Chopping The Day Away

[Ash Williams]

They rode down the winding road that lead deep into the forest. Still, the woods was dark with many trees blocking the sky as the sun rises. The weather didn't look as cloudy as it was from yesterday when Ash arrived. He relaxes a bit in the back laying down but sat up with his back on the right side of the wagon's plank. It was a quiet ride since the men got their talking done back at the ranch and they were now deep in their thoughts thinking about stuff. Ash is still thinking about is there anyway he can meet Omni again and try to confront him to send him back to his home. For now, Ash is going to have to deal with the things he was thrown in the mix. Besides getting home, he was thinking about what John said yesterday about him surviving in the woods. Were those demonic creatures part of Dracula's army or were they common to the land?

This makes Ash want to say more questions to John as the wagon slowly moves with the horse. "Okay, sorry to break the silence but who is this 'Dracula' guy you speak of?" questioned Ash looking at Gus and John sitting on the seat of the wagon. They turn around slowly with dread looks in their faces. "Oh boy, don't you even get me started on that discussion." said Gus in his old tough voice. "Him and his army are nothing but a plague to this verse. They terrorize everyone that doesn't join their side. Evil is the definition of them." said John frowning at the topic they are talking about.

"You see, many years ago. Me and Gus lived in Darkshire which was a time that we were in constant threat. We did join the military when we just turned eighteen. Their were battles we witnessed and fought in trying to protect our will to live. I met my wife in the military when we were young. What times we shared when me and her had our backs. After one big tragedy we experienced on the battlefield, it made me think about something that has changed my life till this day was about having a family. Fighting felt like it would bring us closer to our ends then some of us might be forgotten in our graves. When we quit, we wanted to do something in the town but we still got constant fears and pointless political arguments that Darkshire was made of.  Now, we decided to belt our secluded ranch and raise our kids there so they won't have to go through the hell we had to face with." finished John telling the story about his old life.

"Damn, you been through a lot." replied Ash looking at John with a frown. "Hey, at least our ranch has changed our lives for the better." said John cheerfully and tries to stay in a positive attitude. Gus nods in approval what John just said. "Say, you have fought evil before right?" question the farmer remembering about Ash's origin. "Well yeah but now, I just want to go back to my old job and the life that I had before I cut my hand off." replied Ash having his hands behind his head to rest on. "Ash, I have heard from a wise man before telling me these words that gave me the courage to take care a family. You can't deny your destiny." quoted John about what Ash just said. "Yeah and my destiny is to be a store clerk also go to Jacksonville, Florida which was what I was planning to do before shit hit the fan." replied Ash having his eyes close and trying to rest a bit before they get to their destination.

Gus rolls his eyes at Ash's answer and turns around focusing on the road. John turns around as well since the conversation comes to a close. It took an hour to get to the end of the line. They arrive at the part of the forest they were going to cut some trees down and park in the working area. Ash has fallen alseep from the ride and the two secondaries jump out of the seat then walk behind the wagon to grab their stuff. "Wake up, sleepy head!" said Gus flicking Ash in the head hard enough to feel like a little punch. "Ow, hey!" said Ash rubbing his head a bit from Gus. He gets up and helps hand the stuff down to them. After handing them the tools to cut the trees with, Ash noticed weapons they took such as the two handcrafted bows with lethal arrows and iron swords.

"Can you hand us our weapons please?" questioned John seeing that Ash notified them. "Yeah, sure." replies Ash then hands them their weaponry. Ash jumps off the wagon with his chainsaw hand after getting their equipment out. They began to walk through the forest, trying to inspect a good tree to cut down. Gus finds one and begins to chop away at it. Also, John finds one after a minute when Gus started. Ash looks back at the two that have begun working. He turns around and sees a good size tree in front of him. The evil dead slayer takes off his metal hand and replaces it with his chainsaw hand. His old hand disappears into omnilium and Ash begins yanking the starter to activate his chainsaw.

After three yanks, the chainsaw begins to rev up with the motor being loud. This made Gus and John turn towards to Ash seeing him with his other hand causing a bunch of noise. Ash doesn't notice the two looking at him and begins to saw away the tree. It didn't take too long for him to cut deep in the tree helping his chainsaw to be guided with his left hand on the handle. The tree falls down after a minute of Ash sawing away. This made John and Gus stun at how fast Ash cut down that big tree when it would take a single person to do in a hour. Ash looks back at them and says with a smirk on his face "See, told you I was good at sawing."