Friday, March 21, 2008
Chapter 10 News Flash Politics
Chapter 10 News Flash Politics
When I walked into the cafeteria I was starving, my stomach lurched as I saw a tray of hot macaroni and cheese that was already half devoured. "Oh my God how did you? Who?" I asked walking over to the table everyone was seated around. Mallory and I sat next to one another, she was on my left and Kevin on my right. Kevin nodded his head over to the kitchen area and Bomani walked out.
"There are like nine already made you just gotta heat them up." Bomani smiled. Mallory and I pulled a Styrofoam tray next to us and piled as much as we could on them with the ladel. I opened the plastic package that held my spork and I started to eat. Bomani then passed Mallory and I cans of coke. "from the vending machines." he said. "We raided them earlier to take stock on what we had."
I smiled at him and looked over at Kevin, "Are you good?" he smirked and nodded.
"I'll be fine." he said and ate a mouthful of macaroni.
"Where's Lacheya?" I asked looking around the table and not seeing her, or Alessandro but since our altercation last night I thought it best not to bring him up.
"Probably still trying to figure out how to get the generator started. The power went out right after I cooked the mac and cheese." Bomani answered sitting next to Parker.
"They're calling it an outbreak of insanity. Last time I checked the news." Parker said.
"So I guess Warren had it right last night." Mallory said.
Kevin scoffed, "If you ask me that just means the reporters know just as much about whats going on as Warren." Mallory rolled her eyes, and took a sip from her soda can.
"They um, also started to mutate themselves." Parker added.
"Mutilate." Kevin corrected her.
"Right, isn't that what I said?" Parker asked and Mallory and I just stared at them.
"What do you mean mutilate themselves, are they like killing each other now cause that would be good?" Mal asked, glancing at Kevin.
"No, they're still a well oiled machine and mutilate like ripping their own faces apart, peeling them off."
"Yuck."Iyari blurted out startling most everyone at the table, "No faces." she said and Isabella glared at Kevin.
"Don't worry pretty I'll keep you safe." Kevin said, smiling at her and I was shocked again at how sweet Kevin was being to her. Usually, he treated kids under thirteen as non existent or badly.
"I know, you and my mommy and my daddy." she smiled, and shoved a sporkful of mac and cheese in her mouth.
"What else?" I asked.
"Well its not just us I mean its world wide. Its everywhere, the news was like in a panic. I saw this footage that was like in Romania or something and it was like oh my God. There were all these people trying to get evacuated to a safe area that the military designated when the psychotics just came out of no where ripping people apart. It was trey creepy." Parker stopped and looked at Kevin grabbing hold of his hand, "I am so like super happy to be in here where its safe."
"Real safe, last night a bunch of those freaks got in." Mallory said looking at Isabella when she said this. Who then stood up, and left the table, and her daughter.
"I'll go talk to her." Bomani said excusing himself and jogging after Isabella.
"Parker could you go get some sodas with Iyari?" Mallory asked, raising her eyebrows. Parker nodded and stood up taking Iyari with her.
"We need to get rid of her." Mallory said looking over at Iyari, "She's a liability."
"Fuck you bitch! She's like six I'm not letting anything happen to her!" Kevin shouted out, standing up.
"What? I'm talking about her mother, Isabella. Did you think I was talking about Iyari?" she asked, Kevin got quiet and sat down. Mallory shook her head and continued in a whisper, "Here's what I'm thinking we're gonna need supplies batteries, weapons, food, gas, things like that and when we do we leave her where ever the hell we are and that's that. What do you think? I mean think about it Alessandro is an asset, he's strong but in a fight he's always trying to save Isabella who yet again gets herself in trouble."
"Mallory, look I get she's a bitch and you don't like her but she's a person we can't just leave her some where and just let those things get her." Kevin muttered looking over his shoulder.
"Look the only people I care about is us, and when I say us I mean Parker, you, this slut over here," she nudged to me, "Warren and Scotty. That's it, end of story." Mallory moved her seat back stood up and walked from the table. "I'm gonna do it, are you two in or not?" I looked at my brother and then back at Mal. Kevin was unsure, hell I was unsure. I didn't want to do this. However, Mallory had a point. Isabella walked in with Bomani then.
"We'll talk later." Mallory said and pushed past Isabella, that's when the lights came back on.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Chapter 9 The Morning After Pill
Chapter 9 The Morning After Pill
"Morning." the whisper woke me, but not one of those startled wakes from slumber, the kind you wish you woke up like each time you fall to sleep. It was a peaceful declaration. I smiled smirked and opened my eyes, and he was the first thing I saw. I yawned and he scoffed. He put his arm on my shoulder leaned in and kissed me on the neck. That was the first time he kissed me. When he pulled away I looked him in the eye, and smiled. He stood up.
