Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:17:25 EDT From: Moonweezle9@aol.com Subject: apocalypse chapter 23 First of all i would like to send my prayers and best wishes out to the families of the 4 boy scouts that were killed in the tornados in Iowa. if you don't know about it they were killed when a tornado hit thier boy scout camping site in Iowa on wednesday. 13 and 14 years old is way too young of an age to go out for any one. Like i said my best wishes to thier families and also to those who were injured in the storms. For now lets go to the story. This chapter is pretty short but i hope you enjoy. Apocalypse chapter 23 The trip to town seemed longer than it did to get to the bunker. I don't know if it is from the shock we all went through tonight or if time seemed to slow down. Gavin and Alicia who had sprouted a loving relationship are now gone in a single strike by the evil ones. Phillip has suffered a lot tonight and I'm sure will need time to recover from the mental scars that it will leave on him. For right now all we can do is get him home and cleaned up and tomorrow we will tend to burying Gavin. The whole ride home Phil looked out the window staring straight ahead. "Guys tomorrow everyone is going to town so we can bury Gavin in the cemetery the right way like it should be. He deserves at least that much from us." I said. We arrived at the old barn a little while later and parked the truck and placed Gavin on the ATV then we all piled on and left for the mine. About half way back up the hill to the mine Phillip spoke finally. "She was pregnant." Was all he said. "Who Alicia? She was pregnant?" AJ asked. "Yeah she was." He answered. "It was Gavin's I am assuming?" I said. Phil then went silent again I just guessed he didn't want to talk about it any more. The rest of the short ride to the mine was quiet except for the engine lugging up the hill. We were met at the entrance by Adrien and Carry who looked like they were dreading what was about to happen. "Where is Alicia?" Carry asked. "You didn't tell them?" I asked Adrein referring to him telling everyone what has happened. "No I haven't. I can not find the words to explain what went on tonight." He replied. "Gee thanks for putting it on me to tell them." I said being sarcastic and no dreading what was about to happen myself. "Where is Alicia?" Carry said again demanding it this time. "Dead." Phillip said still sitting on the ATV staring ahead. "They're both dead." He said again. Carry instantly broke out in tears and started bawling. She grabbed Adrien in a hug and buried her face in his chest. He looked at me and asked me mentally what he should do. I told him just to hold her and comfort her. I knew Adrien felt bad over what has happened to the friend who rescued him from that tiny cell he was confined in, but he didn't know how to express it besides a few tears rolling down his cheeks. "Come on lets get inside out of the night." I said. AJ and Joe helped Phillip into the mine while Adrien accompanied his girl inside. I backed the ATV into the mine and decided to leave Gavin's body on the back of it till tomorrow when we could burry him. "I hope you are in a much better place than we are now my friend." I said to his body before I covered him up and went into the cave entrance not wanting to do what I was going to have to, tell the others. I walked in and the twins were swarmed around their sister wondering why she was crying so badly. "What happened to Phillip?" Nathan asked me. "Every one please listen to me. Something bad happened at the bunker tonight. The monsters attacked it and bad things happened. You all have seen Phil, he's hurting and in pain. Gavin and Alicia weren't as lucky though. Gavin died from the injuries he got from fighting off the monsters and Alicia was killed and taken by the monsters." I said trying to choke back from crying outright. The younger kids started to tear up and before long there wasn't a dry eye in the cave. Everyone was either crying or venting their pain in some way. Alicia was like the older sister to all the kids form the orphanage, and now she is gone. It took some time for every one to calm down enough to talk. "How did this happen? Cole asked. "They knew where the place was from when they attacked it last time. I guess they just went back to check it out and found them there." I said not sure of why they attacked. "Tomorrow we're all going to town to burry Gavin in the cemetery. He doesn't deserve to just be put in some hole in the woods." I told every one. I turned my attention to Phillip then who was just sitting on the ground leaning against the wall. "Hey bud how about a warm bath to get cleaned up?" I asked. He just said ok and I helped him up and to the hot spring. He had a slight limp from the fight with the monster, but it wasn't bad. We got to the hot spring and I steadied him as he took his shorts and under wear off then stepped into the hot water. "Ok bud go ahead and clean up and I'll go get you some food. I know you got to be hungry." I told him. He began to wash the filth and blood of himself while I went to get him something quick to eat. I arrived back a short time later with a can of pop and a bowl of warm soup. "Thanks. I haven't had anything like this to eat in a long time." He said stopping washing temporarily to eat. The water in the hot spring would definitely have to recycle and run