Blink's POV
It all happened so fast that I had to think about it for a minute before it all made since.
First the monster was storming toward me and Mush but then it turned its direction and went toward Jack.
It made the most horrible noise I have ever heard a creature make before. It was so loud that I think people in China could probably hear it and it sounded kind of like nails on a chalk board.
The thing was so fast that it got to Jack in less than a second. But instead of hurting him he stopped right in front of him and bended down.
He sniffed Jack and then let out another deafening noise.
Jack jumped back a little and then the creature turned around and looked...sad..like he was sorry for something.
He grabbed Jack's arm in a very forceful way and then pulled him into a hug.
Ok this was getting VERY confusing!
Jack had the weirdest look on his face and I don't blame him. I mean the smell of that monster was bad enough from where I was standing.
The monster let go of Jack and then looked around. He laid his eyes on Spot and Skittery and began storming toward them.
I laid Mush down gently and began to go try and help.
The monster grabbed Skittery out of Spot's arms as Spot screamed and then he turned around and grabbed Mush off of the ground and was gone in a matter of seconds.
It took a minute to compose ourselves but we did eventually.
"What just happened?" Jack asked. He now smelled like the monster and I really didn't want to be around him.
"I don't know but we need to figure out a way to get Mush and Skittery back before it's too late." Spot said still shaken from the previous events.
"Yeah but how?" Race asked. "They could be anywhere in these woods."
"I think we need to find that ghost." Jack said and we all nodded.
Race's POV
We talked for another minute about what we could do to get rid of the thing but then it got very cold and I turned around to see the ghost.
Just then it hit me.
The ghost looked almost exactly like Jack!
But that still doesn't explain why that monster 'hugged' him.
"Where are the others?" The ghost asked.
His voice was very eerie and it made me shiver.
"That thing took them." Spot said.
"Well we need to find them!" The ghost said.
"Where can we look?" Blink asked.
"He probably took them to his cave. Follow me." The ghost said and we began to follow him like he told us to.
"So who are you?" Blink asked.
"My name is Henry." He said. "I'm sure you've all heard the story of me and my family."
We all nodded and he let out a slight smirk.
"Well I'm the one who got away." He said.
"Well can you sill us in on what's happening?" Spot asked.
"You see the monster, who I have named Demon, comes back every 10 years and kills as many people as he can." Henry began.
"Oh joy." Blink said.
"But he gets a kick out of watching people suffer before they die. I am supposed to save the people and usually nobody is around but this year you picked the wrong time to come camping." Henry said.
"Well obviously." Jack said.
"Well anyways He chooses a certain order in which he wants to kill his prey and your two friends were at the top of his list." He said.
"Well he came up and didn't hurt me. In fact he..hugged me." Jack said cringing from the thought. "Why?"
"Well you resemble me a lot and he respects me so therefore he is going to respect you." Henry said. "I know it sounds weird but it's true."
"Well why doesn't he listen to you and leave us alone?" I asked.
"Well he doesn't respect me that much." Henry said.
"What is your last name?" Blink asked. I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to sound stupid.
"Sullivan why?" Henry asked.
Jack stopped dead in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" Henry asked.
"That's my last name." Jack said.
"Well I guess we must be family." Henry said as he put his icy hand on Jack's shoulder.
Jack started to shake and Henry removed his hand quickly.
"Sorry. I forget that I am so cold from time to time." He said.
"No problem." Jack said.
"So where is the cave?" I asked.
"Oh it's about another 20 minutes away." Henry said.
Mush's POV
I woke up and felt really dizzy. I looked around me and I didn't recognize anything except for Skittery lying next to me.
I shook him to wake him up and when he did I was surprised that he didn't have any symptoms now.
That's when I realized that I didn't have any either.
"Where are we?" Skittery asked.
"I don't know and I don't want to stay around long enough to find out." I said standing up but I was surprised when a cage suddenly dropped over us and the monster came out of the shadows.
Spot's POV
"So how are we going to make Mush and Skittery healthy again..I mean form the scratches?" I asked as we walked along.
I lifted up a brand and forgot that Race was behind me and let it fly back and hit him smack in the face.
"SPOT!" He said holding his forehead.
"Sorry." I said laughing under my breath.
"Well you have seen the first four symptoms." Henry began. "The uncontroalable shaking and sweating, the coming back to consciousness and then having sharp pains, the eyes changing strange colors, and the getting up to go find the one who did this to them."
"Well what's next?" Race asked still holding his head.
"Well next they will be perfectly normal for about an hour but them the worst symptoms will come." Henry said.
I do not like the sound of that.
"They will have so much pain that they will wish they were dead but won't be able to kill themselves. Then they will go through a series of different pains such as burning, knives going through their bodies, and other various pains." Henry said and then looked down at the ground not wanting to tell us more.
"What next?" Blink asked his voice very shaky.
"They will die by the feeling of someone strangling them and holding under water." Henry said.
"Well how can we stop it?" Jack asked extremely worried.
"You can only stop them from dying by sacrificing one of your own to the monster." Henry said.
We all looked at each other horrified. Now we knew that we would be leaving the woods with at least one less person.
"Is there any other way?" Blink asked almost in tears.
I was on the verge of crying myself but I wouldn't show it.
"There is one other way." Henry said looking back at us.
"What?" Blink asked.
"You have to kill him." He said really scared like.
"Well what's so bad about that?" I asked.
"Well for one thing nobody has been able to kill him and the second is that if you kill him, I go with him." Henry said.
This was getting worse by the second!
AN: Ah the suspense. Don't worry I won't hurt our little newsies. Well I don't think. I am so stuck right now and I really need some ideas so PLEASE REVIEW for me!