"Where are you going?" I asked standing with him.
"I have to talk to Warren, last night with you was unbelievable. Sleep with me again tonght?" he asked reaching for my hand, I let him take it and nodded.
"Good, you should go find Kevin. See how he's doing." Scott jumped off the stage and walked out of the classroom, as I started to walk off the stage Mallory walked in.
"So what happen?" she asked practically jumping up and down.
"Nothing." I said and sat on the teacher's desk.
"Really?" she asked and sat next to me.
"Really, we just laid there. He held me, and we talked for like a second. He did say that I was important to him though." I said smiling.
"Yay you." Mallory said hugging me, thats when it hit me.
"Oh my God! Mallory you had sex last night!" I nearly screamed.
"Keep your voice down. One, Warren and Scotty are right outside the room, two, yes, and three, what is did I get like a stamp on my forehead that says finally gave it up. Jesus." She flipped her hair.
"Did you guys use a condom?" I asked.
"Um brainiac its not like condoms are in supply on demand. Besides its not like he has anything and it was my first time so... whatever." she said, nervously.
"Uh disease, isn't the only reason you wear a condom. What if you get pregnant?" I asked as the smile on my face faded, and then felt a harsh slap on the back of my head.
"Don't scare me. God. I'm freaked out enough losing my virginity and then you have to be all safety first on me. Can't we just talk about it?" she asked, "I mean I want to talk to about it like yesterday didn't happen, like we haven't barricaded ourselves in the school. Okay?" she looked sad, and though I was still terrified about what today had in store I knew moments like this were going to be rare, so I smiled again and nodded my head. "Okay so it was scary but he was really like gentle you know. Sweet." she looked lost in a memory for a minute and then snapped out of it. "It just sort of happened you know, one minute we were talking about his mom and the next he was inside me." she smiled and I realized then that if someone had walked in we'd look very foolish with our stupid 'Lucky Us' grins on. "So are you and Scott gonna do it?" she asked abruptly.
"What? Sweets he just last night admitted that I was important to him and that isn't exactly a declaration of love." I replied hopping off the desk and walking towards the classroom door.
"Okay, my bad." she said and followed me out of the classroom. Warren was standing there and Mallory winked at him. He looked up and forced a smile.
"What's wrong?" she asked placing her arm around his shoulder.
"I told Scotty about mom this morning." he said.
"What about her?" I asked.
"Bomani and I burried her under the tree in the front of the school." Warren answered.
"And you didn't tell him. Didn't wake him up?" I asked, raising my voice.
"I was going to but when I walked in the room I saw him... with you. It threw me off." he said looking at the floor and then turned away leaving me and Mallory standing there.
"Shit." I muttered.
"Look don't freak out about this. Lets go to the caf everyone's there." Mallory nudged my shoulder, and we walked together.
"Morning." the whisper woke me, but not one of those startled wakes from slumber, the kind you wish you woke up like each time you fall to sleep. It was a peaceful declaration. I smiled smirked and opened my eyes, and he was the first thing I saw. I yawned and he scoffed. He put his arm on my shoulder leaned in and kissed me on the neck. That was the first time he kissed me. When he pulled away I looked him in the eye, and smiled. He stood up.
"Where are you going?" I asked standing with him.
"I have to talk to Warren, last night with you was unbelievable. Sleep with me again tonght?" he asked reaching for my hand, I let him take it and nodded.
"Good, you should go find Kevin. See how he's doing." Scott jumped off the stage and walked out of the classroom, as I started to walk off the stage Mallory walked in.
"So what happen?" she asked practically jumping up and down.
"Nothing." I said and sat on the teacher's desk.
"Really?" she asked and sat next to me.
"Really, we just laid there. He held me, and we talked for like a second. He did say that I was important to him though." I said smiling.
"Yay you." Mallory said hugging me, thats when it hit me.
"Oh my God! Mallory you had sex last night!" I nearly screamed.
"Keep your voice down. One, Warren and Scotty are right outside the room, two, yes, and three, what is did I get like a stamp on my forehead that says finally gave it up. Jesus." She flipped her hair.
"Did you guys use a condom?" I asked.
"Um brainiac its not like condoms are in supply on demand. Besides its not like he has anything and it was my first time so... whatever." she said, nervously.
"Uh disease, isn't the only reason you wear a condom. What if you get pregnant?" I asked as the smile on my face faded, and then felt a harsh slap on the back of my head.
