I sit on the couch drinking a glass of eggnog. I'm wearing a dark red sweater. I look out the window and see that its snowing.
"Davy what are you going to do?" I turn and see my dad sitting on a chair just to the side of me.
"What do you want from me dad? There's an army of them."
"Is that how I raised you? To cower away whenever a threat seems bigger than you? When have you ever done that?"
"I don't want to leave them but there's nothing I can do"
"When you come to heaven with me and your ma do you not think you're gonna regret not trying? You're dying Dave. And so what? We all die some day or another. Its what we do in that time we have left. Who we help, that matters"
"I don't want to wake up dad. It hurts to be awake"
"You have to wake up son"
"God no wait just give me a second-
"You have to wake up-
"Will I ever see you again?-
"Wake up"
I see the walls all go blurry and then everything goes black. I wake up in the dark. I'm being shaken around. I think I'm in a trunk. I hear the people driving talking.
"Do we need to be worried about him waking up in there?"
"The drugs he was given will keep him out for at least another 4 to 5 hours"
"So what do you think of the new women brought in?"
"Woman*. One of them is a girl. I like the woman. She has that feisty sort of thing I like in a girl. Definitely wouldn't mind fucking her"
"Don't the little one deserve some love too? Get her used to the idea of being a mother."
I grit my teeth out of rage as I tap my watch causing it to light up. I look around the trunk for anything that could be of use. There's some rope, a spare tire, and a tire iron. I grab the tire iron just as the car stops.
"Ok we're supposed to drop him off here"
I hear them walk around to the trunk. I hear a click before the trunk begins to open. I play dead.
"Ok up you come man" I feel a man grab me by my shoulders and sit me up. I open my eyes to see two people. I swing my tire iron into the side of the head of the man holding me with a shout. The man drops to the ground.30Please respect copyright.PENANAteDXwraKSq
"SHIT!" The other man screams as he tugs at his holster. I get out of the trunk and begin to run at him. Just as he pulls his pistol out and aims it at me I hit his wrist causing the gun to fly out of his hand before hitting him once more in the head.
7 minutes later
I have just finished restraining the 2 men with the rope I got from the trunk. One of them lays hogtied next to the car. While the other is a few feet away tied to a tree.
"Wake up" I slap the face of the hogtied man. He opens his eyes as he groans.
"Fuck you man"
I hold a map up to his face. "Where are we?"
"Fuck yo-
I stab him in the leg with a knife I took off of the other guy. He screams.
"WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE! Point with your tongue!" I lift him up by his hair and he points out a location with his tongue.
I memorise it and get up and walk to the other guy who is already waking up.
"Where are we?"
"Right there man" He points to the same spot. Good
"Where is the New Order held up?"
"Come on man I cant-
I slash him across the face with the knife. He whimpers in pain.
"The Saint Burkley high school right there!"
"Be right back" I walk back over to the hogtied man.
"Where is the New Order statio-
The man spits in my face and laughs
I press the tip of the knife against his eyelid and begin to push
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING STOP-
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"THE SAINT BURKLEY HIGH SCHOOL PLEASE JUST STOP!"
"That's all I needed" I grab the hogtied man by the foot and begin to drag him over to the other guy.
"Get the fuck off of me!"
I lay him down right in front of the man tied to the tree and raise my tire iron.
"Stop! Please don't hurt him!" The man tied to the tree shouts. I beat the hogtied man in the head over and over again making a wet crunching noise.
"STOP! NO!" The man tied to the tree begins to cry but I've already flattened the skull of the other guy.
"Tell me something valuable and I might let you live" I crouch beside him. "How well armed are they?"
He thinks for a moment. "OH! None of the men are allowed to walk around the school with guns! They're all kept in the gym storage room. They're only allowed to take them if they're going out!"
"You're bullshitting me"
"No I'm not Hank doesn't want any accidental discharges. If you get between them and the gym storage room they cant shoot back"
"Ok. That's good. Ill let you go now."
"Thank you man!"
"Just one problem" I remember it being his voice who talked about Holly.
"What?"
"I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I let a paedophile go" I jam the knife into his neck as he begins to gargle on his own blood. I get up and open the car door. Then I see it. The safe zone in the distance. Its right there. Giant walls. Military personal. And my family is there. Its right there. I check my watch. I have 4 hours. I clench my fist.
"I'm sorry"
I get in the car and drive to the high school
2 and a half hours later
I drive along the dark road. Going as fast as the car will allow.
"Where are you? Where are you?"
I see the high school appear over the horizon.
