World of Anarchy/Chapter 7

This is chapter 7 of World of Anarchy entitled: Time Passes

Chapter 7 - Time Passes
David looked around but all he could see was the pitch-black void ahead of him.

"Chris?!Teresa?!" He called out.

No response. He called out once more and this time heard a noise after. A noise like water driping from a sink. A woman like figure then appeared in front him. He strained his eyes trying to see her face, but the darkness was to thick.

"Teresa?"

"Nope. You should keep on guessing. Give up?Alright, here I'll give you a hint. I'm the girl that you killed by driving a shard of through her head."

The figure began to get closer, allowing him to see who she was. He couldn't believe it. Jenna stood in front of him decayed just like the infected were. Blood dripped of the glass that was jutting from her head.

"Jenna?"

"What?Not happy to see me?"

"Wha--"

"What are you doing here?My guess would be...punishment."

"Punishment?"

"Well duh," Another voice said,"You didn't think you wouldn't be punished for what you did, did you?"

David recognized the voice as soon as he heard it.

"Jim?" David said in disbelief.

Jim and Jackie emerged from the shadows. The stood beside Jenna looking just as decayed.

"And let's not forget about leaving Jackie and me behined to die."

"No--no, it wasn't like that...Jenna, she was already one of those things. And I had no idea where you guys were and it was getting to dangerous out--"

"Bullshit David, bullshit. You fucking left us to die while you ran off some tail and a kid you just met."

"Hey, don't forget about me." Another voice from the darkess said.

Foster came up on their right. He was torn open and his intestines were hanging out in front of him.

"This guy here left me to get eaten while he escaped."

David was stunned.

"There wasn't anytime to save you. They were all over you when I turned around. I'm sorry Foster."

"Sorry!?Being sorry isn't going to change what happened to us!Face it David, you will get everyone you care about killed." Jackie yelled.

They all tackled him to the cold, damp floor. One by one they took turns tearing him apart. All David could do was scream as they tore him to pices.

"David!?David it's okay you just having a bad dream."

He slowly unclenched his eyes and saw Teresa sitting beside him. She was wearing his t-shirt that he had worn the day before and her hair was messy.

"See?It was just a dream."

He sat up beside her and rubbed his face.

"Are you going to tell me what it was about?" She asked.

"I..." He said,"I'd rather not talk about it, if that's alright."

He wished that he had told right there, but he just couldn't. Teresa pulled him closer and kissed him.

"You can tell me. Whatever it is you can tell me."

"In my dream...Jim, Jackie, Jenna, and Foster were dead," He said,"They blamed me for their deaths. Said I would end up getting everyone I know killed and then attacked me."

"Hey, their deaths aren't on you. They can't be on you because you did what had to. And you're the reason we're all still alive. I don't even whant to think about what would've happend if you hadn't remembered this hotel when you did. Besides, we don't know if Jim and Jackie are actually dead. For all we know, they could still be alive out there somewhere."

David didn't respond. He just sat there replaying his dream in his head. He still felt guilty despite Teresa's attempt to comfort him. Teresa's stomach growling snapped him back to reality.

"Woah, guess it's time for breakfast." She said with a laugh.

"Chris is probably up already, so let's get him and get some food." David said as he stood up.

They walked side by side down the stairs that leads to the lobby. Chris and Penny ran up and greeted them eargerly.

"Hey guys, Penny said that the hotel has a ghost." Chris said.

"A ghost?Did you see one?" Teresa asked Penny.

"No, but I heard noises last night from the room above mine."

David folded his arms.

"You know, it was probably just a raccon that got stuck or something.

"But I also heard a girl crying."

"A girl crying?" He thought.

"Hey, how about we go eat breakfast and talk abou this later." Teresa suggested.

The three of them left David standing there byhimself. He looked up at the cealing and strained his ears listing.

"Are you alright David?"

He looked back down to see Anna standing in front of him.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Penny said that she heard noises in the room above hers last night."

"Oh that?I heard them too. Probably just rodents."

"I thought that too, but then she said she heard a girl crying."

"Crying?I didn't hear anything like that. Maybe it was Michelle, or Riley. Their rooms are kinda close to ours I guess."

"Hmm, I guess." David said, Anyways where is everyone. Shouldn't they be up already?"

"I guess they must still be asleep. Everyone except for Sam."

"She still out keeping watch?She needs to take a break. Putting everyone on edge."

"Tell me about it. Where are the kids?"

"Teresa went to go make them breakfast." He said pointing over to them.

Anna nodded and began to walk over to them.

"Oh I almost forgot, Leo wants to talk to you. He's in the kitchen."

And with that she left. David turned and walked into the kitchen. Leo was standing beside their food stockpile inside.

"What's up?" David asked.

"This is," Leo said pointing to the food," We're startin' to run low. The city's started run dry from our months of scavinging. David, we're not gonna be able to survive the coming winter like this."

David looked down at the food. The pile had been getting smaller recently.

"So what do you want to do?"

"We should scrounge up what ever's left in the city then find another one. Best thing we could do is find a farm in the country and make a go of it."

"Sam's going to have problems with that."

"Screw what she thinks. She can stay for all I care, and anyone else who doesn't whant to go. I need to know if your with me on this."

David thought it over for a moment.

"Yeah I'm with you."

"Good. You, Teresa, and Chris have more than earned coming with us."

David left Leo and walked back into the lobby. He noticed that Chris was eating byhimself.

"Hey Chris, I need to ask you something. How do you feel about...maybe leaving the hotel?"

"Where would we go?" He asked.

"I don't know. Somewhere safer."

"I'd be good to know where."

"Yeah, it would," He said as he looked around,"Where'd everyone go?"

"Penny went to go show Anna something, and Teresa went out back."

"Why'd Teresa go outside?"

"She found Amber's necklace and it made her sad."

David got up and made his way to the back doors.

"I'll be back in a second."

He felt the hot sun as soon as he stepped outside. He spotted Teresa by the back fence watching the infected. He stared at the infected on the other side as he approched.

"Hey, what're you doing out here."He asked.

"You can never get used to it you know."

"What?"

"How they they look just like people, but aren't really anymore."

"Don't forget the smell."

"Yeah, that too." She said with a smile that quickly faded.

They watched the infected wander around for a moment.

"It's hard knowing that Amber is out there somewhere, out by herself." She said.

"She'll be fine," He said," She's only searching a couple of towns around us for survivors. She'll be back in no time."

"But why did she have to go by herself?Someone else could've gone with her."

"She didn't want to put anyone else in danger."

"I know it's just--she should've been back days ago."

"Just give her a little time. If anyone can make it back, I'd be Amber."

A small puppy appeared on the other side of the fence and began barking at the infected. The zombies all began to go for the puppy as it took off running.

"Oh no...not the puppy..." Teresa whimpered.

"The feels..." David said as the puppy disappeared from sight,"Let's go back inside."

They began to head back in, but Teresa stopped by the empty pool.

"Hey, I've been thinking that we should fill this pool up so that the kids could get a chance to swim before it becomes cold."

"Hmm, sounds like a pla--"

Yelling from inside drew their attention. It was Leo and Samantha who were screaming at each other.

"I wonder what they're fighting about now." Teresa said as she opend the back doors.

Credits

 * David Andrews
 * Teresa Burch
 * Chris Collins
 * Leo
 * Anna
 * Penny

Deaths

 * None

Trivia

 * The chapter marks David and Teresa's relationships first time in the series, begining sometime during the time gap.