Madness at Madison Mall by Athan Jon

Author:Athan, Jon [Athan, Jon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2017-06-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Teenagers

Roberto's Jewelers was located on the other side of the mall on the same walkway as the food court. The small shop resided near the entrance of the neighboring anchor store – a looted department store. The store was supposed to be sealed with a metal gate, but the scavengers had ripped through to loot the shop.

As the guards approached the store, Isaac and David turned off their flashlights. The element of surprise was important since they were outnumbered four-to-two. They crouched behind a cell phone kiosk and stared at the shop, watching and listening for anything abnormal. Footsteps and indistinct muttering emerged from the jewelry store.

David whispered, “We'll sneak over there and block their way. They shouldn't be too hard to handle.” He took one step forward, then he stopped. He glanced back at Isaac and whispered, “No weapons, okay? We can't beat them with our batons or tase them. Nowadays, I'm sure we'd get locked up if we did that. I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of prison.”

Isaac responded, “Yeah, well, neither am I.”

David nodded at Isaac, then he walked ahead. He walked with long, quiet lunges, trying his best to keep the noise at a minimum. Isaac took a deep breath, then he followed his partner's path. He crouched and walked with hurried steps, scampering like a small, frightened critter.

David stopped near the neighboring store in order to prepare himself for the inevitable confrontation. Isaac stopped in the middle of the walkway, frozen like a stone sculpture.

Eyes wide with fear, the distraught father stared at the department store to his left – peering through the broken doors. He placed his palms over his ears as the shrill sound of metal scraping a marble floor echoed through the mall. The noise was unusually sharp, drilling into his eardrums like nails on a chalkboard. He felt pressure in his ears due to the noise, as if he had water clogged in his ears.

Yet, David did not seem to notice the noise. He wasn't bothered by the high-pitched sound. The world was not affected by Isaac's personal nightmares.

Isaac teetered left-and-right, disoriented by the racket. He grunted and groaned as he struggled to compose himself. His eyes widened as he spotted the person responsible for the noise.

Bugaboo shambled through the department store doors, grunting as he dragged his tools. The man with the cow head trudged towards his only target – Isaac. He seemed completely uninterested in the other guard or the other people wandering the mall.

Isaac tightly shut his eyes and whispered, “You're not real... You can't be real.” The scraping grew louder with each thudding step. The young guard shook his head and muttered, “No, no, no. You bastard... You–You're not real.”

Isaac opened his eyes as he felt a strong grip on his wrist. To his utter relief, only David stood in front of him. He glanced over his partner's shoulder and stared at the department store, then he sighed. Bugaboo had vanished into thin air.

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