Author's Note: Thank you so much for the reviews and I've seen to have scare you a little bit from the unexpected chapter. Hehehehe. I do have to say,I was surprised to update this chapter so early.
Anyway, here's the next chapter. Enjoy.
P.s: In a very slow process, I'm still editing my Wal-Mart of the Dead story, not in plot wise more in grammar wise. When I'd looked back at the story I knew I needed to fix up the grammar a lot.
Chapter Seven
Bloodlust II
"Revenge is a confession of pain"– Latin Proverb
It was nearly three in the morning when Anna came home from a party she was invited to. She was a little pissed off because she'd kept calling and calling Kevin to come pick her up so she would have to walk home, but for some reason he wouldn't answer his phone.
"Damn him, why do I even steal him a phone if he's not going to use it" she muttered to herself as she put her stuff down on the table.
She walked over to the window and opened it to get the smell of smoke out of her apartment. She hated coming home to see packs or piles of used cigarettes all over the table and the stench of smoke thanks to Kevin. She has been telling him over and over again to quit before the cigarettes end up killing him, but of course he never listens to her unless she throws a huge fit about it.
She opened the window and let the foul smell of the dead fill her nose. Normally, after three years would be use to the smell of rotting, cook, or burning flesh but Anna was still having a hard time getting use to it.
She stared out the window at the city of Lubbock Texas for a few minutes. She has only been living here for six months now after the Dallas Outpost was destroyed by the Dead. Back then she had her mother and Aunt with her along with her three cousins. There weren't enough seats on the bus so her mother and Aunt gave up their seats for Jake and her and she never saw them again.
When the four of them arrived to the Lubbock Outpost, they struggled for months to find food and supplies. They grew very desperate when she'd found out that Kevin and Andy killed the couple that were living in the apartment they have now.
(Death is meaningless, no one will miss them) Anna remembers telling Jake who'd found out later.
But still even though they had a home there was still the food and supplies issue. Then Anna found some luck when she heard about five teenagers arriving in a large vehicle that would help gather up supplies for the town. She was there when they first step out of the vehicle, there were two girls and three boys and she could tell right away that the tomboy was the leader of the pack.
After a few days, she thought up a plan to get one of the males to be her boyfriend hoping he would help her with food and supplies without her paying one cent. The question is which one would it be. Anna learned that Garret was way too young for her, Jimmy was a little too old and seems to have an eye for the tomboy so all that was left was the one with the blue eyes. Matt.
For the next week, she started to spy on the boy and learn a few things about him. One, he never leaves the tomboy's side for even a minute, second, the tomboy to her opinion was crazy by the way she fights in the Zombie Games. It was not normal for a girl to wear boy clothes and be locked up in a cage to fight the dead, but somehow she grew very popular and heard rumors that she was a level twenty survivor. Third, she had learned that the tomboy was very protective of her one and only best friend and that they were awfully close.
Her cousins told her that she was crazy and even warn her that if that girl found out that this plan of hers she will be beaten to a bloody pulp. All she did was laughed at them since the boy wouldn't let her put into harm's way so using all of her charm and flirting; she'd manage to grab hold of her prize.
But even like many girls, she grew very jealous of Matt's friend even though Matt told her over and over again that they were just very close friends.
(More like close friends with benefits) she though, and promise herself she would get rid of the piece of Trash Matt calls his friend.
After Matt's death, Jake grew more and more paranoid by the day saying he's been having dreams about their cousins, her and himself dying a very gruesome, gory death. Her only repose was laughing at him and allowing Kevin and Andy beat the snot out of him so he would shut up. But that didn't stop him from warning her about his dreams to the point even she was having a hard time sleeping.
"I saw you in my dream Anna." Jake said, two days ago. "A dark figure is going to find out who took the most precious thing from her"
"Oh really" Anna asked, playing along since she was too tire to yell at him.
He nodded "Yeah, to her death has meaning in it especially when it's something very close to her once pure heart. The stress and the depression are getting to her and once she finds out who did the awful deed, her heart will be tainted and won't stop til the murderers are dead and vanished from this world."
"You have been reading way too many of those horror books, Jake" Anna said.
"Laugh now my cousin, but when it's your time to die you'll be wishing you were the one being eaten alive by the dead" Jake said, "It's only a matter of time"
Anna shook her head as she walked over to the bathroom.
"He seriously needs to get some help" She said to herself. "No one on Earth would go totally insane over a death that means nothing to everyone-"
She couldn't finish her sentence when she turned on the light to the bathroom and started at the small mirror that hang on the wall. In a dark red liquid, in bold large letters spelled a message.
