The moon hung upon the mantle of the dark midnight blue sky, looking down
upon the decorated school building which music drifted out of and danced on
the cool air. Cars drove slowly through the grounds; as ghouls, vampires,
ghosts and other typical Halloween creature guised students laughed and
shrieked their way into the building.
The moon dipped behind cotton like clouds.
Slowly a black car crawled through the gates into the school grounds, the dust rose gently unsettled as the tires softly rolled across the dry ground before the car halted to a slow stop.
The boy was staring ahead out of the glass screen in front of him, as some student dressed as a vampire jumped out at his girlfriend making her shriek and hit him on the arm; they both laughed before kissing and heading into the school building.
"Kids" David muttered from the back shaking his head and glaring out of the window. Cole glanced to the rear-view mirror at his colleague before facing the boy to his side. The boy slowly turned his head to stare back before he sighed and opened the car door, stepping out of the vehicle. Cole ran his tongue along his teeth before quickly leaving the vehicle too; they slammed the doors at the same time and stared at each other across the top of the car.
Cole walked to the boot of the car, with the boy slowly following him, watching as the suited man unlocked and opened it up. The man let out a sigh of his own, staring into the trunk before reaching in and grabbing an edge of material, flipping it over before taking out the precious samurai sword which shone in the moonlight. "What? The sword?" David said as he did a double take inside the car, glaring out of the window at them but was unheard and unnoticed.
Cole turned and looked down at the boy as he slowly held the sword out to him. The boy reached out and took it in a firm grip taking it away from the man, suddenly stopping and tensing when the man's hand wrapped around his wrist in a tight grasp. "Be absolutely careful and discrete" he warned in a slow low tone.
The boy nodded slowly before the grip was taken away, and he raised his arm, sliding the sword down behind himself to be hidden behind the long black leather coat he wore. He then reached with his other hand to take off his shades, staring up at the man as he handed them over to him. The man accepted them and they held gaze for a moment, before the boy quickly turned and left.
Inside the building the music pounded, pulsing off the walls in time with the flashing lights that lit up costumed students in snapshot like poses. The students danced and moved between each other, trying to recognise other students, join their friends and partners and enjoy the Halloween party.
"Leah" the brunette girl stared at her pale ill looking companion whilst their friends stood around them sipping punch and looking a bit interested and concerned, "maybe I shouldn't have persuaded you to come. You look awful" she told the girl.
The blonde girl was dressed all in white, looking like a sickly Victorian ghost on the verge of collapsing or disappearing into nothing. She was swaying, feeling dizzy and light headed as everything pounded harshly around her.
"I'm taking you to the medical room. Come on" the brunette took a hold of the other girls arm, linking her own arm with it and led the girl through the students on the dance floor to head to the medical room.
"RAARRRGHHH!" A vampire jumped in the way of the boy, fangs bared on show and sparkling yellow eyes wide with malice.
The boy stared back at the vampire in front of him with no interest. "Go away Chris" he mumbled in a low warning tone to the boy who was in one of his classes.
"Oh man" the boy in front of him groaned, adjusting his fake fangs, "not even slightly scared?" he lisped past the plastic in his mouth.
"Give up Chris, come on lets dance" a laughing she-devil tugged on his arm temptingly and led him away on the dance floor.
The boy stared across the dance floor catching sight of a blonde and brunette girl leave through the double doors down into an empty hallway. He narrowed his eyes slightly before slipping past some students.
"What the hell has he arrived dressed as?" some student snorted while their friends shrugged and carried on dancing.
The nurse hummed and chuckled to herself as she lit a small jack-o-lantern on her desk, mildly amused by its hacked out expression. The sound of a knock on the door made her turn and look up alert; the door swung open as she stood up from her desk and two female students entered the room.
"Sorry, Leah's feeling ill again" the brunette girl explained in an apologetic way as she led the girl over to the bed.
"Oh no, what a shame - and it's the start of the party as well" the nurse frowned as she walked quickly across the room and shutting the door for privacy, "that's it dear lie down on the bed, you must be feeling light headed" she spoke to the blonde girl, "I'll just be a moment" she turned and headed to the medical cabinet.
The brunette sat down on a chair near the bed and smiled to herself as she folded her hands in her lap and crossed her legs at the ankles, looking over at the blonde laying seemingly exhausted and lifeless on the bed.
