text: FRIDAY
  
  "And now Suzy, having beaten the chicken soup out of all her other opponents this week, will take this final challenge by herself! Will she be able to do it ladies and gentlemen? Will she be able to impress Misty at last? We'll find out today! Let's give our small town girl some encouragement for her task at hand!"
  
  As the crowd claps, whistles and stomps their feet in support, you sit at a large table by yourself looking at... 
  
  A big bag of dicks.
  
  It's even labeled as such. BIG BAG OF DICKS in big black lettering so you can't miss it.
  
  You don't even look inside the bag; you take their word for it and double face palm before exhaling and looking back up.
  
  "Really?" you ask in disbelief.
  "This is the last task Suzy... " the disembodied announcer's voice whispers.
  "I don't give a shit, I'm not eating a goddamn bag of dicks! That's just fucking disgusting for one thing and for another... 
  
  Suddenly Bobby's grandmother appears as she has been doing in your dreams.
  
  "See? Told you she wasn't going to do it. Still, it was funny to see the reaction." Bobby's grandmother cackles and with a wave of her cane, you're back in that blasted wasteland you were in last time.
  
  "So what now? Am I going to meet this Misty, whoever the fuck that is?"
  "Not quite yet. You're still not married to my grandson. Misty has decided that she'll meet you after that event... and sheesh you still haven't figured out who Misty is yet? You suffer a head injury when Aaron was tossing grenades around?" Bobby's grandmother asks and then taps you in the forehead with her hand.
  "Ow! Stop!" you say and back away.
  "I hope you aren't this slow on the uptake today. Oh well, guess you can't help being blonde. Anyway, congrats on your wedding and you've got my blessing. Good luck!"
  
  Good luck? Somehow that doesn't sound reassuring. You're about to ask Bobby's grandmother what she exactly means by that, but then she waves that damn cane again and you're enveloped the blackness and then you wake up.
  
  "Gah, fucking bitch." You say groggily.
  "Um, I'm sorry for waking you... but we really need to see if this fits." a familiar female voice remarks.
  
  You look around the room and see Helen coming in carrying some red clothing.
  
  "Huh? No, not you... wait what are you doing in here anyway? Did Bobby spend all night working on the house?" you ask
  "I'm bringing in your wedding dress and yes, Bobby has been working on the house for the most part. Trying to patch up the big hole in the house, cleaning up the dungeon, blocking the front gate. He had to bury our brother Jordan as well. I don't believe he's actually slept yet."
  "Oh yeah, forgot that that asshole killed one of your siblings. I didn't know him that well, but sorry for your loss." You remark.
  "Thank you. Yes, it was very sad, but to be honest Jordan wasn't the brightest. I remember numerous times when looking after him I had to stop him from eating something poisonous or doing something else life threatening so it's actually amazing he lived as long as he did. Still, he had some very endearing qualities. He looked up to Bobby a lot, wanted to be just like him. He even had a small crush on me I think to partially emulate Bobby and Diana's old relationship." Helen says with a smile before her face goes back to normal.
  
  "But we are all just puppets in Tiamat's glorious chaos, so we all need to just move on right? Could you see if this fits?" Helen cheerfully asks holding up the red clothing which now looks a lot like lingerie.
  "Wait, that's the wedding dress? It looks like slutty underwear from Hot Secret." You answer and get out of bed.
  
  Helen's face looks a bit offended by that statement.
  
  "My grandmother wore this on her wedding day! She had this dress made of the finest silk, not whatever cheap material they use in North Tiwanaland or some place! THIS is a one of a kind article of clothing! It's not something you'd find in some edgy teenager hang out!" Helen remarks.
  "Okay! Geez. I'm not trying to insult the dress or your grandmother. It's just... well I thought I'd be wearing something a little more...  substantial. But seeing as your family isn't exactly conventional and when in Rome... I guess I better try it on. Um, you washed it right?"
  "Of course. Hand washed it myself. Can't risk putting it in a machine." Helen says and hands it to you.
  
  You have to admit; it does feel rather nice in your hands.
  
  "Oh, here's the stockings and the shoes too." Helen says and hands you what is apparently the rest of the outfit.
  
  "Red fishnets... red high heels... " you say.
  "Yes. Those shoes were also special made with the finest... "
  "Leather. Yes, I can imagine. Let me guess the fishnets were made with the finest silk as well."
  "Well of course, what else would it be?"
  "What else indeed. Okay, well I guess I'm going in the bathroom to change."
  "You don't need to you know. I mean I won't be offended if you change in front of me. We're practically family now." Helen says.
  "Um... no that's okay. Besides, I should wash up before changing anyway. I probably still smell of sweat from yesterday's events."
  "Okay, well I guess I'll just wait out here then and remember you can call if you need something.
  
  You enter the bathroom and go through your usual routine of showering and such. Afterwards you finally get around putting on the "wedding dress"
  
  The first thing you do is look at the dress before putting it on and wondering if it's going to be bigger in the chest area. While you're not lacking in that region, you've met Bobby's grandmother (in dream form anyway) and she's got at least another couple cup sizes on you. In fact her body type back in her prime was more of an old school 1950s pinup girl hourglass figure than your own "petite" size.
  
  The funny thing is, as soon as you put it on, it seems to fit perfectly to your own body. The material isn't any sort of spandex or stretchy material, it's silk like Helen said, but given Bobby's family's strangeness, you have to wonder if it's... magical?
  
  "Magical underwear." You scoff; shaking your head in half disbelief you're even considering it. Not surprisingly the stockings AND the shoes fit you perfectly as well.
  
  Yeah, Grandma Morningstar probably had all this stuff weaved by a giant magical spider voodoo priest or some shit because it doesn't make sense that any of this stuff would fit you so well.
  
