Dead Weight/Issue 29

This is Issue 29 of Dead Weight, “NIGHTMARES”

(A/N) I didn't relise how mentally scaring some of the things I wrote this issue where, read at your own risk ;3

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Mel pushed her hair behind her ear, grinning up at Flake, who was sitting at the round table with her. Infront of her was a meal, meat, gravy, vegetables. A glass of wine for her and a glass of beer for Flake.

“Theres been something, I wanted to talk to you about, for a very long time” Flake said, putting down his knife and fork, his plate was empty now.

Flake never looked her in the eye. Not anymore.

“Whats wrong?” She whispered. Slowly turnign around on her chair to face him, him who was now standing infront of her.

He dropped to one knee.

“Mel, will you marry me?” He asked. Pulling out a large red, ruby ring and lifting it from the case.

“Oh Flake, ofcourse I’ll marry yo-”

Before she can finish, she noticed something at the corner of her eye and before she could react, a hand reached out from under the table. Snagging at Flake’s trouser leg and pulling him down.

“Flake!” She yelled, but she was stiff in ffear. He gasped as the hand pulled him closer and closer to whatever it was. Mel cried, she couldn’t think straight, she got up from ehr seat and bolted down the stairs. She ran into the bathroom and locked the door. Sounds of flesh tearing and screams from upstairs could be heard. She cried into the bathtub as she knelt on the floor, throwing up in the process.

“You left him to die” A voice whispered. She turned.

“Carlos” She whispered, holding her hand out. “You’re...Al-”

“You left him to DIE” Another voice grumbled, she turned her head to the left,

“Tayna” She said through sobs. She turned, feeling dizzy, she couldn’t stop herself. Her feet sememed to move faster than her brain could think. A tall man stood in the corner of the room, which seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see. Millions of bodies stood before her.

“Darryn!!” She couldn’t help but call out the name of her boyfriend, the father of her children. He looekd upset, she could see two small bodies at her feet, she soon came back to reality and leaned over the bathtub, throwing up.

She reached for support, and found herself grabbing onto something hairy. She jumped away, hitting her back off the sink and flopping down, her blurry vision could make out a severed leg, with a thick layer of Ginger brown hair growing from the skin. The blood from the leg seeped into the bath which It was sitting in, comnbining with the puke.

Four small bodies swung from the ceiling now, dangling by the leg.

She tried to scream, scream for help.But Flake’s screams seemed to drown her out, her vocal cords stopped working. The people who had died stood infront of her again and the small bodies dropped to the floor. Her eyes where shooting left to right. Then suddenly…

They all dissapeared.

Flake appeared in front of her, he looked normal. The blood soaked ground was now clear. Clean. He held out his hand. “Come on Mel, I thought we where getting married”

the word married replayed over and over and over again in her head as she grabbed his hand. It flopped off from his body. It began to melt in her hands. She screamed, finally!, Flake covered his ears, screaming also as his whole body started to dissolve into the floor...

Mel burst up from her bed, letting out a scream and a cry. She screamed until Flake and Katie came bursting into the room. Katie wearing a small brown coat and shorts. Flake had slippers and a longer trenchcoat on. They both wielded a gun.

“Mel, are you alright?” Flake gasps as he climbs onto the bed, wrapping his arms around Mel. She sat there, shaking.

Katie sighed, looking at the watch on her wrist. 4:30AM.

Two Weeks Later

“What do you suggest we do?” Katie asked, pulling back the branch.

“She hasn’t gotten very better” Flake sighed,

“Well, what do you want to do about her?” Katie asked, changing the subject, peering over her shoulder. Bri lagged behind, dragging her finger across the brick wall as they passed over the bridge.

“SHE isn’t our problem right now, Its Patrick, and where he has gone off to”

“Trust me, Flake, we’ll never find him”

Flake looked over his shoulder.

“Bri, keep up!” He shouts back.

Bri skips over to them, waving her knife and walking beside Flake.

“Stop it, watch the movie” She giggled, pulling the covers over her head.


