Chapter Ten: More Sacrifice
Some things never change even after all that had happen old habits are hard to break.
(Six . . . seven . . . eight . . . nine beer bottles) I counted in my head.
It was the next day at night after the fight I had with Shelly and my brother thought it would be nice to sit around and talk for a while. Of course he didn't mention that beer would be involved which he gets pretty emotional when he's drunk. What was worst, we're sitting here in the beer aisle with an endless amount of beer.
"It's funny how you work . . . so HARD . . . in school and in boot camp" Eric said then took another drink "only to be . . . taken away by dead people things"
"Yeah" I said scooting away from him a bit then took a sip of my soda.
God it hurts to move, even talking was painful, my right eye was swollen shut and black, my face was covered in deep red scratches and I had to get stitches on my arm where she bit me like she was a fuckin zombie and I had a deep cut on my tongue. Everywhere else was covered in bruises and scratches.
"It's like that song . . . by "Stinkin" Park band you like" Eric said "how does it go, I try so hard and got . . . so far"
"In the end it doesn't really matter" I finished for him
"I had to fall . . . to lose . . . it all" Eric sang
"In the end it doesn't really matter" I said
"All these wasted years for nothing" He shouted
"Eric, keep it down, you're going to wake up everybody"
He started to laugh "hey can I ask you a question"
"What" I asked putting the cold soda can on my eye, the pain was so bad that it was pulsing.
"How did you know Shelly has implants" he asked
I started to laugh "I didn't know, I was just messing with her but I guess I was right when she slapped me"
My brother shook his head "some things never change. I remember when you were little, you always come home a mess from either fighting with the boys or protecting your goofy looking friend."
"Yeah and?" I asked
"Nothing, I just don't want you to change"
(Oh no, I know what's coming next) I thought
Eric reached out and hugged me "I love you, man" he said hugging me tighter and tighter
"Eric, my wounds" I whined and started to tear up from the pain.
Later that night, four-year-old Emily was walking around the store trying to find the bathroom. But still new to the store and without her mother she was lost. She gripped her bear tighter as she continues to walk around the dark store trying to find the bathroom or her mother. She walked by the beer aisle but it was too dark to see Bianca and Eric asleep so she continues to walk.
Ever since she got here, she was confused about what was going on around here. She remembered being taken out of her bed by her mother and rushed out to the car while her father was shooting at other people. Then she was at a base for a while til these 'monsters' her mother called them and was put on the bus. She never saw her father again as she and all the other people came to this place.
Emily was lost in deep thought that she bumped into someone "mommy?"
In what little light there was she was a tall wide girl with messy, curly hair "you're not my mommy"
"Are you lost" Jenny asked coldly
She nodded "can you help me find my mommy"
"She's on the roof" Jenny said grabbing Emily's hand
"Why is your hand so stinky and smelly" Emily asked as they walked up the stairs.
Unknowing to Emily, Jenny never washed off the blood when she killed the two pot heads a few days ago. Jenny opened the door to the roof and Emily looked around.
"My mommy is not here" she said
Jenny slammed the door causing Emily to flinch, she held the teddy bear tighter as she took a few steps back from Jenny. She started to get scared from the noise the 'monsters' were making and the way the girl was acting.
"Please take me to my mommy, I'm getting scared" Emily asked as tears started to roll down her cheek.
"She's with the dead people" Jenny lied "and she wants you to join her"
"But she said the monsters were bad people and to stay away from them" Emily said
"You don't believe me!" Jenny shouted grabbing her arm and dragged her to the edge of the roof "see for yourself!"
"Let me go, mommy!" Emily cried and struggled away from Jenny"MOMMY! DADDY! HELP! MOMMY!"
Jenny pushed her off the roof . . .
Empty . . .
That Morning...
I held still for Matt to put an ice pack on my eye. I hissed in pain, god, my eye hurt so damn much.
"So can you see out of it yet" Matt asked
I shook my head "no, I just hope I didn't lose any of my vision"
Matt smiled "it just remind me of the good old days"
"I guess" I said dully "but enough of the past, aren't we supposed to be looking for Emily"
"We were til you started complaining about your eye" he said
I sigh as Matt pressed the ice pack a little bit harder on my eye then Jason walked by.
"Have you found the girl yet" he asked
"No, not yet" I said
"Hmm, I still can't see how a little girl could get lost in this store" Jason wondered
"Beats me" I said
"Has anyone check the roof yet" he asked
"No, nobody hasn't been up there " Matt said
"Ok then I'll check then" Jason said walking off
"Hey don't you want us to come with you" I shouted
"No, I'll be all right" he said
Jason walked up stairs and onto the roof and found it strange that it was a dark cloudy day in the summer. He heard the sounds of thunder but ignored it when he spotted a teddy bear at the edge of the roof.
(That's the bear Emily was carrying) he thought and walked over there. He picked it up and looked down at the street filled with the zombies. (You don't think she fell off) his brain asked
Jason turned around to hurry back downstairs to tell the others only to see Jenny with a knife. His eyes widened when she swung the knife and stabbed him in the chest.
Matt, Sky, Meredith, Richard and I gathered around for any news about the little girl. Emily's mom, whois named Donna, was crying and Sandy was doing her best to comfort her.
"Don't worry Donna, Emily is around here somewhere" Sandy said
Donna cried "have you guys looked everywhere"
We all nodded "the only place we haven't looked is on the roof" Sky said
"But Jason went up there a few minutes ago" Matt said
Suddenly we heard a scream and someone falling down stairs in the storage room. "What was that" Richard asked.
