Harrison was messing with the circuit breaker. He was about to go for the day, when all of a sudden the lights went out.
"The bar has a generator, but we don't. Lord help this town" Harrison switch breakers on and off, having no effect on the situation.
"Malcolm, can you come here?" Harrison was getting frustrated with the breaker at this point
Malcolm came with an old looking flashlight. "Yes, Harrison?"
"Get the mayor on the phone. Tell him, we can't do shit" Harrison walked away from the breaker in defeat
"Um,boss. The car doesn't work" Malcolm spoke out
Harrison stopped on his tracks and turned to face Malcolm. "Son, what in God's name are you on about?"
"I try to start it up, to do my last patrol and it didn't work" Malcolm said, looking sheepishly
Harrison turned and walked out of the station. He found the car and two other officers working on it.
"Tony,Dylan. The hell is the problem here!?" Harrison ask the two
"Sorry, boss. But this thing isn't going anywhere. The ECU in here fired. Along with the others" Tony said, dusting off his buzzcut. He studies the engine with Dylan holding a candle over them.
"ECU?" Harrison was stumped, acrating his graying hair
"Basically the computer in the car. Take care of the electronic in our cars" Tony put the hood down
Harriso Turned back to the station, "Malcom! There you get the mayor?"
"Yes and his place is dark to" Malcolm sadi, coming out the station
"Well,What are we gonna do?" Tony asked
"Go home today boys. We can't do anything anyway" As Harrison finished their sentence. A shout began to ring out.
"HEY!" They officers looked over the old dirt trail that led out of town and a rough looking black kid racing down it.
"Woah, kid. Settle down. What the hell happened to ya?" Harrison was shocked by the sudden appearance of this kid.
"Listen, I was with my uncle and this bear attacked us. I think he's dead, the kid said, shaking.
"Ok, well. Shit, come on we got you. Where was yall camping at?" Harrison asked
The kid took a bit of time answering the question. "Um, up the dirt trail, next to this old house. The bear went there after attacking me and my uncle"
"Ok,come on inside" Harrison took the boy hand and took him in the station
Harrison sat the boy down and got him some water. He looked shook up, and saw some tears in the black jacket he wore. His shoes and pants were muddied. The dust and dirt littler his short hair.
"So, what's your name?" Harrison asked the boy
"Dallevante" He said
"Ok, listen. You uncle probably aint dead. So, have some hope ok. By the way, did yall have your food near you or something?"
"Uhhh, we had a pretty away from us" Dallevante said slowly
"What kind of bear was it. Black,white?" He asked as he took out a notepad
"I don't know, it was large, it was dark out" Dallevante collapsed back into the chair
"What about the house? Harrison inquired
"It look old and stuff covering the window" Dallevante said, thinking about his answers
"Did you see anything at the house?" Harrison looked at the kid
"No, only saw the bear go into it" Dallevante said
Harrison was satisfied with the answers the kid told him. He took Dallevante's hand and lit them up.
"Listen, there's a hotel here. You can stay there. While we get you uncle."
"Shit, how the fuck am i gonna explain?" Dallevante was already forming a story in his mind when the doors to the station busted open.
Tony, Malcolm, and Dylan ran in, holding up a scratched and bloody man with a woman walking next to them.
"Jonathan,Madalynn?" Harrison abandoned the questioning and ran up to the group.
"Wolves broke into the store and attack us" Madalynn said, cradling her own cuts and bruises
"We didn't even do anything. The damn things just broke in started to attack." Johnathan was sat in a chair by the officers.
"Didn't they run when they saw your gun?" Harrison said, looking at the man 12 gauge
"I didn't pull it out until they ran up on us" Jonathan breathing became heavy as he explained "I got some shots off on them"
"Shit, enough talking we need to get you to a doctor." Harrison ran and got the first aid kit. Opening it, he took out the gauze and put in the scratch wounds tapping them down with tape
"Tony,Dylan, help me with his arms. Malcolm make sure Madalynn is ok, kid you think you can walk by yourself?" Harrison waved over the others, but they weren't looking at him.
"Shhhhhhh" Tony turned back to Harrison slowly and pointed out the door.
Harrison looked out and saw the wolves
"Get down. Listen John, I know you're in pain right now, but the reason why you're in pain is outside the door right now. So, you have to be quiet" Harrison turned back to the door, looking out to the street.
The wolves looked… wrong. It eyes was glassy,drool coming from its form the mouth. It back was hunched, violently shaking. The shotgun blasts left their faces ripped and bloodied, yet they continued on their way like nothing. The group was searching nearby stories, smelling the man's blood.
Harrison crawled to Tony "What are we looking at?"
"Looks like there only three of them"
Harrison took out his pistol "How much firepower do we have?"
"Well, we got our pistols,John's shotgun. We would have our shotguns but that's in the cars with the wolves. We our pepper spray and tasers" Tony said taking out his pistol
Harrison shook his head
"What are we gonna do boss?" Tony asked
"We can scare them off," Malcolm crawled next to the two.
"With what?" Harrison asked
Malcom crawled away from them and went into the back. Harrison county to train his eyes on the wolves outside. He took his pistol and trained in on what appeared to be the leader of the pack. It looked crazy, mouth just hanging open.
Malcolm came back to them with a spray can. He drugged his pocket and bought a lighter.
