Friday, August 31, 2012

Critter Volume 1 Chapter 8

Critter Volume 1 Chapter 8


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.




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