Micah's Story Chapter Five: The Road to New York Disclaimer~ Ugh I hate this site! Meagan knows what im talking about! well, this chapter was written on the 26th, but I wasn't able to post it right away cuz the site was screwed up! Anyway, none of its mine blah blah blah and ummm I still love Micah, and im gonna go steal him! Oh~side note, I wrote to Ryan bollman, and I sent it today, which is the 26th, and ill let you all know when and if I get a response! now that this is longer then chapter, ill get on with it! Happy reading! Mya's words belong to her, and umm they're copyrighted, but I know they don't belong to me, so OK. Wow. I had never seen so many rows of corn. I thought that we had a lot of it, but on the road driving away, there were fields so massive that Gatlin would have fit into them. Oops. That's off the subject. Sorry. Everything's just so new to me, the Amish little boy who has never really seen VCR. ( I know what that is because Danny was explaining) John just made some stupid comment about me being as pale as a marshmallow, and I honestly don't know what to say. I know that he's making fun of me, but I honestly don't care. For the first time in a long time, I feel free. There's a song on the radio that goes, " 'Because im free, single, sexy, and sweet." I am free, and I am single, but I don't know about the last two. ***(AN~ yes Micah u are sexy and sweet, ill be the first to say that! lolz. OK back to the story!)*** We stop at a gas station, and I go in with everyone. It's called BP, and they sell tons of food there. Anyway, we all get something to eat and drink, ( I got Pepsi and a huge bag of these Keebler Elf Fudge cookies) and walked to the counter. There was a girl working, and when I put my stuff down, she looked at me weird. "You sure are dressed weird. It's like 85 degrees out, and you're wearing all black!" I looked down. sure enough, she was right. " You look frammilliar. Wait! You're that little kid from Hemmingford! You were the leader of that corn cult, and you killed your parents! Ohmigod! What are you doing here? do those people know who you are? Hey, you! This is that scary little kid that killed off his entire town! You did know that didn't you?" John, Lacey, and Danny looked at me, waiting to see what I would do. Standing there, I don't know why I did what I did, but it was pretty funny. " He Who Walks Behind the Rows wouldn't appreciate you talking to me, Micah, one of his disciples that way. I act according to his will, and you will be punished!" I know that I sounded like Isaac, but it was so worth it to see the look on the girls face, that I knew it worked. My three companions laughed, and then so did I. She actually scolded me about what I had done, but I didn't care. I was having fun, something that I hadn't had much of in the past few years. We paid and left, getting back on the road. Danny and Lacey both asked for some of my cookies, but I wouldn't give them away. I couldn't remember why, but then it hit me. My Mom. She used to give me fudge cookies and milk when I got home from school. She had actually done it on the Friday before the Gatlin massacre. Danny's voice came from nowhere, asking me why I was crying. Crying. I. Was. Crying. Micah Balding, leader of the Children, was crying, tears that had waited almost four years to come were pouring down my cheeks. I couldn't stop them. I didn't even try. "Mom. Daddy. Mommy. Dad." I just kept repeating those words over and over, realizing how much I had missed them, how much I wanted to take back what we had done to them. I saw them in my mind, laughing, talking with my friends and I. Then I saw them laying on the floor of the house, dead, and the tears came harder. "Mama. Daddy. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I miss you so much. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Then I heard Isaac's voice. " Micah. I am with your parents. They don't blame you. They don't even blame me. They blame He Who Walks Behind The Rows. Don't cry. It is a weakness. They do not want you to cry for them. Dry your tears. Please? For them? You will see them, soon. In a dream, they will come to you, just like He came to me, in my dreams. Until then, good-bye Micah." Woah. My tears stopped instantly. I didn't even know, then Danny looked at me like I was crazy. I tried to explain, but was interrupted by John. He told us that we would drive for about 20 more miles, and then stop for the night. We would stay at a hotel, and continue in the morning. The three of us younger people plus Angela nodded in agreement. My first hotel. I wondered what it would be like. It was a dump. I'm sorry, but it was. The barn was nicer. They did have a pool though, so I figured that I could go by it. Ho-Hum. Pools are boring. Then. There was a girl, and I for the first time felt my heart dive. Oops again. it was Lacey. Hehehe. Sorry Danny. she looks different from far away. Not nearly as good when she's close up. Anyway, the late afternoon sun felt good, and I fell asleep in it. It was nearly 7 PM when I woke up, and I had been laying down since at least 4. Thank goodness for trees. Inside, I