Scars

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Screams

ATLAS 

I got up taking Arctic by the rope I had used from Gabriel to lead him around. I went into the bedroom of Gabriel and Lindsay to find Barkos on the floor passed out. Gabriel was still on top of him beating him down. I went over to Gabe to get him off of Barkos. 

"What are you dong Atlas?" He screamed at me. "What are you doing?" I hollered back. "I have to kill him! He tried to kill my Lindsay! He could have harmed our boys!" He kept screaming. I could see some blood on the floor but I could tell that Barkos was not dead at all. He may have a broken nose and a bruised eye and busted lip. But he was still breathing. 

Charles and Tommy and Jimmy came running in the room seeing the scene. "What happened here?" Charles asked. "I was getting a drink of water when I saw Barkos in the kitchen wrapping up his leg. It looked like he had tried to stitch himself up and then he just wrapped up his leg. He saw me and I didn't want to wake anyone so I tried to step backward away from him but he chased after me pulling me down to the floor I was afraid that he might try to rape me so I punched him in the lip and in his left eye and I ran for it when I screamed and called out for Gabriel. And well, that's when he got on top of Barkos and started beating him down and then Atlas came in."

I watched as Arctic went over to Barkos sniffing him then growling at him when he then went over to Lindsay getting on the bed hugging her and licking her face. "Awww." I heard the boys say. "He's a comforter." I said with a smile. 

"What do we do with him?" I asked. "Well, we could either kill him or we have him work as a slave for us all cannibals back at the community." Said Charles with a smile. 

"We keep him alive and get everyone together to see what happens alright? But we keep him tied up in the basement for now and then tomorrow we check on him. If he's dead and I don't care if he is or not we will eat him." Gabriel said wiping the blood from his right cheek. Barkos must have punched Gabriel hard for that. So I helped Charles and Gabriel take Barkos down into the basement tying his wrists together and his legs as well the taking some chains and tied them to the rope of his wrists and tied them to a large poll in the center of the basement. "That'll teach him!" Gabriel said spitting on him. 

I followed them back upstairs and back into bed. I saw Arctic still sitting in bed with Lindsay who was sobbing onto him as he licked away her tears. I tried whistling to him for him to come to bed with me but he wouldn't listen. Gabriel climbed into bed next to Lindsay he didn't say anything about my dog being in their bed maybe he didn't care or was just too tired to. "He can stay here with us for the night. He'll be alright." Lindsay said smiling. "Alright. See you guys in the morning. Arctic you be a good boy now and take care of Lindsay and Gabe." I said in a tough tone when he turned his head to look at me and made a smile whimper to me. "No, uh,uh no boy you be good and no begging." 

I went back into my room when I realized I had to take a leak so I went into the bathroom and did so then washed my hands and crawled into bed and fell asleep.