"Don't scare me. God. I'm freaked out enough losing my virginity and then you have to be all safety first on me. Can't we just talk about it?" she asked, "I mean I want to talk to about it like yesterday didn't happen, like we haven't barricaded ourselves in the school. Okay?" she looked sad, and though I was still terrified about what today had in store I knew moments like this were going to be rare, so I smiled again and nodded my head. "Okay so it was scary but he was really like gentle you know. Sweet." she looked lost in a memory for a minute and then snapped out of it. "It just sort of happened you know, one minute we were talking about his mom and the next he was inside me." she smiled and I realized then that if someone had walked in we'd look very foolish with our stupid 'Lucky Us' grins on. "So are you and Scott gonna do it?" she asked abruptly.
"What? Sweets he just last night admitted that I was important to him and that isn't exactly a declaration of love." I replied hopping off the desk and walking towards the classroom door.
"Okay, my bad." she said and followed me out of the classroom. Warren was standing there and Mallory winked at him. He looked up and forced a smile.
"What's wrong?" she asked placing her arm around his shoulder.
"I told Scotty about mom this morning." he said.
"What about her?" I asked.
"Bomani and I burried her under the tree in the front of the school." Warren answered.
"And you didn't tell him. Didn't wake him up?" I asked, raising my voice.
"I was going to but when I walked in the room I saw him... with you. It threw me off." he said looking at the floor and then turned away leaving me and Mallory standing there.
"Shit." I muttered.
"Look don't freak out about this. Lets go to the caf everyone's there." Mallory nudged my shoulder, and we walked together.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Chapter 8 Sleep
Chapter 8 Sleep
"Aaron." Warren called out to me as I opened the door to the stairwell for Kevin and Parker. Everyone seemed to want a room on the second floor of the school.
"Yeah." I said and walked over to him.
"Scotty's in room 202." I nodded, filled with dread and walked to the stairwell, up the stairs and there it was room 202. I walked to the room slowly my heart racing with every step. I opened the door to the drama room cautiously and walked in. He was laying on the stage. I walked onto the small stage and lay next to him.
"Hey." I said, it sounded stupid the second it came from my mouth but I didn't know what else to say.
"You know, before today I was a complete fuck you." he said mumbled, "I was worried about things that I could careless about now. My mom's dead, I almost died five times today. I know whats important now... my brother, Mallory, Parker, Kevin, you." he looked at me, his eyes were so blue just then, so sad, so endless, so damaged. "Will you stay with me tonight?" he asked and placed his hand softly on my thigh. I nodded and moved closer to him. He put his arm over me and I could feel his lips on my ears, "There's this song by The Dandy Warhols called Sleep, have you ever heard it?" he asked.
"No." I whispered.
"There's this line that goes if 'I could sleep forever I could forget about everything' I wish I could do that now." the melancholy in his voice drifted into me, and I could feel his broken heart beat on my back.
"Then lets do it, sleep forever. Just you and me, lay here until the world dies."I replied, he pulled me closer to him and his breath was intoxicating.
"I just want a nights sleep." he said, "with you." I felt my body tense, and after a while we did just that, sleep. "You can make it all okay."
"Aaron." Warren called out to me as I opened the door to the stairwell for Kevin and Parker. Everyone seemed to want a room on the second floor of the school.
"Yeah." I said and walked over to him.
"Scotty's in room 202." I nodded, filled with dread and walked to the stairwell, up the stairs and there it was room 202. I walked to the room slowly my heart racing with every step. I opened the door to the drama room cautiously and walked in. He was laying on the stage. I walked onto the small stage and lay next to him.
"Hey." I said, it sounded stupid the second it came from my mouth but I didn't know what else to say.
"You know, before today I was a complete fuck you." he said mumbled, "I was worried about things that I could careless about now. My mom's dead, I almost died five times today. I know whats important now... my brother, Mallory, Parker, Kevin, you." he looked at me, his eyes were so blue just then, so sad, so endless, so damaged. "Will you stay with me tonight?" he asked and placed his hand softly on my thigh. I nodded and moved closer to him. He put his arm over me and I could feel his lips on my ears, "There's this song by The Dandy Warhols called Sleep, have you ever heard it?" he asked.
"No." I whispered.
"There's this line that goes if 'I could sleep forever I could forget about everything' I wish I could do that now." the melancholy in his voice drifted into me, and I could feel his broken heart beat on my back.
"Then lets do it, sleep forever. Just you and me, lay here until the world dies."I replied, he pulled me closer to him and his breath was intoxicating.
"I just want a nights sleep." he said, "with you." I felt my body tense, and after a while we did just that, sleep. "You can make it all okay."