got dressed, and went into the bathroom to wash my face. I was still extremely pale. Walking down to the "dining room" I saw a few other people, and they looked at me strangely. I walked right by them to where Danny, Angela, John, and Lacey were. My seat was in between John and Danny. looking at the menu,nothing popped out, so I ordered the first thing I saw. Chicken soup and a house salad. when the food came, we all dug in hungrily. This was only the first day after we had begun to drive. I wondered what was going to happen and how we were going to get to New York, when John started talking. "There's an airport not even 30 minutes away from here. The next flight to New York isn't for another week, so if you all agree, we are going to go to Ohio for a few days. I've been there, and trust me. you will have a ton of fun." We agreed. Why not see as much of the US as we could on our little trip, right? After all, I am Micah, and I did deserve it. Onward to Micah's Story Chapter 6: Oh I'm Goin' Down to Ohio The next morning, I was woken up by the bright sunlight hitting my face."Unghhhhhhh. Please close the drapes. Please. Bright! Bright!" Danny and Lacey both laughed, and told me that we were leaving for the airport in about two hours. I groaned and rolled back over. "Wake me up about twenty minutes before we leave, please." I heard the door close as the two left. Falling back into a deep sleep, I dreamt about the corn. "THEY WERE adults!!! They were of that world and we have seen the way of that world and it is evil. You, do not see the truth Jedediah. Because it is not yet with us. The children looked at their leader as he spoke. "It is like the light from the corn. Not from the hand of man, but the mark, of He Who Walks Behind the Rows." They all crowded around him and looked on with watchful eyes. "With the harvest moon tomorrow night, our reign of peace shall dwell upon the land. And a sword of righteousness shall strike down the infidel!!! He looked at the girl tied to the bed of cornstalks. First cut out her tongue. Then when her pitiful protestations are silenced, CARVE OUT HER HEART!!!Each drop of their blood shall nourish the seeds of new life. Let the new harvest begin.His hands clawed at the ground as he struggled to regain his footing. "Please, Danny, you're my friend!" It all went black. I sat bolt upright in my bed, and noticed that I was paler then normal, and extremely cold and clammy. It was just a dream. I wasn't back in the corn, with He Who Walks Behind the Rows telling me what to do. I was 14 year old Micah Balding, and I was free to do what I wanted, not what some stupid monster wanted. Danny and Lacey came back into the room, and as Lacey looked at me, I remembered my dream. "What's wrong, Micah? did we scare you?" she asked. "No, I just woke up, that's all. I'm still half asleep." I smiled, and walked into the bathroom with my bag, where I changed, brushed my hair and teeth, and tried to calm down. When I was done, I walked back into the other room, where Danny, Lacey, John, and Angela were waiting for me. We went down the stairs and out the front door, right to a waiting cab. (Thanks again to Danny for explaining) On the way to the airport, we didn't talk much, just looked out the windows. there was not very much to see, but I was amused. "Well, Micah. Get ready to leave the corn behind. In Ohio, there really aren't that many cornfields. you have to drive to see them. Especially where we're going to stay. My sister, Brittany, and her family live in Middleburg Heights, and that's by Cleveland. They're going to let us stay with them. It'll be fun!" I highly doubted that. "That's great, John. I'm glad to hear that. I hope that I like Ohio, it sounds fun." A voice inside of me was telling me to get out of the cab, to stay in Nebraska. My friends. " What happened to Jedediah? Where is he now?" An uncomfortable look passed between all four of my companions. No one said anything. Later, I would find out from Danny that he died in the explosion, along with everyone else, except myself and the four I was with. We reached the airport, and went inside. Someone saw me, screamed, and proceeded to tell the whole damn airport that the Corn Cult leader was in the airport. This person also said that I was going to kill every adult in the airport unless I was killed myself. What stupid people. Does everyone believe EVERYTHING that they see on t.v. or hear on the radio? I guess so. Anyway, we hurried through the airport to our gate, and waited to board the plane. As I stepped into the tunnel when our flight was called, I wasn't scared, just kind of nervous. Then I heard Isaac's voice 'I always have your back. No matter where you are or what you do, I'm always there.' I felt much better. I stepped onto the plane, found my seat next to the window and Danny, buckled in, and got ready for my first plane ride. (about 3 hours later) That was really fun, I thought as we stepped off the plane. I don't remember a thing. See, when we were taking off, I had passed out from fright, and slept through the whole trip, because Danny thought that I was just asleep. Seeing a food