10K in the dome
|Skater Park|
It's already night, when most of the teens in town have gathered at the Skater Park, which got some of it's ramps cut through.
10K is at the edge of the park, keeping his knife throwing skills up to date by throwing at a tree with his hunting knifes.
Joe McAlister is sitting on a concrete slab, looking at the video he took with his phone when the officer died earlier.
"Dude you're watching that video again?" Ben, one of Joe's friends asks him.
"Still can't believe it." Joe murmurs.
"You were not kidding about that Barbie guy, he and weirdo over there took that cops ass down." Ben tells him.
"I wonder if Barbie's like Black Ops." Joe replies.
"Yeah and what about him?" Ben whispers nodding at 10K, who is still focused on his knife throwing.
"No clue." Joe says.
"Your phone still works?" A blonde girl asks walking up to the two of them with her friend.
"Yeah, the camera and the apps, just no texting or calls." Joe informs them.
"I miss texting." The girl says dramatically.
"It's been like a day and a half." Ben tells her.
"Whatever, don't be judgy." She replies.
"Dude, show them." Ben tells Joe and he plays the video again of Paul shooting at the Dome.
"The bullets just bounced off the dome. Did Paul meant to shoot Freddy?" The other girl says.
"I don't know he was acting pretty crazy." Joe replies.
"No he didn't." 10K tells them while collecting his knifes from the tree.
"Still, what are they gonna do with him?" The blonde girl asks.
"Cop killer is as bad as it gets, especially if a cop kills another cop." Ben says.
"Yeah." Joe says solemnly.
"Too bad we can't upload that video to YouTube." Ben laughs, trying to uplift the mood.
"Excuse me, where can a girl charge up in this town?" Norrie asks the four of them, having just arrived at the park, glancing at 10K for a moment, who looks at her after hearing her voice.
"I have a generator at my…" Joe stammers.
"Your house?" Norrie asks, getting a nod from Joe in return.
"We saw you at the fire, how did you end up here?" Ben asks her.
"Just followed some kids. Heard them talking about a bonfire." Norrie replies sarcastically.
"No, I meant.." Ben says.
"I know what you meant. I was on my way someplace and wrong place at the wrong time I guess." Norrie tells them.
"I'm not usually a mooch but without my music I can get a little, you know, super bitchy. Can I refuel at your place?" Norrie asks Joe.
"Sure, there is no one home except me." Joe starts to say when Norrie interrupts him
"Cool, I actually need a place to crash too if that's OK I mean." She asks.
"Oh, I saw you with 2 ladies, I thought you were with them." Joe replies.
"Never seen them before. So cool to crash?" Norrie tells Joe, getting a nod from Joe and a surprised look from 10K since he knows that they're her mother, but he shrugs his shoulders and gets back to practicing his knife throwing. About 10 minutes after Joe and Norrie take off 10K also decides to call it a day and makes his way back to the "Sweetbriar Rose" not in the mood to search for a good spot to set up his tent in the middle of the night.
|next day -Sweetbriar Rose|
10K is in the restaurant, trying to salvage his burned Jacket, removing the ruined shoulder pads and cutting out the burned fabric, fishing out a sewing kit and some animal skins he had with him, starting to fix his Jacket back up when Carolyn comes in and starts to ask the guests if they've seen Norrie since she didn't return last night.
"Hi Carolyn, I know where Norrie is. She crashed at some kids house last night, I overheard them at the Skater Park." 10K tells her when she comes over to the counter.
"Oh, that is a relieve, Alice is out looking for her. Do you know where the house is?" Carolyn asks.
"No, I'm not familiar with the people of the town either, but Rose might know." 10K replies, before motioning Rose to come over.
"Hey Rose, do you know a lanky kid with brown short hair, said he's alone at home." 10K asks her.
"Sounds like Joe McAlister, nice kid, why?" Rose asks.
