Parasite

Part 18

West drives as the sun starts to become lower. A sign with a sun with sunglasses giving a big smile, in big green writing the words Welcome to Raincrow. The town before the border with houses stack up as three stories, some only two. Some of the houses are in solid colour. As they drive closer to the centre more of the street lights turn on with iconic flowers, people caring paper bags with a printed shell, others with their own. West pull up to a park were a box hung from a canopy. West takes his seat belt off, twisting to face the people behind him. Toby colour is still pale. Only the stretching across his shoulder show that he is still breathing. Casey is a statue as she holds a bag above her head. Becky is fast asleep.

"Casey I am going to get some food, some hair dye...anything you need" mumble West.

Casey eyes did not stray from Toby "can you get drill and a drill head use to make holes?"

West nods "once I get this, we will continue on."

Attaching the charger to the car, West leans over the dash board and place a plain black cap. He strolls across the street to an old fashion shop. As he walks in seeing fruit and vegetables sitting in wooded crates among pebbles that keep the fresh food cool. On a stand flowers blooming white with yellow in buckets. Grabbing a basket he picks up a basket. Placing anything fresh in the basket, he then head down the dry food aisle grabbing rice, pasta. He fills the basket until it starts to brush under his arm. While doing so he has carefully tuck data cards in the pants of his jeans. These data cards allowed hundreds of dollars on start up. After paying, West taps a password into the activation to the holiday house. He types in for a delivery for a drill. He heads back to the car only having to stop as a police officer came right up to him. His heart goes up into his throat.

"Excuse me sir" she present photos of three very familiar faces "I notices that you have just arrived, have you seen any of these people."

"No sorry", West goes to step around, eye contact avoided.

"You'er a camera person" stated the officer.

"Yeah, uh, have to go, got to cook dinner" nodding quickly.

West swings the bags onto the front passage seat. Pulling the charger out as it whirl back into the box. The sounds startling Becky awake. West jumps into the seat as the door thumps that air brush past. The engine of the car hums into life. The cap hurls onto the dash board. He faces them, eyes wide and hair mess.

"I need you to duck down until I say" West rush out in one breath.

Becky leans right over, her head resting onto her knees. The spines on Toby head digging into her leg. Casey removes the needle from Toby as the exoskeleton start to heal over. Casey has been monitoring Toby over the period of time. The parasite ability did extend to a rapid healing of the body. However the bleeding inside of Toby is now trapped in him. The speed of clotting of the blood had been difficult. He is stable now and the colour has started to return. However the pool of blood inside him would need to be removed as it is now a jelly that is now mass putting pressure on his organs.

They stay down. The car is in unsettling silences, time ticking by. Becky lift her head as she peer up, to a sky now settling into a deep blue and the clouds grey.

"Can we get up?" In a small voice she asks, West eyes glance at the mirror.

"yeah"

"What happen back there?"

West voice came out stress "I got stop by a police officer."

Becky froze for two long heart beats "okay."