Spark of the Dead (Part 11)

Laura and Hillary ran to the end of the block and saw the barricade that Joe was talking about. The barricade was just the wreckage of a house collapsed into the street and would only slow someone or something down rather than be a true barricade.

The girls ran up to it stopping only momentarily before they scaled over the broken cement and wood.

Laura was the first to get to the top and stopped.

Hillary asked, “Why did you stop, keep going?”

Laura was motionless with her mouth open in disbelief; staring at the spot where there vehicle should have been. Finally she answered the question, “The SUV is gone!”

“What?” Hillary struggled to climb forgetting again that she could have just teleported to the top of the wreckage to look for herself.

She clasped her hands to her mouth gasping. “I bet those old people took it!” She sat down with her head hung over. “Why did I leave the keys in the ignition? Why oh why would I do something so stupid?”

“Hey,” Laura leaning down to hug her friend “don’t beat yourself up. I’m glad you came to save me.”

“What do we do now?” Hillary asked.

Laura smiled deviously. “Not that it pertains to leaving the town, but I have an idea. Stay here at the top and wait for Ken.”

Spark of the Dead (Part 10)

Fish knew right away who was out there.

He grabbed the radio from Officer Perry and yelled into it, “Frick’n drive! Don’t give him a chance to attack!”

The trio of Laura, Ken, and Hillary walked at a quick pace avoiding the windows as they slinked from house to house.

Ken and the two girls traveled for two blocks before stopping against the back porch of an abandoned house.

Back over where they came from Magnis came bursting through the front door of the house he fell down into. For a short time he looked for them each way down the road before taking off the wrong direction. From watching him they noticed that he was now limping.

Spark of the Dead (Part 9)

Fish jogged into town and saw the lights of what was a police station right at the end of the street.

I couldn’t be any luckier he thought. He ran the rest of the way down the block knowing that now was no time to slow down.

He burst into the police station making his presence known.

“Hey, wha’cha problem buddy?” The question came from an older male police officer that was looking like he was pretty relaxed prior to Fish entering the station.

Fish stood still doing the exact thing that he knew he would, forgetting what he was going to say. “Um… I…”

“You’re either the dumbest drunk ever or the smartest,” a woman officer said from the other side of the room. “Are you looking for a nice cell to sober up in?”

“What? No, my friends are in trouble, I need help right away.”

The male officer got up out of his chair and started walking over to Fish slowly with his hands rested on his belt. “We get it son, your friend Captain Morgan and Jim Beam? Don’t worry, we’ll help alright. Just wait right over here in this room.”

Spark of the Dead (Part 8)

Ken pulled himself up from the ground and saw that Magnis fighting Laura. The poor girl wasn’t attacking back and he didn’t know how long her shield would last taking the beating that Magnis was capable of giving.

He couldn’t believe that he had even found them. It was the most unlikely of scenarios; yet somehow it happened.

Ken ran at Magnis yelling his battle cry to distract him from Laura.

It worked and Magnis turned around in time to meet Ken’s fist across his jaw knocking him flat onto the asphalt.

Magnis recovered quickly and tried to sweep Ken’s legs out from under him. Ken expected it and jumped just in time to avoid it. As soon as he was back on the ground he kicked hard and hit Magnis in the side of the head. Ken’s kick was hard enough to cause Magnis to somersault backwards against an abandoned vehicle.

“The Ken will keep him busy. Make it back to the SUV and get out of here with Hillary.”

“No, I won’t leave you,” she said loudly.

“Laura watch out!” Ken yelled at the site of Magnis picking up the car he landed against.

Spark of the Dead (Part 7)

Higher pitched than the first time a squeal from one of many long purple worms slithers its way through the rubble.

Hillary teleported back inside the SUV and ducked down while her sister yelled demanding to know what was going on. Doing what she did may have been looked on as cowardly, but she was incapable of being able to do anything against them while they were still worms. She knew that she did the smart thing.

One of the worms jumped and flew through the air at the old people. It hit one of the men in the side of the head. While the man flailed on the ground screaming it wriggled its way into their skull.

One of the others quickly shot in the direction of the worms. Purple splatters of their wormy flesh flew through the air. Another fired their gun having the same result against a handful of the worms.

Joe stood ready to fire his remaining shot knowing he would have to reload right after.

Laura sent a wide wave of force forward and blasted a large amount of the fiery debris and worms away from them.

One of them had made it past Laura and went right for Ken. His electrified shield stopped it upon making contact with him. It squealed on the ground before it passed out next to the vehicle.

Ken’s foot stomped down hard on it splashing it’s insides against the door of the SUV.

Everyone stayed ready to attack again if there were any worms left.

Laura’s telekinetic blast had both cleared the way for their vehicle and probably crushed the worms that were still in it.

Fire crackling was the only sound while both groups stood waiting.

Silence was broken from the man who had the worm invade his body getting up. In a quick motion he reached down for the gun he dropped when he was still in control of his body.

Joe fired his shotgun into the face of what was no longer his friend but a monster. It dropped to the ground both the host and parasite being instantly dead.

The woman leaned down to the body and wept softly against their chest.

Joe ejected the empty shells from his gun and reloaded. “Perhaps I was wrong to judge you folks… I would say that an apology is in order and a thank you.”

Laura thought for a moment. “Apology accepted if you point us to the nearest hospital or somewhere we can find a first aid kit, anything to help our friend.”

Spark of the Dead (Part 6)

Laura tries to keep focused on the road but can’t drift her thoughts from what had just happened to Magnis and what she had to do to him.

She continued to struggle with this until she stopped the vehicle and threw her head onto the steering wheel crying loudly.

“Laura we can’t stop now,” Ken said from the backseat.

Through sobs she said, “I know. I just need a moment.”

Hillary patted her on the shoulder. “Here hun, let me drive.”

“Ok,” Laura said sniffing softly as she took her head off the wheel.

The two girls traded places quickly and Hillary started driving as soon as she clicked her seatbelt in place.

No one was saying anything as they drove. Every once in a while Laura or Ginger would let out a sob each from their own pains, mental or physical.

“Hey look, there are some lights up ahead, coming out of the woods,” Hillary said loudly. “Let’s hope there is help for Ginger.”