I love this chapter because I love this part of the movie, so... on with it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Child's Play, nor do I own Halloween 5 or any of the movies for that matter.
Andy didn't know where he was running to; he was only running away. Away from the doll of his nightmares and that blood red hair and that knife Chucky carried with him. He was running away from a waking nightmare
How had Chucky found him? How was Chucky even alive? They'd destroyed him; Andy and his mom had been afraid of him coming back, but they didn't actually expect him to come back or be resurrected or whatever.
Andy dashed down hall after hall until he reached the front door, but when he skidded to a stop in front of it, a shadow appeared on the other side of the glass. The doorknob began to turn.
Andy turned on his heel and ran the opposite direction.
He knew better than to ask for help. No one had helped him last time when he was in a mental hospital, and asking for help had only put the other person in danger. Andy still had to live with that doctor's death; he hasn't pushed the button to electrocute the man, but having the man with him gave Chucky access. Chucky wanted Andy, and Andy knew by now that Chucky would kill anyone who got in his way.
Andy couldn't ask for help, but he would run until his legs gave out. He would not let Chucky use his body as a puppet or whatever. If he died-if he gave in and stopped running and let Chucky kill him- Chucky would win, and Andy wasn't going to let that happen.
Footsteps creaked around the corner, and Andy threw open a door and rushed down the steps.
He was in the basement. Laundry and sheets hung on clothes lines, and he could see a washer and dryer in the corner with a basket of dirty laundry on top of the dryer. There was a tiny window near the ceiling, and Andy, despite being scrawny, would not be able to fit through it.
The rip of a sheet sounded from behind him, and Andy didn't look back as he shoved a few shirts aside and ducked under the numerous clothing lines.
Andy sprinted through the basement until he found a shelf in a darkened hallway, and he scrambled up the shelf until he reached the top. He shivered in the darkness, pressing his body against the wall and covering his eyes, not wanting to see the horrible knife coming down on him…
Running footsteps sounded, but they sounded much heavier than Chucky's. A barely audible whimper met his ears, and the footsteps stopped.
Only to be replaced by the creak of a shelf as the person or thing or whatever pulled themselves onto the shelf.
Andy uncovered his eyes, trembling as he waited for the knife to pierce his heart or for Chucky to simply knock him out to use him for the possession trick he'd pulled a few months before. But… he didn't see Chucky or a knife or anything remotely similar.
Andy looked into the terrified eyes of Jamie Lloyd.
Jamie grabbed his hand, and they pressed their backs against a wall, shuddering in panic and apprehension as footsteps approached. The only sound were Andy's shaky breaths, and Andy could see the tears on Jamie's face glistening and shimmering in the dark suffocating them.
Andy grasped her hand tighter, and he snuggled against Jamie's body, wanting his last moment to be filled with the warmth and comfort that seemed to radiate off of Jamie.
"I'm sorry," he murmured. Chucky would kill Jamie, simply because she was with Andy, and it would be all Andy's fault.
The light popped as it flickered to life, and Andy leaped back, his arm hitting Jamie's shoulder. Jamie huddled behind Andy, as though begging for protection, and Andy gladly gave it. He sat in front of Jamie and stared straight into the eyes of…
The janitor?
"What are you doing up there?" the janitor asked, revealing several missing teeth as he talked and displaying a perplexed expression. His eyes were wide, and he seemed genuinely surprised to see two eight year old kids sitting on the highest shelf. After all, he and some of the nurses were the only ones that ever used the basement; the patients weren't even allowed down here.
"There you are!" Jamie and Andy's nurse exclaimed, appearing beside the janitor. "Come along, children."
The janitor lifted Jamie and handed the girl to the nurse before picking Andy up around the waist and setting him on the ground.
"Let's go upstairs," the nurse suggested, looking severely freaked out. Andy and Jamie had obviously caused her quite the scare when they'd pretty much vanished off the face of the earth.
As they were walking up the stairs, Andy realized something.
He was running from Chucky, and Jamie had appeared out of no where, scrambling up the shelves to find a hiding place, just like he had. She'd even had the petrified expression on her face, just like him.
What had Jamie been running from?
How was the chapter? Just so you know, this was the scene where Jamie spotted Michael and was running from him. It isn't mentioned because this is in third person limited, meaning it's just in Andy's point of view (at least for now). If Andy doesn't know something, the answer isn't mentioned until he finds out. I just thought I should help you understand this scene a little more.
Thanks for reading!
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