Post by Lezard Valeth 2K-7 on Jun 7, 2007 16:10:58 GMT -5
Chapter 12 The Patients.....
Rufus slowly stood up and took a look around, at least what there was to look around at. Almost everything was dark.
All he could make out was a hard, tiled floor and an odd red light, emmitting from down the hall. He saw Jessica and Abby
lying unconscious next to him. He knelt down to Abby and rubbed his gloved-hand across her forehead. "mmm..." Abby slowly
came to and sat up. She yawned as she started to look over at Rufus. "Rufus? What happened? Where are we?" "I wish i
knew, Abby. As we started to fall, I lost consciousness and apparently you guys did too. Next thing I knew, I was laying
here next to you and Jessica."
They both began looking around them. "hmmm" said Rufus "It looks like we've lost Kaiti, Reno, and Rude." "I wonder
what happened to them" remarked Abby. "Reno and Rude know what to do in tight situations" said Rufus "They and Kaiti probably
woke up before we did and went scouting to see where we are. I might be able to get a hold of them with my radio."
Rufus then pulled a radio out of the pocket of his long trench-coat. A loud, high pitched screech of static
came through the speakers. "AAAHHHH!!!!" everybody covered their ears in response to the wave of static. Rufus looked at the radio in confusion. "idd. It doesn't even have batteries in it. It
shouldn't be-" He stopped in mid-sentence in reaction to a sound from behind him, within the darkness of the corridor.
It was a bit of a raspy type screaming sound. "W-what was that?" said Abby, staring into the darkness. Slow, dragging footsteps
are heard. They seemed to be coming in their their direction. Rufus reached down to his gun holster to find it empty. His
head jerked down to see that his gun was gone. "What? Where is my gun?" The others reached for their weapons and saw that they
all were gone. "well, this is rather unfortunate" muttered Rufus as the footsteps became louder. Rufus pulled out a flashlight,
turned it on and pointed it into the darkness. Then the source of the footsteps came into view. *GASP* It looked as if it had once been
human, but it had no nose or mouth on its head. All of it's hair was gone and it's arms seemed to be under a "straightjacket"contraption made
from the creature's actual skin. Right in the middle of it's stomach was an opening into it's insides, looked as if acide may have
been the reason for it being opened. On it's ankle it wore a tag, like a hospital tag, like it had been a sick patient in
a hospital somewhere. It stood at an angle in which it stuck the front of it where the hole was out in front of every other
part of it's body. It stopped moving and just stood there. "What IS it?" exclaimed Abby. *Grunt* It jerked it's head towards
Abby in response to her speaking. A look of terror ran across her face as the creature let out an inhumane scream. Out of nowhere
acid sprayed from it's hole in the stomach and flew right at Abby. Rufus tackled into Abby and jumped out of the way just as
the acid was about to reach her. They landed where Jessica, still asleep, lay. Rufus looked back and saw the acid breaking
through the tiles and burning away pieces of the floor. He dropped the flashlight and it turned off. The monster heard the
flashlight and began staggering right for them. Abby jumped up. "Oh no you don't....Shadow Flare!" Nothing happened. Rufus
looked up at her to see what had happened. She stood there for a second. "uhh.......Bad Breath!........Pumpkin Head?" She
then drooped her head down. "NO! WHY cant i use magic?" As she said this , the monster approached her yet again. Rufus dove
into her and pulled her away from yet another shot of the monster's acid spew. "He covered her mouth with his gloved hand.
"You have to be quiet, Abby" he whispered "they respond to sound." He looked over and saw Jessica slowly getting up. He tried to warn her about the monster but before he could, she saw it and let out an ear-piercing scream.
Rufus looked up as the monster backed , surprisingly, backed up from where they were instead of coming forward. He let out a sigh of relief and then heard more sounds. The same sound, but.....more of it. He picked the
flashlight up again and turned it on. A streak of terror ran through his veins as he saw them. There must have been at least
20 of them. They didnt notice him and Abby but they were blocking their only way out. Jessica tried to get up but fell over on top of Rufus. Immediately, all of the mosters looked over and headed their way.
