Critter Volume 1: Chapter 12 [The Finale Pt.2]
Jordan and Lena are cuddling on the couch watching One Tree Hill “Why do you make me watch this crap hun!” he said “Oh don’t even lie you love it!” she said and they went in for a kiss but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Jordan went to answer and saw Warren standing on the doorstep. “Holy shit” he said as Lena stood behind him “Jordan I’m gunna ask you to please leave, I’ll call you tomorrow, just please go” Jordan grabbed his jacket and left. When the door shut he knew he had two choices, leave and be a good boyfriend or stay and ease drop. So he went to the side window to look in. Lena was screaming at him and crying, but she went in for a hug. Warren sat her down and began talking, Lena was crying and out of the blue she went in for a kiss. They began making out and taking off each other’s clothes. He threw her on the couch and that’s when Jordan looked away. Pissed off, he ran down the dark dirt road alone. He got to the old cemetery when he heard a noise. “Hello?” no one answered he kept walking, he wiped a tear off his face, but it was sent flying as he was pressed against a tree by a man in a black cloak. Fangs came out of his teeth like he was shooting out a switchblade. The man dug them into Jordan’s neck leaving him unconscious. The vampire through Jordan on his back and ran away carrying a dangling out cold Jordan.
The next morning Lauren was thinking about Warrens proposition, she remembered saying to him that she would think about it if he promised to go see Lena, so she was, thinking about it that is. She knew she was special, but what about Chris, he hates supernaturalism so what would he think of her if he knew.Lauren told Warren that she would fight in the war against the Sirens, how would she hide this from Chris? It was all becoming too hard for her to hide who she really is. Lauren didn’t want to show the truth, she was falling in love with him. As she picked her dry clothes off the cloth line and placed them into a basket she heard chirping, Lauren turned and saw a Robin perched upon the end of the line, she recognized the bird. It was Natasha. She flew up in the air and turned into a very naked Natasha and startled Lauren. She dropped her laundry “what do you want Natasha!?” she asked “whoa! Is that how you treat someone who saved your life? I’m here to warn you, about the dreams your having!” Lauren wondered how she knew,"Your probably wondering how I know? Well shifters have a bunch of amazing qualities, knowing when someone is rejecting their own abilities is one of them. We can tell if someone is special, like me, and when you reject your gift...it get's angry. You need to-" but was interrupted by a splatter of blood all over her face. Chris stood behind Natasha with a cross bow, Natasha fell to the ground with an arrow through her neck. She died instantly “HOLY FUCK! CHRIS WHAT DID YOU DO!”.
Jordan wakes up with dried blood all over his neck, he has a chain wrapped around his ankle. He sat up “hey! Hey are you okay?” a woman from the opposite side whispered. Jordan didn’t feel well enough to reply, first he had to figure out where he was. He saw multiple people chained to the wall of some cave looking room. Then he herd footsteps, it was the vampire. He came into the room and the people started screaming, he unchained a man beside him and dragged him to the next room, all you heard was screaming, and then no screaming. It was not the fist time Jordan as chained to a basement after being taken. He felt hopeless, weak and powerless. He was pissed about Lena cheating, and felt like he had nothing to live for. The woman spoke again “what’s your name?” she asked “shut the fuck up” replied Jordan. He looked down at his chain, it wasn’t locked properly. He tore it off and stood up “holy shit your free, go get help!” Jordan walked right past the lady and stormed into the next room where the vampire was standing over the bloody dead man “I know what you are!” the vampire turned quickly and through him against the wall holding his jaw “turn me, I want to be like you, PLEASE I HAVE NOTHING LEFT! I WANT POWER!” he cried. The vampire let him go and stepped back “follow me” he said as he went into the next room, he walked up to the lady and pointed “kill her” he handed Jordan a metal stake “if you think you can be me, kill her” Jordan looked at her “will you turn me?” he asked, the vampire nodded “yes”. Jordan lifted the stake with all his power and came down on the woman killing her instantly, Jordan was not a killer, but he wanted an escape. He needed to prove to people that he wasn’t just going to disappear into the shadows. From here on out, he would haunt the shadows.
Ashley is walking through the woods carrying a backpack on her shoulders; she was bringing Kindred some food from the market in town. When she approached the house, she could sense something was wrong. The door was open. Ashley ran inside and saw blood on the floor leading to the kitchen. She ran into the kitchen to see Kindred ripped to shreds all over the kitchen. Ashley screamed as she turned to run, slipping on the blood and falling on the floor. She heard howls coming from outside, and then the front door creaking. Ashley held her breath and walked into the from room, the wolf looked her in the eyes “so you finally finished it”.
The bar was busy as usual and Lauren was not able to keep up, with everything on her mind she knew she shouldn’t have came to work. She locked herself in a stall and cried. She knew her and Chris were wrong to hide the body. Lauren kept thinking, how can someone be the love of her life, but have so much hate for a certain group of people, but she agreed to keep the secret. She had to leave, as she stormed out of the stall she ran to Mitchell’s office “I’m sorry but I don’t feel good, I have to go, I’ll call you tomorrow!” Lauren flew past everyone when she was stopped by a middle-aged couple who looked lost “excuse me! Do you have a second” Lauren stopped “sure” she said “were looking for our daughter, wondering if you’ve seen her? She moved here about a month ago, her name is Natasha” They pulled out a picture of the girl her boyfriend murdered not 3 hours ago. Lauren felt Ill, she looked up at the couple but everyone turned their attention to the sound of smashing plates and glasses in the dining room. Julia dropped her tray and stood above it, she then turned around to see all eyes on her “It’s time” she whispered as she crawled up onto a table. Lena came out from the back as well as Mitchell and newly hired Dayna. Lauren and the devastated parents stared as Julia began to sing “aaaaaaah-ahhhhh-AHHHH” the music was like the best drug you’ve ever tried, you couldn’t turn away. Lauren knew this was one of the Siren's Warren was talking about, he said they would come, he said they were dangerous but she didn't care. Julia's eyes turned white, and scales began plunging out of her skin, as the sound of her soothing voice filled the room, all fell silent to her song.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 12 [Finale Part 1]
Critter Volume 1: Chapter 12 [The Finale Pt.1]
2 Weeks Later
Lauren awakes in a haze, she can feel that her hair is all over the place and her eye make-up is smudged down her face, she had forgotten to take it off the night before. She looked beside her to see the bed empty. Where was he? She stumbled into the bathroom and looked in the mirror and giggled at her appearance. She ran the water until it was hot, although the color was very different…like a dark blood red. It started to melt off the skin on her bones and when Lauren realized what was happening she fell back into a sea of dead corpses. Her loved ones, her friends, Lena, Clayton, Mitch, Warren. All dead with their eyes peering into her soul. Clayton sat up and peeled back the skin on his face and looked at Lauren. “HA HA HA” he shrieked.
Lauren woke up in a panic, sweat dripping down her forehead onto the soaked plaid pillowcases. A warm hand placed onto Laurens shoulder “that dream again hun?” asked a sleepy Chris “I don’t get it! Why do I keep having these dreams?” she rushes to the bathroom and slams the door. For a moment she was embarrassed that he had to see her all sweaty. She washed her face and turned on the shower. She thought to herself, Chris hated the supernatural…in fact he hunts them for a living, and if these dreams had anything to do with her gift then he would leave her and she loved having him in town. She was so happy when he decided to stay after meeting her. It was like an instant connection that Lauren wanted to hold on to. Things seemed to be going nowhere with Clayton, it was as if he wanted nothing to do with her romantically, maybe he was gay? She wondered as she dropped her boyfriends t-shirt on the ground and slipped off her purple striped undies and hopped in the shower.
Lauren walked past a snoring Chris as she went downstairs to cook breakfast. She heard the mailman drive away so she swung the door open to pick up her usual subscription to Marie Claire, another letter fell out from one of the perfume ads. There was no return address, it just said Lauren Groulx. She opened it Lauren, please meet me at the old mine on Farmington tonight at 10PM, it is very important that you come alone. Thanks, W. Lauren thought to herself, Warren? Then she went inside to eat, and go to work.
Clayton is pounding on the door to the bathroom “KELLY HURRY UP! TYSON HATES IT WHEN I’M LATE!” he yells as she swings the door open “Kelly, I love having you back, you know that, however you need to respect that this is my house!” Kelly puts her hands on his shoulder’s “Calm down big brother, the shit will still get shoveled weather you’re there at 8 or 8:15” she says as she breezes past him to pour herself a bowl of cereal. “This place is too small!” yells Clay “when are we moving home!” Kelly walks to the doorway “We’ve been over this, I have to stay near the water! Remember?? Fins and all?” Clayton nodded and spit out his toothpaste and walked down the hallway to his room. On his way he saw an enveloped letter placed perfectly upon Kelly’s bed, he grabbed it and opened it up Kelly, please meet me at the old mine on Farmington tonight at 10PM, it is very important that you come alone. Thanks, W. He thought about showing Kelly, but he decided to shove it in his back pocket and go see what for himself what this ‘W’ wanted. After everything that’s happened Clayton was very protective of Kelly.
Lauren pulls into a very busy bar parking lot, breakfast are always big with the locals. She passed Julia on her way in “Hey Girl” she yells as Lauren waves back in a hurry. He knocks on Mitchell’s door and he swings it open, she’s about to ask about ordering new aprons when something caught her eye, it was the exact letter Lauren got sitting on his desk open. She storms past him “you got this too? Are you going?” Mitchell grabbed it out of Lauren’s hand “you got one? Well I think it’s important we go, see what this ‘W’ wants” Lauren nods “Well your taking me with you, W clearly wants to see both of us so you can pick me up at 9” she storms back to work. When a very pretty brunette walked past her “hi! Are you Mitch?” she asked. “Yes that’s me” “GREAT! Well my name’s Dayna, I believe you knew my sister Elle, she moved here and took my name but I’m the real Dayna.” Mitch was shocked “Umm your sister is umm” “Dead!? I know, she got mixed up with-“ putting up finger quotations “which craft, and got involved with the wrong people and I kept telling her to smartin’ up and last month I had to identify her body” the perky girl explained. “Now I’m in town cleaning up her things, I own her place now and I’m actually moving in, turns out I kinda like it here…….anyway I was wondering if you had an open job?”.
As the sun went down, on came the headlights as Lauren and Mitchell drove to Farmington line. They were anxious, Mitch could tell by the way Lauren was fidgeting her leg “this is it” he mumbled as he turned off his lights and pulled into a dim lit mining facility. They parked the car and saw an old building with a light on inside. They were about to leave when they saw two more cars come speeding in. In on car, a pissed off Clayton jumped out and ran to the building. Lauren and Mitch chased after him “CLAY WAIT!” Clayton turned around surprised to see his friends “you guys got letters too?” Lauren was curious “yes, did you?” “no my sister did, and she’s not getting into this shit again so I’m putting an end to it” the three of them turned around to the other car still parked, “is that Kyle?” asked Lauren as the car u-turned and sped off in a cloud of dust.
They approached the door and pushed it open, inside was Warren, standing over a lit lantern. “is this all that could make it?” he asked as Lauren held her hand over her mouth with a dropped jaw. “YOU ASSHOLE! DO YOU KNOW HOW SICK LENA’S BEEN OVER YOU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!” Mitch held her back “WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH MY SISTER!?” yelled Clayton. “Let me explain everything” said Warren “take a seat this may take a while, well for starters I’m a merman, like Kelly, I’m the kind of the Mer clan of Louisiana and just recently my entire family was murdered, by creatures called Sirens, beautiful, seductive little devils who appear as our wildest desires in human form and seduce you just enough to kill you, and just one song can put your entire little town in a trance, they have much power. Ever since the 1800’s Siren’s and Mer people have been at war, except there hasn’t been an attack in so long, until now. A war is coming and I brought you all here because I am in need of your help, I could really use your abilities to help us save the town” Warren looked at the three individuals standing in front of him “So that’s why you sent this letter to my sister, you wanted to get her involved with this “war” you speak of? Well she’s staying out of this!” “Clayton please! We need all the help we can get! Kelly’s not going anywhere anytime soon, she needs to be with her Mer family or she won’t survive! I’m her family, I turned her.” Clayton walked up to Warren and punched him sending him flying to the ground; he turned around and stormed out. Lauren walked up to Warren and helped him up, Mitch approached Warren and put out his hand, looking for a shake “I’m in” he said “Me too” Lauren replied.
2 Weeks Later
Lauren awakes in a haze, she can feel that her hair is all over the place and her eye make-up is smudged down her face, she had forgotten to take it off the night before. She looked beside her to see the bed empty. Where was he? She stumbled into the bathroom and looked in the mirror and giggled at her appearance. She ran the water until it was hot, although the color was very different…like a dark blood red. It started to melt off the skin on her bones and when Lauren realized what was happening she fell back into a sea of dead corpses. Her loved ones, her friends, Lena, Clayton, Mitch, Warren. All dead with their eyes peering into her soul. Clayton sat up and peeled back the skin on his face and looked at Lauren. “HA HA HA” he shrieked.
