Part Six
Rose, Raz, and Lili walked along the empty streets, Raz occasionally glancing over at Lili. Seeing the burns on her sent a pang of guilt through his heart. Lili turned to look back at him, catching a glimpse of the regret and despair in his eyes.
"Raz.. It's okay.." she soothed gently. "It was just an accident.."
"But, look at you.." Raz whimpered. "I c-could've killed you.."
Rose looked at them a bit curiously, but stayed out of their conversation as it was not her business with what happened. Lili however turned to look at Rose.
"I know you're wondering what happened.." Lili responded.
They stopped walking.
"H-how..?" Rose began but Lili cut her off.
"I can sense you are.. Since you can obviously see I'm covered in burns.." she responded.
"Which was my fault.." Raz murmured in response.
"Raz, stop it!" Lili nearly shouted. "Stop beating yourself up about it!"
Raz was about to reply but stopped as he stood completely still. Lili and Rose watched him in confusion.
"Listen.." Raz replied. "D-don't you hear that?"
The three of them listened and Raz froze, the color draining from his face.
"Raz, What is it?" Rose asked.
"I-it's... It's a siren.." he replied a bit weakly.
Lili's eyes grew in surprise, having heard it somewhere before.
"A siren?" asked Rose.
"W-we need to go! NOW!" Raz shouted.
He turned on his heels and quickly took off into the nearest alleyway.
"Raz! Wait!" Lili shouted, racing after him.
As they ran after him, the area around them was slowly growing darker. The alleyway began to stretch onwards into nothingness. The further they ran, they began to see tall chain link fencing had now begun to up much of the alley.
"Raz?" Lili called into the darkness.
As they rounded a corner, they both froze in shock. Raz stood before a tall chain link fence, staring in horror at the body of a young man strung up on the fence in barbed wire.
Though Rose was to petrified to move, Lili ran to Raz's side.
She took his hand and realized he was shaking, his eyes locked with the man's which were hidden behind a pair of cracked and grimy goggles.
Raz started to hyperventilate as a low buzzing static began to echo throughout the alley. There was a low screeching as hordes of beings began to surround them. They were a dusty and charcoal black due to the volume of third degree burns that covered their bodies.
Raz couldn't help to think of the dream where he had burned his friends to death for the sake of ending.. Something.. Something he had no clue about.
He jumped back as the beings tried to grab him and his two companions. Rose tried to fight to get free as many of them began to crowd around her, screeching and screaming loudly. Raz cringed as the screeching and buzzing static left a ringing in his ears.
He saw Rose and Lili both becoming overwhelmed by the creatures and took action. Raz rammed his body against one of the creatures, crying out as hot embers from the creature touched his skin. He gritted his teeth as he continue to knock the creatures away.
"RUN!" he shouted, finally reaching them.
Rose only stared on in horror as Raz and Lili fought the creatures back.
"Rose! Get off your *ss and GO!" Lili shouted at her.
The sound of Lili's shout and cussing snapped Rose out of her trance and she scrambled to her feet. As she ran back the way they came, Raz and Lili finally followed close behind as the creatures continued their pursuit.
The trio ran through the maze of chain link fences until they reached a tall mesh gate. Raz picked up his speed and rammed his shoulder against it. As the wall of mesh gave way, Raz slowly became aware of his injuries that had not completely healed and his head started pounding again. Raz stumbled as he gripped at his side, hitting hard against the ground.
Rose stopped and turned to see Raz in pain on the ground. Rose hurried back through the gate and picked him up off the ground before sprinting out through the loosely swinging gate with Raz in her arms. Lili had turned around but soon saw Rose hurry past. Lili quickened her pace as she ran after Rose. Rose managed to get the double doors of an abandoned building. Lili was the last one inside and she slammed the door shut.
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"Where the h*ll did they go?" asked Coraline as she and her friends trekked through the empty streets.
"They couldn't have gotten far.." Norman stated. "It was only a few minutes."
"We did kinda just wait for a while.." Neil mentioned. "They could be-"
Neil was cut off as they heard a sound in the distance.
"Is that a siren?" asked Dipper in confusion.
"Guys..?" Wybie started, shaking a little.
They glanced around, shock washing over them as everything went dark. The ground began to take on a metallic rusty color blood hue as the ground began to peel away. They could see a large group of people running toward a rather large building in the distance. The closer they got, the easier they could see it was actually a large church. Norman stopped as a heavy feeling washed over him.
"Norman! Come on!" Coraline shouted.
"S-something's wrong.." Norman groaned, wincing a bit painfully.
"Come on!" Dipper shouted. "We need to go!"
Mabel however was frozen as a really tall being emerged from the darkness. Its face was a mask of thick sheets of metal that took the shape of a pyramid. The being's long bladed weapon graded along the ground.
"MABEL!" Dipper screamed, snapping his sister out of her trance. She took off up the steps with the others following behind them. As they ran up the steps, one of the people in the group had not been so lucky as the being picked them up.
There was a sickening rip as the being tore the helpless woman apart. They hurried inside, Wybie having to carry Neil who had fainted. Deep crimson cascaded over them as they frantically shut the door.
The crowd of people watched them as they slammed the door shut. Norman felt a pang of something dark around the group of people around them.
"Witches! You brought them upon us!" shouted one of them.
The others began to yell and scream accusations at them. Coraline and Dipper began trying to fight against them.
"What is the meaning of this!" shouted a voice.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at a young woman descending from steps leading from the front alter.
"This is a sanctuary..!" the woman said.
"Ma'am, we're sorry to barge in here," Norman stated. "We were just.."
He stopped as a felt a cold sensation as he looked at the woman.
"Do not worry.." the woman smiled. "We all week protection from the evil outside.. You may call me Christabella.. I am the priestess of this church."
"Listen," Coraline started, stepping forward. "We're looking for our friends.. They wandering into the town and-"
"We shall look for your friends," Christabella interrupted. "For now.. We must pray."
As Christabella made her way to the center of the church. Norman couldn't help but sense a dark energy as he watched them from where he stood. He sure hoped Raz and Lili were doing okay.
Author's Note: Yeah, so since there is not much I really know aside from the movie and game, I've kinda wade it as if it was following the movie plot.. XP I know it's not very original, but I just kinda figured I'd give it a try *shrug*
