Chapter 9

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After a little while of visiting, I kissed Johnny bye-for-now and Ghost and I went home. The entire drive back, I couldn't stop thinking about my plan. I felt compelled to. He saved me from my own personnel Hell. Now I had to pay him back.

When we got there, Ghost set up targets that he used for practice out in the woods. Meanwhile, I made a call for something better for this type of research.

"Where did you get a dead pig?!" Ghost's jaw was on the ground.

I shrugged as I pinned the corpse to a tree. "One of Dad's friend's has a pig farm. This one just died so he said I could use it. A pig's skeletal and organ system are very similar to a human's. This way, we'll be able to factor in skin and bones and everything else. Maybe we'll be able to find a way to create an ice bullet that would enter the body."

"Hm... You know, you're pretty smart." He smirked as he pulled out his gun and unloaded it. "Where do we get an ice bullet anyway?"

"You can't buy an ice bullet. Well, I'm sure you can somewhere but that's not the point. I'll have to make one."

"Can I help?"

"Sure, if you want," I waved him toward the house. "Come on."

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