Lauren woke up in a panic, sweat dripping down her forehead onto the soaked plaid pillowcases. A warm hand placed onto Laurens shoulder “that dream again hun?” asked a sleepy Chris “I don’t get it! Why do I keep having these dreams?” she rushes to the bathroom and slams the door. For a moment she was embarrassed that he had to see her all sweaty. She washed her face and turned on the shower. She thought to herself, Chris hated the supernatural…in fact he hunts them for a living, and if these dreams had anything to do with her gift then he would leave her and she loved having him in town. She was so happy when he decided to stay after meeting her. It was like an instant connection that Lauren wanted to hold on to. Things seemed to be going nowhere with Clayton, it was as if he wanted nothing to do with her romantically, maybe he was gay? She wondered as she dropped her boyfriends t-shirt on the ground and slipped off her purple striped undies and hopped in the shower.
Lauren walked past a snoring Chris as she went downstairs to cook breakfast. She heard the mailman drive away so she swung the door open to pick up her usual subscription to Marie Claire, another letter fell out from one of the perfume ads. There was no return address, it just said Lauren Groulx. She opened it Lauren, please meet me at the old mine on Farmington tonight at 10PM, it is very important that you come alone. Thanks, W. Lauren thought to herself, Warren? Then she went inside to eat, and go to work.
Clayton is pounding on the door to the bathroom “KELLY HURRY UP! TYSON HATES IT WHEN I’M LATE!” he yells as she swings the door open “Kelly, I love having you back, you know that, however you need to respect that this is my house!” Kelly puts her hands on his shoulder’s “Calm down big brother, the shit will still get shoveled weather you’re there at 8 or 8:15” she says as she breezes past him to pour herself a bowl of cereal. “This place is too small!” yells Clay “when are we moving home!” Kelly walks to the doorway “We’ve been over this, I have to stay near the water! Remember?? Fins and all?” Clayton nodded and spit out his toothpaste and walked down the hallway to his room. On his way he saw an enveloped letter placed perfectly upon Kelly’s bed, he grabbed it and opened it up Kelly, please meet me at the old mine on Farmington tonight at 10PM, it is very important that you come alone. Thanks, W. He thought about showing Kelly, but he decided to shove it in his back pocket and go see what for himself what this ‘W’ wanted. After everything that’s happened Clayton was very protective of Kelly.
Lauren pulls into a very busy bar parking lot, breakfast are always big with the locals. She passed Julia on her way in “Hey Girl” she yells as Lauren waves back in a hurry. He knocks on Mitchell’s door and he swings it open, she’s about to ask about ordering new aprons when something caught her eye, it was the exact letter Lauren got sitting on his desk open. She storms past him “you got this too? Are you going?” Mitchell grabbed it out of Lauren’s hand “you got one? Well I think it’s important we go, see what this ‘W’ wants” Lauren nods “Well your taking me with you, W clearly wants to see both of us so you can pick me up at 9” she storms back to work. When a very pretty brunette walked past her “hi! Are you Mitch?” she asked. “Yes that’s me” “GREAT! Well my name’s Dayna, I believe you knew my sister Elle, she moved here and took my name but I’m the real Dayna.” Mitch was shocked “Umm your sister is umm” “Dead!? I know, she got mixed up with-“ putting up finger quotations “which craft, and got involved with the wrong people and I kept telling her to smartin’ up and last month I had to identify her body” the perky girl explained. “Now I’m in town cleaning up her things, I own her place now and I’m actually moving in, turns out I kinda like it here…….anyway I was wondering if you had an open job?”.
As the sun went down, on came the headlights as Lauren and Mitchell drove to Farmington line. They were anxious, Mitch could tell by the way Lauren was fidgeting her leg “this is it” he mumbled as he turned off his lights and pulled into a dim lit mining facility. They parked the car and saw an old building with a light on inside. They were about to leave when they saw two more cars come speeding in. In on car, a pissed off Clayton jumped out and ran to the building. Lauren and Mitch chased after him “CLAY WAIT!” Clayton turned around surprised to see his friends “you guys got letters too?” Lauren was curious “yes, did you?” “no my sister did, and she’s not getting into this shit again so I’m putting an end to it” the three of them turned around to the other car still parked, “is that Kyle?” asked Lauren as the car u-turned and sped off in a cloud of dust.
They approached the door and pushed it open, inside was Warren, standing over a lit lantern. “is this all that could make it?” he asked as Lauren held her hand over her mouth with a dropped jaw. “YOU ASSHOLE! DO YOU KNOW HOW SICK LENA’S BEEN OVER YOU! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!” Mitch held her back “WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH MY SISTER!?” yelled Clayton. “Let me explain everything” said Warren “take a seat this may take a while, well for starters I’m a merman, like Kelly, I’m the kind of the Mer clan of Louisiana and just recently my entire family was murdered, by creatures called Sirens, beautiful, seductive little devils who appear as our wildest desires in human form and seduce you just enough to kill you, and just one song can put your entire little town in a trance, they have much power. Ever since the 1800’s Siren’s and Mer people have been at war, except there hasn’t been an attack in so long, until now. A war is coming and I brought you all here because I am in need of your help, I could really use your abilities to help us save the town” Warren looked at the three individuals standing in front of him “So that’s why you sent this letter to my sister, you wanted to get her involved with this “war” you speak of? Well she’s staying out of this!” “Clayton please! We need all the help we can get! Kelly’s not going anywhere anytime soon, she needs to be with her Mer family or she won’t survive! I’m her family, I turned her.” Clayton walked up to Warren and punched him sending him flying to the ground; he turned around and stormed out. Lauren walked up to Warren and helped him up, Mitch approached Warren and put out his hand, looking for a shake “I’m in” he said “Me too” Lauren replied.
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 11
Lena and Jordan took refuge in the house, but they could hear that thing outside sniffing around trying to get in. Lena pushed a piano in front of the door and closed all of the windows. Her and Jordan called the police and hid under the stairs. Jordan felt very protective of Lena at this point. Lena felt strong so she refused to cry, after everything that has happened to her lately, tears were the last thing on her mind, if anything she wanted to fight back. Lena stood up “I’m sick of this shit” she yelled as she grabbed a gun from under the steps. She opened it, loaded it and cocked it. She was walking towards the stairs “LENA DON”T!” yelled Jordan. Jordan chased after her and fell to the ground sliding across her hard wood floors. Jordan was screaming and clenching his stomach and rolling around the floor. Lena turned to look at him but was interrupted by a knock on the door. She fearlessly pushed away the piano and whipped it open pointing the gun directly at the face that stared back at her. It was Ashley, the doctor from town and she was with Mitch, Clay and Lauren…. who was crying over her cousin Chevy’s body. Lena ran to Lauren and held her. “We have to go now! If we wanna save Jordan” yelled Ashley. Mitchell and Ashley grabbed Jordan and walked him to the car as Clayton went to Lauren “Lauren we have to go!” he pleaded, “you guys go! I’ll stay with her and wait for the police…GO! Save Jordan!” she yelled. Clay ran to the truck and jumped into the back with a convulsing Jordan. Ashley shifted into gear and sped off leaving Lena and Lauren in a cloud of dirt.
Warren heard crying in the forest, he left his group to attend to the sound. Kelly was gripping onto a tree and whimpering. He approached her, he already knew what was wrong. “Kelly” he said as she spun around and wiped away the tears “Yes, Sir” she replied. “Come with me” Warren waked further into the bush when he came across a clearing; he walked over to a thick portion of the bush and uncovered a vehicle. “Get in”. Kelly and Warren drove past the sign ‘Bon Temps’ she knew where he was taking her, to see Clayton, hopefully. They drove up upon the hotel Kelly stayed in when she lived in Bon Temps. “What are we doing here?” she asked as they both stepped out of the car. “I’m reminding you of what you left behind, I’m reminding you of the life we gave you.” The room Kelly stayed in was still evidence to her disappearance so it was surrounded by caution tape. They stepped over and entered. Kelly’s heart raced as the memories came screaming back. “This is where you lived……this is where you cut your wrists and left yourself dying in a pool of blood, this is where you snorted cocaine, and this is where you kept the little money you had” he said as he lifted up the mattress. “When I found you, you were nothing but a werewolves sex slave. We gave you hope, we gave you a fresh start, and that….THAT is what were fighting for, that’s why we have to stop taking advantage of both worlds and choose the one that keeps us safe.” Warren grabbed Kelly’s arm and flashed the scars. A tear fell from her cheek as she pulled it away. “I get it! Can we go now”. The two headed back to camp.
Lena clutched onto Lauren as they zipped up the body bag. “Im so sick of this supernatural bull shit! I’m putting an end to it” Lena stomped into her house. Those words stuck with Lauren, she remembered the time at the town barbeque when she flashed light from her hands. Maybe she was supernatural. Maybe she didn’t belong. Lena sat at her computer when Lauren walked in “what are you doing” she asked “something I should have done a long time ago, years ago I heard of this guy, he hunts the supernatural. I’ve never got in touch with him but honestly with all the fucked up shit going on in this town, I think it’s time”. Lena explained. “But you don’t know who he even is-“ Lauren was cut off “holy shit I found it…he has a website!” Lena grabbed the phone and typed a number. It rang, and rang, and rang. “HELLO! Hi my name is Lena and I need someone to come to my town and get rid of an…..infestation?”. “Where do you live?” the man said. “Bon Temps, Louisiana.” I’m expensive” “I can afford it” “I’d need a place to stay, I don’t do hotels” “you can stay with my friend Lauren! She needs protection” “well what is it I’m hunting here?” “All sorts of crazy shit”. “Well I’m the guy for the job, the names Chris…..Chris Piers & I should be there in 24 hours.”
“IT”S RIGHT UP THIS WAY!” yelled Ashley as she came across the house. “THERE IT IS! C’MON!” Clayton and Ashley took Jordan to the front door. Mitchell stood back and through his arms in the air “what are you talking about!? What house?” he yelled “Umm the one were standing in front of!” yelled Clay. “ARE YOU GUYS CRAZY” yelled Mitch. Ashley knocked on the door and it swung open “Just wait there!” she yelled as the three went inside. “HELLO! KINDRED!” yelled Ashley, Kindred came running from another room “Did you find another!?” “YES! We have to hurry, its growing!” Kindred wasted no time as she heisted him onto the surgical table. Ashley and Clayton stepped into the next room with ease. It was now a waiting game.
Hours passed, Kindred walked in the room with blood on her dress. “It was a success. He’s resting”. Clayton and Ashley smiled and hugged with ease. “Thank you so much Kindred!” “I see you brought someone else with you, outside” she pointed out the window; Mitch was standing waiting for them to come out. “Why did he not come in with you?” she asked. “He said he couldn’t see it, the house” explained Clay. “Ya that’s what I was afraid of….he couldn’t see it because he’s not human.” Ashley looked at Clayton who already knew of Mitchell’s psychic abilities. “58 years ago, me and my grandmother and grandfather were hiking, when we were jumped….by a wolf. My grandfather was able to throw it off, and he got a shot in. Killing the wolf instantly. The thing none of us were expecting was that it turned human as soon as it was shot, the boy died in front of me. My grandparents just told me to close my eyes and they took me home, that same night our house was surrounded by them, this house. They were barking so loud I can remember the howling like it was yesterday. My grandfather went out with the gun and they killed him, and then…they weren’t wolves anymore, they were men….bad men. My grandmother told me to run, so I did. I heard her screams as I was running. They shouted at me, they said they were going to find me, they swore they were going to kill me. I ran and ran until I came across a hut in the forest. It was home to a huntsman and his son, they took me in. I lived there until the wolves finally found me…they killed the huntsman and me and the boy ran off. We grew up in a small fisherman’s village where we fell in love and lived a long life. He became the lumberjack for the village. I grew scared every night of the wolves to return and 5 years ago that same wolf pack found the village. Killed everyone. Even my Jack…I was saved by a woman who claimed she was a witch. I never believed in witches but I also never believed in Werewolves either. When I explained to her what y life has come to she promised to keep me safe from the wolves. She asked me if there was one place in the world I could be where is it? I said here….in this house. So she cast a spell, protecting this house and making it invisible from all supernatural beings. So I could live my life without fear. That’s why your friend can’t see this house….he’s not human.
