Chapter 8: I'm just a normal kid
Chapter 8 I'm just a normal kid.
Merle Dixon is unconscious after being beaten by Rick.
"The bad man is not going to hurt me now?" I say in my weak voice as I push myself off Andrea's chest and look at Rick.
Rick gives me a small forced smile. "Don't worry little one, this won't happen again."
Given this, the others present on the roof only ascend with their heads. New crocodile tears well up in my eyes as I hug Rick. "Thank you thank you thank you." I repeat several times and Rick just hugs me telling me that everything will be fine.
I love this feeling, the feeling of manipulating people and making them do what I want them to do, it feels so good and it's so addictive. Love me, adore me and when the time comes, give your life for me.
After Merle's beating, Rick along with Glenn had the bright idea of covering themselves with the guts of a walker to try to get to a truck across the street so they could use it to escape. Just like it happened in the series. For my part, I just stayed on the roof while they bathed in the entrails of the walkers. How disgusting.
I could formulate a better plan, we could sacrifice one of the members and quietly escape, however, they would never accept it and it would cause a lot of awkward questions. Therefore, I'll just act like a normal kid and let them do all the work.
Minutes later I find myself watching Rick and Glenn covered in walker's guts making their way past a horde of walkers.
Rick gave T-Dog the keys to the handcuffs, I'm sure of it. In the series, it happened like this. I take advantage of that knowledge and start to get closer to T-Dog. "Hey T-Dog at camp, are there other kids my age? Do you think I could make friends? I ask childishly tilting my head slightly. "In the last camp where I was, I had no friends."
"Of course, little Justin, there are children your age, I don't remember their names, but I'm sure they'll get along." T-Dog says ruffling my hair.
"You wanna be my friend?" I say quietly, but enough for him to hear me.
"Sure, I'm your friend Justin, we all are." T-Dog says, then points with his hand at Merle who has already regained consciousness and just stares at me without saying anything. "Well, maybe not all of them." Says T-Dog. At this, I just hug him and in the process, I take the keys to the handcuffs from his pocket. "Thanks for being my friend T-Dog" I say with a big smile just as it starts to rain.
Every once in a while I walk past Merle with a smirk as he watches me with daggers in his eyes.
"I'll be in the loading zone." I tell T-Dog who nods up, while he keeps watching Rick and Glenn. I take advantage of the fact that they are distracted and I hide behind some construction tubes that are on the ceiling.
Then a few minutes go by and they begin to pack their things quickly. "Where is Justin?" Andrea quickly asks T-Dog.
"In the loading zone, he said was going to the loading zone, he must be waiting for us." Says T-Dog. Before starting to search his pockets desperately.
"You can't leave me here!" I hear Merle shaking the handcuffs at him. "Don't do it brother, that's not human."
"I lost the keys. It was in my pocket and I can't find it." I hear from my hiding place T-Dog stutter, at this, I suppress a laugh.
"Damn you, you did it on purpose." Merle yells starting to insult T-Dog
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it was an accident." That is all T-Dog says before he leaves the roof and starts down the stairs quickly.
"Please…god help me, show me the way…I don't want to die. fuck, fuck, I never asked you for anything, I'm not going to start now. Everyone go to hell. Do you hear me? damn." Merle begins to sob as he realizes the situation.
"Wow, wow, wow. What a pathetic sight." I say as I start to approach Merle who seems to be in shock.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Merle asks quickly. At this, a smile appears on my face.
"Weren't you crying for help?" I say as I tilt my head a little and take out a key from my pocket, these are the keys to the handcuffs. "I can be your salvation as well as your downfall." I say as I swing the keys in front of him before putting my finger to my mouth.
"I guess we have 2 minutes before they drop us and the walkers hit the roof." I say looking at Merle. "And let me warn you, it won't be pretty for you." A predatory smile spreads across my face.
"Please free me from here, please God I'll do anything. Shit." Merle is trying to reach the key, making his wrist bleed in the process.
"You owe me your life, okay? You will also do the things I ask of you, no matter how rare my orders are." I say with a dark smile as Merle is on his knees, I even think he's about to cry.
"We have a deal?" I balance the keys in front of him.
"Deal, deal, you got your damn deal, now get me out of here!" Merle yells as I hand him the key and he quickly proceeds to free himself from the handcuffs as he gives me a look I can't quite put my finger on. Relief? Gratitude? Murderous glare?
"Okay, now load me up and let's go to the loading zone, I'm too lazy to run, otherwise they'll abandon us." I tell him with a smile as I raise my hands inviting him to pick me up. "Let's go."
"This is a fucking joke, right?" It's all Merle says before looking at my face, he clicks his tongue and carries me on his shoulders as he starts down the stairs quickly towards the loading area, it should be noted that during the ride I started laughing out loud.
I could have easily left Merle on the roof, I could have even killed him and no one would find out, avoiding a lot of inconvenience in the future. I think it would be more fun to have him on my side though. Reminds me a bit of Russel.