"YOU'RE NEXT"
The stench of blood filled her nose when she took a closer look at the red paint and realizes it was blood. But before she could say a word or move an inch someone grabbed hold of her hair and slammed her face with full force into the mirror. Anna started to scream as she was pulled away; revealing the shatter, bloody mirror and roughly toss out of the bathroom.
She fell to the floor, hearing something in her shoulder cracking and tried to crawl away only to be push down again. She started to cry from the pain of the glass digging deeper into her face. Drops of blood started to stain the gray carpet and she could no longer see out of her right eye due to a piece of glass sticking out of it.
"Get up" she heard the person speaking then was kicked in the stomach. "Get up NOW"
"Please, take whatever you want but don't hurt me anymore" Anna shouted.
She was kicked again, but this time right into the ribs and was grabbed by her hair again and was lifted up from the floor.
"I SAID GET UP!" The person screamed and threw her against the wall.
Anna hit the wall and slump down to the floor and stared at the person with her one good eye. She started hyperventilating when she realizes she was looking at Matt's friends and could have sworn she saw nothing but pure insanity and anger in her brown eyes.
"I said get up, you little bitch" Bianca demanded as she walked over to Anna.
Anna noticed she was right next to the door and scrambled onto her feet to open the door. She ran out of her apartment and down the hallway. She was too distracted running for her life and the taste of blood in her mouth to knock on the other doors for help. She didn't get too far when a small knife was thrown and hit her in her back. She choked on her scream and fell to her knees and tried to reach her the knife that was standing right up on her back. The knife was out of reach and she could feel the warm fresh blood pouring down to her back.
Anna started to cry when Bianca walked up, grabbed her by her hair again and dragged her over to the stairs. Anna struggled to get away from her but she was lifted from the floor til she was standing on her two feet and was pushed violently down the stairs. It sucks for her since she was on the seventh floor as she tumbled down with Bianca calmly following her.
The staircases were filled with the echos of screams, low thumps, and bones cracking before everything went quiet. Bianca stopped at the last step of the stairs and stared at Anna that was in a little pool of blood. The fall made the knife, that was use to kill Jimmy,sink deeper into her flesh to the point only two inches of the handle were sticking out of her back. Her left arm was broken and Bianca thought she was dead but Anna started coughing up blood and spit out a couple of teeth. Bianca walked over to her and quickly took the knife out from her back. Anna screamed as blood started gushing out of her back and soak into her shirt. She lifted her head off the blood soak floor and stare into Bianca's eyes.
"Evil bitch" Anna said, forming a large red bubble with her mouth.
"You're the one who made me this way" Bianca said. "I never thought I would have to stoop so low and kill people"
"What are you . . . talking about" Anna said, getting a little dizzy from the loss of blood. "You've murder people before"
"That was self-defense and you know what they say about that. Self-defense is not murder" Bianca said and started grinning.
With that Bianca grabbed hold of Anna's hair and started pulling her to the exit door in the back of the apartment building. Anna's screams were meaningless to those in the building as they just turn over in their beds and went back to sleep.
Anna's head was slammed against something hard and realized she was next to a jeep. "Where are you taking me" she asked.
She was grabbed hold by her shirt and was roughly pushed into the backseats of the jeep. Her face was press into the seat so hard she couldn't breathe and felt something jabbing into her head.
"We're going somewhere and if you run or move I'll blast your fuckin head off" Bianca said, pointing the gun in the back of her head.
Anna nodded and laid very still as she heard Bianca getting into the jeep, starting it up and taking off somewhere. Next thing she knew the jeep stopped, the door swung open and she was grabbed by the hair again and was pushed to the dirt.
"Get up, Get up now!" Bianca shouted.
Anna started to scream. "Let me go, you insane bitch, let me go!"
She was lifted up into the air, amazed by strength the nineteen-year-old has and was force to stare into her eyes. She was then hit right in the eye that had the piece of glass in it causing her to scream in horrible pain as more blood poured from her wound.
Anna continued to scream and struggled as she was dragged around in the dirt and grass. "Leave me alone, let me go, LET ME GO, HELP, HELP" She cried out over and over again with no success.
"You're not going anywhere til you meet someone very important" Bianca shouted.
Everything stopped when Anna's headwas smashed right into a stone with a loud cracking sound in her head.
"YOU BITCH, YOU'VE GOTTEN BLOOD ON HIS GRAVE STONE" Bianca shouted and smacked her across the face with enough force that she fell into the dirt.
She was grabbed by her shirt and was smashed into the stone again "YOU AWFUL POOR EXCUSE OF A HUMAN BEING, WIPE YOUR BLOOD OFF HIS STONE, WIPE IT OFF NOW!" Bianca shouted again.
Anna was let go and her hands caught her from falling to the dirt again as she started to breathe again. She removes her hair out of her face, revealing her cut up, bloody face and stared at the gravestone that had a name on it. MATT.
