Ghost Town
Lauren saw what she saw and although it was hard to grasp,
she knew it was done. Lena was gone forever and those things were swarming the
house. Mitchell was dragging Lauren in tears toward the back door. Rachel came
running back into the house “Their everywhere! There’s no way out!” she cried.
Mitchell was holding a sobbing Lauren in his arms as he was trying desperately
to think of a way to escape. Time was running out.
Kyle stood, out of breath with a racing heart, of all the
things he’s been through the thought of this being the death of him was more
unbelievable than what was happening. Kyle felt a slight tickle on the end of
his nose, a housefly landed quietly as if he too was scared and wanted to find
safety. It was then Kyle knew what to do “I got this” he said “I’ll shift” he
whispered. The group turned to look at Kyle as he closed his eye and took a
deep breath “I’ll distract them and meet up with you guys after” Kyle whispered
as he shifted into the fly. He buzzed around in one spot before he flew out the
crack in the window. He flew over top of the creatures that were investigating
the outside of the house to find a way inside. Once he flew over the crowd he
turned back around and shifted back into himself. Kyle fell to the ground
naked; he stood up and yelled “HEY! OVER HERE!” he screamed as the Critter’s
begun looking in his direction “let’s do this” he whispered as they begun
storming in his direction. One of the creatures actually almost reached Kyle
before he began running; he turned into his most comfortable form, a cougar,
and bolted into the forest while most of the Critter’s followed.
“Where’s Lena?” asked Rachel as she watched Lauren cry in
Mitchells arms “we have to go now!” yelled Logan “please don’t tell me” Rachel
could sense the tone of the room “no” she whispered. Lauren looked up at her
friend Rachel as her shoulders sank; she stood up and walked over to her. The
two girls embraced in a hug “I know, I know” whispered Lauren as the two of
them cried for their friend. Rachel’s thoughts were all over the place, but
there was no time to try and piece it all together. Kyle had bought the group
some time and they were going to take it “we need to leave, come on!” yelled
Mitchell as Logan and him swung the back door open.
Mitchell had his hands raised in the air like a cocked gun
with the safety off. He was prepared to blast away anything that got in their
way “Lauren! I could use your help!” he yelled. Lauren was holding Rachel’s
hand as they ran along side Logan, she could see one of the Critter’s running
in their direction so she raised her hand and incinerated it. Lauren’s
abilities were always stronger when she was emotional and clearly Mitchell’s
had recently evolved which made the two of them unstoppable. The four of them
came across a vehicle covered in a tarp behind Laurens house “It’s Chevy’s!”
she yelled “it was left here after the funeral, the keys should be in it!” she
yelled “so many god damn funerals” whispered Mitchell as he ripped the tarp off
and opened the drivers seat. The keys were luckily in the ignition so he
started it as the group crawled in “GO!” yelled Lauren as they just peeled away
in time; the Critter’s were hot on their trail.
“It’s quiet out there, Clay” whispered Kelly as she turned
to her brother who was laying beside her in Jordan’s old sleeping grounds.
“I’ll go check it out, we can’t be certain” he whispered “we’ve been down here
for hours Clay, they probably moved on. We have to see if everyone’s okay” she
said “alright, let’s go” Clayton said as he pushed open the floorboards and
grabbed his sister’s hand to pull her up. The two of them peeked outside and
saw that it was clear and quiet; it seemed too quiet for Claytons liking. They
opened the front door; still hand in hand the two of them made their way across
the front lawn. “Where too?” asked Clayton “we can start by checking Lauren’s
house” explained Kelly. The two of them looked around to see that the neighbors
house along with the houses down the road were completely deserted. After all
that just happened and not a person in sight, seemed weird to them.
“Do you hear that?” asked Kelly “It’s a car!” yelled Kelly.
Clayton stood in front of his sister to give protection; in his mind nothing
was safe until proven so. The car came speeding down the road sliding on gravel
and spitting mud in every direction. The small four doors Honda came to a
screeching top when it reached Jordan’s house. Clayton was nervous, until he
saw Mitchell’s face in the passenger seat.
Driving past each house, it became clearer that the events
that had occurred caused a town wide evacuation “I’m guessing no one else’s
phone works?” asked Kelly “nope” replied the group. The mood in the car was
extremely gloomy. They had lost so many people, and there was no one in sight
for miles. Bon Temps was a ghost town. “Mitch where are you taking us?” asked
Rachel. The group pulled up to a old homey looking cabin far into the forest.
