CHAPTER 8: SEARCH
I walked away from the building slowly. I couldn't really believe what just happened, honestly. I was only there for a day or something, then everything just went down the drain.. First I almost got shot and killed, then I almost got eaten inside out. It sickens me, just thinking about it. It was just.. nothing, ahead of me. I kept on walking however. That place isn't secure anymore. I could live on the top floor, but I would have to get down eventually for food. But, there wasn't any food, except for the food that they were cooking. It's too bad we couldn't eat, I was getting pretty hungry. In fact, I am pretty hungry.. this isn't good. I tried not to think about it, that was probably the best idea. I started to think.. What now? Will I find anything? If I find something, I will probably not be able to get to it, I would just be.. dead. Dead is definitely something I didn't want to be. Alive was the way I thought would be for the best. I took out the phone from my pocket, decided I should probably call up some people. I tried dialing Billy's number first.
Ring..... Ring.... Ring.... click.
"Billy?" Whoever it was on the phone answered. "Who is this?" I heard a different voice talk. Definitely not Billy's. In fact it was quite.. scary. Sounded like an older man, way older than Billy. "Uh.. this is John.. I'd assume there's no Billys there?" I responded. I wasn't sure if I should have gave my name but I said it anyway. There was suddenly silence from the phone. Then breathing.. I then heard another voice. "JOHN! GET OUT OF THERE! GET TO THE CLOCK TOWER TOWN, IT'S NORTH OF THE BUIL--" I was shocked, that voice sounded too familiar, it was my dad's! "DAD! WHERE ARE YOU!?" I yelled, I had to know where he was! I was now running, north of the building. He must have been around at the attack! How'd I not see him going to it!? "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, TELLING THEM WHERE WE ARE!? HUH!? oh god, no, please!" I heard another voice.. this one was Billy! The next thing I heard, stopped me dead in my tracks.. BANG! "YEAH, NOW YOU WON'T TELL NO ONE NOTHIN'! AND HOW BOUT YOU, KID!?" I stopped running. I dropped the phone to the ground and crouched down.. Did I just hear.. I picked up the phone again, it was hung up. Whatever. I started running faster than I ever could before. The Clock Tower Town that my dad was talking about, it's an old town we used to go to. It was really, really small, kinda like a village, and it was known for it's clock tower. It went pretty high up, and had a unique design. I started slowing down suddenly, slower, until I fell to the ground.. I collapsed. I then started to hear something..
"I told you.. You won't make it far.. he's dead.. stop.. trying..." I heard.. in my head. That voice.. it sounded familiar.. It was a little girl's voice. I thought back to when the apocalypse started. I had a phone call.. from a little girl. Telling me to go to People Park. Then I found the note that said, "you won't survive".. The voices sounded... the same. What in the hell.. I must be losing it. I gained access to my body again. I started to run again. Come on, let's do this. I can get there..
~ 30 M I N U T E S L A T E R ~
I ended up walking. I was getting tired from all that running. The place was quite far from the safe zone, wasn't it. I looked in the distance and I seen something.. it looked like a clock tower! I was getting closer, finally! I started walking faster, until eventually I got to the town. There was a tall gate surrounding it, with no actual entrance, or at least from what I seen. I crouched down, and slowly walked around the gate, looking through it. I couldn't see much, nor could I hear any suspicious chat. I put my hands on the gate, and climbed up. I was pretty good at climbing this stuff, I had taught myself in school in case if there were times when I needed to escape or something. I thought pretty far ahead I guess, seeing how I thought that like 6 years ago. I kept on climbing, and tried not to make a noise. It was kinda hard to do so, but I tried my best. I got to the top, and flipped sides. I went down the gate. It was easier to go down it than climbing it, which was good, because I didn't want to get caught or anything. I was next to the clock tower, I ran to it and hid behind it. I slowly walked over to a nearby house, this was around one end of the town, already. I started to hear talking.. "Where'd that damn kid go!? He escaped us!" I heard the same voice from the phone talk. He must have been saying that Billy.. escaped? I soon heard another voice. "Hey.. uh, maybe he didn't have anything man! I mean.. that other dude.. he didn't have anything and this is a kid we're talking about.. so um.." This one seemed more.. chill. He didn't yell much, and tried to reason with the other guy. "Uh, EXCUSE ME!? NOBODY ESCAPES FROM ME! YOU UNDERSTAND THAT!? I. WILL. NOT. LET. ANYONE ESCAPE FROM ME!" I heard a response.. then suddenly a gunshot, and a small scream. I also heard a thud, nearby. "god dammit.. this guy doesn't kno.. ugh.." I heard mumbling, probably from the same guy. I need to put a stop to this, I now knew. I grabbed my gun and went around the corner, and seen the man who just killed the other. "F-FREEZE!" I yelled at him, ready to fire. "Oh well hello.. hey, that seems like a pretty good setup you got there! Where'd you get it?" He noticed my stuff, and probably wanted it. "That's not important!" I yelled, and I fired a bullet at him. He quickly fell to the ground. I noticed they were next to a house.. with the curtains closed, and the door half open. I knew what was in there.. A tear shed from my eye, as I knew my dad was in there. "Rest in peace..." I said through the door, and closed it.
I turned around to the town, and seen the houses, and the clock tower. I could see the other end of the town from here. Where did Billy go, though..? I walked away from the bodies. I hoped I could find him..
