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Chapter 24 | The new names

Me and Sean walked at a fast pace to reach The Bunker, but our physical conditions varied greatly! Myself I was barely out of breath, meanwhile on the other hand Sean breathed heavily as if his own lungs worked on their own accord and Sean himself could not compensate creating a severe lack of breath. Clearly due to Sean's heart condition he did not exercise often to be capable of travelling long distances on foot.

"Wa- wait pl- l- please!" Sean called out desperately from behind me as he started to trail behind me.

"Okay sorry" I replied as I slowed down and waited for Sean to catch up.

Sean placed his hands on his knees for support as I patted his back unsure what I was supposed to do I that situation, especially when dealing with someone like Sean with a heart condition.

"Can I ask?" Sean rasped under his breath as he steadily regained his breath.

"Ask what?" I replied to Sean's unfinished question.

"Well it's just umm well every time you're around me it's just uhh-" Sean answered stuttering slightly.

"Spit it out!" I snapped back angrily in an unexpected moment of anger. Quickly I realised my rudeness and I continued to speak "oh I am so sorry" trying to apologise for rudely interrupting him.

"Well I just wanted to ask why around me you seem so angry?" Sean replied seemingly angered presumably by my previous outburst.

"Oh" I replied stunned that I hadn't noticed my clear animosity toward Sean ever since I had met him. I exhaled and proceeded to speak "Why am I so angry around you? That is the question" My words seemed solemn and distant yet not emotionless.

"Yeah that was the question!" Sean interjected rudely clearly remarked as revenge for my earlier interruption of his question.

"I think the reason...no I know the reason" I replied my voice full of a new found confidence.

"Well what is it?" Sean responded impatiently.

"FINE do you know what I think when I look at you?" I snapped back finally ready to voice my opinions.

"What" Sean shouted back annoyance clear in his voice.

"WHEN I LOOK AT YOU SEAN ALL I SEE IS YOUR BROTHER! ALL I SEE IS THE BROTHER OF THE HOMICIDAL MANIAC THAT ATTACKED ME THE FIRST NIGHT THAT THIS NIGHTMARE BEGAN! OR MAYBE IT'S THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO ESCORT THE BROTHER OF THE MAN I KILLED IN SELF DEFENCE AFTER BEING ATTACKED!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, I could physically feel my vocal cords ache and burn in pain.

The silence that fell upon both me and Sean was deafening.

My heart beat raced fast during my sudden outburst but now had started to slow after the excitement.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" a laugh rang out from behind me and Sean, each individual echoing note from these laughing pitches seemingly dislocated from each other creating an almost stop and start pattern.

Me and Sean both pivoted instinctually, to see a man in a dark grey coat with pockets on each side large ones on the bottom and smaller ones toward the top all closed with singular buttons, the coat was fastened with a zip up to the collar, the man also wore a pair of black pants and a pair of black boots with the pants tucked into them.

Disturbingly, the man wore a mask with the design of a skull imprinted on it, I recognised the man!
It was Piggy Piggy

Last time I had faced Piggy Piggy I was accompanied by Patricia so I didn't face him alone, also last time I had faced Piggy Piggy I rushed in and faced him head on! But this had caused Piggy Piggy to retrieve a gun, if it weren't for Patricia's intervention I would've died.

My mind and body froze unable to move I was at the mercy of Piggy Piggy.

I watched in horror as from his pocket Piggy Piggy retrieved a small black coloured pistol, he aimed the pistol at my chest.

"Ha ha ha ha ha well hello little pig! oh won't you be still!" Piggy Piggy taunted menacingly.

"Wait there is no need to fire that thing!" Sean replied nervously as he trembled and held his hands up defensively as if he were surrendering to Piggy Piggy.

"Oh shut up Mister Goat!" Piggy Piggy snapped back referring to Sean as 'Mister Goat' making me question Piggy Piggy's obsession for animals.

"Wh- ah- um- e-" I tried to speak but my words became caught in the back of my throat.

