Chapter Seven: The Discovery
I literally dropped the broken down Matt head first to the floor when I heard the door knocking. A low thumb sound was made and Matt just laid there. The door knocked again and I started panicking.
"Shit" I said "shit, shit, shit, shit"
I looked at the Hag and she was just laying there in a pool of blood with a few pieces of teeth here and there. I walked over to her and checked her pulse and sure enough she was dead. Matt really did a number on the hag because her face was a mess to the point I couldn't recognized her. She was bleeding from the nose, mouth and on the side of her head.
The door knock again (dammit, why did Matt have to kill her before her little party guests arrive) I thought.
I ran over to Matt, nearly slipping on the blood on the floor and picked him off the floor. He seems so out of it and lifeless as if I was picking up a rag doll.
"Matt, this is no time to for moping, I need you to snap out of it" I said to him
He said nothing as the door knocked again then I started shaking him "Matt, you just kill the hag, her friends are here, if they see her like this we are as good as zombie's food" I said "snap out of it"
Still no respond "Matt, are you even listening to me!" I shouted
Another knocked and I've became desperate. "Forgive me" I said to him and raised my hand.
After slapping him a few times across the face, he finally snapped out of it. "Ow, what the hell did you do that for" he said
"No time, you killed the hag and her friends are here!"
Matt gave me a confused face then looked over at the hag. "I did that" he said
I nodded "yes, you just had a simple mental breakdown but I need you to hide the body, NOW" I shouted
Matt nodded, still letting the fact that he actually killed someone that wasn't a zombie sink in, and quickly got up. He took another look at the awful sight and picked up the dead body by the arms "where do you want me to put this" he asked
The door continued to knock "I don't know, just get rid of it" I said
The door knocked again, dammit why can't they just go away. "Forget it, we're not gonna have enough time to clean up this mess" I said
Matt dropped the body and looked at me "now what then"
I looked around and spotted the Hag's steel cane, she uses to beat me with, and grabbed it "ok, I'll open the door, hit the old lady on the head and think of something afterwards" I said
"Good plan" he said sarcastically
"I don't see you coming up with a better one" I said
Matt just frowned and I rushed to the door. It knocked again (ok, open the door, hit the old lady's head, maybe tie her up so she won't talk) I thought.
I took a deep breath, swung the door open and raised the cane to hit the old lady. I stopped nearly one inch from the head that belong to Jimmy, who ducked a little.
"Hey!" he said "is that a way to treat your guest"
He chuckled but stopped when he looked at me "what happened to you?"
He lower my arms, still holding on to the cane, and touched my lips with his fingers and pulled back. His fingers' tips had blood on them. Dammit, I forgot that I was bleeding from my nose.
"Get in here, quick!" I said.
I grabbed him by the shirt and flung him into the room and locked the door. He nearly lost his balance and dropped a bouquet of fake flowers on the floor. I raised an eyebrow about that but forgot it when Jimmy spoke again
"Why did you do that for" he asked then noticed the mess in the room, Matt lost in thought while leaning on the table and the dead body surrounded by dark thick blood. "Holy Shit! What the hell happened here!" he shouted til I covered his mouth.
"Hush, keep your voice down" I said removing my hand
"what happened here" he asked looking at the body and at Matt "and what's wrong with him"
"The hag was upset because I didn't get the right wine bottle she wanted, she started to beat me then my friend just snapped and attacked her and by the time I stopped him she was dead" I said quickly
"Slow down, slow down" he said "you're making your nose bleed even more"
I felt the warm flow running down my lips then chin til it forms into drops that fell to the floor. "You don't understand, the mother of my boss is dead and if he finds out about this, we'll be kicked out of the town with no weapons" I said
"No way, the old woman was that guy's mother" Jimmy said
"Jimmy, it's not funny" I said "I have to get rid of this body before the hag's friends finds her" I said
"And when is that" he asked
"It could be any minute now" I said
"Ok, I got an idea" he said "just go wash up and I'll take care of the body"
I raised an eyebrow "what are you planning to do"
"Just trust me, now go wash your face"
I nodded, walked over to Matt and dragged him to the bathroom with me. The Hag's bathroom was a lot more luxuries than ours was which made me even happier that Matt beat the living shit out of her. But Matt, on the other hand, had the guilty face expression on his face. He sat there on the toilet seat while I ran a wash rag under some cold water.
