Chapter Nine: Marcie's Revenge

She wipes her nose on her sleeve then looked at the blood. It was still bleeding badly even after it's been an hour since the beating. Marcie growled when she remembered what happen this morning.

Flashback

She was dragged out of bed by two people and was taken to the Days Inn Hotel. The next thing she knew she was tossed into a bedroom to see her boss looking at the bed. When she got on to her feet, her eyes widened when she was the dead body of the old woman.

"Where is she?" Boss said in a cold voice

"Who?" Marcie asked. "All you did was drag me out of my bed and brought me here"

"Don't be smart with me" He said. "I'm already in a bad mood because the other guy wouldn't talk either"

"What other guy" she asked

She heard a low thump in the living room and went to see what it was. There was a young man on the ground with two older men standing next to him. The young man was badly beaten and was coughing up blood.

"You're going to be that way if you don't talk" Boss said. Marcie could feel his hot breath on the back of her neck and she started to shiver.

"I have no idea what you are talking about" she said

"Where is she, your leader?" He shouted

"The bitch . . . I mean Bianca" she asked

"Who else would kill my mother, nearly burned down the Supplies Station and stole my vehicle!"

"She did" Marcie asked

"Yes, she did, now tell me where is she going" he shouted "I know you're involved, so talk"

Marcie pushed him away from her "please, you don't have to spit all over me" she said "I don't have a clue what's going on or what happened to Bianca; she never tells me anything. I bet Kristine or Garret knows where she went."

"You're right, they don't tell you anything because those two, the town's stealer and Bianca's little sidekick left with her too"

"Wow, you guys must have been lazy or asleep if she was able to get past the gate" she laughed.

Her laugher ended when Boss smacked her across the face so hard she fell to the floor next to the boy. Her cheek felt like it was on fire then it went completely numb. Boss placed his foot on her head and slightly pressed down on it.

"Now Alex, I know this Jimmy person is your good friend and I bet he trusts you not to tell anyone where he was going, right?" Boss asked

Alex spat out blood and nodded "I tried to tell him it was dangerous, but his mind was foggy over that weird girl"

Boss pressed down harder on Marcie's head causing her to whin, but it was muffle by the carpet. "I don't need your story I need you to tell me where are they going before I crush her skull"

"For the love of god, just tell him" Marcie shouted

"Ok, ok, I'll talk but you have to let us go" Alex requested

"Talk!" Boss said

"Ok, Jimmy told me that the girl found out her parents were alive and they're heading toward the outpost in Texas" He said "that's all I know"

Boss lifted his foot off of Marcie's head, and she got up off the floor. "Thank you Alex, but you're no longer needed"

Alex nodded and tried to get up when one of the men took out a gun and shot Alex in the back of his head. Blood splattered all over Marcie's clothes and carpet.

Marcie stood there in horror as she wiped the blood off her face then looked down at her clothes "my clothes" she whispered. "You ruined my clothes, you ugly bastard!"

She froze when she heard Boss cracking his knuckles behind her. As soon as she turned around, a fist flew into her face.

End of Flashback

Marcie wiped her nose again to see her nose bleed have finally stopped. She weakly smiled and sat there in the jeep freezing to death from the cold.

(I will spare your life you go out there and bring back my vehicle and Bianca, alive. I want her alive so she would suffer for what she did before I kill her

Marcie smirked "if anyone is going to kill her it's going to be me"

She looked in the rear view mirror of the jeep; her face was puffy and bruised from the beating. That was the longest, most painful minutes of her life and no doubt scars will form. She jumped when the door open and a body bag was pushed in. She knew it was the boy name Alex that was in the bag. The two front doors opened and two people got in.

Boss knew he couldn't trust Marcie going out there alone due to the reports Bianca wrote about her. The guy in the driver seat was Jacob, a twenty-two-year-old, who was a friend of Boss. The other one was a girl name Lindsey, who was Marcie's age, and was Jacob's cousin.

"Are you sure this jeep will keep us safe?" Marcie asked. Evening talking was painful.

"It's not going to take us long to find the girl" Lindsey said

"But she has "The Monster," she could easily shoot us just like that" Marcie said snapping her fingers.

"What the girl doesn't know is that Boss made a remote that controls the guns on the vehicle" Jacob said, showing the remote in his hand. "Now stop asking us questions and shut up"

"Yes sir" Marcie said.

Jacob drove the jeep to the gate and headed out into the outside land. Marcie wished she could move far away from the window, but she couldn't with the dead body on her lap. The smell of blood made her sick and she could feel it running down the plastic bad on her leg.

It was late morning.

