Chapter 8: Wood

Chris POV

I'm tired and I can feel every cut bleeding and blood sticking to my clothes, but I keep going. The metal is starting to slip which is painful and makes it hard to breathe but I hold it in and try to stay awake and alert. My arm and rib cage is on fire and makes me wince but I can't stop now. That's when I hear "DAVID!" It must be Annie, she's looking for Deacon after seeing the living room and half the house collapse. That's when I turn and I can see the pain in his eyes.

"Deacon, it's going to be ok, you'll see her again soon, one way or another. But with the living room gone there aren't many other options though. Where should we go?" I ask, trying to distract him from thinking about Annie. I know Deacon and how much he loves Annie and his kids, I'm not going to let them see Deacon dead, no matter what. Deacon takes a deep breath before answering

"Well the fire is everywhere so that isn't going to change anything and depending on what we choose we could be heading towards the front or the side of the house." He replies but he's still distracted, he wants to tell Annie he's alive. With his word we head towards the front of the house, to the kitchen. Once there, I look down and I see a piece of wood long enough to write a message. I pick it up and with my blood I write

C D, we r ok. Kitchen

It's as good as it gonna get, I look at a small opening further down and I walk towards it. All of a sudden Deacon grabs my hand

"Chris what are you doing?" His eyes show suspicion and concern

"I'm gonna chuck this out the window" I say holding it out so he can read it "they'll know and come looking, who knows maybe someone else is here? Though I kinda doubt it"

"Don't you think the blood will be enough to worry them?" He asks after reading it and I shake my head. I leave him at our little hideout and go towards the opening, I chuck the wood as far as I can and it lands a patch of grass face up. It's all I can do at the moment as I walk towards Deacon.

"Are you ok?" I ask, now that we are stationed here so they can find us, I begin to do first aid on Deacon

"I'm as good as you are right now. Let me help you" he starts

"I'm fine. Look I need to stay with me, I'm not carrying you out of here in a bag. If you want to help hold the metal" I say and that's what he does but not before shooting me a look