"oh, shit"
Rufus slowly stood up and took a look around, at least what there was to look around at. Almost everything was dark.
All he could make out was a hard, tiled floor and an odd red light, emmitting from down the hall. He saw Jessica and Abby
lying unconscious next to him. He knelt down to Abby and rubbed his gloved-hand across her forehead. "mmm..." Abby slowly
came to and sat up. She yawned as she started to look over at Rufus. "Rufus? What happened? Where are we?" "I wish i
knew, Abby. As we started to fall, I lost consciousness and apparently you guys did too. Next thing I knew, I was laying
here next to you and Jessica."
They both began looking around them. "hmmm" said Rufus "It looks like we've lost Kaiti, Reno, and Rude." "I wonder
what happened to them" remarked Abby. "Reno and Rude know what to do in tight situations" said Rufus "They and Kaiti probably
woke up before we did and went scouting to see where we are. I might be able to get a hold of them with my radio."
Rufus then pulled a radio out of the pocket of his long trench-coat. A loud, high pitched screech of static
came through the speakers. "AAAHHHH!!!!" everybody covered their ears in response to the wave of static. Rufus looked at the radio in confusion. "idd. It doesn't even have batteries in it. It
shouldn't be-" He stopped in mid-sentence in reaction to a sound from behind him, within the darkness of the corridor.
It was a bit of a raspy type screaming sound. "W-what was that?" said Abby, staring into the darkness. Slow, dragging footsteps
are heard. They seemed to be coming in their their direction. Rufus reached down to his gun holster to find it empty. His
head jerked down to see that his gun was gone. "What? Where is my gun?" The others reached for their weapons and saw that they
all were gone. "well, this is rather unfortunate" muttered Rufus as the footsteps became louder. Rufus pulled out a flashlight,
turned it on and pointed it into the darkness. Then the source of the footsteps came into view. *GASP* It looked as if it had once been
human, but it had no nose or mouth on its head. All of it's hair was gone and it's arms seemed to be under a "straightjacket"contraption made
from the creature's actual skin. Right in the middle of it's stomach was an opening into it's insides, looked as if acide may have
been the reason for it being opened. On it's ankle it wore a tag, like a hospital tag, like it had been a sick patient in
a hospital somewhere. It stood at an angle in which it stuck the front of it where the hole was out in front of every other
part of it's body. It stopped moving and just stood there. "What IS it?" exclaimed Abby. *Grunt* It jerked it's head towards
Abby in response to her speaking. A look of terror ran across her face as the creature let out an inhumane scream. Out of nowhere
acid sprayed from it's hole in the stomach and flew right at Abby. Rufus tackled into Abby and jumped out of the way just as
the acid was about to reach her. They landed where Jessica, still asleep, lay. Rufus looked back and saw the acid breaking
through the tiles and burning away pieces of the floor. He dropped the flashlight and it turned off. The monster heard the
flashlight and began staggering right for them. Abby jumped up. "Oh no you don't....Shadow Flare!" Nothing happened. Rufus
looked up at her to see what had happened. She stood there for a second. "uhh.......Bad Breath!........Pumpkin Head?" She
then drooped her head down. "NO! WHY cant i use magic?" As she said this , the monster approached her yet again. Rufus dove
into her and pulled her away from yet another shot of the monster's acid spew. "He covered her mouth with his gloved hand.
"You have to be quiet, Abby" he whispered "they respond to sound." He looked over and saw Jessica slowly getting up. He tried to warn her about the monster but before he could, she saw it and let out an ear-piercing scream.
Rufus looked up as the monster backed , surprisingly, backed up from where they were instead of coming forward. He let out a sigh of relief and then heard more sounds. The same sound, but.....more of it. He picked the
flashlight up again and turned it on. A streak of terror ran through his veins as he saw them. There must have been at least
20 of them. They didnt notice him and Abby but they were blocking their only way out. Jessica tried to get up but fell over on top of Rufus. Immediately, all of the mosters looked over and headed their way.
"oh, shit"