Chapter 2
Diane had no idea what happened. All she knew was everything literally turned upside-down, like when the coaster did a 360 roll. She naturally shut her eyes in fear and surprise.
CRASH!
The Jaguar crashed on the road with an ear-splitting noise. Diane slowly opened her eyes. She felt a sharp pain on her temple. She touched it and winced. She felt blood flowing.
"What the hell -?" Jake cried.
"Is everyone alright?" David's voice was full of worry.
A surge of relief swept through Diane when she heard the two spoke. "Yeah – I'm alive."
"My arm's bleeding." said Jake.
"Angie?"
No reply.
Diane's heart skipped a beat. "Angie? ANGIE!"
David leaned closer to his wife. "She's just unconscious." She could sense the relief in his voice.
"Oh crap!" Jake exclaimed, looking at the rearview mirror with wide eyes.
Diane glanced at the mirror. Oh my God!
There was the big man in the blue coat just now, running towards the flipped Jaguar. He was looking bigger and taller as ever; his hat was missing, exposing his face.
There was a savage expression on his face, his eyes were red and he had rows of shark teeth.
"Get out of the car! NOW!" Jake screeched. They tried the doors. Diane kicked hers open. "Here!" she called to Jake. David's door was broken and ajar.
Diane and her brother climbed out. She glanced over her shoulder and screamed. The man was closing in. He roared in joy when he saw his prey coming out. Panic started to build in her chest, her heartbeats quickened.
"Come on, David!" Jake yelled at his foster father, who was still trying to get Angie out.
The creature was two feet away from them now.
Jake ran towards David and pulled him away. Diane ran the other way in fear.
David yelled in protest, but Jake kept dragging him. The creature stopped and picked up the car, hurled it at Jake.
Diane shrieked. She looked away, she can't bear seeing her family being crushed into smithereens. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She didn't want to come back to the orphanage again, without her brother. She would be alone. Despite fighting 24/7, she loved her brother. After all, he was kin.
BOOM!
Diane automatically looked at where the noise was coming from. She saw a column of flames burning trees down. No! She was struck with dread. No, Angie and …
From the corner of her eye, she saw Jake and David behind a tree. David was sobbing hard, crying out, "No! Angie! NO!" Diane wanted to sit down and cry, but she couldn't, as the creature was coming after her brother and foster father next.
No time to grieve. The giant went after them. Jake tried to run, but with a crying grown-up leaning against you isn't much helpful.
The giant was advancing on them. Damn it, we're dead meat.
Jake was panicking. How can he make it out? Crying David wouldn't move. What now?
All of a sudden, David pushed Jake away. He stumbled. "David, what the heck are you doing?"
David looked really, really angry, which scared Jake a bit. "That thing killed Angie," he muttered, "He asked for it."
Jake's eyes widened. "You're crazy! You can't fight that thing!"
David ignored him. The middle-aged man's shoulders tensed, the way people are when they were about to fight.
He ran at the giant.
Dang! He lost it!
David charged at the thing. He killed his wife, now he has to pay. They have been married for nearly thirty years already; their wedding anniversary was just next two months. Angie's face flashed in his mind, making him even angrier and sadder.
He roared in rage.
The monster grunted and raised a huge fist. And it went down straight at him. It struck him in his chest. Extreme pain shot through his body. David went and slammed into a tree.
He felt an extreme pain again, only this one lasted a few seconds before everything went black.
"David!" Jake yelled.
David's bloody body was still and unmoving. No! First Angie … and now David.
The giant grunted and approached David's corpse, checking whether he was alive or not.
One thought flashed in Jake's mind: run.
He ran as fast as he could towards his sister.
"Jake!" Diane yelled. Jake stopped in front of his sister and panted hard. She hugged him, nearly squeezing the air out of him. "Thank God you're alright," she whispered.
"Hang on, where's David?" A lump formed in Jake's throat. Diane looked like she had been crying, he didn't want to make her more miserable. He didn't want to make her more miserable, but she had to know.
Before he could say anything, a roar erupted from the other side of the road.
The giant man walked out with blood trickling at the side of his mouth.
Jake's heart raced. What now? He had to protect his sister and survive…. but how? That thing is twice Jake's size.
Then Riley's words flashed in his head. The moonstone.
He took it out of his pocket.
Diane stared at him as if he was crazy. "What are you going to do with that? Make that thing eat it?" she asked.
He simply stared at it.
"Oh great," she moaned, "What a wonderful birthday present. Got attacked by a gigantic madman, parents died, and my brother went crazy. Who should I thank?" Sarcasm wouldn't leave her, even in this crappy situation.
All of a sudden, the moonstone glowed faintly of silver. Flip it to one side, said a woman's voice in Jake's head. Although it was completely daft, he did so, and it wasn't a moonstone anymore, but a sword made of pure silver, with a leather grip.
Diane's eyes widened. "What the hell…?
Jake gaped at it in surprise. What? How? It transformed into a sword?
The giant was fifteen feet away from them.
Meanwhile, Diane took her moonstone out, curious. It was glowing too, She copied Jake, and it was a silver bow. Her satchel bag was a leather quiver full of silver arrows. She gasped, "How…?"
When her moonstone was transformed, her satchel bag did too. Must've been a chain reaction, Jake thought. Huh? Where did he get that?
Jake's stomach flipped when he saw the giant approaching. Fight him, you can do this, said the woman's voice. What? Who's helping him?
"Who are you?" he said out loud.
"JAKE! WATCH OUT!"
The giant was right in front of him now, a huge, balled fist raised. He brought it down straight at Jake's head.
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