place, I told them where I was going and went over to get a doughnut and water. When I got back, there were four new people. they were introduced as Brittany, Jason, and Robbie, their son. The other person was Cory, who was Robbie's friend. No one asked questions, so I assumed that my situation had already been explained. They helped us with our bags, and on the way to the car, Lacey and I were introduced to each of them. On the way back to the house, I learned that Robbie and Cory were 13 years old, and that while Robbie liked Danny, Cory hated him. Everyone took an instant liking to Lacey, but seemed kind of distant towards me. It wasn't that I blamed them, I just felt kind of awkward. When we pulled into the driveway, as soon as the car stopped, Danny grabbed mine and Lacey's hands and pulled us towards the house. When we got to the door, Danny ran right in, and plopped down on the couch, flipping through the cable channels. He seemed happy. Lacey and I just stood there, until Brittany came in and showed us where our rooms were. She took Lacey to hers first, and then showed me mine, which I would be sharing with Danny. She sat down on the bed, and looked at me. She wasn't trying to be rude, she wasn't staring, and she wasn't accusing me of anything with her look. "Oh, Micah. I'm so sorry. I wasn't going to say anything, but I have to. I -." She then burst into tears. I sat down next to her, and she didn't move away. I told her that she shouldn't cry, that it was OK. She calmed down enough to tell me that she was sorry that she had said anything, that I should forget about it. I agreed, and went to explore the backyard. I passed Danny on my way out, and he was still watching t.v., flipping channels contentedly. It was about 1:30 PM, and the sun was behind a cloud, so the backyard was full of shadows. I looked around for a little while, and realized how different this place was from Gatlin and Hemmingford. After about fifteen minutes, I was ready to go back inside. The yard was pretty big, but the house was huge. I went and sat by Danny, and we passed about 2 and a half hours with the t.v., watching stupid shows. The first dinner was really good, and I was happy to be back with people again, not just kids. Cory left right after dinner, and everyone wanted to go when he was dropped off. I didn't though because I was tired of moving. I just wanted to sit. Everyone left,and about five minutes later, the doorbell rang. I got up to answer the door, and just before I opened it, I asked who it was. It sounded like a girl, and she said she was the neighbor. I opened the door, and saw a girl about my age, dressed for the summer in a pair of shorts and a bathing suit top. she was pretty tan, and then when I looked at her face, I realized that she was really pretty. I was trying to think of something else to say to her, when she filled in the gap. " Hi. Im Marie. I live across the street. Are you Micah?" Micah's Story Chapter 7: How Did it Make You Feel? "Yeah, I am Micah. Who are you looking for?" I said as I found my voice. "No one's home but me, so if you're looking for Brittany, Jason, or Robbie, they went to take Cory home." Remembering my manners, (Yes I did have some) I invited her in, and again asked what she wanted. She took her time answering, and after sitting down on the couch where Danny had plopped himself before, she looked at me with her blue eyes and spoke. "Well, when Mrs. Morgan, Brittany, left, she stopped by and asked me to show you around a little bit, because I have lived here my whole life, and I know tons about Middleburg. We're walking distance from a lot of things,and my friends want to meet you. It's kind of late now to start the 'tour' but we can do it tomorrow OK?" I just looked at her, shocked, and she looked back at me kind of surprised. "What, Micah? What's wrong? Don't you want to meet everyone?" "Don't you know who I am? "Of course I do. You're Micah Balding, the most recent leader of that corn cult that killed every adult in two cities in Nebraska." She said kind of proudly. "Aren't you at all scared of me? I mean I did kill almost 200 people." "Should I be scared, Micah?" she asked. "I don't think I should be." She had said my name again. *sigh* I don't know why I liked her, but I did. "No, you shouldn't be scared, but everyone that has recognized me so far has been, except for Danny, Lacey, Angela, and John. Oh, and the Morgans, but even they seemed apprehensive." I told her about the girl at BP, and the people at the airport, and she laughed when I told her what I had done back at them. "I have got to get to know you better," she said laughing. "You seem really sweet. I don't know the full details of what happened to you in Nebraska, but I know that underneath whatever it was, your a great person." Smiling she got up. "Well, I could tell you some of what happened in Gatlin and Hemmingford, but I was kind of young in Gatlin, so I don't remember everything. Hemmingford was scary though. I was possessed, and I couldn't help it at all. " She looked at me with her big blue eyes, and they were filled with sadness. The next thing I knew, she was