Chapter eight: The First
Red eyes glowed into view.
"Am's honey, what's your nightmare?"
"A-a rabid werewolf eating me, it started from Little Red Riding Hood."
"The wolf in Little Red isn't a rabid werewolf!"
"Well you know how my brother emphasized," Ami whimpered huddling into a corner.
Callie turned back to the growling. "Ami get up."
Ami shook her head breathing choppily. "N-no."
"Get your ass up!"
"No, I-I can't move my legs."
Callie slowly walked backwards toward Ami, bent down, and jerked her hand up. Ami stood up, half leaning on Callie.
"You can do this. I won't leave you, I promise."
Ami's eyes filled with tears. "You promise?" she gritted out.
Callie lifted her face up. "I promise."
"Okay."
"Now would be a good time to run! Ya think?"
Ami screamed and started running hand in hand with Callie.
"I can't do this," Ami whispered hysterically throwing herself to the side.
The wolf obviously didn't see it and kept running after Callie, gaining speed.
"Oh shit!" Callie screamed as the wolf snipped at her ankles but not getting it. "Ami are you okay?"
As she said this, the wolf leapt throwing its body on top of Callie's. Callie cried out as her chest smashed into the floor. The wolf slashed his nails through her shirt and the skin of her back. She bucked taking the wolf by surprise and scrambled to get up. As she almost got up she slipped on something and fell, her slashed back slammed into the floor.
"Owe," she whimpered.
The wolf leapt. His nails slicing from the base of her neck to the rise of her left breast, she could hear the tearing of her clothing as the wolf slashed her chest. She cried out in pain.
"Ami! You have to do something. Owe!" Callie screamed.
She pushed her hands up into the wolf's neck. Wolf snarls became fiercer and drool dropped onto Callie's chest mixing in her blood. Callie struggled as hard as she could, screaming as the wolf snapped at her throat.
"Callie push him up," Ami's voice struggled.
Screaming a grown Callie shoved the animals neck up as high as she could and the next thing she saw was the wolf squirming in agony next to her. Lying on the floor with her arm draped over her head Callie looked up to see a 2x4 in Ami's hand.
"Baseball does a swing good," Ami said shivering.
Tears gathered at the corners of Callie's eyes as she laughed. "You did it."
"Sorry it took so long," Ami said lending her a hand.
Callie reached for it and painfully stood up. "That's okay."
"Let me see these," Ami said referring to the semi-deep scratches that the wolf did to Callie's chest and back. "You'll have to take your shirt off for a second."
"I'll try," Callie whimpered as she slowly lifted it up and over her head.
After she peeled her wet, blood covered shirt off she dropped it to the floor, and turned so Ami could examine her back.
"Oh sweetie, this is bad."
"As long as you can stop it."
Ami bent down and ripped off a good portion of her pant leg and dabbed it on the cut. Callie slammed her eyes shut and sucked in a breath.
"I cleaned your back up as much as I could. Turn around."
Callie turned around and Ami gasped. "What?"
"What's your nightmare? You never told me. It could be worse than mine."
Callie put her head down as Ami cleaned over her chest and around her now red bra. "I don't know what I'm afraid of. I never thought about it."
"So you didn't draw anything?"
"No."
"Good, I love your non-fearlessness now," Ami grinned.
"Gee thanks!" Callie whimpered as the jeans that Ami was dapping with got stuck on the gooey sticky blood and she slowly peeled it off.
"Sorry. You're lucky I wore my belly shirt underneath my other shirt."
"Oh and let me guess what I have to wear!"
"Sorry sweets. You'll have to borrow Will's sweater if you get cold," Ami grinned.
"Hey, I totally battled that wolf for you!"
"True, but I'll treat you to something else once we get out of here."
Callie turned her head slightly to the side as she lifted Ami's spaghetti strapped belly rider tang top up and over her head. "Well it better be good. Now, lets go defeat more nightmares."
"Off to save the world again?" Ami said quoting her favorite movie Tomb Raider.
"Oh God! Watching too much movies."
"Hey, you're the one that makes them not me."
Callie grinned. "That is so true."
A spiral staircase appeared about thirty feet away from them.
"I guess this means we've gotten to the next level?" Ami asked.
"Yeah. This is cake."
Ami shook her head. "Only you could say that."
"Their nightmares can't be worse than this."
Ami pierced her lips.
Callie squinted her eyebrows. "No way!"
To Be Continued
Clichéd ending I know. Bring on the comments and/or constructive crit.