"Are you some kind of devil disguised as a boy? Did I just sell you, my soul?" Merle comments as we rush down the stairs, he seems happy to be free of those handcuffs.
"I'm just a normal kid~ a very normal kid, even though my uncle said I was a little demon." I say in a singsong voice as I start laughing again.
I stopped laughing as we approached the loading dock. "We can't leave Justin, let's wait a little longer!" I hear T-Dog's scream along with some gunshots.
"Go faster, Merle. Go go go." I say as start punching Merle on the back as he carries me.
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Some walkers were in the way and Merle just pushed them aside or kicked them away from us and cleared the way. We got to the loading zone just as they were about to leave until they spotted us and waited for us, shooting at walkers who got too close.
Merle gives me a weird look and a smile fills his face as he throws me into T-Dog and I just fall on top of him. Bastard, I'm not a ball. "Huh, that was rude." I say scratching my head as Merle jumps up and climbs into the truck starting to breathe heavily afterward.
"Justin where the fuck were you? And why were you with Merle? " T-Dog grabs me by the shoulders and starts shaking me, what is this people obsession with shaking me?
"T-Dog didn't you say Merle was in handcuffs and you lost your keys?" Andrea asks looking at T-Dog.
"How? How did you get free Merle? I lost the key." T-Dog stutters as he watches Merle and me. This gets everyone's attention and before Merle starts talking I quickly jump in.
"It is my fault." I say raising my hands in the air. "I told you I'd be in the loading dock, but I got distracted and then I started listening to music behind some construction pipes." I say pulling a music player with headphones out of my backpack to show them to them.
"When I realized they were gone I found a key on the floor and handed it to Merle, it didn't seem right to leave it." I say quietly, but not quietly enough since everyone heard.
"I'm sorry for any trouble it caused." I reply with some crocodile tears when T-Dog just hugs me.
"Thank you, thank you, you did well, forgive me for not realizing that you were still on the roof and forgive me guys for my carelessness for having lost the key." T-Dog says trying to sound strong but failing miserably as he starts sobbing as I pat him on the back.
He must have thought that Merle and a child would die because of him. "I forgive you T-Dog, you are my friend after all." I say with a small smile, as I separate from him.
The tension inside the truck fades behind my words, then the pent-up emotions of the others bubble up as we leave the hardware store behind.
"Don't ever worry us like that again, do you hear me?" Andrea says giving me a tap on her arm.
"Huh." Is all I reply as I nod my head. At that moment Andrea surrounds my body in a hug while she begins to cry. "When we get to camp I'll introduce you to my sister. They will both get along."
I hear Andrea blowing her nose and Jaqui wiping her eyes. I watch Rick nod as he drives, Morales pats me on the back, and Merle just sighs, looking at me strangely.
"Thanks." Merle whispers before quickly looking away from me.
"I'm dreaming? Has Merle Dixon thanked anyone?" Andrea comments causing some laughs.
"Yes, whatever you say big breasts, keep suffocating the child in your breasts, I'm sure the kid is enjoying it." Merle sighs. Bastard, he didn't have to be so direct.
My performance should be worthy of an Oscar. Things will be more fun from now on since the wolf has entered the roost.
Once we get out of town, Rick seems to be seeing something in his rearview mirror. "It seems that something is burning in the distance." Rick says, before this I approach the passenger seat and stick my head out the window to look, a large column of smoke can be seen in the distance. I just shrug, it's not my problem.
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POV Albert Wesker
"Your Eminence, we have not found the target, we have searched the interior of the place, there are only elderly people and the men who surrendered." One of my angels kneels in front of me as he informs me.
"I want you to continue searching the entire city, stone by stone if necessary, any camp with survivors must be destroyed, we will leave Justin nowhere to run."
After arriving in this world I instantly got the location of my target, however, I failed to catch him, so it is no longer possible for me to know where he is hiding. Additionally, I don't know this world, it was forbidden to know the plot. I only know that this world was hit by some kind of epidemic that turned infected into zombies. The damn board of directors must be laughing at me right now.
A large column of smoke rises through the sky because my subordinates have just assaulted a survivor base, however, Justin is not among them, he must be hiding like a cockroach. I'll find it sooner or later.
In front of me are two of the survivors of the attack who surrendered. "You're messing with the wrong people. We don't know anyone named Justin." Says one of these people in Spanish.
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At this, I raise a hand and all my subordinates stop whatever they are doing and look at me. They are attentive to my orders.
"Take all the supplies along with all the weaponry." I give the order and everyone starts doing exactly what I order. "Then kill them all." I say the last sentence in Spanish when the Latinos start insulting me.
"Yes, your eminence!" My subordinates shout in unison when one of them approaches the Latinos and shoots them in the head before the rest begin to enter the building to carry out the orders of a god.
"Looks like I'll have to stay longer than estimated in this strange world." I tell myself as the sound of gunshots fills the place.
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