The Safeway

Ringo


I laughed. This man was threatening me? Pathetic! How weak did they think I was? The man didn't seem to happy with my laughter, but it was just too funny. I was clutching my sides with laughter, when I suddenly stopped.

There was that girl. The one I had shot. The one who had screamed so wonderfully. I turned to the man, "Where's that girl I shot?"

He stared at me, "What you want to finish the job?"

He must of thought I was a murderer. My, how wrong he was. I just knew what the world was really like. And if that made me insane, I would admit I was insane.

"Yes." I replied, tilting my head with a soft smile dancing on my lips.

The man obviously didn't believe me. As he shook his head he said, "Victoria's in the infirmary. She needs to rest. You made her lose a lot of blood you know?"

I grinned, "Well, you know my baby does need to be fed once in a while."

Then I walked out of the room faster than I could hear his reply. His answer was of no interest to me. I wanted to see the results of my baby's deadly attack. Following the signs which pointed out the infirmary, I arrived about 5 mins later.

She appeared to be sleeping. No, fun. An idea played upon my mind. Would it be possible to find a new round of ammunition for my gun? She was all out. I pulled her from my pants and rubbed in on my cheek.

I could feel all the bumps and indentations of what she had gone through. Poor baby. Giving her a soft kiss I held her loosely in my hands and searched the room with my eyes, stepping about every so often.

Nothing gave away the position of ammo. Not even the smallest skewered draw. This room was kept digusting clean. I hated cleansiness, it was just anoher thing in this world that other people expected of you.

In my peripheral focused vision I could see something moving. The girl was getting up. And I culdn't tell exactly what she had in her hands, but it was pointed at me. I turned to face her and looked at her expression.

It was grim, solemn and serious. It struck me as utterly hilarious and I began to laugh. Her emotion faltered for a second gripping the object even tighter.

"What did you think you were the only one with a gun?"

Yes, the girl was holding a gun. Fancy that, pointing that gun at me of all people. My laughter intensified and her hand wavered.

Wiping a joyful tear from my eye I asked, "No, of course not, stupid. It's just that . . ."

I paused and tensed my body up, "I'm better."

Then her finger pulled on the trigger and with a bang the bullet flew towards me. I side-stepped and took long fats steps towards her before she could pull the tigger again.

She still hadn't reacted and I knocked the gun completely from her hands. It clattered to the floor. The echo resonated through my being and a different since played in my mind,

"NO!"

BANG!

The gun clattered to the floor and the man slowly drooped downwards. Crimson fluid escaping a wound directly through his heart.

His eyes reflected the betrayal he felt, "Why?"

The woman began to cry, "He's got to live!"

Then she walked away after tucking her gun back into her belt.

I was crying again. I knew it without even realising it and the girl was still in shock since I had managed to totally render her incapable of defense. She stared at me startled that I was crying.

I had to admit, this girl was tougher than the others. At least she wasn;'t afraid to attack and not just growl death threats. She would've succeeded if she had tried a little harder though.

I smiled and wiped away my tears, they were becoming a nuisance, "You see?"

She whimpered and slid back down into her bed, "See what?"

I grinned, picked up the gun and empty her ammunition than reloaded mine, "I am better than you."

(Dinah Lynch)

This sucked. I couldn't move in the least, not to open my mouth or even my eyes, although no good would come out of opening my eyes. I could feel everything around me, which wasn't much because there was only me and Victoria, everyone else had been ordered to leave.

Then I heard him come in, the boy who I had gotten into the memories of. Those horrid memories. I could still feel the pain, the anger, the sadness... Everything.

Him and Victoria were now talking.

Atleast Bobby didn't kill him, I thought.

"I am better than you" Ringo told Victoria and I could hear him go very silent, he was sniffing the air. "Well, well, well. She's hear, huh?" he said and pulled the tarp back, exposing the bed I was in.

Ringo


I stared at the girl I had exposed. She didn't look very good. Weak, she looked weak, just like everyone else here. It amused me to see someone like that. I kept back a fit of hysterical laughter and instead pointed my gun at her.

"I don't know what you did before, but seriously don't do it again." I said closing one eye and refining my aim.

