Corpse King

Chapter 2: "A Wealthy Family"

The very next day, at Beverly Hills, a young teenage girl named Anna, is headed to her local high school, and she's prepared for her cheer leading lessons for an upcoming football game.

She's 17 years old and her most favorite subject is music.

Her family is very wealthy.

Her dad is a business owner and her mom works at the hospital as a psychologist. She has one 10 year old brother named Samuel.

Anna has a friend in school named Eric, and he's about the same age. He supports Anna for her love for music. They both met in middle school years before, and became very best friends.

As they're getting ready for the end up class, Eric approached to Anna, asking her something.

-Hey, Anna. Do you have any plans for the weekend?- He asked, nervously.

-No. I have homework to do. Hopefully next weekend. Is that OK?- She responded.

-Oh ok. I just wanted to ask. There's a cool new movie out. How about next weekend?-

-Sounds great, Eric. I must ask permission to my parents if it's ok with go out to the movies with you.-

-Oh... I hope your dad doesn't get upset.-

-Don't worry. I hope he understands.-

-Oh well... see ya!-

-See ya!-

When Anna arrives home, she enters the living room or her huge house in the Beverly Hills neighborhood, and sees her little brother watching TV. He's watching the news.

-Hey, Sam. Watchu watching?-

-Oh uh... the news.- He responded, nervously.

-The news? I thought you hate the news.-

-I'm watching it because of this weird rumor of a lunatic that attacked a murderous criminal at a park in Glendale.-

-Glendale? But... there are no crazy lunatics roaming around there. That's weird.-

-Yes. Wanna hear something weirder? Michael Jackson's dead body disappeared!-

-Sam! When did this happen?-

-Yesterday-

-What?!-

Sam turns up the volume of the TV, and the news reporter begins to speak about the strange incident.

We are here to investigate about the strange attacks from a bizarre creature or person that ended the life of the most wanted murderer in California. He was identified as Clarkson Anderson and he was 34 years old. His body was found completely devoured by what's supposedly called, a "zombie". The young woman who was the victim of Clarkson, claimed that the creature saved her life from the murder. She survived Clarkson's attempts to kill her at the park in the middle of the night. We don't have enough traces of the alleged creature that the woman claimed. No tracks were found, just the marks on Clarkson's dead body. All his organs were removed, so as pieces of his flesh. If a murderous cannibal is still out there, he'd be responsible for this hideous attack...

-Oh my God...- Anna gasped.

-Told ya!- Sam responded.

Their mom show up by the door.

Sam and Anna look at their mom as they opened the door.

-Guess what! Your aunt Cindy is coming tomorrow.- The mom said, all excited.

-What? Tomorrow?- They both gasped.

-Yes. And you better have your rooms clean.-

-But mom... is she gonna enter our rooms?- Sam asked, feeling like his aunt is gonna check her room.

-Just do what I say!-

-Fine.- They agreed about it, and they're feeling annoyed.

Several hours after they finished doing their chores, Anna lays on her bedroom, and tries to do a video chat with her friend Eric.

-Hey Eric! How's everything going?- She said to him.

-Oh I'm doing good. Hey, are you gonna be free tomorrow?- He asked.

-No, sorry. I have a visitor. I don't have time. Maybe soon. I'll let you know.-

-Okay... uhm, listen... I've been hearing the news lately, and I've heard some weird shit that's going on here in LA.-

-Are you talking about the murder?-

-Murder? No, that was a bloody murder! I don't think an animal is capable of ripping a man's body like that. The woman who survived described as a hideous monster with a pearl jacket... like a, zombie?-

-Zombie? No way! Zombies aren't real. Maybe it's someone with a deformity or something, but it's impossible to be a zombie. Maybe she saw something else up in her head.-

-Well... who knows. My father is a detective and he's trying to find DNA samples from the dead body's bloody claw marks. He'll let us know who did it.-

-Your father is a detective? Like Sherlock Holmes?-

-Pretty much. He's been working for nearly 20 years, so he's basically a professional now.-

-I wish you could join his work someday.-

-Nah. I'm scared of corpses.-

-Really? But... corpses are just inanimate objects.-

-Yes, but by just looking at bloody wounds, the dead faces and their awful scent don't make me feel comfortable at all. I'm thinking in working as an architect. I love to draw building designs like houses or apartments.-

-Sounds fair. I don't know what I want to be because my mother is expecting me to be a lawyer because it's a good job, but I choose to be a professional actress.-

-Seriously?-

-What's funny, Eric?-

-Girl... there's hundreds of girls like you who want to be a professional actress. Are you sure it's what you want?-

-Hey, I thought you'd be supportive. What the fuck is wrong with you?-

-C'mon! I'm just trying to help you.-

-Thanks for the advice, Eric. I'll think about it.-

-Hey, it's okay. So, uhm... whenever you're ready to go out, let me know. Okay?-

-Alright. I have to ask permission to my parents, and I should introduce you to them so they make sure you're the right person.-

-Boy... your parents are so strict.-

-They don't understand. But I hope they will. Anyway, gotta go to bed. Good night.-

-Good night, Anna.-

She ended the chat, and went straight to bed.