Warning: The following contains violence, coarse language, and excessive amounts of awesomeness. Please prepare your mind for blowing.
Chapter Seven
Squee races down the street at full speed. Despite his small stature, he’s fast enough to give a cheetah a run for his money. Especially when he’s freaked right out.
He doesn’t look back to see if those ‘zombies’ are chasing him. He just clutches Shmee and runs until he can’t breathe anymore. When his legs finally give out, he leans against a wall and pants heavily.
“What…what is happening?” he pants.
“You’re safe. None of those creatures are chasing you,” Shmee says.
“Johnny is in trouble,” Squee states.
“Forget about him. You can’t possibly go back for him,” he points out.
“I can’t forget about him,” Squee disagrees and stands up. He jogs down the street but in the opposite direction of Johnny and the zombies.
Squee would be next to useless if he went back for Johnny. There’s got to be someone who can help him.
The police? No, Johnny’s technically a serial killer. He probably wouldn’t like being involved with the cops. The army? He doesn’t know how to get a hold of them.
He looks up and notices the familiar surroundings. He somehow made it back to the Laundromat. He sees Tenna standing by a car with the purple hair girl, Devi.
“Tenna!” he exclaims and runs up to the girls.
“Squee?” she questions. Behind her, Devi twitches with surprise and steps back.
“Tenna, please, I need your help,” he pants.
“You’re that kid from last night,” Devi growls.
“What’s going on, Squee?” Tenna asks.
“It’s Johnny. We were attacked by these weird… people and he told me to run while he stayed back to fight. But I can’t leave him but I can’t help him either,” Squee explains breathlessly.
“So you want me to help him?” she asks.
“Please?” he whimpers.
“No way!” Devi snaps, pushing Tenna out of the way. “There’s no way I’m helping that idiotic psychopath. Whatever those people are doing, he totally deserves.”
“Devi, right? Listen, I know you hate Johnny and after hearing about what happened between you two, I don’t blame you,” Squee explains, “but Johnny’s not a bad person. He’s just…”
Squee stops as he suddenly remembers the look on Johnny’s face last night, and why it seemed so familiar.
“He’s just sad and lonely,” he whispers, “I know because I used to look that exact same way.”
Devi softens a little at the look on the boy’s face. Though she’d never know, it’s the exact same expression Johnny wore last night. But even she thinks he looks sad and lonely.
“Well, I suppose we could at least check on him,” Devi groans.
Squee smiles and squeezes Shmee. Devi growls and points at her backseat. He quickly climbs in as Devi and Tenna sit in the front seats. She starts the car and follows Squee’s directions back to Johnny’s location.
Squee quickly jumps out of the car and looks around. Tenna and Devi follow him, but a little slower. All three of them stop abruptly at the sight.