Chapter 7 BreakDown
Chapter 7 BreakDown
"George, are you okay?" Lacheya asked kneeling down next to the old man, blood was spewing from his mouth and he was gasping for breath. Until he wheezed one last time and fell to the floor lifeless. Lacheya dug into his pockets and pulled the keys for the school out, sliding them into her own pair of jeans. She kissed her hand and placed it on his forehead. Standing up she looked around, "Where's Bomani?" she asked.
"Over here." He said coming out from behind the cafeteria kitchen area, which had kept him hidden.
"You okay?" Lacheya asked. He nodded and I walked over to Scotty. He still holding his mother down to the floor.
Warren held Mallory tightly, "Where is Iyari?" I heard Isabella shriek.
"She's with Parker and Kevin." I said, placing my hand on Scott's shoulder. He started to cry. I pulled his hands from her body, and he clung to me. "I'm sorry." I whispered as he began to sob his face was buried into my gut. I slid my hands through my hair, and I could feel his sadness leaking into me. He screamed, one of those screams you never think you'll hear in real life. A scream that just can't come from an actual human, but it came from him. I started to cry. I sank to my knees embracing him. He grabbed my face roughly and shouted, as if he was trying to tell me his pain. I squeezed him, on some level I was trying to squeeze the pain away. Rid him of it, even try and let it seep from him and into me. I saw Mallory was holding Warren, but my eyes went back to Scotty.
"Fuck!" he cried out. He pushed himself from me then. He banged the floor with his hand weakly. "Fuck!" He screamed again. He was still on his knees and then Mallory was by my side and I stood up as Warren knelt beside his brother. Mallory hugged me, while Warren held onto his brother.
"Give us a minute." Warren muttered. I nodded as Mallory and I turned to leave the cafeteria. We reached the doors opened them slowly and thier was Lacheya and Bomani who had already taken there leave.
"How's it goin' in there?" she asked.
"Not good." I whispered brushing my tears away. "Where are the Badias" I asked.
"I think with their daughter." Bomani answered, "How did those people get in?" he asked.
"They aren't people any more they're something else." Mallory said, and started toward the nurses office.
"What?" Bomani asked as I followed Mallory. When I got to the Nurse's station Iyari was filling her parents in on what had happened.
"Then I slammed the door shut and locked it so he couldn't get us." Isabella held her daughter, and Alessandro was thanking Parker for keeping her safe.
"How did they get in?" Mallory asked, looking directly at Isabella.
"I don't know." she answered.
"Really." Mallory asked, Isabella put Iyari down on the floor and she walked over to her dad.
"What are you saying to me?" Isabella asked walking up to Mallory getting in her face.
"I'm not saying anything, I am asking however if you maybe freaked out and tried to go outside after seeing what was happening in to Mrs. Depkin." Mallory put her hands on her hips not backing down from Isabella's stare.
"That is crazy talk and I am not answering-" Isabella started and Mallory lunged forward pressing her forearm onto Isabella's neck pinning her to the wall behind her. Alessandro moved forward and I threw my elbow out smashing it against his cheek. He crashed to the floor. Iyari yelped and Parker took the little girl out of the room.
"What are you doing?" Bomani asked.
"Did you try and leave the school? Did you let them in?" Mallory yelled.
"Yes! I let them in, I was suffocating. I needed to breathe. I am sorry." Mallory moved back letting Isabella go. I offered to help Alessandro up but he refused. I stared at him a moment, raised my eyebrow slightly and turned to stand next to Kevin who had propped himself up on the counter but was still laying there. Alessandro went to his wife's side.
"George died because of you." Bomani said, his eyes were filled with anger.
"I'd keep quiet I was you." Lacheya spat.
"Excuse me, What's that supposed to mean?" he questioned.
"It means you could have helped George but instead you were busy... what cowering in the kitchen. There is plenty of blame for you too ass hole." Lacheya cast him an angry look. As he looked down to the floor. "We can't afford to have people like you with us. You can get us killed."
"Like your Parker friend." Alessandro interjected.
"You mean the girl that just saved your daughter. Yeah lets throw her in the same category as Bomani." I hissed.
"Not to sound offensively but this is the first she has interacted in a struggle." Isabella added.
"Said the woman I had to save twice tonight and almost got her own daughter killed." I fired back.
"You son of a bitch." Isabella snapped.
I sneered at her, "Wow, damsel in distress and emotionally unstable." she moved forward trying to swing at me but Alessandro was holding her back. "I'm so scared." I taunted.
"Stop." I turned to the door way and Warren stood there.
"Where's Scott?" I asked.
