//------------------------------// // Chapter 17: Reveals and More Reveals // Story: A New World, a New Terror // by TroWolf15 //------------------------------// A/N: Hey y'all! Told you this story wasn't going to die ;) Anyway, here is the next chapter, and I really hope you enjoy it! And I thank you all for posting comments and opinions on this each chapter, I really do appreciate it, really, I do :D Now get to readin'! Piece by piece, can by can, bottle by bottle. Me, Xoch and Shadow were cleaning up the house. It was still early and everyone else was still too drunk or hungover to do anything productive for us. As we were picking up stuff, the thought came… “WAIT WHERE THE HELL IS PINKIE PIE AND TWILIGHT!?” “HEREIAMYOUFOUNDME!” Pinkie yelled out in happiness as she jumped from a pile of junk, knocking me over in surprise. “GAH. Jesus Pinkie you scared the hell out of me” I said as I got back up to my feet. “Oh did I? I’m sorry!” Still practically yelling. “It’s ok! Just keep it down will ya? We don’t want every damn zombie at our front door do we?” I asked her, she was getting pretty loud. “Ok!” she said in a quiet whisper. I could barely hear her. Oh well, at least she’s quiet now. “Hey Pinkie, one last thing,” I had to see if she knew where Twilight was, “have you seen Twilight? WE don’t know where she is..” And in that moment Pinkie just reached into a pile next to her and pulled out Twilight. She was passed out. “How did….” I tried to put logic into Pinkie physics… Yeah not happening. “…Nevermind, glad we got Twilight.” I said, calmly. I stepped towards Twilight to get her from Pinkie when I felt myself kick something that wasn’t a beer bottle or can… IT WAS A CAMERA. “Uhm, guys, I think I found it” I said with slight reluctance. As excited and curious as I was to see what was on it, I was still worried what I might see on it as well. “NO WAY LET’S SEE IT” Shadow blurted out, clearly hoping he had hooked up with AJ. We all knew he wanted to, but didn’t know how to go about proclaiming his love for her… Kinda like me. “Alright alright, fine. Let’s see here…” I turned on the camera and – BANG BANG BANG Something was banging on the front door…. “Matt…” Shadow said quietly “…what the hell was that?” “I don’t know… cover me” I said as I approached the door. I pulled my knife from my pants, and slowly approached the door. I was really nervous, mainly because we are really vulnerable right now. Only a few of us can fight, whether it’s people or zombies, we are crippled right now. I took a look into the peep hole in the door, but nothing was in sight. “I don’t see anything…” I said softly to myself. “What’s there Matt? How many zombies are there?” Xoch asked, her pistol armed and ready. I slowly opened the door, wary of what might happen. Next thing I knew I saw a black blur run right towards me, and knock me flat on my ass. “STOP RIGHT THERE MISTER” yelled Xoch as I was knocked over, still kinda not knowing what’s goin on. “YOU MOVE AND YOU’RE DEAD MAN” Shadow also commanded. By this time I was getting back on my feet, still in a slight daze and shock from that. I thought I was a dead man for a second. I felt a hand grab me from behind, and I thought it was one of us grabbing me. Nope, the stranger got a hold of me and locked me in a chokehold, and I felt a chamber go against my temple. Oh shit. I’m being held hostage. “YOU MAKE A FUCKING MOVE AND I BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT!” the stranger yelled out. I could see Xoch and Shadow terrified for me, they obeyed his command. “Goooooood. Now, tell me how many of you are there. Is it just you? More?” He asked. He’s sizing us up, he has more, he has to. Silence answered him. They didn’t know what to do, I could tell. “FUCKING ANSWER ME OR HE’S DONE” the man said shoving the chamber even harder into my head, that shit hurt too. “There’s us… and 1 more fighter. The girls with pink, black and purple hair don’t fight though. We have a couple more but they don’t fight either. So you’re only dealing with 4 fighters.” I told him. It’s believable, since we have a number of girls with brightly colored hair. “Where’s this other fighter? If he comes up behind me I swear-“ “He’s that drunken fool passed out on the couch over there” I told him, motioning to the still knocked out Pancho. “He won’t cause you much harm for a while, every bottle you see in this room he finished.” There were a shit ton of bottles. Whether or not that is actually true is beyond me, but I wouldn’t be shocked either, given his track record. “Ah, well, where are the others!?” He again asked, pretty much demanding they show up. “AJ! DASH!” I yelled out. They slowly walked out from around a corner. They were still recovering from, their hangover but were recovering well. “What do you want Ma-“ Dash went dead silent seeing the situation in front of her. Then she went from shock to anger, quickly. “IF YOU DON’T RELEASE HIM I’M GONNA-“ “What? Kill me? Beat me? If you do I can you your friend here will be joining me from beyond the grave. It’s your choice” he said, sounding so sure of himself. It got Rainbow to stop in her tracks and keep quiet. “It’s ok Dash, just stay calm ok?” I tried to reassure her. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move, and so did our visitor. “WHAT WAS THAT!?” He asked in a panic. “I SAW SOMETHING MOVE” “Oh that was probably our dog. My dog. He’s a basset hound who doesn’t like to show himself to strangers. Don’t worry. He will come out soon.” I lied. And the fool bought it. I kept looking and I saw Beans poke his out from behind a couch, his knife out and ready. He looked like he was ready to nail this dude in the head. But I wanted to make sure shit wouldn’t really go down if we did kill him right away. I motioned for Beans to wait a minute, just holding up a finger as in to wait. “Now, I like your place here. Me and some pals are gonna move in I think. And well, you guys? You’re movin out. Sorry to say…. No not really” the stranger told us. He does have others. Now, where the hell are they? I mouthed Xoch if anyone was behind the guy. She waggled a finger back and forth. No. “HEY GUYS. THEY ONLY GOT A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT. I GOT THEIR LEADER HOSTAGE. LET’S MOVE IN QUICK” yelled our guest. Fuck. I looked back at Beans and gave a thumbs up. I decided our best shot against a group of real humans would be to just go gunfight. If we wait to sober up we are done for sure. At least this way, we have a chance. At that moment I dead weighted the man holding me to give myself room from the knife throw. I looked up at the guy, and there was the knife in his head, right in the temple. Nice shot. Gotta give him credit for that later. He fell and I closed the front door and locked it shut. “HEY THEY GOT MAC. EVERYONE LET’S GET THEM” shouted a voice as I closed the door. Shit. “EVERYONE GRAB YOUR GEAR NOW. WE GOT A FIREFIGHT”