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.
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