Chapter six:
Mom pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly, fire consuming her...
They're with dad, following everyone of his commands. Girls, don't forget, you salt the entrance, they can't get in, he orders. Samantha, I want you to shoot each of those bottles off the wall, he yells. Deanna, stay with your sister, he barks.
Jesse pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly, fire consuming him...
Learning how to field strip an M-16 before ever kissing a boy. Unable to go through Moby Dick or the Scarlet Letter for school, despite having already read the collected works of Alesteir Crowley- not to mention Jan Howard Brundwand. Knowing the exorcism ritual in Latin, but unable to remember the words to the Pledge of Allegiance, which earns a dentention sentence at one of the (many) grammar school's.
Cassie pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly, fire consuming her...
I gotta find dad. He wants us to pick up where he left off- saving people, hunting things. Said Deanna. Can we not fight? You're after it, aren't you? The thing that killed mom. I don't understand the blind faith you have in the man. Replied Samantha.
Sarah pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly, fire consuming her...
The fear never dies, never goes away, never leaves, no matter how many times you put on the brave face, no matter how many times you lie to people that everything will be okay, no matter how often you tell people that you'll fix it, no matter how close you come to dying or being caught or being put away forever, and then you won't be able to protect anyone ever again...
Ellen pinned to the ceiling, bleeding from the belly, fire consuming her...