 * beep beep* *beep beep*

She picked up her phone, the bright flashed as she read the message

Come quick! She is in labour xxx

She quickly jumped up, rushing to the door.

Everything went dark.

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She opened her eyes again, lying in a hospital bed. She felt her legs and arms numb. She couldn’t move. She felt dripping going down her body.

She tried to move, but she couldn’t.

Struggling to get up, she jerked her head to the side, the clock, blood splattered over it, but she could clearly see all 3 hands were facing at 6.

She felt tearing, she screamed, Jerking her head up, she saw her stomach rip apart. There was no blood, but a small figure emerged from her

She blacked out.

She woke up again, she didn’t know if it was reality or not. She held onto his hand, the gunfire blaring through, she clutched her stomach, cramps, as she fell to the floor. “GET UP!” he yelled. “GET UP GET UP!”

She let go of her hand, she refused to get up.

“MELISSA!” He yelled. A loud bang was heard from behind her, along with shouts and screams, she curled up into a ball on the floor.

He ran into the shop door right in front of them, the door had been blown off its hinges. “ARE YOU COMING!?” He cried, she wouldn’t move, she was shaking.

He shook his head and took off without her. “D-Darryn?” She shivered. Her body seemed to melt into the ground.

She opened her eyes, her head buried into the pillow as she let out a scream, rolling backwards and falling out of the bed, hitting her head off the dresser.

She scrambled to her feet, looking around, she leaned against the window and looked to her left, she saw the babies crib, inside lay two small figures.

She leaned out of the window, taking a deep breath, in the sunlight her face was pale, her eyes bloodshot. She looked around to see if anyone was out before heading back to bed. Closing her eyes.

Flake kicked in the door, taking out his sword and hurrying into the house quickly, he looked around,dried streaks of blood run down the hallway of the house. Stairs leading up and several doors in the hall.

“Keep on your guard” He says, as Katie and Bri join him. Katie holding up a pistol and Bri holding a knife.

Flake barges in the first door to the left, quickly scanning around the room. One undead jumps out at him, ne slashes its head with his sword and it falls to the ground, soaking the blue carpet in blood.

Flake walked into the room, looking around, the curtains were shut and a large TV was smashed on the floor, beside it lay another dead body. “eww” Bri whispered.

Katie walked out of the room, holding her nose, suddenly banging came from the room at the end of the hallway. The door rattled as the force pushed against it, Bri joined Katie in the hallway while Flake searched the room.

“Watch” Katie said grumpily as she pushed against the door, a large undead fell back, hitting its head off bathroom sink. “Come here you” Katie said, she grabbed the zombie by the neck and stabbed it through the back of the throat.

Bri ran upstairs, Katie turned and watched her “HEY!” She shouted. Dashing up behind her. Flake ran out of the room, holding his sword. “GIRLS!” He called after them, a loud crash was heard from upstairs s Bri reached the top of the stairs.

One undead stumbled from the backroom, another two rose from chairs in the living room and stumbled towards Bri. She squealed a little, taking her knife and slashing one across the chest.

Katie reached the top of the stairs, grabbing one smaller undead by the hair and stickign her gun into its empty eye socket, bashing it a few times before it flopped to the floor, Flake grabbed onto the other fatter one, throwing it on the floor and stabbing it through the head with his sword, slashing at the last one and it falls to the floor.

Bri stumbles, falling to the floor, her body covered with now a thick layer of blood on her body. She puts her head in her hands and starts shaking. Katie rolls her eyes, walking into the kitchen.

“Bri…” Flake whispers quietly, reaching over and putting his hand on her shoulder, “Bri?”

Mel lifted the covers from her and got out of bed, she took the glass of water from the side of her bed and took a drink, she opened the door and walked out, The bright sun beamed off her skin.

“Melissa, are you OK?” Asked Penny, the younger girl, around her teen years.

“I’m...OK” She suttered, she couldn't see straight, she kept on staggering back and forth, she reached the middle of the grassy area, before collapsing on the floor…

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>>End of Arc 4<<