Chapter Nine: seeing RED

Graaaaaaa!

Bang!

Swoosh!

Bang!

Kyaaaaaa!

Crack! This was the sound of the cold blood who had freeze because of the cold, Luther slipped on it and fell, he climbed on top of the fallen corps and drilled his way out, the blood on him had already crystallise on his body, he was freezing, looking around, his memories were blur.

"What... Happened?" he asked, but nobody was there to provide him an answer, he climbed on the fallen and reach a collapsed vending machine, he kneel and immediately picked a bottle of water and quench his thirst.

"Not enough" he Searched and found another, again and again, broke the machines and drank all the liquid, he crawled and took a bag of chips and tore it, eating furiously, he had the impression to have starved for decades, but they was a problem, apart from the water he drank which only had a refreshing feeling, the reste have him nothing, no satisfaction, he was still hungry.

Tang!

Luther's body immediately heated up preparing for any friction, but eased seeing what did it, he stared at the man who was the first to run and hide, he actually survive, so it's true, the brave are the first to die and the cowards can hide to see tomorrow's sun.

Ignoring the guy, he search for anything to satisfy his growing hunger, as time passed, he fell his head throbbing, he could not see his eyes at this moment, they were literally turning red.

They saw how Luther was eating on what was left as food greedily, he picked a bare and came closer to Luther.

"Heh dude, don't eat everything, keep some for me!" The man shouted as he gradually came closer to Luther, he was certain, this person covered in blood was human, those corps only eat flesh, so it's impossible that this guy is one of them, maybe, during the Chaos, he pretended to be dead and waited for the battle to stop, that's it, certainly, the man did not see Luther's berserk mode as he was the first to run away.

"They food here is to small for both of us" thought the man, he wanted to take over the store and not leave it to this boy, after thinking all through, he stood behind Luther and lifted the bat.

Swoosh!

Thud!

He was to focus eating, cutting all external noise, not hearing the man approaching, the hit was voilent and Luther's skull was carved in, he immediately collapsed, the man wanted to be certain he was dead, so, he gave few more stroke strikes, seeing the disfigured head, he was satisfied, he turn and look around.

"Okay, some clean up is required, I would fortifie the area and turn it into a base hehahaha" in his delusion, he did not realize the body behind twitching and rising, the body turn and an ugly expression full of hunger stared at the man's neck.

Feeling the cold gaze, the man froze, before gradually turning, seeing the standing body, he shivered, regretting his actions, he grip the bat and was ready to swing.

Outside, the sound of a man was heard before stopping abruptly...

***

Squash!

Sending the dagger inside the eye of the corpse, he dodge the claw and kicked with the leg sending it flying, he remove the dagger from the other corpse which stumble on the floor never to get up, he ran and nail the corps who tried to stand up sending the dagger in its skull ending it for good.

"Hufff cold" said Lloyd, he stood up and looking around, he fell depressed, with all this snow and storm, he was definitely lost.

He followed the road, sometimes colliding with a group of six to ten mad people, he fought certain and avoided some, especially those that did not resemble humans at all, he took out his dagger and moved toward a building, knocking at it, he look through the windows, nothing, he stared at the raging storm, no other choice, he would have to force his way inside this building, he smiled bitterly, a defender of law trying to enter a house without a mandate, which is illegal, what an irony.

Prank...

Before he could even process, the door open widely and someone pointed a gun at Lloyd, "Down!" The person said, Lloyd immediately bend and ....

Bang!

Thud!

A hole on the head, the corpse was turn into a real corpse, turning, Lloyd realize he had put down his gaurds a little to early, luckily his wife did not see it or else she would have scold him, he wanted to thank the person, but when he turn, he was greeted with the back of the gun sending him to a resting land.

****

"I am hungry" said Rebecca holding her stomach, Ethan could only sigh in approval, he did not know how long it has been, but what was certain, night was falling, but they could not really tell they difference, the storm was increasing turning places dark with snow everywhere and very soon it would be darker, he hoped that, none of his family was out there under the snow.

He look towards the door, it has been a minute they haven't heard a sound, was she gone, Ethan turn to face Rebecca who was thinking the same thing, he bend his head, "hmm?" He saw what look like frozen hairs on the window, his body immediately move to grab Rebecca dragging her away from the window, the startled girl was shocked but did not resist instead looking behind her.

Clang!

A frozen hand burst out breaking the window into pieces and throwing it every where, Lima a nightmare, the once aunt Betty crawled inside the room climbing the ceiling like a gecko lizard, her eyes not leaving the trembling children, her head spun like an owl, she smiled at them with bloody teeths.

"Is over!" That's what both Ethan and Rebecca thought.

After having a nice view of her meal, she pounced at them, the two children scream in terror.

Boom!

The door broke open and a powerful punch came landing on Aunt Betty's face carving it in, sending her flying and colliding with the wall, she stood up with a broken jaw and nose, as if not feeling the pains.

The unknown hand came back, the door crumbling, the person dashed in and engage in a melee with Betty.

Dodging, left claw, right claw, the person gave a right punch, left punch, held the neck and hand and punch with the kneel at the abdomen, he did not stop

The strikes kept increasing in flash and rapidly like a danser, Betty's body swayed left and right unable to defend herself, directed and controlled by each punches that landed on her, soon the person ended with a strong forward kick sending her flying out of the window

The children speechless of what the saw, heard the body hitting planks before nothing, surly fallen on the snow.

The person stood there for a moment, listening, just to be sure that thing was done for before removing his hood, he was wearing a thick sweater protecting him from cold, he turn and look at Ethan and Rebecca.

"Luther!"

"Big brother!" Both shouted in joy and tear up as the ran and hug him.