  Regardless of its origins, you do feel pretty comfortable despite looking like a Hollywood streetwalker. The heels don't even hurt your feet, though you're still a little unsteady on them due to not being used to wearing such things. Let alone these being stilettos.
  
  The last time you wore heels was when Uncle Ed made you wear stripperiffic clothing with the intent to lure Bobby and his dad into the woods where he could kill them. While everything turned out for the best because you met Bobby that fateful night, the part with Uncle Ed still gives you the shivers just thinking about it.
  
  You look at yourself in the mirror one more time, before leaving the bathroom.
  
  "Well Suzy, you might look like a whore in this thing, but at least you look like a high priced one." You say to yourself.
  
  When you exit the bathroom Helen stands up and looks at you.
  
  "Oh my. You're... you're... so beautiful looking. I knew it would fit you perfectly." Helen gushes.
  "Yeah I am pretty hot looking in this get up. Shit, still can't balance on these heels though." You say.
  "Oh we have to go show everyone now what you look like. Maybe take some pictures!" Helen says approaching you.
  "What? I thought I was just putting it on as a test drive as it were. While I won't deny this stuff feels pretty comfortable on my skin that I don't mind wearing it, I sort of don't want to be walking around the house with it on until show time. Besides everyone can see how awesomely sexy I am then."
  "I think they should see you now. It'll raise the spirits around here seeing you dressed like this." Helen remarks as she begins touching your arm.
  "Well it'll raise something with the males around here when they see me of course. Not sure about the ladies of this house, though you're getting a little too close there Helen."
  "Oh please? At least go show Bobby. I know he'd like to see you." Helen says ignoring your previous remark about invading your personal space.
  "I'm sure he's really busy right now, besides isn't it bad luck for me to see him right before the wedding?"
  "Oh you're thinking of those silly traditions for other weddings. That's not the case here. Come on I'll take you to him." Helen says and at this point is pulling on your hands almost causing you fall.
  "Hey! I nearly fell! I told you already that you're too damn close!"
  
  Helen immediately backs away and looks down submissively.
  
  "I'm sorry Suzy. I didn't mean to violate your personal space. It's just I thought... well it's Bobby."
  "What about him?
  "Well, as I said he hasn't slept and he's been working everyone like a task master trying to get the house as much in order as he can. And that's his right of course. He is the head of this family. Still, during all the hustle and bustle when I was going to see him when he was cleaning up the dungeon. I caught him weeping and praying to Tiamat. Normally I wouldn't have intruded, but he looked so... vulnerable and sad. He kept going on about he wasn't even sure if this wedding was the right thing because he wasn't confident that he'd be a strong enough husband for you and be a good provider. He was having doubts about even leading this family after all the mess that's happened this week."
  "Oh geez. I've already told him several times that I loved him and that I was behind him no matter what." You say.
  "Well maybe that's all he needs again. Sometimes a little boost is all that someone needs to feel better. Like I remember yesterday when I was with the children during Aaron's rampage, I told them that they would be safe because Tiamat's chaos was in their favor that day. They were so brave after that, they were perfectly fine when I left them alone to help you and Bobby." Helen says.
  > talk with Helen a little more
  That last statement doesn't sound right to you... 
  
  "Wait a minute Helen. I thought you said yesterday that Veronica and Brandon ran to you and stayed with the kids when you parted company with them."
  
  Helen pauses for a moment.
  
  "Uh yeah, I did. Yes! I meant I left the kids alone, but just as I was leaving, it was fortunate that Veronica and Brandon showed up at that time so they weren't completely alone."
  
  Bobby's grandmother claimed you were slow on the uptake and maybe in dreamland you are, but you know damn well when someone is obviously lying to you.
  
  "That didn't happen Helen." You say.
  "Wha... yes it did!" Helen exclaims.
  "Okay then... " you say and sit down to take off your heels.
  "What are you doing?"
  "I'm taking off these fucking heels because I don't feel like nearly breaking my neck when we go ask Veronica and Brandon to confirm your story."
  "Um, I don't think that will be necessary. In fact, I think Bobby will be fine. Probably just wedding jitters. Apologies for bothering you and glad to see that the dress fits you." Helen says and starts backing towards the door.
  "You know now that I'm thinking about it, it seems pretty strange that Bobby would be crying and praying in front of Diana who I presume is sitting in a dungeon cage right now."
  "She was unconscious?" Helen says as if saying it in the tone of a question is going to cause it to be more believable.
  "Unconscious or not, I doubt Bobby would show any sort of weakness around Diana now. In fact I'm starting to doubt a lot of things... "
  
  At this point Helen's eyes widen in fear and she turns to run for the door. Just as she gets to the handle, you manage to bean her in the head with one of the heels. It's just enough to stop her from getting away before you rush over and grab her by the hair and throw her to the floor.
  
  "Out with it bitch." You say and lock the door.
  
  When she doesn't answer right away, you raise your hand and Helen starts to cry before you've even done anything. She cowers by curling up and putting her hands and arms in front of her completely submissively.
  
  "Please! Mercy! It wasn't my idea! It was all Diana! You just don't know what it's like having such a bullying older sister who dominates virtually every aspect of your life!"
  "Save the pity party speech about being a victim of sibling abuse. Heard it before and I already lived something similar so it doesn't impress me. Besides, I'm not buying this babe in the woods routine anymore Helen. At best you're lying to cover up the fact that Diana AND yourself were planning on killing me all along yesterday and you just covered your own ass when it looked like things weren't going to work out. At worst, this entire thing was your idea and Diana was just your dumb ass pawn. Either way, I'm not enthused and it doesn't change the fact that YOU were trying to kill me... were you going to make another attempt today? Huh? Is that why you came up here? Maybe push me down the stairs or something? Claim it was an accident? ANSWER ME AND DON'T FUCKING LIE!"
  "Okay! Okay! I'll tell you everything! Just please try to understand it wasn't personal! I actually like you!"
  "Not personal?! You like me? So I guess your plan to kill me was just your way of showing affection?"
  "No (sob) I did it because I just love (sob) Bobby so much! I always have and I stood on the sidelines too long. (sob) I was just so desperate... "
  
  You just shake your head and sigh at this point. Helen sits up from the floor and scoots back to prop herself up against your bed coughing, sniffling, and trying to regain her composure. You stand nearby ready to jump on her if she tries anything, but for now you allow this moment for her to "explain" as it were.
  
