Soon David and Jill were driving along a rather familiar looking road one they haven't driven down in over 2 decades but the memories came flooding back and an old battered rusted sign. said Welcome to Midwich pop 2000 but someone had scored or painted over it in red paint and changed it to 0 as in zero
" Mom look at the sign it wasn't always like that was it ..? Asked David glancing at the sign as they drove past
' No it looks neglected perhaps that guy is right the town is abandond I honestly thought after what happened the people stayed on and moved on forgetting events of the past not abandon the town ' Jill said as Davud shrugged
' Guess not but we can look around anyway won't hurt 'David said as they headed into the abandond town and got a shock as indeed the once quiet little coastal town was abandond and fallen into ruin
' Oh wow sure gives me the creeps and it's sad as it was a nice town too well could have been if the kids weren't their I guess ' Said David as he parked the car and he and Jill got out to look around and memories came flooding back to Jill
' Yeah it was a lovely friendly little town once everyone knew each other and looked out for each other and their was work here too so a lot of young families settled here God I never thought I'd come back here again ' Jill said sighing
' So where was our house then can we visit it I remeber we had a view of the ocean from the upstairs and when we were in the garden we could smell the sea air ' David said looking at the houses that lay abandond
'Oh we stayed near the back of the town by the sea not far from Dr Chafee well they lived about 10 miniute drive away but they were near the sea too God I used to take you over to Mara hoping you two would be playmates little did I know about her ' Jill said as David sighed but said nothing as he and Jill headed towards their old home and surprisingly the door was open as Jill had locked the door when she left
' That's weird I'd sworn I locked this door when we left ' Jill said
' Someone's been here and ransacked the town vandlles no doubt their everywhere ' David said seeing their former lounge window was smashed and graffiti was on the wall
Jill and David were shocked by the state of their old home as it been trashed broken furniture lay on the floor the tv screen smashed and the video player gone also trash lay on the lounge floor and stains on the carpet and a foul smell hit them and also what upset Jill was her porcelain figurines she'd collected before David was born were all smashed and a large porcelain doll was smashed too
' Oh no no not my figurines I should have taken them with me damn ' Jill said picking up a headless Betty Boop figurine and the red paint had been chipped and faded from her dress
' Oh mom I'm so sorry I remeber those and how much they meant to you damn ' David said rubbing his moms back
' It's okay hun just that Frank got me some of these figurines including the Betty Boop ones as he knew I liked her and this one he got me somehow from New York and it wasn't cheap the others were precious moments figurines and my Victorian style doll I guess it serves me right for not taking them with me but at the time I didn't think as we left in such a rush ' Jill said sighing
' I know mom and don't worry I can replace them for you so try not to think about these ones you'll only upset yourself ' David said gently rubbing his moms back as they explored the rest of the house and that too was trashed even David's old bedroom
' Scott where are you ..? Asked Jill loosing David for a brief second
' I'm in here mom this used to be my room as a kid ' David said sitting on his old bed that was also a mess and his room was trashed
' Yeah it was but it was a lot cosy and clean then ' Jill said looking at the trashed room
The pale blue walls that had boats on them were covered in red paint saying scum and get out and some of the vandles had written their own names also David's dresser and mirror were smashed and overturned as was his closet and toy box and some of his old toys lay scattered around the room and a photo of him as a baby with Jill lay smashed but as the photo was I damaged Jill took it and David was holding a small blue teddy in his hands that once went everywhere with him
' Brings back memories even in the state it's in ' Jill said as David nodded
' Yeah I remeber it so well and the time we had our talk about feelings and that I was getting ready for bed and brushing my hair and you tucked me into bed ' David said as Jill nodded
' Yeah I remeber it so well I offered to brush your hair but you were so independent then and also I so wanted to kiss you goodnight but something told me not too I don't know come to think of it I never got to hug you as a little boy ' Jill said sighing as David nodded
' I was afraid mom that the others would have found out they seemed to know everything and they hated the fact that I was starting to show feelings I told you about that talk Mara and I had and she was pretty nasty ' David said as Jill nodded sighing
Before Jill could do or say anything else David suddenly pulled her into a hug and choked back a sob
' I'm so so sorry mom I wish I could have been the perfect son and returned the love you gave me but I was scared in case they'd find out but now their gone well I can move on ' David said
' You were the perfect son you were a good kind boy and I'm still proud of you ' Jill said rubbing David's back
The two hugged for a few moments before pulling apart and carrying on exploring the house seeing what they could salvage and what damage was done
David and Jill spent about half an hour exploring their old home Jill found 2 figurines that weren't broken also some old photos of her and Frank also her wedding photo album that was undamaged and 2 more old photos of her and David
'David rescued his blue teddy his blocks he spelt out his name with as a baby and a photo of him holding the teddy that was undaneged and when Jill and David were done they desided to explore some of the other houses and some of the houses had old faded photos of the children when they were very young and they found a photo of Mara as a baby with her mom and Jill know that poor Babra Chafee was having a lot of problems with little Mara and that's how she killed herself she had enough and Jill took that hard as she and Babra had been friends for years and Jill even found an old Christmas card that was from Babra and Alan and was to their dearest friends Jill and Frank
After looking around the houses Jill and David headed to the old school and looked around and as expected the school was trashed too
' God what have they not trashed here everywhere's destroyed and God knows what else they have been up to here ' ' Jill said finding a used condom in one of the old classrooms
' Yeah that tends to happen to abandond places they get trashed iv seen a lot of videos on you tube never thought I'd be exploring one myself and what saddens me the most I used to live here ' David said looking in a small room that looked like a caretakers room
' Oh old Carlton the caretaker this is his office " Jill said
' Yeah I remeber him too well he was always drunk and smelled bad and I think he hated kids in general as he'd even yell at the normal kids he'd make Freddy Kruger look like a angel ' David said with half a laugh
' Yeah I remeber him he died in a bad way too landed on a car or something ' Jill said as David nodded
' Yeah the others made him kill himself one day he was really drunk and smelled bad and he burst into our classroom and we weren't doing any harm just sitting reading quietly and then he started threatening us and said he'd shoot us and that and then he attacked Robert hitting him on the side of the head with his broom so the others took care of him you just seen the tail end of it ' David said
' Drunkerd or not well he didn't deserve that I knew he had a lot of demons in his life and but the drink but when sober he was a good man ' Jill said but David didn't reply as he had his own thoughts about the caretaker but desired to keep them to himself
Well that's that chappy done more to come