"No, you can not be serious" Harrison said
"Listen, those wolves are normal. Wolves don't go around attacking people and look at them!" Malcolm took the cap of the can and shook it.
"Its short range, you can't do anything" Tony said
"Naw man, this is carb cleaner. Much more range"
"Ok, but last I saw. There still three of them and one of you" Harrison tried to get his officer under control
"Ok, so what do you want us to do then? We can't stay here, John and Mada are hurt and we don't have time. Also, we don't know if the wolves are just gonna leave us alone. I'm gonna try to scare them off, but I have no idea if it will work, probably just piss them off more" Malcolm flicked the lighter a few times, making sure there was still fuel in it.
"Again, like I don't know that. Listen, it's still 3 against one here. Even without little flamespitter there, the other two can still gang up on us"
"What if they not looking at us?" Dylan suddenly perked up "I can distract them, you can go and get help"
"No, they will kill you before you can get a word out" Harrison said
"Well, what other choices do we have?" Dylan sufficed
"What about scaring them off, like I said?" Malcolm hissed
"Enough, form the both of you. The damn things aren't the same wolves we used to deal with now. You think shouting fire at them is a good idea. Dylan, i don't like you plan either but it's arguably better" Harrison argued
Malcolm quickly put the lighter back in his pocket.
"K, so where are we going?" Tony questioned
"Hospital, I know there is no electricity. But, bandges and saline don't require power, Harrison proclaimed.
The four of them crawled over to Jonathan and slowly got up, picked him up with them.
"We going to the back door" Harrison advertised
The group went to the back of the station and found the backdoor. They opened in and found themselves in looking at the street. Dylan went around to the front and looked out to the wolves. They were slowly getting more and more close to the station, following the blood John left behind.
"Really wish we had our shotguns" He thought as he showed the coast was clear.
The rest went out and towards the back of the station, while Dylan was standing behind.
"Listen to me. You do not die here. That's an order" Harrison commanded Dylan
Dylan made a mock salute and went to the front of the station.
The rest went out the back and walked as fast as they could to the hospital.
Dylan ducked behind the shops next to the station, going around the wolves and got as far away form them as he can. The wolves ears perked up and they turned to him. Dylan upholster his pistol and before they knew it, he shot.
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The group was chugging towards their destination. Jonathan and Madalynn tried their best to not be a burden on the others, but their wounds were making it hard to do so.
"John,keep your eyes open" Harrison ordered the wounded man
"Harrison, i dont think hes gonna make it to the hospital" Tony whispered "Some of those wounds was deep"
"Shit" Harrison really didn't want to, but he had to agree with Tony.
The wolves did a number on the old man, even if he got a few shots in.
"Ok, so, I think I know we can go. Everybody we went to the hotel instead" Harrison turned the group to a new direction.
"Really trying to get me to exercise now, Harrison? This put me right back in Nam" Jonathan struggled walking and talking
"Yeah, I know. But, you are not getting to a hospital. At the hotel, there must be someone who can help you. For the time being"
They crossed down the street as fast as they could, when they heard gunshots
"Is that dumbass really shooting at the wolves?!" Tony painted
"Even with shotgun wounds, those damn things were still hunting us down like nothing happened. What's he thinking?" Harrison lamented
"Come on, we no help against them. We have to come back" He Hesitated forced the group to go on.
They continued in silence.
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They saw the hotel in sight, no lights showing like the rest of the city. Malcolm went ahead and knocked on the double doors.
A man in a suit answered was, understandably, shocked at the scene before him.
"Harrison, what happened to you? What happened to the lights?" He questioned
"We don't know Carter, listen we got two here , badly hurt ok. Do you have anyone here who can help? Harrison ushered everyone in
"I think so" Carted followed everyone in, shut and locking the door behind him
"What about Dylan? He still out there with those wolves" Tony panicked
"We got help him later, we don't have our shotguns and we have a bleeding couple to deal with first" Harrison Groaned
People started to flood the lobby, spurred by the noise of the group's arrival. They were all carrying things like candles and lighters.
"Anybody here a doctor?" Malcolm grunted
One of the man rose thier hand "Im a nurse"
"Ok, we got wolf attack victims here. You just do whatever you can"
Harrison and Tony help the nurse carry the wounded man to a couch in the lobby, where the nurse immediately starts to treat the wounds.
"What are we gonna do, Harrison something is causing the animals to go insane" Tony asks questions
Harrison took Tony away from the lobby, where people were helping the nurse with Johnathan. Once they are out of hearing distance Harrison said:
"We dont know what's going on with the last of the animals. But I know one thing, we are not gonna die here. We are gonna get out of this alive, understand? It's gonna be hard, we never dealt with this in our entire lives. But that doesn't mean we are all gonna die. So, we will stay, gather rescuers and men and push back against these beasts in the morning. That the plan for now, really the best i got"
Harrison let his head fall, sorrow filling his mind. The feeling put him back in battle, among the trees and fire.The reason why he became sheriff of Summerdale to escape. But, here he was in yet another war.
"What about the kid?" Tony query pointing to Dallvante
"I don't think, hes telling the truth. He said he saw nothing at the house. But, we know those guys are always posting guards around their lab. Also, why would a bear go into an empty house? We deal with him later, lets rest now"
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Sorry, everyone. Family came down and i had graduation, so it took me away form Abaddon, but im back folks. We ok now