  "If there had been some way to remove you Suzy without killing you I would have done it. You have to believe me I really would have. I even thought about approaching you in a plan to kill Diana instead."
  "Yeah and then you would've probably killed me afterwards to make it look like Diana and I killed each other."
  "No! I was going to... well I was going to try to seduce you."
  "Excuse me?" you say completely surprised by that part of the explanation.
  "Well I wasn't sure, but I just sort of got a feeling from you that you might be a bit...  flexible on your orientation." Helen says.
  "Wha...  (sputter) What the hell would give you that impression?" you exclaim.
  "I dunno... sometimes I thought your eyes were wandering all over my body a little more than average whenever we spoke, plus you were so nice to me and you just sort of give off a lesbian vibe at times. I probably would've been too shy to go through with it anyway so it obviously wouldn't have worked."
  "You're damn right that wouldn't have worked! And what was your plan after that if your main goal was Bobby? Were you going to seduce me and while you were fucking me from behind with a big strap on you were going to plunge a knife in my back?" you ask Helen.
  "No, I told you, if I didn't have to kill you, I wouldn't have. I would have just suggested that we both marry Bobby. It's not common, but our religion does allow for multiple wives. I think...  I think I could have shared him with you."
  
  "... I... I can't believe how fucked up this situation even is... " you say sitting down on a nearby chair. Meanwhile Helen continues her tale of woe.
  
  "But I approached Diana because she was my sister and I knew her better. She was predictable. After I saw you beat her and after Bobby laid down the law to her about how it was over, she was a broken woman. Seriously, I'd never seen her confidence so shaken. After being on the receiving end of her abuse for so long, it was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. So I convinced her of the plan... actually took me longer than I thought it would. I thought she'd be hungry for revenge, but no. I had to reignite that fire, but I knew she'd agree in the end."
  "So she WAS trying to kill me too." You say.
  "Oh yes. That was the plan as far as she knew. She'd kill you, but then I'd kill her and make up an excuse that I tried to save you or something similar. Of course when you stayed with Bobby during that whole time we were dealing with Aaron, I knew it wasn't going to work which then resulted in an argument between me and Diana since she was now back to bullying mode. I knocked her out and I nearly killed her then, but I thought suggesting that she be your sacrifice on your wedding day would be fitting. When I found out Aaron had killed all the other prisoners... well that worked out even better since you suggested it."
  "But you still wanted to kill me."
  "Yes... after the chaos of yesterday and after I saw how you stuck by Bobby. I knew you really did love Bobby as much as Diana did... maybe even as much as me. So I temporary rethought my actions. I thought maybe I could live with Bobby being with someone like you. I mean you were nice to me at least. And I knew at least Bobby would be happy with you. When I woke up this morning though, I realized I just couldn't let you have him without at least making one last ditch effort... and so here we are."
  
  At this point Helen starts to lose what little composure she mustered up to tell her side of the story. She starts to break down in tears again and apologizes to you and going on about how much she loves Bobby. It's really pitiful and sad. You can't believe you're almost considering NOT killing her now.
  
  Before you can come to any sort of conclusion, you hear shooting and screaming from outside. Still keeping an eye on Helen, you edge over to the window and take a peek.
  
  You see several figures crawling under the truck blocking the broken front gate or trying to climb the fence. The ones that have gotten in are loping in a wild jerky like motion. They're also screaming, howling and making inhuman sounds. From your vantage point they LOOK human, but they're certainly not acting like it.
  
  A loud banging on the door occurs next and you glare at Helen who doesn't make a sound.
  
  "Hey! Suzy! You in there?! Why's this door locked?" you hear a voice shout. You think its Veronica.
  "Yeah, I'm in here. What's going on? I just heard all the commotion." You answer.
  "We're being attacked by zombies!" Veronica answers.
  
  You and Helen look over at each other briefly.
  
  "Did you say zombies?" you ask.
  "Yeah, I mean... I dunno if they are. Maybe they're just rabid humans or something, but they're gnashing their teeth, moaning and coming at us like something out of a horror movie. We need all the help we can get to repel these things!"
  "Okay, Veronica. I'll be out in a moment!" you yell.
  "Well hurry up... and you haven't seen Helen have you?"
  
  Helen and you look at each other again.
  
  "Yeah, she's in here with me. I was trying on my wedding dress that she brought." You say.
  "If the pair of you don't stop playing dress up, there won't be a damn wedding! Bobby's having a hard enough time trying to keep them from getting close to the house!"
  
  A loud crashing noise followed by gunfire is heard from downstairs.
  
  "Shit! That sounded close! I gotta go!" Veronica shouts and you hear her run off.
  
  Well it looks like Bobby's "pep talk" yesterday lit a fire under his relative's asses to pull their weight around here at least.
  
  "(Sigh) Fucking zombies. Of course this day HAD to get worse... " you say shaking your head.
  "Suzy, we need to go to Bobby, he needs our help."
  "We?" you ask.
  "... I... look... I know what's just occurred between us and you have no reason to trust me, but from what Veronica said, it sound like this is a bad attack and we'll need everyone we can to stop it!"
  