"- anaemia, poor thing" the nurse was speaking more to herself as she shook her head sympathetically and looked around some cupboards. "It's a shame it spoils the fun you should be having at the party. And your costumes are so nice too girls"-
The brunette's smile widened and she bit her lip as she watched her pale friend's body slowly and silently twitch on the bed before she slowly began to rise and sit up, blonde hair cascading behind her shining from the moonlight streaming in through the window.
"- and you've both been working so hard on the committee as well, getting the gym decorated so nicely"-
The blonde girl gripped to the edges of the mattress with bony pale hands as she slowly rose till she was fully sitting up straight, and turned her pale face to stare at the back of the nurse with dark empty eyes, her lips curling back slightly over white teeth. The brunette was gripping to the edge of her seat now as she leant forward on her seat slightly still biting back a grin.
"- It's a shame, a real shame. Hold on a moment dear, just getting a glass of water for you"-
WHAM! The door hinge's splintered when suddenly it shot open with force, smacking against the wall and bouncing off slightly as the dark clothed boy suddenly burst into the room, making the nurse jump and cry out in surprise, dropping the glass of water which smashed and spilled across the floor.
The brunette quickly jumped up from her seat growling as the boy quickly crossed the room, reaching behind him and pulling out the sword in one swift smooth motion from under the leather coat and raised the shining blade in the air.
The nurse backed up against the cabinet and emitted a loud piercing scream which was lost under the pounding music that had flooded in from the gym and hallway. She watched in horror as the boy lashed out at the brunette with the sword which caught the moonlight on its blade.
The brunette girl shrieked out a wild unearthly cry of her own like a banshee as she dove to the side, making the chair clatter behind herself. She gripped tightly to her arm which had blood running down the side as she snarled at the boy with steely eyes. She stumbled backwards along the wall spreading blood across it, before she reached the door and turned running out.
The nurse continued to scream and covered her eyes in horror when the blade was brought up again above the blonde girl, whose dark eyes dilated as her mouth dropped. Then the blade sliced through her in half and through the mattress hitting a metal slat; splattering thick dark blood across the bed, floor and wall.
The nurse screamed and screamed as she slid to the floor; the blade struck down again and again spreading thick red liquid further and further, as the music pounded down the corridor, and everyone at the party carried on oblivious.
The boy pulled the sword up and held it in the air, staring at the bloody blade which glinted in the moonlight with an expressionless face, before turning slowly to face the screaming nurse.
Slowly a black car crawled through the gates into the school grounds, the dust rose gently unsettled as the tires softly rolled across the dry ground before the car halted to a slow stop.
The boy was staring ahead out of the glass screen in front of him, as some student dressed as a vampire jumped out at his girlfriend making her shriek and hit him on the arm; they both laughed before kissing and heading into the school building.
"Kids" David muttered from the back shaking his head and glaring out of the window. Cole glanced to the rear-view mirror at his colleague before facing the boy to his side. The boy slowly turned his head to stare back before he sighed and opened the car door, stepping out of the vehicle. Cole ran his tongue along his teeth before quickly leaving the vehicle too; they slammed the doors at the same time and stared at each other across the top of the car.
Cole walked to the boot of the car, with the boy slowly following him, watching as the suited man unlocked and opened it up. The man let out a sigh of his own, staring into the trunk before reaching in and grabbing an edge of material, flipping it over before taking out the precious samurai sword which shone in the moonlight. "What? The sword?" David said as he did a double take inside the car, glaring out of the window at them but was unheard and unnoticed.
Cole turned and looked down at the boy as he slowly held the sword out to him. The boy reached out and took it in a firm grip taking it away from the man, suddenly stopping and tensing when the man's hand wrapped around his wrist in a tight grasp. "Be absolutely careful and discrete" he warned in a slow low tone.
The boy nodded slowly before the grip was taken away, and he raised his arm, sliding the sword down behind himself to be hidden behind the long black leather coat he wore. He then reached with his other hand to take off his shades, staring up at the man as he handed them over to him. The man accepted them and they held gaze for a moment, before the boy quickly turned and left.
Inside the building the music pounded, pulsing off the walls in time with the flashing lights that lit up costumed students in snapshot like poses. The students danced and moved between each other, trying to recognise other students, join their friends and partners and enjoy the Halloween party.
"Leah" the brunette girl stared at her pale ill looking companion whilst their friends stood around them sipping punch and looking a bit interested and concerned, "maybe I shouldn't have persuaded you to come. You look awful" she told the girl.