through before any one else got in it. The amount of dirt, grime, and blood coming off of his body seriously made the water dirty. I sat down next to the water and talked with him as he ate. "Are you positive Alicia was pregnant?" I asked. "Yes. She was starting to get a belly on her and she was always getting sick in the morning." He answered. "Was it hers and Gavin's?" I asked not sure. "Truthfully I don't know." He answered blowing me away. "You mean you and Gavin were both, you know, doing it with her?" I asked. "Gavin was all the time yes, I did one time. Only cus she felt bad for me though." He said. I couldn't believe it. Alicia had been having sex with Gavin and Phillip. Now I know why he felt so bad over the whole thing and didn't know how to express it. Alicia was pregnant and the baby could possibly have been his. "Wait a second." I said to myself then. "Umm... Phillip can you cum yet?" I asked. "Cum?" he asked me not knowing what I meant. "You know can you squirt stuff out of your dick when you do it?" I said. "Only like a drop and it's clear." He responded. "Ok I happen to know that Gavin could squirt a lot of white jiz. What I'm saying is if you can only squirt a drop of clear stuff and you only did it with her one time I doubt the baby could have been yours. Most likely it was Gavin's." I said trying to lift some of the burden off his mind. "You really think so?" he asked. "Yep. I mean not to be mean, but you're not that far into puberty yet ok. So the chances that you could have got her pregnant were slim." I told him. We chatted a bit more while he ate his food and washed off. I was trying my best to distract his mind off of the events of the night, and I think mine to. "Do you have anything I can wear?" he asked me when he finished getting cleaned up. "Umm, actually we all just go naked most of the time when we're in the cave. So if you're not shy just dry off and come out to the common area." I told him. At this point in time I don't think he gave much of a shit who saw him naked, even though we all have already at the orphanage. He stepped out of the water and toweled off being careful around a few tender spots on his body resulting from the attack. In the common area everyone was trying to cope with the loss of their friends in their own ways. Carry and Adrien were cuddling together and most of the others were just sitting around not really doing much but being lost in their thoughts. I led Phil out to them since he was having a hard time seeing clearly with out his glasses. He sat down slowly on the ground and a few of the guys scooted next to him to show support. Carry came to him and grabbed him in a hug to show she cared. He broke down crying again and just hugged back. "Let it out." she told him. He cried for a few minutes then settled down. "It was so awful. We were about to go to bed and we heard some noises coming from the surface like a loud rumbling. The next thing I knew we were shooting at monsters coming through the blast door to the bunker. We tried to fight them off but they blew the place up and..." he said trailing off. "It's ok we get the picture. You don't have to go on." Carry told him. Phillip had definitely been through hell tonight and I could tell he needed some rest. "Come on every one lets let him get some rest." I said. I helped him up again and led him to the bed chamber and let him just pick a spot. He laid down and it seemed like as soon as he was comfortable he was out. I left him and went back to the common room to the others. "Alicia was pregnant with Gavin's baby. Phil told me in the hot spring." I told the others. It didn't seem to make any one feel any better about the situation. "We need to get some sleep. Tomorrow we're going to the cemetery and burry our friend so lets get some sleep." I suggested. Adrien decided to sleep with Carry in her room for now since Phillip was in his sleeping spot. The rest of us quietly went to our sleeping chamber and lay down on the huge bed. I lay down on my back and unexpected to me I had some one cuddle up to me on each side of me. On my left it was Zack and the right it was Justin. I wrapped my arms around them and held them as we fell asleep. The little guys just needed some comfort in their time of sorrow. Alicia was like the big sister that took care of them at the orphanage, and they were felling her loss now. The night drug on like eternity and I did get much sleep from the little guys rolling and tossing and turning all night long. It got to the point where I couldn't wait for the alarm on my watch to go off telling me it was morning. Morning did finally come and I woke every one up to get ready to go to town so we can burry Gavin. I got dressed before everyone else and went to our "command center" to check on the camera we had set up outside to see what the weather was like. "Fuck that's just great." I said seeing the drops of rain falling on the display. We were going to gave to dig in the rain and mud to get the grave dug, but it had to be done. Everyone was in a somber mood because they knew today was going to be a hard one for all of us, especially the ones of us that had to dig the hole. "Ok guys come on lets get a move on the hole's not gonna dig its self." I said putting my shoes on. Everyone got dressed pretty quick except for Phillip. I had totally forgotten about him not having any clothes here to wear. I got him