  She might have a point or she might just be stalling for a chance to escape or clobber you in the head. Possibly both.
  > deal with Helen now
  You can't trust her. Even if you wanted to, you can't do it. She's actually proven to be more dangerous than Diana could hope to be, if she's weaved multiple murder plots against you this week.
  
  You don't have a choice. You have to kill her. In fact the more you look at how weak and helpless she is right now... 
  
  You WANT to kill her.
  
  "Alright, get up Helen, let's go help Bobby." You say offering a hand to help her up.
  
  Helen looks up at you and takes your hand trustingly. When she stands up, she starts to look relieved.
  
  And that's when you back hand her and shove her to the floor.
  
  Helen holds the side of her face and tries to back away.
  
  "No! No! No! You can't! Please! No! Don't kill me!" she utters.
  "Don't kill you? I'll kill you twice you fucking cunt! And trust me, it's not going to look like an accident!" you say and pounce on top of Helen.
  
  You begin beating Helen like she stole something. Helen pathetically attempts to defend herself, but it predictably doesn't work. Her pleading for you to stop doesn't help either. Instead, your hands stop beating her face and then start to wrap around her neck. You want to stop that infernal wailing, the pleading, the crying, everything.
  
  She tries to stop you from choking her, but your grip is firm. Her eyes begin to bulge a bit and she attempts to catch what is little left of her breath.
  
  Then you do something you don't even expect doing. You start to giggle. You've gone beyond anger and are starting to enjoy this. Meanwhile Helen begins to gurgle and gasp what sounds to be words.
  
  "What? What's that? You trying to speak? You having a little trouble? Here, whisper it to me." You mock and get slightly closer while still maintaining your grip.
  
  "Bo... Bob..by... he... help... plea... " you hear Helen gasp.
  "What? Bobby help you? He can't help you. He's not even here." You sneer.
  
  As Helen's face turn an unnatural color, you just smile.
  
  "Shhh... shhh... just let go Helen... just let go... you fucking bitch... "
  
  The light in her eyes starts to fade, the life begins to leave her body and her struggle is soon over. She ceases moving.
  
  Ignoring the gunfire and yelling you hear downstairs, you just continue to sit on top of her for a moment staring at her. You stroke her hair.
  
  You've finally crossed that line. You know you can kill someone if you have to. Actually you also know you can kill someone if you don't have to and while you went through a variety of emotions leading to it and during it, now that it's over, you don't feel much of anything.
  
  You wonder if your Uncle Ed felt this when he killed someone. Maybe you take after him in some way? Could it be genetic and maybe you have some sort of latent serial killer tendency? Given your family, it isn't that hard to imagine insanity runs in it.
  
  It sure would explain why you were so comfortable with Bobby in the first place. After all, what rational woman would stay with a man that runs a murderous cult?
  
  But these are all things you can dwell on later; right now you need to help Bobby.
  
  "You know... you did have pretty eyes." You say with a smirk and stand up.
  
  You open the clothing drawer where Bobby keeps the spare gun he mentioned yesterday, take it and leave the room without even changing your clothes.
  And why should you? It's your wedding day after all.
  
  The events that follow aren't nearly as interesting as the experience of your first kill. By the time you get to where Bobby and the rest of his family are holding back the invaders, they've already killed most of them. You remember shooting a couple of the things, but it wasn't nearly as exciting as choking the life out of Helen.
  
  Turns out they weren't zombies anyway. Just seemingly mad humans trying to eat you. You can only guess your town is overrun by them and this is what Aaron was referring to when he said people were eating each other out there.
  
  Some sort of sickness perhaps? Maybe the government was fucking around with a secret weapon like they tend to do and it got out of hand. It would explain why there was a drastic rise in violence even before you left and why the National Guard showed up later.
  
  It isn't until after all the mad attackers are killed that Bobby manages to address you directly. He's incredibly tired looking, the rest of his family looks pretty tired too, but he looks like he's about to collapse.
  
  Bobby asks you if you're okay and of course you say you're fine. He then tells the rest of his family to check the rest of the house just to make sure the situation is completely safe. After everyone leaves, he sits down in a nearby chair wiped out from this whole ordeal.
  
  "I think you need to sleep." You say.
  "Can't. Too much to do. Especially now. Bodies to clean up, walls to patch up, gates and doors to fix. Now we got these... things attacking and who knows if any more will wander this way...  there's just so much to do..." Bobby says trying to fight the exhaustion.
  "Let me take care of some of this. You don't have to do this all by yourself you know." You say.
  "... shit... the wedding. That's another thing we need to do... I just... had no fucking time to make the preparations... I'm sorry this couldn't be how it should... " Bobby adds.
  "Will you not worry about that? Look, does this wedding really need to be so complicated? Can't we just get one of your family members to witness it and another to marry us right now so I can at last be your wife properly?" you ask.
  "We don't even need to do that really... I mean I'm the high priest here. All I have to do is say the passage and you accept and we're married. No need for witnesses, I mean Tiamat's watching. Who else is needed?"
  "What? That's it? We could've done that a long time ago!"
  "Well, like I've told you before, I just wanted it to be perfect... "
  
  You sit in Bobby's lap and wrap your arms around him.
  
  "Bobby, just being with you, is enough perfection for me. Besides, isn't the carnage surrounding us true perfection in the eyes of Tiamat's chaotic glory or something?" you ask.
  
  Bobby looks around at the nearby mess of broken furniture and the couple bodies laying on the floor and smiles.
  
  "Yes, I suppose you're right." He says.
  
  Bobby recites what you guess is a passage from whatever holy book of Tiamat he got it from and when the time comes, you accept your place as his wife.
  
  Then the both of you kiss like you've done so many times before, though this time it's different. You now feel like you belong here.
  
