book dealing in horror or in space." Josh asked Kim as she grabbed wrist to pull the map closer to view. "Hmm that's weird." She remarked. As they reach their destination the came to a dog house witch is totally covered in blood. "Josh you see that?" she asked. "You think some body is playing a game with us?" he asked. "Man if they are and using Cheryl as bait Ron would be one very pissed mutha fucker." She replied to Joshes question. "Hey here they come." He pointed out them out as they approached.
"Alright, what have you guys found out?" Ron asked. "Anything else accept the fact there no way out of here these three keys, yet oddly enough there was the map had the exact location to the keys were." Kim answered. "You still have the map Kimmie?" Bonnie asked she nodded and handed it to her. Bonnie opened it up and notices something was written on the back of the map due to the over use of red ink. "Ron check this out it's an address with a message. '2004 LEVIN STREET IS YOUR WAY TO THE SCHOOL.' "Somebody has to be fuckin with us and its starting too really piss me off." Ron said with a redden face. "Hey Ron look at the key you found from the bridge." Bonnie asked. Rufus popped out on Ron's pocket holing the key for him and promptly smiling "here you go." He squeaked. "Thanks buddy." He said and taking the key seeing the two numbers and made the connection. "Alright lets head to the house and see what's up." Ron said putting the key in his inside jacket pocket with the map.
At their arrival Ron, Kim, Josh, and Bonnie were soon to realize the challenge of their life time was about to embark. "Here's the house man what a dump did anybody live here at all?" Kim said looking at the decrepit home slowly decaying away. "What now? We go in." Josh asked standing there with his arm around Bonnie. "Looks Like we do." Ron said looking down onto Kim's beautiful green eyes with the feeling that as soon he walks in to that door what they have experience in their past live will be heaven to what they will face them in the search for his sister. He inserted the key turned it along with the door knob and pushed the door open.
Inside the home was everything you expect in a home there was a couch, TV, refrigerator and that the little stuff that you may see in a home. "Wow this place is dusty and cold for it being hot." Kim notices for being a clean freak herself. "I wonder what happen to the people that lived here." Josh asked. "Well we had seen what happen to one of the people." Bonnie retorted after remembering the person in the cop car at the bridge which made her body shuddered. "Split up and look in all the rooms see if there is anything or if there is anyplace we use any of the keys." Kim said heading up stairs with Bonnie. Ron and Josh search the downstairs and basement Rufus crawled out of Ron's pocket onto his shoulder and pointed to the kitchen then rubbed his belly. Ron nodded and headed to kitchen then a door caught his attention there were three key holes with a symbol next to each one. "Hey guys get over here and bring the keys!" Ron yelled as loud as he could so everyone could hear. All rushed to him wondering what was wrong. He asked for the keys Kim handed it to him. He notices the three keys had the same marking as the symbol on the wall he placed them in its place and turn them individually and the door be side him unlocked. "Alright it looks like we're heading for the school." He said looking at the door with his hand on the knob.
TO BE CONTINUED : NEXT CHAPTER: THE SCHOOL
I'm just letting you guys know there will be no sequel and I'm also in putting up the prologue for my other story titled "END OF DAYS" it will be up after Christmas. Sorry it took so long for me to get the chapter up, but its hard when you have the flu thanks for your patience and have a Merry Christmas.
TiggerGTX
When They got back outside of the Café, everything seemed different. Only, they weren't sure how or why. It just seemed like everything around them - the cars, the buildings, the mailboxes - all seemed like they had been placed as props. But in spite of all that, Ron knew this was real. That even though the place he was in had a nightmare like atmosphere, he knew that this was as real as things could get.
"We have to find her," Ron ordered Kim. He was not going to let some small town win over them. No way. Not a chance in hell. "We should head back to the alleyway. It was the last place he wanted to be, but at least there was a chance Cheryl could be there." Kim suggested. "You could be right, there nothin wrong with trying lets go." Ron replied. He checked the map and then they began walking.
Ron and Kim could barely see more than seven to ten inches ahead of him because of the misty, snowy fog that lingered around him like a curtain. He hated it. And he was beginning to hate himself for not watching the road.
They approached the alleyway with caution. Judging by what happened last time, they didn't want to risk getting cornered by those what ever the hell they are. They began walking through the long stretch of garages, looking carefully around him. Then they seen the gate they entered the fist time going through there. Kim pulled Ron's arm "Ron come over in the garage the door is open." He heard Kim said looking at the garage to see the door barely open. "Alright lets go stay behind me though." Ron ordered Kim and she nodded seeing him pulling out his gun.
They walked up to the garage cautiously unaware of what or who would be inside. Ron looked at his gun seeing if the safety is on or not. Holding the weapon towards the door with one hand pushing the door slowly opening it, as he did he herd wrestling noises coming from inside. He paused "Something inside." He said as he observed. Kim looked down and seen a pipe she bent down and picked it up and held it like a bat. 'At least what ever is inside and takes out Ron I could still take it out,' Kim thought. He pulled the hammer back with the finger on the trigger and they ran in. "SHIT, turn off the light!" Kim and Ron yelled in unison. They enter to be only blinded by two flashlights pointed to their face.