a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt to wear since it was all I had that would fit him. We all filed out of the cave into the mine shaft then to see the lifeless corpse laying on the back of the ATV. A few of the guys got teary eyed but contained their emotions for the moment. I started the ATV up and let Phillip ride on it with me since he had no shoes on and pulled it outside. Once we were all outside Adrien turned on the hologram over the mine entrance from a remote control he had made. I slowly steered the ATV down the hill with everyone walking close behind. Of course we brought a few guns with us just incase, and Lucky our super killer attack dog. The ride to town took almost twice as long as normal but we got to the cemetery a while later. A few of the boys were carrying shovels and picks so we could dig a hole. When we got to the cemetery we picked out a great spot next to a nice looking cherry tree. I parked a few feet away from it and we got ready to dig. Carry and the younger boys went off to find some large rocks we could make a grave marker with, and the bigger guys and I took turns digging the hole. Those of us with super abilities kept our senses tuned tightly for any signs of monsters coming, because if they were to come while we are here we would be in a world of trouble. By noon we had the hole dug deep enough to put Gavin in it and had gathered enough stones and rocks to make a decent marker. Now it was time for the really difficult part, putting our friend I the ground. Josiah and I were the ones delegated this dirty job. I helped him get his body off the ATV then I got in the hole to help lower Gavin into it. Joey helped me out of the hole once we had the body in it. "Does any one want to say anything?" I asked. "I don't know if there is a god or what ever, but if there is I'm sure Gavin is in heaven right now with Alicia. I hope you both are happy and well now." Carry said through her tears. That brought most of the boys to tears then also. I tried my best to hold my composure but my eyes teared up as well. "Be at peace my friend. You saved me from most certain death and helped me realize my humanity and I will never forget that. good bye my friend." Adrien said from the depths of his heart as his dark eyes began to trail tears as well. "I don't really know what to say here. Gavin you were a good friend and I hope I'll see you again someday. Tell our parents and loved ones up there that we love them. See ya man." I said not being able to find better words for the occasion. Everyone then dropped a single flower that Carry had picked nearby onto him and the task of filling in the grave started. We each dropped a handful of dirt on him before the shovels took over. We filled in his grave with a small mound of dirt on the top signifying that this was a fresh grave. We then began to stack the rocks and stones at the head of the grave marking its location. On the top of the pile of stones Phillip took off a cross that he had been wearing around his neck and placed it on top. "Sorry I couldn't save you." He said before walking to the ATV and sat down staring off into space. "Ok guys lets get home and out of this rain." I said wiping the dripping water off of my face. After we got home I decided to take Phil to town so he could get some clothes of his own to wear that actually fit him. He had gotten a bit bigger over the last months being in the bunker. Not tall bigger so much as he had gotten heavier bigger. I was also going to go to the pharmacy to see if by chance we may be able to find him some glasses that he might be able to see through. The poor kid kept bumping into things or squinting trying to see where he was going or what he was doing. At the cave he and I changed clothes and put on rain coats before heading back out into the down pour. We arrived at wal mart a while later and as always went inside with my gun drawn and ready to fire. After checking the place out we went to the boys and men's section and found him some clothes that frit. He had little problem in finding his sizes since he was the only one in our group that wore them, big. I didn't want to call him fat really, but he was a lot huskier than I am and almost as tall as me. He got a pair of shoes that fit to and we then checked the pharmacy department to see if they might have some glasses for him. With luck he did find a pair of reading glasses that helped him to see. He said they weren't perfect but he could see better than with out them. I looked around the store and the place was looking like it was returning to nature. There were leaves all over the floor from the previous fall and the place smelled of the outdoors. Basically the inside was becoming the outside due to the big hole in the roof. We have almost pilfered the place for just about everything usable thing there was to get that we needed. When we had enough stuff for Phillip we bagged the stuff up in 2 bags to keep the rain from getting to it and headed back for home. I tried to make small talk with him on the way home but he seemed to not want to talk much. I asked about what they did in the bunker all day to kill time and he just said "Stuff." It was then I decided to read his thoughts and I found out what "stuff" was exactly. He had been enjoying blow jobs from Alicia on a regular basis. And the rest of the free time was spent either reading or jerking his