  "Oh. Here. I've been carrying this in my pocket the whole day, nearly forgot it was there." Bobby remarks and hands you a ring with a sizable red diamond in the center and smaller black inlayed around it. It's definitely beautiful and when you try it on, you find that it fits perfectly.
  
  "Let me guess, this used to be your grandmother's ring?" you ask.
  "Yeah... how did you know?"
  "Oh let's just say the fact that it fits me so well like her wedding dress did was a clue."
  "Yeah, I was meaning to ask about that." Bobby says rubbing your legs.
  "Oh Helen gave me the dress to try on before all the trouble went down. Didn't really have time to change."
  "(Yawn) Where is Helen anyway? I didn't see her with you when you arrived, but then I was in the middle of blasting some freak's head off at the time."
  "Oh she stayed upstairs." You say.
  "Hm, probably looking after the children as usual. She's really reliable that way, (Yawn) nice girl. That's why didn't believe the bullshit Diana was spouting about her when I was cleaning up the dungeon."
  "Oh? What was that?"
  
  Bobby begins to close his eyes, but keeps talking.
  
  "Oh, she was trying to claim Helen set her up and the attempt on your life was all her plan and how she never wanted to kill me at all... (yawn) typical desperation to save her own ass. Pretty laughable that she thought I'd believe it, I mean Helen likes you."
  "Hm... where is Diana now?"
  "Oh she's still in her cage... (yawn)."
  
  "Good. I'm going to go kill her." You say.
  "You, don't need to you know. You (yawn) don't need to prove anything. I can do it."
  "No, it's fine. I'm willing to do it. I mean maybe this isn't going to be official or how you planned, but I'm part of this family now and I'm going to make the effort to be fully part of it because I love you."
  
  At this point Bobby smiles at your words and his consciousness fades completely and he's asleep. You give him another kiss and get up to head to the dungeon.
  
  When you get there you see Diana sitting in her cage with a bored expression. When she sees you, she ceases looking as bored.
  
  "It's you." She says and her eyes begin to examine your clothing and then wander over to your finger sporting your new status in the family. She also spies the pistol in your hand.
  
  "I... heard a lot of noise upstairs. Is Bobby okay?"
  "Don't you worry about Bobby. He's not your concern anymore."
  "So... you're the new top mama now?"
  
  You don't answer you just raise your arms presenting yourself to signify that is the case. Her head hangs briefly knowing she's truly defeated.
  
  "Shit...  can you at least tell me if Helen's dead?"
  "Yes, she's dead." You answer.
  
  This revelation while not making any impact on Diana's ultimate fate still brings a brief bit of happiness to her.
  
  "Good... that's good...  okay, no point in dragging this out." Diana says and stands as close as she can to the bars and you get slightly closer with the pistol drawn.
  
  "Fuck Tiamat and fuck you blondie." Diana says and then you fire a round into her chest.
  
  Diana falls back wheezing, gasping and clutching at the bloody wound. You move in closer to watch her for the last few minutes she clings to life, but then eventually she follows her sister in death.
  
  And now your "competition" has completely been eliminated.
  
  Leaving Diana in much the same way you left Helen, you go back upstairs and attempt to take charge of some of what needs to be done around the house.
  
  It's actually easier than you think. Bobby's family is a little surprised by the fact that you and he got married so spur of the moment, but that's not a problem and given the recent events, they were less focused on attending a formal wedding anyway. You tell Veronica to go check on the children and to make sure they're okay, when she seems less than enthused to do it and asks where Helen is, you get in her face and tell her.
  
  "She's dead."
  "What?! Well shouldn't we tell Bobby?" Veronica exclaims with the rest of the family looking a little surprised at this revalation.
  "Bobby needs his rest and I'm calling the shots while he does so, now just do what the hell I say Veronica. The rest of you help me move these corpses out of here and Bobby's sleeping in the living room near the kitchen. Let's try not to wake him."
  
  Clean up goes relatively fast. Around the house at least since that's your primary concern. You go for the quick dirty approach of just getting all the dead bodies in one pile outside. You briefly think about burning them, but then you worry that maybe that might attract more attention. You figure Bobby can make that decision tomorrow.
  
  Since you're not any sort of carpenter or anything similar your solution to patch up any broken windows and the front door is to barricade it with furniture for the night.
  
  Somewhere just after midnight everyone is ready to crash. You take mercy on everyone and tell them to just sleep with a weapon tonight and you'll take tonight's watch. You aren't sure how you're going to do it with as tired as you are, but fortunately when you check on Bobby you find that he's just waking up and after a bit of a report, he is pleasantly surprised by what you've done.
  
  "Well that's at least a few things I don't need to worry about. Probably a good idea on not burning the bodies yet. We can do that tomorrow when everyone is alert in case it does draw attention. Nice job in taking charge."
  "Thanks." You say with a yawn.
  "Why don't you go upstairs and get some sleep. I'm good now. I can take watch."
  "You sure? You were up longer than I was."
  "Nah, I'm really fine. I don't usually need much sleep anyway. I just needed the brief recharge. Hey, we're in this together remember? I'll take over now." He says.
  
  You don't argue you just kiss him goodnight and tell him you love him and to call you if he needs your help.
  
  You head upstairs back to your bedroom feeling sleep creep up on you ever faster.
  
  When you get to your bedroom, you find Helen still lying on the floor where you left her. Besides forgetting to clean up her body, you also forgot to tell Bobby about what happened to her. (You didn't really tell the rest of his family either, you just said she was dead and they never really asked how she died.)
  
  You look at Helen's corpse again and then look over at the portrait of Grandma Morningstar with its eyes watching everything as usual.
  
  "Fuck it, he can find out tomorrow. I'm tired and I undoubtedly still have your ghostly mindfuck bullshit to look forward to in dreamland tonight." You say.
  
