Attack The Block

Chapter 6

"if anyone's got it bad, its this kid." Ron nudged Pest. 

"ain't that the truth." Pest smirked, but quickly lost eye contact and glared at the ground. 

"what happened?" I curiously asked. 

"nothing that would interest you love." He quickly shook off the mellow look off his face. "What we need to figure out is how we're going to get out of here." 

"Get out of here? This is probably the safest place right now." Ron spoke right after burping as i noticed a beer can in his hand." 

"What's the time?" I asked. 

"midnight last i checked." Ron let another burp out. 

"Sleepy love?" Pest asked. 

"Extremely exhausted from all the running." i yawned. 

"Well kids, my bunk is in here with my beautiful weed, i have a bed in my bedroom." He giggle.  "And the couch in the living room." Ron threw his beer can to the side as he struggled to stand. 

"i'll take the couch." i stated as i quickly stood and walked out the room to save any arguing or protesting in case Pest was the gentleman type and would offer me the bedroom, but i knew he was injured and considering the circumstances its not a big deal. 

i had to remove about 5 beer cans and crumbs off the couch until i got settled. I heard Pest limping to the bedroom and realized i may have been preoccupied with going to sleep to help Pest to his room. But at least he made it. 

* * *

I was running towards nothing, it was all dark, pitch black. I was panting and sweaty and scared for my life. I turned around and saw a mob of them chasing me. I kept running until i started falling instead. Looking down there was one, massive black alien with its mouth wide open. I tried screaming but nothing. I was getting closer and closer to falling right to my death. 

I bolted right up from the couch trying to catch my breath. 

"Its not real." I whispered. 

I turned into a sitting position and dropped my head into my hands breathing heavily. 

"Sam?" 

I quickly turned to see Pest balancing himself on the wall. 

"What are you doing up?" I asked.

"I was getting a drink." 

"Here." I got up and walked over to the kitchen to grab him a glass of water. 

He limped closer and met me halfway. I handed him the glass. 

"Can't sleep?" He asked.

I shook my head. 

"Me neither." He replied. "Mostly because there's a chunk of my leg missing." We both giggled. 

He took a sip from his glass and i could feel his eyes on me. 

"Why don't you sleep in the bed with me." He finally spoke. 

"Pest-"

"Not in that way, i mean it's  hard to sleep alone when you're terrified."

I smirked quietly. But the thought of just having someone close while sleeping made me feel a bit safer. 

"Ya, Okay." I nodded. 

As we walked/limped to the bedroom i heard a loud snoring coming from the weed room. 

"Oh God, is that Ron?"

"Yup, snoring like a tractor." Pest shook his head as he shut the door behind him. 

I slid under the covers expecting to smell beer or rotting food, but considering Ron probably always slept in his weed room it wasn't gross. In fact, it smelt like Pest. From running into him and being near him he has radiated this smell. It reminds me of trees, and camping, like marshmallows burning but in a homey way.

Pest settled in next to me and just like that i was out. 

* * *

"Sam." I woke up to Pest shaking me. 

"What?" I growled. 

"Shhh, there's someone here." 

He walked over to the door with his stick. I quickly bolted out of bed. 

"What do you mean?" I whispered. "They're in here?"

"Stay in here." He looked at me, and i could suddenly hear the shuffling that was happening outside the door.

 "Pest, no!" I protested. 

"Do not open this door no matter what." He warned. My heart was about to beat out of my chest. I noticed he was barely limping. I had noticed him taking some medication earlier, probably pain killers, but if that's so he'll be in a lot of pain later. 

"Pest, please don't go. Just stay here." I pleaded.

He gave me a look i had never seen before. He walked over to m e and grabbed me by the shoulders. 

"You don't care for me? Do you?" He smirked. "Come on, we barely know each other love." He smirked right in my face and i quickly turned my watery eyes away and pulled myself from his grasp. 

The shuffling turned into loud noises of something breaking and things being thrown. 

"Go on than." I shoved him. 

He walked away with a weak smile on his face. He closed the door on his way out. In seconds i could hear bodies colliding and Pests' loud grunting. 

I was scared. For Pest, for myself, and this entire situation. 

After a few long minutes, the noise had stopped. I didn't  know what to think at this point. My heart was beating like no tomorrow as i slowly approached the door. I was only feet away from it when it came flying off its hinges. 

I froze in place, there it was right in front of me. This black beast. Looking around to grab the nearest weapon but there was absolutely nothing. The beast didn't attack yet. It was sniffing around which was quite strange. I moved over the left but it didn't notice. Then it hit me, they cant see. But some how its going to sense my presence. I tried to walk around while its head was turned the opposite direction. I thought i'd be able to make a run for it but it growled loudly a snapped its mouth in front of me forcing me to turn back around. I ran behind the bed as it chased me. I threw a box lying on the floor at it which distracted it for about a second. It was enough for me to leap onto the bed and bolt right out of the room, but it was right on my tail. As soon as i ran into the living room, there were dead alien bodies laying on the floor. I tripped over one and got blood smeared all over me. The best entered the room but it couldn't sense me anymore, even with its sniffing it was going the opposite direction. It must have been the blood smeared all over me. I sat there silently and it walked out of the door-less frame into the hall. 

I frantically searched around for Pest, too afraid to scream out his name. He was no where in sight. I ran back to the room but stopped halfway to see Pest limping heavily now with his head hung low and his hat in his hand as his hair covered his face. He as well was smeared in blood but the aliens blood was much darker than human. Pest was covered in human blood and i hoped it wasn't his. 

"Pest?" 

He looked up and his eyes were red. He whimpered and fell to his knees. 

"Pest!" I ran to him now, but behind him i noticed another boy on the floor motionless with a bandanna around his head. 

I knelt in front of him. 

"Th-they're all..." He took a deep breath. "Gone." He let out his breath and sniffled. The boy behind must be Moses. His entire group was dead. Ron was dead. All i could feel was sorry for this boy who is now all alone. I pulled him into a hug and held him tight as he shook in my arms.