"He'll be here in a minute." Parker and Iyari were standing behind him. "Look," he said and took a deep breath, "People are gonna die here, painfully, by accident. Things are gonna happen that we can't control, but we can control how we treat each other. I don't wanna hear this crap about damsels in distress or how some people are a liability, because at the end of the day were people. More importantly were sane people, and I am starting to think that that's what's separates us from them. The people outside these walls., they're psychotic and that's what I am calling them the psychotics. So from this point on we all pull our own weight. We watch out for one another. Tonight was hard, but its almost over and it may take us a while to get our barrings here but we will. We all have different strengths and we're gonna use them, cause if we don't stand together, you are gonna be damned sure we'll fall one by one like flies." I saw Scotty appear behind his brother and I wanted to push past him and wrap my arms around him, but he walked over to Warren whispered something in his ear and walked away. "So did any one grab the keys off George?" Lacheya pulled the keys from her pocket.
"Do me a favor go with Alessandro and check to see if you can find out where they came from." Warren said.
"Isabella let them in from a door." Mallory said.
"Fine." Warren said quickly, "Were you with her Alessandro?" he nodded his head, "Good show Lacheya the door and she can double check to make sure its locked." Lacheya walked out of the room with Alessandro following her. "Kevin can you walk?"
"Yeah." Kevin went and swung his feet off the counter and slid off the table slowly, Parker pushed past Warren and he put his arm around her for support.
"Everyone pick a classroom and bunk in twos. Okay?" Warren demanded. We all nodded.
"George, are you okay?" Lacheya asked kneeling down next to the old man, blood was spewing from his mouth and he was gasping for breath. Until he wheezed one last time and fell to the floor lifeless. Lacheya dug into his pockets and pulled the keys for the school out, sliding them into her own pair of jeans. She kissed her hand and placed it on his forehead. Standing up she looked around, "Where's Bomani?" she asked.
"Over here." He said coming out from behind the cafeteria kitchen area, which had kept him hidden.
"You okay?" Lacheya asked. He nodded and I walked over to Scotty. He still holding his mother down to the floor.
Warren held Mallory tightly, "Where is Iyari?" I heard Isabella shriek.
"She's with Parker and Kevin." I said, placing my hand on Scott's shoulder. He started to cry. I pulled his hands from her body, and he clung to me. "I'm sorry." I whispered as he began to sob his face was buried into my gut. I slid my hands through my hair, and I could feel his sadness leaking into me. He screamed, one of those screams you never think you'll hear in real life. A scream that just can't come from an actual human, but it came from him. I started to cry. I sank to my knees embracing him. He grabbed my face roughly and shouted, as if he was trying to tell me his pain. I squeezed him, on some level I was trying to squeeze the pain away. Rid him of it, even try and let it seep from him and into me. I saw Mallory was holding Warren, but my eyes went back to Scotty.
"Fuck!" he cried out. He pushed himself from me then. He banged the floor with his hand weakly. "Fuck!" He screamed again. He was still on his knees and then Mallory was by my side and I stood up as Warren knelt beside his brother. Mallory hugged me, while Warren held onto his brother.
"Give us a minute." Warren muttered. I nodded as Mallory and I turned to leave the cafeteria. We reached the doors opened them slowly and thier was Lacheya and Bomani who had already taken there leave.
"How's it goin' in there?" she asked.
"Not good." I whispered brushing my tears away. "Where are the Badias" I asked.
"I think with their daughter." Bomani answered, "How did those people get in?" he asked.
"They aren't people any more they're something else." Mallory said, and started toward the nurses office.
"What?" Bomani asked as I followed Mallory. When I got to the Nurse's station Iyari was filling her parents in on what had happened.
"Then I slammed the door shut and locked it so he couldn't get us." Isabella held her daughter, and Alessandro was thanking Parker for keeping her safe.
"How did they get in?" Mallory asked, looking directly at Isabella.
"I don't know." she answered.
"Really." Mallory asked, Isabella put Iyari down on the floor and she walked over to her dad.
"What are you saying to me?" Isabella asked walking up to Mallory getting in her face.
"I'm not saying anything, I am asking however if you maybe freaked out and tried to go outside after seeing what was happening in to Mrs. Depkin." Mallory put her hands on her hips not backing down from Isabella's stare.
"That is crazy talk and I am not answering-" Isabella started and Mallory lunged forward pressing her forearm onto Isabella's neck pinning her to the wall behind her. Alessandro moved forward and I threw my elbow out smashing it against his cheek. He crashed to the floor. Iyari yelped and Parker took the little girl out of the room.
"What are you doing?" Bomani asked.
"Did you try and leave the school? Did you let them in?" Mallory yelled.