We ran over to the storage room, I opened the door and was stunned. Jason laid there on the ground in a pool of blood.
"Jason!" I shouted
We gathered around him and Matt turned him on his back. Blood started pouring out of four gashes on his chest.
"Jason, what happened" Richard asked
Jason tried to talk but only blood pour out of his mouth "J-J-Jen-Jenny"
"Jenny?" I asked
Jason nodded "stabbed . . . me . . . I . . . ran" His breathing begin to slow down and tears started to roll down his cheeks "I . . . don't . . . want . . . to die"
"Hang in there man, don't die on me" Richard said shaking Jason to keep him awake
I got up "Meredith go find a first aid kit and hurry"
She nodded and ran off "and find my brother too" I shouted
"Richard stay here and make sure Jason stays awake" I said
"Jason, come on stay with me" he said completely ignoring me.
"The rest of you let's up on the roof to see what hell is wrong with Jenny" I said
"She . . . h-h-has . . . my . . . gun" Jason said as more blood poured out of his mouth.
Matt and Sky nodded and we hurry up to the roof. I slowly opened the door and peeked outside. I saw nothing but puddles of blood here and there.
"Is the coast is clear" Matt asked and I nodded
"I wondered why Jenny is doing this" Sky asked
"Because your friend is a nutcase without her pills" I said
Sky gave me a sour look "just go"
We stepped out and looked around but there was no sigh on Jenny. Only the junk some of the others put up here.
"Jenny!" Sky shouted
"Jenny are you here" I shouted
Matt walked up to the edge of the roof "maybe she killed herself like those two other guys did"
"Maybe" I said
"Do you hear that" Sky asked
We stopped and listened and heard feet being dragged. We turned around, and our eyes widened when we saw Jenny standing there. Her whole body was covered in flesh blood and holding a blood stain knife. Her head tilted to the left with her thick curly hair covering her face.
"Jenny?" I asked
"She doesn't look so well" Sky said "Jenny, what happened to you"
"My pills ran out" Jenny said "but I didn't care, then the dead started talking to me. They told me that they will let me free but I have to give them something in return"
She grinned and lifted the knife in the air "they're hungry, they need SACRIFICE!" charging toward Sky.
"Sky, get out of the way" I said
Matt pushed Sky out of the way only to be slashed across his side by the knife.
"MATT!" I shouted.
Jenny pointed the knife at me, grinding her teeth together with drool running down her jaw "Sacrifice!" she shouted and tried to stab me. I grabbed her arm and the knife was just above my face.
"Oh come on Jenny, I just got my eye punched out by a stupid slut yesterday" I shouted
"I want to be free, I want to be free so make this easy for me and die!" Jenny shouted
We struggled with the knife and never realized Jenny was strong. Sky help Matt up as he covered up his wound with his hand. A blood stain was forming on his shirt but I was too busy to ask him if he was ok. The knife was coming closer but I still felt weak from the pain of my other wounds. Then I spotted the gun she stole from Jason in her jean pockets "Sky get the gun" I shouted
"Are you nuts she has a knife" Sky said
"Get the gun while she distracted by trying to kill me" I shouted
I found myself being push to the floor and the knife getting closer.
"Sky, do something" Matt said
Jenny grinned even wider "they're hungry and you're pretty plump"
"Don't you insult me you weight more then I do" I shouted.
I was about to break when I heard a bang and blood splattered all over my face. Through my good eye someone shot Jenny in the arm, she let go of the knife and nearly collapse on me. I backed away from her and sat down at the edge of the roof. I looked up to see my brother holding the gun with Meredith next to him. Eric put the gun in his pocket and ran over to me.
"Bianca, are you ok" he asked
"Yeah, just a little shaken up" I said "but Matt is hurt"
"Bianca, duck" Meredith shouted
Eric and I turned our heads to see Jenny firing the gun. It seems like everything went into slow motion when the bullet pierces through my brother's head. My body froze as he fell off the roof but I force myself to reach out for him. I couldn't grab him and he fell into the crowd of hungry zombies.
"ERIC!" I shouted
It started to rain, it poured down hard as rage built up inside me. I turned around and stared at Jenny. "You bitch, you bitch, you fuckin psycho bitch" I got up and charged toward her "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
Jenny just smiles then started laughing as I tackle to the ground and begin to choke. "You kill my brother you mental nutcase" I shouted as tears and blood ran down my face from the rain. I repeated slammed her head in to the cement till I saw blood coming out. "You killed him, you killed him in cold blood, you sick bitch!" I shouted in her face.
"IT WAS FOR THE BEST, I'LL BE FREE, I'LL BE FREE FROM THIS NIGHTMARE!" Jenny shouted and continue to grin. The insanity filled her eyes that she didn't care about the pain or the fact that she was turning blue.
"Stop laughing! Stop!" I shouted
Sky and Matt pulled me away from her and tried to hold me back. "Bianca she's sick, she's very sick" Sky said
"I don't care. She killed my brother!" I shouted. "Let me GO"
I struggled to break free but they were holding me back. Jenny laid there laughing and continues shouting "soon I'll be free from this nightmare"
"Bianca, calm down, please" Matt shouted
"LET ME GO!" I screamed, and it came to a point where I started kicking and biting them. Soon Meredith had to hold me back as well. I struggled and struggled to get free so I can get my hands on that murderer. I guess the shock was overwhelming because I started feeling dizzy then I blacked out.
Jason died twenty minutes later . . .
Chapter Eleven: Lost of Hope: With her brother gone, Bianca is losing her hope while Jenny was thinking of a plan to kill them all.