The Walking

Chapter eleven

I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof and hitting my window. It continued to rain during the night when we were sleeping and I guess it never stopped. I opened my window slightly to let in some air and stretched my body to hear all of my bones crack. I grabbed my face wash and headed for the bathroom. I knocked and heard nothing. I walked in and closed the door. I splashed warm water on my face and scrubbed with the wash and dried off. I returned it to my bag and picked out my clothes. I wore a short sleeve, gray, button up shirt, shorts, and my sneakers. It stopped raining and the sun came out, drying the atmosphere. I made my way downstairs to see Jenny in the living room. The adults weren't up yet, so we decided to hang around outside. 

"Let's go outback to explore the woods." Jenny said. I nodded and followed her to the start of the woods. We found a small path, almost like a bike path, and started walking on it. I pulled out my phone to videotape and to see if we could catch anything exciting. We continued walking along the path until I pointed my phone down.

"Do you feel that?" I asked.

"Rain drop?" Jenny asked.

"No, it's not a rain drop. It's like this weird feeling someone's watching you." I said. Jenny shrugged her shoulders and kept walking. I know I had a reputation for being weird and a sceptic, but the woods really freaked me out. 

"It's probably just an animal." she said. I pointed my phone back up and continued walking. We came up to an old shed. It was kind of like the one we found back home, just a little bit smaller. We walked in the front door to see graffiti on the wall. TURN BACK it said and I started coughing. I realized what the cough was. 

"J-Jenny, we should go b-back." I said sputtering the coughs. I dropped my phone as I fell to my knees and continued to cough.

"Toby!!!" she yelled running over to me. I felt another presence other than just Jenny's. She screamed and I looked up towards the door. Standing in the door way was a tall, skinny man. His face was gone, just an expressionless face with a bald head. He was dressed in a suite and tie with long arms and a square posture. Jenny clung to me staring at the man.

"David?" she whispered. I looked at her and shook my head. 

"No." I whispered back. I was able to stand up and the face the creature. I picked up an iron pipe and threw it at him making him disappear. I fell back onto my knees and coughed again. I took in a deep breath and wiped my mouth. I stood back on my feet and walked out.

"What was that?" Jenny asked. 

"A thing they call The Angel of Death." I said. I spit what was in my mouth onto the ground. I growled and kept walking. I ran my hands through my hair and regained my cool composure. We kept walking until we came up to the house. The adults were up and so was everyone else. Kenzie, Mike, Adam, Chucky, and Jackson were all there. We walked in and all eyes were on me. 

"Boy, what happened to you?" Chucky asked.

"The Angel of Death." I said.

"You mean that tall, faceless guy who likes kidnapping kids?" Jackson asked. I nodded. 

"Gosh, I didn't know he was back." Mike said looking at his phone. The room went quiet and we looked at him. He looked back up to face us and had a worried look on his face. "Hmm?" he asked.

"You've seen him?" Jenny asked.

"When I was a kid." he said. "I was in my bedroom and a man was outside my window. I looked out and it was him." he explained. We nodded. A cough came over me and my knees weakened. I fell to the floor coughing. Jenny and the rest came over to catch me before I fell anymore and blackness took over.