“This is the only safe place I know, we can hold up here and load up on weapons
until we come up with a plan” replied Mitchell “this is Kindred’s place isn’t
it?” asked Lauren “yes” Mitchell replied as he was immediately reminded of
Ashley.
Kyle flew over the town of bon Temps in the form of a
falcon. This was a new species Kyle had never become before but it felt good.
He was looking for his friends as he came across a small fire that was lit
between the trees below him. Kyle swooped lower to come closer to the
commotion. He perched on a branch as he examined the area. Beside the fire was
an old gray Camaro with each door propped open. One person’s feet were sticking
out of the back seat as if they were sleeping. Someone else was digging through
the trunk. Just then Kyle saw someone else approach from underneath him, it was
a tall man with blonde hair and was wearing a hooded sweater. “Your back” the
woman sifting through the trunk was pleasantly surprised “what did you bring
us?” the woman with long curly brown hair asked “I hope it’s actual food this
time” another woman said from the back seat of the car. She slid out from the
back seat and smirked at her friend. The woman stood up from the car and began
walking, but then she froze “what is it?” said the man “I can sense something,
very close to us” she said “it’s the shifter” she said as she looked in Kyle’s
direction “THERE!” she yelled. When the woman pointed at Kyle, he felt
powerless. This woman was no doubt a supernatural. Kyle fell off the branch and
shifted back into himself as he hit the ground.
Kyle opened his eyes, he felt dizzy. He half expected to be
chained up or gagged or even dead. Instead he was propped up on a lawn chair
with an ice pack on his forehead “I’m sorry about that” the woman who had
discovered him explained “long story short, I have the ability to discover and
clutch others abilities, I could sense you there and I really didn’t mean for
you to fall from the tree, naked. My name is Emma and these are my friends
Becky and Aaron and you must be Kyle?” the woman said, “we’ve been looking for
you”.
Rachel sat with a blank stare on a coffee table where she
was continuously pricking her finger with a tack she found in the wall, each
prick healing within seconds. Clayton stood with Mitchell as they sifted
through the weapons they found to load them with ammunition. Kelly was walking
with her arms crossed looking at photographs hanging from the walls. Lauren sat
on the couch with the palms of her hands pressed against her mouth, still
shocked at the death of her best friend Lena.
“Hey Mitch, if what Dayna said about the glitching is true,
if those people never really existed than how does Athena disappearing make any
sense? I mean we saw Lena go through the pregnancy, she gave birth to a little
girl remember?” she said “I know just as much as you Lauren” he said “nothing
makes sense anymore” Lauren said as her voice began cracking with tears
“sometimes, I can still hear the screams of all the people we’ve killed and for
what? For this place? I doesn’t seem worth it anymore” she cried “AND DO YOU
KNOW WHAT I THINK’S PRETTY MESSED UP?” yelled Logan startling everyone “that
the word red is in Kindred’s name and she was a little old lady who lived in a
cabin in the woods who dated a lumberjack and was hunted by a wolf, I mean
HELLO! Little Red Riding Hood anyone?!” Logan yelled as he paced around with a
hand gun “who told you that?” asked Mitchell “WELL IT CERTAINLY WASN’T ANYTHING
IN THAT MAGICAL BOX DAD LEFT YOU” Logan began laughing “Logan give me the gun”
said Mitch as he began feeling nervous “who are you?” asked Kelly as she began
backing away from him “you wanna know who I am? Well my dear sweet Kelly I am
the plumber” he yelled “the guy that gets sent in to do all the dirty work
while everyone collects the reward” Clayton looked over at Kelly with nervous
eyes, the gun in Logan’s hands was making everyone begin to react. “Well, I’m
sick of it all” added a sweaty, shaking Logan “I’m sick of being the guy who
pretends to be someone’s brother, who brings him a box of junk and pretends it
has meaning! Well it didn’t Mitchell!” he yelled as he pointed the gun at him
“I put that engraving on the ring, it was me! I did it so that you would fall
in love and-“ just then, Logan glitched “fuck” he whispered, “he’s pissed” said
Logan “who’s pissed!? LOGAN WHO?” screamed Mitchell. Logan stared back at Mitchell
as the glitching began getting worse “Curtis” he whispered and then he was
gone.
Ghost Town
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