The Wanderers [Old Version]

Chapter 25: Merciless

Petra's POV

Marc was sitting on the couch in front of us, looking at an Old World map he pulled from his bag. Nico sat next to me, tapping his foot, his fingers were fidgeting near the gun on his side.

I put my hand on his knee and he stopped tapping his foot. I looked him in the eyes, and without saying anything he nodded and stopped reaching for his gun.

I didn't trust Marc either, no guy who manages to sneak into our house and is so open with it isn't trustworthy from the start. But I knew that expecting him to do something wouldn't allow me to trust him. I knew how Bryn felt now.

"Marc, what're you reading?"

"Oh, it's just a map. I'm just looking around the surrounding areas. Seeing if maybe we can find supplies."

"We know how to scavenge, Marc, thanks."

Marc popped back a little, he nodded his head.

I stood and excused myself to the bathroom, "Don't kill him, Nico."

"Wouldn't dream of it.."

I finished my business and went into the library and looked at the shelves of books. Rows and rows of books, all the books I could ever want. One wall was full of dictionaries, which wouldn't be very fun to read.

Another wall had books that I would actually enjoy reading. "New Moon", "Left Behind", "The Game of Thrones", "The Awakening", The Awakening was blank, other than written by Trend in the corner ,must've been a book the person living in this house was working on before they died.

I grabbed a book called "A Tale of Two Cities" and began reading. I got a few words in before I heard a slam downstairs and heard Nico scream, "Fuck you!"

I dropped the book and ran down the stairs. Nico and Marc were in fighting stances circling each other. Marc had blood in the corner of his mouth and the couch he was sitting on was pushed over.

Nico had fire in his eyes and Marc looked calm, but ready to attack at a moments notice.

I ran up between them and noticed tears in Nico's eyes, "Stop! What's going on!"

Nico pushed my shoulder and I fell back on the couch, "Petra, move!"

He swung at Marc, who then ducked and caught Nico's wrist. He bent it and Nico dropped to one knee.

Marc jabbed at the side of Nico's neck and let go of his wrist. Nico fell back and coughed but jumped back to his feet.

Nico kicked at Marc but Marc jumped back and kicked Nico's shin, making him fall on his ass.

I didn't know what was going on, why they were fighting, but I didn't care. They were fighting and it wasn't right.

"Stop!!"

Marc lowered his arms and cocked his head. Nico stood back up and caught his breath, but didn't lower his arms.

Marc dashed forward and slammed Nico on the ground. He turned and walked back to the flipped over couch, and put it back to the way it was supposed to sit. He took his seat and looked at his map again like nothing happened.

Nico stood and walked upstairs, I followed.

He went into the bedroom and sat on the bed.

"'Nico, what happened?"

"That fucking asshole..."

"Nico, tell me what he did."

"He asked if I lost anyone. I said Draco...he asked how he died..."