Warren and Kelly returned to the clearing and put the car back under the tree’s. As they were walking towards their camp, something seemed wrong, something seemed gloom. There were no birds chirping or anything. As Warren rushed to the camp he brushed back the tree branches and saw something so horrible, so tragic. Their entire Mer clam had been murdered. Ripped apart limb by limb and thrown around until there was nothing left. Everyone was dead. There was blood everywhere. The image would stay in Kelly's mind forever. This made her think to herself...maybe it's time to go home, but she took an oath. At this point she could only think about one thing….FUCK THE OATH! She began running. The images of the bloody parts were flashing in her head. Warren wasn’t following; he was busy mourning the loss of his Mer family. She ran and ran and ran until she came across a steep hill. She lost her footing and fell to the bottom hitting a tree on the way down knocking her unconscious.
She woke up hours later it was dark, she could hear noises. She lay in the dirt covered in leaves and mud. She never felt so alone, so scared. She was in pain from the fall. Something was approaching. She began to cry, whatever it was; there were more then one. She wondered if this was it for her. A man approached and knelt down “KELLY!” yelled Clayton. Kelly stared up at her brother “help……….” Her eyes closed.
Warren heard crying in the forest, he left his group to attend to the sound. Kelly was gripping onto a tree and whimpering. He approached her, he already knew what was wrong. “Kelly” he said as she spun around and wiped away the tears “Yes, Sir” she replied. “Come with me” Warren waked further into the bush when he came across a clearing; he walked over to a thick portion of the bush and uncovered a vehicle. “Get in”. Kelly and Warren drove past the sign ‘Bon Temps’ she knew where he was taking her, to see Clayton, hopefully. They drove up upon the hotel Kelly stayed in when she lived in Bon Temps. “What are we doing here?” she asked as they both stepped out of the car. “I’m reminding you of what you left behind, I’m reminding you of the life we gave you.” The room Kelly stayed in was still evidence to her disappearance so it was surrounded by caution tape. They stepped over and entered. Kelly’s heart raced as the memories came screaming back. “This is where you lived……this is where you cut your wrists and left yourself dying in a pool of blood, this is where you snorted cocaine, and this is where you kept the little money you had” he said as he lifted up the mattress. “When I found you, you were nothing but a werewolves sex slave. We gave you hope, we gave you a fresh start, and that….THAT is what were fighting for, that’s why we have to stop taking advantage of both worlds and choose the one that keeps us safe.” Warren grabbed Kelly’s arm and flashed the scars. A tear fell from her cheek as she pulled it away. “I get it! Can we go now”. The two headed back to camp.
Lena clutched onto Lauren as they zipped up the body bag. “Im so sick of this supernatural bull shit! I’m putting an end to it” Lena stomped into her house. Those words stuck with Lauren, she remembered the time at the town barbeque when she flashed light from her hands. Maybe she was supernatural. Maybe she didn’t belong. Lena sat at her computer when Lauren walked in “what are you doing” she asked “something I should have done a long time ago, years ago I heard of this guy, he hunts the supernatural. I’ve never got in touch with him but honestly with all the fucked up shit going on in this town, I think it’s time”. Lena explained. “But you don’t know who he even is-“ Lauren was cut off “holy shit I found it…he has a website!” Lena grabbed the phone and typed a number. It rang, and rang, and rang. “HELLO! Hi my name is Lena and I need someone to come to my town and get rid of an…..infestation?”. “Where do you live?” the man said. “Bon Temps, Louisiana.” I’m expensive” “I can afford it” “I’d need a place to stay, I don’t do hotels” “you can stay with my friend Lauren! She needs protection” “well what is it I’m hunting here?” “All sorts of crazy shit”. “Well I’m the guy for the job, the names Chris…..Chris Piers & I should be there in 24 hours.”
“IT”S RIGHT UP THIS WAY!” yelled Ashley as she came across the house. “THERE IT IS! C’MON!” Clayton and Ashley took Jordan to the front door. Mitchell stood back and through his arms in the air “what are you talking about!? What house?” he yelled “Umm the one were standing in front of!” yelled Clay. “ARE YOU GUYS CRAZY” yelled Mitch. Ashley knocked on the door and it swung open “Just wait there!” she yelled as the three went inside. “HELLO! KINDRED!” yelled Ashley, Kindred came running from another room “Did you find another!?” “YES! We have to hurry, its growing!” Kindred wasted no time as she heisted him onto the surgical table. Ashley and Clayton stepped into the next room with ease. It was now a waiting game.
Hours passed, Kindred walked in the room with blood on her dress. “It was a success. He’s resting”. Clayton and Ashley smiled and hugged with ease. “Thank you so much Kindred!” “I see you brought someone else with you, outside” she pointed out the window; Mitch was standing waiting for them to come out. “Why did he not come in with you?” she asked. “He said he couldn’t see it, the house” explained Clay. “Ya that’s what I was afraid of….he couldn’t see it because he’s not human.” Ashley looked at Clayton who already knew of Mitchell’s psychic abilities. “58 years ago, me and my grandmother and grandfather were hiking, when we were jumped….by a wolf. My grandfather was able to throw it off, and he got a shot in. Killing the wolf instantly. The thing none of us were expecting was that it turned human as soon as it was shot, the boy died in front of me. My grandparents just told me to close my eyes and they took me home, that same night our house was surrounded by them, this house. They were barking so loud I can remember the howling like it was yesterday. My grandfather went out with the gun and they killed him, and then…they weren’t wolves anymore, they were men….bad men. My grandmother told me to run, so I did. I heard her screams as I was running. They shouted at me, they said they were going to find me, they swore they were going to kill me. I ran and ran until I came across a hut in the forest. It was home to a huntsman and his son, they took me in. I lived there until the wolves finally found me…they killed the huntsman and me and the boy ran off. We grew up in a small fisherman’s village where we fell in love and lived a long life. He became the lumberjack for the village. I grew scared every night of the wolves to return and 5 years ago that same wolf pack found the village. Killed everyone. Even my Jack…I was saved by a woman who claimed she was a witch. I never believed in witches but I also never believed in Werewolves either. When I explained to her what y life has come to she promised to keep me safe from the wolves. She asked me if there was one place in the world I could be where is it? I said here….in this house. So she cast a spell, protecting this house and making it invisible from all supernatural beings. So I could live my life without fear. That’s why your friend can’t see this house….he’s not human.
Warren and Kelly returned to the clearing and put the car back under the tree’s. As they were walking towards their camp, something seemed wrong, something seemed gloom. There were no birds chirping or anything. As Warren rushed to the camp he brushed back the tree branches and saw something so horrible, so tragic. Their entire Mer clam had been murdered. Ripped apart limb by limb and thrown around until there was nothing left. Everyone was dead. There was blood everywhere. The image would stay in Kelly's mind forever. This made her think to herself...maybe it's time to go home, but she took an oath. At this point she could only think about one thing….FUCK THE OATH! She began running. The images of the bloody parts were flashing in her head. Warren wasn’t following; he was busy mourning the loss of his Mer family. She ran and ran and ran until she came across a steep hill. She lost her footing and fell to the bottom hitting a tree on the way down knocking her unconscious.
She woke up hours later it was dark, she could hear noises. She lay in the dirt covered in leaves and mud. She never felt so alone, so scared. She was in pain from the fall. Something was approaching. She began to cry, whatever it was; there were more then one. She wondered if this was it for her. A man approached and knelt down “KELLY!” yelled Clayton. Kelly stared up at her brother “help……….” Her eyes closed.
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 10
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 10
“So you’re a shape shifter…but you can only turn into a Robin? That’s boring!” said Mitch “I’m most comfortable as a Robin, it’s easiest for me…and I can fly…can you fly? No you can sit in your office and read palms for change” Natasha replied “ALRIGHT! Back to business please!” yelled Lauren. Natasha told the people that she has been living outside of Bon Temps for years now and when she heard the trouble they were going through she decided to help. It wasn’t all out of the goodness of her heart, years back Madusa once fed on one of her top paying customers from her salon. Natasha always wanted to take her out. Once she found out how nothing would stop her. “There is one thing you all should know”. The vibes in the room went silent “well what is it?” asked Clayton “was anyone taken by Madusa?” she asked “Uh yes two of our friends…Jordan and Ashley…why?” asked Clay “I’m so sorry….but your friends are going to die”.
Ashley wondered how she was just going to walk into the bar and appear to people who assumed her missing for days. She knew she was not in any danger, but she owed Mitch an explanation. He was more than likely worrying constantly about her. She sat outside with her hand gripping the handle. She could hear customers inside with the light background muffle of dishes clanging. She took a deep breath and opened the door. It was silence as she stood in the doorway; people act like they see a ghost. Right away a frantic Julia runs and hugs the timid looking Ashley. “Oh My God!! Honey where have you been??” Ashley places her hand on Julia’s shoulder “I’ll explain everything later” she pushes through and runs to Mitch’s office to see him. She barged through the door to find Lauren, Tyson, Clayton and Mitch talking to a naked lady. Nothing close to what she expected. “ASHLEY!” Mitch jumped up and hugged her so tight “where were you? Tha—that house…it disappeared” Mitch was stuttering “START TALKING!” yelled Lauren.
~Flashback~
A hooded figure approached Ashley as she was running to the front door, the cloaked man grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth with his hand, but not before she let out one scream. The man dragged her indoors “if you don’t stop screaming, that thing is going to find us and kill us” Ashley’s heart slowed down when she heard it was a woman’s voice. “I’m going to let go now, be quiet and sit over there” the woman pointed to a rocking chair by the window as she removed her hand from her mouth. Ashley decided to listen and take a seat, she looked out the window and she saw nothing but beautiful colorful gardens in the hot sun with a trickling stream traveling through. Wildlife pranced around as if they were putting on a show “what is this?” Ashley asked, when she was outside it was a pitch black dying forest and now all of a sudden it’s the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. “It’s whatever I want it to be, coffee or tea?”.
Ashley sipped on her Apple Cinnamon tea as she admired the lady’s figurines on her shelf “these are beautiful” she said “thank you very much young lady” Ashley was surprised to see that the woman that dragged her in here was older, she had to be at least 70 judging by her gray hair and wrinkles. “So do you live here? By yourself?” Ashley asked “I certainly do, this house has been passed down generations, it used to belong to my Grandmother” Ashley was pleased, she felt safe, she was planning on commenting on her beautiful art work when the lady interrupted “Don’t you want answers? Aren’t you wondering what this is, who I am and why I brought you here?”
The lady asked. “Of course I am, I was waiting for you to tell me”.
The lady’s sat on her back porch with their tea and a basket of biscuits. It seemed like a dream, but she knew it had to be real. The lady began to speak “first of all, I’m Kindred… but you can call me red if you’d like, now the reason you’re here sweetie is because if I don’t help you very soon you’re going to die.” Ashley sat down her glass “what do you mean?” “I don’t know what happened to you dear, but you have something inside of you. Something that if I don’t get it out fast, will come out on it’s own and tear you to shreds” Ashley sat up “what is inside of me” “well there isn’t a name for it quite yet, I call them critters, and honey…someone put that Critter inside you to grow strong, it slowly grows in you and once it’s strong enough…it’ll shoot out your pretty little throat!”. Ashley stood up “show me”.
The lady was in her basement for 36 minutes until she found the x-ray machine. Ashley didn’t know why she had it and she didn’t care. Once she began doing the scans Ashley grew more nervous to see if it was just a load of shit, or real. She began to think Madusa could have done something to her when she was in holding. “It’s printing now” Kindred said ash she walked to the printer. The paper fell out and ash Kindred looked at it she nodded her head and showed Ashley. “SEE IT’S A CRITTER!”.
~ --- ~
“I just about puked when I saw the image, it was inside of me, growing” Natasha spoke up “see I told you!”. “Kindred operated on me to get it out, she was able to kill it and stitch me back up. It’s out of me, but chances are it’s in Jordan too and by this time it could be strong enough to leave his body…we gotta save him!” yelled Ashley.
Jordan had a fist full of roses standing on Lena’s doorstep, she wanted to comfort her and be there for her after everything that happened to her. He knew things ended between them and he would respect that, but he still cared about her and that wasn’t going to change. He stepped up onto the first wooden stair when he felt a small pain in his ribs. He ignored it as he walked to the door. He pounded the door with his fist, excited to see the expression on Lena’s face when she saw him with flowers. He heard her steps coming closer to answering the door. His heart was racing. She swung the door open and she looked happy to see Jordan, all things considered. Before Jordan could even say anything a car pulled up to her house, it was Chevy, coming to pay his respects to Lena for her alleged loss. He stepped out of his truck with even bigger flowers “well maybe I out did myself” Chevy said as he laughed. “Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow, Lena these are for you” Chevy walked towards the porch to hand her the bouquet when he saw Jordan with a sweaty face and a blank stare “are you okay dude?” Jordan began screaming at the top of his lungs. Jordan was terrified from what he could see bones emerging from Chevy’s chest. Blood was pouring down his white button up shirt as he looked down. Whatever it was had punctured through his rib cage and began sliding up his throat. Chevy barely noticed it happened so quickly. The creature came through leaving Chevy nothing but a corpse along side his truck. The creature stood up with slime falling to the ground. It looked at Jordan and Lena with terrifying black eyes. “Lena…GET IN THE HOUSE!”.
