Jody headed out the door she had came in, but instead of the alley, she found a long narrow hallway, with only one door on the far side. She headed towards it; her back pressed against the wall.
All of a sudden, she felt a strange flutter, like something nearby had just moved very swiftly towards her. She was reminded of the horseback riding lessons she had taken in the sixth grade, when her riding instructor had explained to her that people and horses, and every other living creature, reacted to one another. If you reacted to something, every living thing around you will react too. Jody suddenly felt what she had felt when the horse she was riding had spooked: she could feel something move, from underneath her, and it was scared for its life.
She looked down below the grating to see what looked like a gorilla that had been turned inside out. It looked up at her, and opened its mouth to reveal a set of large, pointed teeth, and a snake-like tongue. It shot a brown liquid at her, and instinctively, she jumped away. Her sudden movement startled the creature, and it hesitated a moment before it shot more of it's liquid straight up at her. This time, some of it got on Jody's pants, and it burnt her skin. Jody turned around and ran, as fast as she could, towards the door at the end of the hall. She could hear the monster following her underneath her feet, and the thin metal grating beginning to give out beneath from under her. As she reached the doorway, grabbed the handle, and swung the wooden door open, she caught a glimpse of the monster, attempting to pull his huge body up from where he had broken the floor. She ran into the new room and slammed the door.
"Hey!" said a deep, male voice. She looked around the room holding her knife up by her shoulder. She was shaking violently.
"Don't come any closer unless you tell me who you are! I'll, I'll stab you!" Jody called out, trying to sound confident.
"I'm human," the voice said. All of a sudden, a tall, built, teenage guy with blue spiked hair and a goatee emerged from the shadows. He was carrying a .44 in his left hand. "Who are you?"
Jody shuffled a little bit, and tried to remember what her name was. Mentally, she was at one of the weakest points she had ever been. "Jo…Jody Gillespie."
"Gillespie?" the guy's expression changed from curious to angry, and he pointed the gun at her. "So I suppose you know what's going on around here then. Please enlighten me."
"I have no idea. I was knocked out, and when I woke up everyone was gone, and the town was like this. Well, not like this, but there were still monsters everywhere. Then something weird happened…"
"Shut up!" the guy yelled, and moved swiftly towards her, holding the barrel of the gun right against her forehead. "Are you a Gillespie or aren't you? Are you related to Daliah?"
"Y…ye…yes…. She's my, my auh, aunt."
He took the gun down. "You're not her daughter then, huh?"
"No, her daughter is Alessa."
"Damn it." He turned around.
"What's…" Jody was interrupted by the piercing sound of breaking metal.
"What the Hell is that?!" said the guy.
"It's… it's the monster!" Jody jumped away from the door and behind him. All of a sudden, the door began to break, and fell in, missing the boy's face about six inches. Jody screamed, and the boy didn't seem to react at all. The monster stood up on two legs, and towered over the two teenagers, lifting up it's clawed hands in a threatening manor.
"Do something!" Jody yelled.
Without changing his expression, the boy lifted his gun, and began to shoot madly at the monster's face. It screamed in agony, and began to back up. Warm splats of it's blood hit Jody in the face, and she lifted up her hands to protect herself. The monster let out one heart-stopping scream before falling to the floor. Jody stood for a moment in disbelief before falling on her knees and bursting into tears.
The room was completely silent for almost a whole minuet. The only sound was Jody's quiet sobs. The silence was broken by the boy.
"Get up." He held out his hand.
Jody took it, and he pulled her to her feet. "I suppose I should tell you now, my name is Zeus."
"Zeus?" Jody thought about the odd name for a moment. "Do you have a last name?"
"Yeah, doesn't everyone?" Zeus smirked. "You don't need to know it right now. Come on, lets get outta here."
He turned away from Jody, stepping over the monster's lifeless body and out the door. Jody paused for a moment, wiping the salty tears off her face. She had always been good under pressure, a tough-as-nails farm girl who never cracked. "I can't loose it now" she said to herself, as she managed to move her feet and follow Zeus back down the hallway.
