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Now without further adieu! The Chapter!
"Raven, Raven! Wake up!" The voice that drew Raven from sleep sounded frantic and far away. Slowly a dim light came into focus and she sat up. Melvin was sitting not far from her clutching an old worn teddy bear for dear life.
"What is it Melvin?" Raven asked looking around, Toni was outside leaning against the door a cross bow in her hands as she paced back and forth to keep herself awake. Kori was snoring lightly beside her, deep asleep.
"I…I…" She couldn't continue, she just clutched the bear tighter as tears collected in her eyes. Raven opened her arms and Melvin dove in, clutching Raven's waist as she cried. Raven rocked the teen back and forth like she was a small child, running her fingers through the girls hair soothingly.
"You should let up on your hold there, Bobby looks like he's going to fall apart soon" Raven said drawing the girls attention to the bear. Melvin released her hold a bit and the stitches seemed to sigh in relief "Do you want to talk about it, it might help you with these nightmares"
"It's too scary" Melvin whispered, Raven sighed wishing she knew what had happened before they'd found Melvin wondering the streets alone just after the outbreak, she had barely been 12 at the time.
"Is it about Teether and Timmy" Raven whispered, Melvin just nodded
"I want them back, I want Bobby back to" Melvin whispered looking helplessly at the Teddy in her hands. She had been clutching it when they'd found her. Apparently, in her distraught state she couldn't form the giant teddy bear to protect her anymore. Instead all she had was the warn stuffed bear it had become.
"One day Melvin, Bobby will come back one day," Raven soothed, they sat in silence for a long time before Melvin began talking.
"It was dark, a storm was coming, Timmy was throwing a tantrum again. And Daddy was mad because Teether had eaten another sports jersey, that one had been signed. It was right after the vaccination. We didn't get it, Daddy didn't have the money. I remember the storm starting and this horrible noise, like whispers and screeches, but they weren't loud. Daddy looked really scared and tried to get Timmy to stop screaming. He shoved me in the safe room that you made him build encase Brotherblood came back. He had Teether in his arms but Timmy wouldn't stop screaming. They broke through the walls and windows, I remember shards of glass just sticking out of them and they didn't bleed, I don't think they felt blood. Daddy was really scared and Teether got free, he tried to eat one. I don't know why he thought they were food but he did. Once he'd eaten the hand he started to turn." Melvin whispered her story, still crying "He went after Timmy, he didn't stand a chance. Daddy closed the door just as the others got him. I can still hear his screaming. I was so scared. For days that horrible noise was outside the safe room door. I kept crying for Bobby but he never came! Instead just this appeared. I knew then that Bobby was gone too. When the whispers stopped I came out and snuck out of the house. I knew I'd be safe if I found you"
"You're safe now Melvin" Raven said hugging her tightly as she rocked the teen back to sleep. Toni came in a few minutes later.
"Is she?"
"For now, I can't imagine" Raven started but couldn't finish, they'd all seen horrible things once the outbreak started but she didn't think Melvin had witnessed anything like that.
"I know, but we always knew that the outbreak had gotten them," Toni smiled sadly at her as she sat down. "It's almost dawn,"
"We'll leave soon, will you wake Kori and start loading the car, I'm going to let her sleep a little longer" Raven said untangling herself from Melvin as Toni work Kori up. The three adults loaded up and then Raven used her powers to levitate Melvin into the car. Toni drove so that Raven could stay with Melvin. Raven pulled out her journal and began her entry for the day.
August 8, 2012. On the road heading towards Jump City and the Titans Tower.
Melvin had another nightmare. She has them periodically but until tonight refused to tell us what they were about. I never could've imagined she watched the death of her brothers Teether and Timmy. It sickens me that she would have to see that after I fought so hard in her childhood to protect her from such things. We haven't encountered many walkers since our last stop. We are making good time but the lack of survivors on this highway disturbs me. We usually meet one or two groups who are traveling to or setting up safe havens in the abandoned towns. Our small pack is resilient, here's to surviving one more day, at this point, it's all we can do.
"Come on Titan, we've gotta go! Those crazy things have caught on to our tricks" Gar said as he gathered the little possessions he owned and scooped up the dog before running out of the house. The walkers were slowly making their way up the street towards their home. Once he felt they were far enough away he sat Titan down and sighed looking at the desolate high way before him.
"It's not so bad out here" He turned suddenly to see a young man leaning against an abandoned car. He was of average height with blonde hair and brownish green eyes. Titan growled at him in warning "Whoa there puppy, I don't mean any harm."
"How did you know what I was thinking?" Gar asked looking at him curiously, the man looked at him, startled for a moment before recovering.
"The look on your face, you're like an open book, I'm Ronaldo, but you can call me Ron" He said with a kind smile. Gar instantly relaxed as did Titan.
"I'm Gar and this is Titan" Gar said kneeling down to pet the pooch. "So you're all alone out here?"
"Yeah, been that way for a while, most of the city ran when the outbreak started, lot of good that did them" Ron said shaking his head
"Why stick around?"
"Nowhere else to go, well until now, there's rumor on the wirelesses that Titans tower in Jump City was converted into a safe haven, so I decided to come up from underground before I starved myself to death and make my way there. Better chances making it to a safe house then waiting for the walkers to come" Ron said with a goofy grin "Besides I started talking to myself, it was a sign that I spent too much time alone"
"I hear you on that, wanna head that way together? To sets of eyes have to be better than one, plus we have the faithful canine companion, that boosts our chances of survival" Gar laughed
"I like the way you think, sign me up," Ron said grabbing his bag. "So, according to all those action movies we are at a huge disadvantage"
"What's that?" Gar asked as they began walking down the street.
"Weapons, we don't have any" Ron admitted and Gar laughed
"Guess we'll have to find those soon, for now, this stick looks very solid" Gar said picking up a rotting tree branch from the side of the road.
"Yeah, let's see how long that lasts" Ron said shaking his head.
The original Character in this Chapter Ronaldo (Ron) is 18 years old (encase you were wondering). I hope you enjoyed the chapter, there may or may not be an update for a couple of days dueto the fact that I have to take the Praxis and PLT exams so that I can finally graduate college!
~Redshadow17