“So you’re a shape shifter…but you can only turn into a Robin? That’s boring!” said Mitch “I’m most comfortable as a Robin, it’s easiest for me…and I can fly…can you fly? No you can sit in your office and read palms for change” Natasha replied “ALRIGHT! Back to business please!” yelled Lauren. Natasha told the people that she has been living outside of Bon Temps for years now and when she heard the trouble they were going through she decided to help. It wasn’t all out of the goodness of her heart, years back Madusa once fed on one of her top paying customers from her salon. Natasha always wanted to take her out. Once she found out how nothing would stop her. “There is one thing you all should know”. The vibes in the room went silent “well what is it?” asked Clayton “was anyone taken by Madusa?” she asked “Uh yes two of our friends…Jordan and Ashley…why?” asked Clay “I’m so sorry….but your friends are going to die”.
Ashley wondered how she was just going to walk into the bar and appear to people who assumed her missing for days. She knew she was not in any danger, but she owed Mitch an explanation. He was more than likely worrying constantly about her. She sat outside with her hand gripping the handle. She could hear customers inside with the light background muffle of dishes clanging. She took a deep breath and opened the door. It was silence as she stood in the doorway; people act like they see a ghost. Right away a frantic Julia runs and hugs the timid looking Ashley. “Oh My God!! Honey where have you been??” Ashley places her hand on Julia’s shoulder “I’ll explain everything later” she pushes through and runs to Mitch’s office to see him. She barged through the door to find Lauren, Tyson, Clayton and Mitch talking to a naked lady. Nothing close to what she expected. “ASHLEY!” Mitch jumped up and hugged her so tight “where were you? Tha—that house…it disappeared” Mitch was stuttering “START TALKING!” yelled Lauren.
~Flashback~
A hooded figure approached Ashley as she was running to the front door, the cloaked man grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth with his hand, but not before she let out one scream. The man dragged her indoors “if you don’t stop screaming, that thing is going to find us and kill us” Ashley’s heart slowed down when she heard it was a woman’s voice. “I’m going to let go now, be quiet and sit over there” the woman pointed to a rocking chair by the window as she removed her hand from her mouth. Ashley decided to listen and take a seat, she looked out the window and she saw nothing but beautiful colorful gardens in the hot sun with a trickling stream traveling through. Wildlife pranced around as if they were putting on a show “what is this?” Ashley asked, when she was outside it was a pitch black dying forest and now all of a sudden it’s the most beautiful thing she’d ever seen. “It’s whatever I want it to be, coffee or tea?”.
Ashley sipped on her Apple Cinnamon tea as she admired the lady’s figurines on her shelf “these are beautiful” she said “thank you very much young lady” Ashley was surprised to see that the woman that dragged her in here was older, she had to be at least 70 judging by her gray hair and wrinkles. “So do you live here? By yourself?” Ashley asked “I certainly do, this house has been passed down generations, it used to belong to my Grandmother” Ashley was pleased, she felt safe, she was planning on commenting on her beautiful art work when the lady interrupted “Don’t you want answers? Aren’t you wondering what this is, who I am and why I brought you here?”
The lady asked. “Of course I am, I was waiting for you to tell me”.
The lady’s sat on her back porch with their tea and a basket of biscuits. It seemed like a dream, but she knew it had to be real. The lady began to speak “first of all, I’m Kindred… but you can call me red if you’d like, now the reason you’re here sweetie is because if I don’t help you very soon you’re going to die.” Ashley sat down her glass “what do you mean?” “I don’t know what happened to you dear, but you have something inside of you. Something that if I don’t get it out fast, will come out on it’s own and tear you to shreds” Ashley sat up “what is inside of me” “well there isn’t a name for it quite yet, I call them critters, and honey…someone put that Critter inside you to grow strong, it slowly grows in you and once it’s strong enough…it’ll shoot out your pretty little throat!”. Ashley stood up “show me”.
The lady was in her basement for 36 minutes until she found the x-ray machine. Ashley didn’t know why she had it and she didn’t care. Once she began doing the scans Ashley grew more nervous to see if it was just a load of shit, or real. She began to think Madusa could have done something to her when she was in holding. “It’s printing now” Kindred said ash she walked to the printer. The paper fell out and ash Kindred looked at it she nodded her head and showed Ashley. “SEE IT’S A CRITTER!”.
~ --- ~
“I just about puked when I saw the image, it was inside of me, growing” Natasha spoke up “see I told you!”. “Kindred operated on me to get it out, she was able to kill it and stitch me back up. It’s out of me, but chances are it’s in Jordan too and by this time it could be strong enough to leave his body…we gotta save him!” yelled Ashley.
Jordan had a fist full of roses standing on Lena’s doorstep, she wanted to comfort her and be there for her after everything that happened to her. He knew things ended between them and he would respect that, but he still cared about her and that wasn’t going to change. He stepped up onto the first wooden stair when he felt a small pain in his ribs. He ignored it as he walked to the door. He pounded the door with his fist, excited to see the expression on Lena’s face when she saw him with flowers. He heard her steps coming closer to answering the door. His heart was racing. She swung the door open and she looked happy to see Jordan, all things considered. Before Jordan could even say anything a car pulled up to her house, it was Chevy, coming to pay his respects to Lena for her alleged loss. He stepped out of his truck with even bigger flowers “well maybe I out did myself” Chevy said as he laughed. “Maybe I’ll come back tomorrow, Lena these are for you” Chevy walked towards the porch to hand her the bouquet when he saw Jordan with a sweaty face and a blank stare “are you okay dude?” Jordan began screaming at the top of his lungs. Jordan was terrified from what he could see bones emerging from Chevy’s chest. Blood was pouring down his white button up shirt as he looked down. Whatever it was had punctured through his rib cage and began sliding up his throat. Chevy barely noticed it happened so quickly. The creature came through leaving Chevy nothing but a corpse along side his truck. The creature stood up with slime falling to the ground. It looked at Jordan and Lena with terrifying black eyes. “Lena…GET IN THE HOUSE!”.
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 9
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 9
Jordan woke from a horrible sweat. He jumped out of the hospital bed and fell to the ground. He was tired and drowsy from the meds and he couldn’t have been more confused. A woman came rushing in, he expected Lena, and to his surprise…it was nobody he knew, just a nurse who responded to the noises. Where was everybody? Why was no one here for him?
When Lena got the call she wondered what would be an appropriate reaction, and she decided to stay put and wait until Jordan was out of the hospital and alone so she could have her time with him. She knew one thing for sure, she did not want to start things up again with him…she loved Warren. Dead or not, she knew it was too soon to move on. Not to mention she had a hard time getting the picture of a half dead bleeding fake Jordan out of her head. She was exhausted…she had to get her mind off everything that had been happening to the town, Lena decided the best way was to burry her face in work…so she went to Mitch’s Bar to see if she could pick up a shift.
Clayton was at work; he was fixing up one of the gates to the pigpen when he received a call. It was Lauren. Clayton picked up the phone and decided now was not the time. He was trying to forget what happened and wanted to get back on track with finding his sister. Tyson approached him, “how are you?” he asked with genuine intentions, “not bad, trying to keep focused” Clay replied “look, we all have a lot of questions but were not going to find the answers we want, unless we find that girl” Tyson as referring to the mystery woman who appeared as a bird and somehow saved the day, it all just seemed too ridiculous to them. “I have an idea” said Clay “Promise not to say anything?” Tyson nodded “Mitch can help us…he’s gifted” explained Clay, “gifted as in Dayna?” worried Tyson “No, he’s nothing like Dayna, he’s a psychic” Tyson looked at him weird “I’m talking full blown crystal ball shit like in the movies, he can help us find her”. They wasted no time as they left to the bar.
Lauren carried a tray of drinks as she waltzed through the busy bar. She would have to be oblivious to not see every eye on her, after the BBQ disaster the whole town blames her for the mess. Some even point blame in her direction for the disappearance of Kelly and Warren, it was all just too easy, it was the towns way of putting everything to rest. When Clayton walked through the door with Tyson she almost dropped the drinks, they barely spoke since the incident, “careful Laur! Jesus!” yells Lena as she grabs the tray to keep from falling. “You need to go talk to him…now!” Lena yells. Lauren walks towards Clay, “Lauren hey! I’ll be right back” he walked past her like she was Casper the friendly ghost, she felt invisible.
Mitchell could not get his mind off of Ashley, where is she? What was that house? And why was it there? The last thing he needed right now was Clayton barging in with questions…but sure enough here he came. “We need your help…you know…help” Clayton pointed to his head “You told him!” Mitch yelled as he looked at Tyson who tagged along. “We have bigger fish to fry! We need answers and you can help us” Clay said. A scream let out from the dining room as a bird flew in through the door that was left open. Lauren immediately recognized the bird as she set down her tray and ran to the back room, Lena stayed to calm down the guests. The bird flew right into Mitchell’s office and perched onto his chair. Lauren, Clayton, Mitch and Tyson ran into the office and shut the door “Alright let’s go…. turn into a hot chick now! Yelled Mitch. The bird flew up in the air and came back down as a naked woman. “Whoa! Here take this” yelled Lauren as she handed her a blanket from Mitch’s desk chair. “I hear you all want some answers?” She said. “My Name is Natasha and your welcome by the way”.
What sounded like a Violin solo played in the back ground as a group of woman in long dresses sat in tree limbs, cross legged on the ground and some standing with their arms crossed. They were waiting for something, for someone. A woman with long blonde hair approached the stand. She stood in front of the group and waved her hands in the air…the beautiful melody that sounded like a violin but was actually the sounds of nature composing for the group. It was clear that the group was in touch with the earth as the birds flew away literally as if they just performed a concert for the ladies. The woman standing in front of them began to speak “We all know why this meeting was called to order…please everyone stand as he approaches” the woman stepped aside as a tall dark man appeared through the trees and walked in front of the group. The girls, about 7, took sea shells from their pockets and placed them on their hearts as they bowed their heads. “Relax, please, my daughters….sit.” the girls took their places as they held their shells in their hands. The man turned to the woman who introduced him “Thank you Kelly” Kelly nodded and placed her shell on her heart. The man spoke “It seems someone knows about us, the Mer people are not as safe as they once were, I know the importance of keeping you all safe, my daughters, the way I see it we have two choices, we move from this home and create a new one far from here or we silence the men who threaten our privacy, one things for sure…I will not endanger the secrecy of this group and I refuse to put my family at risk of exposing the Mer people, any thoughts?” The girls seemed to all agree as the man walked off to the edge of the water, Kelly chased after him “Your highness! What do you plan on doing to silence the men, they are your friends! If the other girls found out that we have, or had separate lives on dry land we may be exiled!” Kelly cried, Warren turned to her “I have made many mistakes, I should never have returned to my life on land but I needed the best of both worlds, the other girls wouldn’t understand they were born in the sea where as we, we started here…this is our home. However, I will not put our people at risk…we will figure it out Kelly….OH and please…for the last time…you can call me Warren”.
Jordan woke from a horrible sweat. He jumped out of the hospital bed and fell to the ground. He was tired and drowsy from the meds and he couldn’t have been more confused. A woman came rushing in, he expected Lena, and to his surprise…it was nobody he knew, just a nurse who responded to the noises. Where was everybody? Why was no one here for him? When Lena got the call she wondered what would be an appropriate reaction, and she decided to stay put and wait until Jordan was out of the hospital and alone so she could have her time with him. She knew one thing for sure, she did not want to start things up again with him…she loved Warren. Dead or not, she knew it was too soon to move on. Not to mention she had a hard time getting the picture of a half dead bleeding fake Jordan out of her head. She was exhausted…she had to get her mind off everything that had been happening to the town, Lena decided the best way was to burry her face in work…so she went to Mitch’s Bar to see if she could pick up a shift.
Clayton was at work; he was fixing up one of the gates to the pigpen when he received a call. It was Lauren. Clayton picked up the phone and decided now was not the time. He was trying to forget what happened and wanted to get back on track with finding his sister. Tyson approached him, “how are you?” he asked with genuine intentions, “not bad, trying to keep focused” Clay replied “look, we all have a lot of questions but were not going to find the answers we want, unless we find that girl” Tyson as referring to the mystery woman who appeared as a bird and somehow saved the day, it all just seemed too ridiculous to them. “I have an idea” said Clay “Promise not to say anything?” Tyson nodded “Mitch can help us…he’s gifted” explained Clay, “gifted as in Dayna?” worried Tyson “No, he’s nothing like Dayna, he’s a psychic” Tyson looked at him weird “I’m talking full blown crystal ball shit like in the movies, he can help us find her”. They wasted no time as they left to the bar.
