Chapter 7 – Intro to Creepiness

"Thank you again for helping me helping in the store today," Toby said as he pulled the key out of the door and stuffed it into his pocket. It was now almost dark and

"No problem, Toby. It's not like I had anything else to do." I said.

"Well, still, it helped me out." He replied. "I'll let you go. Any longer and your sister is going to come looking for you." He chuckled.

"Alright. See ya soon." I started walking towards Rissa's house, yelling over my shoulder. "And if they ditch you again, just call and I'll come help you."

"I'll do that. Thanks!" He yelled back, before taking off to his car.

I faced forward, pulling out my silver phone and quickly called Rissa. She didn't answer so I left a message saying I would be home soon.

I put my phone back into my purse and continued on my way home.

As I got closer to my house, I heard crunching noises behind me. I stopped and slowly looked around. I didn't see anything. No shadows behind cars or in alleyways. No creepy figures hidden in the shadows. Nothing. I slowly turned to face forward again and continued on my way, nearly jogging. The crunching picked up and my heart started to beat faster.

I turned around lightning quick and then just stared, my mind coated in fear and disbelief. In front of me stood at least twenty creatures. Their faces looked like metal, with tons of holes dotting their face. Their teeth were rotted fangs, dirty and black. Their bodies were brown; the color of mud, and it looked like someone had shot boogers at them, covering them in splotches of white with tan dots.

I opened and closed my mouth, looking like a fish out of water, before I started to back up, my shoes scuffing the pavement. I started to gasp, close to hyperventilating.

Suddenly, from behind them in the shadows, the figure of a creature that looked close to that of a crab, with hands, or claws, and feet the color of a fiery red, came forward. Its head had a fin going from its forehead over its skull and down to its neck.

A beam of light started form at his head and I knew I didn't have time to run. I knew that this was the monster from the news, the one that had been turning a lot of people to stone.

As the beam of light came towards me, something red shot out of a side street and landed in front of me.

"I don't think so!" The red rangers grabbed me and pulled me out of the way just as the blast hit right where I was once standing.

"What!" the monster screamed in fury, it eyes glaring fireballs. "I will destroy you, red ranger!"

"Haha, I'd like to see you try!" he turned his head to the side. "Get going! I'll only be able to hold him off for a short time!"

I was still in shock from being saved by the red power ranger and just nodded my head stiffly.

"I said, GET GOING!" he yelled, charging at the monster. His words finally registered in my mind and I took off, running like the wind back to rissa's house and not looking back once.

I ran into Josh's garage, running past all the tools and car pieces that littered the floor. I sprinted up the steps, managing not to trip on a single one, before I flung open the door to the apartment. I walked in, still breathing heavy, and saw Rissa and Josh sitting on the couch watching TV. They looked at me as I entered and their eyes widened.

"What happened to you?" Josh asked. "You look like someone scared the living daylights out of you."

"You know that thing that's been turning people to stone the past few days?" They nodded. "Well, I think I just met him."

"What!" Rissa screamed. "How'd that happen?"

"I was walking down the street and heard footsteps behind me. I think they were planning on surprising me but I turned around before they could. Once I saw them, the lead monster started to form a beam of light, which I guess is what turned the people to stone. The red ranger showed up and pulled me out of the way of the beam just in time. If he hadn't, I would have been as hard as rock." I explained quickly.

"Are you okay?" Rissa asked. She stood up and came up to me, pulling me to her body in a hug.

"I'm fine. The red ranger told me to run right before he started to fight. I just hope that he's okay and that creature doesn't come after me again." I pulled away from her and started to walk toward my room. "I think I'm going to go to bed. Adrenaline really takes a lot out of you."

"Do you think we should report this to the police, Xylie?" Josh asked.

I shook my head. "I wasn't hurt, just freaked out. I think I'll be fine." They didn't look like they liked the idea.

"I'm going to call them anyway. I'll call the chief tomorrow morning." Rissa went back to sit on the couch.

"Its not really necessary but you can do whatever you feel like." And with that I went to get ready for bed.

I am so sorry it took me so long to update. I have absolutely no excuse. I'll try to start updating more.