"Yes! I let them in, I was suffocating. I needed to breathe. I am sorry." Mallory moved back letting Isabella go. I offered to help Alessandro up but he refused. I stared at him a moment, raised my eyebrow slightly and turned to stand next to Kevin who had propped himself up on the counter but was still laying there. Alessandro went to his wife's side.
"George died because of you." Bomani said, his eyes were filled with anger.
"I'd keep quiet I was you." Lacheya spat.
"Excuse me, What's that supposed to mean?" he questioned.
"It means you could have helped George but instead you were busy... what cowering in the kitchen. There is plenty of blame for you too ass hole." Lacheya cast him an angry look. As he looked down to the floor. "We can't afford to have people like you with us. You can get us killed."
"Like your Parker friend." Alessandro interjected.
"You mean the girl that just saved your daughter. Yeah lets throw her in the same category as Bomani." I hissed.
"Not to sound offensively but this is the first she has interacted in a struggle." Isabella added.
"Said the woman I had to save twice tonight and almost got her own daughter killed." I fired back.
"You son of a bitch." Isabella snapped.
I sneered at her, "Wow, damsel in distress and emotionally unstable." she moved forward trying to swing at me but Alessandro was holding her back. "I'm so scared." I taunted.
"Stop." I turned to the door way and Warren stood there.
"Where's Scott?" I asked.
"He'll be here in a minute." Parker and Iyari were standing behind him. "Look," he said and took a deep breath, "People are gonna die here, painfully, by accident. Things are gonna happen that we can't control, but we can control how we treat each other. I don't wanna hear this crap about damsels in distress or how some people are a liability, because at the end of the day were people. More importantly were sane people, and I am starting to think that that's what's separates us from them. The people outside these walls., they're psychotic and that's what I am calling them the psychotics. So from this point on we all pull our own weight. We watch out for one another. Tonight was hard, but its almost over and it may take us a while to get our barrings here but we will. We all have different strengths and we're gonna use them, cause if we don't stand together, you are gonna be damned sure we'll fall one by one like flies." I saw Scotty appear behind his brother and I wanted to push past him and wrap my arms around him, but he walked over to Warren whispered something in his ear and walked away. "So did any one grab the keys off George?" Lacheya pulled the keys from her pocket.
"Do me a favor go with Alessandro and check to see if you can find out where they came from." Warren said.
"Isabella let them in from a door." Mallory said.
"Fine." Warren said quickly, "Were you with her Alessandro?" he nodded his head, "Good show Lacheya the door and she can double check to make sure its locked." Lacheya walked out of the room with Alessandro following her. "Kevin can you walk?"
"Yeah." Kevin went and swung his feet off the counter and slid off the table slowly, Parker pushed past Warren and he put his arm around her for support.
"Everyone pick a classroom and bunk in twos. Okay?" Warren demanded. We all nodded.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Chapter 6 Too Many Doctors Not Enouh Nurses
Chapter 6 Too Many Doctors Not Enough Nurses
"You have got to be kidding me." Parker said, and turned around to the door when Bomani popped in. Parker jumped letting out a small scream, and then slapping pushing him lightly, "Christ you scared the shit out of me." She brushed her hands through her hair and looked over at me, as if to say can you believe this freak.
"We need help." Bomani stammered, gasping for air.
I looked over at Kevin, "I'll be fine just go." he said waving me away. I nodded.
"Yeah, we'll be fine." Iyari added.
"Aaron go, I'll watch them." I followed Bomani to the H.O.S.A. room, where he started grabbing text books and gauze into a cart he had grabbed from the library.
"What are we looking for?" I asked.
"Anything we can use to seal up her wound and stop the bleeding." he said throwing in a stack of generic brown paper towels. I went under the sink and piled a few packs of them into the cart. Bomani started to roll it out of the room and into the hall, I raced ahead of him and got to the cafeteria first swinging open the doors and keeping them open for him and the cart. We walked over to Mrs. Depkin, a pole sticking through her stomach.
"Holy shit." I gasped, "Mrs. Depkin, oh my god are you okay?" I stuttered.
"She can't talk Aaron, and I need you to be quiet." Mallory said placing her hands on the pipe.
"What are you doing?" I asked, walking toward her.
"I'm pulling the pole out of her." she said, "Warren, Scotty I need you guys to hold her down." Warren walked over to his mother's feet and held ankle with each hand, while Scotty was at her shoulders.
"Dios Mio," Isabella said, as her husband held her in his arms, "There has to being another way." she whispered. I was shaking.