Lauren carried a tray of drinks as she waltzed through the busy bar. She would have to be oblivious to not see every eye on her, after the BBQ disaster the whole town blames her for the mess. Some even point blame in her direction for the disappearance of Kelly and Warren, it was all just too easy, it was the towns way of putting everything to rest. When Clayton walked through the door with Tyson she almost dropped the drinks, they barely spoke since the incident, “careful Laur! Jesus!” yells Lena as she grabs the tray to keep from falling. “You need to go talk to him…now!” Lena yells. Lauren walks towards Clay, “Lauren hey! I’ll be right back” he walked past her like she was Casper the friendly ghost, she felt invisible.
Mitchell could not get his mind off of Ashley, where is she? What was that house? And why was it there? The last thing he needed right now was Clayton barging in with questions…but sure enough here he came. “We need your help…you know…help” Clayton pointed to his head “You told him!” Mitch yelled as he looked at Tyson who tagged along. “We have bigger fish to fry! We need answers and you can help us” Clay said. A scream let out from the dining room as a bird flew in through the door that was left open. Lauren immediately recognized the bird as she set down her tray and ran to the back room, Lena stayed to calm down the guests. The bird flew right into Mitchell’s office and perched onto his chair. Lauren, Clayton, Mitch and Tyson ran into the office and shut the door “Alright let’s go…. turn into a hot chick now! Yelled Mitch. The bird flew up in the air and came back down as a naked woman. “Whoa! Here take this” yelled Lauren as she handed her a blanket from Mitch’s desk chair. “I hear you all want some answers?” She said. “My Name is Natasha and your welcome by the way”.
What sounded like a Violin solo played in the back ground as a group of woman in long dresses sat in tree limbs, cross legged on the ground and some standing with their arms crossed. They were waiting for something, for someone. A woman with long blonde hair approached the stand. She stood in front of the group and waved her hands in the air…the beautiful melody that sounded like a violin but was actually the sounds of nature composing for the group. It was clear that the group was in touch with the earth as the birds flew away literally as if they just performed a concert for the ladies. The woman standing in front of them began to speak “We all know why this meeting was called to order…please everyone stand as he approaches” the woman stepped aside as a tall dark man appeared through the trees and walked in front of the group. The girls, about 7, took sea shells from their pockets and placed them on their hearts as they bowed their heads. “Relax, please, my daughters….sit.” the girls took their places as they held their shells in their hands. The man turned to the woman who introduced him “Thank you Kelly” Kelly nodded and placed her shell on her heart. The man spoke “It seems someone knows about us, the Mer people are not as safe as they once were, I know the importance of keeping you all safe, my daughters, the way I see it we have two choices, we move from this home and create a new one far from here or we silence the men who threaten our privacy, one things for sure…I will not endanger the secrecy of this group and I refuse to put my family at risk of exposing the Mer people, any thoughts?” The girls seemed to all agree as the man walked off to the edge of the water, Kelly chased after him “Your highness! What do you plan on doing to silence the men, they are your friends! If the other girls found out that we have, or had separate lives on dry land we may be exiled!” Kelly cried, Warren turned to her “I have made many mistakes, I should never have returned to my life on land but I needed the best of both worlds, the other girls wouldn’t understand they were born in the sea where as we, we started here…this is our home. However, I will not put our people at risk…we will figure it out Kelly….OH and please…for the last time…you can call me Warren”.
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 8
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 8
Ashley is running so fast she can barely feel her legs
moving. They become numb with adrenaline as she is dodging and jumping over
fallen tree stumps. Whoever Dayna sent after her she could hear them chasing
her from behind. Whoever was chasing her was gaining speed and quickly catching
up. She comes to a halt and looks through a bushel of branches; she see’s a
house. It’s a small brick house with a chimney on top with billowing smoke
pouring out. Clearly there is someone inside. Mitchell is right behind her
yelling her name “Ashley slow down! Ashley!” Mitchell knows that the evil Ashley is chasing the both of them. While he is running he
trips on a branch and rolls about 5 feet in front if him and face plants into
the dirt. He looks to his right and he can see Ashley catching up, so
he grabs a log and hides behind a big tree. When the creature came running by
Mitch jumped out and took her out with one swing. When she fell on the ground
he gave one more swing to the head and left her lying there. Her body began to
turn into a black dust looking substance and before he knew it she was totally
gone. He herd Ashley screaming in the distance and when he looked through the
branches he could see a house, he assumed Ashley had ran into someone who did
not want company. “Somebody please help!” she yelled again as Mitch ran to her
aid. The bush got really thick and he used the log to push his way through the
branches. When Mitchell reached the clearing he fell onto his knees after
tripping over vines. He lifted his head and the house was gone. It’s as if it
was never there.
Jordan’s face was beaten and bruised and he lay there as if
he was dead. His heartbeat was steady. He was definitely alive. Tyson and
Clayton carried him up the creaky stairs and the wrest of the group followed
behind. When hey reached the top of the stairs and got to the front door they swung
it open and carried Jordan out to the truck. They put him in the back seat and
Ashley made sure he was okay.
Lena and Lauren got into the back seat with
Jordan and with Clayton driving Mitch and Tyson squeezed in the front seat.
Clayton began to start the car as Ashley and Officer Stackhouse climbed into
the back. All of a sudden a loud screeching noise came from behind the truck.
Everyone sat there in silence “What the hell was that” said Lauren and before
anyone had the chance to look the back window got smashed and some something
grabbed Ashley and Stackhouse and pulled them our from the trunk of the
vehicle. Mitchell got out of the car and ran over to the side, it was Dayna.
Standing with what looked like Mitchell and Ashley. Everyone was terrified by the déjà vu feeling that they were getting
by seeing two Ashley’s and two Mitchells, but there was something different about them. Just by the way they stared you could sense so much evil. Mitchell ran over to the real Ashley that was just
pulled out of the car and thrown onto the grass. “Are you okay?” Mitch lifted
her up, she was fine she had just rolled onto the grass. But when they looked
over at Officer Stackhouse he was obviously in bad shape.
“I know what I have
to do” yelled Lauren. She jumped out of the car and held up her palms and very
slowly light began to shine from them. Lauren knew very little of her abilities and frankly, they scared her, but that wasn't going to stop her from taking advantage of them in the moment. Dayna was looking at her and laughing.
Clayton turned the car around and began to charge it at Dayna with Tyson, Lena
and Jordan in the car holding on for dear life "HOLD ON! yells Tyson. Dayna sent serpent like creature flying out of her mouth
and latched onto the front bumper. Bringing the car to a complete stop. This
startled Ashley and she ran into the forest screaming. “Ashley wait!” Mitchell
ran after her into the forest. Tyson was sitting in the front seat terrified as
he watched the evil version of Ashley chase after them. He remembered that he still had
some of the tools lying over by the house. Tyson jumped out of the truck and
went to grab the pickaxe he brought. Clayton yelled for his name to keep him from leaving the truck but it was too
late, he had jumped out.
Lena was crying on Jordan’s unconscious body, Lauren was clearly loosing energy from this beam coming from
her hand, Ashley and Mitchell had ran into the forest and Officer
Stackhouse had been seriously injured. Clay looked at Dayna as her and Lauren
were in full out combat and snakes literally began to pour out of her head,
probably the most frightening thing he had ever seen. He knew he had to help
Stackhouse but the evil version of Mitchell was blocking the car from going
anywhere. Clayton put the car in drive and began driving forward. With only the
creature’s hand on the bumper he was able to stop it from moving the tires were
screeching and creating smoke. Out of the smoke emerged Tyson with a pickaxe,
and with one swing to the house he sent the sharp rusty end of the axe right
through his skull. When the creature died it turned into a black dust. “Take
that you mother fucker!”
Dayna quickly took notice, she screeched so loud. As if she felt the pain of her minion's death, this gave Lauren the opportunity she needed to kill her.
Lauren was growing tired and it was really affecting her, She began to sweat
and Clayton noticed she was collapsing. He ran out of the car to catch her and
she fell into his arms. “Lauren wake up!” he yelled “LAUREN!” Lauren opened her
eyes “I’m sorry” she pleaded. Clayton looked at Dayna as she began to approach
while laughing. Then, her laughing stopped she raised her eyes to the sky and
began to look around, she looked frightened. She heard a bird screeching, and
from the sky she saw a Robin land on a branch. “You” said Dayna.
The robin was
perched on the branch and began to flutter its wings and it came closer to the
ground and with a burst of light it took the form of a Woman. She had long curly
black hair and she was very mesmerizing. She was wearing clothing that looked
like something you would wear in medieval times; it was a brown cloak of some
sort. From the cloak she pulled out a bow and arrow. This bow was huge, however the arrows were not like anything we had seen. Dayna let out a loud screech and began to run, it was clear something about this woman terrified Dayna. The woman pulled out an arrow, placed it on the bow string and shot back her arm. Dayna was running, but it was no match. The woman let out a gasp as she sent the arrow flying in her direction. It hit Dayna around the middle of her spine and it was an instant explosion of darkness. The black dust had doubled compared to her minion's. The blast made everyone shield their eyes as their hair was blown around. The woman took a deep breath "finally, I got you" she murmured. The group turned to
look at the mysterious woman who had saved their lives. “Who are you?” yelled
Clayton “Your Welcome” replied the woman and she turned back into a Robin and
flew off into the night sky.
They ran over to Officer Stackhouse who clearly had several broken ribs, and possibly a broken nose. They understood that getting him to a hospital right away was dyer. "What about Mitch, and Ash?" yelled Lauren as she rested up against the tailgate. "We will send out a search party" said Stackhouse "Just get me to a hospital!" he yelled, clearly in pain. Clayton turned the keys starting the engine as Tyson hops in the front seat "can you believe this shit?" he asked "Lately, ya actually I can" he replied. Officer Stackhouse is resting in the tailgate with his head on Lauren's lap "what happened? last thing I remember is driving away and then being thrown across the yard" Lauren wiped some blood away from his mouth "Shh, we got in a little accident, were almost at the hospital and everything will be alright". Stackhouse took comfort in this as he closed his eyes and dozed off.
Ashley is running so fast she can barely feel her legs
moving. They become numb with adrenaline as she is dodging and jumping over
fallen tree stumps. Whoever Dayna sent after her she could hear them chasing
her from behind. Whoever was chasing her was gaining speed and quickly catching
up. She comes to a halt and looks through a bushel of branches; she see’s a
house. It’s a small brick house with a chimney on top with billowing smoke
pouring out. Clearly there is someone inside. Mitchell is right behind her
yelling her name “Ashley slow down! Ashley!” Mitchell knows that the evil Ashley is chasing the both of them. While he is running he
trips on a branch and rolls about 5 feet in front if him and face plants into
the dirt. He looks to his right and he can see Ashley catching up, so
he grabs a log and hides behind a big tree. When the creature came running by
Mitch jumped out and took her out with one swing. When she fell on the ground
he gave one more swing to the head and left her lying there. Her body began to
turn into a black dust looking substance and before he knew it she was totally
gone. He herd Ashley screaming in the distance and when he looked through the
branches he could see a house, he assumed Ashley had ran into someone who did
not want company. “Somebody please help!” she yelled again as Mitch ran to her
aid. The bush got really thick and he used the log to push his way through the
branches. When Mitchell reached the clearing he fell onto his knees after
tripping over vines. He lifted his head and the house was gone. It’s as if it
was never there. CH.7 MISSING
So I can't find chapter 7, which is disappointing but here's what you missed.
