Post by Jeanie Gaines on Oct 3, 2021 13:50:29 GMT
After the power went on, Jeanie made plans to get into the secure storage at the pharmacy. Power meant power tools, and with hard work and perseverance she could cut out the lock, so they'd finally have access to a whole lot of medication that had previously eluded them. Jeanie was there with Gwendy, Steve, the newly appointed leader, and Riley-Jade or RJ, the new girl. She had dreaded asking Terry along after what happened with Eden and the Principal, but Terry had insisted on coming too.
Steve had been elected leader because with his 17 years and 5 months he was the eldest kid. The new girl RJ was a former cheerleader which weren't exactly Jeanie's most favorite people in the world, but RJ seemed atypical. She was from Texas, and actually nice and caring. Very chatty too. Her mouth never stopped moving for more than 30 seconds but somehow it was nice to hear her talk, maybe because of her thick Texan accent. RJ was telling a story from before, when she crossed through Georgia.
"So there I was, happy I found this big ol' bag of medicine right?" RJ spoke. "Then all of a sudden this lanky ass kid shows up behind me right? Starts talking in this Russkie accent, telling me that those were in fact his medicines and that he needed it for his sister. So I'm all like 'honey if you need this medication so much why leave it behind where anyone can find it?' So he starts getting mad and I'm all like 'fella calm down. You can have your sister's pills. I just need a few aspirines and maybe some antibiotics for the road. That's all, there's still plenty to go around and the rest is all yours okay?' So he goes like 'okay, I am Arvo.' So I take my hand of my rifle, grab a bottle of aspirines and antibiotics for myself then toss the bag with the rest of him to him. He says 'thank you' and then the bastard up and shoots me! If it weren't for this here bulletproof vest I'd have surely bought the farm back then and there!"
"Ouch!" Steve said. "That must've hurt!"
"Fuck yeah it hurt! It was all black and blue for two weeks! Shit longer!"
Jeanie looked up from placing the drill. RJ survived a gunshot wound because she was smart enough to wear a bulletproof vest, the same one she was wearing now. Jeanie could appreciate a 'better safe than sorry' attitude. She was all about it herself as well.
"Anyway, I'm laying there in the snow right, gasping for air?" RJ continued. "Then I realized 'holy shit vest saved my life!' And I think to myself; Riley-Jade Monroe, are you just gonna lay here and let that bastard get away with what he just did? And the answer was 'fuck no!' So I grab my Winchester, bite through the pain in my belly and get up. And I'm all like 'HEY HEY HO HO. ARVO'S GOTTA GO!"
"Ooh please tell me you caught up with him!" Gwendy spoke. "You caught the bastard right?"
"Now hang on, I'm just getting to that part." RJ answered. "So anyway, what with my belly aching something fierce, I figure I gotta get one up on this bastard because I'm damn sure not able to outrun him! So I take this here rifle, take on a crouched shooting position, take a deep breath in and aimed at the bastard's butt!"
"His butt?" Steve asked. "Why not just go for the back or even his head?"
"Yeah, why not just kill him?" Gwendy added.
Jeanie sighed. She didn't like Gwendy or Steve being so willing to kill immediately. RJ not wanting to kill this Arvo guy seemed like a good thing to her.
"Well shit guys, that'd have been too dang easy, now wouldn't it!" RJ spoke. "I wasn't gonna kill this bastard before giving him a piece of my mind first now was I? Anyway, I took the shot and I ended up shooting him in the leg, which slowed him down some thank God."
Jeanie frowned and shook her head. "So you did end up killing him then?" she asked.
"Well dang Jeanie I ain't one for hurting or killing folks, you know that!" RJ answered. "But if someone tries to kill me you can bet your sweet ass I'm gonna kill'em right back!"
"Seems only fair." Steve added, then shrugged.
"Anyway, it took me about a mile to finally catch up to this bastard, into this small town right?" RJ continued. "So I'm like 'haha finally gotcha ya piss poor excuse for a human being!' So he fell down in the process and just as I'm about to teach this guy some dang manners more Russkies armed with AK's come out of the woodwork. So I'm like 'ah hell naww I ain't gonna let myself get captured and become some commie's bitch! So I start running, meanwhile I got Russian bullets flying all around my ears! Lucky them bastards don't know how to make a gun or they'd have surely hit me right?"