walking over to me, and wrapped her arms around me, in a hug. I didn't know what to say, but again she filled in the gap as she backed away. "You looked like you needed a hug. I'll see you tomorrow morning at about 10:30 OK?" I nodded and she walked away and out the door. I didn't know why, but I was happier then I had been in a while. Maybe Middleburg Heights and Ohio weren't going to be as bad as I had thought. Marie would make sure of that. The next morning, I woke up at about 8:00, and got dressed. I went downstairs, and no one was there, except Lacey. She looked at me and asked me about last night, and Marie, so I told her. "She's coming over at about 10:30 to take me to meet a few people." Smiling, Lacey said that it was good that I was going to meet people. I replied "yeah. Us early rising farm people need to make friends, don't we?" I made a piece of toast buttered it and sat down at the table. I'm going to go outside, and look around for a little while. If anyone asks, tell them that if its before 10:30, I'll be right around here, but if it's after, then I'll be with Marie and her friends." She nodded and told me to have fun. I went outside in the front yard, and looked around that. After about fifteen minutes, I heard Marie's voice calling me over to her house, and I turned and saw her and another girl. They were walking over towards the house, and when they got closer, she introduced the girl as Stephanie. "Hey Steph. What's up?" She looked at me and smiled kind of shyly. They told me that we could leave early, and walk to the park, where we were going to meet some of their friends. On the way, we stopped to talk to a few adults that the girls knew. they introduced me, and I had a few more acquaintances. Then, we got to the park. I knew that it was now or never, and I was ready to meet some people. Walking over to where there was a small group of kids that looked about our age, I was introduced to 6 new kids. Travis, who had dark hair and green eyes was Stephanie's boyfriend, Samantha, who was short blond and kind of loud. Then there was Leila, who was pretty, with dark hair and eyes, like me, except she was really tan. Jenny, who was Marie's other best friend, was short and dark like Leila, and was just a little bit darker then me. Kyle, who was Leila's friend, was a short little boy, who was the only one that was younger then 14. Rosie was very pale, had brown hair with pink streaks in it, and she was quite loud as well. I like all of them immediately, and just as we were getting ready to leave the spot we were in and go sit, another girl came running up and introduced herself as Magen. She was small, and loud, and she had a crush on me. I could tell. Marie looked around as Rosie told her that Dave would be coming up to the park later, because he was doing something with his parents. Marie looked at her, and nodded. She said that that was OK, and told me that there would probably be about 6 or 7 more people that came up to the park before lunchtime, because we were a half hour early. I said OK, and we sat down and talked. "I know that you guys just met me, but I will answer questions about Gatlin and everything else if you want me to. All you have to do is ask. I only ask that you don't ask about my parents, because they're the only thing that I'm not comfortable talking about." Everyone asked a few questions, and the last one was from Marie. "Micah, when you were possessed, and you gave everyone the orders or whatever to kill the people, how did you feel, I mean the real you. Were you sad, or did you not care?" she seemed reluctant to ask, but I knew that she had to. "Well, I guess that you could say that I accepted it. I couldn't do anything about it, because I wasn't in control, and that was one of the scariest things in my life, not being able to control my actions. and everyone will blame me for what He Who Walks Behind the Rows did. No one can prove that I didn't do it, except me and it's my word against everyone else's. I have to live with what I did for the rest of my life, and I'll just have to deal." Again. Marie leaned over and hugged me, but the moment, I guess you could call it, was broken when we heard a voice yell in our direction. "Hey, Marie, what are you doing?" Marie got up, and walked over to the guy who had yelled in our direction, and they talked for a few minutes. I asked who the boy was, and Stephanie said that it was Dave. I asked why he cared, and she told me that he was Marie's boyfriend. Again, my hopes fell as hard as Isaac had when he was thrown from the cross. Marie had a boyfriend. I wondered why she hadn't told me. That was something that I would have to ask her later, when Dave wasn't around. Meanwhile, they were walking back over to us, and he had his arm around her shoulders. "Micah, this is Dave, My boyfriend. Dave, this is Micah Balding. He's staying across the street with the Morgans." Micah's Story Chapter 8: Obstruction I the fact that Dave probably wouldn't let Marie away from him for more then two seconds, so I acted nice, and said hello back to him. Then the 10 of us walked over to the playground part and began