I get about 10 metres from the school and get out and run to the school. I jog around the side of the school and see one of those windows that are at the bottom of the wall. Looking inside of it I see its the gym. There's ropes coming from the ceiling and there's basketball hoops. I line up my tire iron with the window and hit it. The glass breaks and I do my best to clean the glass off of the frame. I climb through the window and drop down the 10 or so feet onto the floor. I see a light coming from a door and walk up to it. Opening it slowly I see a man with his back turned. On the shelves and ground are an absurd amount of guns. He seems to have heard me walk in because he speaks.
"Ill come to the cafeteria in a minute I just need to finish taking this stock"
I get behind him and grab him. I slit his throat with my knife and pull him to the ground. I lay on my back holding him as he gargles and struggles. I feel the warm blood pour onto my face. He stops moving and I roll him off of me. Standing up I take in the site of all the firearms. This is the real deal. Military grade shit. I grab 2 glock 19's and put them in my pockets. The I grab a leaver action shotgun. Holding it in my left hand. Finally I grab an M4 carbine and sling it over my shoulder. I grab a molotov cocktail and search the man for a lighter. Finding one I light the molotov and throw it at the rest of the guns as I walk out of the storage room and towards a door on the other side of the gym. I walk out of it and immediately hear people talking. Walking towards the source of the sound I see double doors. Looking through the glass I see dozens of men sitting in the cafeteria. I place my shotgun down and unsling my M4 carbine. They're unarmed. No need to hesitate. I burst through the doors and begin to full auto fire at the men. Most get up immediately and try to run while some are mowed down where they are sitting. I fire upon the men running. Most of them fall but some of them escape through another door that leads to the hall as my carbine runs out I throw it on the ground. Walking back through the doors I pick up my leaver action shotgun and rack it. I walk through the hall as I see men run into a room before slamming the door shut just before one last man can get in.
"OPEN THE DOOR!" He screams as he bangs on the door. I jog up to him and aim my shotgun at him just as he sees me. He tries running but I shoot him in the back. I walk up to the door.
"I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE FUCKERS!" I kick the door to no avail. I rack my shotgun again and shoot the handle off. Pushing against the door I finally get through. They pushed a couch up against the door. Racking my shotgun again I walk into the room and see another man. I shoot him dead. Another man tries to climb through a window. I shoot him causing him to flop over the frame of the window. I check my shells and see I have none left. I drop my shotgun and pull out my glocks. Another man gets behind a bookshelf to shield himself from me. I shoot through the shelves and he drops. One of my glocks are empty now. These weren't all fully loaded it would seem. I throw the empty one on the ground and walk towards the last man who tries to grab a broom to defend himself. I wrench it out of his hand and push him down.
"Please don't fucking kill me!" He cries
"Where are the girls!?!" I demand
"What?"
"The girls! One woman one child!" I put the gun to his head.
"The nurses office- POP I shoot him in the head. My last glock runs out of ammo and I drop it. I run back out into the hall. And see a door that says nurses office on it.
I open the door and see Ashley. She has a black eye and is wearing only panties. She's tied down to a hospital bed.
"Dave?" She asks
"Yeah I'm right here" I run up to her and begin to untie her. I untie one hand before feeling someone wrap their arm around my neck and pull me back. I'm spun around and pushed onto my stomach.
"That's it motherfucker" I hear the man say as he chokes me. I struggle before hearing the man scream and feel the weight of him get pulled off of me. I turn around to see that Ashley has pulled him off and stabbed him in the shoulder with a pair of scissors. Ashley stabs him again and again in the neck and chest before he slumps over dead. Ashley continues to stab him in a fit of rage.
"YOU FUCKER! YOU BITCH YOU-
"Ashley he's dead!"
She looks at me before running up to me and embracing me in a hug.
"I'm so glad you came I thought they might've killed you"
She lets go of me and seemingly remembers that she's not wearing a top and covers her chest up with her arms.
"Here" I say before unbuttoning my shirt and giving it to her. Still having a tank top on underneath.
"Thanks" She says as she turns away to put it on.
"Where's Holly?" I question.
"She's in the medial storage" She says as she opens a door.
I walk in and see Holly sitting in the corner. She looks up and sees me and her eyes widen.
"Dave!" She shouts before running into me and hugging me. Almost knocking me to the ground.
"Hey kiddo! Are you ok?"
"Yeah. They locked me in here"
"Did they do anything else?"
"They didn't" Ashley cuts in. "Don't worry"
I sigh out of relief. "Ok. I'm getting you 2 out of here. I have a car parked out front.
We walk through the halls of the school as I begin to feel dizzy. Walking around becomes harder. We exit the school and walk towards the car. I get about 7 feet from the car before falling to my knees in a coughing fit.
"Dave come on!" Ashley says before pulling me up by the shoulders.
"This is as far as I go" I say "This is my last stop"
"What are you talking about?"