"And that was it right?" Gwendy said. "You ran and you escaped?"
Jeanie nodded. That seemed the logical conclusion considering RJ was here to tell the story.
"Fuck no I didn't run!" RJ said. "I ain't no yella belly and I sure as shit wasn't gonna run from no commie Russkies!"
"Uhh, pretty sure Russia wasn't communistic anymore..." Steve said.
"Well commie or not, there were six of them and let me tell ya; they weren't no match for an all-American girl who's been hunting and shooting since she was three years old!" RJ continued. "And I had me a whole town to play hide and seek in!"
"So what happened?" Gwendy asked.
"What happened is they made the mistake of underestimating me!" RJ spoke. "Crept and crawled all through the town, every time I shot one I made damn sure I was someplace else by the time one of his buddies came lookin'! Took all six of'em out that way!"
"Bullshit!" Gwendy said.
Jeanie had an amused look on her face. It did seem a bit incredible. RJ seemed really disconcerted about Gwendy calling bullshit though.
"Oh is it?" RJ answered. "Where'd ya think I got them AK's from when I first came knockin' huh? And the truck? No dear Gwendoline, I'm not bullshittin' ya. Yes they had the numbers, they were bigger and meaner than me, but they weren't smarter. And that's how I got the better of them. And may I be struck down right here and now if that ain't the God's honest truth!"
Steve, Gwendy and Jeanie looked up. No lightning and RJ was still standing. She must've been telling the truth! It seemed RJ was a force to be reckoned with.
"Oh haha, very funny y'all!" RJ said.
"So what happened with that Arvo guy?" Jeanie asked.
"What'd ya think? Gave him a piece of my mind before I sent him on the long walk!"
"You killed him!?"
"Well dang Jeanie, bastard tried to kill me! I wasn't joking when I said I kill people who try to kill me!"
Jeanie wanted to argue there was a difference between killing people and executing them but didn't to avoid any real discussion. It was silent for a moment, then RJ spoke up again.
"So are any of y'all gonna fill me in on what happened with this Eden chick and this woman y'all called the Principal?" RJ asked. "I can't seem to get a straight answer from anyone!"
Jeanie looked at the others, then bowed her head.
"We... don't talk about it." Steve said.
"She can know Steve." Gwendy spoke. "Eden was the girl in charge of us. Then one day this woman, Serina, showed up. Only had one hand, seemed freshly cut off too. That should've been a red flag for us but Eden always believed in the kindness of people. Anyway, some of us went on a run to this military base to find guns in a car Jeanie had previously fixed up and reinforced."
"Car?" RJ asked. "You mean that burned out wreck on the playground?"
"Well... yeah." Steve said. "There's a reason it's that way now."
"So we got the guns, and started building this armory of sorts right?" Gwendy continued. "Jeanie and I were working there late one night when we hear arguing, then the Principal and Eden screaming at eachother, and then a gunshot. We storm out to see what's going on and find Eden laying on the ground with blood coming out of her mouth, and the Principal starting the car and driving away. Turns out the Principal only needed us to get the guns, she loaded up the car with what she could carry and tried to make off. Eden caught her red-handed and paid with her life for it."
"So how'd the car end up burned to a crisp?" RJ asked.
"It blew up when I shot the Principal as she drove off."
"What? Don't that stuff only happens in movies!?"
Gwendy looked at Jeanie. Seemed she'd do well to explain this one.
"There might've been... nitrous oxide on board." Jeanie said.
"Nitrous-oxide!?" RJ asked. "NOS? You built a car with NOS? Holy shit that's awesome!"
"Well it burned the Principal to a crisp, so it served that purpose." Gwendy said. "She burned alive inside, which seemed only appropriate after she killed Eden."
"Damn, that's rough." RJ said. "I'm sorry for y'alls loss. I'm guessing that's why there's no adults allowed huh?"
"Nope, and it's a mistake we won't repeat anytime soon. It's why we don't like to talk about it either."
"Well, thanks for telling me. And count on me not bringing it up again. And fuck adults!"
"Yeah, fuck'em!"
"Right in the ear!"
After that was said, Jeanie started cutting through the door again with the power saw, and the others stayed on lookout for any of the dead that might get lured by the noise.