"There isn't, okay." Mallory snapped, "Look if there was I wouldn't be doing this but there isn't. We leave the pipe in her she dies. We take it out stop the bleeding some how seal the wound, she stands a chance." Mallory took a deep breath, looked over at Bomani. "Did you get the books?" he nodded riffling through the cart for the book he had tossed in there earlier, "look up any thing that can help us. Get the towels ready, Lacheya when I pull the pipe out I need you to put pressure on the wound." Lacheya nodded and knelt down across from Mallory. "One," my heart was beating fast, "Two," Mallory's grip tightened.
"I won't have no part in this." Isabella broke away from Alessandro and left the cafeteria with her husband following her.
Mallory shook her head, "Three!" she pulled the pole straight up and out. Mrs. Depkin tried to sit up and kick all at once screaming in pain, Lacheya grabbed the paper towels and started to apply pressure. Blood oozed out of her, and I could hear Isabella screaming in the hall. George was now trying to apply pressure along with Mallory and Lacheya. "No! Just apply the pressure over her wound! Over it!" Mallory was screaming as George had his hands on her stomach.
"It's a hole straight through her how do we stop the bleeding?" Lacheya asked. Everyone looked over at Bomani as Isabella continued to scream from the hall. He was panicking flipping through the pages quickly barely glancing them over. George started to stuff the paper towels into her.
"What are you doing? Just apply pressure!" Mallory shouted trying to pull the paper towels from her body. Mrs. Depkin's screams intensified, and she was thrashing even more now.
"Mom! Mom! We need you to stay still!" Scotty was screaming over her and the others. Blood started to sputter from her mouth, as Isabella screamed louder from the hall.
"Aaron go out there and shut her up!" Mallory ordered. I ran over to the hall as Isabella was being held down by two strangers that had gotten in from outside and Alessandro was dealing with three of his own. I ran over to Alessandro and pulled one of them off of him, and onto Isabella knocking her two away from her. Isabella ran over to her husband's aid and grabbed the hair of a woman attacking him and dragged her away from him. Alessandro kicked the final one off him. Who took off toward the entrance of the school where Iyari, Parker, and Kevin were. I grabbed a fire extinguisher off the wall and threw it to Alessandro. He pulled the pin and sprayed it's contents creating a small fog. I heard him throw it to the ground as I sped to follow the other one. He was already at the nurse's station and battling to open the door with Iyari and Parker. I flew through the air and tackled him to the floor. Parker scurried out of the room and closed the door. Their attacker was on top of me and his hands squeezing me head, I felt as if it might pop like a grape any second, I heard a crash, and then he was off me. I stood up, watching Parker bludget him in the head with a trophy from the trophy case she had busted open. Her hand covered in blood she stopped, and looked over at me.
"Are you okay?" I nodded.
"Get back inside, there are more." I said and took a trophy of my own, as I sprinted toward the caf. I could see that they had gotten into the cafeteria and I picked up speed. When I got there Isabella and Alessandro were double teaming one of the crazed people and Lacheya was pinned on the salad bar, George had picked up the pipe that had gone through Mrs. Depkin and was keeping one at bay though he was being cornered. One of them was on top of Mallory and Warren was trying to get him off of her, while Scotty was holding his mother down as she continued to convulse. I heard Lacheya yell out in pain and I ran to her aid. Her legs kicking wildly as he tried to hold her hands down. I slammed the trophy into his head. He was jarred, and I hit him again. He got off her, and started toward me, Lacheya grabbed one of the serving trays and hit him on the head. I swung the trophy at his face. Teeth fell out of his mouth and onto the ground. The toothless man pushed me to the floor, the pipe that George had been thrashing around was suddenly at my feet. I grabbed it and drove it through my attacker's gut. Lacheya moved to the left and then ran over to George, who was being beaten very badly. I looked over at Alessandro and Isabella who were now holding one another and Mallory was back over by Mrs. Depkin who was by the looks of things very much dead. Lacheya bashed George's attacker's head into the wall until it crunched.
"You have got to be kidding me." Parker said, and turned around to the door when Bomani popped in. Parker jumped letting out a small scream, and then slapping pushing him lightly, "Christ you scared the shit out of me." She brushed her hands through her hair and looked over at me, as if to say can you believe this freak.
"We need help." Bomani stammered, gasping for air.
I looked over at Kevin, "I'll be fine just go." he said waving me away. I nodded.
"Yeah, we'll be fine." Iyari added.
"Aaron go, I'll watch them." I followed Bomani to the H.O.S.A. room, where he started grabbing text books and gauze into a cart he had grabbed from the library.
"What are we looking for?" I asked.
"Anything we can use to seal up her wound and stop the bleeding." he said throwing in a stack of generic brown paper towels. I went under the sink and piled a few packs of them into the cart. Bomani started to roll it out of the room and into the hall, I raced ahead of him and got to the cafeteria first swinging open the doors and keeping them open for him and the cart. We walked over to Mrs. Depkin, a pole sticking through her stomach.