Red eyes glowed into view.
"Am's honey, what's your nightmare?"
"A-a rabid werewolf eating me, it started from Little Red Riding Hood."
"The wolf in Little Red isn't a rabid werewolf!"
"Well you know how my brother emphasized," Ami whimpered huddling into a corner.
Callie turned back to the growling. "Ami get up."
Ami shook her head breathing choppily. "N-no."
"Get your ass up!"
"No, I-I can't move my legs."
Callie slowly walked backwards toward Ami, bent down, and jerked her hand up. Ami stood up, half leaning on Callie.
"You can do this. I won't leave you, I promise."
Ami's eyes filled with tears. "You promise?" she gritted out.
Callie lifted her face up. "I promise."
"Okay."
"Now would be a good time to run! Ya think?"
Ami screamed and started running hand in hand with Callie.
"I can't do this," Ami whispered hysterically throwing herself to the side.
The wolf obviously didn't see it and kept running after Callie, gaining speed.
"Oh shit!" Callie screamed as the wolf snipped at her ankles but not getting it. "Ami are you okay?"
As she said this, the wolf leapt throwing its body on top of Callie's. Callie cried out as her chest smashed into the floor. The wolf slashed his nails through her shirt and the skin of her back. She bucked taking the wolf by surprise and scrambled to get up. As she almost got up she slipped on something and fell, her slashed back slammed into the floor.
"Owe," she whimpered.
The wolf leapt. His nails slicing from the base of her neck to the rise of her left breast, she could hear the tearing of her clothing as the wolf slashed her chest. She cried out in pain.
"Ami! You have to do something. Owe!" Callie screamed.
She pushed her hands up into the wolf's neck. Wolf snarls became fiercer and drool dropped onto Callie's chest mixing in her blood. Callie struggled as hard as she could, screaming as the wolf snapped at her throat.
"Callie push him up," Ami's voice struggled.
Screaming a grown Callie shoved the animals neck up as high as she could and the next thing she saw was the wolf squirming in agony next to her. Lying on the floor with her arm draped over her head Callie looked up to see a 2x4 in Ami's hand.
"Baseball does a swing good," Ami said shivering.
Tears gathered at the corners of Callie's eyes as she laughed. "You did it."
"Sorry it took so long," Ami said lending her a hand.
Callie reached for it and painfully stood up. "That's okay."
"Let me see these," Ami said referring to the semi-deep scratches that the wolf did to Callie's chest and back. "You'll have to take your shirt off for a second."
"I'll try," Callie whimpered as she slowly lifted it up and over her head.
After she peeled her wet, blood covered shirt off she dropped it to the floor, and turned so Ami could examine her back.
"Oh sweetie, this is bad."
"As long as you can stop it."
Ami bent down and ripped off a good portion of her pant leg and dabbed it on the cut. Callie slammed her eyes shut and sucked in a breath.
"I cleaned your back up as much as I could. Turn around."
Callie turned around and Ami gasped. "What?"
"What's your nightmare? You never told me. It could be worse than mine."
Callie put her head down as Ami cleaned over her chest and around her now red bra. "I don't know what I'm afraid of. I never thought about it."
"So you didn't draw anything?"
"No."
"Good, I love your non-fearlessness now," Ami grinned.
"Gee thanks!" Callie whimpered as the jeans that Ami was dapping with got stuck on the gooey sticky blood and she slowly peeled it off.
"Sorry. You're lucky I wore my belly shirt underneath my other shirt."
"Oh and let me guess what I have to wear!"
"Sorry sweets. You'll have to borrow Will's sweater if you get cold," Ami grinned.
"Hey, I totally battled that wolf for you!"
"True, but I'll treat you to something else once we get out of here."
Callie turned her head slightly to the side as she lifted Ami's spaghetti strapped belly rider tang top up and over her head. "Well it better be good. Now, lets go defeat more nightmares."
"Off to save the world again?" Ami said quoting her favorite movie Tomb Raider.
"Oh God! Watching too much movies."
"Hey, you're the one that makes them not me."
Callie grinned. "That is so true."
A spiral staircase appeared about thirty feet away from them.
"I guess this means we've gotten to the next level?" Ami asked.
"Yeah. This is cake."
Ami shook her head. "Only you could say that."
"Their nightmares can't be worse than this."
Ami pierced her lips.
Callie squinted her eyebrows. "No way!"
To Be Continued
Clichéd ending I know. Bring on the comments and/or constructive crit.