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School For Ghouls
"How exactly do we get to the school?", Cybil asked, loading her gun and holstering it. Darrell scanned the map and bit her tongue.
"We can go through someone's garden after running halfway around then town like idiots looking for keys 'cause you can bet the door'll be locked and for some silly reason we won't be able to go through the window or over the fence or....", Darrell trailed.
"What are you talking about?", Cybil asked. Darrell shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
"Or we can go over that hole", she said pointing at a deep chasm in the road.
Cybil walked cautiously to the edge of the chasm and peered into it.
"What're we gonna do? Fly?", she asked, looking at Darrell in disbelief.
"Yeah let's get on a big midgy's back", Darrell grinned.
"I hate you", Cybil commented, backing away from the edge and bumping into Darrell, Darrell reached out and steadied Cybil before replying.
"Liar", Darrell commented, "Hey we can swing across on that". Cybil glanced up and saw that Darrell was pointing at a rope tied to a branch.
"You're kidding", she said. She was answered when Darrell jumped to the rope and swung across to the opposite side of the chasm landing on her feet with the agility of a cat. Cybil closed her eyes, then opened them and ran and jumped towards the rope. She caught it easily but her jump from the rope to the side wasn't as simple. Her jump was badly judged and she caught the side with one hand only. Darrell leant down and gripped hold of Cybil's arm. She winced at the pain in her stomach before pulling Cybil hard. Darrell stumbled back and fell over, Cybil landed on top of her.
"OW! GET OFF!", Darrell yelped clutching her stomach in pain.
"I'm so sorry Darrell", Cybil apologised. Darrell whimpered in pain and struggled to her feet. Cybil was at a loss at what to do, she couldn't exactly wave a magic wand and the pain would disappear.
"Ow, sorry I yelled at you, it wasn't your fault", Darrell mumbled. Cybil shrugged and stroke Darrell's arm.
"No worries, remember who my boss is", Cybil grinned. She glanced around as the light started to fade again.
"For fucks sake it's getting dark again", she swore. She dug in her pockets and pulled out her pocket light. She shined it around and her heart nearly stopped when it caught the eys of yet another skinless dog. It lunged at her, claws and teeth bared. It's claws caught her arm before Darrell kicked it in the neck, breaking it instantly and killing the dog. Cybil glanced at her arm, it was only a scratch.
"You're gonna have rabies now", Darrell commented as she pushed the dog down the chasm. It made a sickening thud as it hit the side of the chasm then, about 30 seconds later, the sound of bones cracking as it hit the chasm floor.
"You're nice, ya break its neck then drop it off a cliff", Cybil commented gently clutching her arm, "Do you get pleasure out of pain or something?"
"Hey, it shoulda kept it's fangs to itself", Darrell grinned, "Lemme take a look at your arm". Cybil gently released her grip on her arm and let Darrell look at it.
"Hmmmm, want my bandage?", Darrell asked, "It's bit bloody but not too bad". Cybil shook her head and began walking in what she presumed was the direction of the school. Darrell ran after her.
"Um question, what happens if we're going the wrong way?", Darrell asked, grabbing hold of Cybil's arm.
"Leggo, if we go the wrong way then we'll turn around and check the other way", Cybil replied, gently shaking off Darrell's hand, noticing it was trembling slightly. Darrell nervously kicked the dirt at her feet.
"Um.....Cyb.....I mean Cybil, do you....um.....what I mean is do you think I'm......woah, doesn't that sound kinda like a.....", Darrell trailed off, obviously changing the subject. Cybil was about to press the issue when she heard the flapping of wings.
"Giant skinless midgeys", they both said at the same time. Two giant skinless midgeys did appear, accompanied by a skinless dog.
"Run", Darrell yelped before taking off. Cybil followed closely at her heels, her eyes quickly adjusting to the dark and scanning the area, no sign of the school.
"Where the hell do these freaks come from?", Cybil asked. Darrell shrugged as best she could while running. Then a bright yellow bus came into view. They slowed slightly, only to be greeted by two more skinless dogs, the other skinless freaks were closing in behind them.
"Go that way", Darrell said, pointing to her left in a panic. Cybil nodded and ran after Darrell, yet another two dogs came charging down the stairs. Darrell dived to her right and knocked Cybil to the side, they barely fell out of reach of the dogs' snapping jaws. They jumped up and Cybil took off up the stairs to try and open the doors. Darrell found herself being charged by all 5 dogs. She rolled under the pipe in the centre of the steps before flipping back over it as the dogs followed her. She took off up the stairs and collided with Cybil, sending both of them sprawing head first into the school. Cybil sat up and slammed the door shut. The dogs howled from the other side of the door.
"W....w.....w....well t...th....that was f....fun", Darrell panted, lying down. She rested her head on Cybil's stomach, who had also decided to lie down.
"H...h....hey,....g....get up", Cybil said shakily, trying to get her breath back. Darrell grinned at her and reached one arm up to pull Cybil's pocket light out of her pocket.
"Don't need this", she commented, "You've got the gun, I'll have the light". And with that Darrell shoved the light into her own pocket. Then she stood up shakily, walked over to her left and examined the map on the wall.
"Nuuuurgh, this map sucks I don't like schools, let alone ones this big", she grumbled, reaching out to rip the map off the wall.
"Wait, what if someone else needs the map?", Cybil asked, walking over to stand beside Darrell and stopping her taking the map.