"Bianca, I've never killed anyone in my whole life that wasn't a zombie" he said in a dull sad tone.
I place the rag on his red puffy face to cool him down "it's ok, the stress just got to you, that's all" I said
He held onto the rag, pressing it harder in his face "you're not going to tell anyone about this are you" he asked
"Of course not, I do have to say it's about time you let out that anger" I said remembering that outburst with the CD player back then. He lower his head like he was ashamed that a boy his age actually cried. I looked in the mirror and from the nose down was covered in blood. I quickly grabbed another rag, ran it under the water from the sink and began wiping the blood away.
"Crap, I need to change my shirt" I said looking at Matt but noticed he was staring at his knuckles. They were burning red and small dots of blood were beginning to form. "You must've hit her hard"
"I didn't feel anything, it's like my mind just went blank and all I could see were pictures of my father." He said
"It's gong to be ok, it's over now" I said and he nodded. "Wait here"
I left Matt in the bathroom and went back into the small living room only to find the Hag's body gone. There was a wide solid line of blood leading to her bedroom. I walked over to the bedroom door, out of the two years I never been in her room since she wouldn't allow it and because I didn't want to see what she had in there.
"Jimmy?" I called out.
"I'm in here" I heard him inside the room.
I walked in there to see him putting the hag's body on the bed and covering her up with the blanket. "There, if your boss comes in to check on her, she'll look like she is sleeping" he said
"That's good and all, but wouldn't he get suspicious when he sees blood all over the sheets." I said
"He won't notice since the blanket is a dark color" he said
I rolled my eyes and looked around the room, that bitch had a T.V. with a DVD player and hundreds of DVD's. A bunch of empty wine bottles and a computer. That bitch had a COMPUTER!
"You ok" he asked
I nodded "yeah, I'm just shocked that she had a computer in here" I said "I could have stolen it and pawn it for money"
Matt walked in and leaned over on the door side "someone is knocking on the door again" he said
"Dammit, it's the party guest" I shouted as I ran past Matt and over to the door. I opened the door to see three old women smiling at first but faded quickly when they saw that it was me. "Hi there" I said smiling
"Where's Beth Taylor?" the oldest one asked
"Oh her, she went to bed early" I said the whispering "she had a little too much to drink a couple of hours ago"
"Are you lying to us" the smallest one said "we heard all about you and the way you mistreat Beth even after she gave you a place to live?"
"Yeah, it's a sad world, but sorry, she's sleeping, bye" I said and slammed the door on their faces.
"Let us in, you awful girl" the old women shouted while banging on the door. I locked it and leaned against it wondering what to do.
The two boys looked at me and I smirked "well, we're going to be in trouble" I said
"Well, we can buy you some time if we clean up this mess" Jimmy said and I nodded.
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Thirty minutes and lots of towels later.
I sat at the table, holding on to a blood soak towel while Jimmy dumped a bucket full of red water in the bathroom sink. Matt was lying down on the couch and might have fallen asleep. I tried not to let this "little" problem worry me so much, but it was because I feel like I was getting ill.
I head my head down when I felt someone sitting down next to me. I looked up to see Jimmy "here" he said handing me the fake flowers.
"Where did you find these?" I asked
"I stole them when I got here, the old man won't know who took them" he said
"Why did you bring me these, I don't really like flowers?" I asked
"Well, I thought it was a better thing to give you then a bowl of ramen noddles" he smiled
I gave him a weird look "how did you find this place?"
"I spotted you going into the hotel and after stealing the flowers, I just asked which room you lived in" he said
"Why" I asked
Before he could say anything, Matt started to moan "my head really hurt" he said as he shifted around on the couch.
