Me: Yay! Another chapter!
JC: *sighs*
I know I said that I wouldn't upload any more chapters until I had gotten at least three reviews buut what the hell.. I'm new so I wanna post as much as I can. Comments would be appreciated though.
Chapter two: The church
Speeding down the highway, ignoring the route she was meant to take for Lizzys house, Marias cloudy green eyes flickered across the road ahead, hoping to catch up with the attacker, her shoulders back like a cat about to pounce on its prey. It wasn't long until she caught up with the truck, it was far in the distance, still speeding away. Maria slammed her hand down viscously on her horn and held it down for four seconds. It wasn't as terrifying as the trucks but the high pitched beep could be heard from miles away.
The truck ahead of her seemed to ignore her and continued speeding ahead, surely that would of gotten anyone's attention unless they were deaf. Maria wound down her window and stuck her head out like a golden retriever whilst keeping a hand on the steering wheel, "Hey! Get back here!" She yelled. Her voice typically held a strong, southern accent to it.
This had no effect.
Glancing at her gas metre, she was starting to run out, luckily for her there was a small diner cafe' not long from where she was. It meant giving up on the guy but she had no choice.
After parking she watched the truck leave her sight. She hit the car with both fists in anger, repeatedly, "Darn it! Darn it! Darn!" She wasn't usually hot headed but this was a brand new car and it mean everything to her.
Maria walked out of the cafe' after paying for her fuel and returned back to the road. A few cars and caravans drove past her, making her head snap and having to engage within awkward eye contact from time to time followed by a few casual smiles and head nods. Some had nodded back at her and then did a head motion to the back of her car as if to say do-you-know-about-your-car?
Without thinking she reached for the radio and turned it back on, returning to the normal radio stations instead of preachers who would bible bash their way through their career, shoving religion down people's throats.
The radio was playing in the background, no music, instead one of those radio stations were people would blabber on in interviews about the latest news. The highway seemed never ending as she passed countless farms and trees yet no houses. The sun began to hide, slowly covering the atmosphere with its dark cloak.
Just then, she had spotted a nearby church. An old beaten down church with half of the cross missing from the roof. It wasn't clear yet but she could just make out a flock of birds surrounding the place. She thought that maybe if she spoke to somebody down there, they would let her stay the night. Marias radio suddenly had static interference so she shook it off blaming it on the signal. However as she drove closer and closer to the church her radio seemed to automatically switch to a different radio station. More preaching. She turned it off thinking it had something to do with the damage of her car.
Maria noticed that those birds she saw were crows. Lots and lots of them, surrounding the church. They stood on the roof, on the floor and on the fence, opening there long, pointed beaks and squawking, flapping their wings from time to time.
The church tucked away a, hiding behind some trees and bushes. It felt like they were laughing at Maria as she drove past. She pulled her car over and rubbed her weary eyes with the back of her hand like a child before stepping out and swinging her door shut.
She started to walk up to the church with her hands shoved into the back pockets of her shorts, squinting at the old building as she got closer. A chill ran up her spine as she noticed an old pipe sticking out of the ground which had a strong scent of decay.
She scrunched her nose up and lifted her black shirt over it, attempting to filter the air and bid the smell. She was now stood over the pipe and found herself staring down into the dark abyss somehow searching for a form of life as if this place looked as if it had none.
The crows squawked violently taking off and forming what can only be described as a twister around Maria. They closed in on her, brushing past her shirt and open legs, there black feathers swayed motionless in the air.
"Stop!"She screeched, flailing her arms randomly in the air to scare the crows. The same horrible feeling suddenly hit her like a ton of bricks and she had the instant feeling to hide and save herself. She ran to her car, her arms still waving in the air frantically. The atmosphere grew horribly eerie as she heard a low engine in the distance.
Maria was a few steps away from her car as she shielded her face with both arms, to avoid the tight space of the crows. She was to make a choice, run from whatever the hell scared her so much or stop and confront it.
Me: Weeeelp that's it until another few minutes/ hours!
JC: I was about to come in!
Me: *Sticks tongue out*
JC: I'll rip that tongue right out of your mouth if you don't hurry to the part were I rip out your heart!
Me: *Glares*