The girl I had shot in the foot mout's was agape as if she couldn't believe what I was doing. Shot-down as I now decided to call her was desperately trying to say something. Thief, the girl who had taken something from me stared blankly ahead.

Thief was blind? That was amusing. A blind thief, I wondered how well she did her job. Shot-down began, "Lower you're gun, she hasn't done anything to you!"

I raised a enquiring eyebrow and changed my target to Shot-down, "Didn't do anything? You know this girl here stole something from me."

Shot-down was staing down the barrel of my gun and I could hear her swallow loudly. I had to admit, Shot-down wasn't as weak as the others. But she wouldn't do anything to actually stop me.

I turned back to Thief, "I want to know what you saw."

Thief's blind eyes widened, "What do you mean?"

I smiled, this girl like playing games? I could play, "Well, maybe you'd like to tell me what I mean."

Since she couldn't see my baby I lowered it and let it rest next to my hip. My finger was ready to fire at any given moment.

(Dinah Lynch)

"You really want to know what I saw?" I asked, still unable to move my body although I gained my ability to speak again. "I saw everything. I felt everything. You're not insane."

I could feel Ringo right next to my face now. The gun he had was on my cheek, the coolness of it make my skin crawl.

"Bobby could have killed on the spot you know, he still can. But, I know you don't deserve to die" I told him. "No one, deserves to die."

*I have no idea what is going on outside teh infirmary...*

~Len~

Sighing, I rounded a corner. I'll go check on Dinah 'cause Bobby is probably a bit busy with that lunatic . I made my way to the infirmiry.

"No one deserves to die." Dinah's voice. So she was awake.

I walked in to see that lunatic with his gun on Dinah's cheek.


I didn't think; I reacted. Running straight towards him, I lowered my shoulder. He was whipping his gun towards me but I was too fast-one of my few perks. The gun fired and I felt a small pang of pain on my shoulder but I ignored it.

My shoulder flared up, though, when I hit his gut and sent him flying. He still had an iron grip on that gun of his.

"And what do you think you were doing?" I asked the man, keeping his wrist pinned to the ground.

"Don't kill him!" Dinah cried.

"I won't." I said, trusting her motives for keeping the jerk alive.

Ringo


The random attack by this intruder was little grating on my nerves. Then I remembered his face. A smile crept up onto mine, "Ahh, claustrphobic boy, is it?"

He bent my wrist in further as if trying to threaten me to stop talking. I turned to attention back to Thief, replying to the words she had said, before we had been so rudely interupted, "You're wrong you know. If no one deserves to die, then why do we all die anyway?"

Her response was silence. Claustrophobic's weight was crushing me and I took a breath, glanced at my baby to see if she was alright then I continued, "We all die, Thief. Doesn't matter if we deserve it or not, because if you like it or not the truth is we're nothing but organic material. And if you were taught properly, all organic material turns into organic waste. So, in sooth, we are nothing but waste. Humans and mutants alike."

Claustrophobic pressed my wrist further into the ground. There was no pain. I had gone past feeling pain years ago. After I had survived all those beatings. My smile stayed planted on my face as I arched my head around to look him in the face.

"You know, I'm double jointed, don't you?" I asked him softly.

"What?" was Claustrophobic's reply.

I cracked my wrist past the usual angle that humans could do and than nearly half way around. The barrel was now pointed directly at Claustrophobic's face. Then I pulled the trigger.

The bullet flew out and as he jumped back to dodge it, like I thought he would. He was a mutant no doubt and he had nice speed. A pity he was a weakling. Using that second that he unlatched my wrist I sprung up from my knees and cocked the gun back to point at Thief.

I let out a sigh, followed by a big grin, "You should know by now to not underestimate me. Jeeze. And you know what, Thief? You're wrong. I am insane. Have you ever shot yourself to make it look like you were dead so people wouldn't kill you?"

I was greeted by silence. Claustrophobic was slowly getting up, probably prearing to tackle me again. My grin widened, "I'll take that as a no. Insanity, as you should well know, is notting knowing what is right and wrong. I could shot you now. And I wouldn't think it was wrong. Actually my baby is beckoning for more blood you know . . ."