I show her the timer on my watch. There's 20 minutes left "This is my last stop"
"No come on Dave put your arm around me I can carr-
"Get off of me! Listen! If you take me with you I'll turn before we even make it to the safe zone. I'm no use with you anymore. But I can still do something here. You saved my life Ashley. Don't waste that. Let me do this. Go"
"Dave what are you doing?" Holly questions. I get on her level
"Y'know how we spoke about me having to go at some point? This is that. But Ashley is gonna drive you to the safe place where you'll be extra protected! How does that sound-
Holly embraces me in a hug and I instinctively hug back. I close my eyes to stop tears from going down my face before pulling away. I give Holly a small wave as she climbs into the car. I see Ashley rummaging around the glove box.
"Here" She says as she hands me a steel mallet. "And I got this in the nurses office" She hands me an adrenaline shot.
"Thanks"
She gets in the car and drives away into the night. I close my eyes and exhale.
This is it
I walk up to the main entrance of the school. I push open the doors and walk inside.
There's no one here. I walk down the hall and to another set of double doors and push them open. About 20 men stand there waiting for me. Some hold bats. Some hold knives. A few are holding hockey sticks. And a man at the front is holding a pool cue. They stand there smiling. Now confident in their numbers. I grip the handle of my mallet tight. And pop the cap off of the adrenaline shot before jamming it into my side. I feel my breathing begin to speed up. I feel my heart beating fast. A bead of sweat rolls down my forehead. But most of all. For the first time in a while. I have all the energy I could ever want. I drop the used shot and begin to walk towards the men. The man with the pool cue screams as he swings it at me. I swing my arm against the pool cue and it breaks in half. I then bring my mallet down onto his head. He goes down. Another man hits me in the stomach with his hockey stick knocking the breath out of me. I swing my mallet at him but he dodges out of the way and gets behind me. There's no time to focus on him because another man charges me with his knife. I kick him in the chest and he falls back into the crowd of men. I feel the man behind me hit my shoulder with the hockey stick. I spin around and hit him across the face. He goes down. I feel a hand grab onto the back of my tanktop.
"C'mere fucker" The man says as I get pulled back into the crowd. Men surround me. One swings his bat at me and I dodge to the side before hitting his arm then his head. He goes down. Another man charges me with his knife and jams it into my side. I scream in pain before we grab each others shoulders and begin to struggle. I feel someone wrap their arm around my neck as they begin to choke me. I kick the man I am grappling with in the chest. He falls over. I then fling the back of my head into the nose of the man who is choking me. He releases me and I spin around and bring my mallet down onto his head. The mallet breaks in half and I am left with only the broken handle. I turn around just as the man I kicked begins to charge me again and thrust the handle into his neck. Piercing it. He falls over gargling. A man to my right charges into me and pins me against one of the lockers. He puts his hand against my face. Smushing it into the locker. I put my hand on his face and jam my thumb into his eye. He screams and clutches his face before I elbow him in the head and he goes down. The 10 or so men surrounding me are now keeping their distance circling me. They seem to be viewing me as more of a threat now. I grab the handle of the knife sticking out of my side and pull it out I feel the hot blood pouring out of me. Another man charges me slashing from above. I block the slash with my arm and jam my knife into his stomach over and over. Pushing him forward as I do. A man rugby tackles me from the left knocking me to the ground. I jam my knife into the side of his head before rolling him off of me. I see someone swinging their bat down at me so I roll out of the way. As I get to my feet someone grabs my tank top. Ripping it causing it to fall off and dangle from my pants. I turn around and right hook him in the jaw. He falls down and I raise my foot and stomp his head. I turn around and a man smacks me in the face with his bat causing me to spin around. I turn back to face him as I feel one of my back teeth has been knocked loose. I spit it out along with a stream of blood. The man swings at me again and I run into him holding him close to me. I open my mouth and sink my teeth into the mans neck before tearing out a chunk of flesh. And spitting it out. A man runs up to me and swings his hockey stick at me. I duck down before coming back up and kicking him in the balls. He drops to his knees and I grab his head and headbutt him in the bridge of his nose.
I turn to my left just as a man swings his bat at me. I block it with my arm before stomping down on his ankle. Bringing him to his knees. I feel someone slash my arm. I turn to face him just as he is about to stab me in the chest. I catch the knife by the blade. Cutting my hand badly. Before grabbing the mans arm and jamming his knife into his chest. I pull the knife out of his chest and grab the man who's ankle I stomped before slitting his throat. I turn to face who's left. Only 2 of them still stand. One with a bat. And one with a monkey wrench. The man charges me and swings his bat at me. I duck under the bat and kick the man with the monkey wrench over. I spin around and slash at the man with the bat. I slash across his neck and he grabs at his throat and gargles before falling over. I turn to face the man with the wrench who is now getting up. I hold my knife in a reverse grip and stab down at him with all my might. The knife pierces his skull and goes into his brain. He groans before falling down.