cock. Not much to do in that place if you ask me, even though he did get sucked off a lot. One item I picked up at the store was something we all need now, a set of electric hair clippers. I know I for one was getting tired of having a bushy head of hair and I'm sure some of the other guys were to. We arrived at the mine a few minutes later and as always backed inside through the hologram hiding the entrance. AJ met us at the door to the cave from the mine store room to unlock it so we could get in the cave. Phil took his stuff we just got to one of the store rooms and put it in his own area. Everyone else for the most part wasn't saying much or doing much but were dwelling in their own thoughts. I carried the small bag of stuff I got to the kitchen and Zack and Justin followed me in to see what I had gotten being the curious little kids they were. "What did you get us?" Justin asked. "A hair cut in a bag." I said smiling. They looked at each other like they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. "I got a set of hair clippers and some scissors so we can trim our hair." I explained. "Are you gonna make us shave our heads?" Justin asked with a dreadful look. "No, why would you ask me that?" I asked. "Because they made all the boys get either heads shaved or almost shaved the home." Carry said as she walked in. "No dudes I'm not going to make you shave them, not unless you want to." I told the boys. They both had a look of relief on their faces then. I unpacked the bag and began to tear open the plastic enclosing the electric clippers. "Who's first?" I asked and the two of them scattered. I looked at Carry like "what the hell?" "They always hated getting hair cuts. The lady that did it at the home was rough with them when she did it." she explained. I for one was definitely ready to get my bushy ass head trimmed down, it was driving me crazy having longer hair. "Umm.. Carry if you're not really busy at the moment could you trim me up a little?" I asked her. She smiled and grabbed the clippers. "How short do you want it and stuff?" she asked. "Cut it all down to about an inch then trim the sides down a little more." I told here explaining how I usually got it cut before. I sat down on the bench and took my shirt off before she got started. She set the guard on the clippers to the length I wanted then went to town on my head. Hearing the sound and feeling the vibrations of the clippers brought back memories of when I use to go with my dad to get my hair cut. While I was walking down memory lane AJ walked in the room. "Cool I'm next!" he beamed. "I'm not your guys' barber." Carry wined. "I'll do it, like everything else I guess." I said being sarcastic. Carry finished me up a few minutes later and handed me a mirror. "How's that?" she asked. "Looks good thanks." I replied. It did feel much better now to me to have my head breath e a little more. I dusted the hair off my body she had cut and got up so Adam could sit down. "How you want yours?" I asked him. "Just like yours." He said. I flipped the clippers on and went to town on AJ's shaggy head. It didn't take me long to get him all trimmed up. I dusted the loose hair off his shoulders and neck then and he turned around to face me when I was all done. "Wow." Is all I said. "Wow what?" he said. "You look...fuckin hot." I said giggling a little. Eh smiled and blushed like crazy then. "I bet your mini me is going to be even cuter." I said referring to Donny. "Shut up." He said hitting me in the arm and laughing. "Ok, ok sorry. Go tell some of the guys it's their turn if they want." I told AJ and laughing. AJ left to tell the others as I cleaned up our hair that was on the ground and bench now. About an hour later I had gone through most of the guys that wanted their hair cut cutting it in the way they wanted. A few of them either weren't in the mood for a hair cut right now or just didn't want it cut. Adrien for one didn't really even need one since his hair was already so short. Nathan is the only one that wanted his head completely shaved, he seemed to like it that way. Too bad it's a pity he looks cute with the hair he had. When we all were done getting cut we went a few at a time to the hot spring to unwind and clean the cut hair off of us. I was definitely right about one thing though, Donny definitely was cuter than AJ when his got done. He got it cut just AJ and I but he was way cuter. It finally came to be my turn in the bath and I got in with the twins and Nathan. I sat back and just relaxed in the water hoping it would soak away some of the knots in my muscles from digging the grave earlier in the day. The other boys just splashed and played mildly as we bathed. One thing did make me open my eyes though, it was when I felt a hand touch the tip of my dick. I looked to see who it was and it was Cody smiling at me. "You better quit that or something bad is going to happen." I said. "Like what?" he said genuinely curious. "This!" I said as I grabbed the little guy in a tickle torture. He was writhing with laughter as I jabbed at his ribs and poked around his belly with my fingers. "Stop! Stop! I'm gonna pee!" he said through his heavy laughter. I let him go then and he was still giggling trying to catch his breath. His brother just looked at him and shook his head. "What you want some to?" I said grabbing Cole in the same torturous grip. I tickled him just as bad as I did