"Hold that thought" I said getting up and walked to the Hag's bedroom "let me see if she has any aspirins in her drawers." I said to Matt
Jimmy followed me into the room "why did he had a breakdown" he whispered
"He just got fed up with the Hag beating me all the time" I said looking around the computer desk. I know she would have some aspirins with all the alcohol she drinks. There were a bunch of papers and newspaper articles, but I didn't care about those so I pushed them off and looked through the drawers on the desks. While I was doing that Jimmy picked up a few of the papers and looked at them.
"Hey, some of these articles are from when the dead started attacking Arizona" he said
"That's nice" I said not really caring about that.
I noticed a strange book on top of the shelf that was just above the computer and grabbed it. I opened the first page which was filled with newspaper articles "what is that" Jimmy asked
"A book" I said as I tossed it on the bed next to the dead body "it looked like the Hag had another hobby besides drinking and beating me"
Jimmy grabbed the book and looked through the photos and articles "these are more articles of the early zombie invasion" he said
"Dammit, there got to be aspirins somewhere" I shouted and continued to look around. I went over to her drawer that had a nice fancy jewelry box on top.
"Hey, look at this one" he said "a base was attack somewhere in Yuma"
I dropped a jewelry box I picked up and looked at him "let me see" I said
I snatched the book out of his hand and looked at the articles that read "Yuma Military Base attacked by the Dead, survivors left in buses to another place"
"Holy crap, I can use these jewels to pawn for some money" Jimmy said running over to the large pile.
I ignored him and continued reading "some of the buses went to other places in California, all expect for two said a survivor. One of the buses had appeared to drive over to a near by store of the base while another bus lead by a few military officers took off to some would say in Texas. We recently contact all the outposts in Texas and turned out that the other bus was in the town of Lubbock. We were able to get a photograph of the ten survivors of the bus."
I looked at the photo and my jaw dropped when I saw two people I knew very well. (Mom...Dad?)
I was so stunned I didn't hear Jimmy's voice that well "hey, how did my watch get here" he asked
I continued staring at the picture, the man and the woman in there looked liked my parents, but that's impossible my parents are dead or else they would have come for us when all this started happening. So many questions were flowing into my head when Jimmy showed me his watch.
"Hey, how did this old woman get my watch" he asked, but saw that I wasn't paying attention. "What's wrong?" he asked
I looked at him "my parents are alive" I said
"What?" he asked and I showed him the picture "this picture, this man and woman right here" I pointed "they looked like my parents, they might be my parents"
Jimmy looked at me stunned and didn't know what to say. I sighed and walked out of the room to show it to Matt. He was still in a daze from his breakdown "Matt, Matt, snap out of it and look at this"
Matt lifted his head and stared at the photo with his still bloodshot eyes "what is it" he said and looked at the pictured then laughed "hey, one of these people look like your mother . . . and isn't that your dad"
I waited for about a few second till he quickly shot up and grabbed the book out of my head "wait, wait, wait, wait, those are your parents but I thought . . . I thought they were dead"
"That's what I thought too but I guess I was wrong" I said
We stared at each other in disbelief and didn't know what to say. Jimmy came in with all of the Hag's jewels and placed them on the table.
"What are you doing?" I asked
"Looking to see what I can use to pawn since I don't think she'll need them any more thanks to him" he said pointing at Matt
"How can you think of money at a time like this?" I asked
"Well, I figure I might need some if I have to leave this place when that guy finds out the old woman is dead" he said
I stormed over there, ready to yell at him and tell him that his idea was stupid and suicidal if he thinks he could make outside these fences. But I stopped when I was my ring that was stolen in the small pile. How did that hag get a hold of it when she was out cold when I lost it. My guess would be that a friend of the Hag's or Boss bought it for her when I was fighting off a fresh zombie.
Either way, I think killing the hag, finding out my parents were alive and my lost ring only told me that it's time for me and Matt to leave this place.
"Jimmy, how exactly are you going to leave this place" I asked
"I don't know, maybe once I get enough money and things I'll steal one of these cars I saw at the Supply Gatherers's headquarters, open the gate and leave, why" he asked
I smirked "I got a better idea"...
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Chapter Eight: The Plan and The Escape: Bianca, Matt and Jimmy plot a plan to escape before getting caught, which involves stealing the large metal-cover vehicle "The Monster".