I walked away from the building slowly. I couldn't really believe what just happened, honestly. I was only there for a day or something, then everything just went down the drain.. First I almost got shot and killed, then I almost got eaten inside out. It sickens me, just thinking about it. It was just.. nothing, ahead of me. I kept on walking however. That place isn't secure anymore. I could live on the top floor, but I would have to get down eventually for food. But, there wasn't any food, except for the food that they were cooking. It's too bad we couldn't eat, I was getting pretty hungry. In fact, I am pretty hungry.. this isn't good. I tried not to think about it, that was probably the best idea. I started to think.. What now? Will I find anything? If I find something, I will probably not be able to get to it, I would just be.. dead. Dead is definitely something I didn't want to be. Alive was the way I thought would be for the best. I took out the phone from my pocket, decided I should probably call up some people. I tried dialing Billy's number first.
Ring..... Ring.... Ring.... click.
"Billy?" Whoever it was on the phone answered. "Who is this?" I heard a different voice talk. Definitely not Billy's. In fact it was quite.. scary. Sounded like an older man, way older than Billy. "Uh.. this is John.. I'd assume there's no Billys there?" I responded. I wasn't sure if I should have gave my name but I said it anyway. There was suddenly silence from the phone. Then breathing.. I then heard another voice. "JOHN! GET OUT OF THERE! GET TO THE CLOCK TOWER TOWN, IT'S NORTH OF THE BUIL--" I was shocked, that voice sounded too familiar, it was my dad's! "DAD! WHERE ARE YOU!?" I yelled, I had to know where he was! I was now running, north of the building. He must have been around at the attack! How'd I not see him going to it!? "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, TELLING THEM WHERE WE ARE!? HUH!? oh god, no, please!" I heard another voice.. this one was Billy! The next thing I heard, stopped me dead in my tracks.. BANG! "YEAH, NOW YOU WON'T TELL NO ONE NOTHIN'! AND HOW BOUT YOU, KID!?" I stopped running. I dropped the phone to the ground and crouched down.. Did I just hear.. I picked up the phone again, it was hung up. Whatever. I started running faster than I ever could before. The Clock Tower Town that my dad was talking about, it's an old town we used to go to. It was really, really small, kinda like a village, and it was known for it's clock tower. It went pretty high up, and had a unique design. I started slowing down suddenly, slower, until I fell to the ground.. I collapsed. I then started to hear something..
"I told you.. You won't make it far.. he's dead.. stop.. trying..." I heard.. in my head. That voice.. it sounded familiar.. It was a little girl's voice. I thought back to when the apocalypse started. I had a phone call.. from a little girl. Telling me to go to People Park. Then I found the note that said, "you won't survive".. The voices sounded... the same. What in the hell.. I must be losing it. I gained access to my body again. I started to run again. Come on, let's do this. I can get there..
~ 30 M I N U T E S L A T E R ~
I ended up walking. I was getting tired from all that running. The place was quite far from the safe zone, wasn't it. I looked in the distance and I seen something.. it looked like a clock tower! I was getting closer, finally! I started walking faster, until eventually I got to the town. There was a tall gate surrounding it, with no actual entrance, or at least from what I seen. I crouched down, and slowly walked around the gate, looking through it. I couldn't see much, nor could I hear any suspicious chat. I put my hands on the gate, and climbed up. I was pretty good at climbing this stuff, I had taught myself in school in case if there were times when I needed to escape or something. I thought pretty far ahead I guess, seeing how I thought that like 6 years ago. I kept on climbing, and tried not to make a noise. It was kinda hard to do so, but I tried my best. I got to the top, and flipped sides. I went down the gate. It was easier to go down it than climbing it, which was good, because I didn't want to get caught or anything. I was next to the clock tower, I ran to it and hid behind it. I slowly walked over to a nearby house, this was around one end of the town, already. I started to hear talking.. "Where'd that damn kid go!? He escaped us!" I heard the same voice from the phone talk. He must have been saying that Billy.. escaped? I soon heard another voice. "Hey.. uh, maybe he didn't have anything man! I mean.. that other dude.. he didn't have anything and this is a kid we're talking about.. so um.." This one seemed more.. chill. He didn't yell much, and tried to reason with the other guy. "Uh, EXCUSE ME!? NOBODY ESCAPES FROM ME! YOU UNDERSTAND THAT!? I. WILL. NOT. LET. ANYONE ESCAPE FROM ME!" I heard a response.. then suddenly a gunshot, and a small scream. I also heard a thud, nearby. "god dammit.. this guy doesn't kno.. ugh.." I heard mumbling, probably from the same guy. I need to put a stop to this, I now knew. I grabbed my gun and went around the corner, and seen the man who just killed the other. "F-FREEZE!" I yelled at him, ready to fire. "Oh well hello.. hey, that seems like a pretty good setup you got there! Where'd you get it?" He noticed my stuff, and probably wanted it. "That's not important!" I yelled, and I fired a bullet at him. He quickly fell to the ground. I noticed they were next to a house.. with the curtains closed, and the door half open. I knew what was in there.. A tear shed from my eye, as I knew my dad was in there. "Rest in peace..." I said through the door, and closed it.
I turned around to the town, and seen the houses, and the clock tower. I could see the other end of the town from here. Where did Billy go, though..? I walked away from the bodies. I hoped I could find him..