So guys, Starkid came in to the story in the previous chapter. I dont like this chapter it took forever to write. Let me know what you think. xx
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" I hear before I feel a body slam onto the bed and someone lay over my stomach. I hear groans from either side of me and assume Dianna and Beth are receiving the same treatment. I slowly open my eyes and look down to find Darren flopped across my stomach and giggling to himself. "Well good morning to you too." I say. He rolls off me and sits up on the bed. I turn to see Walker on Beth's bed and Joey on Di's,' the girls so liked them!'
"Morning! You have to be up, presentable and downstairs in ten minutes" He says in a very businesslike voice. "The words of Nick Lang"
'Oh, now I get it.'
"Okay I'll be down in five!"
"Alrighty!" he says before jumping up and skipping out the door.
'What a weirdo, meh like I can talk.'
The boys leave after they succeed in waking Beth and Dianna. We both get dressed and head downstairs to find everyone else in the kitchen. We were the last ones there and everyone turns to look at us when we walk in.
"Ah, now that the new recruits are here we can start the meeting." Matt says. Everyone nods their heads in understanding.
"Nick, Brian and I were talking last night and we think we need a plan. As much as I'd like to stay here, we're going to have to move on." Matt continues.
"Now before we make any kind of plan, we need to be able to protect ourselves. We all know that none of us know how to use guns or any type of fire arms. This is where Katie comes in."
'What! ME?' I glance at Darren and he winks at me.
"We noticed that you were carrying a gun and we figured you know how to use one and that you could teach us." I stand there gaping at Matt for awhile before Beth nudges me.
"Oh! Well I don't know, we don't have any guns or ammo."
"Yes we do" Meredith pipes up. "We figured if this ever happened that we would need some so we got some when this first broke out"
"Well I guess I could." I say hesitantly.
"Great!" Brolden grins. I smile shyly back at him.
"So when do we start?" I ask
"Now if you like, you could take three at a time?" Nick asks.
"Sure, who wants to go first?" Darren, Meredith and Rosenthal all raise their hands.
"Great! Let's go then. Beth, do you want to come?" I ask her, she's been with me to the range back home a few times, so she could help out a little.
"Sure!" I nod
"I'll go grab the stuff." Brolden says before running off.
I nod and turn to walk out the back. The house is more of a property so there is quite a good range. It's also surrounded by tall limestone walls. We head out back and I pick four trees about fifteen metres away for them to start with and ask Darren to go and get some bright fabric to mark them with. He comes back with Brian about ten minutes later with ripped up sheets. Brian hands me the two bags of guns and Joey comes out just after with a bag of ammo. I tell the boys which trees to mark and rummage around in the gun bags. There's a whole heap of six-shooters and some two handed rifles. Joey and Holden sit behind me while the other's gather around waiting for my direction.
"Well, I'll start with safety and showing you how to load and reload and then we'll get into shooting." They nod, showing that they understand.
I go through safety and then show them the basics on how to load and unload the gun before handing them each a gun, making sure the safety was on.
"So Beth knows the basics, she'll help you practice while I come around to you one by one."
I let them work for about five minutes before heading over to Meredith. She grins at me and I watch her load and unload.
"Okay, you need to remember to slip two fingers in behind the barrel when your unloading and remember to anchor the gun on your belt when your loading. Other than that you're doing great." I say encouragingly. Brian does it perfectly and I don't believe him when he says he's never done this before. Darren is absolutely hopeless and I have to work with him for a good fifteen minutes before he finally gets it right. After about forty-five minutes I get them into shooting, I demonstrate the technique and remind them of the safety. I get Darren up first and he misses the first three shots but hits it on the fourth and fifth.
"Good job Dare" I tell him and he smiles at me. The other two hit three of their shots and I let them all practice together while I talk to Joey and Holden. They both want to have a go after and Joey runs inside to see who else wants to.
I finish at about nine with Darren, Rosenthal and Meredith. We started at 7:30 which means we have an hour and a half with each group. Joey comes back with Lauren and by the end of the day everybody but JoMo, Jim and Julia have had a go but I made them sit in on the last one with Jeff, Walker and Jaime, so they have heard the basics and safety. Darren comes out as I'm packing away and helps me carry the guns in.
"So you're really badass with guns. It's awesome." He says smiling.
"Oh yeah, I'm top dog." I say laughing with him. "So how'd you find this place?" I ask gesturing to the grounds with my free arm.
"Oh, well we decided that the Manor wasn't going to hold out long and we all knew this place was here so we just upped and moved." He says simply.
"Well its great...So does the television work?"
"Ah yeah there's a big generator out back and plenty of gas for it but we don't have any movies." He says. I just nod.
Later that night
"GUYS!" I shout running down the stairs. "ASSEMBLE!" All the starkids are in the living room in five minutes. "I have a surprise." I say grinning.
"What is it?" Lauren asks.
"I'll show you." I say as I turn the bag of movies upside down and watch Darren's face light up.
"OMG! You have Disney!" Lauren shouts and they all jump up and go through my extensive Disney collection. "We have to watch the Lion King" Jim says. "You have the Fox and the Hound!" Tyler shouts jumping around holding the movie above his head. I stand off and watch them with a grin.
Nick comes up and stands beside me. "I've got the high school musical movies upstairs" I say. He looks at me and I look at him before he grabs me in a hug and thanks me over and over again.
The group ends up settling on the Little Mermaid. Darren pats the spot next to him and I sit down.
"Thankyou" he says as he throws an arm around me shoulders. I look over at Beth and Dianna and they grin at me. I look up at Darren and grin, and we spend the rest of the night cuddled up on the couch watching Disney movies.