More and More Surprises
Kim's pov
After hearing that oh-so-familiar voice, my skin crawled. Jack whipped around and I did slowly while cringing.
She wore that same long dirty white nightgown type lace dress. Her hair was a little longer than her waist, black and sweaty. It covered the sides of her pale face. Dark black splotches were around her face. I couldn't blame her appearance, she was an eight year old girl living under a school with no protection and probably no food. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her... I quickly shook myself out of my sorrow and was mad at her for almost killing Jack and I.
(This is her: /scary-little-girl-prank/90359/)
'Who. Are. You?' Jack asked in the mixed emotions of, fright, anger and confusion. Then, the girl did something I never expected. She's always been eerie and quiet. But, she laughed hard.
'No Jack.' Jack flinched by her saying his name. Her smile died. She stepped close. 'Follow me. Don't make a sound.' she said roughly. We looked at her scared. The guys started following Lacey.
'Even I am scared of her threatening side.' Jack whispered to me. I smiled and we followed them.
Soon, our paced walk turned out to a full silent sprint. We finally reached the outer room where the pipes were laid out. Lacey looked towards the right thinking about escaping to another door. She shook out of it making me and Jack look at each other confused.
'C'mon.' she whispered sounding like she had just been screaming at the top of her lungs.
Milton followed her up the stairs then Jerry, Eddie, me then Jack. That's when I heard a shriek. I clasped the sides of my ears and couldn't but fall to my knees. I yelled a little. I looked and saw Jerry, Milton, and Eddie staring at me like I was crazy. Lacey had a horrified look painted on her face. I saw Jack fall on his knees and grasp his ears too. He heard it? Lacey touched my shoulder and I looked up at her. A devious grin sprouted on her lips. Then, she quickly grabbed my hand and Jack's arm pulling us up. She was probably stronger than Jack and I combined! We were again sprinting up the stairs when all of a sudden, I heard Jack scream my name. I was surprised I could hear it from all the other screams... I think I heard it in a different way. I whipped around and He was falling backwards... into the 50 foot hole the broken staircase made! I nearly tumble off the stairs as I dove for his hand. Thankfully, I caught him. Lacey came over and grabbed his hand from me and swung him up. We looked at her in pure shock.
'HURRY!' she screamed wide eyed. She whipped around and raced towards our screaming friends who sprinted up the stairs like maniacs. Then, Jack put his arm around my waist and we ran up the stairs.
'I can't let you drop.' I heard him say... but it sounded weird and echoed.
'What?' I exclaimed.
'I didn't say anything.' he said back.
'Bad time for talking guys. Let's get the heck outta here!' Jerry screamed. We rolled our eyes and kept pace with the people in front of us. Even though the breaking of the staircase was right on our tail, the guys still didn't even rush to the surface. I groaned in disapproval.
'Oh Kimmy mad?' Jack whispered. I elbowed him in the stomach making him gasp for air. Finally, we reached the top and Lacey sprinted ahead to open the doors. She tumbled out followed by Jerry, Milton, and Eddie. I ran forward and I felt Jack right behind me. On the way down to hit the dirt, I saw Lacey stand up with a shocked face. Right when I thought I would feel the hard ground, I opened my eyes seeing Jack caught me from falling. I got back to my feet and turned around to Lacey who slammed the doors with a dusty rumble. She whipped around and stared at me and Jack.
'Have you guys been you know... hearing things weird?' she asked. We looked at each other then back at her.
'No?' I replied and it apparently was convincing. She nodded and walked past us. After one more confused glance at Jack I turned and followed her. She turned around and not prepared for my attack, I pinned her to the dirty alley's ground.
'Why?! Of all people why us?!' I screamed. I felt Jack's arms fly around my waist to pull me off her but I kicked him away. Then, her all dark black eyes turned to a normal, but bright blue... but full of fury. She pressed me back and I was instantly on my back.
'Because! He has it!' She screamed at me pointing her tiny fingers at a shocked Jack.
'What?!' I managed to gasp. Her thumbs pressed on my throat.
'I ALREADY TOLD YOU!' she shrieked jumping up. 'He's it!' she finished making all of us shocked and wide eyed.
Jack's pov
I started to panic whenever she said that I was it. I looked down to Kim and quickly grabbed her forearms pulling her up to me. She stared back at Lacey.
'Yah I know what you're thinking!' she yelled. 'Yes, I'm Lacey, the third grader from the elementary school that stood before Seaford High did. I was loved but then, forgotten so, I repaid every kid their the pain I had. Soon, the school shut down. But, why am I not sixty years old you ask? I don't know why! I have never grown since the day it closed. I've been an eight year old third grader for the past fifty years.' We just stared at her soaking in her words.