"They can get lost and attacked by monsters, I'm sick of that happening to us", Darrell replied, reaching out again.
"Dammit Darrell, we're supposed to be the good guys just copy the map", Cybil protested, not sure why she was starting an arguement over this. Darrell snarled angrily.
"Fine I'll copy the damn map, just because you're worried that your new boyfriend'll get lost.....no shut the fuck up, I'm copying the damn map", she snapped, pulling a pen and paper out of her rucksack. She leant against the wall and began scribbling.
"What is your problem Darrell? Jealous or just being an annoying bitch?", Cybil demanded. Darrell shrugged and finished part of the map then moved onto the next floor.
"No dammit answer me. Why are you so dead set on the idea that Harry is my new boyfriend, I've known him for 4 minutes and haven't seen him for an hour, I barely know him, let alone like him", Cybil snapped. Darrell finished her scrawl which could barely pass as a map. Cybil lost her temper and threw Darrell back against the wall.
"Get the hell off of me you fucking cunt!!! You're hurting me", Darrell growled hitting Cybil's left arm and just catching her cut. Cybil yelped in pain and jumped back.
"Watch it", she commented.
"Oh whoopie I hurt your fucking arm, if you weren't such a useless bitch and could actually pay attention to everything around you, you wouldn't have got hurt", Darrell replied viciously.
"Oh right, what about you? You got yourself hurt and you didn't know about the dog until I did, so you can shut the fuck up", Cybil cursed.
"In case you haven't noticed I'm a rookie. I'm 18 years old goddammit, you're what 3, 4 or I dunno maybe even 5 years older than me, you've had this job for at least 4 years, you should know what to do", Darrell replied. They heard gunshots and Darrell made a bee-line for the door into the main school. They were attacked almost immediately by yet another 'kiddy' monster.
"Shit what the fuck is that?", Darrell demanded, jumping back into another one. It slashed out and knocked Darrell off her feet. Darrell rolled and spun to kick it in the head. A bullet whizzed past her head and into the creature's chest, it fell to the floor and stopped moving, Darrell cautiously stood up, then she punched at the creature and hit it in the back of the neck. The creature squealed and got back up. Cybil shot again and this time it stayed dead.
"Um Cybil....b....behind you", Darrell stammered and pointing behind Cybil. Cybil glanced over her shoulder and jumped to land beside Darrell.
"Fuck", she swore, raising her gun. Two adult size....zombie looking things were staggering towards them. The first went down fairly easily, taking 5 bullets to the head. The second was more of a problem, it lunged at Cybil and threw her to the floor. Darrell looked around for something to use, eventually she just grabbed the creature and threw it at the wall. Cybil pulled up her gun and pulled the trigger, again the creature still came at them. Darrell suddenly put her hand in Cybil's pocket and yanked her lighter out. She lit it and threw it at the creature, it burned surprisingly easy, however, it's screams would no doubt haunt their dreams for years. Darrell was still shaking so Cybil went over to the creature and picked up her lighter.
"Nice thinking", she commented, walking back over to Darrell. Darrell shook herself and smiled weakly, Cybil moved in closer to Darrell and pulled her into a hug, Darrell clung onto Cybil like a lifeline, her trembling sending shakes through Cybil.
"S...s....sorry I was s...s...such a bitch to you", she apologised, stepping back.
"Yeah, me to.", Cybil said softly, "Now come on let's check this place out. And by the way I'm 23, 5 years older than you". They started walking to their left, a reception was just beside the door.
"Cool let's see who signed it", Cybil commented, trying to compensate for Darrell's usual cheery comments. Darrell just nodded and followed Cybil. Cybil glanced quickly down the register.
"Hey! That's my English teacher, well my old English teacher, I didn't know he taught Science as well", Cybil commented, Darrell glanced at the register before picking up a few pieces of paper.
"Great, bloody notes, this is like a horror movie. Why are all the notes written in blood? It's not big or clever, it's sad", Darrell said, she read the notes, "Great cryptic clues, it hate this crap". And with that Darrell dropped the notes and went over to Cybil.
"Wanna check out through there?", she asked, nodding towards the door behind Cybil. Cybil shrugged and opened the door, they went through the door. It was a staff room, some handgun bullets lay on the table and a magazine was thrown on the floor. Cybil glanced around, picked up the handgun bullets and then searched the cupboard. Darrell went over to the wall and looked at it in confusion, it was a drawing, a very freaky drawing.
"The art lessons here aren't so cool", she commented, running her hand over to the drawing. Cybil glanced back and found herself giving Darrell's body a look over. Her eyes swept over the curves of Darrell's body and Cybil shuddered at the thoughts running through her head. Darrell grinned and turned around, Cybil went red and tried not to make eye contact with Darrell.
"Kids here can't draw, but then looking at their claws I'm not surprised, don't own nail clippers I presume", Darrell commented, as she pointed at the picture.
"Uh yeah I guess", Cybil mumbled, still embarrassed at her earlier actions. Darrell went over to Cybil and picked up the magazine on the floor.
"Dirty teachers, they've been reading Play Boy", she smirked, "You want this?". Cybil went bright red.
"N...no, I don't want it", she said quickly, "Give it to the boss or something". Darrell smirked and threw the magazine back on the chair.
"Only teasing", Darrell grinned, "Now let's check out the rest of this place". Cybil rolled her eyes and sighed in relief as they went back to the door, neither noticed the tiny black shadow perched in the corner of the room.
