The boys might be calm but Joe wasn’t. He was in a battle with Bradley about the route to the hospital. They could see the carnage from a distance and Bradley kept insisting he drives another way, but Joe was adamant.“Let him drive Dad! Please! For Jerry!” Nadine pleaded with her father.“Damnit!” Joe gave in and took his hands off the steering wheel.The car suddenly had a mind of its own; it made a sharp turn to the right just before the first buildings in town, accelerated, and drove through the back delivery areas. Joe expected more bumps from the holes and rocks in the path they were taking, but there wasn’t any. He was slightly concerned when a wall started looming up in front of them but the car made a hard left and drifted into an alley way that connected with the main street. The carnage was behind them, all they had to do was make their way through the cars blocking the road.But it was not an issue either, because once again, the car took a back street on the left and then

Brian thought that he would be able to have a lie in that Sunday morning. But it was not to be. He heard his name called from some distance away, but he muttered ‘Leave me’ alone and turned around to snooze.Then the poking and prodding started in his legs, feet and his waist. He opened his eyes slightly, saw no one and muttered ‘Cut it out Bradley. It’s Sunday.’And yet the poking continued up his body and to his face. He felt the tickle in his ear and started waving it off, only to hear a childish giggle behind him. He turned towards the giggle, saw no one and put it off as Bradley playing tricks on him.“Cut it out Bradley.” Brian yelled annoyed and turned again, this time to lie on his stomach, arms above his head, leaving his bare back exposed.Again there was the sound of a childish giggle and then the tickling intensified. Brian thought flies and maggots were crawling up his back, so he jumped out of bed in a panic, swatting and wiping away anything that could be on his back.T

When the brother got home at around three that afternoon their father was still furious and yelling at the walls.“What’s up with Dad?” Luke asked cautiously as he walked into the house.“Have either of you seen or heard anything from the dead roaming the house?” Joe rounded up his sons the second he saw them.“No, why?” Brian asked confused as he took his coat off and hung it around the chair.“Because there’s two rascals on the loose and they keep making havoc all over the bloody place! Nadine hasn’t slept in days, and there is no parental figure around to make them stop!”Spittle flew from the corner of Joe’s mouth as he yelled.“I’ll take care of it Dad. Why don’t you go lie down, and I will see if I can find Bradley or their mother.” Brian replied calmly as he looked his father over.“Make sure you do that, and get a move on it. I hate to think what will happen if they get your mother on her own or with Jeremy.”With that Joe stormed out of the house and to his car. The family wa

The Thomas family sat around in the kitchen, none the wiser of what was currently happening at the hospital. Cynthia was making coffee for Joe and Brian, who had for some reason decided he liked the taste.Brian was telling his father about the accidents at the site, and trying hard not to rub at the patch on his eye. James sat and stared into the darkness, not saying a word, and not paying much attention to what his brother was saying either.Static electricity filled the air, making the hair on the arms stand on end.“Hello family.” the soft baritone voice unsettled everyone in the room.“Roger.” Brian stood up immediately and looked around the room.The air crackled and snapped as the opaque outline of a soldier started to appear.“Nasty cut you got there boy.” Roger commented as his body began to solidify.“Hurts pretty bad too.” Brian said to him.“You should’ve paid more attention then. Lucky for you lot, your youngest has the brains in this family. He had a nice long conversati

The crowd petered off around four pm, the father and son duo had not yet been able to get the second thing hooked up. They were slowly starting to tire, and loose hope. Cynthia stopped them after James nearly drowned when his anchor rope somehow got tangled up with the chain, which in turn, got tangled up in a crevice somewhere below them. He could not go up, or down. Joe had gotten him untangled just in time, but still the boy was rushed to shore spluttering and vomiting muddy water.Jerry insisted on taking James to the hospital, which left Joe without a diving partner. So he and Brian rolled up the chains and left them under the tree. Jerry frowned at his in-laws and then bundled the whole lot into the mini bus and drove them to the hospital.Nadine sat with Jeremy in Luke’s room while Joe and James were looked over. The baby was starting to stand up alongside things so she kept a wary eye out for him.“Your father and your brother are mad, you know that?” Jerry said to Luke furiou