Wandering Hearts

Regret

Adam yawned as he slowly opened his eyes to reveal Rachael shaking him to wake up. "Come on it's our turn to go on lookout," Whined Rachael. "I'll be there in a minute," complained Adam. "Fine," said Rachael as she opened Adam's bedroom window and got onto the ledge of the window.
"Rachael don't do it!" Spluttered Adam. Rachael turned and said "This is how you get onto the roof." Adam felt stupid for thinking she was gonna jump. "Alright I'll be up in a minute," Adam said as he went into the bathroom.
Five minutes later Adam looked out the window and called out " Can we just sit outside and watch?" Rachael called back "No." Adam took a deep breath and looked out the window. He put one foot out and crawled through it. Now he was standing on the ledge but then reality kicked in and he realized that if he fell that would be a 20 meter drop to the ground. He started shaking but then Rachael's head appeared from over the roof. "Here take my hand," she called. Adam got a strong grip on her hand. "Alright pull me up in five, four....
Rachael pulled on Adam leaving him shocked but he kicked his feet off the wall and landed on the roof.
"Fuck!" Adam whispered. Rachael laughed as she crawled across the roof and sat on the edge of it with her legs dangling off the side. Adam looked surprised "Do you realize how dangerous that is?" He asked. Rachael looked off into the distance. "Everything we do now is dangerous," she remarked. Adam shimmied across the roof and sat beside Rachael with his legs dangling off the side.
Rachael passed Adam a sniper rifle. "Use it carefully we only have 5 rounds. "Okay." Adam responded.
"I thought I was gonna die last night," Adam stated as he looked at the sun rising in the distance. "I thought you were to but in a different way," said Rachael. "What kinda way?" "I thought Austin was gonna kill you and say that a sinner did it," Rachael then paused and continued "But good thing you thought of that idea before him."
Adam felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. "How did you now that?" Rachael laughed "It was kinda obvious I mean like I would've done the same."
"I didn't kill him I just left him in the woods." Rachael frowned "I hope I never see that sack of shit ever again!"
Adam saw a slowly approaching figure in the distance. He aimed the rifle and looked through the scope. It was a sinner. "Fucking mutant heading our way!" Alerted Adam. He then looked through the scope again and saw that the sinner had no legs. "It's fine it has no legs," Adam said. "I'll just stab it."
He crawled across the roof and got in through the window. He walked down the hall but was stopped by Georgie. "Aren't you supposed to be in watch?" "I'm just gonna stab an approaching sinner," Adam told him. "I'll come to there's only so much sleeping you can do in one night." Remarked Georgie.
The two walked down the avenue and approached the sinner. "Go on stab it straight in the head," encouraged Georgie. Adam then threw the knife into the sinners skull. "It's fucking stuck!" Complained Adam. "Let me try get it out," Stated Georgie. Adam stood up and backed away from the corpse. Georgie then approached the sliced head and tried to pull the knife out. "Shit it's really.........
Austin appeared from the wood and grabbed Georgie by the neck he held a knife up to his throat. "STAY BACK OR I'LL SLIT HIS FUCKING THROAT!" Yelled Austin.
Adam's breathing got really heavy, he realized that the only weapon he had was a pocket knife but that was jammed in a sinners head. He put his hands up, "Don't hurt him, please!" Begged Adam. Austin smiled and grabbed Georgie's hair, he then yanked it back. Georgie let out an ear piercing scream.
"I'll do that again if you don't make your bitch stop trying to line up a shot on my head," threatened Austin. Adam signaled his hand to stop Rachael from shooting. She put down the gun. "She put it down," Adam informed him. Austin raised a creepy smile and laughed "I thought next I hurt someone you were gonna peel my face off?" "What do you want from us anyway?" Whimpered Adam. "I want Georgie to come with me to Alabama!" He laughed.
"So you can start abusing him again? Adam shouted. Austin looked puzzled "I didn't lay a finger on the kid!" "I saw the tape you kept of it!" Adam said. Austin held the knife up closer to Georgie's neck and whispered "Well now you can see it live."
Adam then felt a blue butterfly land on his hand. He then remembered the picture of Georgie's parents, the tape and Austin punching him and Georgie. Adam then remembered his brother and when they used to play outside when they were younger. They were both really young then and harmless and...... Adam couldn't take it anymore he was hurt to much in his past and his present. The butterfly then flew up past his face and then it all made sense.
One summers day Adam and his brother were playing outside when suddenly a white butterfly landed on his brother's arm. Since they were only kids they were fascinated by it but then when they tried to touch it the butterfly flew away. His brother then said that he didn't to be a white butterfly but a blue one because it was his favorite color.
Adam then felt a small bit of happiness emerge inside him knowing that his brother was with him but it didn't last long when Austin then pushed Georgie to the ground and held the knife a millimeter away from his head.
"You know what!" Screamed Adam. "YOU CAN FUCK OFF!" Adam then tackled Austin to the ground in a second flat so he had no time to touch Georgie. Adam felt a sharp pain in his side as he noticed Austin's knife went straight into. Adam grabbed Austin's throat and began to strangle him and as he did so he began to quote the verse the butterfly landed on in the Bible.
" I am the living
I am the dead
And now look
I am alive for ever
and I hold the keys to Death and Hades,"
Austin's face turned red but he continued moving. Adam let go of his throat and stood up. Austin gasped for air, Adam then pulled the knife out of his side and came closer to Austin. "BURN IN HELL!!" Screamed Adam as he launched the knife into Austin's skull. Adam let go of the knife and looked behind him. He saw Rachael running towards him but his side ached to much. Adam fell to the ground and curled up into a ball Georgie bent down beside him and started shaking him. Adam could just about hear their voices as Rachael and Deirdre approached him and tried to wake him.

Thanks for reading chapter nine. There's a change of plan with the ending of the story. Next chapter is gonna be the last chapter to the story until I publish the sequel.