World of Anarchy/Chapter 14

This chapter 14 of World of Anarchy entitled: Hide And Seek

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Chapter 14 – Hide And Seek
September 2, 2014. Late Afternoon. “So...this guy helped you both?” Anna said as she treated David's wound.

“Well I wouldn't exactly put it like that but...yeah, I guess he did.”

“How would you put it?” She said as she got the bullet out of his shoulder causing him to grunt with pain.

“Sorry.” She said putting a bandage over the wound.

“I wouldn't put at as anything. The guy didn't exactly seem friendly.”

“One things for sure,” Teresa said coming over to sit beside David on the couch. “That guy was beyond creepy.”

“Well he still helped us out, and I'm grateful for that. Now because of him we can get to that safe-zone.” Anna said as she put the finishing touches on his bandage. “All done.”

He rubbed at the bandage. It hurt like all hell.

“Teresa, make sure he doesn't mess with that bandage.” Anna said walking away.

“Okay.” She said yawning.

“You should get some sleep before we leave.” David said still rubbing the bandage.

Before Anna had put his bandages on Leo, Sid, Sam, and Michelle had returned safe and sound. Sam and Michelle returned empty handed. Apparently the auto shop was completely clean out so they hadn't found a spark plug. They, just like everyone else was surprised to hear about the hooded man he and Teresa had encountered and even more surprised that he had given them the spark plug. After hearing it, Leo went straight work on the bus with Keith.

“You should too. You look terrible.” She said slurring her words as she rested her head on his shoulder.

“Gee, thanks, Teresa.” He said sarcastically as he closed his eyes.

“You're welcome.”

The was a long silence between them as they rested. David was fighting to stay awake. It had been a crazy two of days and the only real sleep he had gotten was when he was 'with' Teresa earlier that an it wasn't even that long of a nap after.

“Has it really gotten this bad?” Teresa asked.

“What?”

“People just giving up on life. That man in the principle office just...ended it.” She said with tears now rolling down her face.

“He lost everything in matter of seconds. All hope. I can see why he did it.”

“Wait, do you think what he did was right?” Now sitting up straighter.

“No. There's never a good reason to do something like that. There's always another reason to keep on going. To keep on fighting. I just meant that I understood why he did, but he was stupid for doing so. If he had just come with us he might have found his.”

“How do you do that?” Teresa asked him wiping the tears from her face.

“Do what?”

“You just...remain so okay with everything. I mean I cried over the guy's death, but you...you just take it stride. We've both seen everyone else here cry over something at one point or another but not you.”

“I haven't cried in very long time.”

Before she had a chance to respond to him, Chris came running up to them looking worried.

“Penny's gone!” Chris told them.

“Gone where?” Anna said walking over to them.

“I don't know we were just talking then I went to go grab a bottle of water and when I came back she was gone. I-I can't find her any where.”

“Well, let's go find her.” David said standing up.

“You should rest. We can go find her.” Teresa told him.

“Nah. I'm going to be able to rest with her missing.” He said.

“What were you guys talking about?” Anna asked Chris.

“Just about leaving the hotel and what the safe-zone place might be like.”

Anna sighed and placed her hand on her forehead.

“Dammit.”

“What is it, Anna?” Teresa asked.

“This what Penny does.”

“What do you mean?” David asked.

“Whenever any something she doesn't like happens she runs off and hides somewhere. This one time a couple years ago we had to move because well we were having money problems. Anyway, we told Penny and she seemed completely fine with. But she wasn't. The next morning I went to wake her up for school and found her room empty. Leo and I freaked out and called the police. Eventually the whole neighborhood was helping us search for her. The police even put out an A.P.B. Turns out she never left the house. We found her hiding in the attic later that day.”

“So she's still in the hotel somewhere.” David said.

“Yep. All the times she's don this she never left the property.”

“Are there any places you and her like to play, Chris?” David asked.

“No. We usually just play down here in the lobby. But she did say she always wanted to go up to the roof to look at the city.”

“Looks like we found her.” Anna said walking to the stairs.

“We'll come with you.” Teresa said as she and Chris followed.

David began to go with them but stopped when he noticed Michelle. She was standing near the check-in desk and was biting her nails. Judging by her body language she was worried about something.

“Are you okay?” He asked her.

She jumped when she heard him speak.

“Y-yeah fine.” She said shifting uncomfortably.

He could tell right away that she was keeping something secret.

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah—I just had a bad dream when I took nap a couple minutes ago.”

“It wasn't about the future, was it?” He said trying to make a joke.

But an expression other than laughing came over her face. Instead she looked scared about something. Was it what he said, or...something else.

“Hey David, are you coming?” Teresa asked him from the top of the stair case.

“Yeah. Coming.” He said moving toward the stairs, not taking his eyes off of Michelle.