  Stepping over Helen's body, you get into bed and fall asleep.
  > Next day... 
  SATURDAY
  
  "Suzy! You've won! You've truly overcome all odds! You have not only survived the various uncertain events of this week, but you've also thrived! Ladies and gentlemen, let's give our small town girl some applause and respect for she truly is worthy of it!"
  
  As the crowd claps, whistles and stomps their feet in support, you sit at a large table by yourself looking at... 
  
  A bigger bag of dicks.
  
  It's even labeled as such. BIGGER BAG OF DICKS in big black lettering so you can't miss it though that would be impossible since the bag itself is wide enough to take up half of the table and tall enough that you can't even see the audience from where you're sitting unless you stand up or look around the bag.
  
  You just shake your head.
  
  "This joke never gets old with you does it?" you ask.
  
  No sooner have you said that, when everything disappears and you're facing Grandma Morningstar in the blasted wasteland again.
  
  "I told you, I don't have anything to do with your oral fixation scenario dreams, but I will admit it's a pretty funny joke."
  "Hardly, but anyway am I finally done with all this nonsense? Am I finally meeting this Misty?" you say.
  "You figure out who it is yet?"
  "Yeah and I can't believe I didn't catch it before. Misty... MISS T... Tiamat." You answer.
  "Yay! Your pretty little blonde head finally got it! Give this woman the BIGGEST BIG OF DICKS as a reward!" Grandma Morningstar cackles to the point where she actually starts wheezing a bit.
  
  "You done yet, you mean old crone?" you ask.
  "Crone is it? Better watch the tone there blondie, you might be officially family now, but don't think I'm going to put up with your sass. Even in this form I could severely fuck you up, you best remember that." Grandma Morningstar warns.
  "What... what are you exactly anyway? A ghost? A demon?"
  "Does it matter? Tiamat blessed me with this existence for my dedication to chaos and if you continue to prove yourself worthy like you have been doing then when that inevitable day comes that you shuffle off your mortal coil you might be just as blessed as I am. I doubt it though. You'll probably just rot in the ground."
  "Probably right since I'm not exactly the most religious person."
  "Bah, Tiamat doesn't really care about mindless ritualistic worship. She is the goddess of chaos so who knows what she really likes at any given time?"
  "Interesting, so am I meeting her now?"
  "Uh, no. Tiamat is sort of busy now or maybe she just doesn't care, hard to tell sometimes... "
  "What?! I thought you said I was meeting her now."
  "I actually never did, but cheer up. Given that you just admitted to not being a religious sort you can't be too disappointed in not meeting her directly."
  "Well... no, but that's not the point. I sort of feel like there was a build up and by not meeting her now is an anti-climax."
  "Ah, but if you really think about it, your journey has only just begun! Perhaps there is more build up for the ultimate climax later! There is nothing to say you won't meet her in the future, but will it be on good terms or bad? Eh? Eh? One never knows!"
  "Great, more shit to worry about."
  
  Grandma Morningstar steps forward and touches you on the shoulder.
  
  "Don't despair blondie, you'll do fine. Besides, I like you." She says and then pinches your cheek before giving you a couple gentle taps to the face like some sort of mafia godfather figure from the movies.
  
  As you rub your face, Grandma Morningstar waves goodbye to you, disappears and everything around you gets dark.
  
  And you wake up.
  
  You're a little surprised since you have a body right next to you, but you quickly calm down when you realize its Bobby. He's partially under the blankets with you and puts down a book he was reading.
  
  "You okay? You seem a little jumpy. Bad dream?" he asks.
  "Eh... better than others I've had this week. We actually need to have a talk about them... when we... " you then realize if Bobby is here then he's obviously seen Helen.
  
  You look over to your left and see that Helen's body is no longer there and then you look over at Bobby.
  
  "... I meant to tell you about that... " you say.
  "No need. I can sort of guess what happened. So I take it Diana wasn't lying to me after all?"
  "Not completely, Helen was the initial mastermind, but Diana was definitely still going to kill me when the opportunity presented itself. Things didn't quite work out as planned as you can tell."
  "Hm. Still can't believe it. Helen was always so quiet and docile."
  "Well, you know what they say about the quiet ones. They're the most dangerous." You remark.
  "Guess you know something about that." Bobby says.
  "Yeah... I guess I do." You say cuddling up next to him.
  
  It's true. You used to be a shut in wallflower at one time. That meek girl that used to hide out in the basement is long gone after this week's events.
  
  "I see you're still wearing your dress as well as your ring."
  "Oh. Yeah, too tired to change and the ring... well I really like it." You say caressing it a bit.
  "That's good. I'm glad."
  "So... what are you doing up here anyway? Thought you were on watch duty." You ask.
  "I was, and as usual you've slept most of the day again. It's the middle of the afternoon. I'm up here because I was going to get a bit of rest before catching some more sleep due to being up all night. Plus I figure the rest of the family can do the majority of grunt work for a change without me having to hoover over them. Besides, I wanted to spend time with my wife and be the first thing she sees when she wakes up. I know that hasn't been a real common thing since you got here."
  "I'll say. I'm glad you're here too since we haven't had a chance to consummate the marriage and we really need to do that... like right now." You say and your hand starts groping at Bobby's crotch.
  
  "You aren't THAT tired." You remark after feeling his dick status.
  "Well not now I'm not." Bobby says and then embraces you.
  
  You feel Bobby plunge into like you have so many times before, but this time it almost feels slightly different because you're now married to this man. Something about that makes it almost feel more... "special".
  
  You didn't really think you'd ever really feel that way over some silly ritual that joins people supposedly for life, but its probably more of the fact that you know for certain that Bobby is your soul mate.
  
  During the love making session, you begin to take on a more aggressive role and eventually get Bobby so he's under you and continue riding him. It's a bit different than the norm since he's usually the dominant one ramming it into you, but he isn't enjoying it any less.
  
