Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse -
Chapter 186: Close-Minded
Chapter 186: Close-Minded
"Where do you want to go?" asked Tank, looking at me like I was the only person in the world. "We should have a game plan in mind before the demons come. That way, we aren’t panicking."
His words made sense, but I also didn’t really know the answer. Where should I go? The Legislation Compound was out of the question, and I had the feeling Luci didn’t want me to be around anyone whose loyalty couldn’t be guaranteed.
That meant Elizabeth’s house, or...
"The Dragon’s Lair," I announced, not bothering to look at Dante to see if it was okay that I take over his place. However, it was the first place I ever remember feeling safe.
Well, right up until Dante was betrayed, his crazy ex tried to have me killed, and his other ex threw me over a fence for zombies to munch on. But yeah, everything else about it was amazing!
"I cleaned it out as best I could, hoping that that would be your choice," nodded Tank before looking at Dante. "Dante gave me free rein. He really missed you, too, and wanted to offer you a safe place for when you came back."
I dipped my head so that Tank couldn’t see me smiling. He was being a good wingman for Dante, and I really couldn’t say anything about it. "And if I need you to get rid of all humans?" I asked, cocking my head to the side. "I know those are your men... your family..."
"You are my family," replied Tank with a shake of his head. "You are the only one who matters. If you don’t want humans around, then we’ll get rid of them, simple as that."
"It also makes sense," agreed Dante, picking up where Tank let off. "After everything that happened before and the chance of demons possessing more humans... I just don’t know how we will defend our walls when it comes to us being attacked."
"Why don’t we do it the old fashioned way?" I suggested as Tank led me down a dark road.
"Put up signs?" asked Beau, his rich voice washing over me.
"I was thinking more like heads on pikes at the front gate, but I guess signs might work, too."
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’We have a problem,’ grunted Pride as Green ripped off some guy’s head.
’You don’t say,’ sighed Greed as he let the two halves of the body drop to the ground. They had come across yet another group of survivors trying to get to the Legislation Compound and the free food they gave out.
Unfortunately, as much as the Sins were willing to let bygones be bygones, they tried to take what wasn’t theirs. It wasn’t the Sins’ fault that they were defending their meager belongings.
’Hattie is...’ started Pride, trying to figure out the best way to describe the woman walking in front of him like she didn’t have a care in the world. However, she was completely different from before.
The sound of her begging them not to leave her alone echoed in his memories, but that woman was not the same as the new Hattie.
’Hattie is what?’ demanded Wrath, cutting in. ’If you are with her, tell her that we are on our way. We’ll get to her as soon as possible.’
’Don’t bother,’ sneered Pride, ’We are heading to the Dragon’s Lair. Meet us there. Be careful, though. Something happened in Hell, and now demons are going to come to Earth.’
Greed looked up at the stars sparkling off in the distance. Everything felt normal to him, but that didn’t mean things couldn’t change quickly. ’How do you know that?’
’Someone named Luci told Mon Ange,’ sneered Pride, still bent out of shape about everything. ’And apparently, Hattie trusts this Luci more than she does us.’
The name Luci seemed to have meant something to Wrath, but he really couldn’t remember where he had heard that name before. Shaking his head, he shrugged his shoulders. ’Okay, we’ll be there as soon as possible. But these meat sacks really can’t walk all that fast or far. It’s somewhat annoying.’
Pride simply grunted before cutting off the connection with his brothers. At least they would be coming soon. Once the Seven Sins were together, they would be unstoppable. Nothing would be able to get to Hattie, and maybe, just maybe, when she realized that she was safe, she would go back to how she was before.
When she depended on them for everything.
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Beau and Gluttony kept quiet as they walked beside Pride. They were able to hear the conversation between Pride, Greed, and Wrath, but since they didn’t have anything to add, they just kept their mouths shut.
’Ever since she woke up from that nap she has been off,’ murmured Gluttony as he raked his brain to try and figure out what was going on. They had been walking for about twenty minutes now, and nothing was out of place.
Maybe Luci was lying to Hattie. After all, Hattie had admitted that Luci was their creator, and their creator wasn’t called the Father of Lies for no reason. You couldn’t trust anything that came out of his mouth...
Wait...
’Hattie said that Luci was a female,’ reminded Beau, his mind following Gluttony’s. ’Which means that some of what you know is wrong. And if it is such a basic thing like thinking the Devil is a man when she is clearly a female, what else could you be wrong about?’
’Please,’ snorted Gluttony. ’The Devil is able to change his appearance at will in order to be able to manipulate people and get what he wants. He might have created a whole persona of Luci just to get some sympathy from Hattie.’
’To what end?’ sighed Beau, wanting to knock some sense into the demon. ’How would he benefit from it?’
’The Devil always wanted our powers,’ shrugged Gluttony. ’And since we as so obsessed with Hattie, it would make sense that he would use our weakness against us. If he could get Hattie, we would follow right behind her to our slaughter.’
’If what you are saying is true, why didn’t the Devil simply imprison you and take your power for himself? If he is this all-powerful being, then it should have been easy for him to do. Look, I don’t know anything about Hell, the Devil, or Demons... all I’m saying is that if you want that woman in front of us, you can’t be so closed-minded about shit.’
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