Crossed Out

This is the fourth episode of Darkness Is Forever.

## Story

Max then took Cody up to his room.

"Here it is. My room," Max states.

"Look at this deluxe Robot Commando Zeta action figure! I've constantly begged my mom to get me one but she wouldn't budge," Cody shouts.

"Yeah. It's fun, if you wanna play with it," Max replies.

"Sure thing. Also, what's with the bunk bed?" Cody asks.

"Back when Jackson was littler me and him used to share a room. Once he got older he got his own room, but I usually used the extra bed for sleepovers, but I guess you can use it," Max answers.

"Sure thing," Cody replies. The two boys began to play as the grown ups talked downstairs.

"I just hope my brother gets here," Patrick states.

"Who is your brother?" Andrew asks.

"His name is Johnathan White. We all called him Johnny. He was a very nice man who worked as an automobile mechanic. However, he faced heavy prejudice for being bisexual. Especially from our parents. They were extreme religious conservative homophobes who ruthlessly abused him. I tried to intervene, but they shoved me away. Eventually, when Johnny was 15, they had enough of him and they decided to have him shipped off to conversion therapy, followed by a brutal beating with a baseball bat. Johnny snapped, grabbed his hunting rifle, and shot his father right between his eyes, killing him. He was found not guilty after he successfully convinced the jury that he committed the killing in self-defense. As for my mother, I haven't seen her in years," Patrick answers.

"Oh my god," Helen replies.

"How could they be so heartless?" Andrea asks.

"I eventually saw my mom again five years before the outbreak. She did tell me that she didn't really agree with her husband, but just went along with it out of fear of being beaten herself. Besides being a racist, homophobic, Christian conservative bigot my dad was also a heavy alcoholic and would often beat all of us, but Johnny was his favorite target, as I mentioned, due to his sexuality," Patrick answers.

"I'm glad that monster is dead," Jackson states.

"Yeah. He was a massive asshole," Patrick replies.

**THREE YEARS EARLIER**

Patrick then walks up to Johnny.

"Oh hey brother. What's up?" Johnny asks.

"This is the fifteen year anniversary of you killing our father," Patrick answers.

"And I don't regret it one bit. He was a massive asshole and a fucking bigot. He refused to accept who I was and he tried to mold me into who he wanted me to be. He forced Mom to abuse me too or else he would beat her," Johnny replies.

"I know. I haven't talked to Mom in a while so I bet she's taking the anniversary well," Patrick states.

"She better. That man made all our lives a living hell. After reading what he did no jury in the world would find me guilty for killing him," Johnny replies.

"Alright then," Patrick replies back as he walked back to his house.

**PRESENT DAY**

Sherry then spots a woman running up to the house. She was being chased by a small herd of zombies.

"There's a woman out there," Sherry states.

"We need to help her," Patrick replies. Sherry, Patrick, Andrew, Andrea, and Jackson then arrived to take out the zombies, wielding a variety of weapons like baseball bats, knives, and even a pistol in Patrick's case..

"Kill those things!" Tamara shouts as Jackson's group started to kill the zombies.

"This is actually kinda fun," Jackson states as he kills some zombies.

"Yeah. It is," Andrew replies as more zombies soon fall dead.

"Now they're back to Heaven where they belong," Andrew states as more zombies are killed. Soon, all of the zombies were dead.

"Thank God they're all dead," Andrea states. Patrick then turned to look at the woman he just saved and he was shocked to learn who she was.

"Mom?" Patrick asks.

"Son, it's good to see you again," Tamara answers as she hugged her son.

## Cast

* Jackson Ying
* Helen Ying
* Max Ying
* Patrick White
* Tamara White
* Andrew Rossman
* Sherry Rossman
* Andrea Lawrence
* Cody Lawrence
* Johnny White *(Flashback)*