Chapter 5
BAM! That's what I hear. Then I lift my head to see what happened and see the man who was about to attack us lying on the floor with a hole in his head. Holly Shit! Then I look up again and see a woman holding a gun pointed at us, her eyes wide and her chest rising and falling rapidly.
I see the people next to me and I see them raising their hands in surrender, so I do the same by turning my attention to the woman.
"Who are you people?! What do you want?!". She asks with her weapon still raised.
"Easy... we can talk". Morgan speaks walking towards her "Morgan...". I hear June whisper. She sees him and points her gun at him.
"Stay where you are! I don't want anyone approaching me!”. She screams.
"Okay... I'm going to stay right here, okay?". Morgan speaks again. She nods, then he continues "My name is Morgan and these are my friends... we work in that big building right there." He points to our building outside "We are good people... we don't want any trouble... we were just getting some supplies." She nods.
"Are you people injured or have any other injury like... a bite?" The unknown woman asks.
"No... we are fine... thanks to you who arrived just in time to save us... we are very grateful". She nods again "It was nothing... I just did what I thought was right...". "Do you know what's going on here?". I ask interrupting her.
She turns her attention to me “Not much... just a few things like how to kill them for example” she goes towards the fallen man and points to his head “You need to hit them in the head, and just like that, they fall and they don't get up anymore”. She ends getting up and putting her gun around her waist. So with that we lowered our hands that were still raised.
"That's what I did with Steward." Says John.
"Yeah... do you know how it all started?". I ask again.
"No... I just saw a few things out there... your guess is as good as mine".
"But did you hear anything from the government or even from the police?". I insist.
"Wow... do you always have a lot of questions like that?". She kind of smiles.
"Sorry... force of habit". I speak by rubbing my neck.
“That’s okay… and answering your question… no, I didn't hear anything. Just a few things from people terrified of their theories, but that's it”. She finishes. I Nod.
"You look very tired... I have a house close by if you guys want to take a rest". She offers.
We looked at each other with a little doubt and indecision “Look, don't worry... I live alone and I promise I'm not taking you to any slaughterhouse. And I have a working shower and some clothes... you will be able to bathe and change a few clothes... and food”. She smiles.
"Ok... we will go with you". Strand says.
"But before we go... what's your name?". Asks Alicia.
The woman turns and smiles again "My name is Grace".
We arrived at her house that I thought it was a little big for a person who lives alone, she guides us inside and locks the door. Your house is completely silent and dark "Feel free to do whatever you guys what... I'll prepare something for us to eat, if you want to go take a shower and get that blood out first". She looks at me indicating my clothes.
"Thank you... I do want to."
Then I follow her to the shower where she left me a change of clothes and towel. I thank her again and get in the shower, take off my clothes and see what she meant. Damn, I loved that shirt! I go into the bath and feel every drop taking away every dirt and blood that was on my body. Best feeling in the world!
I don't stay long because I know I'm not the only one who wants to get the feeling I had. Then I dress again in the clothes Grace left for me, a black T-shirt and sweatpants, I look in the mirror and fix my hair. I open the door and stop with wide eyes. Holly Shit! Now I have a heart attack! Alicia is on her back, taking off her blouse and just wearing a bra, I feel like she doesn't know of my presence when she's about to take off her pants. I don't think I can take it if she does! So I slam the door a little louder, she turns around “Hey Al, I heard the shower went off and started getting ready to go in… are you okay? You look a little pale”. She asks approaching.
“Yeah! I'm doing well... more then well actually!”. I say a little more excited. Hold your horses Al!
"Okay then... I like the outfit". She laughs a little.
"Hahaha! Very funny... it's not my fault that this was the only outfit that fit me!”. I say in my defense.
"I'm not kidding... this seems to be very comfortable". She smooths my pants and that makes her smooth my leg too. Jesus!
"It is very comfortable...". I look at her and my eyes betray me for a moment as they fall on her breasts. Damn it! I quickly bring them up and pray that she doesn't realize what I just did "I'm going to let you take your shower now... I’ll see you down there." I say quickly leaving the room and closing the door. I lean against the door for a moment trying to catch my breath.
"Are you alright?". I hear Janis approaching. I pull myself together.
"Yes, I'm ok, and you?".
"I am too... Grace told me to come and get you two because dinner is almost served." She gets even closer.
"OK thank you. Alicia just got into the bath, I think it will take a while for her to get down”. I say.
"Okay... we could wait for her here... we're not in a hurry are we?... by the way, these pants look really good on you". She says with a look and a seductive voice. What's going on here?! Is she hitting on me?!
"Thank you... it was the only thing that served... I didn't have much of an option." I say bypassing her a little "I'm going down now... do you tell Alicia that the food is ready?". I finish ready to go down the stairs.
"Of course! Leave it to me". She smile.
"Thanks". So I go out and go down the stairs leaving her alone. What was that?!