his twin, only at the end I gave his pecker a squeeze for good measure. The twins were defeated in the horse play department and now only Nate was left. I looked at him with an evil grin and lurched at him slowly. "No way not me!" he said as he tried to get away. The twins grabbed him and held him while I wrapped him up in my arms and went to town on his ribs and tummy. He was giggling and squealing like crazy as we all three tickled him. I could tell he had enough when he started to have strained breathing so I told the twins it was enough. They stopped tickling him and decided to get out and dry off but he and I stayed in. I for one still needed a little more soak time in the hot water and Nathan needed a little time to catch his breath. "God I hate it when you guys do that." he said heaving. He decided to get out to a short time later and that left me alone to think and soak. I sat back in the water and closed my eyes and let my mind soar. All I could think of was my recently departed friends and how their loss was affecting the rest of the group especially poor Phil. He felt so guilty over being the only one of the three that survived the attack. I tried to redirect my thoughts to the future and where we were going possibly live in the tropics. I had been to the Bahamas before but that didn't mean that was where were going to end up. I always liked the time I got to spend there and was looking forward to being able to maybe go there again. I must have dozed off in the water because the next thing I knew I was shaken awake by Chris. "What's up dude?" I asked. "Nothing. You was snoring and I thought it might not be a good idea to let you sleep in the bath tub." He replied. "What time is it?" I inquired. "Almost 7 pm." He answered. I got out of the water and my skin had turned to that wrinkly prune look that you get form being in water too long. I dried off and walked with my little buddy back to the common area. Most of the boys were in there playing a game or reading but for the most part it was quiet. Chris and I found Adrien was in the "command center" working on the plans and stuff for the alien ship. "How's things going?" I asked. "I believe I can get the ship under power and use the substrait engines to get us to our destination." He said. "Huh?" Chris asked puzzled. "He means the ship will have low gear." I explained. "Oh. Ok I guess. When are we leaving?" Chris asked. We both looked at Adrien then. "It will not be long. We can make it there on the substrait engines and I almost have the cloaking shields repaired." He said. "How much longer do you think as an estimate?" I asked. "2 or 3 days maybe." Adrien said lifting Chris' spirits. "Cool!" he chimed. "Why is there such a rush on this?" Adrien asked. "It's not really a rush I just want to know how long we have to get every thing organized and ready to go. I mean shit dude it'll take us a few days to get everything packed ready and down to the ship to load it." I explained. "Ok I see the logic in that now. I guess maybe we should start preparing as soon as possible." Adrien said. I left him then to spread the good new but Chris beat me to it. "Hey every one we're leaving soon! So tomorrow start getting your stuff packed." He said like the hyper little dude he is. "Whoa, whoa slow down. Adrien isn't done with the ship yet so we have a few days to get ready while he gets the shields repaired on the ship." I stated to everyone. That news lifted every ones spirits from the dreadfulness of earlier today. "What all are we taking with us?" AJ asked. "As much as we can, that ship has a pretty damn big cargo area so we should be able to cram a lot in it." I said. "Like what exactly?" Josiah asked. "Well I think we should take as much food and supplies as we can get our hands on. Let's see....we should raid the wal mart and get what ever we may need or want. We should take some stuff to build a new home just incase we have to. We are definitely taking our beds and stuff with us. I think we should take the ATV incase we may need it." I said rattling off a list of things. "We should go to the pharmacy to and grab anything we can carry just incase as well." Carry suggested. "May I suggest we take our power and information systems for the cave with us as well." Adrien said from behind me. "Definitely we are going to need this stuff. It's not every day you get your hands on an alien device like that." I told him. "So basically it means we are all going to be working our asses off in the next few days right?" Adam said. "Looks that way yeah. We'll work out the details of it all tomorrow. Let's get a good nights rest so we have plenty of time tomorrow to get some stuff done." I replied. With the good news I knew it was going to be hard for some of the guys to go to sleep, but for me I was sore as hell from digging that grave and ready for a good nap. We all got to our sleeping areas and got comfy. Some of the guys read a comic book or something to help them fall asleep, but I dozed right away. I was so tired I did something I rarely did, I snored like hell. I was woken up by Justin some time later asking me to please turn on my side or something because he couldn't sleep because of my snoring. I turned on my side and cuddled up to the back of some on and I didn't know who it was at first but turned out to be Donny. I wrapped an arm over him and fell back to sleep peacefully this time.