I stand there. Covered in blood and sweat. I begin to feel tired again as all my wounds begin to start hurting. I look ahead at a flight of stairs. I see Hank at the top. He stands there with a face of shock having witnessed what I just did.
"HANK!" I shout. Before running towards him. He quickly turns around and begins to run away. My chest begins to hurt from the running. I have to focus. I have to keep going
Hank runs into a door on the right. I run up to it and try to open it. Locked. I step back and kick the door with all the strength I have. The door flies open. Hank stands in what seems to be the principles office. There's a large heavy looking wooden desk. And a window that oversees the cafeteria. Hank stands in the corner pointing a pistol at me.
"Ok that's enough of that Dave" I begin stomping towards him. "Hey I said that was enough- Dave! I'll shoot!" I smack the gun out of his hand before pinning him to the wall by his neck.
"YOU FUCKING PSYCO!" I punch him "YOU TOOK MY ONE CHANCE TO SEE MY FAMILY AGAIN!" I punch him again "PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD!?!" I punch him again. "KIDNAP PEOPLE!?!" I punch at his face again but he blocks it before headbutting me causing me to stumble back.
"FUCK YOU!" He shouts "IM TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE SURVIVE! THIS IS FOR THE GREATER GOOD!" He tackles me into the window. It breaks and we both go through it. I land on one of the tables of the cafeteria. Hank rolls off of me and begins to run away again.
"GET BACK HERE HANK!" I get up and start to chase him again. He runs back through the hall where the 20 or so men lie slain. As I run past them I grab a knife out of one of their guts and continue the chase. Hank runs to a set of double doors that lead to stairs. He runs up them with me following him about 1 flight bellow him. He reaches the top and runs through another door. I reach the top and run through the same door. It leads to the rooftop. Hank stands at the edge of the roof.
"What's wrong with you Dave? Is it because you're sick? Is that what's caused these violent outbursts?"
I stand there holding onto the handle of my knife. Breathing heavily.
"I mean what I was trying to do was help people! I brought people together! So that mankind could live on! God chose me! He chose me to be the beacon that brought humanity together so we could prevail."
"You didn't help anyone" I cough "You didn't help shit. Because you're just a pathetic. WEAK. Stupid little boy who just wants to control people-
"THATS NOT TRUE!"
"It is true. And I'm gonna put a stop to this."
"Oh what you're gonna kill me?" He asks in a condescending tone. Before pulling out a knife of his own. "You'll die trying you weak old cunt"
I walk up to Hank and slash my knife at his chest. He jumps back before plunging his knife down at me. I block his wrist and lunge my knife towards his gut. He catches my wrist with his hand. We both pull back. His knife slashes my arm. And my knife slashes his wrist. He charges me and tries to slash his knife across my chest. But knock his wrist away with mine. I launch a flurry of stabs and slashes as Hank begins to dodge them all.
"WEAK, SLOW OLD MAN!" He shouts as he ducks under my arm. He stabs at my chest and I put my hand out to block it. The knife goes through my hand. I scream in pain before slashing him in the cheek. He punches me. Knocking me to the ground. My knife sliding a few feet away from me. Hank gets on top of me and plunges his knife down at my chest. I catch it with my hands.
"You're too weak Dave. All your strength. Withered away. You sad sick old man. The knife begins to get closer. I cant hold it back. I see my knife just a few feet away. I don't think I can reach it. But I have an idea. I stop pushing the knife back and pull it down and to the left. It goes into my shoulder and I wince in pain. With Hank off balance I wriggle my body and extend my arm to my knife. Reaching as far as I can. My fingers touch the handle and pull it close. I grab the knife and jam it into Hanks stomach. And slash it across his side. He screams and falls off of me. I shuffle away as he does the same. My back hits a wall and he hits the ledge of the roof.
He groans. "I'm not fucking dead" He tries to stand up before falling back down. "I'm not fucking done Cough" Blood dribbles from his mouth. "I? I'm not-" His legs begin to slow down in their wriggling attempt to get back up. Hank looks down at his wound and seems to realise how bad it is. "Wha?- I can't- Dave I cant" He falls to his side and stops moving. I look at my watch. there's 23 seconds left on the timer. The corners of my vision begin to go blurry. And my hearing muffles. Ill get up. I can keep going. I... I just need to rest for a little bit. I'm so tired. I see snow start to fall from the sky. It makes me remember the gloves I got for Holly. I smile before exhaling. My vision fades.
The road out North
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