Bianca was right, when she made impact with the rock her blood stained the gravestone with a red trail running down the name. A trail of blood ran down the side of her head as she lifted her shaking arm up and started wiping her blood off the stone. She continues wiping off the blood til there was nothing more but a smear faded red and just laid there in the dirt since she couldn't lift herself up due to her broken arm.
"Are you going to kill me" Anna asked.
"No" Bianca said, "I'm not going to let you die on my best friend's grave"
They stayed there for a minute without one of them speaking til Bianca spoke up. "It's funny how a promise means nothing if you can't keep it"
Anna looked up at her and for once saw some humanity in her eyes as she continues. "Matt was just eight years old when I first met him; even back then he was so pale and skinny but had the most beautiful blue eyes you've even seen. He was my only friend; we did everything together and even through his life at home was shitty he was still able to live life" Bianca said. "I promise myself that I would always be there to protect him from danger and I've kept that promise for years. Everything from bullies at our school to his father to the living dead"
Anna stared at the knife Bianca has in her hand, cutting her own flesh on her fingertips.
"I'd nearly lost my life many times to make sure he was safe and even killed a man for hurting him. Then look at this, I let my guard down over a stupid argument that you cause with that whole me hitting you in the eye for no damn reason trick and now he's dead. My Matt is dead; beaten for I don't know how long by your cousins and left to be eaten alive by the dead til he was shot right in the head and you dare to ask me if I'm going to kill you when you know very well I am"
Anna started to shake when Bianca from her hands into a fist and grin. "I'm going to show you what exact pain Matt felt when he was beaten over a stupid reason"
Bianca dragged Anna away from the Cemetery and beat her to every inch of her body was either bruise, cut or broken and the soil was drench in blood. Anna blacked out after the first ten minutes and when she opened her eyes she found herself staring at the night sky as dawn was coming in. It took her a few minutes to realize that she was back in the jeep again, but was badly injured to move. She weakly grabbed hold of what was left of her wonderful chestnut hair and started to cry because most of it was torn off and only leaving tiny strands of hair and a red and raw scalp.
The Jeep stopped and Anna was pulled out of the vehicle and dropped to the floor. She cried out a little from the pain of her broken arm and lifted her face off the dirt and looked around to see where she was at. They were next to a giant fence where the Dead were gathering around and finishing up what was left of Andy. Of course Anna didn't know it was her cousin they were eating as she stared at one of the Dead who was tearing off the last bit of bloody flesh off a bone.
She held back her vomit and spotted someone near another vehicle and realized it was Jake.
"Jake?" She called out weakly and struggled to crawl over to him.
Jake sat there with his legs tightly close to his chest and was shaking violently. He was as white as paper and seems to be in a complete daze because his eyes were wide open and he was muttering things to himself.
"Jake? Jake, help me" Anna shouted.
Bianca walked over to him and wave her hand in his face but he just continues to shake and mutter words. the horror of his dreams and the reality of his tow cousin being killed and fed right in front of his eyes started to take a toll on his sanity.
"What did you do to him" Anna shouted.
"Nothing, but he did watch Andy being eaten alive just an hour ago" Bianca said, calmly then smirking.
Anna's jaw dropped and started to tremble "Y-y-you mean . . . Andy . . . is dead"
Bianca nodded with a smile "Yeah, it was pretty funny, it sounded like he died of choking on his own blood and vomit"
"And Kevin?" Anna asked, "what did you do to him you sick bitch"
"Burn, chopped, and fed to the Dead" Bianca said, "I diced him up myself and now all is left is to take care of you two"
"You're insane monster" Anna shouted, tearing up.
"Oh shut up Anna!" Bianca shouted. "This would have never happened if you just leave Matt alone after you two broke up! And now look, Matt is dead and I've become the same people I hated all my life. No doubt, Kelly, Shelly, Jenny, Mrs. Taylor, Marcie and Boss are laughing at me from hell from all of this mess."
The blank look came back into Bianca's eyes as she gritted her teeth and walked over to Anna.
Anna was too beaten to move as she was dragged over to the jeep that Jake was chained to and this time was put in the front and had the door slammed on her other arm. She screamed from the pain but Bianca didn't open the door to set her arm free. She got into the driver's seat and started the engine.
"What are you doing, Jake is chained up in the back" Anna screamed.
"I know" Bianca said, grinning again then pointed at the gate's door that led to the Dead world. "That's your grave" she said.
"No, no, no!" Anna shouted but Bianca slammed down of the gas pedal and sped off to the gate's door.
