Chapter 8-Unexpected Visitors

November 27, 2019 

Two days have passed since the incident and yesterday was the press meeting it went better than I expected, everyone took time to listen to my story especially those who pay respects for The Harvester which tomorrow was the Thanksgiving feast and "Harvester Day" while others remain skeptical hearing stories of my work, but took time for them to understand I assured everyone that I had no intention of killing anyone that wasn't a criminal as I will go to a psychologist for professional help and medical mental clinic which luckily the town had. Once the meeting was over we headed towards Mike house in which Mike parents took time to listen to my story as well at first they were hesitant on letting him date me and be his boyfriend but once I told of my past, they embrace me in a hug, Darell and Sheila's parents were there too a little more cautious and over the practice, it will take time for them to warm up to me for the moment they allowed me to be friends for them only for Sheila and Darrell to be happy. 

I yawned as I stood up from my bed, and was about to head towards the storage room when my cell phone rang and saw that it was Officer Ricardo which I had given my phone number to when I was at the hospital, I answered: "Hi Ricardo!" I cheerfully greeted him. 

"Zachary, nice hearing from you again listen, kid, I have some visitors here at the police station that would like to meet you around midnight, they say they know you feel free to invite your friends. I'm sure they would like to meet them." 

"Oh okay, sure Ricardo," I said, sounding surprised, who in the world would know me and visit me at this point of the time of the year the only people I know, no it couldn't be. 

"Anyways I got work to do, trust me you will be surprised." With that, he hangs up and lets me think for a moment. I sighed and got up and started to get ready for the day, I still had three hours to do light chores around the house. Sometimes being a serial killer is not easy, you have to select your victims carefully and not get caught, a good thing I saw Scream or any other movie to help me with my killings, however, I need to improve on my puns and jokes. 

We arrived at the police station it was now 11;40 a.m. where my supposed visitors were to meet me. I still didn't understand why Ricardo didn't tell me who they were, all he said was that I will be surprised once I get here. "So who are we meeting again? I heard Darell asked me as we stopped in front of the police station. 

"I don't know, Officer Ricardo didn't tell me anything besides that," I said sounding really nervous as fuck, but that feeling went away as soon as I felt Mike paw holding my paw, I smiled at him I don't know how he does it but it helps me calm down. 

"Whatever happens we are there to support you and protect you, right guys?" Mike said with a sincere assuring smile as he turned to look at them in which Darrell nodded his head with a look that read 'I got your back man.' "Of course! Zachary is our friend, we will always support him, besides It's nothing serious." Sheila said smiling in a happy cheerful manner as she patted my back, I thanked them as we entered the police station and my eyes widened as we entered the police station and my blood ran cold and my ears dropped standing right in front of me was my family! Talking with Officers Ricardo, Mike's parents, along with Sheila's and Darell's!!! I gulped in fear as my boyfriend and friends noticed then I noticed my brother make eye contact with me as he gave me a sly smile but his face read 'you and I are going to have a long talk' everyone's attention changed towards us. 

"So little brother you care to tell what you have been doing up lately?" My brother asked me in a serious tone and judging by the expression he was not happy, my response... 

"Ah, Shish kabob," I said, knowing there was no escape oh boy this is going to be awkward as hell, I definitely didn't expect my family to visit me from Ohio all the way towards Nebraska just because of my killing streak. 

It was quiet for a few seconds, but it felt like hours, luckily the uncomfortable silence was broken by my brother "so aren't you going to introduce us to your friends there?" he gestures towards my friends who were standing behind me fidgeting awkwardly as they walked into an awkward family reunion. 

