World of Anarchy/Chapter 8

This is chapter 8 of World of Anarchy entitled: New Problems.

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Chapter 8 - New Problems
David and Teresa entered the lobby from the back doors. They spotted Leo and Sam by the front fighting about something like they always seemed to do. David saw Chris by the stairs watching the fight unfold and moved beside him with Teresa.

"God damnit Sam, we have to do this!"

"Leaving the hotel is NOT smart, Leo! It's much safer here then it'll be out on the road."

Chris turned to David and Teresa and caught their attention.

"Why are Leo and Sam always fighting?" Chris asked them.

David tried to think of a way that he could explain to a ten year-old why they were fighting, but couldn't figure out a way to. He turned to Teresa and shot her a look of help.

"They...just have different ideas on how we should run the group." Teresa said crouching beside him.

David then heard foot steps from the stairs beside them, and he looked up to see Riley, Keith, and Oliver heading down them. They all looked exahuasted and mad, which David guessed was due to Leo and Sam fighting.

"What the hell are they fighting about now?" Riley asked angrily when she reached the bottom.

"Don't they know that people, like me, need their beauty sleep or they'll be grumpy?" Oliver said following behined Riley.

"They need to cut this shit out," Keith said,"Almost every single day they end up fighting about something, and I'm sick of it. Someone needs to talk to them about this."

They all looked at each other one by one, waiting for someone to step up and talk to Leo and Sam. After a minute, Keith smiled and quickly raised his finger to his nose. Riley was the first to realize what Keith was doing and raised her finger to her nose, then Teresa, Oliver, and Chris. David was the last to realize and through his finger to his nose, but he was the last one and lost.

"Damn!" He excaimed.

"Sorry David, nose goes." Keith said.

"Why do I always lose at that game?" David asked himself.

"Sorry," Teresa said,"Good luck talking them down though."

David sighed and began to walk over to Leo and Sam's direction.

"Break a leg, Davey!" Oliver called to him.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stupid nose game." He said under his breath.

He approched Leo and Sam and waited for them to notice him. They were too caught up in the fight, so he cleared his throat to get their attention.

"David, tell Sam that I'm right on this. You had my back earlier in the kitchen." Leo said still caught up in the fight.

When Leo said thet he instantly realized what they were fighting about and wished that he didn't have to be caught up in it.

"Sam, Leo's right. The city's running out of food, and this hotel is to big to defend."

"Defend? Those zombies aren't that difficult to defend from. They just roam about, not even trying to get in."

"But what if one does, Sam. What if one gets in the middle of the night from the other side of the hotel and gets one of us? What if bandits and looters see the hotel and try to get in? These are things that we have to think about this shit." David said.

"Bandits and looters? We haven't even seen any other people that are alive in this city, and if there are we'll mame the hotel more defendable."

"Sam's right, you two." Sid said appearing from nowhere.

"What the fuck," Leo said suprised,"Where the hell do you come from?"

David was also suprised. He thought back to when he was walking up, and didn't remember Sid being there. "Been here the whole time, but that's beside the point."

"Thank you, Sid. Finally someone has my back."

"Know what," Leo said,"You guys do what you want, but I WILL do whats right for my family." Leo said storming off.

David turned back to Sam and Sid.

"Leo had some legit points." He said.

"Leo needs to give up on the idea that it's gonna be any better out on the road, or he'll end up getting everyone that goes with him killed. If he'd start using his head, he'd see that I'm right about this." Sam said.

David shook his head.

"You're saying that Leo should give up hope. Hope that there's something better out there is honestly the only thing keeping the rest of us going." He said.

David turned to leave but stopped after a few steps. He turned to look back at Sam and Sid.

"Leo's definitely right about about one thing. We WILL have to leave this place eventually."

He left Sam and Sid standing there and walked back over to Teresa and the others.

"How'd it go?" Teresa asked.

"Fine I guess." He responded.

"So what were they fighting about anyway?" Riley asked.

David thought over wether he should tell them about Leo's plan, and decided that it was time for them to know.

"Leo has--"

"LEO!"

Anna calling for Leo cut off David's sentence. They all looked up the stairs where she was screaming and watch as Leo zoomed past them. Leo didn't say a word as he acended the stairs and ran in the direction of Anna's call. David and everyone followed behined once Leo reached the top. David began to worry if bandits or an infected had gotten as they passed the second floor and reached the third, but he stopped when he spotted Anna holding food scraps and a water bottle down the hall.

"What is it hon?" Leo said stairing at the things in her hands.

"Penny found these food bits and empty water bottles up here. Leo someone else is living here."

"Calm down, hon. It's probably just crap that was left behined when the hotel was abandond."

"I'm not going to calm down, Leo. There IS someone living here, I know it. Penny said she's been hearing noises at night, David and Teresa know."

They all turned to David and Teresa with confused looks. David began to put the noises and food together just as Anna did and believed her.

"It'd be worth checking out, Leo." He said.

Leo looked back at Anna, then back to David.

"Alright, we'll check it out. David, Sid, Keith, and I will. The rest of you wait down on the lobby. We don't know if who ever it is, if there even is somebody, is dangerous or not."

David, Leo, Keith, and Sid returned to the lobby at lunch time. They had searched all morning but didn't find a trace of anyone living there. David didn't know what to believe anymore. He'd actually thought that someone might've been living above them, but now he wasn't so sure. As he walked over to Teresa and Chris, he noticed Michelle and Ben had gotten up.

"What's the news?" Teresa asked him.

"We didn't find anyone. How's it been down here?"

"Amber showed Penny, Chris, and I how to make braclets out of yarn. We made one for you."

Chris handed David a braclet that was made of blue yarn. David tied the braclet around his wrist.

"Thank you. This is great." David told them just as Ben walked up.