I didn't expect to update so soon, especially since I just spent hours updating my other story, but I'm back again! :D
Btw, Renji is that awesome motorcycle guy that ties the rope around his waist. I wasn't sure if I described him good enough and I plan on putting him in the story a lot more than the guy was in the movie, on account that I love Renji to death. :) So yeah, just thought I'd let you know! :D
So, anyways, here's chapter three! :3
I stood there, staring at the door for what seemed like forever. My hands clenched into fists at my side, caused by my nerves. The thing started beating against the door harder, causing me to jump. I quickly ran out of the storage room, looking for anyone. I almost ran right into Kon, Ishida Uryuu, the teenage bag boy that worked at The Store, and Renji Abarai, another local man I recognized right away. They looked at me, cocking their eyebrows.
I was breathing deeply, still trying to calm down, holding onto the collar of my shirt tightly. "Th-there's...There's something out there!" I said, gasping for air.
Kon pushed himself off of the aisle he had been leaning on. "What? Kurosaki, what's the matter?" he asked, looking concerned.
I shook my head, standing straight again, my breathing finally regulating. "There's something outside the back of The Store," I said. "It's trying to bust open the door to the storage room!"
They looked at each other skeptically before turning back to me. "You're crazy," Ishida said, glaring at me.
"No," I said, shaking my head again. "No! Come see for yourselves!"
"Fine," he responded, walking towards the storage room, followed by me and the two curious men. The shaking had stopped, it was quiet. They all looked at me, Ishida looking pissed off.
"No! It was moving! Something's out there!" I said, feeling a little crazy.
"Okay, then," Uryuu started again. "Turn the generator back on and open the door. I'll go check it out."
"You can't! Just...you have to believe me!' I pleaded with him.
"I'll make a decision once I've seen for myself. Open the door, Renji," he said to the other man, seeming to ignore me.
Renji looked at me as I shook my head, unable to help the frown that was on my face. He sighed and stepped into the caged area, flipping the switch that made the generator roar to life. A hand covered his mouth as he coughed, the machine still spitting smoke. He ignore the smoke and pushed a button that caused the door to slide open, stopping it when the garage-styled door was open enough.
Ishida knelt down, peering out the door, resting his hands on the cement floor. "Please, don't!" I said, trying one more time to get him to stay inside. He turned back to me, rolling his eyes.
"Calm down," he said. "There's nothing even out here, so you can shu-" he started, being interrupted by a limb of the monster I knew I had heard wrapped around his torso quickly and began to drag him out of the opening in the door. He screamed loudly along with a startled Kon. I ran to Ishida, grabbing his arm but pulling away when another tentacle-like limb came toward me. I fell on my ass, scooting away from it.
When it retreated, I grabbed Uryuu's arm again as he continued to scream. "Get the axe!" I screamed to Kon and Renji. "Hurry, GET THE FUCKING AXE!"
I saw Renji run toward the glass box that held the axe I was referring to. He punched the glass without a second thought and grabbed the red-handled axe, ignoring the blood that was running down his arm.
Before Renji could reach us, the creature took a chunk out of Ishida's shoulder, his blood seeping onto my shirt and getting on my arms. Before I could react Renji was there, slamming the axe into one of the several limbs that now possessed Uryuu's body. He managed to cut one off, but it wasn't enough. The other four or five overpowered me and dragged a still screaming Ishida out of the storage room, causing me to fall over again.
Everything fell silent for a second, ending when Renji dropped the blood covered weapon and ran into the fenced in area again, closing the door and killing the generator again. I stood, backing away from where Ishida had just been, wiping some sweat from my forehead, feeling my stomach ache. I turned around from a shocked Kon and Renji and threw up anything that was in my stomach seconds before. Kon placed a trembling hand on my shoulder, causing me to turn around, glaring at Renji.
"Why did you open the door for him!?" I screamed.
"Look, he would have done it anyways, I couldn't have-" he began before I cut him off by punching him. I was about to throw more punches, but Kon held me back.
"He's a kid!" I shouted. "He's just a dumb kid! And now he's dead!"
Renji returned my glare but just listened.
"He's dead and his blood's all over me!" I exclaimed more to myself now, pulling away from Kon's grip. I wiped more sweat away with the back of my hand, breathing deeply again.
"Look, I'm sorry," Renji said.
I nodded, unable to answer.
"We have to warn everyone." Kon said, looking from me to Renji. I nodded again, standing upright, and taking a deep breathe.
As we stepped out of the storage room, a wide-eyed Rukia approached us, carrying a sleeping Kiba. "What happened?! Are you okay, Ichigo?" she asked, concern leaking into her voice.
I nodded, grabbing a random plain T-shirt off a shelf, and pulling the blood stained one over my head. I happily dropped it to the floor before replacing the bloody shirt with the new one.
She looked skeptical, of course. Anyone in their right mind would have known that we weren't alright. "You're so pale...and blood. Who's blood is that?" she asked, stepping closer to me absently.
"It's Ishida's," I said, using another clean T-shirt to wipe the boys blood off on my arms and face.
"That teenager that works here?" she asked, continuing when I nodded. "Where is he? What happened?" she asked impatiently.
"The thing...The thing in the mist got him. It came in from the storage room door...and it killed him," I answered, looking down, feeling sick to my stomach again. She must have noticed because she took another step toward me, now right next to me, and lightly rubbed my back with her unoccupied hand. Kiba stirred slightly in her grasp, but he didn't wake.
I looked over at Kon and noticed that he and Renji were drinking some beer they had gotten off a near by shelf. Kon was leaning against aisle, his head resting against the top shelf. "Kon, did you see what that thing looked like? Did you look at it at all?" I asked.
He sighed, some of his long, spiky, dark hair moving out of his eyes. He shook his head, slowly sliding his brown eyes to mine, looking guilty. "No, I didn't see anything except its...limb. I'm sorry," he answered, looking away.
"No, it's okay, it's not your fault...," I said, about to say more before the manager approached, glaring darkly at Kon.
"Kon? What are you doing? You're still working, why are you drinking?" he asked angrily? "And why is there blood on you?" he asked, now looking at me, pointing down at my jeans.
I looked down, noticing the drops of blood on my pants for the first time. I returned my gaze to him. "Look, something happened," I said.
He just looked back at me before saying, "Where's Ishida?"
"That's what I was talking about. Something...," I started, not wanting to think about the incident again. "Something in the mist got him. It came in from the storage room door and it got him. I killed him, we tried to stop it, but we couldn't. We couldn't stop it," I finished, noticing Rukia grabbing my arm. Kon and Renji nodded when Ikkaku gave us all a disbelieving look.
"Something...from the mist...came into the building and killed Ishida?" he asked, his glare deepening.
I nodded again. "We have proof, just come back into the storage room with us," I said, gesturing towards the entrance absently. Rukia slid her arm down my arm and grabbed my hand, ready to come with us.
He agreed and we went into the small room that still smelled of blood and sweat. We all surrounded the detached limb, staring at it in silence. I heard Rukia gasp at the sight of it and lightly squeezed her small hand.
Just as quickly we were back in the store, Ikkaku calling for every ones attention. "Listen everyone!" he started, everyone falling silent and listening. "Whatever's out there...it's more dangerous than we thought. It got Ishida Uryuu. No one else leaves the store, not tonight. Agreed?" he asked, but before anyone could respond we heard a noise. As if on cue, the creature that had been haunting The Store gave a low, distant cry. If it was possible, I'd say it sounded satisfied.
Okay, so there's chapter three!
I hope you all enjoyed the goriness of this chapter. I tried my best! :D
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