  And then near the point of climax that's when it happens. A flash of bright light briefly covers the windows and a loud noise is heard in the distance.
  
  "Shit what the hell was that?" Bobby asks sitting up a bit.
  "I dunno. I had my eyes closed and I just caught the tail end of the flash. Glad I didn't have them all the way open." You remark rubbing your eyes a bit.
  "Wait a minute... I think I know... " Bobby says and then motions for you to get off of him.
  
  He walks over to the window and you follow close behind.
  
  In the distance to the west, you see the remnants of a mushroom cloud. Probably landed on Security City or near it. You can only guess it probably wasn't a big one, but you're still a little concerned if you're in some sort of fallout radius.
  
  "So... they finally went and did it." You say.
  "Looks like. (Sigh) Shit." Bobby says.
  "What's wrong? I thought we were prepared for this sort of thing."
  "Oh we are. I'm not even worried about that, it's just I wanted to spend the day relaxing with you. Now? Well I think you know I'm going to have to go and direct everyone. You know at least one of my family, if not all of them are going to come running up here asking what to do."
  "Yeah, well such is the burden of being a leader."
  "Indeed. Guess I better get down there. Are you coming?"
  "Of course my love. We're in this together."
  
  You and Bobby get dressed and prepare yourselves for the new world that's undoubtedly coming soon confident in the fact that whatever its going to throw at you, you'll do it together.
  > ... 
  Matriarch of Madness
  
  The Future... 
  
  "We're here mom." Your son says as your personal armored truck pulls up to the site.
  
  You look out the window and see the beautiful carnage outside. You can even hear some of the screams and crying from here.
  
  "Ahh, yes. Lovely." You say.
  "Yeah, dad really did a number on this place after the siege was finally successful." Your son remarks.
  "Well those rednecks really were asking for it by encroaching on a town that was rightfully ours. Glad to see this white trash haven finally being put to the torch and annihilated. It was a blight on the map even before the nukes hit. Well anyway let's go, I want to surprise your father." You remark getting ready to unlock the door.
  "You sure you want to get out? I mean we only just took the place and while the place is in the process of being purged completely, there were still a few of these trailer park bastards hiding in the area. In fact we believe some even ran into the nearby woods and are planning a counter attack. Not that they have any meaningful way of doing so, but still."
  "Your concern for my safety is sweet Enki, but I didn't get where I am today by remaining fearful of the possibility of the unknown. Besides, I so rarely get to see your father work anymore and I'd like to give him a nice surprise on his victory. I mean what do you think? Do you think when he sees me, he'll want to bend me over on the nearest pile of corpses?" you ask and open up the trench coat you're wearing over your naked body and run your hands briefly down your body
  
  Enki feeling slightly uncomfortable is unsure of what to say.
  
  "Well? I mean three children and not a fucking stretchmark. Years older and not even an inch of cellulite. I'm not just a MILF, I'm the fucking Alpha MILF." You laugh.
  "Um, yeah you look pretty mom. I dunno, I don't think about you in that way." Enki remarks.
  "You're a poor liar son. I've seen the way you look at me sometimes. You think I don't notice you staring at my chest or those brief glances at my ass on occasion?"
  "No, I... " Enki starts to say before you interrupt him by waving your hand at him.
  
  "It's okay as long as you know never to touch. Your older brother Anu had to learn that lesson the hard way from your father. Glad cutting off his pinkies didn't impede his combat abilities though."
  "Um, yeah. I'd never do that. I... " Enki starts to say then you interrupt him again. This time by putting a finger to his lips.
  "Of course you wouldn't. You're the smartest of my children. True, you're a little on the quiet and introspective side, but then so was I at your age, probably even more so... and as they say it's the quiet ones you have to look out for." You say stroking his face.
  
  Enki is speechless while you continue this exercise in severely fucked up mixed messages.
  
  "I love all family and I especially love all my children, however I'll only admit this to you. You're my favorite and because you're my favorite, I'm going to give you something a little more... just a taste if you will... but not a word. It's a secret and secrets aren't special when everyone knows."
  
  You take the same finger that was on his lips and while closing your eyes and making "mmm" sounds, you slowly insert it into your mouth and then back out again just as slowly.
  
  When you open your eyes, Enki is obviously in a mixed state of panic and being incredibly turned on. He probably doesn't know whether to run or whip his dick out and start shoving your head into his lap. Since doesn't know what your intentions are he just freezes. You're totally enjoying the way he has to be having a lot of mental conflict with this.
  
  "Now, I'm going to go find your father. I'm sure you've got other things you'll need to take care of so you needn't escort me. I've got a pistol in my coat pocket anyway, so I'll be safe. Love you son." You say with a smile and get out of the car.
  
  You walk into what remains of the trailer park. You can't imagine this place looked much different before your family rightfully conquered it. Several of the trailers are overturned, a couple of them are on fire. In fact a couple of its inhabitants are also on fire. Bobby's younger siblings Aiden and Nadia are casually lighting up a third redneck tied to a stake when you walk over to them. They both respectfully bow when they see you.
  
  "Hello... " Aiden says.
  "Aunt Suzy." Nadia says.
  "Didn't expect to... " Aiden adds.
  "... see you here." Nadia finishes.
  "I'm surprising Bobby, have you seen him?" you ask, trying to speak over the screaming trailer trash burning alive.
  "Our brother... " Aiden says.
  "... we believe... " Nadia says.
  "is on... " Aiden adds.
  "the farside of the trailer park." They say in unison.
  "Okay then, I'll let you get back to it." You say and then they nod and go back to watching their victims burn.
  