"Holy shit." I gasped, "Mrs. Depkin, oh my god are you okay?" I stuttered.
"She can't talk Aaron, and I need you to be quiet." Mallory said placing her hands on the pipe.
"What are you doing?" I asked, walking toward her.
"I'm pulling the pole out of her." she said, "Warren, Scotty I need you guys to hold her down." Warren walked over to his mother's feet and held ankle with each hand, while Scotty was at her shoulders.
"Dios Mio," Isabella said, as her husband held her in his arms, "There has to being another way." she whispered. I was shaking.
"There isn't, okay." Mallory snapped, "Look if there was I wouldn't be doing this but there isn't. We leave the pipe in her she dies. We take it out stop the bleeding some how seal the wound, she stands a chance." Mallory took a deep breath, looked over at Bomani. "Did you get the books?" he nodded riffling through the cart for the book he had tossed in there earlier, "look up any thing that can help us. Get the towels ready, Lacheya when I pull the pipe out I need you to put pressure on the wound." Lacheya nodded and knelt down across from Mallory. "One," my heart was beating fast, "Two," Mallory's grip tightened.
"I won't have no part in this." Isabella broke away from Alessandro and left the cafeteria with her husband following her.
Mallory shook her head, "Three!" she pulled the pole straight up and out. Mrs. Depkin tried to sit up and kick all at once screaming in pain, Lacheya grabbed the paper towels and started to apply pressure. Blood oozed out of her, and I could hear Isabella screaming in the hall. George was now trying to apply pressure along with Mallory and Lacheya. "No! Just apply the pressure over her wound! Over it!" Mallory was screaming as George had his hands on her stomach.
"It's a hole straight through her how do we stop the bleeding?" Lacheya asked. Everyone looked over at Bomani as Isabella continued to scream from the hall. He was panicking flipping through the pages quickly barely glancing them over. George started to stuff the paper towels into her.
"What are you doing? Just apply pressure!" Mallory shouted trying to pull the paper towels from her body. Mrs. Depkin's screams intensified, and she was thrashing even more now.
"Mom! Mom! We need you to stay still!" Scotty was screaming over her and the others. Blood started to sputter from her mouth, as Isabella screamed louder from the hall.
"Aaron go out there and shut her up!" Mallory ordered. I ran over to the hall as Isabella was being held down by two strangers that had gotten in from outside and Alessandro was dealing with three of his own. I ran over to Alessandro and pulled one of them off of him, and onto Isabella knocking her two away from her. Isabella ran over to her husband's aid and grabbed the hair of a woman attacking him and dragged her away from him. Alessandro kicked the final one off him. Who took off toward the entrance of the school where Iyari, Parker, and Kevin were. I grabbed a fire extinguisher off the wall and threw it to Alessandro. He pulled the pin and sprayed it's contents creating a small fog. I heard him throw it to the ground as I sped to follow the other one. He was already at the nurse's station and battling to open the door with Iyari and Parker. I flew through the air and tackled him to the floor. Parker scurried out of the room and closed the door. Their attacker was on top of me and his hands squeezing me head, I felt as if it might pop like a grape any second, I heard a crash, and then he was off me. I stood up, watching Parker bludget him in the head with a trophy from the trophy case she had busted open. Her hand covered in blood she stopped, and looked over at me.
"Are you okay?" I nodded.
"Get back inside, there are more." I said and took a trophy of my own, as I sprinted toward the caf. I could see that they had gotten into the cafeteria and I picked up speed. When I got there Isabella and Alessandro were double teaming one of the crazed people and Lacheya was pinned on the salad bar, George had picked up the pipe that had gone through Mrs. Depkin and was keeping one at bay though he was being cornered. One of them was on top of Mallory and Warren was trying to get him off of her, while Scotty was holding his mother down as she continued to convulse. I heard Lacheya yell out in pain and I ran to her aid. Her legs kicking wildly as he tried to hold her hands down. I slammed the trophy into his head. He was jarred, and I hit him again. He got off her, and started toward me, Lacheya grabbed one of the serving trays and hit him on the head. I swung the trophy at his face. Teeth fell out of his mouth and onto the ground. The toothless man pushed me to the floor, the pipe that George had been thrashing around was suddenly at my feet. I grabbed it and drove it through my attacker's gut. Lacheya moved to the left and then ran over to George, who was being beaten very badly. I looked over at Alessandro and Isabella who were now holding one another and Mallory was back over by Mrs. Depkin who was by the looks of things very much dead. Lacheya bashed George's attacker's head into the wall until it crunched.
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