Twinkey Boy \\ 10K [Z Nation]

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| chapter: three |

\ sniper no sniping /

Benny jolted awake to a sudden ruckus, she sits up and looks over at the commotion. Only to witness two aggressive people having a bit of a fit. 10K and Camdyn pointed their guns at each other.

Benny sits up quickly, "Guys!-"

Camdyn cuts her off, "Stay back, Benny. We've got company."

Benny tried to continue, "Yes, I know. But wait!-"

Camdyn interrupts her again, "He must've snuck in while you were sleeping, I found him on my couch this mornin'."

10K kept his gun pointed back at the old man, "I already told you a million times, she let me in."

Camdyn scoffs, "I ain't buyin' it, kid. People nowadays will lie for anything."

Benny gets up and quickly goes in between the two of them. So, now both of their guns were pointed at her face, side-to-side.

"Guys, guns down, now." She says calmly. "There will be no killing in this cabin, not today."

"Alright, fine," Camdyn sighs. "but if he even thinks of making a quick move, I'm firing. And I won't think twice."

"Camdyn." Benny warns.

Camdyn nods and lowers his shotgun. "Good." Benny looks over at 10K. "You too Ten." She gave him a nickname of her own. She knows what he's called, but she decided 'Ten' would be more her taste.

After furrowing his brows one last time, his face softened a little bit as he lowered his sniper. "So, this is the Camdyn guy you talked about last night?" He asks. "He seems lovely so far." He ends with a sarcastic remark.

"Yeah well, its my fault I didn't have you two meet before we fell asleep." Benny shrugged. "My bad, won't happen again."

"For an old man, you aren't too bad at aiming a gun." 10K complimented, which slightly shocked Benny.

Camdyn shrugged his shoulders, accepting the compliment. "I may be old, but I'm still gold."

He then adds, "Now Benedicta, tell me, this boy tellin' the truth? Or is he a liar just like the rest of the planet?"

Benny slightly cringed at her own name being said. But she only allowed Camdyn to use it, no-one else. Sometimes he'll use her nickname, but he mostly uses the her real one. It depends on the day and his mood.

Either way, Benny nods. "Yes, he's telling the truth. In fact," She looks back towards 10K. "He actually saved my life." She states it as a fact.

"Oh," Camdyn perks up. "Is that so?"

Benny looks at him and nods. "If that's the case, then I do apologize boy, for almost blowing your brains out."

10K gave a sharp nod, "Apology accepted."

"Anyone who tries to save my Benny deserves to live, in my book." Camdyn grins.

10K looks at Benny, and she shrugs her shoulders. "When I said we're close, I meant it. I'm like his daughter, practically."

***

Benny made her way over to the fireplace with a few chunks of wood, and placed it inside to keep the fire going so that way the warmth wouldn't die. As she teased it a little bit, with an old stoker that has been in that cabin for who knows how long. As she then made her way back to her couch, and made herself comfortable.

When she then noticed something about 10K that she hadn't realized. How could she have missed this little detail? It was right in front of her very eyes, and yet, it flew right over her head.

"Are you sure Ten Thousand is your name?" Benny asked. "Or should I just call you by, Bambi 2.0 or Hook?"

10K looked her way in confusion, "Excuse me?"

Benny raised her right hand next to her face, and wiggled her fingers. Indicating what she meant, without using her words properly.

"Oh..." He looked down at the antler replacing what once used to be a right hand. "That, um..." He swallowed slowly. "Its a long story, a freak accident." He looked back up at her.

Benny nodded, understanding. "It's fine. We've all been through hell one way or another, but I'm not quite sure if we'll ever come back from it. I mean, the apocalypse is still here. So therefore, we're still in Hell."

10K nodded, "Ain't that the sad truth."

But then Benny realized how much emotion Ten had just given off just then, as he gripped the side of the antler and looked at it in almost a sad way.

"Memories?" She wonders, propping her legs up to her chest on the couch.

"Yeah, um-" He sighed. "So many. Too many." He shook his head, almost wanting to forget every single one of them.

"Yeah," Benny sighs. "Me too."

"I need to leave." Ten suddenly blurted out.

Benny gave him a confused gestured look, "Oh... I'm sorry that I brought it up, I didn't mean-"

"No-" He shook his head. "-No, its not that. I have a group to find... or... what's left of them, anyway..."

"Oh," Benny repeated. "I understand, I get it."

Ten stood from the couch, and with his left hand and arm he shimmied his gun over his head and shoulder, with the strap. As he then made his way over to the front and only door of the old cabin.

He grabbed the knob and began to twist it, only for the door to be stuck as he tried pushing on it. Ten then tried to pull it, but it wasn't working as it wasn't the type of door that you would pull, its the type that you pushed.

"Strange..." Ten mumbles under his breath, with a tiny 'hmph' to follow up with his small statement.

He jiggled the door, "Its stuck." He added.

"Well, kid," Camdyn sighed. "We all seem to be stuck in here."

Ten turned around, "Why and how?"

Camdyn shrugged his shoulders, "Because that's how snow works, that's why."

Ten sighs loudly as he slouched back onto the couch across from Benny, "Great." He rested his palm onto his temple and rubbed.

It had snowed heavily overnight, and it blocked their only exit. So now, they were all stuck inside.

And for how long? No-one knew. They just only hoped it wasn't permanent.

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