"Ron?" on male voice said as he was actually surprised to see some one that is familiar to him. "Kimmie?" a female voice asked with a sense of annoyance in her sultry voice. The Two pointed the flashlights in the faces of their fellow schoolmates. Kim and Ron Knew who the voices belonged to and had the only one question for them. "Josh, Bonnie why in the hell are you doing here?" Ron and Kim ask in unison. "We are on our vacation. Why are you doing here?" Bonnie asked while turning off her flash light. "We were on our vacation but it pulled a total 180 on us." Ron replied.
"We were heading to Lake Wannaweep for a camping trip. We stopped by here to refill next thing I know these dogs were chasing us. But here what freaked me out the most those dogs didn't seem to have any flesh on them and it look like it was bandage as well. I seen the garage door open and we made a mad dash for and shut it be hind us." Josh waving his hands around while explaining the situation they got into. "Our turn, how did you get here?" Bonnie asked. "Its a long story." Kim replied. "We got time." Josh butted in.
After explaining the entire situation Ron and Kim sitting on the ground trying to plain out there next move. "Your sister is out there with those things." Bonnie asked looking shocked. "Dude, we'll help you find her and get out of this hell hole." Josh offered. "What do you say KP, if you ask me we could use the help and they have a car." He asked the red head. "Well, we first have to find a way out first, then find Cheryl and get out fast." she said. "Then that's the plan." Bonnie stated. "Yep." Josh replied. "Lets go, but first lets see what this place has." Ron suggested.
After searching and pulling several items out on to the bar that the garage happen to have. "We have six flashlights, which two of them don't work, and we have a map, a bat, some shells and this weird ass sword." Bonnie called out to them. "Well that leaves us with a flashlight and a weapon for each one of us." Josh figured out. "Ok, Bonnie you take the gun and shells, I'll take the katana, you guys can take what ever you want." Ron said as he picked up the katana and studied it. "I got dibs on the pipe." Josh said almost leaping to the pipe. "That's alright the bat will do me just fine. Ok, lets go." Kim said as she stood up.
Outside in the alley Ron hands Kim one of the maps. "Ok here's the plan we can cover more area if we split into two one with go south the other go north, sounds good to you guys?" Kim was asking with the confident voice that is found when she would go on missions. "Sounds good, alright I'll go with Kim and Bonnie you go with Ron." Josh said with a commanding voice. Bonnie gave Josh a dirty little look and walks up to him. "Why did you do that?" Bonnie asked quietly. "Bon Don't worry Ron will take good care of you." Josh was about to continue until Bonnie cut him off. "It's not him I'm worried about it's you, I know what you going to try to do and don't do it. I'm also with her on when it come to it. You dated her just for the popularity purpose and that is fucking wrong and you knew." Bonnie hissed at him quietly.
"We'll meet back hear in a two hours. In the mean time we search every street, shop, building we can get into, got it." Kim said to the three looking at her with confidence. The three nodded and split off in there ways.
At the corner of Finney and Bachman Ron notices his jeep. "Bonnie, come on I wan to get something from my jeep." Ran said as they ran to his jeep. Ron open the back pulls out a bag and started digging. "Ron, what are you looking for any way?" Bonnie asked. "My cell phone and Rufus." Ron replied. "You bring your pet every where you go and why do you need your cell phone for?" she asked with a little awkwardness in her voice. "Booya, Rufus is like family to me and Kim and when the hips are down we always were able to count on him when we are on a mission. My cell phone is to call for help." Ron answering her question s he pulled out Rufus's bed with him coming out of our sleep. "Bonnie?" the naked mole rat squeaked looking confused. "Don't ask buddy lets go buddy." Ron said to his pet as he climbed in his jacket pocket. "Sorry about the jeep it looks totaled. It also looks like the underpass is blocked to" Bonnie said as the walked down further down on Finney heading east.
"Kim, I want to apologize for the way I treated you so long a go." Josh was talking to Kim at hoping to redeem himself. "Look Josh I'm pissed at the way I was treated but that was then it'll be stupid if I keep haunting myself of it if I do. If it helps you any more I forgive you but keep in mind I didn't forget." She replied as they walked at the corner of Finney and Levin. Slowly they see the road come to an end, but in a way that only an earthquake can create. "HOLY SHIT, how did this happen?" he asked with out expecting an answer. Kim looks down on the ground and notices that blood is every where and paper lay around with something written on them with blood. "What the." she bent down picked up the paper and it read 'GO TO THE SCHOOL'. "Kim, check this out." Josh said as he handed her the paper with the same thing written on it as well all the rest did. "Lets look in another place." Kim said with some fear in her voice. "I second that." He said wile nodding his head. They got up and walked further down the Levin heading south.
