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Chapter 10:
Lethal Diameter
Jennifer jumped back when she saw Bobby clutching onto the back of the mannequin.
Ann called out to Jennifer, who in turn told her to run.
"Where?" Ann asked, panicked.
Bobby fell off the mannequin, picked up his scissors, and turned towards Jennifer, who picked up the robe and ran out of the boutique with Ann. They looked around for a place to escape to or to hide in, but the stairwell was blocked, as were all of the other stores on the floor.
Bobby kept snapping the scissors as he crept up on them.
"Jen..." Ann shook Jennifer's shoulder. She seemed to be in a daze, and had to take her hand to get her to move.
"What..." Jennifer said, spacing out. Was it that traumatizing to encounter Bobby again?
Bobby was already halfway across the floor. Ann held her ax at the ready.
"'Black is the new black'..." Jennifer chanted. Out of options, she took the robe, put her arms through the sleeves, and pulled the hood over her head.
"Jennifer...? What are you doing?" asked Ann, her attention divided between watching her and watching Bobby.
"'Black is the new black'," Jennifer repeated numbly. Then she gasped, as a high-pitched noise erupted assaulted her ears.
Just as Bobby descended upon them, the two girls jumped away as the wall exploded. Bobby squealed and was thrown halfway across the room. His scissors made a clanging noise as they spun on the metallic floor.
Jennifer recovered and pulled the hood up over her eyes. She pointed at the wall. "Look!"
"What?" Ann looked at the hole in the wall, and saw a dark cavern on the other side.
Jennifer stood up and stumbled forth. She reached for the hole as if to see whether or not it was real. Then she cried in pain and drew her hand back.
Bobby's scissors moved on their own, as they were pulled into the vortex, shortly followed by their master, who squealed in dismay.
Ann stood up and tried to hold Jennifer back from what she thought was a mindless march towards the vortex, but she wasn't moving of her own accord.
"Jennifer!"
Jennifer cried for help, as she was jerked off of the floor and sucked into the vortex. She caught herself by latching onto the edge of the hole blasted into the wall. As the vortex grew in power, Ann conversely experienced an opposing force trying to push her away.
Ann pushed against the force and tried to grab Jennifer's hand. "Jennifer! Please, don't leave me! I need you..." she pleaded, as she was on the verge of tears.
Right then, the force blasted her away and she crashed into one of the boutique's display windows.
"NO!" That was the last that Jennifer saw of her friend as the vortex pulled her in.
Next: They've been waiting