Mitchell and Ashley were taken by Madusa (Dayna) to her basement where she has been keeping all of her victims. They are all alive because in order for her plan to work, they have to remain alive. What she does is creates a double of the people she takes, noone knows how, she just does it. So there are 2 of Ashley, 2 of Jordan (the one that blew up on the hospital bed) and two of Mitchell. Basically at the end the group finds where Dayna is keeping everyone and they try to rescue. They all think Jordan is alive so this comes as a shock especially to Lena (ex girlfriend) and the rest you can read :)
Mitchell and Ashley were taken by Madusa (Dayna) to her basement where she has been keeping all of her victims. They are all alive because in order for her plan to work, they have to remain alive. What she does is creates a double of the people she takes, noone knows how, she just does it. So there are 2 of Ashley, 2 of Jordan (the one that blew up on the hospital bed) and two of Mitchell. Basically at the end the group finds where Dayna is keeping everyone and they try to rescue. They all think Jordan is alive so this comes as a shock especially to Lena (ex girlfriend) and the rest you can read :)
Monday, August 27, 2012
Critter Volume 1: Chapter 6
Critter Volume 1: Chapter 6
"She's a fucking mermaid!!!???" yelled Clayton. Mitch had just told Clayton what he had seen in his vision about Kelly. His vision was a dirty, sobbing kelly running through the woods frantically like someone was chasing her then her legs began to grow scales and she dove into the lake as a mermaid. "Don't you think that sounds a bit rediculous?" "look i'm just telling you what I saw, my visions have never let me down before" insisted Mitch. Clayton was no longer angry at Mitchell for keeping this information from him, but he did feel something. He felt sadness. He was sad for his little sister and sad about the fact that if what Mitch was saying is true than she must have been to ashamed or confused to tell him. Clayton turned around and stormed out of the room. "Where are you going!?" yelled Mitch "Im gunna sit on that damn dock until she comes to me". Mitch decided to let Clayton go on his own, he did not want to intrude on this family affair. Clayton had stormed off before he had a chance to tell him what Dayna is. Mitch felt useless. The only thing he accomplished by telling Clayton was telling one more person what he can do and he wanted to keep it a secret from the town. People in this town are very wierd around anything different. Laurens brother Chevy can't even come around that much because there are so many homophobic people here. Mitch walks out into the kitchen and talks to the cook for a little when his phone rings. He runs into his office and shuts his door in case it was one of his clients. "Hello" he answers "Hey Mitch it's Kyle, was wondering if I could get an advance on my pay this month & i'll send in a couple extra rib eye's? I wouldent be asking if I really diden't need it" Mitch buys all of his meat from Kyle, he believes in the importance of buying local. "Ya sure Kyle, how's things over there?" "Well insurence payed for the damages and Brittneys funeral is on Tuesday if you would like to try and make it" sad Kyle in a sad dissapointed tone "of course I will come Kyle! and hey hows the investigation going?" "they have no idea where Dayna is or why she is acting so hostile, but they said they were on it" replied Kyle "okay well I will mail out the cheque for next month now okay? and Kyle if you need anything please dont hesitate to ask me" Kyle was thankful for the hospitality but he coulde'nt shake the feeling that whatever this thing with Dayna was. It was not over.
Lauren had cleaned up from the disaster that was her BBQ for the neighborhood. Lena has been staying with Lauren for the past few days to comfort Lauren. Lauren has always been a very independent girl but for some reason she did not want Lena to leave. Lena had to go indentify Jordans body yesterday in the hospital. It was him but Lena did not recognize him. She has known Jordan for years and this was not him. When you looked at him it was but she knew deep down that Dayna must have done something terrible to him. Lena and Lauren are eating ice cream right out of the tub while making there way through a six pack. "Warren is on his way over now, he's bringing a romantic comedy to cheer us up...he hates romantic comedies" Lena giggles. "Well maybe you two should have a little alone time" said Lauren "hell no we need to relax" Lauren finally gave in to watching a movie with the two. She was sick of being a third wheel but Lena was all she had right now. She dident wanna loose her. Chevy had left town for a few days and she doesent know Clayton enough to ask him to hang out. After hours of waiting Warren never showed up. Lena and Lauren agreed to go see if he was still at his house seeing he was not answering his phone. When they arrived the house was in flames. Lena jumped out of the car and ran to the fire with Lauren pulling her back. "WARREN! WARREN!" she kept crying out for his name. Lauren's eyes were huge and captivated to the flames. There was an explosion that sent Lauren and Lena flying back 5 feet onto their asses. Neighbors came running over to help and the fire department was on there way. Clayton lived 2 doors down from Warren and Lauren secretly hoped he would come running to help but he never showed. Clayton was wondering what happened to all the men. The firefighters came and put out the fire. The fighters urged Lauren to take Lena home. Lauren finally got Lena in the truck and on the road. She was balling her eyes out "Lauren, if Warren was in that house I don't know what I would do" Lauren just brushed the hair away from her face and tilted her head. She diden't know what to say.
Jordan's body was being studied. The autopsy was being done by a doctor Phillis and his loyal right hand nurse Ashley. Ashley was called into the room because she is one of the most trusted nurses in the city and Doctor Phillis really enjoyed working with her. "Ash can you hold the legs, I am going to make an insision in the chest now. Jordans body layed there completley decapitated from the mid neck. He slowly moved the scalpel towards the chest and as soon as he made an insition the body exploded all over nurse Ash and doctor phillis. Ashley was wearing a mouth guard over her mouth and nose because she couldent stand the smell and she was wearing goggles aswell. Doctor Phillis was not. After the explosion Ashley was screaming rather loud and kept trying to stand up but continuenly slipt on the remains. She crawled over to Doctor Phillis' body and to her suprise it was decaying into the ground. She screamed and ran out of the room so fast.
Mitchell was coming home from a long day in town shopping and picking up meat from Kyle. He walked into his resturant to make a delivery and saw misses Crenkshaw laying outside the front doors. He ran up to her and rolled her over and her face was torn up, she wasent breathing. He stepped over her and ran into the diner. He looked around and saw alot of stone figures sitting at the dining tables. He heard a plate fall over in the kitchen and he grabbed a gun from behind the bar. He slowly walked into the back office and out of nowhere someone hits him over the head leaving him unconcious.
"She's a fucking mermaid!!!???" yelled Clayton. Mitch had just told Clayton what he had seen in his vision about Kelly. His vision was a dirty, sobbing kelly running through the woods frantically like someone was chasing her then her legs began to grow scales and she dove into the lake as a mermaid. "Don't you think that sounds a bit rediculous?" "look i'm just telling you what I saw, my visions have never let me down before" insisted Mitch. Clayton was no longer angry at Mitchell for keeping this information from him, but he did feel something. He felt sadness. He was sad for his little sister and sad about the fact that if what Mitch was saying is true than she must have been to ashamed or confused to tell him. Clayton turned around and stormed out of the room. "Where are you going!?" yelled Mitch "Im gunna sit on that damn dock until she comes to me". Mitch decided to let Clayton go on his own, he did not want to intrude on this family affair. Clayton had stormed off before he had a chance to tell him what Dayna is. Mitch felt useless. The only thing he accomplished by telling Clayton was telling one more person what he can do and he wanted to keep it a secret from the town. People in this town are very wierd around anything different. Laurens brother Chevy can't even come around that much because there are so many homophobic people here. Mitch walks out into the kitchen and talks to the cook for a little when his phone rings. He runs into his office and shuts his door in case it was one of his clients. "Hello" he answers "Hey Mitch it's Kyle, was wondering if I could get an advance on my pay this month & i'll send in a couple extra rib eye's? I wouldent be asking if I really diden't need it" Mitch buys all of his meat from Kyle, he believes in the importance of buying local. "Ya sure Kyle, how's things over there?" "Well insurence payed for the damages and Brittneys funeral is on Tuesday if you would like to try and make it" sad Kyle in a sad dissapointed tone "of course I will come Kyle! and hey hows the investigation going?" "they have no idea where Dayna is or why she is acting so hostile, but they said they were on it" replied Kyle "okay well I will mail out the cheque for next month now okay? and Kyle if you need anything please dont hesitate to ask me" Kyle was thankful for the hospitality but he coulde'nt shake the feeling that whatever this thing with Dayna was. It was not over.
Lauren had cleaned up from the disaster that was her BBQ for the neighborhood. Lena has been staying with Lauren for the past few days to comfort Lauren. Lauren has always been a very independent girl but for some reason she did not want Lena to leave. Lena had to go indentify Jordans body yesterday in the hospital. It was him but Lena did not recognize him. She has known Jordan for years and this was not him. When you looked at him it was but she knew deep down that Dayna must have done something terrible to him. Lena and Lauren are eating ice cream right out of the tub while making there way through a six pack. "Warren is on his way over now, he's bringing a romantic comedy to cheer us up...he hates romantic comedies" Lena giggles. "Well maybe you two should have a little alone time" said Lauren "hell no we need to relax" Lauren finally gave in to watching a movie with the two. She was sick of being a third wheel but Lena was all she had right now. She dident wanna loose her. Chevy had left town for a few days and she doesent know Clayton enough to ask him to hang out. After hours of waiting Warren never showed up. Lena and Lauren agreed to go see if he was still at his house seeing he was not answering his phone. When they arrived the house was in flames. Lena jumped out of the car and ran to the fire with Lauren pulling her back. "WARREN! WARREN!" she kept crying out for his name. Lauren's eyes were huge and captivated to the flames. There was an explosion that sent Lauren and Lena flying back 5 feet onto their asses. Neighbors came running over to help and the fire department was on there way. Clayton lived 2 doors down from Warren and Lauren secretly hoped he would come running to help but he never showed. Clayton was wondering what happened to all the men. The firefighters came and put out the fire. The fighters urged Lauren to take Lena home. Lauren finally got Lena in the truck and on the road. She was balling her eyes out "Lauren, if Warren was in that house I don't know what I would do" Lauren just brushed the hair away from her face and tilted her head. She diden't know what to say.
Jordan's body was being studied. The autopsy was being done by a doctor Phillis and his loyal right hand nurse Ashley. Ashley was called into the room because she is one of the most trusted nurses in the city and Doctor Phillis really enjoyed working with her. "Ash can you hold the legs, I am going to make an insision in the chest now. Jordans body layed there completley decapitated from the mid neck. He slowly moved the scalpel towards the chest and as soon as he made an insition the body exploded all over nurse Ash and doctor phillis. Ashley was wearing a mouth guard over her mouth and nose because she couldent stand the smell and she was wearing goggles aswell. Doctor Phillis was not. After the explosion Ashley was screaming rather loud and kept trying to stand up but continuenly slipt on the remains. She crawled over to Doctor Phillis' body and to her suprise it was decaying into the ground. She screamed and ran out of the room so fast.
Mitchell was coming home from a long day in town shopping and picking up meat from Kyle. He walked into his resturant to make a delivery and saw misses Crenkshaw laying outside the front doors. He ran up to her and rolled her over and her face was torn up, she wasent breathing. He stepped over her and ran into the diner. He looked around and saw alot of stone figures sitting at the dining tables. He heard a plate fall over in the kitchen and he grabbed a gun from behind the bar. He slowly walked into the back office and out of nowhere someone hits him over the head leaving him unconcious.
Critter Volume 1: Chapter 5
Critter Volume 1: Chapter 5
Kyle was slicing up steak for the meat counter while whistling a tune he had stuck in his head. The meat cleaver was too bloody so he walked over to the cleaning station to give it a rinse. Britney Young was working that night at the front counter and she always had the stereo on quiet playing in the back ground. The music came to a halt and Kyle herd the stereo fall to the ground. "Britt are you alright?" Kyle yelled and there was no answer. He grasped the meat cleaver tightly in his hand as he peeled back the curtain. Kyle saw the stereo smashed on the ground and he began to raise the cleaver. He jumped out of the curtains and couldn't believe what he saw next. A woman had Britt pinned up against the wall and she was was looked to be feeding on her. Brittany looked terrified. Kyle raised the knife and ran towards the woman who was hurting Britt. The woman then turned around and with the raise of her hand sent him flying through the brick wall. With Britt screaming bloody murder the woman looked her in the eye. Brittany's eyes began to stand still and turn brown. Seconds later her entire body was turned into stone. The woman walks over the wreckage of the broken wall and steps right over Kyle and runs off. Kyle looks shocked and frightened. He recognized the woman "Dayna?" he says. He then looks over to Brittany, or what once was Brittany. A solid stone figure of Britt falls over onto the glass meat counter and shatters. Blood pours everywhere all over the floor Kyle stands up takes out his cellphone and dials 911.
Clayton walked into the police station looking pretty pissed off. You could tell that he is starting to get really frustrated with the endless search for his sister. He walks up to the counter. "Kurt Stanton!.....does that ring a bell?" The officer looked at him with a look that could only mean one thing....leave me alone. "Yes I know him, that nice boy from town...Tom's boy" "How is it that he knows more about Kelly's disappearance than I do?" The officer ensured Clayton that he does not know what he was talking about but insisted that Clayton take a seat in the waiting room. Clayton looked behind the counter and saw the town butcher giving a statement to officer Ryder. He wondered why Kyle had a bloody gash on his forehead. He knew Bon Temps was a weird place but it seemed like every corner he turned something else happens. First his sister goes missing, than Jordan goes crazy and tries to kill Lena, then he see's Dayna in the woods chanting and now the town butcher is in the police station looking beat up to hell. Clayton's cell phone beeps. It's Lauren the text reads...wondering if you have time tomorrow afternoon....Lena and I wanted to have a BBQ and were inviting the whole town! Hope you can make it! ... Clayton loved hearing from Lauren because she reminded him of home, and his old friend Rachel, she was Clayton's best friend before she moved to Alberta because of a job opportunity. Clayton felt comforted when he was around her he replied with a yes.