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I woke by some banging noise and lifted my head off the steering wheel to see a zombie, hitting and clawing the window. I nearly jumped out of my seat, but sighed in relief that the windows were shatterproof. I yawned and rubbed my eyes to fully wake up then looked over at the passenger seat to see Jimmy sleeping against the window with drool running down his chin. I looked in the back to see Garret sleeping on the floor with the map covering up his face. Matt and Kristine were in the back sleeping in their beds.

I looked at the video cameras, and saw that we were surrounded by dozens of zombies trying to find a way inside the vehicle. The thing was too heavy for them to tip us over. I yawned again and checked to the clock to see what time it was. It was high noon and my head was pounding from all the events that happened last night. And the banging noises from the zombies weren't helping either.

We stopped somewhere in Winslow Arizona to sleep and to find some supplies the next morning. I walked over Garret and up the ladder to the ceiling door to get some air in this thing. I climbed out and stood on the roof for a moment. The dead was clawing the vehicle, trying to get up here, but the thing was too tall from them so it was safe.

The town was empty and cold, but I know there must be a place that was safe enough to get some other supplies or a place to wash up a bit. My black clothes smelled like smoke, oil and blood.

"Morning"

I looked down to see Matt climbing up the ladder and onto the roof. "Morning Matt, feeling better?" I asked.

"About what?" He asked

"About all that happened last night with the total breakdown and killing The Hag" I said

Matt stared at me "what's a matter?" I asked.

"I look at you and all I see are the bruises the bitch gave you every day for the last two years. I look back at last night and I knew I did the right thing" He said

"I thought I was the only one doing the protecting around here" I said to him.

"You may be older than me, but I'm a hell a lot taller then you are so I should be protecting you" He said

I gave him a hug "I love you, Matt" I said as a brother/sister way

"I love you too, but I hope no one is watching" he said

"Shut up" I said

I stayed in his warm embrace ingoring the smell of smoke and blood on his clothes as he gently swings me back and forth.

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Jimmy over heard the two talking and sigh in disappointment. He always thought Bianca and her friend Matt were best friends, but he guesses he was wrong when he heard Bianca saying "I love you" to him.

And I'm not normally the jealous types) he thought.

He gets out of his seat, stared at the goy named Garret sleeping on the floor, walked over him and over to one of the beds. There were three beds on each side of the vehicle that hang just above one another with little space to move around or to sit down on. He saw the girl name Kristine yawning and opening her eyes.

"Good morning, Jimmy" she said "I'm Kristine, in case you forgot"

"I didn't, it's nice to meet you" he said in a low voice.

"Is something wrong?" She asked

"What makes you say that?" He asked

"Can you guys shut up, I'm trying to sleep" Garret said underneath the map.

Kristine shook her head then looked at Jimmy again "I know if there's something wrong, it's plastered all over you face"

Jimmy gave her a sour look, not knowing if he should talk to a girl that he only known for a day, but what the hell. "How close are Bianca and Matt?"

"They're really close, they've been friends since they were eight and ten years old. Bianca loves him like a brother since he was all she has left since her real brother died" Kristine said

"She had a brother" He asked

She nodded. "She never likes to talk about it or about her past before she and Matt came here. Matt's the only one she truly cares about and will do anything to make sure he's safe."

"Hmm, where did she get that engagement ring" he asked

"Beats me, she has more things to worry about then telling us about her past. Why are you so interest in knowing about her past or her relationship with Matt?" She asked

Jimmy looked away "no reason"

Kristine smiled "Oh see, well then, I'll tell you this Matt's the only boy in her life, I doubt she has room in her heart for another"

"You can't help, but try" Jimmy said. Yet he finding it hard to believe she loves him like a brother.

"I said shut up, I only got a few hours of sleep here" Garret said

"Hey"

He looked up at the open ceiling door and saw Bianca staring down "Are you guys awake yet?" she asked

"I am, but Garret still wants to sleep" Kristine said

"Well, when he does wakes up, we're going into town to find some more supplies and a place to freshen up in a few minutes" Bianca said

Kristine nodded and looked at Jimmy again "She makes a good leader"

"You don't regret leaving the town" Jimmy asked

"No, with my sister dead, I have nothing to lose" she said

Jimmy didn't regret leaving either, but was the reason he came along was already taken.

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A few miles away.

Jacob and Lindsey waited in the Jeep while Marcie went outside to throw up. Driving all night with a dead body on her lap the smell wasn't the best scent in the world. Her whole body ached from the bruises and the abuse Boss gave her before she left. That with the smell mixed in, she didn't feel very well.

Marcie fell to her knees and threw up a second time and grew very pale. The vomit was red from the blood (dammit, that bastard gave me internal bleeding) she thought.

