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.