Lauren knew Clayton was coming to the party so she wanted it to be extra special for him. She had invited almost everyone she knew. She even invited Tyson, Clayton's Boss and Kyle. She thought after hearing about the attack in his store he could use something to get his mind off it. Hours later the party had begun and everyone had showed up, even Kyle to Lauren's surprise. She was waiting for Clayton's arrival when Mitchell tapped her on the back "Hey Lauren! How's things?" "Lauren was not looking to have a long conversation with Mitchell because he was waiting on Clay to arrive. Mitchell always flirts with Lauren but today Lauren just was not having it "sorry Mitch I don't have time right now I have a lot on my plate" Lauren stormed off into the kitchen where Lena and Warren were standing. Mitchell follows her because he wanted to know what her problem was. Mitchell stepped into the kitchen and something happened. He fell to the table while holding his head like he had a really bad headache. He began to whip around the kitchen like he was trying to escape from something. Lena, Warren and Lauren quickly became scared. Lauren was screaming at him to stop. Clayton then walked in the room holding some sort of food dish. Clayton dropped it on the floor and ran to Mitchell's aid. As soon as Clayton touched Mitchell's hand the shaking stopped. Mitchell looked up at Clayton with fear in his eyes. "What the hell just happened?" yelled Lena "we need to get out of here now" said Mitch. No one understood why he was saying this. "Dayna" he mumbled under his breath "did you just say Dayna?" said Lauren. Dayna then walked right into the kitchen "did someone call me? what did i miss?". Dayna had just arrived at the Bbq. "Lena take Warren outside to ensure to the guests that everything is okay" They went to the back porch and shut the screen door. Mitchell looked up and saw Dayna and crawled backwards until his back hit the fridge door. "Get her out of here now! She's not who you all think she is! she's not!" "Mitchell! what are you talking about?" yelled Dayna. Lauren then escorted Dayna out of the kitchen and onto the front porch. Officer Ryder and Kyle were talking about the attack in his store when they both looked at Dayna. Officer Ryder instantly ran to Dayna and told her she was under arrest. Dayna turned to Officer Ryder "What the hell is going on?" she then looked at Kyle and realized instantly that he had survived and had probably told the police everything. Lauren, Clayton and Mitchell are standing on the front porch watching and wondering what the hell was going on. Mitchell kept yelling to take her away and that she's a bad person. Officer Ryder read her rights and placed her in the back of the police car. Kyle, Lauren and Clayton stood back while Mitchell ran to the car window. "I know what you are you dirty serpent" Dayna kept her eyes on the ground and slowly made eye contact with Mitchell. He turned away and Dayna whispered "then you must be aware of what I can do" Dayna put her arms through the glass and wrapped her arms around Officer Ryder's head and pulled it off with one swipe. Mitchell turned to the group "RUN!" They all ran to the backyard to clear out the guests. With everyone running and screaming to leave Dayna walks in the backyard holding Ryder's head in her hand. Jordan emerges from the bushes. Lena see's this and picks up a large shovel leaning up against the garage. and with one swing sends Jordan flying on his ass. Warren grabs Lena and runs to their car. Everyone is driving away while Dayna stands in the middle of the yard laughing at the chaos. Lauren starts to feel a burst of anger and it over takes her ability to control her actions. "Lauren what are you doing" yells Clayton as her hands begin to light up, she runs towards Dayna. "you ruined my BBQ you bitch and sends Dayna flying over the hedge in her back yard. She ran through the bush to finish what she started and she was gone.Lauren's light faded away and she was left with her backyard destroyed in the panic and a few really confused and scared people.
As the town begins to pull themselves together after the attack, Lauren has began fixing her backyard. Clayton, Lena, and Chevy are helping. "Anyway guys I need to go to work so I guess I will see you tomorrow". Clayton takes off in his truck and makes a quick pitstop at Mitch's Bar& Grill. He sits in the back office to talk with Mitch "how did you know Dayna was a danger to us?" "I told you I just suspected it!" he denied. "Mitch...I know about your clients, I know about your website and I know about your little physics scam you got going with people...so don't lie to me" Mitch stands up and shuts the door. "It is not s scam, I don't know how you know about this and I don't care. Just do not mention it to anyone" explains Mitch "are you not denying this, you really think your physic?" Clayton giggles. "It is real Clayton, how else would I know about your struggle to find your sister, how else would I know that Dayna not human and that she is actually a mythical beast, how else would I know that ten seconds from now that Julia is about to drop a plate in the kitchen". Clayton then hears a smash in the kitchen and Julia yells "Damnet!" "how else would I know that your sister is alive" Claytons sarcastic face becomes very serious. He begins to tear up "where's my sister?" "If you agree to keep this between us then I will help you find your sister" "why didn't you tell me where to find her!?" yelled Clayton "I don't know where she is but lately i've been having visions of her in my head....she's okay....she's alive....but she's very different." Clayton stands up "tell me everything you know right now" Mitch puts his hand on Clayton's shoulder "Clay there is something you should know....Kelly is no longer human."
Kyle was slicing up steak for the meat counter while whistling a tune he had stuck in his head. The meat cleaver was too bloody so he walked over to the cleaning station to give it a rinse. Britney Young was working that night at the front counter and she always had the stereo on quiet playing in the back ground. The music came to a halt and Kyle herd the stereo fall to the ground. "Britt are you alright?" Kyle yelled and there was no answer. He grasped the meat cleaver tightly in his hand as he peeled back the curtain. Kyle saw the stereo smashed on the ground and he began to raise the cleaver. He jumped out of the curtains and couldn't believe what he saw next. A woman had Britt pinned up against the wall and she was was looked to be feeding on her. Brittany looked terrified. Kyle raised the knife and ran towards the woman who was hurting Britt. The woman then turned around and with the raise of her hand sent him flying through the brick wall. With Britt screaming bloody murder the woman looked her in the eye. Brittany's eyes began to stand still and turn brown. Seconds later her entire body was turned into stone. The woman walks over the wreckage of the broken wall and steps right over Kyle and runs off. Kyle looks shocked and frightened. He recognized the woman "Dayna?" he says. He then looks over to Brittany, or what once was Brittany. A solid stone figure of Britt falls over onto the glass meat counter and shatters. Blood pours everywhere all over the floor Kyle stands up takes out his cellphone and dials 911.
Clayton walked into the police station looking pretty pissed off. You could tell that he is starting to get really frustrated with the endless search for his sister. He walks up to the counter. "Kurt Stanton!.....does that ring a bell?" The officer looked at him with a look that could only mean one thing....leave me alone. "Yes I know him, that nice boy from town...Tom's boy" "How is it that he knows more about Kelly's disappearance than I do?" The officer ensured Clayton that he does not know what he was talking about but insisted that Clayton take a seat in the waiting room. Clayton looked behind the counter and saw the town butcher giving a statement to officer Ryder. He wondered why Kyle had a bloody gash on his forehead. He knew Bon Temps was a weird place but it seemed like every corner he turned something else happens. First his sister goes missing, than Jordan goes crazy and tries to kill Lena, then he see's Dayna in the woods chanting and now the town butcher is in the police station looking beat up to hell. Clayton's cell phone beeps. It's Lauren the text reads...wondering if you have time tomorrow afternoon....Lena and I wanted to have a BBQ and were inviting the whole town! Hope you can make it! ... Clayton loved hearing from Lauren because she reminded him of home, and his old friend Rachel, she was Clayton's best friend before she moved to Alberta because of a job opportunity. Clayton felt comforted when he was around her he replied with a yes.
Lauren knew Clayton was coming to the party so she wanted it to be extra special for him. She had invited almost everyone she knew. She even invited Tyson, Clayton's Boss and Kyle. She thought after hearing about the attack in his store he could use something to get his mind off it. Hours later the party had begun and everyone had showed up, even Kyle to Lauren's surprise. She was waiting for Clayton's arrival when Mitchell tapped her on the back "Hey Lauren! How's things?" "Lauren was not looking to have a long conversation with Mitchell because he was waiting on Clay to arrive. Mitchell always flirts with Lauren but today Lauren just was not having it "sorry Mitch I don't have time right now I have a lot on my plate" Lauren stormed off into the kitchen where Lena and Warren were standing. Mitchell follows her because he wanted to know what her problem was. Mitchell stepped into the kitchen and something happened. He fell to the table while holding his head like he had a really bad headache. He began to whip around the kitchen like he was trying to escape from something. Lena, Warren and Lauren quickly became scared. Lauren was screaming at him to stop. Clayton then walked in the room holding some sort of food dish. Clayton dropped it on the floor and ran to Mitchell's aid. As soon as Clayton touched Mitchell's hand the shaking stopped. Mitchell looked up at Clayton with fear in his eyes. "What the hell just happened?" yelled Lena "we need to get out of here now" said Mitch. No one understood why he was saying this. "Dayna" he mumbled under his breath "did you just say Dayna?" said Lauren. Dayna then walked right into the kitchen "did someone call me? what did i miss?". Dayna had just arrived at the Bbq. "Lena take Warren outside to ensure to the guests that everything is okay" They went to the back porch and shut the screen door. Mitchell looked up and saw Dayna and crawled backwards until his back hit the fridge door. "Get her out of here now! She's not who you all think she is! she's not!" "Mitchell! what are you talking about?" yelled Dayna. Lauren then escorted Dayna out of the kitchen and onto the front porch. Officer Ryder and Kyle were talking about the attack in his store when they both looked at Dayna. Officer Ryder instantly ran to Dayna and told her she was under arrest. Dayna turned to Officer Ryder "What the hell is going on?" she then looked at Kyle and realized instantly that he had survived and had probably told the police everything. Lauren, Clayton and Mitchell are standing on the front porch watching and wondering what the hell was going on. Mitchell kept yelling to take her away and that she's a bad person. Officer Ryder read her rights and placed her in the back of the police car. Kyle, Lauren and Clayton stood back while Mitchell ran to the car window. "I know what you are you dirty serpent" Dayna kept her eyes on the ground and slowly made eye contact with Mitchell. He turned away and Dayna whispered "then you must be aware of what I can do" Dayna put her arms through the glass and wrapped her arms around Officer Ryder's head and pulled it off with one swipe. Mitchell turned to the group "RUN!" They all ran to the backyard to clear out the guests. With everyone running and screaming to leave Dayna walks in the backyard holding Ryder's head in her hand. Jordan emerges from the bushes. Lena see's this and picks up a large shovel leaning up against the garage. and with one swing sends Jordan flying on his ass. Warren grabs Lena and runs to their car. Everyone is driving away while Dayna stands in the middle of the yard laughing at the chaos. Lauren starts to feel a burst of anger and it over takes her ability to control her actions. "Lauren what are you doing" yells Clayton as her hands begin to light up, she runs towards Dayna. "you ruined my BBQ you bitch and sends Dayna flying over the hedge in her back yard. She ran through the bush to finish what she started and she was gone.Lauren's light faded away and she was left with her backyard destroyed in the panic and a few really confused and scared people.
As the town begins to pull themselves together after the attack, Lauren has began fixing her backyard. Clayton, Lena, and Chevy are helping. "Anyway guys I need to go to work so I guess I will see you tomorrow". Clayton takes off in his truck and makes a quick pitstop at Mitch's Bar& Grill. He sits in the back office to talk with Mitch "how did you know Dayna was a danger to us?" "I told you I just suspected it!" he denied. "Mitch...I know about your clients, I know about your website and I know about your little physics scam you got going with people...so don't lie to me" Mitch stands up and shuts the door. "It is not s scam, I don't know how you know about this and I don't care. Just do not mention it to anyone" explains Mitch "are you not denying this, you really think your physic?" Clayton giggles. "It is real Clayton, how else would I know about your struggle to find your sister, how else would I know that Dayna not human and that she is actually a mythical beast, how else would I know that ten seconds from now that Julia is about to drop a plate in the kitchen". Clayton then hears a smash in the kitchen and Julia yells "Damnet!" "how else would I know that your sister is alive" Claytons sarcastic face becomes very serious. He begins to tear up "where's my sister?" "If you agree to keep this between us then I will help you find your sister" "why didn't you tell me where to find her!?" yelled Clayton "I don't know where she is but lately i've been having visions of her in my head....she's okay....she's alive....but she's very different." Clayton stands up "tell me everything you know right now" Mitch puts his hand on Clayton's shoulder "Clay there is something you should know....Kelly is no longer human."
