Chapter 13 - 10: Narrow spaces (1/2)
It's been a couple of days since Alexia, Alice, and Lana found the evidence of John's innocence, yet they were still stuck on what to do next. Should Alexia go to the authorities about the heinous crime she committed or should they drop the evidence that Mattheson worked hard for at the percent to prove John's innocents?
Both options were righteous but both still would've have torn the family apart. So what could they do other than sit in their living room and talk, or in their case right now look at each other awkwardly?
Alexia saw looked at both her daughter and granddaughter with eyes of sorrow as she saw how Alice wouldn't even look her way while Lana would look at her periodically and when caught would quickly look back at her phone trying to avoid. Alexia with no idea as to how she could fix the situation says, ” This isn't going to work. The awkward stares and the silence. I know what I did was horrible but we have to give this evidence to someone to clear his name. We have to prepare ourselves for when I turn myself.”
Alice looks up at her mother with a saddened look upon her face which quickly turns to a face of annoyance as she looks at her daughter who sadly tries to hide the tears from the two people who she views as the strongest women on earth to her. Alice looks out the window into the dark night sky and says, ”Mom, have you not thought about the ramifications of what'll happen when you turn yourself in. They probably won't even care since it's been so long, but if they do the media will make it a mission to take all of us down. Since I've already known about this and didn't report this Internal Affairs would probably try to take legal action against me all the while you might spend the rest of your life in prison while Lana will have to face more than a withholding evidence charge.”
After hearing Alice's rant everyone returned to the silent state that flooded the room before. It was another few seconds before Alexia said, ”I really f.u.c.k.e.d it up this time huh?”
Before Alice could answer, the bloody scream of a woman washes over the entire neighborhood making Alexia, Alice, and Lana jump to their feet in unison although Alexia with her age took a little longer to rise. Alexia knew the voice of the scream as Joanne, A homeless woman who lives in the alley in between the apartment complexes in front of her house who she usually plays chess with on the weekends.
”Alice hurry, Joanne's husband must be beating her again,” Alexia says while grabbing her husband's old cane that he used to use before passing away.
Alice noted that her mother grabbed her father old cane before wondering if she was going to kill this man too. Although Lana saw the look in her mother's eyes as they all approached the door to exit she could only feel concern for all of them.
Alice raced across the street toward the alley with her gun out and ready to put a stop to the assault of the homeless woman, but what she saw was a nightmare. There were over 30 to 40 people attacking and biting people who were probably asleep at the time. People who were just awaking do to the scream of Joanne were being targeted almost instantly as if to keep the entire scene as quiet as possible. Alice watching the entire scene was paralyzed with fear and shock as she looked to the left of the alley at Joanne who was having her throat ripped out with a pair of teeth.
It didn't take long for her to snap out of her shocked state of mind as one of the crazed and bloodied people began to shamble toward her. It was a woman who looked homeless with beige and brown tattered and ripped clothes who's black hair was messy in some areas and a bloody mess in others. One of her shoes was missing while the other now basically just scrap leather hanging from her ankle. Lastly her glowing pale and bluish as eyes that which locked on to
By the time both Lana and Alexia reached the alley to meet the horror that Alice had walked upon they too stood in shock at what was unfolding before them. While they froze from shock and confusion Alice began pointing her gun at the woman who was slowly shambling towards them. Once the woman was within 30 meters of Alice and the others she broke into a full-on unnatural sprint as if she was a pro athlete.
Alice shot not once, not twice, but the entire clip seeing that the woman seemed unfazed by the first few shot fired into her c.h.e.s.t making her jerk back a little while not stopping at all. After the last bullet, the woman stops when she catches a glimpse of Alexia and just freezes as if nothing had happened to begin with.
Alexia and the others stare at the woman while Alice loads another clip into her gun while making sure not to take her eyes off the woman and her glowing blue eyes that seemed familiar but distant as the situation at the moment didn't allow her to think of anything else other than survival. Although the woman before them looked threatening and dangerous, the crazed people behind her caught her attention as they were all now staring at them as if controlled by a hive mind.
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