Me: with things that go bumb in the night come the dreepy crawlies of the waste lands.
Piper:...
Me: And what makes you quiver and shake haunts your every move… even your dreams. Darkness it's self can be utterly terrifying. Try not to jump…
Piper: What horror movie did you watch.
Me: Didn't Watch one. The inspiration came to me when I was taking a showering. I saw this video clip from one of the Scary movies weither it was the first or the second or the third I don't know. I just saw the clip on you tube. I never di watch the whole thing but my mind jumped to it when I was in the shower.
Piper: Right… a writer writing in the shower. What did I expect.
Me: What ever. I don't own the storm hawks. Enjoy… just try not to scream in fear.
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Piper stood there in the shower washing her hair with head and shoulders shampoo and conditioner. She had read somewhere that the shampoo makes your hair softer if you comb your hair while it was in your hair. She did just that when she noticed her lungs were kind of burning. She could smell fumes coming off the shampoo. She sighed and continued to was her hair. As she rinsed it, she massaged her shoulder with one hand as she rinsed with the other. She sighed as another hand massaged her other shoulder, a hand she didn't realize was there. It was dark blue but when it retreated from her shoulder did she realize it had been there.
She gasped and turned around to find nothing there. She shrugged it off as she had imagined it. She picked up her shower gel and little sponge like thing, ( I actually don't know what it's called, even though I use one.) She gentle washed herself with the gel when the hand returned to massage her shoulder. Piper sighed as stress unworked itself from her muscles. Piper opened her eyes and saw the hand on her shoulder and shrieked. She spun around to find the hand gone along with it's owner. She looked down and saw she was standing in mid-calf water in the tub.
"The fumes must be getting to me." She murmured as she rinsed herself off. As she rinsed her face the water suddenly became boiling hot, making her scream in pain as the water around her started to boil as well. Piper attempted to turn off the water but the knob just wouldn't turn. She attempted to get out but fouind the curtain wouldn't move. She heard Aerrow pounding on the door.
"PIPER!" She threw herself against the curtain, knocking the bar that held the curtain toppling down on top of her as she hit the tile floor. Aerrow slammed in the door open as Piper passed out, her hair no longer midnight blue but shock white at the root and about midway down. The rest of her hair was a lighter blue. Aerrow grabbed Piper's robe and wrapped it around her as he scopped her up. Finn stood in the doorway staring at the now trashed bathroom.
"DUDE! What happened?" Finn asked. Aerrow looked at him as he carried Piper out of the bathroom.
"I wish I knew. Turn off the water will you?" Aerrow asked. Finn nodded and attempted to turn the water off. The knob still wouldn't turn. He felt the heat rising from the water.
"DUDE! This water is boiling! I can see why she screamed but what about the shower curtain?" Finn called as he finally managed to turn the water off.
"Here's a question, Why is her hair shock white in some spots?" Aerrow asked.
"She was dying her hair maybe." Finn suggested as he walked out of the bathroom and into Piper's room. Piper had been showering in her bathroom when it happened. Aerrow Set Piper down on the bed.
"Piper loves her hair. Why would she dye it? And how would she get that color with her dark hair?" Aerrow asked.
"Bleached it." Finn exclaimed. Stork came in and shrieked.
"What is it stork?" Aerrow exclaimed.
"Her hair is shock white! They've come back…" Stork exclaimed.
"Who's come back?" Aerrow asked.
"The hauntings." Stork answered.
"What?" Aerrow asked. Piper groaned from her bed as she rubbed her head. (Hey it rhymed!) Aerrow rushed to her side.
"Piper, What happened?" Aerrow asked. Piper opened her eyes.
"Uh… I was washing my hair when it first started. I was rinsing it out when I felt a hand massaging my shoulder but when I looked it was gone. Then it came back as I was was just washing and I saw it. It was dark blue. I shrieked and turned and saw there was no one there and the hand was gone. I thought it was my imagination but the water was up to like mid-calf. I was rinsing when the water was suddenly boiling hot and the water around my feet started boiling. I screamed and attempted to turn it off… but the knob wouldn't turn! I attempted to get out but the shower curtain wouldn't move. So I threw myself against it and it gave and the curtain pole came down when I went down. I remember Aerrow slamming the door open and then everything went black."
