Tootie had opened her eyes just in time to catch a glimpse of the azure explosion. It was hard for her to describe it. One moment, the syringe had been going down inches above her throat. But then suddenly, the world seemed to slow down. The syringe was closing up the gap between life and death, and she knew which one would emerge which one would emerge victorious when they collided.
She didn't want to die.
Not when she had finally been so happy.
She had finally gotten the man of her dreams in her arms, and didn't want to let go. Time seemed to be torturing her. The whole room seemed to fill with a foreboding pressure.
Then Timmy grabbed her and held her close to him. Out of the corner of her eye she saw what happened next.
The room just seemed to push the entire atmosphere towards one wall. Everything that wasn't nailed down- and a few things that were-seemed to disintegrate as it all left through a hole that formed when the wall gave way. She saw Trixie fight against the tide, arms flailing in frustration against the tide. But it was no use, and she went in the same direction oas everything else.
As suddenly as it came, it was gone. She sat there in his arms for what seemed like an eternity. Then his grip started loosening and she could get a good look at his face.
All the tranquillity was gone. It was replaced by a mixed look of fear and hatred on his face as he stared at the body screaming uncontrollably on the floor.
"She….killed them," he whispered, shock and disbelief on his face as e tried to get off the bed and on his feet. But he ended up hitting the floor- hard.
While she sat there stunned staring at him, she realised something.
The screaming had stopped.
She looked over at the ruins to see Trixie rise off of the ground into a sitting position and pullt eh syringe out of her shoulder. All the veins in her skin were giving off a bright green colour, and she seemed to be foaming at the mouth, eyes rolled into the back of her head. She tried to stand upright, but ended up clawing at her throat and pitching forward into a prostrate position, arms crossed over her chest, clutching her shoulders.
She held her shoulders so violently, she seemed to almost be trying to pull her skin off, violently shuddering with each passing minute.
She continued to stare as a mall black line stated to grow on Trixie's back as she continued to tug on her skin, suddenly tearing it off in one fluid moment.
As the skin started falling off her head, Tootie caught a glimpse of a bright green eyeball.
Staring right at her.
Timmy looked on in horror as the envy started to physically manifest itself on Trixie's body.
The creature was spot black, pure darkness exuding from every orifice. The eyes were green. A green that shone with the anger of unrequited love. Pure malice dripped, blood red, from its mouth. And every time she opened it, a green came out and dissolved into the air
Before he had time to act, the creature had leapt forward and snatched Tootie from off the bed.
Timmy's feet still wouldn't respond.
He pounded the floor and begged for something to happen. He begged to be able to stand. He begged to regain control. He begged, he begged, he begged….
He was still begging down to the moment where Trixie shoved her right hand forward, spear like, into Tootie's shoulder, piercing through it with maniacal laughter.
Tootie's scream pierced the air as the monster began to twist her hand around in the wound slowly, a smile beginning to spread across her face. She wasn't going to kill her. Not yet. Tootie was the mouse in the cat's paws, and she wasn't ready to be slaughtered yet.
She laughed as the blood ran down the girl's shoulder and slowly dripped down to the ground. The first drop that struck the ground was a tiny pinprick of crimson.
When it splashed, a small red spark sped out from it and dispersed into the ground.
The fairy detective was the only one who observed the last detail as he took out a cigarette and snapped his fingers together. The spark that ensued was enough to light it. He leaned against the remains of the door frame and settled in to watch the show.