"Marcie! Will you hurry up, we're almost at Winslow" Lindsey shouted

"Shut up!" Marcie said. She wiped her mouth and stood up only to scream when a zombie came out of nowhere and tried to bite her.

"Ew, ew, ew, zombie germs" she shouted

She screamed again when the zombie was shot in the head. Blood splattered all over her face and Marcie just froze. She heard footsteps coming up to her then the next thing she knew she was hit in the head by Jacob's gun. She fell to her knees and felt something warm running down her head.

"Stupid bitch, get back into the jeep now" Jacob shouted

"You're lucky Boss wants you alive or we would have let you become zombie food" Lindsey said forcing Marcie up on her feet. Marcie tripped on her own two feet and crashed into Jacob "Get off of me." He pushed her away

Marcie walked back to the jeep with the other two walking behind her. She smirked and squeezed the remote she pickpocketed from Jacob, the remote that controls "The Monster" weapons. She got back into the Jeep and looked out the window to see where they were. She spotted a sign that said Winslow on it and deep tire tracks in the dirt next to the street. She grinned.

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Once everyone woke up, we drove into the center of the town and looked around.

"Look at this place" Kristine said "it's so empty"

Empty...empty . . . empty.

"Wow, echos" Garret said "ECHO"

ECHO . . . echo . . . echo.

"MY NAME IS GARRET!"

"Garret shut up!" I said

"What I'm just having some fun"

I rolled my eyes "Anyway, I don't see that many zombies around here so I have two options"

My friends looked at me, waiting for the instructions. "Ok, we can either go out and look for some supplies or find a place that is safe to wash up and eat whatever food we brought."

Garret looked at his oil stained close "I could use a wash" he said

"I'm hungry" Kristine said

"I don't really care, but where would there be a safe place" Jimmy said

"A hotel, gas station or a house" Matt said. "One can wash up while the others watch out for zombies"

"I guess" Jimmy said

"And I see a gas station over there, it should have bathrooms" Kristine said

"Let's go then" I said

"I'm driving" Garret shouted and jumped into the vehicle. He didn't give us a chance to get in when he sped off to the gas station. I fell on my knees as well as the others "Garret!"

After we blocked the entrance to the Gas Station with "The Monster" so the zombies couldn't get in. We took turns using the one working bathroom to wash up while the others ate lunch. Moldy sandwiches with stale chips and thick soda were the stuff we brought and the food in the Gas Station wasn't that good either.

After it was my turn, I went up on top of the roof of the vehicle then climbed onto the roof of the gas station to look around again. I could hear Kristine banging on the bathroom and yelling at Garret to hurry up since he's been in there for twenty minutes already. Matt came up a few minutes later to do some target practice as I watched the head of the dead being blown off.

Jimmy came up with the map in his mouth and sat down next to me. "Ok, I mapped out the routes that will take us to Texas"

"And . . . " I asked

"Well, by the way we've been traveling, we'll be there in about a week" He said

I shrugged "Well, I'm not much in a hurry since we got the hard part out of the way"

"True" Jimmy said then looked at Matt "what's he doing?"

"Target practicing" I said "You want to try"

"No, I'm not much of a shooter" He said

"Can you at least shoot them in the head?" I asked

"Sometimes" He said "why"

"I'm just saying, no one is that dumb enough to come out here without that much shooting skills"

"Well, once we get to Texas then I'll start sharping up my skills" He said

"That's if we get to Texas if Garret would hurry up" I yelled.

I leaned over to see Garret popping out of the Vehicle's ceiling door, washed up and wearing clean clothes. "Hey, do you know how hard it is to get oil stains out" he said

"Great he's done, can we get going now" Matt asked

"Yeah, we'll drive til we're out of town and rest for the day, how does that sound" I asked

"Sure" Jimmy said

"Why not" Matt said

"Can I drive again?" Garret asked

"Yes Garret, you can drive just find Kristine and tell her to get back into the vehicle" I said

Garret nodded and jumped back inside the vehicle. I scoot over to the edge and jump down on the vehicle's roof with Jimmy and Matt following.

"These things are trying to crawl up here" Jimmy said looking at the zombies.

"Don't worry, we're too high up for them to get us" I said

I laid in my bed to think about what to do when we arrived in Texas. How would my parents act when they see their only daughter alive and well? Should I tell them about my days in Wal-Mart, How I nearly died a dozen of times by a crazy girl, a bus crash, a bitchy slut, my brother's driving over to the store, and oh yeah, the zombies too. How can I tell them that their son, my brother, was murdered and it wasn't by the dead. Or the fact that I have been abused by some old woman and her son for two years.

The questions and the soft rocking of the moving vehicle made my eyes heavy til I eventually fell asleep for a few minutes.

