Beyond The Dead/ Issue 9

Visiting Family - Issue 9 of Beyond The Dead


The Acadia pulls up to the front door of the house. The first men to come out is Walter, followed by Paxtan, Ajay, Bradley, Destiny, and Jay. The group enters the front door, and is welcomed by a happy Caroline.

Caroline: Thank you for coming back safe and sound! I see you brought some guest?

Walter: Yeah, I tell you later, it’s a long story.

Caroline: Oh alright, well I have dinner cooking; it should be done in at least an hour. In the mean while please lets you’re self at home!

10 Minutes later

Lionell: Hey Walter, I just wanted to say thanks for helping us! Oh yeah, thank you for being there for me and Paxtan as well.

Walter: Well thanks, means a lot kiddo, be careful I been hearing stories about crazy bandits and stuff.

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Alright, for sure men.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">On the road

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">-Alright, already, the show goes on all night 'til the morning, we dream so long anybody ever wonder when they would see the sun go Just remember when you come up, the show goes on-

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Shoot, I used to love this song so much, be ashamed if Lupe was dead.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Yeah, be ashamed if Lexi Belle was dead

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The two men exchange smiles, and begun to laugh.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: So Titus why you so quiet?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: I don’t know, just don’t know what to talk about.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: So how old you?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Twenty two, what about yawl two?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Twenty four

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: We the same age brother.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: So what’s the turn we make?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: The next turn, you should see a sign that says Samford Road, and then just keep going till you see the last house on the left.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Thanks, appreciate it!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell turns the blue Hummer around the edges of the side walk. The Hummer continues down the road slowly, until they see multiple road spikes.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: The hell is this shit?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Well we gone have to get out of the car, and walk the rest of the way. Let’s go boys.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The three men step outside the car, and continue past the road spikes up to the end of the road. They come to a two story brown house that was barricaded with multiple pieces of wood covering the front door and the windows, besides the top ones. The side of the house consisted of an American flag, and a trashcan.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Damn, they always we’re rednecks. Titus said scratching the back of his head.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Well I don’t how we’re supposed to get up there. You think you can jump up on to that trash can to the roof?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: For sure, I don’t play basketball just for nothing.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus then proceeded to the side of the house, where the trash can was located. He then climbed his way on top of the trashcan. He then was amazingly jump and reach at least up to 10 feet allowing him to grab access to the edge of the roof.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Good job, now just open up the window, and help us up.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus followed Dee demands, and helped both Dee and Lionell up to the roof. The top window was easily broken by Titus allowing the three men into the house.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Smells like shit in here.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: don’t see anyone in here.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Follow me, if there here, they be in the basement.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The three men left the stinky empty rooms and followed Titus orders, until they got to a door leading to the basement. Titus then opened the door, entering the dark room along with Dee and Lionell.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Colton! May! Angelica? Anyone in here!?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">A young middle aged skinny, paler skin girl came out under a bed.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Girl: Oh god! Titus I’m so glad it you! You got to help my parent’s thoe! There in danger

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Calm down Angelica! What’s wrong?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Angelica: A few days ago a few men we’re coming house to house, raiding places, and you know how Daddy is.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Please don’t tell me he didn’t go out there thanking he would stop them.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Angelica began to shed tears nonstop like a waterfall.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Come on Angelica, this place isn’t safe, grab my hand. These men will help protect you.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The crying scared Angelica grabbed Titus hand and followed him up stairs. The group of four came to the window from which they came from, only to realize three men we’re stealing multiple items from the blue Hummer.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Oh hell no! Dee reach toward his black belt, and reached for a pistol.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: What the hell are you doing?!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: We’re about to handle business.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Well make this business fast.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The two black males, snuck down from the roof, and continue their way down the side walk until the came to a stop at a house.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Ready?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Yeah you’re gun ready?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Hell yeah!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The two men came out from the corner of the house and opened fire on the 3 men, shooting and killing two of them. The third men begun to run towards Angelica’s house. From the top of another house, a sniper is seen and shoots at the two men. Almost taking off Lionell’s head.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Aw shit, this wasn’t a good idea.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Follow my lead.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Meanwhile....

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The third man is running as fast as he can to Angelica’s house.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Hold on Angelica, lock that door, I have to do something.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Angelica runs to the door, and immediately locks the door. Titus jumps out from the top window, on to the trashcan pulling his gun out. The first shot is missed, then the second, then the third. The bandit is getting closer and gaining more momentum to stab a knife through Titus skull. Titus shoots his pistol one more time, only to realize it’s jammed.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Meanwhile…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Dee goes toward the left and I’ll go to the right.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Alright.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell turns the corner, only to realize multiple biters, shooting both of them in the head immediately. Dee makes it to the same corner from where the two men came from. Lionell begins shooting at the sniper, hitting him in the shoulder causing him to lose his sniper. The sniper jumps off the building of the house, into a squad of biters. His screams are heard until there is no more. From the distance another scream is heard.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Shit, get in the car Dee! Get ready to drive!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Meanwhile…

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The bandit finally reaches Titus but trips up to a walk, causing him to loose balance and loose the knife. Titus runs for it but is then tripped up and falls down as well. From the top of the house, Angelica screams as she hears banging from her door.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Angelica: Titus! Titus friends! Help!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus and the bandit engage in a one on one fight until another figure shows up punching the bandit to the ground, and immediately shoots the bandits knee cap. The bandit face is now bloody, along with multiple scars on his body.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Titus go help Angelica!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus goes through the same obstacle course to get back to the roof and window of the house. Angelica grabs my hand! The door is then busted open; a female biter comes out.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Angelica: Mom!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Angelica, that’s not your Mom! Come with me now!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus then shoots the zombified Anglica’s Mother, leaving Angelica no choice but to grab his hand. The two then leave the house, and passes the engagement between Lionell and the bandit and run up the street where the Hummer is waiting.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Bandit: You fuckers won’t get away with this, are people are going to find out who you are and kill you! Kilo is going to make you pay for what you have done!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: I don’t think that’s the right words to say to somebody holding you at gun point ass hole.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">A bullet goes off, and Lionell immediately runs as fast as he can towards the hummer where the three are waiting. Dee then immediately drives away running over three biters in the process of escaping.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: Woo! Did you see that!

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The rest remain silent, and Lionell put’s in Dessy’s Taylor Swift album, hoping to make Angelica happier.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: So do you think those we’re the guys Walter were talking about?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Yeah, if there going around robbing and raiding places.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: What that guy says before you killed him?

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Just told me we’re going to do die, and some dude named Kilo is going to make us pay.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Titus: Well, we’re going to have to alert the others.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Lionell: Yeah, just start being aware whatever you go. I just didn’t expect so many people to just change; I mean they do anything to live.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Dee: That’s why we kill them first before they can kill more innocents.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">The blue hummer continues on the long road passing loads of biters, until finally they sit in the main gates of the mansion waiting for the door to open.

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">Things to say & Trivia
<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">This is the first episode that reveals the ages of Lionell and Dee.

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">This is my favorite episode so far, and has more action then any of the others, especially Issue 8.

<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white;border:1ptnonewindowtext;padding:0in;">For last Issue > Issue 8

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