AN: So, this chapter is going to be a short one. It's currently two in the morning right now and I don't think I have enough energy to write the next chapter tonight. So hopefully tomorrow or the next day more will be up! And thank you for reading this far! :)
Zak and the crew all asked me what was wrong frantically, worried about my sudden change in tone of voice and choice of wording. "You don't see him?" I asked. Staring the seven foot something dark figure down. I didn't dare break my gaze with it.
"See what Ruth?! What do you see?!" Zak asked.
"Get your cameras, your equipment and point it over in that corner. Do it quickly, we're leaving now!" They did as I said and we quickly exited the building. As I was backing out of the building it disappeared into a cloud of black smoke. Once I saw it disappear and I was outside the building I walked away very fast. I didn't leave, just got some distance between me and the building. I intertwined my fingers together behind my neck, walking and whispering a prayer.
"Ruth!?" they all called, asking me what I saw, what happened, and if I was alright.
I finally brought my arms back down, and acknowledged them, "Zak, Aaron - guys! Listen…I need a couple seconds, I'm fine, just need a couple seconds. I want to get away from the building, can we go somewhere else right now? Please?"
They all seemed pretty concerned, I could tell in their faces and tone of voice. "Yeah - yeah of course! Let's walk this way. The shops aren't too far from here, let's go there, alright?" Zak said. And he was right, it was a few minutes to walk over to where the shops were. I noticed Zak tell Billy something before Billy went into a small jog towards one of the shop entrances. I didn't pay any attention to it it all, I was just trying to figure out what it meant. If that was the thing that scratched me. If it attached itself to me. So many questions are running through my mind right now.
I took a seat on one of the picnic tables. I sat on the table part, putting my feet on the seat part and running my hands over my head. Zak and the guys took a seat around the picnic table.
"Ruth?" Zak said sitting next to me, "What's wrong?"
"It was about seven-ish feet tall" I said surprising them, "Seven-ish feet tall, black-ish brown in color. It was giving off a smoky, cloud like thing off of its body - kinda like how dry ice does when you pour water on it. But the smoky part was black, swirling around its body. I…I - I have never seen anything that detailed and crystal clear before in my life. Its beady red eyes just…just staring into my soul it seems" I said looking first at Zak and then between the rest of the guys and him.
"Oh my God, Ruth…I - I'm so sorry you had to experience that. That thing…it scratched you, and you were willing to go back and face it. Not many are as brave as you are Ruth. That took a lot of courage and willpower to do" Zak said with a comforting tone of voice, using the hand closest to me to rub the my shoulder. I didn't even see Billy walk up to us.
"Hey, Ruth…here's a chocolate cupcake, maybe it'll make you feel better" he said handing me a chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting.
"Oh! Thank you - you can never go wrong in the world as long as you have food and sweets" I said laughing. The other guys laughed or smiled, so that was good.