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We got dressed in silence, but it was a happy silence. Once that was done we left the barn in silence and returned back into the house. The next day, I had woken up to screaming. I groaned some wishing I could drown it out. Obviously, we had new guests in the house. I got up slowly and shook my head some trying to shake off the sleep. Suddenly, Luda Mae screamed, and suddenly a spark of surprised filled my body.
"THOMAS!" I heard Charlie yelling and now there was utter commotion and breaking of glass. I swung the blankets off my body and moved to the door. I rushed out my room and ran down the hall quickly. I rush down the steps looking all over the place. Suddenly I was staring at the barrel of a gun. My eyes widened as I looked up to see some young guy staring at me panting and bleeding on his face and arms.
"Don't move." he warned. I looked around for Luda Mae and Charlie. I didn't see them. They must have been in the kitchen. After a second I began to calm down.
"Well… you have the upper hand here. You can run if you want." I said and he pulled the hammer back on the gun.
"Baby! You got them tied up back there!" he yelled back toward the kitchen. I looked around him somewhat and saw Charlie and Luda's feet. Coming out of the kitchen was a long dirty blonde with freckles. She wore a red tank and jeans. She was covered in sweat just like the guy.
"We don't like thieves." I said and the guy whipped his head at me pointing the gun at me more.
"Shut your fucking mouth! Them- they were going to kill us!" he said and I just stood there for a moment watching them.
"Thomas!" Charlie called. The woman moved back into the kitchen and delivered a sharp punch to Charlie's face and my nose twitched at the action.
"Shut your mouth you piece of shit!" she said. Charlie just glared at her now.
Now the guy looked at the woman.
"Baby come get the gun and watch her! I'm going to go find a phone." the guy said. He looked out of it, face looked confused. He didn't know what to do, I could tell. He had never been in this situation before. The woman came over to her boyfriend quickly and took the gun and pointed it at me now with confidence.
"There is only one phone and it is upstairs in the room on the right." I said and the two looked at me and I continued standing there just waiting. I know Thomas was biding his time as well. The guy looked at the woman.
"You gonna be okay?" he asked and the girl held the gun with two hands and nodded.
"Yeah. Hurry please." she said and the guy nodded and hurried toward the stairs and ran up them. I stared at the woman for a moment and she took a step closer. I inhaled some.
"So you're going to call the cops and tell them about us rather than run away and escape?" I asked and I heard a loud bang on the right side of my ear and I recoiled quickly at the gunshot.
"Don't say a fucking word, bitch. I won't miss next time." she said.
"Kelly?" the guy called out.
"I'm fine!" Kelly yelled and as she did that, I noticed the door to the basement quietly opening and I just straightened up and looked at her not believing she just shot at me. Thomas began to come into view, and in his hand was a giant butchers knife. I glared at her now and my head tilted down some.
"I'm not going to have you chopped up or give you a quick death. I'm not going to dismember you either. You are going to be the body I practice on as I start my skinning lessons today." I said darkly. Her hands were shaking now as she pointed the gun at me. I shook my head. "When I am done with you, I'm going to rip out your insides and staple them to my room like an art display, and with your skinless body, I will stuff and stuff and stuff with hay and place you on a plank and display your body out in the fields. You'll be a scarecrow that not even the animals will want to eat. I will sew another face onto your face so you will not even be recognized by your family in the afterlife." Whoever this girl was, she could see the vision of my words, and her eyes were filled up with tears. By then Thomas was already behind her and I just shook my head shrugging.
"Or maybe you'll just lose your head." I replied looking up at Thomas and the girl saw this and turned around and in one quick swoop of his hand, the girl's body fell to the ground, her head rolling off to the side of the room and I just inhaled some as I watched her body twitch some.
"Kelly!" I heard the man call and Thomas just walked over to me staring down at me with emotional eyes. I slowly smiled up at him and I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned up kissing the cloth that was over his lips.
"Good morning." I said lovingly and he smiled through his cloth and nuzzled my face a bit.
"KELLY!" the guy yelled and I knew he was coming back. I glared at the stairs and hurried and bent over toward the body. I wasn't really thinking at this point. I grabbed the gun off the floor and raised my body up quickly. Just as he was coming down to the middle of the stairs, Thomas just looked at him with a smirk. I raised my hand quickly and with sheer luck, I fired. A splatter of blood hit the wall and I watched the body just fall down the stairs. Hit him point blank in the head. That was incredibly lucky. I had never shot a gun before and by doing so well the first time, gave me a remarkable sense of joy. I panted some and then looked up at Thomas who just looked down at me and I shook my head some.
"We have to be more careful." I replied gently and he nodded. There was a knock on the door causing panic to fill my body as I figured the two weren't alone. I looked at Thomas, "Go untie Charlie and Luda." He nodded and moved toward the door quietly and placed head close to the peep hole. Once I saw who it was, I sighed heavily with relief and opened the door.
"It's early, Tom. What are you doing here?" I asked looking at Tom to see he was in his scrubs.
"Easy, I come in peace." he replied with his up. I guess he saw the gun I was holding at my side. "My mom said you came and visited her a few days ago. She was spooked and wouldn't tell me what you said… you want to tell me what happened?" I stared at him thinking I could lie, but that would just make me more like his bitch of a mother.
"I told her if she continues to threaten my family that I would have her chopped up and served to me." I said blankly. Tom just stared at me with a bit of an inhale before nodding.
"That's hot." he said humorously. Thomas was now right behind me now with the headless girl over his shoulder and the guy's collar in his other hand. I opened the door wide revealing Thomas's large glaring form. Tom's eyes just flexed some in surprise as the two were now staring at each other awkwardly.
"Thomas want to say hi to our guest?" I asked. Thomas let out a low animalist groan/growl and I just smiled. Good enough for me. Tom nodded up at him.
"Morning, Thomas." he said and Thomas just stepped out of the house now and passed him in silence. "Why don't I get the feeling he doesn't like me much?" I shrugged and looked at Tom.
"Who knows." I replied.
"Well, little Tom, whatcha doin' around here boy?" Charlie asked now coming up behind me. Tom nodded.
"Hello, Charlie. I came to invite your family to dinner." he said. I nodded.
"I'll let you two talk." I replied and gave Charlie the gun before moving back into the kitchen quickly to check on Luda Mae.
"Are you alright?" I asked worriedly and she nodded sitting down at the table.
"Oh I'll be fine honey. Just fix me some tea and I can start breakfast." she said. I nodded and did as I was told.