It all happened so fast that I had to think about it for a minute before it all made since.
First the monster was storming toward me and Mush but then it turned its direction and went toward Jack.
It made the most horrible noise I have ever heard a creature make before. It was so loud that I think people in China could probably hear it and it sounded kind of like nails on a chalk board.
The thing was so fast that it got to Jack in less than a second. But instead of hurting him he stopped right in front of him and bended down.
He sniffed Jack and then let out another deafening noise.
Jack jumped back a little and then the creature turned around and looked...sad..like he was sorry for something.
He grabbed Jack's arm in a very forceful way and then pulled him into a hug.
Ok this was getting VERY confusing!
Jack had the weirdest look on his face and I don't blame him. I mean the smell of that monster was bad enough from where I was standing.
The monster let go of Jack and then looked around. He laid his eyes on Spot and Skittery and began storming toward them.
I laid Mush down gently and began to go try and help.
The monster grabbed Skittery out of Spot's arms as Spot screamed and then he turned around and grabbed Mush off of the ground and was gone in a matter of seconds.
It took a minute to compose ourselves but we did eventually.
"What just happened?" Jack asked. He now smelled like the monster and I really didn't want to be around him.
"I don't know but we need to figure out a way to get Mush and Skittery back before it's too late." Spot said still shaken from the previous events.
"Yeah but how?" Race asked. "They could be anywhere in these woods."
"I think we need to find that ghost." Jack said and we all nodded.
Race's POV
We talked for another minute about what we could do to get rid of the thing but then it got very cold and I turned around to see the ghost.
Just then it hit me.
The ghost looked almost exactly like Jack!
But that still doesn't explain why that monster 'hugged' him.
"Where are the others?" The ghost asked.
His voice was very eerie and it made me shiver.
"That thing took them." Spot said.
"Well we need to find them!" The ghost said.
"Where can we look?" Blink asked.
"He probably took them to his cave. Follow me." The ghost said and we began to follow him like he told us to.
"So who are you?" Blink asked.
"My name is Henry." He said. "I'm sure you've all heard the story of me and my family."
We all nodded and he let out a slight smirk.
"Well I'm the one who got away." He said.
"Well can you sill us in on what's happening?" Spot asked.
"You see the monster, who I have named Demon, comes back every 10 years and kills as many people as he can." Henry began.
"Oh joy." Blink said.
"But he gets a kick out of watching people suffer before they die. I am supposed to save the people and usually nobody is around but this year you picked the wrong time to come camping." Henry said.
"Well obviously." Jack said.
"Well anyways He chooses a certain order in which he wants to kill his prey and your two friends were at the top of his list." He said.
"Well he came up and didn't hurt me. In fact he..hugged me." Jack said cringing from the thought. "Why?"
"Well you resemble me a lot and he respects me so therefore he is going to respect you." Henry said. "I know it sounds weird but it's true."
"Well why doesn't he listen to you and leave us alone?" I asked.
"Well he doesn't respect me that much." Henry said.
"What is your last name?" Blink asked. I was thinking the same thing but I didn't want to sound stupid.
"Sullivan why?" Henry asked.
Jack stopped dead in his tracks.
"What's wrong?" Henry asked.
"That's my last name." Jack said.
"Well I guess we must be family." Henry said as he put his icy hand on Jack's shoulder.
Jack started to shake and Henry removed his hand quickly.
"Sorry. I forget that I am so cold from time to time." He said.
"No problem." Jack said.
"So where is the cave?" I asked.
"Oh it's about another 20 minutes away." Henry said.
Mush's POV
I woke up and felt really dizzy. I looked around me and I didn't recognize anything except for Skittery lying next to me.
I shook him to wake him up and when he did I was surprised that he didn't have any symptoms now.
That's when I realized that I didn't have any either.
"Where are we?" Skittery asked.
"I don't know and I don't want to stay around long enough to find out." I said standing up but I was surprised when a cage suddenly dropped over us and the monster came out of the shadows.
Spot's POV
"So how are we going to make Mush and Skittery healthy again..I mean form the scratches?" I asked as we walked along.
I lifted up a brand and forgot that Race was behind me and let it fly back and hit him smack in the face.
"SPOT!" He said holding his forehead.
"Sorry." I said laughing under my breath.
"Well you have seen the first four symptoms." Henry began. "The uncontroalable shaking and sweating, the coming back to consciousness and then having sharp pains, the eyes changing strange colors, and the getting up to go find the one who did this to them."
"Well what's next?" Race asked still holding his head.
"Well next they will be perfectly normal for about an hour but them the worst symptoms will come." Henry said.
I do not like the sound of that.
"They will have so much pain that they will wish they were dead but won't be able to kill themselves. Then they will go through a series of different pains such as burning, knives going through their bodies, and other various pains." Henry said and then looked down at the ground not wanting to tell us more.
"What next?" Blink asked his voice very shaky.
"They will die by the feeling of someone strangling them and holding under water." Henry said.
"Well how can we stop it?" Jack asked extremely worried.
"You can only stop them from dying by sacrificing one of your own to the monster." Henry said.
We all looked at each other horrified. Now we knew that we would be leaving the woods with at least one less person.
"Is there any other way?" Blink asked almost in tears.
I was on the verge of crying myself but I wouldn't show it.
"There is one other way." Henry said looking back at us.
"What?" Blink asked.
"You have to kill him." He said really scared like.
"Well what's so bad about that?" I asked.
"Well for one thing nobody has been able to kill him and the second is that if you kill him, I go with him." Henry said.
This was getting worse by the second!
AN: Ah the suspense. Don't worry I won't hurt our little newsies. Well I don't think. I am so stuck right now and I really need some ideas so PLEASE REVIEW for me!
