the gas cans. Carter, of course, carried nothing but his book and the knife strapped to his leg, which I was fairly sure he had forgotten about.
“So why do you think this al happened?” Taya asked completely out of the blue, directing the question toward Carter.
“Huh? You asking me?” She nodded at him.
“Wel there are lots of theories realy. Some people believe God is punishing us, some believe they are aliens taking over our planet, some...”
“What do you believe?” Taya interrupted.
“Honestly I am not concerned about the how or why. I just want them gone.”
We al nodded silently at that. Trying to understand why this was happening or how, was just too much to fathom. Al our minds could realy think about was survival. Even if we did figure out why this was al happening, what could four smal town teenagers realy do about it? Either scenario had ominous outcomes for us.
We had to try four different cars before we found one with any gas left.
“Damn! That was a lot worse than I thought it would be.” Carter wiped his face with his sleeve after vomiting. He had nearly puked al over Taya’s sneakers, but she jumped out the way with a squeal.
“That house is realy creeping me out,” Max said as he screwed the top onto one of the gas cans.
“Which one? That blue one?” Carter questioned pointing to a smal one story house.
“Yeah, I could have sworn I saw someone peeking through the blinds,” Max said.
“What?” Taya’s mouth fel open in shock and she ducked behind Carter. He looked at her a bit confused and turned back toward the house. I thought her reaction was a little dramatic, but she was young.
“Should we go check it out?” Max asked.
“Don’t look at me. I don’t want anything to do with this.” I put my hands up in the air like I was surrendering and took a step back. I saw Max smirk at me as he set the gas cans by my feet.
“Ok then, you ladies stay here. We wil go check it out.” Max tried to sound galant, but I could tel he was half sincere and half trying to be a smartass.
“Here we go,” Taya said under her breath while she flopped into the empty driver’s seat of a nearby car. I watched her as she bit at her nails and wished I had brought my radio; it had been a while since I tried to hear if the transmission was playing and I was desperate to try it.
Chapter 6
“Are there keys in that car Taya?”
“How should I know?”
“Wil you look please?” She roled her eyes and looked about the front seat.
“Nope, no keys. What the heck do you want keys for?” She asked keeping her eyes on Carter as he approached the house.
“Nothing, forget it.” I was starting to get tired and dug into the pack Max left on the street for a bottle of water. I chugged the warm water as I watched Carter and Max disappear into the front yard of the house.
We were in a typical rural neighborhood, but this house stood out like a sore thumb amongst the rest, even during a demon apocalypse.
The entire property was lined with a four foot high brick wal and appeared to stil be currently worked on, and the more I started to look, the more I realized that the cars were positioned in such a manner as to look like barricades. They were al placed closely together, and I guessed that was to prevent a demon hound from getting around them easily. This house was some sort of fortress of some sort. At the thought of the hounds I sniffed at the air, just to be sure there weren’t any nearby even though if there were we would have known already. Their overpowering stench was hard to miss.
“What do you think is taking them so long?” Taya asked sounding impatient. I noticed that she had given up biting her nails and reverted to pacing.
“You sure seem worked up. What’s the matter? They know what they are doing, even if it doesn’t seem like it.” I tried to make light of the situation and I wasn’t sure if I was trying to convince Taya or myself. That was always Max’s tactic and it
“So why do you think this al happened?” Taya asked completely out of the blue, directing the question toward Carter.
“Huh? You asking me?” She nodded at him.
“Wel there are lots of theories realy. Some people believe God is punishing us, some believe they are aliens taking over our planet, some...”
“What do you believe?” Taya interrupted.
“Honestly I am not concerned about the how or why. I just want them gone.”
We al nodded silently at that. Trying to understand why this was happening or how, was just too much to fathom. Al our minds could realy think about was survival. Even if we did figure out why this was al happening, what could four smal town teenagers realy do about it? Either scenario had ominous outcomes for us.
We had to try four different cars before we found one with any gas left.
“Damn! That was a lot worse than I thought it would be.” Carter wiped his face with his sleeve after vomiting. He had nearly puked al over Taya’s sneakers, but she jumped out the way with a squeal.
“That house is realy creeping me out,” Max said as he screwed the top onto one of the gas cans.
“Which one? That blue one?” Carter questioned pointing to a smal one story house.
“Yeah, I could have sworn I saw someone peeking through the blinds,” Max said.
“What?” Taya’s mouth fel open in shock and she ducked behind Carter. He looked at her a bit confused and turned back toward the house. I thought her reaction was a little dramatic, but she was young.
“Should we go check it out?” Max asked.
“Don’t look at me. I don’t want anything to do with this.” I put my hands up in the air like I was surrendering and took a step back. I saw Max smirk at me as he set the gas cans by my feet.
“Ok then, you ladies stay here. We wil go check it out.” Max tried to sound galant, but I could tel he was half sincere and half trying to be a smartass.
“Here we go,” Taya said under her breath while she flopped into the empty driver’s seat of a nearby car. I watched her as she bit at her nails and wished I had brought my radio; it had been a while since I tried to hear if the transmission was playing and I was desperate to try it.
Chapter 6
“Are there keys in that car Taya?”
“How should I know?”
“Wil you look please?” She roled her eyes and looked about the front seat.
“Nope, no keys. What the heck do you want keys for?” She asked keeping her eyes on Carter as he approached the house.
“Nothing, forget it.” I was starting to get tired and dug into the pack Max left on the street for a bottle of water. I chugged the warm water as I watched Carter and Max disappear into the front yard of the house.
We were in a typical rural neighborhood, but this house stood out like a sore thumb amongst the rest, even during a demon apocalypse.
The entire property was lined with a four foot high brick wal and appeared to stil be currently worked on, and the more I started to look, the more I realized that the cars were positioned in such a manner as to look like barricades. They were al placed closely together, and I guessed that was to prevent a demon hound from getting around them easily. This house was some sort of fortress of some sort. At the thought of the hounds I sniffed at the air, just to be sure there weren’t any nearby even though if there were we would have known already. Their overpowering stench was hard to miss.
“What do you think is taking them so long?” Taya asked sounding impatient. I noticed that she had given up biting her nails and reverted to pacing.
“You sure seem worked up. What’s the matter? They know what they are doing, even if it doesn’t seem like it.” I tried to make light of the situation and I wasn’t sure if I was trying to convince Taya or myself. That was always Max’s tactic and it
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