to climb all over the stuff like little kids. At first it surprised me that they were actually doing something like that, when they were all 14 years old, but then I got used to it, and joined in, trying to stay close to Marie without anyone noticing. I wasn't too slick, and Dave ended up calling me over for a talk. We walked to where we were out of earshot, and he in his words 'set me straight' "Look, Micah. Let me set you straight. I see you looking at her. Marie and I have been together for a long time. I know that you have been through a lot, but just because you killed a bunch of people, that doesn't give you the right to move in on my shortie. If you even try, I'll get you back. she's mine. Got it?" He looked at me like I should have been scared. I knew just what to do. "Oh really now Dave. You're going to 'get me'? I'd like to see you try. Remember, I am the one that killed people, as you yourself pointed out to me. If I wanted Marie, I could have her. So you know what? Don't piss me off, or I might have to go Corn-child on your ass." I smiled and walked away, glancing over my shoulder as I went. " I think I'm going to go over and talk to them now. Bye." Later that afternoon, we had gone to lunch at McDonalds, and I had met a few more people. Nicki, who was at McDonalds, wasn't too friendly towards me, but she stared. Kelly was talkative, Meagan was a sweetie, Joe wasn't too perky, but he seemed cool, and Shannon was very very hyper. I liked all of them, and hoped to get to know each one better. Later, I decided against going to a movie, because I wasn't on the mood to sit and watch Dave and Marie for two hours, so Nicki, Jen, Rosie and Joe decided to walk me home because they didn't want to go either. On the way, they were talking about Marie and how her and Dave should break up. They all said that he was cheating on her but she wouldn't listen to. Nicki, who was on her bike, must not have been paying attention to where she was going, because she was going kind of fast and was way ahead of us, when all of a sudden we heard a crash, and saw her topple over. The four of us ran to where she was, and saw that she had hit a telephone pole, and was unconscious. They stayed with her because they knew her, and told me to go get help. I ran to the first house, no one answered. The same went for the second and third houses, until someone finally answered at the fourth house. "My name is Micah, and my friend needs help." I said out of breath. The lady looked at me for a few minutes, and finally said "You're the leader of that cult aren't you." "Yes, but that doesn't matter. My friend needs help. She rode her bike into a phone pole. She's unconscious right now. I need a phone to call 911." The lady them let me in, but followed me the whole time, muttering something about having a murderer in her living room. I paid no attention, and made my call. When I was done, I ran back outside, and back to where everyone else was. " I called. They're on their way." Rosie looked at me and nodded. Everyone else just sat there and waited. After about 10 minutes, the ambulance came, and took Nicki away. The rest of us went back to the house where I was staying, and sat around talking. After about an hour and a half, everyone decided to leave because we ran out of things to talk about, and I was tired. So I went inside, and took a nap. The doorbell woke me up, and I realized that I was home alone again. Answering the door, I was surprised to see that it was Marie, and she was alone. She looked worried, and I let her in, wondering what was wrong. We both sat down, and after a few minutes she turned to look at me. "I'm sorry. I was supposed to show you around, and help you meet people, but Dave pulled me away from that. I didn't mean for that to happen, and I want to make up for it. will you let me do that?" She looked at me with pleading eyes. "Sure, and don't think that you didn't do any good, because Jen, Rosie and Joe just left about an hour ago. We talked for a long time. It was fun." I smiled. "Dave and I talked, and we came to an understanding. I can handle him. No problem. I'm Micah Balding. The Chosen one." She smiled, stood up, and gave me another hug. "You really are special, aren't you, Micah Balding." Later, she told me that to herself, she was thinking, 'too bad you cant be MY Chosen one.' But, when she said it, she turned and walked out the door without a good-bye. All she said was, "I'll see you sometime soon." That girl was full of surprises, and I knew that it was going to cause problems. I hoped that I could handle them, whatever they were. Later that night, I got my first phone call. It was from Jenny, who was calling for Rosie, who didn't have the number. She told me that Nicki had a serious concussion and had to stay in the hospital for about a week to make sure that she was OK. Actually, when you thought about it, it was pretty funny. The first day that I'm in town, one of my new friends gets into an accident ad is seriously hurt. I hoped that it was just a coincidence, and that I wasn't a jinx or something. only time would tell, and I had all the time on the world. |