The Procrastination

We sat there crouched down on the ground by the car crash site mumbling to ourselves conjuring up a plan for the day. Never in my entire life had I ever imagined that I would be here sitting before Clinton Gardner conspiring about how to infiltrate a butchery. I told him my intel and overview of what transpired last night, not leaving a single thing out even the one where I murdered Jack's father in-law.

"No wonder he ditched your ass, you literally wrung a man's neck in front of him! Hahaha! He'd rather bury himself alive than a quick fuck with you."

He laughed.

"Not funny baldy, I literally told you I got superpowers and you only focused on that part?"

This all feels like a lucid dream to me where whales are flying up in the sky,oh who am I kidding! even that sounded at least a tad bit close to reality that saving this town from an invasion of an unknown terrorist creature.

"So are we just gonna leave this guy here?"

He pointed over his shoulder with his thumb at the car behind him referring to my father.

"Yeah."

I answered eyes lingering at the slightly blood stained windshield.

"But aren't the police gonna link you into this? After all he's suppose to take you home."

"Yeah, very clever point Mr. Gardner, unless you want to clean my blood out of this mess then we don't have a choice but think of another way out."

"Stop trying too hard to sound intelligent besides, there are many loopholes in your plan."

He signed. I just smirked at him arrogantly while shaking my head condescendingly, he responded me with a look of disgust.

"Gardner, Gardner, Gardner, you're not thinking hard enough. Isn't this cornfield owned by your family? When you reach home all you have to do is ask for someone to clean my blood off and then make them call the police after their done. I don't necessarily need to be involved in this, I'll just tell them that my father dropped me off before heading off and accidentally got into an accident."

I looked at him challenging him for anymore complaints, he just looked at me with disbelief.

"I know I'm smart, no need to look at me like that."

After were done discussing laying out constructing common ground and polishing our plan, we decided to spit up and resume to our daily lives for half of the day and at the same time carrying out our individual task, we'll sneak out of the school and sneak into the butchery later too. I was already on the blacklist of the police after all, I cant afford to get caught. We need to do this as meticulous as possible. After all of the unnecessary bickering and a couple of snide remarks we now decided to head to each of our home but thanks to him we have to walk through this cornfield for nearly two miles before we could reach the civilization. He had a car around but unfortunately he had another car at home and he decided to not use the one within meters away from us.

"Jesus, if we keep this up we wont have much time to either take a bath and get our shit done!"

"Keep running your mouth, I'll go on full sprint and leave you behind."

"Why cant we just use your car?!"

"Because… for a thousand times already! I don't want to!"

When I reached home I didn't have time to rest and sit around because I'm afraid that if I did I would just fall asleep for the rest of the week. With all my rushing it only took me 25 minutes to get ready and I am now sprinting to school, thanks to that I feel even more awake now, was it because of adrenalin? Or was is endomorph? Doesn't matter, I just hope that bastard Gardner would complete the deal we just made: I don't really see him as a reliable person. If he don't do this properly, I could go to jail and the whole fucking town would be doomed! Knowing these ignorant imbeciles, they most probably have no idea that there could be hollow soils under their homes made by that ugly thing!

I didn't waste anymore time and ran straight towards the football field. I need to confirm if he did exactly what I asked him to. I saw several figures in the distance and immediately spotted the bald head, he was faced away from me and only wearing a grey and illegally loose tank top with wet patches on particular areas due to sweat revealing his unbelievably broad and muscled shoulder together with his equally muscular sides that the tank top couldn't cover. What the heck? He's fucking huge!

One of his friends noticed me standing there like an idiot and pointed at me smirking resulting for everyone else to follow suit. I was overwhelmed, these are the school's football team! I've never had these so many people stare at me… on second though, I had but it was when a truck hit me and threw me across the streets! This is different, how? These dudes are fit and attractive. Clinton took his sweet time turning around to look at who ever it is, like hes not interested and when he finally saw me, he sprung up of his seat and yanked me by my elbow and led me away like what a parent would towards their problematic child.

"Just what in the world are you doing here?!"

He whisper shouted.

"Did you do exactly what I told you?"

He sighed and went to rub the back of his neck, his muscled arms flexing. Not a good sign but a good view.

"I did exactly what you asked first thing I reached our porch. Now are we done?"

Great.

"Yeah, I guess… but don't forget, we meet at lunch."

I reminded him.

"Whatever, just go to your class or something."

He waved me off as I grumble to myself but as I was about to turn around, a girl ran into his arms, snaking her own against his and rubbed her abnormally huge rack against it. I'm sure he'll push her off, his girlfriend is missing for Petters sake! I stopped dead on my tracks. I cannot believe what I am seeing right now, he looked please more than anything! The realization hit me more that how that eight wheeler truck did. Clinton Gardner doesn't care about Audrey Marshall at all! He doesn't care so why would he help me? But we had a deal, we had an agreement, surely he's not gonna back out is he? I cant save this town all by myself!

"Seriously Clinton?!"

I practically fumed. I've been bugging him about the creature and most importantly his abducted girlfriend for almost three hours now and yet he had the audacity to roll his eyes at me every time and then kiss that random bimbo in front of me.

"What the heck is wrong with you?"

And because of the lack of logic in his part he couldn't come up with a better reasoning for my question except roll his eyes.

"Okay, okay, fine! Just… just wait in the library. I'll just pick you up after or something."

He pushed me off though not in a rude way I can still sense the slight irritation is his tone that I am starting to piss him off. Good. That was the point.

"Just want to remind you, we still got a town to save."

I looked at him with a grave expression and pointed an accusing finger at him. He rolled his eyes again.

"Keep rolling your eyes, maybe you'll find a brain back there."

I said before leaving the two alone but before I could get away I felt something hard hit me from the back of my head and saw that it was a box of milk.

"Some milk to stop your whining."

He smirked.

It was already late in the afternoon but that dumbass is still nowhere to be found. Because of him the schedule of saving Jack is ruined! He's only prolonging the deal we made that he so reluctantly agreed to. The agreement was about him helping me to save Jack but after that, he would be out of the grid in return of his help me and jack would save Audrey to complete the end of the bargain. As the clock continue to move and people continue to come and go, the more I feel uneasy for some reason. It was already three o'clock. Maybe I should start looking for that bastard instead of waiting here on the side for him to at least remember the agreement we made or his girlfriend who was literally abducted in front of him. Jack, Linda, Mr. Shawn, my father and probably Mr. Goodman and Audrey… they are all in trouble but if I really have to think about it, none of them are blind… you wouldn't miss that creature anywhere, that means, that thing is smart… what if Clinton is in trouble as I speak.

Killing the girls and brainwashing the boys, there is a pattern and I figured it out! I need to find Clinton, I cant save this god forsaken town alone!