Chapter 10 (Reworked): After dinner

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Ashley starts to wake up as Andrew starts calling her

Andrew: Ashley. Are you awake?

Ashley: I am now...

Andrew: Um.... Okay...

Silence fills the room for a bit

Ashley: What is it?

Andrew: Nothing! It's just... God. What the fuck did we do!?

Ashley stays silent for a bit

Ashley: I guess what we needed to do to survive... We didn't have other options...

Andrew: I mean we could have waited for the quarantine to end...

Ashley: We have waited for god knows how much time, at this point this is perman-quarentine, also how the fuck can you spread parasites?

Andrew: By the air, I suppose?

Ashley: It's a parasite! You can't spread it through the air, it's fucking attached to you! The first thing they should have done to us is, take us to a hospital and remove the parasites!

Andrew: What are you insinuating, Ashley?

Ashley: I don't know if there's an actual parasite or not, but I god damn know that this quarantine isn't because of that, I don't know what the reason is but it's big enough to make us locked in our apartments until we die.

Andrew:*sigh* At this point, I don't know either, Ashley.

Then Andrew falls face first to the blanket and then Ashley pats his head

Ashley: There there there...

Ashley: Come here.

Then Ashley pulls Andrew into her bed

Andrew: I don't know what's wrong with you... How are you so unbothered?

Ashley: I don't know. I guess compartmentalize.

Flashback

Leyley: Oh, what's this movie about? Hmmm... 2 cops need to find a mass murderer and cannibal that has been attacking people around the town of Coalwick, NJ, attention this movie is not to young people and the faint of heart. This is perfect

End of flashback

Ashley: Kinda like we compartmentalize that guy into different freezers!

Andrew: Ashley!!

Ashley starts laughing

Ashley: Andrew! What is it, Andrew?

Ashley then puts her finger on Andrew's forehead and starts to run it down his head

Ashley then puts her finger on Andrew's forehead and starts to run it down his head

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Ashley: Andrew. Aaaannnddrew. Andrew..... Andy.

Then Andrew bites Ashley's finger

Then Andrew bites Ashley's finger

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Ashley: Ayee!?!?

Ashley's mind: Oh yeah, this was going to happen... I just hope this doesn't make him too mad tomorrow... I really should stop calling him Andy... Though I like it's it's better not to anger him...

Andrew: I told you to stop calling me that. We're not kids anymore.

Ashley: Alright alright. You don't need to make such a fuss about it.

Both stay silent for a while

Andrew: Fuck this. Let's just get out of here. Like we should've done months ago.

Ashley's mind: That sure was an awkward silent... How much time was that? Pretty sure I almost fell asleep. I mean it's not like we aren't going to leave tomorrow anyways.

Ashley: And how do you propose that? uhm... 

Andrew: I am still thinking of a plan so...

Ashley: You don't have a plan?

Andrew: Yeah... Whatever. I am going to sleep now.

Ashley: Goodnight, sleep tight!

Andrew: I'll try. Good night.

Then they go to sleep

The next day Ashley wake's up and goes check up on the freezer to see if there is nothing rotting and as she opens

*THE FREEZER IS FULL OF DELICIOUS MEAT!!! YUM YUM YUM!!*

Ashley's mind: Are you serious... It tasted fine, but I wouldn't say delicious...

*Shut up, you cannibal*

Ashley's mind: It was the damn water company's fault for putting us here with no food, what else was I going to do!?

*Yeah, yeah, cope*

Ashley's mind: I hate that I can understand that...

Ashley then checks every piece of limb to see if they aren't rotting and then closes the freezer

Ashley's mind: Wait... Where's Andrew? Oh yeah... He must be in the neighbor's house... Oh I'll need to clean that... And fast... Fuck!!

Then Ashley proceeds to go to the neighbors house and to where Andrew is

Andrew: Hey there.

Ashley: Good morning. What'cha up to?

Andrew: I'm looking at this demon summoning instruction manual book thing...

Ashley: Brave. Given things turned out so well for that cultist guy...

Andrew: Debatable. I mean he was successful up to the point he lacked an offering. Anyway it says here that demons don't think much of humans.

Ashley: Well that's good. We'll have something in common then!

Andrew: Yeah, yeah. So they're only willing to do business as long as it's quick and easy for them...

Ashley: I take it you want to ask one to get us out of here?

Andrew: Well I wouldn't want to get "out of here" the same way the cultist did... But I do think this is our best bet for now.

Ashley's mind: Only if it was that easy escaping Andrew...

Ashley: Have you though what we'll ask it?

Andrew: Not yet.

Ashley: And what about what we will give it?

Andrew: I also got nothing.

Ashley: Nice...

Andrew: I-I just barely woke up! Give me a minute!! It says here demons prefer human souls, so obviously it's gotta be that.

Ashley: Where to get a soul while stuck in here...

Ashley's mind: Well shit won't help us now... If we get one of the wardens could we even get the other before the candles burn out? And would the demon even come? I guess it's just a waiting game now until the warden comes knock on the door...

Andrew:...W-what are you looking at?

Ashley: Oh, nothing.

Andrew: Ashley...

Ashley: What? I would never!

Andrew: Though about it, I see.

Ashley: I only thought about it, because you brought it up!

Andrew: On second thought, let's not do this.

Ashley: Oh, c'mon! I'm not going to sacrifice you!! We'll figure something out. Let's just set the ritual up for now. What's it need?

Andrew: I'm not done reading this yet, but you can start by replacing the candles for now...

Then Ashley picks up the candles on top of the candle holders and places them where the other candles where,

Ashley: Done, what now?

Andrew: Now we-

Then the wardens knocks on the door

(End of the chapter)

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