"O-Oh sure, sorry about that" I clear my throat as I fidgeted with my right paw claws while not making eye contact with my family as I stare at the floor but the situation forced me to make at least some eye contact. "Mom, Dad, Jimmy, Cassie I would like you to meet Sheila Stripes and Darell Weasly, my two new best friends." They both step forward and greeted my family in a kind and proper manner as they responded with a "nice to meet you..." along with "...it's a pleasure to meet Zachary's family" now it was time to introduce them to my boyfriend Mike, I gulp and turn to look at Mike that gave an assuring smile and go ahead nod "and finally none least beauty my boyfriend Mike Swiftly, the sweetest red fox you ever meet," I said as I blush and hug my tail, their eyes widen in surprise when I said he was my boyfriend, Mike walked up towards them timidly and introduced himself in which the unexpected happened he was brought in close as my dad wraps an arm around Mike's neck and what he said took me and Mike by surprise. 

"Well I will be damned, It's about time my son found himself a fine-looking lad!" he said in a welcoming kind voice. "I heard from your parents that you have been taking good care of my boy, thank you and your friends for being there for him, so with that said and done, welcome to the family Mike, I get a feeling that our families are going to be good friends." Mike could only stutter as his parents laughed at the display. As I stood there with a flustered look on my face did they know that I had preferred guys over girls!? Despite me struggling to find my sexuality!? 

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mike, I'm Angelina Zachary's mother, your mom and father are kind people'' she turns to look at Darrell and Sheila's parents. "I'm also thankful that you understand the situation, Zachary might be a serial killer but he's damaged he has gone through more than you can imagine," she said with a sad smile and look in her eyes, she was a bat-eared fox with a kind heart. 

"No problem, Ms. Brighten, we are happy to help in any way. At first, we were scared, but we understood the right honey." Ms. Stripes said in a motherly tone. 

"Right, If you need help we got your back." Sheila's father responded with a confident and humble voice. 

"Nice meeting you all, I'm Jimmy Zachary's older brother. I hope he hasn't given you much trouble, despite him promising us to not kill again, I swear little brother you and I are going to talk about your habits. Is still nice to see you again and by the way, we knew you were going to turn out to be gay, considering that you barely paid attention to any girls when you and I hang out, I'm proud that you finally found someone to love, we still love you no matter what." Jimmy said as he walked towards me and put a paw on my shoulder then gave me a hug he was a hybrid like me as well as my sister his fur had a pattern of red pale yellow and brown mixed in clashing together, he, however, didn't have his ears like a bat, his tail was shorter than mine he broke the hug and turned towards MIke "So again thank you for looking out for my little brother Mike." he said as he shakes paws with my brother. 

"Hi, there! I'm Cassie, your mom told me you wanted to be an actress is that right Sheila?" she asked curiously and excitedly as she also wanted to be an actress, my sister's fur was light reddish-brown with extra fur that was fluffy at the touch she was much shorter than me and my brother, he was 6.1ft while my sister was 4.8ft. 

"Y-yes why?" Sheila asked, unsure why my sister has asked her about her career dream. 

"Cause I want to be one too!" she said excitedly as Sheila's eyes spark at that revelation it didn't take long for them to start talking about theater and acting causing their moms to giggle while causing the fathers to roll their eyes in amusement. 

"Man I love family reunions like this," Darell said as we turned around who was trying not to cry at the interaction which caused his father to smirk at his son's soft side. 

"Darell, are you crying son?" He teased his son as Darell quickly panicked and wiped the tears away from his eyes and toughened up in order to appear manly, this should be interesting, seeing how Darell always acted though. 

"No! Of course not, not at all!" His mother laughs and giggles as she brings his son into a bear crashing hug causing him to yelp in surprise at his mother's action and telling him that it is okay to cry sometimes, which caused Darell to grumble cutely under his mother's embrace we all laugh at this. 

"As much as I hate to interrupt this lovely moment, we still gotta talk about Zachary's situation, but not here how about at your house Zachary, we can have a lovely dinner there and we can catch up and talk about your situation there?" Ricardo said as he offered that we discuss it at my house, to which I agree, it's not that I had a choice I was in PICKLE here and I couldn't sneak my way out of this one, and with that, we all left the police station and headed towards the abandoned warehouse for a lovely dinner. 