"Yep… they are back. They almost had you too. Your hair is almost completely shock white." Stork exclaimed. Piper sat up and looked as her hair.
"Oh… my beautiful hair…" Piper murmured. A sudden whisper of jumbled words slithered around the room, making the storm hawks look around the room wildly. Stork's eye was twitching madly. Piper pulled her legs to her chest and looked around. The sound suddenly stopped. Radar scampered into the room as the sound started again, even more jumbled then before. Then it stopped again.
"Okay… that is really creepy." Finn exclaimed. Aerrow nodded. Piper whimpered. Aerrow looked at her. She was ussauly so calm and brave, so strong but now, she was afraid, and frail.
"Okay, Stork, check Piper's Feet, they were pretty badly burnt. Finn, Find Junko and go to the bridge. Piper, Get dressed, meet me on the bridge as soon as possible." Aerrow commanded. Everyone obey and went off as Aerrow walked down the hall. The sound followed Aerrow in the back of his brain. He stood on the bridge and looked around. He saw nothing but lots of space. A few moments later Junko and Finn came in. Then Stork.
"How's Piper?" Aerrow asked.
"She's fine. And coming. "Stork answered. The sound started again, even louder then before, it was quicker and sounded like numerous voices. Then it stopped as the bridge doors opened, showing Piper. She quickly stepped into the room and the doors whished closed. She was not in her uniform but a long brown skirt and a black spaghetti strapped shirt.
"What are you wearing?" Finn asked.
"What I told her to wear. It should help her." Stork exclaimed. Piper went and stood next to Aerrow. Aerrow slightly blushed at her.
"Finn, no bickering. We gotta figure out what's going on." Aerrow exclaimed. Piper nodded and winced as she shifted her weight. Aerrow watched her worriedly.
"Piper, you should sit. Your feet and legs are only going to lead you to a slow… and painful doom if you keep standing on them." Stork exclaimed. Junko sat down on the sofa as Finn started to pace. Piper sighed and leaned against the table. The sound of jumbled and hushed speaking started again, making Piper jump up onto the table and the storm hawks look around the room in fear.
"We want your death…" A voice hissed among the hushed voices. The sound faded and disappeared.
"What do we know?" Aerrow asked.
"It's them…" Piper murmured.
"They are called the hunters. They come around every 500 years to scare people to death and torture them. They are around for a week, so if you can survive the week… you'll be fine. But some times, they just kill you painfully, they don't scare you, they just kill you." Stork explained.
"They surfaced yesterday. So if we want to live we have 6 days to try and survive this. No one really knows why they do this or what they look like, people have only caught glimpses of them. Long broken finger nails and rotted out teeth and black tongues. Their eyes are shock white. But that's as much as any one knows." Piper explained.
"Yeah… and they like to scare women. It's there main target. Easier to scare." Stork exclaimed. Piper sighed let her feet dangle off the table. Aerrow leaned against it next to her.
"Is there anything we can do to help us survive?" Finn asked.
"Um… welll, staying in groups will help. So will happy music, angery and loud will help make your nerves jumpy… um… Stork…" Piper looked at stork for help.
"Well… simple… never be alone, don't shower… they can and will do to you what they did to Piper… uh… happy music…always be armed and don't eat anything you don't remember being there and… don't turn out the lights… It gives them an easier time scaring people…" Stork exclaimed.
"This is going to be a long week." Finn complained.
"Yes… it will be." Piper murmured as the jumbled speaking started all over again. The door swished open and closed by itself as Radar scampered up onto Aerrow's Shoulder. Piper pulled her feet up onto the table and into her skirt even further, hiding the bandages wrapped around them. Aerrow sighed and sat on the table next to her. Finn Screamed as something scampered along the machines in the back of the room. Piper's breath quickened as the ship suddenly jerked to the left and made everything slid. The table was bolted to the floor didn't move even as the ship was upside down and Piper clung to it. Aerrow had already hit the ceiling and Finn already flown into the windshield. Junko hadfallen with the sofa and stork clung to pipe from which was the ceiling and was suddenly the floor. The ship was suddenly upside right again, slamming piper against the table and the guys to the floor. Piper let go of the table and groaned.
"This is only the beginning sadly…" She murmured.