"Their daughter is crashing there. Can you tell me the directions later?" 10K requests.
"Sure, no problem." Rose replies before getting back to serving her customers.
"Why later? Can't you take me to my daughter now?" Carolyn pleads.
"Sure I could but word of advice, I'd give her some space. She's already unhappy about the situation and her mothers being overprotective won't help. Don't get me wrong, you are good parents, but she needs some time to herself to process from what I've seen." 10K tells her.
"OK, but you'll take us there tonight." Carolyn agrees.
"I promise." 10K replies.
"Well I better tell Alice that she's OK." Carolyn says walking out of the restaurant.
Jim Remy then walks in "I have an announcement to make, former deputy Paul Randolph has escaped police custody, just as precaution I ask you all to stay in your homes until the situation is resolved, I'm also putting together a search party and am asking if any able-bodied men are keen to join up." Jim tells them.
"Right here big Jim." A middle aged black fit man says.
"count me in too." A middle aged white farmer agrees.
"Alright, listen boys. He's already assaulted two other people, stolen a mass of provisions and he's on the run but there is only so many places he can hide. He took a rifle from the police station so bring your fire arms." Jim tells them before going over to Barbie to get him to join the party.
"I don't believe we've been formally introduced. I'm Jim Remy, everybody calls me big Jim." Jim tells him.
"Barbie." He replies.
"Barbie, that's kind of a funny name for someone of your particular expertise. I saw you take Randolph down yesterday, are you a bounty hunter or something? This Paul Randolph is no fish in a barrel, marine. Served two tours in Iraq, got a silver star." Jim says.
"Perfect." Barbie says.
"So Barbie, you in or out?" Jim asks.
"Alright, I'm in." Barbie replies and they get up to get ready, when 10K stops Jim.
"Take me with you too." 10K tells him.
"Look kid, I know you know your way around your hunting gear but man against man is something else entirely." Jim tells him.
"I know, I'm familiar with that too. I was trained by my father, he was a sniper before we became hunters." 10K tells them.
"Alright I guess but keep your head down and don't try to pull some stunt." Jim replies and leaves with 10K and Barbie in tow.
|forest|
20 Minutes later the 5 of them pull up at the forest in two cars and get out, seeing Paul's squad car.
"Looks like he abandoned it." Jim says looking at the car, while 10K already takes off into the woods, going after Paul.
"Kid, wait it's dangerous." Barbie yells after him but 10K vanished out of sight after a few seconds.
"Fellas we got something over here, looks like the kid's only a greenhorn after all." Jim tells them, walking in the opposite direction of where 10K ran off to.
"Hey, hold on. This guy's got military training right? That's a dummy trail, he'd never leave something that obvious. Look at this, these branches are all broken. This is where he went through." Barbie tells them.
"See I knew you'd be useful." Jim tells him and they follow Paul's real trail.
A few hours later only Jim and Remy are still going after Paul, after Paul shot the black man in the knee, making the farmer take him back to town. 10K is also hot on his trail, circling Paul to get into a good position from where he can take him out at a safe distance.
Jim and Barbie are arguing when Paul comes up to them, his rifle aimed at Jim, while Barbie takes aim at Paul in return, while Jim is standing sideways to the two of them.
"I'll kill him, just like he was gonna kill me." Paul says with a crazed expression on his face.
"Nobody wants to kill anybody here." Barbie tells him.
"He said it himself, an eye for and eye, right? To make an example out of me." Paul says.
"Drop your weapon now." Paul says, turning his focus over to Barbie.
"I said drop your weapon …" Paul yells before a shot rings and he falls over, with a gaping hole in the side of his head and his brain matter splattered on the ground.
10K gets up from his position a few hundred meters away from them and waves at them, signaling that he's there.
"Looks like that kid wasn't kidding." Jim says looking at the corpse of Paul Randolph, while 10K makes his way over to the two of them.