The blonde girl was dressed all in white, looking like a sickly Victorian ghost on the verge of collapsing or disappearing into nothing. She was swaying, feeling dizzy and light headed as everything pounded harshly around her.
"I'm taking you to the medical room. Come on" the brunette took a hold of the other girls arm, linking her own arm with it and led the girl through the students on the dance floor to head to the medical room.
"RAARRRGHHH!" A vampire jumped in the way of the boy, fangs bared on show and sparkling yellow eyes wide with malice.
The boy stared back at the vampire in front of him with no interest. "Go away Chris" he mumbled in a low warning tone to the boy who was in one of his classes.
"Oh man" the boy in front of him groaned, adjusting his fake fangs, "not even slightly scared?" he lisped past the plastic in his mouth.
"Give up Chris, come on lets dance" a laughing she-devil tugged on his arm temptingly and led him away on the dance floor.
The boy stared across the dance floor catching sight of a blonde and brunette girl leave through the double doors down into an empty hallway. He narrowed his eyes slightly before slipping past some students.
"What the hell has he arrived dressed as?" some student snorted while their friends shrugged and carried on dancing.
The nurse hummed and chuckled to herself as she lit a small jack-o-lantern on her desk, mildly amused by its hacked out expression. The sound of a knock on the door made her turn and look up alert; the door swung open as she stood up from her desk and two female students entered the room.
"Sorry, Leah's feeling ill again" the brunette girl explained in an apologetic way as she led the girl over to the bed.
"Oh no, what a shame - and it's the start of the party as well" the nurse frowned as she walked quickly across the room and shutting the door for privacy, "that's it dear lie down on the bed, you must be feeling light headed" she spoke to the blonde girl, "I'll just be a moment" she turned and headed to the medical cabinet.
The brunette sat down on a chair near the bed and smiled to herself as she folded her hands in her lap and crossed her legs at the ankles, looking over at the blonde laying seemingly exhausted and lifeless on the bed.
"- anaemia, poor thing" the nurse was speaking more to herself as she shook her head sympathetically and looked around some cupboards. "It's a shame it spoils the fun you should be having at the party. And your costumes are so nice too girls"-
The brunette's smile widened and she bit her lip as she watched her pale friend's body slowly and silently twitch on the bed before she slowly began to rise and sit up, blonde hair cascading behind her shining from the moonlight streaming in through the window.
"- and you've both been working so hard on the committee as well, getting the gym decorated so nicely"-
The blonde girl gripped to the edges of the mattress with bony pale hands as she slowly rose till she was fully sitting up straight, and turned her pale face to stare at the back of the nurse with dark empty eyes, her lips curling back slightly over white teeth. The brunette was gripping to the edge of her seat now as she leant forward on her seat slightly still biting back a grin.
"- It's a shame, a real shame. Hold on a moment dear, just getting a glass of water for you"-
WHAM! The door hinge's splintered when suddenly it shot open with force, smacking against the wall and bouncing off slightly as the dark clothed boy suddenly burst into the room, making the nurse jump and cry out in surprise, dropping the glass of water which smashed and spilled across the floor.
The brunette quickly jumped up from her seat growling as the boy quickly crossed the room, reaching behind him and pulling out the sword in one swift smooth motion from under the leather coat and raised the shining blade in the air.
The nurse backed up against the cabinet and emitted a loud piercing scream which was lost under the pounding music that had flooded in from the gym and hallway. She watched in horror as the boy lashed out at the brunette with the sword which caught the moonlight on its blade.
The brunette girl shrieked out a wild unearthly cry of her own like a banshee as she dove to the side, making the chair clatter behind herself. She gripped tightly to her arm which had blood running down the side as she snarled at the boy with steely eyes. She stumbled backwards along the wall spreading blood across it, before she reached the door and turned running out.
The nurse continued to scream and covered her eyes in horror when the blade was brought up again above the blonde girl, whose dark eyes dilated as her mouth dropped. Then the blade sliced through her in half and through the mattress hitting a metal slat; splattering thick dark blood across the bed, floor and wall.
The nurse screamed and screamed as she slid to the floor; the blade struck down again and again spreading thick red liquid further and further, as the music pounded down the corridor, and everyone at the party carried on oblivious.
The boy pulled the sword up and held it in the air, staring at the bloody blade which glinted in the moonlight with an expressionless face, before turning slowly to face the screaming nurse.