Frank's POV
*back to the car*
I shoved my bag back under the seat and jumped out through the window. I walked back in and saw Gerard, Mikey and Tumbleweed sitting at the table eating.
"Hey Ghoul, you hungry?" Tumbleweed asked me.
I nodded in reply and she got up and walked over to little kitchen area that was against the same wall as the front door. I had not noticed that last night, must have been really tired. And I felt really tired. I just realised that I hadn't slept in over 24 hours. I followed Tumbleweed into the kitchen. "Cola, Exploder, you guys hungry?" she yelled. Cola and Exploder both came out and looked at what Tumbleweed was fixing up, I followed their gazes and noticed what she was actually doing.
There was a can of some sort of grain that she had poured into a bowl, she then walked over to the tap and turned it on - how they had gotten running water was a mystery to me - and covered the grain in water. She then walked back over the bench and grabbed an spoon and began to stir it. It looked horrible. And then I realised what it was. Scarecrow Grain. I know, original right. We had been fed this once everyday during our time at BL/ind.
"How do guys eat that?" I blurted out.
The three of them just looked up at me.
"If you can find better food I suggest you tell us where to find it." Exploder said to me. "Because this is the only food we receive.
"From who?" I asked.
"We have people on the inside, and sometimes we break into residential areas, but only if we have to." Tumbleweed replied.
"Last time we did that we lost one of our friends." Cola said from behind me.
Tumbleweed handed me a bowl of mush and I sat down next to Gerard at the table. Cola and Exploder followed. We remained quiet as we ate. I thought about my plan, it was rough, but it would somehow involve explosives and possibly my death. I felt scared suddenly, I didn't feel ready to die, but ever since all of this had started I had began accept that any day I could get shot, or die of hunger or dehydration. It made me feel better to know that my death might be on my own terms. I was hoping to make it out alive, but there was no certainty. "I'm going to try and sleep. I'm really tired." I said as I got up.
"Um, Ghoul, you're in with me now, Ray and I swapped." Gee said as I dumped my bowl on the bench.
"Okay. That's fine." I said as walked down the hallway to my room. I opened the door, it was empty of course. I lay down on my bed, not bothering to get under the covers and closed my eyes. Falling into a deep sleep.
***
I was in the centre of Battery City, hiding in a dark alleyway. I had managed to cause a distraction to get the Scarecrows out of BL/ind headquarters and I was waiting for my chance to break in and plant the bomb, maybe even shooting down Korse before it went off and blew up all of the headquarters. Another patrol ran by. This was my chance. I ran out of the alley way and across the road where I pulled open the front door and found Korse there waiting for me. I lifted my ray gun and shot him, he fell to the ground and I smiled at myself, half my job was done. I ran up two flights of stairs and found a deserted room near the centre of the floor. I placed the bomb and looked at it for a moment. These could be my last moments alive. I set it to 30 seconds. They would locate it quickly, the beeping would be extremely loud. I hit the button and it beeped once, I got up and run, I tripped and tried to get myself up, but no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't run fast enough. I was nearly to the door when I heard a noise. Pain shot through me, it lasted half a second before I was burned up and my heart stopped beating.