Onision Self Insert (Reaper's Creek)

Chapter 6: Bodies in the Creek

The body was old. There was a mold growing on the side of her face. David hadn't spoken to me in weeks. The police came, she was dragged out of our creak & placed in a body bag. Through all this, the alien nightmares continued regardless of the psychological stress I endured stumbling upon the dead body in my own back yard.

They didn't know why there was a dead woman in a skimpy pink dress laying in our creek. They couldn't explain how she had gone so long undiscovered. Two children finding her body , she was one of three victims. David and I will live with this haunting our childhood forever. They were still looking for her left arm. It seemed it was chewed off by some animal in the woods up stream.

I was required to go back to school after about 10 days. Half the school knew about what I had gone through, but that didn't change how the key people in my life treated me outside David.

I saw Aubrey was on the playground at recess today, so I approached her. I thought maybe she could get my mind off the creek, help me escape the memories of the alien sticking his fingers in my neck and torturing me every other night.

"Hi Aubrey" I said trying to smile. Aubrey replied "Hi Daniel" with a slight smile as well. She had learned a bit about me through her friend Amber. Amber was an observer who liked to learn things about people, most everyone she was around. I suppose it made her feel more secure, which I'm sure has it's own reasons and story.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go with me some time." I said, Aubrey replied "Go with you?" Just then Amber walked up to Aubrey and said "Hi Daniel" I looked up and said hi back, only to connect eyes with Aubrey again "I mean go out on a date to like the mall." I said. Aubrey looked at her feet and said "I donno, I'll have to get back to you I think." Amber jumped in saying "She have to ask her parents." and gave me a big smile.

In the corner of my eye I could see a figure standing there, staring at me. It was Phillip. Looking over I could see he was angry. Clearly he didn't care about what I had gone through recently. He hated me just as much as before and after my brief time away from school, obviously just wanted to continue where we left off, the field, the ball in my hand, the threat I made for the sake of defending someone else.

The rest of recess I decided to spend in the basketball court, trying to jump off the wall and grab the hoop. Myself and a few other people were having fun doing it, and only I was able to actually grab on every other attempt as I was the tallest as well as the best jumper.

The bell rang and we were off to class. Before class started up again my teacher approached me an whispered an apology about the half dinosaur half human she had shown me on the first day of school. Apparently I was not the only one who complained, and that gave me a sense of relief.

The ride home from school was lonely,Joanna was off at some extended extra curricular activity and of course David was still coping with being the first of us to see the body. Michelle didn't talk much as usual so it was mostly just me alone with my thoughts, not exactly where I wanted to be.

When I got home I looked for my papa but he was nowhere to be found. As I looked for him I heard booming laughter in the distance outside. The sound came from my neighbors, which happened to be my grandpa & grandma's house, so I walked down the gravel road to see who was so happy.

As I got closer I could see my papa talking to my Uncle Ben. He always got along with my mom's side of the family, maybe even more so than my mom. They would ride motorcycles together, go fishing together & shooting as well.

"Hi Papa" I said, my step-dad replied "Hey Daniel! Come here!!!!" and ran up to hug me. I laughed and after a brief glance my Uncle Ben just looked back to what he was working on in the shop they were in. After y papa hugged me I moped around outside the shop until I saw a flower. I bent over and picked the flower only to hear "Well, that won't grow back for seven years.", it was my Uncle. He was pointing out that I had just ruined something rare.

I didn't know how to react, so I just said sorry. My uncle just shrugged and went back to work. Now feeling stupid I decided I would just walk home again and play video games in my room.

My mom didn't make dinner that night,Joanna went straight to her room once she got home, and I was happier left alone, silently tapping away at my game controller, lost in the world of Final Fantasy VII.

The next day at recess I went to check on Aubrey to see if she had asked her parents about going on a date. When I approached Aubrey she seemed happy to see me, but as I began to ask her, Phillip approached me from behind.

I would keep trying to ask Aubrey if she talked to her parents by Phillip kept interrupting with statements like "You have a problem with me?" and "What are you a wuss, you have a problem?" I could see Aubrey was getting upset with Phillip barging in on our otherwise peaceful interactions, so I asked Aubrey calmly "Would you like me to get rid of this guy?" she hesitated to respond but I could see our lives would be better without Phillip. "Yeah keep you back turned to me you pathetic loser!" Phillip screamed at the back of my head as I faced Aubrey. I then sighed and said to Aubrey "This will take just a moment."

Using everything my mom taught me about fighting & the anger I felt for Phillip messing with the connection I felt with Aubrey, I began slinging my fists as fast as I could at Phillip's face. I did so in a way that me even turning to him in the first place to begin punching him would be just a blurry memory to him. The only thing Phillip knew to do was try and grab my shirt as I was still punching his face and pull me to the ground. As I fell to the ground he made the mistake of not pushing me away from him, so I continued, from the sitting position to rapidly punch him in the face as he was forced to bend forward not having yet let go of my shirt. After a few punches from me on the ground he fell over releasing my shirt and began screaming as he cried.

One of the staff assigned to watching kids on the playground was also screaming in horror as she had caught the tail end of our fist fight.

We were both taken to the principles office but at the time I didn't understand why I was even in trouble. The entire way to the office I was asking questions like "Why am I in trouble? He was bullying me." while Phillip just screamed "He was punching me like a machine!"

Phillip and I were placed in chairs next to each other in the office. I was in the same chair the day I walked in after seeing the dinosaur human hybrid months prior.

Phillip was sniffling and wiping now drying tears from his face at this point next to me. He had a tissue the staff had given him to help him deal with everything coming out of his nose and eyes. After waiting for our parents to show up for about 30 minutes, under his breath Phillip said "You know I could beat you up if you didn't jump me like that." I smiled and replied, "Ok Phillip." He continued "You're still a wuss you know?" I smiled again "Sure Phillip." Phillip awkwardly laughed and sniffled quite a few times more.

That was the last interaction I'd ever have with him before he died weeks later.