JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

Alternative Version
created for Fan by Lady Marmalade

Prologue

The Creeper threw Trish out of the room and to the floor. She landed hard and the pain raced up her back. Not now, I can't die now. Not like this. I won't let Darry die like this.

The Creeper continued to sniff Darry whom he held tight in his clutches. So close to death, so close to seeing if the saying is true, that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. The creepers nostrils flared and he knew in an instant that Darry was the one. Yes, he would do it now. Here and now he would feast on Darry's flesh and there was no one to say him nay. No one but…
Trish looked up at Darry and the creeper and felt a sudden horror. Damn the creeper. Damn him to Hell. She ignored her fear and raced toward the monster.

Fear in her bones.

Love in her heart.

She was halfway across the floor when suddenly the world exploded and glass shattered across the room. The earth shook and again she found herself on the floor. She strained her eyes through the smoke and debris only to squint from the flashlights that beamed at the trio. The officers were there, too many to count and they had brought with them their own brand of justice. Guns drawn and armor on, they cornered the Creeper. The Creeper drugged Darry to the window in front of him and Trish breaks through the officers at the same time as he drugged Darry to the window. Slowly, the Creeper's face began to open up and he shrieked loudly for everyone to hear.

"What in the holy name of God?" Officer Tubbs asked in disbelief.

Darry was trying to talk but the Creeper's arm was cutting off his oxygen. Trish looked over at Darry. His face was turning blue and he didn't have much air left. "Take me", Trish said. "You don't want him. You don't want him whatever you want. You can take it from me". The Creeper was still choking Darry.

"You don't want Darry, no you don't".

"Don't you… don't you be a hero", Darry yelled out.

"I have everything the same inside. Please, just don't hurt him okay. I'm stronger, you want me, not him."

The Creeper looked at her with interest and considered her for a moment.

"Don't do this Trish", Darry pleaded.

"Just take me, I won't fight you. I promise on my life I won't fight you." Everyone in the room could sense the sibling's hearts breaking. They were young and their lives had barely begun. They were all that each other knew. They were each others worlds and now those worlds lived on the brink of extinction. She was getting to him, he was thinking. She could see it in the creature's eyes. The Creeper slowly loosened his grip on Darry and grabbed him by his shirt.

Trish began to walk towards the Creeper. She looked at Darry and moved her lips silently 'One'.

Darry looked at her with a confused frown on his face.

She moved her lips again 'Two'. Darry's eyes widened and it went to the officers. The officers slowly raised their guns on the Creeper but not all the way.

"THREE", Trish yelled and grabbed Darry.

The Creeper tried to take Darry but he ended up ripping his shirt. Trish's weight took over Darry's and both of them had hit the floor. The Creeper looked over at the siblings with fury and gets ready to charge at them when the officers unload their guns into the Creeper. The Creeper staggered back, crashed through the window and had hit the ground with a thud. The officers ran to the window and unloaded on the already wounded creeper. There was a moment of silence between the officers and the siblings. An atmosphere full of terror, close calls, and relief. A few seconds later Darry and Trish scrambled out of the interrogation room followed by the officers. When they got outside the Creeper wasn't on the ground anymore but was flying awkwardly away into the night. blood dripping onto the ground like rain drops. Trish and Darry looked at each other and into the sky, hoping the Creeper wouldn't terrorize and cause them more pain than it already did.