Chapter 6: CHAPTER 6
Suddenly, Chicken Burger burst through the front door. "DUCK!" he yelled. A massive branch with thorns crashed through the window shattering it. The tree creature was back. A wave of panic hit Fomo Burger. "How on earth did it find us?" Crazy Burger shouted. Quarter Pounder Burger shrugged his shoulders. Fomo Burger looked at Sweet Burger's arm infection and noticed it had started to throb. "What are you all doing you idiots, let's move" Chicken Burger ordered. The group ran out the house through the back door, the tree creature following shortly behind. As the tree creature caught up to Quarter Pounder he tuned around and punched the creature in the face. Pieces of wood exploded everywhere stunning the creature. This gave the group some time to escape.
The group eventually got to a tight alleyway inbetween two buildings. "Did we outrun it?" Fomo Burger asked. "I think so" Crazy Burger replied before a roar was heard just around the corner. "We are so dead" Sweet Burger mumbled. A root wrapped around the corner of the alleyway. The root was then followed by another, and then another, until the entire alleyway was covered in a casket of roots and leaves. It was dark. A slight grumble could be heard amongst the darkness. Whilst shaking, Chicken Burger lifted up his arm to switch on his flashlight headband so the group could see. As soon as he turned it on, the group got a good look at the tree creature. Its face was hollow and disheveled. Maggots crawled out of every hole on the creature. Suddenly, the creature launched a branch at Quarter Pounder Burger. Thankfully, he used his forearm to snap it in half. However, another two branches attacked him from each side impaling him on the left and the right of his body. Quarter Pounder Burger let out a scream of pain as he grabbed the two branches impaled into him and snapped them in half. Ketchup leaked out of his sides as he starred down the tree creature. "This guy's a beast" Fomo Burger thought to himself as he observed in horror. The group watched on as Quarter Pounder Burger removed the piece of branch stabbed into the left side of his body and threw it back at the tree creature. The creature then let out a roar of anger and got ready to attack Quarter Pounder Burger once more. However, suddenly, gunshots burst through the root casket that the creature had created. The tree creature started to squeal. It then opened up the casket it had created and ran away up the side of one of the buildings. Turns out the gunshots were from the Burgersville Police Force. The police force continued to shoot at the tree creature as it crawled up the side of the building. Unfortunately, it got away.
"Hey is everyone alright?" asked one of the police officers. "No we need an ambulance for my friend here" Sweet Burger replied pointing at Quarter Pounder Burger. "No" Quarter Pounder Burger said "i'm fine". Then out of nowhere, the tree creature jumped off the top of the building landing on and crushing all of the police officers. Their ketchup oozed everywhere as the group watched in horror. Chicken Burger quickly ran past the creature while it wasn't looking and escaped the alleyway. "Did he really just leave us to die" Fomo Burger thought to himself. Suddenly, a truck came in from the side and crashed right into the tree creature. Turns out the driver was Chicken Burger. The rest of the group rushed out of the alleyway to check that Chicken Burger was alright. The truck had smashed straight into a brick wall. The front of the truck was totally destroyed from the impact. Steam could be seen coming out of the front of it. Surprisingly, the tree creature had completely vanished. The truck's door then fell off and Chicken Burger collapsed out of his seat. He stumbled out of the truck and fell over into Sweet Burger's arms. "Hey can you not save us for once? I want a turn at doing that" Crazy Burger said with a big grin on her face. There was no response. "Hey, Chicken Burger, you alright?" Crazy Burger then asked. Still no response. Ketchup started to drip down Chicken Burger's face. Sweet Burger checked his pulse. "He's alive, he must have just passed out from the impact" said Sweet Burger. Fomo Burger started to get jealous that Chicken Burger was in Sweet Burger's arms. "Put him on the ground" Fomo Burger instructed. "Huh? Why would I do that look at the state of him" Sweet Burger responded. "Sorry, yeah, you're right I don't know what i'm talking about" Fomo Burger replied. "We should leave here incase that tree thing comes back again. Quarter Pounder Burger can carry Chicken Burger" Crazy Burger commanded.
The group traveled through Burgersville trying to find a place to settle down. They then came across a large bridge. "If we cross here, then we will leave Burgersville" Fomo Burger said while panting for air due to the heat. "Maybe it's safer if we do leave Burgersville, I mean look at the state of it" Crazy Burger added. "What if we stayed on the bridge for a bit. Just to catch our breath. It's getting really hot" Sweet Burger added. Everyone agreed. After a couple minutes of resting on the bridge, Sweet Burger went to check on Chicken Burger again. Fomo Burger watched as she brushed Chicken Burger's hair to the side and gave his knocked out body a hug. In an act of jealousy, Fomo Burger sat down next to Crazy Burger and put his arm around her hoping that Sweet Burger would notice. However, she didn't. Crazy Burger on the other hand noticed almost immediately. "Oi what are you doing your girlfriend is right there" Crazy Burger said whilst side eyeing Fomo Burger with a confused expression. "Would a girlfriend do that?" he replied pointing at Sweet Burger who was still hugging Chicken Burger. "I mean if I were you, first I would take your arm off my shoulders, and then I would recommend you to go and talk to her about it. How do you expect to be included in stuff if you can't even voice your opinion" Crazy Burger stated. Fomo Burger sat in silence for a moment taking in Crazy Burger's words. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, the bridge started to shake. Black smoke started to rise up from underneath the bridge. Crazy Burger got up to see what was shaking the bridge. To her surprise the tree creature was back, however, it wasn't just one tree creature. There were four of them.
END OF CHAPTER 6