Chapter 11: Crunch Time
She sat in the diner waiting for the others to wake up, it was deserted outside but this just made her stomach flip unpleasantly with unease. She thought about her night with Michael, about how she had wanted him from the first night she met him and in spite of everything she smiled.
The others were awake soon enough, Charlie groaned and rubbed her stomach, jeep looked over at her a mingled look of love and concern on his face. Bob and Kyle returned from the roof with dark circles under their eyes and jeep, with one last glance at Charlie, left the diner to go up to the roof with Michael. Audrey was huddled in the corner watching her mother, Sandra looked as though she just had her heart torn out, she stared out of the window occasionally as fresh tears fell down her cheeks.
Percy immediately started to cook to distract himself from what was happening around him and to avoid looking at anyone.
Ava couldn't stand the silence and walked through to the back, Charlie was in the office still rubbing her stomach,
' You ok?' Ava asked her eyeing her friend worriedly
' Yeah…ah…he just doesn't wanna stop moving today'
' Maybe he's getting impatient?'
' Well lets hope he holds off until this is over' she tried to force a smile and Ava forced one back but she could tell Charlie was genuinely scared.
She stayed with Charlie until banging and shouting made them both look up, they could hear Sandra shouting,
' Is she saying Howard?' Ava said staring at Charlie
' That's what I thought' they both stood up and looked in the diner, Percy was gone and they knew Audrey, bob and Kyle had gone up to the roof. They looked at each other both with expressions of fear and worry and rushed out to the back, they made it just in time to see Howard tied upside down to a pole outside and Percy forcing Sandra back through the door ahead of him before…
' What the fuck was that?' bob shouted as they were joined by bob, Michael and Audrey, they all stared in horror as Percy pushed Sandra away from him and fell forwards. Charlie recoiled and gripped jeep tightly as whatever had exploded out of Howard began to eat away at Percy's skin. The smell of burning hair and meat filled the air and Ava rushed out of there straight into the ladies and vomited, she was quickly followed by Audrey.
She stayed with Audrey until she had calmed down and took her back out to the diner and gave her a glass of water, she ran her hand over her clammy forehead and caught Michaels eye as he walked through from the back room,
' No one leaves do you understand me!' he was furious and everyone in the room recoiled a bit at his tone,
' Do you not understand that he wants you all dead or am I just wasting my time, I didn't fall from grace for nothing' he slammed the door behind him and Ava heard his footsteps slam up the stairs to the roof. No one moved so Ava decided to follow him, he was sitting on the edge staring out into the open desert and he didn't look at her for a minute. She sat next to him and timidly touched his hand, he was quick though and just as her fingers touched his skin he flipped his hand over and gripped her hand tightly,
' Forgive me…I lost myself'
' Don't be sorry, I know you gave up everything to come here and protect them but they don't understand that, I barely understand how it must feel and I know the whole story' he nodded
' They'll come back…tonight…more of them'
' How do you know?'
' Because I know how Gabriel thinks…. He's getting desperate now, it's nearly time'
' Will he come?'
' Yes and god help us all if he does'
' Cant you stop him?'
' He will be much stronger than me, I'm not an angel anymore and he is' she didn't know what to say back to him so they remained in silence until he spoke again.
' Promise me if you get the chance that you'll get you and Charlie and the baby away from here'
' What about the others?'
' If this goes how I think it will I don't think they'll be many of them left to worry about…they're going to pick you off one by one'
' What about you, will they attack you?'
' No they'll save me… for him'
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