"Aww the little pig cant speak but don't worry I'll get you too scream hmm maybe if I shoot you in the knee you won't be able to escape me again, and it bet you'll scream then!" Piggy Piggy replied in his usual sinister tone.

I started to sob uncontrollably and then "aaaaaaaaaah" I screamed out in frustration and I collapsed to the ground.

"OH SHUT UP LITTLE PIG!" Piggy Piggy screamed impatiently seemingly annoyed that I had started to cry.

"JUST KILL ME! I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE PLEASE KILL ME!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Piggy Piggy lowered the gun and strode up to me and crouched down beside me. His masked face close to mine, so close I could hear his breathing over the sniffling of my cries.

"Why are you crying little pig?" Piggy Piggy asked, his tone seemed partially compassionate.

"Do you want to know?" I replied still sniffling slightly.

"Oh yes oh yes I do little piggy!" Piggy Piggy replied as he placed his gun back into his pocket and then grasped my hands in his own.

"Fine...WELL FIRST I HATE BEING CALLED 'LITTLE PIG' SO MUCH THAT I NAMED YOU 'PIGGY PIGGY' IT'S AN UGLY NAME SUITED FOR AN UGLY MAN LIKE YOU!" I shouted in a sudden outburst, the outburst itself seemed childish but it was only fuelled by anger and not rational thought.

"Oh no no no my darling you were never a pig to me! No you were a Fox to me!" Piggy Piggy replied.

"Why the Fox?" I responded.

"The Fox because you are cunning and joyful so full of life and youth" Piggy Piggy explained.

"If I am the Fox what does that make you?" I asked Piggy Piggy finally managing to stop my tears.

"I believe I am the foreboding presence so maybe I consider myself the Crow" Piggy Piggy explained.

"Why the Crow?" I asked.

"Well I am the force that sees and like the Crow I am the omen of bad fortune it seems for you Alexis" Piggy Piggy explained.

"Why the names?" I asked as I heard Sean moving nearby.

"Names define us. Like masks, names show who we are. Names give a first impression that is why Alexis from now on I shall call you by either Alexis or Fox" Piggy Piggy responded.

"Well thank you" I replied unsure where this newfound kindness was coming from.

"On one condition if you only refer to me as Mister Crow! Do we have a deal?" Piggy Piggy/Mister Crow asked.

"We have a deal" I responded as Sean came up from behind Mister Crow and hit him across the head. This caused him to fall to the side and roll down a hill into complete darkness as if the darkness itself had consumed Mister Crow entirely.

"Come on!" Sean shouted as he grabbed hand and dragged me to my feet and led me down the street away from Pigg-- Mister Crow.

Slowly, I regained rational thought and both me and Sean continued to run aimlessly until I started to direct us in the direction of The Bunker.

We reached The Bunker within a few minutes but before we entered Sean leaned against the wall of the inside warehouse, almost completely breathless rasping harder and harder with each lost breath.

"Thank you" I thanked Sean as he continued to breath heavily.

"Y- y- you a- are welcome," Sean responded as his breathing slowed finally returning to normal.

"Well should we enter?" I asked Sean.

"Yeah that would probably be smart!" Sean retorted almost sarcastically but I allowed this remark of sarcasm considering he had just saved my life.

We walked down the stairs and waited in front of the metal door that protected Shadow's base. I knocked three times on the door using my knuckle casing my knuckles to redden slightly. Within a minute the door swung open and me and Sean entered The Bunker.

"Sean!" Elliot yelled as he ran over to his brother and grappled his arms around him.

"I found him" I told Shadow more as a sarcastic clarification.

"Look Alexis, me and Elliot have alerted their parents to both twins being away for a while, which was easier than you might think!" Shadow responded not returning my childish animosity.

"Oh why is that?" I responded trying not to sound offensive but still sounding quite snobby.

"Well their parents are away for exactly one month their older brother was taking care of them" Shadow responded making me question the attention of Elliot and Sean's parents.

"Oh so has Elliot agreed with the treatment?" I asked seemingly more friendly compared to my previous responses.

"Yes but there is a problem" Shadow responded his facial expression changed into one of worry.

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