The foursome slid to a stop when they burst out of the stairwell to the bottom floor. They gaped around. The speakers were all exploded there were people rolling around holding their ears which were bleeding. There were some bodies that looked torn up as if they had been hit with an explosion and there seemed to be blood every where.
David ran to the front door. It was a push door but rather then bursting through it out to the front overgrown lawn he hit it dead on and was knocked backwards hard enough to land on his back. Brian and Daniel ran to the door and jiggled the bar and Daniel threw his shoulder against it without effect.
" Come on!" Daniel grabbed Ann's hand and headed for the double door that led to the treatment rooms. He knew from being here before there was a laundry door in the back.
David got to his hands and knees slipped and fell back into the blood, gagged then got up on his hands and knees again scrambling after them. Brian stayed behind a moment his scared eyes looking around or Kat. Not seeing her he cursed and then turned to run after the others.
The black chick in the thong stumbled into the room and she began screaming. She clunked over to a table and stopped screaming when she saw there was cocaine laid out ready to snort. She quickly used it letting it go to her head filling it with a banana after taste that really good coke had. Then she started screaming again stumbling around.
One of the bodies on the floor reached out and grabbed her ankle begging for help.
She began hopping and kicking still screaming. Her platforms slipped on the bloody floor and she fell backwards hitting her head on the counter fracturing her skull. She fell to the floor where she proceeded to convulse and die.
Her screaming wouldn't have been heard as there was screaming coming from the treatment room.
David turned the corner and saw the boiling water in the hydrotherapy tubs and the unlucky bastards that didn't even look human anymore they looked like dumplings his mom used to make. He turned around and proceeded to puke. Brain staggered and for a moment Daniel was afraid he was going to pass out. Ann stepped up and slapped him sharply across the face bringing him back into focus.
Head down holding his stomach David stumbled away.
" Aw..aw shit fuck shit fuckshitfuckshitfuckshit!"
Daniel and Ann walked into the room and sucked in a breath. That was a mistake. The smell of cooked meat filled their nostrils and Ann gagged trying to hold her breath. Brian stumbled in and stared at the blackened...things...strapped to the electroshock therapy treatment gurneys. It was to much. He couldn't process it. He stumbled forward and grabbed Daniel's hand squeezing them hard.
" Hey man..man I gotta go home..I gotta get Kat and go home...it's getting late and we gotta go home..."
" Kat's dead." Ann said tearfully. " Brian snap out of it!" She glanced around and blinked. " Where's David? "
Daniel looked around and realized David, who was the only one with a weapon, had bailed on them.
" Son of a bitch! We gotta go!"
They ran ignoring distant screams that sounded like they came from the basement were the isolation wards were. They didn't consider themselves heroes. They just wanted to live.
" There's the door!" Daniel yelled. It was open a little bit so he hit it full speed yanking Ann behind him. Brian stumbled out and almost hit the ground.
" Look out! " Daniel yelled throwing Ann down to the ground as he dived down too.
David fired off two shots before realizing it wasn't the horrible little monster he was shooting at.
" Are you fucking crazy? No never mind your off your rocker I can see that let's get a car!"
Ann suddenly went rigid her green eyes widened.
" Thieves hearts and thieves eyes to be placed on his bride, Thieves hearts and thieves eyes to be placed on his bride...Thieves " Her head whipped back as Daniel backhanded her.
" We don't have time for your fits right now Ann come on!"
Brian shoved her from behind and she nearly fell. Holding her cheek she tried to warn them " I saw it! Like a big stone table or something and that thing was there and he was saying thieves hearts and thieves eyes for my bride it might be a ...oof"
She was shoved into a car. David leaped into the passenger seat. Brian almost crawled onto Ann's lap and Daniel jumped into the drivers side and began digging out wires to hot wire it.
"What did you do?! Daniel dammit tell me what you did to piss this thing off!"
" Nothing we didn't do nothing!" David yelled back at her " and if you don't shut up I'm gonna put a bullet in your brain!"
" Got it!" The car roared to life when it was suddenly rocked by something landing on hood.
David screamed and shot at the Leprechaun who was standing on the hood waving at them grinning. The shot broke the glass and then there was silence as the gun simply dry fired.
" Shit!"
" Daniel go!" Ann screamed.
The Leprechaun stomped one foot on the hood and flash of green magic traveled down to the motor killing it before Daniel even had a chance to shift gears.
" It might be old lads but I really want my gold,"
An evil sneer went across his face " and a pound of flesh to pay for the lives of me wee ones and the sufferin of me bride!"
He bent slightly looking into the car as they threw open the doors scrambling out. Ann found her door stuck and for a moment she was pinned under that gaze. The Leprechaun looked slightly amazed as he gazed at the girl in the car. She was almost a spitting image of his bride! Why let the years add more maturity to her face and they could have been twins.
He took his hat off and bowed elegantly to her.
" My lady..." was as far as he got before Daniel hit him with a tire iron knocking him from the car.
Ann scrambled out the other side and ran to her brothers side. David still had the gun but he had no ammo he had a vague idea of them running to town and breaking into a store. Brian followed them still dazed . He ran but every now and then he looked around as if he wasn't sure where he was or why he was running.
The Leprechaun cursed getting up. " That was a cheap underhanded shot! "
He shook his fist briefly then glanced around for his hat. He took a moment to put it on running his hand over his long red hair to get it out of the way of his face. He made a mental note to cut the damn thing and shave and trim up his sideburns since he sometimes forgot about such grooming habits and now of course Desire wasn't there to remind him. He then pulled a cloth out and quickly brushed them across his shoes.
" Lousy human pigs...ah but the lass was hot...I wonder...I wonder if desire can be brought back with a little magic ...Yes yes worth a shot." he cackled and practically began skipping after the four humans following the call of gold and planning evil deeds.