After Killing the last of the puppets, i broke both of Davids legs and knocked him out so he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Checking around, i saw Sandra and Abdul slowly becoming visible. Sandra was lying on Abdul, and it seemed she'd used her ability to cover both of them and I untied them and let them calm down.
Going back outside, i broke the new lock on the gate and let the others inside, They were disposing of some Eater corpses and when they saw how dirty i was they were surprised.
"What the hell man, What happened?? you were gone for 3 minutes and then you come back all roughed up?" Toyin said
I wanted to tell him what happened but the sharp pain in my ribs took my breath away.
They weren't cracked or anything, but they were definitely bruised, so i just pointed inside to let him see for himself.
As he left to go see what happened, Mariam had brought the truck inside and I locked the gate.
When she saw how. badly bruised I was, she'd tried to rush out of the car, but I had her bring it inside the compound first.
"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly
"I'm fine, Nothing's broken, just bruised. I'll be fine after a night of rest."
Then she helped me inside, and we got to where the others were.
Looking around, she could see the corpses of the 3 guys with their necks bent at weird angles. She looked up at me for a few seconds before sighing and looking back forward. I was sure what that sigh meant, but I didn't comment.
The other three were standing over the moaning unconscious David talking about what would happen now, Sandra was holding Toyin back from attacking him.
"Abdul, Sandra" I called.
"You both are the ones who were most affected and endangered by this incident, so i believe you guys should decide what will happen to him. Just know that we cannot leave him alive. Not only is he a danger to us, but he also has an equally dangerous ability."
After saying this, i went upstairs with Mariam's help.
She helped me take off my clothes and started cleaning the bruises.
"Does it hurt?" she asked
"What do you think??" I said "I might be evolving at a fast rate, but I'm still a human being."
"Sorry....I know it must've been hard to kill those people"
When she said this, the mask I'd been struggling to keep on slowly cracked
"Just take deep breaths, it's OK" she told me while hugging me.
Her scent slowly made me calm down. It was a mixture of sweat and the smell of detergents, but it was enough.
A few minutes later, i was finally calm again so I slowly let go of her, and laid back down. I had no qualms killing Eaters, in my mind they weren't human anymore, but humans on the other hand were a different story.
The other three came up later and told me they'd decided on what to do with David.
"I'll kill him" Sandra came forward and said.
I was a bit surprised but I just nodded.
"Get ready then, we'll do it in a few minutes"
We were all back downstairs, and David had woken up, he looked to be in incredible pain, but he was holding back from shouting. When we came down, we'd found him trying to crawl away.
"Please Zaheer, I'm sorry, i dont know what came over me, i was just jealous of you man please!!"
He'd turned into a snivelling mess of snot and tears and kept trying to beg me and everyone else.
Ignoring him, i looked at Sandra and nodded. She looked back and swallowed slowly. Walking up to him, she held her spear with shaky hands.
"W-what are you doing?" he said before realizing it as she slowly raised it above her head.
"no....n-no please, I'll do anything you ask, I'll be your slave just please don't!!" he'd started yelling at this point.
I frowned, as I wasn't sure if Sandra could go through with this. Just when I wanted to step in, Mariam held me back.
She took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and grabbed her spear with stable hands. In one fluid motion, she plunged the tip right into his chest.
His eyes were spitting hatred as blood started to bubble up from his mouth. With one last piercing look at me, the light in his eyes finally faded.
Sandra slowly dragged the spear out of his chest, but the stick handle broke so she just left it there and started walking off. Abdul wanted to go after her, but Toyin just held him back and shook his head. She needed some time to come to terms with what she had done. On our way upstairs I realized that we needed to get seperate rooms now more than ever.
EVENING
We'd eaten a much more robust meal today, we had rice with a rich stew and MEAT!!...well it was just beef jerky but it was still better than nothing.
Sandra was back to normal and although she wasn't as cheery as usual, she was looking OK.
Right when we were talking about other next plan, Abdul rushed inside with an excited look.
"You guys need to see this right now!!" he said quickly before running outside again.
We looked at each other before quickly running after him.
When we got outside, we could see Government Airplane In the sky. What was surprising, was that it could be seen dropping supplies as it moved. It also had a banner that read:
GOVERNMENT SUPPLY CRATES. USE IT TO PROTECT YOURSELVES AND TAKE CARE!!.
"What do you think could be in those??" Toyin Asked
"Weapons, Guns maybe?, some supplies that could help us survive at least." Abdul answered excitedly.
The only weapons we had right now were home made spears, bats and a single gun. If whatever was in there could help us survive then we had to get them, regardless of anything else.
"So guys, should we go get them now? " I asked....