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I woke up later on by Kristine "Bianca, wake up, you're not going to believe who's outside"

"What, What are you talking about?" I asked

"Just come look at the camera" she said tugging on my arm.

"All right, all right, I'm getting up"

I walk over to the front, which was crowed by the boys, and pushed them aside to see what they were looking at. My eyes widened when I saw Marcie in the T.V. screen, right in front of the vehicle.

I grabbed the intercom and turned it on "Marcie! What the fuck are you doing out here" I shouted

Marcie gave me a look and ran over to the door and started to bang on it.

"Should we let her in" Matt asked

"Can we just kill her?" Kristine said

I rolled my eyes and went over to the door "I like to know why and how she found us out here" I said, opening the door.

Marcie ran in and I quickly closed the door. She stood there trying to warm herself up while the others stared at her.

"Holy cow, what happened to your face?" Garret said

Marcie face was badly bruised and swollen from the right cheek down to her lips. "That's none of your business" she snapped

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"What else, to escape from the town" she said

"But you always complaining about being out here, how did you find us" I asked

"I'll tell you, Lead-er, but I want to talk to you alone" she said

I looked over to Matt, who was shaking his head, but I was thinking what harm could there be. Beside, there's five of us and only one of her. "Ok, let's talk on the roof"

"Perfect" Marcie said

"Bianca" Matt called to me in a worry tone.

"Don't worry Matt, I'll be fine"

"Yeah, Matt don't worry" Marcie said

I walked up the small ladder and unlocked the ceiling door and climbed out with Marcie following me.

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Jacob watched from up a tree and grinned when he saw the two girls walking out onto the roof. It was all going according to plan and a great spot to kill the girls. When they arrived into town and spotted them near the gas station, they drove a head to the only place they had to go to leave the state and waited. Lindsey made Marcie jump in front of the vehicle and sure enough it stopped when they saw her. The spot had plenty of trees around from him and Lindsey to hide and waited from Marcie to signal them to shoot.

"Just one shot to the head and we'll be paid" Lindsey said

"Yeah, but only one, I was hoping for two shots in two different heads"

"Fine, but I'm shooting the tomboy" Lindsey said

"Ok, just wait for the signal, I don't think even the bitch could mess this up." Jacob said

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Marcie walked around in a circle as I stood there wondering if she was going to say something or not. "You know, Boss is pretty pissed off from what you did" she said

"I don't give a damn how Boss feels about it" I said

"Yeah, I know, but man, I didn't know you had it in you to kill an elder and set the Supply Station on fire" Marcie said

"There's more to the story than that Marcie" I said

"Yeah, but it didn't matter to Boss, all that matter to him was letting out the anger" She said "Can you guess who was his punching bag"

"Oh, suck it up Marcie, it was only a beating, I went through it everyday" I said

"Easy for you to say, I care about my looks, now I got cuts that will leave scars on my face and you're telling me not to care" She said, raising her voice.

"Yeah, pretty much" I said

"You Bitch and to think I was going to tell you that Boss sent me out here to bring you and his vehicle back to the town" She said

I chuckled "Marcie, did he actually think YOU could convince me to go back and no doubt, to accept my punishment which will be death so he could get his vehicle back"

"Yeah, I was sent out here with two of his guys to come and get you. They're out there hiding and waiting for the right time to shoot you if you don't follow Boss's orders" She said

I looked around the area wondering where could the two guys Marcie told me about would hide. "I hope you're joking" I said

She shook her head "But I'm not going to follow his orders either" she said "He may have given me the beating of a lifetime, but it wasn't his fault. It wasn't his fault that I had to go out into the dead world to get supplies for an old hag, it wasn't his fault that my clothes were always ruined by blood or that my life is in deep shit"

"Wait, don't tell me you're blaming all this on me because that's ridiculous" I shouted.

"I don't think so" she said grinning "But since you're leaving, I'm going to take the team and the vehicle and go wherever I want to go"

"Leave? What makes you think I'm going to leave because you said so?"

I heard something click and the next thing I knew Marcie pulled out a switchblade. She screamed and swung the knife toward me with all her might. If happen so quickly, I didn't have time to react when the knife slashed across the soft flesh of my stomach. I felt a sharp pain, followed by the warm flow of thick blood pouring out of my stomach. She swung the knife again, but I turned and the knife cut my left arm. The pain causes me to lose my focus and I slipped of the edge and fell to the ground hard on my back.

My whole body went completely numb and it felt like I couldn't breathe. I looked up with my wide eyes to see Marcie looking down at me. "You're right Bianca because I said so"

I tasted blood in my mouth . . .

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Chapter Ten: Lost: Marcie took over by force, leaving Bianca alone in the dark with no weapon, and barely alive.