"What happened?" Linda asks coming out of the bushes behind Paul, with her gun aimed at them.
"kid killed him before he could kill us." Jim tells her, nodding over to 10K who is walking through the tree lines still a long distance away from them.
3 minutes later Linda has prepared Paul's corpse, so they can transport it to town and 10K arrives.
"I didn't want to take any chances with him ready to shoot." 10K explains to Linda, figuring she'd be upset about the outcome.
"Jim already told me, you made the right call. What's your name, we've never been introduced?" Linda replies.
"Everyone calls me 10K. You're Linda, right? The new Sherriff." 10K tells her, extending his hand.
"Yes, curious name you got." Linda tells him.
"It has it's meaning. It's getting dark, do I need to give a statement or something or can I go? I promised to help Carolyn find her daughter." 10K asks her.
"You can go, Jim's already told me everything." Linda tells him and 10K nods in return, taking off in a jog down the hill, headed towards the diner but Jim stops him.
"Good job there, I guess I shouldn't have doubted you. Name's Jim." He formerly introduces himself.
"10K." He replies and gets back to jogging out of the woods.
|Sweetbriar Rose|
Soon after he made it to the "Sweetbriar Rose" and Rose told him where the McAlister house is, so he can lead the worried mothers over there.
"Thanks Rose." 10K tells her before leaving the diner with the two worried women.
"Do you mind taking a short stop on the way?" 10K asks them.
"I guess not, why?" Alice replies.
"I need to get my stuff from the woods, it's on the way. I haven't had time to set up camp in town yet and since you have a car this seems like a good opportunity." 10K tells them.
"OK, but let's hurry. Where I need to go?" Carolyn replies while everyone gets in the car and 10K directs them to the McAlister's house, stopping them at the fallen over tree on the way, getting his 4 bags quickly, putting them in the trunk.
Under 10 Minutes later they pull up to the house.
|McAlister house|
Inside the house Norrie asks Joe "What are you doing?" while holding up a flashlight, so he can work on the generator, which busted during a party they involuntary had earlier that day until another teen tried to intimidate Norrie shortly before the generator broke.
"I don't know, maybe I can fix it." Joe tells her.
"Really? That thing blew up like the death star." Norrie replies.
"Yeah, but the empire rebuilt the empire in the return of the jedi. But by the way, you know that survivalist kid right? The one who was throwing knifes at the tree yesterday." Joe asks her.
"We met shortly after the dome came down, but I never got his name. I was in some kind of seizure apparently." Norrie tells him.
"Weird. I had a seizure that day too." Joe tells her.
"Norrie." Carolyn shouts arriving at the house and knocking at the door before coming inside with Alice and 10K in tow.
"Norrie are you here?" Carolyn asks while they go through the house, looking for her.
"Oh my god." Norrie sighs.
"How'd you find me?" Norrie asks annoyed that her alone time is over already.
"10K told us where to find you." Carolyn replies gesturing to him.
"10K? does that stand for something?" Joe asks curious about the name.
"Yes." 10K shortly answers.
"Let's go Norrie." Alice tells her.
"Who are these ladies?" Joe asks his new friend.
"They are my moms'. I guess there was some things I didn't want you to know about me. But hey, thanks for almost getting beat up for me, that was kind of chivalrous?" Norrie tells him, touching his hand briefly, before they both fall over and have a seizure. Everyone rushes over to them and gets them to the hospital as quickly as they can.
AN: episode 4 happens as in canon, with the sickness breaking out, 10K is also one of the patients but he bounces back very quick.
|next day - clinic|
"Is the outbreak over?" Norrie asks her mother, coming out of the room she and Joe spend all noon in.
"Everyone who's sick has been treated and anyone with Meningitis got antibiotics so yes, it's over. How do you guys feel, any more seizures?" Alice asks them
"No, we're fine." Joe lies, making Norrie glance at him but she says nothing about them seizing and rambling about pinks stars.