It was now 3:30 p.m. we were having dinner and talking about how I was going to receive medical treatment both physically and mentally and that I won't be arrested, but we agree that the doctors at Happy Times asylum could intervene but in the condition that they won't take away the voices from me, I explain that they were my other friends that had helped me I also told them about William Clifton and the t.v. show Sunshine & Rainbows and about the people that I have killed in the last days, including David. When they first saw my house they were impressed by how I turned an abandoned warehouse into a house as it was now full of new clean furniture, living room, bedroom, kitchen, etc. So back to the topic, I also mention how I managed to avoid being caught by cleaning all evidence and burying the bodies in a ditch behind the warehouse they were horrified but yet fascinated at my work at how I managed to get being caught, another thing I talked about was a Serial killer named The Mutilator how he tries to steal my spotlight when he moved to Ohio, talking about this was hard since he was the one that tortures me and almost ended my life, but I managed to kill him, no one steals my spotlight. So we continue to make small talk about how much has happened. I also told them the idea behind my serial killer identity as the show Sunshine & Rainbows and the Friday the 13th Franchise along with the meta-slasher film You Might Be The Killer inspire me, I also told them that I suffer from depression something that my family knew and try to help me many times. 

The rest of the day our parents and Officer Ricardo spent talking about the latest gossip, jobs, business, or just how they were doing in life and how they meet each other in which judging by their conversations I managed to pick up, my mother told how she had moved to Argentina, Brazil from Southern Africa to pursue a career of being a pastry baker where she met my father a Brazilian-American in a business trip to his home country and eventually settle in America meaning that I know the languages of my parents' home country Sheila parents were from Thailand in which they moved to the united states to help their daughter follow her dreams. Darell's parents meet on a camping trip in Mississippi during the summer, they work as an animal rights activist which are often met with mistrust because of being weasels and their southern accent, they are good people, it hurts listening to that. Meanwhile, my siblings, friends, and boyfriend continued to talk about how brutally I killed those teenagers on Halloween night, and of a friend that used to live here, a young flamingo which I had the misfortune of seeing at an altar of him on the Day of the Dead. 

"You hack the guy in two!?" Darell scoffed in disbelief at the story of how I killed one of Peter's friends that were responsible for the death of one of my sister's friends, the incident that led them to their demise. 

"Yep. He fell on one of my traps allowing me to catch up to him, and started hacking him and chopping him in two." I said as I continue to explain what happened that Halloween night and how I was caught in February on Valentine's Day as my family was in a carnival and saw me rip someone's heart out and cut someone's face off and chop and hack someone's body into a bloody pulp, then we play video games, football, and just watch scary movies, soon night came. 

The time was 9:30 p.m. and everyone decided to head home. My family was staying at a hotel called "Harvestville Cozy Inn", a five-star hotel. I decided to stay here at my house. I kissed Mike on the lips before he went home, tomorrow we have to wake up early to help set up the table and the food for Thanksgiving and Harvest Day, but I am still on high alert for Robert I sigh as I hang up my mask and chop trap and went into dreamland as tomorrow is a new day, this reminds of the time I meet a family they were good people but...my mistake got them killed.

"Look I promise you, you all are safe just stay here I will return later okay." I have told them as I was helping them in return after they help me treat my injuries, they didn't have to but they did they were a happy family of gazelles and hyenas a weird combination but I'm not one to judge, and when I come back I found them dead lying on the floor with bullet holes.

"No, no! Goddammit, you stupid fuck homicidal maniac!!" I scream at myself, my homicidal tendencies got them killed, they had the money to pay the lawn sharks but I couldn't let them pay those fuckers, they earn that money, not those wannabe greasers, they refuse to give my location, they were protecting me and die for me, I hated it so much! This is why I didn't want people near me!! It was funny and cruel at the same time I chuckled a little as tears threatened to spill...no crying is disgusting.

I sighed sadly. I wonder how they're doing up in heaven. It didn't matter if some of them made mistakes in the past, they were good people and died because of me by sheltering a serial killer. This life was my pride and curse.