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 4
Critter Volume 1 Chapter 4
It has been two weeks since Clayton received the note from who he assumed to be Kelly, two weeks since the insanity that came from when he first moved to town. Lena has returned to the hospital and Clayton got a job working at a barn full time for a man named Tyson. Tyson's wife Elysiette recently died so he needed time to morn so he hired Clayton to take care of his live stock and crops while he was getting closure. Clayton Loved the job, he had alot of alone time to think about Kelly, and try to find out his first move. So far he had nothing in mind. He thought about the note she wrote him everyday. Why would Kelly want him to leave? and what has gone so wrong with her that she completely fell off the face of the earth. He went to visit Mitchell at the bar to maybe get some information out of him. When he got to the bar his office was locked with a sign hanging from the door. "Do not disturb" Clayton wondered why he always had people in his office, he ran a local bar and grill it's not like he runs a law firm. "Oh hey Clayton can I help you with something" Lauren came up behind him with a big grin on her face "uh nah I just came by to pay rent" replied Clayton. "Well he should be out soon, usually when he has his clients in the session only goes for about 25 minutes" said Lauren "hey can i speak to you for a second in private?" asked Clayton "Sure come out back" the pair went out to the back of the bar, Clayton stared at the patch of woods where he saw Dayna and Jordan being all freaky. "what did you wanna talk about Clay....can I call you Clay? " "umm ya Clay is fine....umm actually I just wanted to ask you about Mitch, like earlier when you talked about his clients....what did you mean by that?" "I honestly don't know who they are, all I know is he has people calling for him making appointments all the time im not sure what for...why?" "Oh no reason I was just wondering...HEY so how's Lena doing?" "Actually it's a funny story..." she laughs out loud a little "she's doing great....she started seeing that cab driver actually. Once Jordan disappeared she has been really scared lately and didn't want to be alone. She stays at Warrens house almost every day" Clayton instantly thought about what he saw in the woods with Jordan and Dayna. "so Jordan still hasn't turned up eh?" "No ever since our little run in at my place he's been MIA ever since" "Have you worked with Dayna lately?" Clayton wondered if he should just tell her the truth about what he saw "Yup! she just finished work about an hour ago" Lauren thought Clayton was very cute but she figured he was into Dayna after he asked questions about her "anyway I'm guna get back to work...cya!" Clayton thought of maybe asking Lauren out sometime, no pressure just as friends, Clayton could really use a friend at this point.
Clayton walked around the bar and saw Mitch walking a lady out to her car, an older lady about 60 years of age wearing a bonnet and she seemed upset. Not mad, but sad. He knew he would regret this but he decided to follow her home and ask her about what Mitch was doing in there with her. He has no business snooping around in Mithell's life, after all he did help Clayton find a place to live, but Kelly worked for Mitchell and from what he's seen so far Mitch is a shady guy. He had to know if these secret meetings with random locals had anything to do with the disappearance of his little sister.So he jumped in his truck and followed the lady home for what seemed like the longest drive of his life.
Lena was waiting for Warren to get home. They were going to go visit Lauren at her house. Lauren's brother was coming down to visit. It's not like he lives far away It's just he works a lot and doesn't have that much down time. Warren alks in the front door and shares a long kiss with Lena. "get changed quick, were already late for Lauren's". Warren ran up to his bedroom and he seemed genuinely happy. I think it's been a while since he has had a girlfriend, especially one as beautiful as Lena. He felt lucky. When the two arrived at Lauren's house she had just got off work and was in the middle of changing in her bedroom. Her brother Chevy was there and when he herd the knock he answered the door immediately. "Lena! nice to see you again! I missed you" "Oh i missed you too Chevy, look at you! you look great! This is my boyfriend Warren" the two shook hands. Chevy looked Warren up and down and leaned over to Lena "He's cute!" Lena smacked Chevy in the shoulder with her clutch and walked in, Chevy took their coats and walked with the too the kitchen where they had various snacks set out. Lauren came racing down stairs to give Lena a hug. "How have you been? is this your new man!" She shook Warrens hand "I've herd a lot about you, don't worry they were all good" Lauren laughed and then realized that no one else was laughing and quickly shut up. "can I get you guys something to drink?" Lauren asked to quickly change the subject. "Ya sure I would love a water" said Warren, Lena said the same thing right after. Chevy was helping himself to Lauren's fridge and grabbed an ice cold green apple cooler pooped it open and started guzzling it back. "So, what's new Lauren have you met any cute guys lately!" Lauren stopped and said no immediately because she was so used to saying no when asked about her love life because it's been really empty lately. She just hasn't found the one yet. Then she thought to herself "well actually their is this really cute guy that just moved to town, his name is Clayton" said Lauren "the only thing is he's the brother to that poor girl who went missing...Kelly" explained Lauren "Oh Shit! well still you should try to get to know him a little...I have a good idea why don't you throw a little party for him, kind of like a welcome to the town party" "I guess that would be okay I mean I guess I'm his only friend here in town so far...are you free next week?".
Clayton was parked outside the lady's house wondering what he would say to her when he knocked on the door. He thought of something that just might work, he walked up to the door and knocked. She opened the door immediately as if she was waiting for his arrival. "Can I help you?" the lady asked "um yes hello, My name is Joseph Peterson and I was wondering if your interested in....wait a minute...did i just see you at Mitch's?" Clayton tried to keep a straight face "Uh ya I was just there getting my reading" "your reading?" Clayton asked "Yes! I read online that Mitchell does physics readings and that he was very good at it so I went to check it out" Clayton thought he was being ridiculous, he did not believe in physics and began to think he was wasting her time "did you want to try and sell me something dear" the woman asked "uh...no sorry I have to go" Clayton drove off down the street leaving the woman confused. While he was in town Clayton began to put up posters all over town, missing posters with Kelly's picture on it. While he was stapling a poster up beside a convenience store a teenage boy was biking by, he looked at the poster and nearly fell off his bike. The look on the boys face was sheer terror. Clayton instantly knew that the boy knew something. He ran after the boy and yelled "wait please I want to talk to you" the boy looked back as he was biking away, he clearly did not want to talk to Clayton. The boy then his a pot hole and fell off his bike. Clayton ran up to him and the boy got up left his bike on the ground and started to run. Clayton grabbed the back of the boys shirt "do you know something!?" he waved the poster in his face "Where is this girl, where is she!?" "Let me go!" Clayton let him go and the boy seemed like he wanted to help. "Come with me I will show you" Clayton and the boy walked down the road to the pier there was a swamp that was connected to a large body of water Clayton seemed confused and scared he thought maybe the boy was trying to tell him that she drown. "where is she!?" Clayton insisted. The boy pointed out to the lake "She is with them now".
It has been two weeks since Clayton received the note from who he assumed to be Kelly, two weeks since the insanity that came from when he first moved to town. Lena has returned to the hospital and Clayton got a job working at a barn full time for a man named Tyson. Tyson's wife Elysiette recently died so he needed time to morn so he hired Clayton to take care of his live stock and crops while he was getting closure. Clayton Loved the job, he had alot of alone time to think about Kelly, and try to find out his first move. So far he had nothing in mind. He thought about the note she wrote him everyday. Why would Kelly want him to leave? and what has gone so wrong with her that she completely fell off the face of the earth. He went to visit Mitchell at the bar to maybe get some information out of him. When he got to the bar his office was locked with a sign hanging from the door. "Do not disturb" Clayton wondered why he always had people in his office, he ran a local bar and grill it's not like he runs a law firm. "Oh hey Clayton can I help you with something" Lauren came up behind him with a big grin on her face "uh nah I just came by to pay rent" replied Clayton. "Well he should be out soon, usually when he has his clients in the session only goes for about 25 minutes" said Lauren "hey can i speak to you for a second in private?" asked Clayton "Sure come out back" the pair went out to the back of the bar, Clayton stared at the patch of woods where he saw Dayna and Jordan being all freaky. "what did you wanna talk about Clay....can I call you Clay? " "umm ya Clay is fine....umm actually I just wanted to ask you about Mitch, like earlier when you talked about his clients....what did you mean by that?" "I honestly don't know who they are, all I know is he has people calling for him making appointments all the time im not sure what for...why?" "Oh no reason I was just wondering...HEY so how's Lena doing?" "Actually it's a funny story..." she laughs out loud a little "she's doing great....she started seeing that cab driver actually. Once Jordan disappeared she has been really scared lately and didn't want to be alone. She stays at Warrens house almost every day" Clayton instantly thought about what he saw in the woods with Jordan and Dayna. "so Jordan still hasn't turned up eh?" "No ever since our little run in at my place he's been MIA ever since" "Have you worked with Dayna lately?" Clayton wondered if he should just tell her the truth about what he saw "Yup! she just finished work about an hour ago" Lauren thought Clayton was very cute but she figured he was into Dayna after he asked questions about her "anyway I'm guna get back to work...cya!" Clayton thought of maybe asking Lauren out sometime, no pressure just as friends, Clayton could really use a friend at this point.
Clayton walked around the bar and saw Mitch walking a lady out to her car, an older lady about 60 years of age wearing a bonnet and she seemed upset. Not mad, but sad. He knew he would regret this but he decided to follow her home and ask her about what Mitch was doing in there with her. He has no business snooping around in Mithell's life, after all he did help Clayton find a place to live, but Kelly worked for Mitchell and from what he's seen so far Mitch is a shady guy. He had to know if these secret meetings with random locals had anything to do with the disappearance of his little sister.So he jumped in his truck and followed the lady home for what seemed like the longest drive of his life.
Lena was waiting for Warren to get home. They were going to go visit Lauren at her house. Lauren's brother was coming down to visit. It's not like he lives far away It's just he works a lot and doesn't have that much down time. Warren alks in the front door and shares a long kiss with Lena. "get changed quick, were already late for Lauren's". Warren ran up to his bedroom and he seemed genuinely happy. I think it's been a while since he has had a girlfriend, especially one as beautiful as Lena. He felt lucky. When the two arrived at Lauren's house she had just got off work and was in the middle of changing in her bedroom. Her brother Chevy was there and when he herd the knock he answered the door immediately. "Lena! nice to see you again! I missed you" "Oh i missed you too Chevy, look at you! you look great! This is my boyfriend Warren" the two shook hands. Chevy looked Warren up and down and leaned over to Lena "He's cute!" Lena smacked Chevy in the shoulder with her clutch and walked in, Chevy took their coats and walked with the too the kitchen where they had various snacks set out. Lauren came racing down stairs to give Lena a hug. "How have you been? is this your new man!" She shook Warrens hand "I've herd a lot about you, don't worry they were all good" Lauren laughed and then realized that no one else was laughing and quickly shut up. "can I get you guys something to drink?" Lauren asked to quickly change the subject. "Ya sure I would love a water" said Warren, Lena said the same thing right after. Chevy was helping himself to Lauren's fridge and grabbed an ice cold green apple cooler pooped it open and started guzzling it back. "So, what's new Lauren have you met any cute guys lately!" Lauren stopped and said no immediately because she was so used to saying no when asked about her love life because it's been really empty lately. She just hasn't found the one yet. Then she thought to herself "well actually their is this really cute guy that just moved to town, his name is Clayton" said Lauren "the only thing is he's the brother to that poor girl who went missing...Kelly" explained Lauren "Oh Shit! well still you should try to get to know him a little...I have a good idea why don't you throw a little party for him, kind of like a welcome to the town party" "I guess that would be okay I mean I guess I'm his only friend here in town so far...are you free next week?".
Clayton was parked outside the lady's house wondering what he would say to her when he knocked on the door. He thought of something that just might work, he walked up to the door and knocked. She opened the door immediately as if she was waiting for his arrival. "Can I help you?" the lady asked "um yes hello, My name is Joseph Peterson and I was wondering if your interested in....wait a minute...did i just see you at Mitch's?" Clayton tried to keep a straight face "Uh ya I was just there getting my reading" "your reading?" Clayton asked "Yes! I read online that Mitchell does physics readings and that he was very good at it so I went to check it out" Clayton thought he was being ridiculous, he did not believe in physics and began to think he was wasting her time "did you want to try and sell me something dear" the woman asked "uh...no sorry I have to go" Clayton drove off down the street leaving the woman confused. While he was in town Clayton began to put up posters all over town, missing posters with Kelly's picture on it. While he was stapling a poster up beside a convenience store a teenage boy was biking by, he looked at the poster and nearly fell off his bike. The look on the boys face was sheer terror. Clayton instantly knew that the boy knew something. He ran after the boy and yelled "wait please I want to talk to you" the boy looked back as he was biking away, he clearly did not want to talk to Clayton. The boy then his a pot hole and fell off his bike. Clayton ran up to him and the boy got up left his bike on the ground and started to run. Clayton grabbed the back of the boys shirt "do you know something!?" he waved the poster in his face "Where is this girl, where is she!?" "Let me go!" Clayton let him go and the boy seemed like he wanted to help. "Come with me I will show you" Clayton and the boy walked down the road to the pier there was a swamp that was connected to a large body of water Clayton seemed confused and scared he thought maybe the boy was trying to tell him that she drown. "where is she!?" Clayton insisted. The boy pointed out to the lake "She is with them now".
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