Death Lake

Chapter 9

After the conversation with Vith I went to the lobby to find Micha and Phillipe. I painted my nails in Vith's office and we had talked about how Phil was doing. Micha came out of the school room with a crowd of young kids around him and Phillipe. They asked questions about the brutes and about how to fight and who he was with, he stopped infront of me and pointed," this is my sister, the person I'm traveling with,".

  The kids were in awe and started to bombard me with their questions and theories about fighting and brutes. I had answered, dismissed and acknowledged the kids and turned my attention back to Micha who was by the side line.

  "Well, you made a lot of friends today, huh,".

  "Yeah! They're all really nice, and they taught me how to identify edible berries and berry bushes,".

  "The younger kids where afraid of him when he first walked in." Phil said, amused and with a smirk.

  When our conversation and the flow of curious children has diminished, people started to yell and clear the hallways. Curiosity got the better of me, but I had wished it didn't, through the hall came two people my age, people I knew a long time ago. The first was a girl that I knew well, her name is Tara Yamato. The second person, who was next to Tara, is her brother and twin, Taro Yamato.

  I had grown resentment towards them as they had not been good friends back then when our shit world was less shity. They often squatted in the abandoned barn on my parents old property, I didn't know it was illegal when I was 12 but I soon found out they had been thrown out of their house, so, I felt sorry for them. I should have never given them a chance, I should have told my parents they were there.

  Tara and Taro are identical twins, beside the hair length and Taro's scruffy, brown beard. Tara wore a black hoodie and a white knee skirt with a chain that held a hammer and dagger stained with green, black leggings underneath. Taro wore blue jeans and an Ozzie-T under a sweater.

  The twins had spotted me and turned pale, I assume  from shame and embarrassment. They had turned to walk to the right instead of head towards the storage rooms, that made me livid, I ran to catch up to them and I grabbed Tara by the backpack, and pulled her back to me.

  "Hey! Get off, we're sorry, okay!", Tara had yelped

  "Sorry won't get you anywhere after what you did!", I spat

   After a few minutes of Taro trying to pry me off of Tara and myself beating the shit out of her, Vith had been tipped off and had guards pry me off.

  "Laura, I'm sure you know why you're being restrained?", Vith had lowered her voice when we were in her office with the twins, Micha, Phillipe, and guards holding me by my arms.

  "Because I fucked a bitch up, that's why,".

  "Language, children are present." Shut up for once Taro, when did you care about Language infront of kids.

  "Well, you know what I'm going to ask, why not answer, why?"

  "The twit twins over there beat my brother for weed, stole my property and had to flee town because of them being high and breaking into a fucking shop,".

  Vith seemed taken aback and had looked between the twins for a second before snapping back to talk.

  "Well, as you three acted like middle schoolers, your punishment will be to travel with each other to replace supplies and for compensation, understand,".

  "Yes, ma'am." We all said at once, I hate having to be near these monsters after what they did to me and my family. What's worse than having to travel with them, their sharing a bunk in our and Phillipe's dorm.

  When we had gotten out of the office and the twins had gone to the showers, I had to apologize to at least Micha but also the other kids. Micha had forgiven me but I have to go to the school hall tomorrow.

  At our bunk, I think Vith had purposely put the twins next to my bed. I try not to pay attention to it and read that girls diary.

   May 2 2020

     Today our neighbor got eaten and it was disgusting, though I hated him so I don't really mind. Dad went and saved our neighbors son when he was being eaten and I had to clean a wound on his arm, dad had cut the monster and it's blood exploded on the kid.

  May 6 2020
 
      The neighbors son is acting weird. I think he's sick, he's been talking to himself for hours and always has a blanket around him. His nails turned black and his eyes have darkened from a baby blue to a navy.

  May 7 2020

      Mom came back today with supplies from her work and the general store on the way. Mom's a scientist that specializes in medicine, and she secluded the boy after seeing him and began taking samples from him and moved over to the neighbors house, the one who was eaten. She found a mutigen of a fungus genetic print so we're going to take her work station to next door and go to find some of her colleagues. Hopefully she will find a way to help Ethan as I have learned his name.

  It's late now and I am the only one awake now, I look at my nails and see the nail polish shining, I hope I don't start talking to myself or loose my mind. My eyes are a light brown that has already started to change into a shit color. I need sleep.