I stroked the top of my gun lovingly.Then I dropped my hand and placed the gun back into my pants. They all looked at me in shock. No one could ever tell what I was going to do. And that was nearly as amusing as it was ironic.

Then Claustrophobic sprung to tackle me back to the floor. I dodged easily, as I had been expecting it. grabbing his arm as he slid past me with thr force or inertia I swung him aroung until my hands rested on his neck.

I whispered breathlessly into his ear, my hands tightening at an achingly slow pace, "D you fell breathless now? Can you feel the walls closing in? Don't panic, don't hyperventillate. Don't react now, the more you struggle the tighter the grip gets."

I could feel his pulse underneath my hands, loving the erratic beat of his panicking heart and I slowly put more pressure into my hands. His breath was gettingfaster and faster and his chest heaved.

I smiled and acheiving my goal I flung him away from me, drawing my baby once again. Thief was staring at us blankly. I took a depe breath, "Now can't we all just be friends?"

I then put a open hand to my mouth in surprise, "Wait a second. That's right! You just tried to physically maim me. I'm sorry, chicken boy, but I don't think this relationship will work out."

Claustrophobic was regaining his breath. I titled my head at him and smiled, "That's gonna leave a nice bruise, ain't it?"

He growled. Hysteric laughter overcame me and I placed my gun back where it belonged. Then hopping onto the end of Thief's bed I examined her closely. My breath hitting her cheeks, I gazed into her eyes.

Adam

I could hear commotion in the infirmary but were was Bobby. I had just been to see a politician talking after when he was in his Limo I'd got to shake his hand he seemed to eager to meet me. He even asked me to bring some friends to dinner later he said anyone but Korah which was a little strange. of course I was gonna ask Kerry and maybe someone else.

I looked into Dinah's room with my Dinah vision. I saw a guy with a gun throw Len into a wall.
I walked in and flicked my hand remembering my vision he was flung backwards and dented the wall before falling to the floor. He jumped up and fired his gun three times but I put my hand up and the bullets fell stopped and the to floor.

"Hey just put the gun down mate" I said, he didn't comply so I flicked my hand again and he was suspended in air against the wall. I moved my hand left and right scraping across the wall before pulling him to his Knees and kicking him hard in the face. He was bleeding but he still had a smile on his face. This made me angry so I flicked my hand up quickly sending him into a back flip he hit his hard as he pulled himself up Len smashed a chair on his head.

"bet that will leave a bruise" Len said to the guy with the gun he was now unconscious.

(Dinah Lynch)

He was staring straight into my eyes, I could feel him. The dark part of me was trying to take over now.

Come on, sweet, sweet Dinah. You know you can't fight it, let him see his worst nightmares... Let him die under your blind gaze, said that horrible voice in my head. The blood was rushing around my eyes, I could feel my face begin to burn.

Adam burst into the room then, knocking Ringo to the ground. Thank you... I thought. One more second and it would have taken over me.

"Bet that will leave a bruise" Len said. Did they kill him? I asked myself and waited to hear a heartbeat, I heard it and sighed in relief. I closed my eyes tightly and from where I was lying on the bed, unable to move, I began to whisper a prayer. Then Bobby burst into the room, Nhara behind him.

Victoria

I’ll see you in Victoria, my sister - remember our plan.


I woke up, a new fury burning through my body. The nurse came in to give me another dose of medicine, no doubt something that would knock me out again. I was eager to accept any darkness that was willing to welcome me.

“Where’s Bobby,” I asked, already knowing the answer.
He left.

“He had some things to take care of,” she gave me a sympathetic smile. I hated that.

I turned over and placed a pillow over my head, trying to block out all the commotion that was going on in the next room.
I wonder what Sebastian is doing? You think somebody would have brought him here to see me. Oh no wait, everybody has forgotten about me. I’m just the human with a gunshot wound to the foot. Silly me, why would they worry?
I paused to listen to my thoughts, concluding with the obvious.
Today is a bitter day.

sorry I'm dropping out

I'm dropping out as well.

Im not dropping out, but I am getting very bored. Nothing is happening.

You know, I'm getting bored with this as well... And I made it. XD
Anyone know how to make it interesting?

Everybody go to the DT =]
We shall all work together to fix our rut!