"So, what have you two been doing all day?" Carolyn asks Norrie and Joe, walking over to her wife, supporting the slightly hunched over 10K who looks exhausted with bags under his eyes and still sweating like crazy.
"Oh you know, making out and stuff. Is he OK? I thought you said everyone is cured?" Norrie replies, asking Alice about 10K.
"He should be fine, he got the antibiotics, which will take a while to fully counteract the sickness." Alice explains, looking 10K over again.
"I'll be OK." 10k tells them weakly.
"I'm beat, can we go home please?" Alice says to Carolyn.
"Home, to a room above a diner." Norrie adds annoyed.
"You have any better ideas kiddo?" Carolyn asks her daughter, still helping 10K walk, since he's still unsteady on his feet.
"I do, I mean both of my parents are outside of the dome, there is more than enough room for all of us at my house. So, you guys could stay there. You too 10K." Joe offers.
"Please don't say no. Please." Norrie begs her mothers.
"Thanks Joe, that'd be great." Alice accepts the invitation.
"I'll set up my stuff near your house then." 10K tells him.
"I'll grab our stuff and meet you in the car." Carolyn tells them and hands over the wobbly 10K to the other teens.
"Thanks for the help guys." 10K tells them, with his arms over their shoulders to keep him steady.
"No problem." Joe replies.
"So, is this what I've seen nothing of yet." Norrie teases him.
"Seriously?" 10K asks her, looking at her funnily.
"Your words." Norrie tells him, sticking out her tongue.
"Alright, I've decided once I can walk on my own again I'm taking you out hunting, you can come too Joe if you want." 10K tells them.
"hunting? Why would I agree to that?" Norrie asks, while putting 10K in the car with Joe once they opened the back doors. Getting in beside him.
"Scared?" 10K taunts.
"Alright your on." Norrie says determined.
"So, you in Joe?" 10K asks him.
"I guess, as long as I don't have to actually kill stuff." Joe agrees.
"Alright, observers pass then." 10K chuckles lightly still affected by fighting off the sickness.
5 minutes later Norrie's mothers come out of the clinic and drive everyone back to Joe's house where 10K rests for a few hours while Norrie and Joe try to get the generator to work again.
|McAlister house|
After 10K rested he's feeling a lot better and starts to set up his camp in Joe's backyard, getting some help from the other teens.
"What is this?" Norrie asks curiously, handing 10K a small trunk.
"Hunting trophies, me and my dad collected." 10K tells her, opening up the case and showing her the different animal parts they collected.
"Cool." Norrie says holding up a wolfs tooth necklace.
"You can keep it if you want. I won't have much use for it now." 10K offers her sadly.
"Are you sure? Don't you want to keep it to remember your dad?" Norrie asks looking at him concerned, having heard what happened from her mothers.
"No, my dad taught me everything I know, that I will never forget." 10k tells her proud of his father and takes the necklace, putting it around Norrie's neck making her smile briefly before putting her mean demeanor facade on again.
"Hey, I could use this to fix the generator." Joe says coming in the tent while holding up an old radio, making the two teens put some distance between them.
"You can use that, I won't get it to work without power anyway." 10K tells him and Joe rushes inside to the generator excited.
"So, was that true about the making out earlier?" 10K asks her trying to sound disinterested.
"what do you care?" Norrie asks annoyed that he's also prying just like her moms.
"Just asking so I won't get between you two." 10K tells her honestly.
"get between us? You got a crush on me or something?" Norrie asks surprised.
"maybe." 10K tells her, blushing a bit.
"Kids, we prepared some food. Come get something to eat." Carolyn yells from the house.
"Don't think you're not gonna get teased for that later." Norrie smirks at him devilishly as they make their way to the house but sees 10K's disappointed look and adds
"But no, we didn't make out, I was just trying to get a rise out of my moms." Norrie tells him, glancing at him and catching him smile to himself after she filled him in.