'So why don't you just live like a normal third grader?' I asked stepping forward with Kim's shoulder right behind mine.
'I can't. I don't have any family, and I'm too scared to have any other friends because of what happened in that school.' I looked behind me at Kim. Our eyes full of sorrow. I turned back to the short little girl. I lowered to her height even though she hated it.
'Well, I think you're going to be a normal girl right now, this very day, this very second.' I said smiling. She just looked at me lovingly.
'I would love to, but I don't know?' I looked down at the bear she held in her hand. I never noticed it before. It was a dirty blond with his left ear torn but still, seamed like a nice toy.
'Oh Jack, I don't know what to do with her! We can't just leave her? Please say you'll bring her with us!' I heard Kim's voice in my head. I instantly bounced up and stared at Kim in shock.
'Did you just say that out loud?' I looked at Jerry, Milton, and Eddie who looked at me like I had a giraffe on my head.
'No?' she said... but her mouth didn't move.
'Can you hear me Kim?' I thought without talking. She stared at me wide eyed and nodded.
'So... you can hear everything that I think?' Kim thought.
'Yah and you can hear me?' she nodded.
'That is sooooo cool!' She exclaimed.
'OW KIM! Take it easy!' I accidentally exclaimed out loud. The guys looked at me like I was even more insane.
'WAIT?!' Lacey screamed making me and Jack jump and turn to her.
'So... can you guys talk to each other without talking?!' she exclaimed getting more and more excited. My eyes nearly popped out of my head in hearing of Kim's words.
'KIM CRAWFORD!' I yelled allowed.
'Sorry. Forgot.' she thought back. I just rolled my eyes and replied yes to Lacey.
'YES!' she screamed throwing her hands in the air.
'Oh I'm awesome! Imma genius! I can create stuff! And you can't do this! Oh oh!' she sang jumping around making me, Kim, Milton and Eddie look at her confused... but as for Jerry, he sang and danced along.
'My dance Jerry.' she said flatly after calming down.
'Sorry, looked fun.' he replied.
'What do you mean?' I asked stepping forward.
'Whenever I hurt you two, I mixed your blood together and gave it back to you, making you be able to hear each other's thoughts!' we glared at her.
'So, what else did you put in out blood? Because that can't just happen!' Kim exclaimed getting more and more annoyed.
'A type of chemical I made... but let's not talk about that right now.' she said.
'It's ok guys, whenever we get back into the school, I'll test you guys to see if you're safe.' Milton said with the 'cool guy' voice. We nodded.
'Jack! We can't just leave her here!' Kim thought.
'Of course not! That's why we'll bring her and protect her.' I thought back.
'Soo... we are more of her illegal guardians?'
'Yah We'll get that illegal changed to legal soon....' then I said this part aloud 'but first... we need to see if she wants too.' I looked to and lowered down to Lacey. 'Lacey, would you want to come and live with us?' her eyes lit up. She smiled.
'I would love to... but only if I could come back here every night.' I looked up to Kim.
'But... just... whoa no! I'm not letting her go outside at night alone! see how tiny she is?!' Kim screaming in my head.
'Kim, see's lived here for fifty years and is still alive! Besides... I'll come with her oh, and you're acting like her mother!' I thought back.
I smiled at her for her love towards kids.
'Ok but I'm coming with you every night.' I said to Lacey. Her smile died and her face turned paler... if that was possible.
'No... I'll be fine.'
'No Lacey you won't be fi-' Kim started but I interrupted her.
'We'll talk about this later.' I said then tried to turn back to Lacey, but Kim caught my shoulder and turned me back.
'Don't make me!' she thought holding up her fist.
'You know you can't beat me!' I thought back a little annoyed.
'Wanna bet?' she said taking a step closer to me threateningly.
'Let's not fight in front of Lacey.' I said aloud... great.
'You know we couldn't hear you right?' Eddie asked.
'Trust me you're glad you didn't.' I whispered in their direction. Kim bopped my head.
'Ok lace, let's just take you to me home and the dojo, get you cleaned up and see if you like it.' I suggested. She smiled and nodded. I smiled at Kim.
'See?' I thought. She hit my arm. Hard.
'Not in front of the child!' I thought.
'Hey!' she screamed aloud then slapped here hands over her mouth. Everyone laughed. I looked down to Lacey. She surprisingly smiled and grabbed my hand. I smiled at her then brought it to Kim. She smiled back and placed her head on my shoulder while we walked back to civilization.
