The end of all things

Chapter 8

-----------------------------------------------------------Wine and giggles ---------------------

By now they reached  the last bit of the city. The rolls of hills into the county were in sight now and the buildings were slowly spacing out. About an hour into their treck Harvey stops suddenly, cooper accidentally walking into him from behind. Elbowing his side Harvey holds in a pained grunt. Ivey looks at him confused
" what?.....what is it?"

" the gun!.........I didn't take it with me...." Harvey sighs in frustration face palming.
" son of a bitch....now that guy.......has" he was cut off by cooper pulling something out of his deep pocket. He holds up the same gun in his hand.
" you mean this thing?" He looks at Harvey with a hopeful smile. Harvey's eyes widen then a small smirk pulls at his lips he walks over and Scruffs coopers fuzzy hair before taking the gun.

" nice goin coop..." He pats his back before continuing on their rout. Cooper smiles with pride knowing he did something right again. Harvey gets hit with a face full of dust from a gust of wind and starts coughing. With every breath in he'd grunt a little hunching over slightly. Ivey sighs in anger that he won't admit that his hurt. She points out a small house in the distance

" let's go check out that place.....find somewhere to stay...it's getting dark again.." 

Cooper sighs in relief " oh thank god....my legs are killing me and I would kill for a drink of water"

They slowly approach a rickety old house and enter it cautiously making sure no one was there. Cooper  makes comedy movie hand signals before he separates and checks out the back room alone. He smells a gut retching,deathly smell before seeing a figure collapsed in an arm chair. half of its head was caved in . On the floor was a revolver,the full chamber only missing one bullet,which was presumably in the guy's head. behind his lapse head,was a crimson stained wall.

"Uhhh.....ewe..*covers nose and mouth in discust*
He walks out holding his shirt over his nose after picking up the gun and sliding it into his pocket. He walks out to Harvey and Ivey who were throwing there arms up in defeat. The house was completely empty from the roof to the floorboards. 
" God dammit! There's nothin here!" Harvey growls in frustration before kicking the rickety chair in the corner of the room. Ivey looks out the window to the orange sky and rushes towards the door. Harvey follows before noticing that cooper was standing there still in deep thought staring at the rug. He looks up with a smirk

" hey...you know I've seen movies and shows where...they hide trap doors and like hidden bunkers under...the" he's interrupted by Harvey gripping his wrist

" don't be stupid.....we don't have time for your nerdy crap we gotta go" he yanks cooper roughly towards the front door but coopers foot hits a small bump in the rub and falls with a thump. As he falls the floor boards creak under him. Harvey's face drops as cooper sits up placing his hands on the rug and patting it feeling around the lump. His face lightens as he crawls to the side of the rug and peels it back revealing the exact trapdoor he was talking about. He smirks up at Harvey with a raised eyebrow

" don't know about you...but.....maybe I should be stupid more often......and I accept your apology too" he pulls the door open revealing a dark flight of stairs. Harvey stands there wide eyed and speechless for once. Cooper looks down before taking a step down the stairs. Of course he trips and disappears into the darkness. A crashing sound then a grunt and thump. Ivey panics and rushes down the stairs

" coooooooper!?" She goes to take a step down the stairs before he answered with a cough

" I'm good......" He huffs before the sound of footsteps and click then a small light floods the small basement. Harvey and Ivey descend down into the basement to check on cooper who was picking up crates that he just fell onto.