Chapter 184: 184
The gate was finally closed and when the crowd dispersed, Francis, the Pediatrician we took from the camps approached me.
“Um, a word?” he said.
“Yeah? What do you need?” I replied.
“Your cousin…” he trailed.
“What do you want to know?” I replied.
“I know this is not my place to speak about such things but I think we should’ve at least dressed his wound despite the thing he di-” I cut him off.
“The things he did? You have no idea. Let me just tell you a few of them so you understand. You already know that he’s involved with illegal substances and he’s actually part of their inner circle around these parts. He influenced Russel and we almost lost Russel since he took too much of the stuff at one point. His heart literally stopped and he was hospitalized. I had to beat him up real good since he can’t seem to understand that it’s also his fault for taking them.” I explained.
“W-wait, you beat him up?” he asked, confused.
“After he woke up of course! I also made him fight back so it’s kinda even!” I replied.
“…” he was shocked.
“Why are you telling him my story?!” Russel heard our conversation.
“Because I can and I’d rather embarrass you over and over so you’ll understand. Can you even remember what you told me on why you did it? Huh?” I looked at him with wide eyes.
“B-because they said it was c-cool…” he said very weakly as he shrinks down.
“See that?” I then looked at Francis.
“…” he can’t seem to find the words to reply.
“Not depression or anything! He just thought it was cool! And he got addicted to it!” I exclaimed.
“That’s why they’re called drugs! They’re addictive!” Russel shouted as well in embarrassment.
“I know! Of all the things you’ll get addicted to! Don’t worry, next time you go back to that place I’ll beat you up again!” I replied.
“Aren’t you guys too rough with each other?” Francis chimed.
“Us? Hah! His dad was about to kill him when he found out! I was beating him up while trying to disable his dad at the same time. He’s holding an axe and was about to chop him down!” I replied.
“W-wait, w-what?!” he was shocked once more.
“That really happened. I thought I was already crazy but unc is much crazier than me, it’s crazy! I understand you want to help people but please don’t follow that Hippocratic oath that you follow now that you’re here. It’s good to help people in need of medical attention but don’t just go ahead and take a look at everyone that needs it. Take a step back sometimes and view the whole situation. The person you’re applying medicine might suddenly stab you in the back after he made use of you.” I said.
“But why did you give his gun and even handed him your knife bro?” Russel said.
“Well it’s payment.” I replied.
“Payment? For what?” he said.
“I don’t want to owe anyone anything so I always pay my debts. He gave me information so I paid for it.” I replied.
“He finally talked. I’ll be sure to put a bullet in their heads when I see them. I had my doubts before but him confirming it made things easier.” I thought to myself as I headed to my room to reload a few of my ammo since I’ve only took care of the brothers’ guns first.
I took a deep exhale while I was on the chair after taking care of everything and then I didn’t notice that my eyes are slowly closing.
I saw two very familiar figures in front of me with kind faces looking at me with affection. They’re both hugging me close as the image changed to another. It was now me with the same figures but the one with the female attributes is next to me teaching me how to crack an egg the other one with the male attributes is just watching me with a funny look on his face as I poked the yolk and it scattered on the pan.
Another scene I’m seeing is that I’m on a bike and I could faintly hear sounds of encouragement from behind as the wobbling of the bike is slowly diminishing and getting replaced by a stable stride. It then turned to a burst of speed and after that a figure sprinting past me just in time to stop me from going further outside the street.
It changed a few more times and then I felt a something covering me and then my hand reached out.
I heard a small gasp and my eyes opened.
It was Kaley trying to cover me with a blanket and now I’m on the bed while I’m holding both of her wrists.
“Shit. I fell asleep, what time is it?” I said as I stood up.
“It’s maybe half an hour after you went to our room. Are you crying?” she said as she wipes a small tear from my eyes with her thumb.
“Dunno, just had a small dream, that’s all.” I replied.
Her eyebrow raised and she gives me another look.
“I don’t really know how you do that. I just had a short dream about my parents.” I said with a faint smile.
She can’t seem to find a reply so she just hugged me. Surprisingly, it was all I needed. Just a simple hug.
“Oh yeah, Jared and Lois went to the shooting range to shoot a few rounds with their guns after they told Oscar what you said earlier. Tatiana brought her group out for a small run. Your unc was speaking to Russel for a few moments earlier and he heard of the news. He took Hannah and Kenny with him to their room and they were inside ever since. The others are just offering their help on where it is needed since you haven’t come down yet.” Kaley said.
We went down and I saw Oscar with the people he’s training mounting a machine-gun on the catwalk and there are several more crates below.
“Need any help old man?” I asked.
“What? Help? I have all I need! Don’t have anything to do, are we?” he said.
“Yeah, most of my team are doing something and the things I wanted to do requires them to be present. It’s just me and Kaley here now.” I said.
“Well I know one thing you two could do but I think you two are doing it every moment you could. Heh.” Oscar chuckled as we leave him to his own devices.
I was looking around and all the kids are playing with each other and I noticed that Kenny is outside now but he seems to be doing fine. I had an idea and called all of them over. They all greeted me and Kaley.
“Why did you call us? Want to join?” Aya asked.
“Well I do but I have a special mission for all of you. Come with me!” I said as they all have excited faces. I brought knee pads, elbow pads and a helmet for the kids and I made them wear it before we left the compound. I led them all towards the covered court and I called Chris, Charlotte, Alex, Jonathan, Esther, Lois and Jared.
We all gathered inside and they saw what we did to the covered court.
“This is really blasphemy bro. I can’t believe you did this to the covered court.” Jared said.
“We still have another one near the barn. Don’t be so dramatic.” I replied.
“So~ what are we gonna do here? And why did you bring all the kids over?” Charlotte asked.
“Training obviously.” I replied.
“Hey! You said we’re on a special mission!” Kenny shouted.
“Yeah, of course! But we’ll need to do training first before we know that you’ll be qualified.” I replied.
“Qualified?” Aya asked.
I made all the a.d.u.l.ts sit down on the bleachers first and I made Jared hold a timer. I then huddled the kids together and they all got excited.
“Okay! Okay! That’s a promise then!”
“Yeah!”
“You’re gonna lose!”
“But it’s Sky… he’s really fast…”
“I am too!”
“No you’re not!”
“I am!”
They kept on squabbling but they eventually quieted down when Kaley looked at them menacingly.
I laughed and said, “Okay, you have 5 minutes to catch me! If you do, I’ll make the best ice cream you have ever tasted!”
All of their eyes gleamed with excitement as they all made a stance to chase after me in the obstacle course that we made yesterday. I saw Lois on the side getting pumped up and ready to try it and then Jared gave the signal.
“Go!” he shouted.
They all rushed towards me and I also rushed towards them.
The people watching from the side grew confused but I made a quick slice to the side as I jumped over the small barricade making the kids stumble. They quickly recovered and I made a run to several obstacles as they all followed suit. They started to entrap me by going in different directions but they would always miss me by a hair’s breadth as I would either twist my body to avoid their hands or juke in a different direction. Everyone started to have fun then the timer eventually beeped. The kids are catching their breath but they have a huge smile on their faces.
“Two birds with one stone.” I thought to myself.
“Who wants to try next to be chased?” I looked at everyone then Lois immediately stood up.