  Passing more scenes of violence and waving to a couple of Bobby's cousins, nephews and nieces you eventually run into your youngest son Nergal who approaches with a young girl over his shoulder. He must have knocked her unconscious because she's not even struggling. Nergal may be the youngest of your children, but he's huge and towers over everyone else in your family. He'd be a scary figure to most, but to you, he's your baby.
  
  "Mom! When did you get here?" Nergal says excitedly.
  "Just now. Have you seen your father?"
  "Yeah, he's with Anu in that trailer near the edge of that large field over there. I think they're arguing about a possible plan to make raids on New Security next, but that was boring so I left to go have fun with what's left of the population here."
  "Looks like you got a good one son." You remark and point at the girl over his shoulder.
  "Yeah, this will be fun for awhile, but battle we had before... man it was great! You should've seen me mom! I almost racked up as many kills as Anu!"
  "That's good! Glad to hear it. Tiamat will be most pleased. Well, I'm here to see your father so I'll talk to you later. Love you son." You say and leave him to his aggressive dating strategy.
  
  You see the trailer that you guess Nergal was talking about and approach. Just before you do however, you hear several gunshots come from it. You stop for a moment and then proceed inside. You have nothing to fear. You are a chosen of Tiamat after all.
  
  When you enter the trailer, you see Anu standing over Bobby with a pistol in hand. Bobby lies on the floor with dead eyes and a several holes in his body. His own pistol lies near his hand. The funny thing is when you first saw Anu, you briefly thought it was Bobby. Anu looks a lot like his father back in his youthful days, minus his pinkies of course.
  
  "Awww, that's a shame. I did so want to surprise your father. Looks like the pair of you surprised me instead." You remark with a frown causing Anu to turn around.
  
  "He gave me no choice mother. He was no longer a fit leader. He told me that raiding New Security would be a bad idea."
  
  You walk up to Anu calmly and slap his face. He gives you a look of anger, but does nothing.
  
  "He was right. Raiding New Security is a horrible idea. It's too large and its defenses are strong. Better to consolidate our current holdings. We've got a whole town to play with now." You say before Anu rudely interrupts.
  "Bullshit! He was just being a coward! He was getting old and weak! He was no longer fit to serve Tiamat!" Anu remarks gruffly.
  
  You slap your son again causing his anger to rise.
  
  "Your father may have been many things, but never a coward. And true he was getting old, and obviously your reflexes were faster, but he wasn't weak either and he still was five times smarter than you, but then that isn't hard to do. We're not attacking New Security. End of story." You say dismissively before he grabs your arms forceful and slams you against the wall. You're hardly intimidated, Anu has always been predictable.
  
  "YOU are NOT in charge here mother! I AM! I have taken what is rightfully mine! I AM the head of this family now!"
  "So, you've taken what's rightfully yours eh? You gonna take me too? Or am I also too old?" you ask with a raise of your eyebrow.
  
  Anu releases you and opens your trench coat revealing your naked body. He stares and marvels at it as if it's a magical treasure... and for him, it just might be.
  
  He wastes no time in taking it off you and then starts to take off his belt.
  
  "Get on your knees mother." He orders which causes you to chuckle.
  "Oh I'll be getting on my knees, but we're not doing this the way YOU think. I came here primarily for your father."
  "The old bastard's dead in case you haven't noticed!"
  "And? That's supposed to stop me? (Sigh) you lack imagination, let me show you... "
  
  At this point you kneel down near Bobby's body and start pulling his bloody shirt up. Blood is everywhere, on his clothes, on the floor and still coming from his wounds. You start putting your hands in it and rubbing yourself all over until his blood is covering most of your own body.
  
  "Hmmmm, it's almost like I'm even closer to him now... " you say starting to finger yourself as Anu stands by watching.
  
  You then unzip Bobby's pants and pull out his dead dick. It's actually hard, which you didn't expect.
  
  "Ooooh baby... even in death... I can still turn you on. Here, let me prove how much I still love you... " you say and then lower your head down.
  
  While you're on your hands and knees in blood and enjoying the taste your dead husband's cock, your son Anu shakes off the initial shock and spurs into action.
  
  "Oh fuck this. He will NOT have you in death as well! I'll show him! I'll show you both!" Anu exclaims and gets behind you. You temporary stop what you're doing to turn your head to address your son.
  
  "It's about time you manned up and joined us. Just try not to bore me." You remark and go back to what you were doing while Anu hastily rubs the blood of his dead father on his dick to use as makeshift lube.
  
  Anu starts ramming his dick into your supple ass as if he's trying to hurt you, but thanks to your many interesting love making sessions with Bobby, this isn't your first rodeo. Plus he's not even as big as his father so that isn't an issue either.
  
  "That all you got son? Your father's a dead man and he's still turning me on more. Thought you were going to show me who was really in charge? " you mock.
  "I AM in fucking charge!" he says pulling your hair, which brings a smile to your face.
  "Come on then, make mommy happy!" you demand and Anu attempts to do just that.
  
  So much for being "in charge" you've got him right where you want him. He may be fucking you in the ass, but you're in charge. Just like you've always been and will continue to be. It will be pathetically easy to manipulate Anu into doing what you want.
  
  Still, maybe Anu does have what it takes to be an effective puppet king... at least in the short term, then in time you'll have Enki replace him... Enki looks more like you anyway.
  
  As you enjoy your twisted pleasures, you think about how you got to this point as you have in the past a few times before. You think about how easy it was for you to cross line after line after line and how it didn't even bother you that much to do so.
  
  Did you really get caught up in the murderous rhetoric of being in a sick cult or were you always prone to insanity and all of this was always "you"?
  Does it even matter at all?
  No. It doesn't.
  
  What matters is what you can enjoy now in this shitty world and you've got that right this minute.
  
  "All hail fucking Tiamat and her glorious chaos!" You laugh maniacally as you climax.
  
  You may not be Grandma Morningstar, but you're getting there.