All of a sudden, she felt a strange flutter, like something nearby had just moved very swiftly towards her. She was reminded of the horseback riding lessons she had taken in the sixth grade, when her riding instructor had explained to her that people and horses, and every other living creature, reacted to one another. If you reacted to something, every living thing around you will react too. Jody suddenly felt what she had felt when the horse she was riding had spooked: she could feel something move, from underneath her, and it was scared for its life.
She looked down below the grating to see what looked like a gorilla that had been turned inside out. It looked up at her, and opened its mouth to reveal a set of large, pointed teeth, and a snake-like tongue. It shot a brown liquid at her, and instinctively, she jumped away. Her sudden movement startled the creature, and it hesitated a moment before it shot more of it's liquid straight up at her. This time, some of it got on Jody's pants, and it burnt her skin. Jody turned around and ran, as fast as she could, towards the door at the end of the hall. She could hear the monster following her underneath her feet, and the thin metal grating beginning to give out beneath from under her. As she reached the doorway, grabbed the handle, and swung the wooden door open, she caught a glimpse of the monster, attempting to pull his huge body up from where he had broken the floor. She ran into the new room and slammed the door.
"Hey!" said a deep, male voice. She looked around the room holding her knife up by her shoulder. She was shaking violently.
"Don't come any closer unless you tell me who you are! I'll, I'll stab you!" Jody called out, trying to sound confident.
"I'm human," the voice said. All of a sudden, a tall, built, teenage guy with blue spiked hair and a goatee emerged from the shadows. He was carrying a .44 in his left hand. "Who are you?"
Jody shuffled a little bit, and tried to remember what her name was. Mentally, she was at one of the weakest points she had ever been. "Jo…Jody Gillespie."
"Gillespie?" the guy's expression changed from curious to angry, and he pointed the gun at her. "So I suppose you know what's going on around here then. Please enlighten me."
"I have no idea. I was knocked out, and when I woke up everyone was gone, and the town was like this. Well, not like this, but there were still monsters everywhere. Then something weird happened…"
"Shut up!" the guy yelled, and moved swiftly towards her, holding the barrel of the gun right against her forehead. "Are you a Gillespie or aren't you? Are you related to Daliah?"
"Y…ye…yes…. She's my, my auh, aunt."
He took the gun down. "You're not her daughter then, huh?"
"No, her daughter is Alessa."
"Damn it." He turned around.
"What's…" Jody was interrupted by the piercing sound of breaking metal.
"What the Hell is that?!" said the guy.
"It's… it's the monster!" Jody jumped away from the door and behind him. All of a sudden, the door began to break, and fell in, missing the boy's face about six inches. Jody screamed, and the boy didn't seem to react at all. The monster stood up on two legs, and towered over the two teenagers, lifting up it's clawed hands in a threatening manor.
"Do something!" Jody yelled.
Without changing his expression, the boy lifted his gun, and began to shoot madly at the monster's face. It screamed in agony, and began to back up. Warm splats of it's blood hit Jody in the face, and she lifted up her hands to protect herself. The monster let out one heart-stopping scream before falling to the floor. Jody stood for a moment in disbelief before falling on her knees and bursting into tears.
The room was completely silent for almost a whole minuet. The only sound was Jody's quiet sobs. The silence was broken by the boy.
"Get up." He held out his hand.
Jody took it, and he pulled her to her feet. "I suppose I should tell you now, my name is Zeus."
"Zeus?" Jody thought about the odd name for a moment. "Do you have a last name?"
"Yeah, doesn't everyone?" Zeus smirked. "You don't need to know it right now. Come on, lets get outta here."
He turned away from Jody, stepping over the monster's lifeless body and out the door. Jody paused for a moment, wiping the salty tears off her face. She had always been good under pressure, a tough-as-nails farm girl who never cracked. "I can't loose it now" she said to herself, as she managed to move her feet and follow Zeus back down the hallway.