Anna could literally hear her little cousin flying off the ground then hitting the ground with a loud thump followed by loud cracking sound. They crash right through the fence with Anna flying into the air, getting her arm free from being stuck and hitting her head on the dashboard. She grew very terrified when Bianca started singing "Welcome to the Jungle"
"You know where you are, you're in the jungle baby, YOU'RE GONNA DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Bianca started singing as she started gaining speed.
They drove across a bumping road, running over the Dead and watching the pieces of them fly pass the side of the vehicle. Anna continues hitting her head on the dashboard, flying into the air and hearing her neck crack from all the sharp turns and the bumps on the ground.
"Please, for the love of god, STOP, PLEASE" Anna shouted as she held onto the side of the Jeep with all the strength she has left in her body.
Bianca sighs "if you say so"
She made a sharp turn at full speed causing the Jeep to tip over and roll a couple of times. Anna was ejected out of the jeep before it came to a complete stop and tumbled around in the dirt before passing out for a minute. When she opened her eyes and looked around Bianca was gone and Jake was just lying a few feet away from her. The chain on his leg was broken free from the jeep when it crash but it was still attach to him. He was badly injured with blood smeared all over his face and body. His clothes were torn up and Anna thought he was dead til he started moving a little.
The jeep was still standing but was damage from the rolling and when she looked closer she saw Bianca was still inside and started moving too. Anna quickly rolled over on her back and lifted herself up til she was in a seating position. Using her right arm, she lifted herself off the floor and wobbled her way over to Jake. She stopped when she stepped on a gun that was thrown out of the Jeep as well and picked it up.
She finally made it to Jake and started shaking him. "Jake, Jake, come on, get up, we go to get out of here before she moves" Anna said.
Jake's eyes snapped wide open and started to shake again. "Jake are you alright" Anna asked.
"No more" Jake said, "no more, no more, NO MORE"
"We have no time for this, we got to get out of here" Anna shouted.
Jake stared at the Dead that were coming and smile at Anna "I'm not going to be run over and left as scraps of flesh"
"What" Anna shouted.
"Don't you see, don't you see Anna, look, look" Jake said, pointing at nothing. "It's my momma, she has return for me"
Anna eyes widened in terror from Jake's lost sanity.
"And of course she's yelling at me for my sins, oh, those evil sins. She told me over and over again that I will die and go to hell for my sins and now I believe her."
Jake pushed Anna away from him and as if he wasn't injured at all, got up and started running over to the Dead.
"JAKE!" Anna shouted "Jake, come back what are you doing" She shouted.
"Momma, momma, I hear you calling, I've been a bad boy and must be punished for my evil sins" Jake shouted at the top of his lungs.
"JAKE, STOP!" Anna shouted "don't leave me here alone!"
Jake crash into one of the Dead and with wide eyes and a grin he shouted. "Come on, you piece of shit, eat me, EAT ME, EAT THE DREADED SINS AWAY"
He was grabbed by the shoulders by a Zombie with enough grip to pierce through his skin and was bit right in the neck. Anna watches in horror as a large piece of flesh was torn from Jake's body followed by dark blood squirting out and the sound of Jake laughing up a storm. Anna didn't want see anymore and took off the other way and hope it will lead her back to the outpost.
Even though dawn was here, she stopped when she saw bright headlights coming from the back of her. She turned around to see Bianca at the wheel and saw rage in her eyes. Bianca had a large gash in her forehead and was bleeding from her nose a little.
"You monster" Anna whispered and realized she was going to die right here and now but she wasn't going without taking Bianca with her.
As Bianca raced toward Anna in the jeep, Anna pulled out the gun she'd found and pointed at Bianca. "This is for my cousins" she said and fired.
A bullet pierces right through Bianca's left shoulder and out of her back but that didn't slow her down. Another shot was fired and hit her in the arm but that still didn't slow Bianca down.
"This is for you, Matt" Bianca shouted.
With blood pouring from wounds from both girls, Anna close her eyes and was run over by the Jeep. The two-ton vehicle crushed all over her bones and Bianca could literally hear Anna's head popping and the sound of her brain being squished. Bianca put the jeep in reverse and ran over Anna again and again. After ten minutes there was nothing left of the girl but pieces of flesh, bones, and the dirt soaked in blood.
The jeep came to a stop and Bianca crawled out of the vehicle and fell to her knees. She looked down at the dirt and noticed her cut up, blood soaked hands. She started to shake as she continues to stare at the blood, the blood of Anna, her cousins, and Jimmy. The horror of what she did finally sinks in and she was terrified.
A tear fell from her eyes and she screamed . . .
Chapter Eight: Unknown: Her bloody hands and the broken mirror couldn't lie to her, she couldn't recognize herself when she stared at her reflection. With critical wounds, Bianca must decide whether to fight to live or die alone in the Dead World. This is the last chapter so stay tune.