Supertoys While Mummy Drinks

Supertoys While Mummy Drinks

Chapter 4: Fleshless

By: S|K

David was running so fast everything had become a blur. He didn't notice the thorns cutting away at his newly remoulded skin. He lost one of his sandals somewhere back down the path. He didn't care. He kept going deeper into the woods with the beast not far behind.

Suddenly his foot caught on a root and he fell onto the underbrush. He slowly got up on his elbows and looked up, seeing a badly decomposed body just a few feet ahead of him. It was a mecha. One of those serving man types. Most of it's body had long rotted away and rusted and now was slowly being consumed by the earth. David's eyes widened when he saw a snake slither out of the mecha's gaping mouth.

It was David's scream that finally woke Monica up. She slowly lifted her head and looked out the windscreen. "Huh? Where am I?" She tried opening the door but it was stuck. After giving it a few good shoves it swung open., revealing the surrounding woods.

She slowly stepped out of the car and glanced around. That was when she noticed the front of the car was a twisted mess. " Henry will be furious." She said, as she looked the car over. "But he doesn't even know I'm here. Wherever here is." She frowned.

She hadn't realised until now that she hadn't seen David since last night. "David?" She cried. She rushed back into the car and looked around. She found his toys and books that he normally kept in his satchel all scattered about in the back. Curious, she thought. When she touched the front passenger seat it still had a slight warmth to it. Wherever had gone off to, he hadn't been gone long. She slowly slipped out of the car confused. "Is he avoiding me again?" She sighed. "He's afraid of me. That's it. He hid from me. I can't blame him. I just get so angry sometimes. And" She groaned.

Her train of thought was broken when she heard some faint cries. They were David's. She walked around the car until she spotted David's small footprints leading down a path. She followed them.

David had found a old shack and was hiding inside of it. He could hear the creature barking away and desperately clawing at the old metal building. He knew it would soon get in and tear him to pieces if he didn't find a better place to hide. He looked up and saw that about half of the roof was missing and tree branch hanging over above. The only way to reach it though was with the old rotted ladder he was using as a barricade for the door. He knew it would give out soon anyway so he went ahead and took it from the door and laid it against a wall. No sooner was he about to climb up it the beast broke in, drooling acid. It growled and arched it's long back, then leaped at him. But David managed to get out of it's way and up into the tree just before the ladder gave out from under his weight and fell on top the hound .

Monica stooped over and picked up David's strawberry filled satchel. What are berries for?, She wondered. He doesn't eat.

Further down the path she found one of his sandals. While picking it up she realised not all the fresh footprints were of David's. She heard more cries.

"David?!"

David looked down from the tree and saw Monica standing at the end of the path, several yards away, looking up at him.

"Mummy!" He cried.

The tree started to shake and David lost his grip. He managed to catch himself on a lower branch. But he was still dangling far above the ground. He tried desperately to get back up but he couldn't.

In the corner of her eye, Monica caught a glimpse of the beast as it came out. It didn't seem to notice her it went straight for David's legs. It couldn't reach them though. It jumped up and down trying to bite them.

"Leave him alone!" Monica yelled as she ran towards the creature. It still hadn't noticed her until she hit it upside the head with David's satchel. Even after being attacked, the hound didn't seem to care about Monica. It merely let out a small growl in response. Then it just turned around and padded away. It only stopped once to look up at David before it disappeared into the bushes.

David letted go of the tree and landed in Monica's waiting arms.

"What was that thing?" asked Monica. "I had never seen anything like that before."

" I don't know. Keep me safe." David's voice was so shaken.

Monica gently rubbed his back and figured she better change the subject.

She looked at the strawberry stained bag. "What are the berries for?"

"For you." He said hesitantly, looking away from her, expecting to get backhanded across his cheek.

"A little smashed but still good."

David peered up at her as she licked some of the strawberry juice off of her lip. She smiled down at him. "Well, I suppose we'll have to find another way back home."