With the fog and snow so condense Ron almost didn't see the bridge ending. "AWW , man this tanks. Guess we'll have to find another way out of here." Ron saying as Bonnie notices a police vehicle on the edge of the bridge. "Ron come and check this out." Bonnie said as he tried to get Ron attention. He walks over and notices that the inside of the car is covered blood and a body was still inside. Rufus popped out of his pocket to look in the car and quickly shrieked dove right back in. He body shivered when he open the car door the body was brutally attacked to suck an extreme the only that person could be identified was by his or her blood. He looked in the glove compartment and seen several pieces of paper with a saying written on them in blood he grabbed two of them handed one to Bonnie. "Go to the school?" Bonnie repeated what was written on the paper. Ron also checked the trunk only to find the same thing, a key with the number 20 on one and a 04 on the other. Rufus took the key from him and out scurried into his pocket like use usual
"Weird lets get." He was about to finish as his radio started going off with the same crackling sound it made in the café. He stood strait up withdrew his katana and in his fighting stance. "What's wrong Ron?" Bonnie asked with a worried look on her face. "Something is out there." He replied grabbing Bonnie drawing her close to him. She with drew her gun taking the safety off and ready to go. Rufus peaked out his beady black eyes looked every where nervously, then tugged on his sleeve to point out the direction of the low growl sound was coming from. She looked and saw the four legged creature in its horrified beauty. She aimed and squeezed the trigger like her father taught her when in he taught how to at the shooting range. No sound or bullet left the gun it jammed on her and she knew it. Fear filled her mind as she saw the creature charging her and next thing she felt something big knocking her down. With two beautiful moves with his sword he took down the creature in mid area it was some thing that look like it came straight out of a martial arts film. "Ron Where did know how to do that?" Bonnie said with a surprised look in her eyes and seen that done by one other man. "I learned that from Japan when Hirotaka and me did the student exchange program that one year." He answered her question while wiping the blood off on the creature. "Oh, let get out of here before more come." Bonnie said as Ron helped her up and realizing this guy is not suck the geek as she thought he was.
Two hour has passed Josh and Kim was returning to the house they agree to meat at. After searching down Bachman, Levin, Matheson, Crichton, Koontz , and etc. "Have you notice that all the street names are author of book dealing in horror or in space." Josh asked Kim as she grabbed wrist to pull the map closer to view. "Hmm that's weird." She remarked. As they reach their destination the came to a dog house witch is totally covered in blood. "Josh you see that?" she asked. "You think some body is playing a game with us?" he asked. "Man if they are and using Cheryl as bait Ron would be one very pissed mutha fucker." She replied to Joshes question. "Hey here they come." He pointed out them out as they approached.
"Alright, what have you guys found out?" Ron asked. "Anything else accept the fact there no way out of here these three keys, yet oddly enough there was the map had the exact location to the keys were." Kim answered. "You still have the map Kimmie?" Bonnie asked she nodded and handed it to her. Bonnie opened it up and notices something was written on the back of the map due to the over use of red ink. "Ron check this out it's an address with a message. '2004 LEVIN STREET IS YOUR WAY TO THE SCHOOL.' "Somebody has to be fuckin with us and its starting too really piss me off." Ron said with a redden face. "Hey Ron look at the key you found from the bridge." Bonnie asked. Rufus popped out on Ron's pocket holing the key for him and promptly smiling "here you go." He squeaked. "Thanks buddy." He said and taking the key seeing the two numbers and made the connection. "Alright lets head to the house and see what's up." Ron said putting the key in his inside jacket pocket with the map.
At their arrival Ron, Kim, Josh, and Bonnie were soon to realize the challenge of their life time was about to embark. "Here's the house man what a dump did anybody live here at all?" Kim said looking at the decrepit home slowly decaying away. "What now? We go in." Josh asked standing there with his arm around Bonnie. "Looks Like we do." Ron said looking down onto Kim's beautiful green eyes with the feeling that as soon he walks in to that door what they have experience in their past live will be heaven to what they will face them in the search for his sister. He inserted the key turned it along with the door knob and pushed the door open.
Inside the home was everything you expect in a home there was a couch, TV, refrigerator and that the little stuff that you may see in a home. "Wow this place is dusty and cold for it being hot." Kim notices for being a clean freak herself. "I wonder what happen to the people that lived here." Josh asked. "Well we had seen what happen to one of the people." Bonnie retorted after remembering the person in the cop car at the bridge which made her body shuddered. "Split up and look in all the rooms see if there is anything or if there is anyplace we use any of the keys." Kim said heading up stairs with Bonnie. Ron and Josh search the downstairs and basement Rufus crawled out of Ron's pocket onto his shoulder and pointed to the kitchen then rubbed his belly. Ron nodded and headed to kitchen then a door caught his attention there were three key holes with a symbol next to each one. "Hey guys get over here and bring the keys!" Ron yelled as loud as he could so everyone could hear. All rushed to him wondering what was wrong. He asked for the keys Kim handed it to him. He notices the three keys had the same marking as the symbol on the wall he placed them in its place and turn them individually and the door be side him unlocked. "Alright it looks like we're heading for the school." He said looking at the door with his hand on the knob.
TO BE CONTINUED : NEXT CHAPTER: THE SCHOOL
I'm just letting you guys know there will be no sequel and I'm also in putting up the prologue for my other story titled "END OF DAYS" it will be up after Christmas. Sorry it took so long for me to get the chapter up, but its hard when you have the flu thanks for your patience and have a Merry Christmas.
TiggerGTX