WIP, subject to change and grammar checkup. My first written fight sequence, hope it's satisfactory.
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-Chapter 8-
-The Sister-
Jacob and Jessica jumped out of the creature's path. Jacob had jumped an extra two feet to his left just in time to avoid the whip-like movements of the creature's tongue. The upper body of the Sister jerked around, the torso moving unnaturally. Jessica tried to back away from the monster but shrieked as she bumped into one of the cages that was shaking violently from the occupant desperately trying to break free from it's prison. Hearing the shriek, the Sister turned towards Jessica and started heading towards her. The terrible mouth jutting out from the Sister's stomach snapped open and shut, the sounds of sharp teeth smashing together made Jacob's skin crawl. Jacob started to scream at the monster, cursing at it, saying anything that would turn its attention away from the girl. Jacob lifted his right arm, brandishing the steel rod and lunged for the creature. Before Jacob could hope to make contact, the creature's head turned a complete 180 degrees and saw the oncoming attack. The Sister was expertly dodging Jacob's frantic swings, the piece of steel only cutting the air. With another loud screech, the long tongue whipped around and wrapped itself around the metal bar. With such incredible force that Jacob could not counter, the creature's tongue ripped the bar out of Jacob's grip and tossed it to the front of the room. With the tongue free again, it smashed itself against the Jacob's rib cage, throwing him hard against the wall bearing the mysterious inscription and seal. Jacob heaved, his arms pressed against his chest, his breathing laborious.
Jacob had expected the creature to lunge for him considering that he could barely move, but the monster rounded towards Jessica. He tried to shout at the monster to get its attention, but his difficulty and the loud noises coming from the caged monsters easily drowned out his cries. Jessica ran to the far side of the room, crying out in panic. Jacob rose to his feet and mustered the remaining ounce of strength left in him. Staring at the monster's back, Jacob made a run for it, placing his right shoulder in front of him, placing all of his weight into it, hoping to knock it away from Jessica before it could see what Jacob was planning to do. As the distance between the monster and himself, he saw the creature's head turned to the left. Panicked, Jacob ran faster but found himself surprised that the monster didn't turn it all the ways around like last time. Before Jacob could really comprehend what was going on, he felt his body smash against the back of the creature who let out a deep grunt. The force of Jacob's maneuver threw them both away from Jessica and onto the floor several feet away. With his right arm feeling numb and sore, Jacob scrambled back onto his feet and moved to Jessica's side. Before he could say anything, Jessica thrust a finger at the opposite wall. Jacob followed her direction and understood how he had been lucky with the monster. One of the cage creatures was free. That is to say that the upper portion of the monster was free from its prison, long arms looking like sanitarium jacket sleeves made of terrible flesh flailing all over. Loud screeching filled the air as one caged creature after another broke free from the binds that held their arms. Sounds of air being whipped complimented the screeching and screams as the cage monsters hungered for flesh.
Jacob pulled Jessica close to keep her out of the cage monster's reach. He looked over at the crumbled heap of the floor that was the Sister. He could hear a low growl as it got to its feet. It moved rather slowly, taking lots of time to get up and steady itself. The creature faced Jacob, if it had eyes Jacob would be able to see the daggers and the fire of rage behind them. Jacob's attack must have done more damage than he thought. He sneered at the creature, "We aren't going out so easily." The creature roared so loudly it had silenced the cries coming from the cages. They all focused on what was occurring in the center of the classroom. The jaws in the Sister's stomach snapped threateningly, the tongue slamming violently against the floor, creating a hole and sending wood splinters all over. The Sister's hand reached down and picked a piece of broken wood and threw it at the two students. Jacob grabbed Jessica and ducked to the floor as the piece of wood flew past them and hit one of the cage monsters. With unnaturally quick speed, the long sleeve-like arms caught the wood and ripped it into smaller pieces. It screeched, upset that it was not the prey it had wanted. Jacob watched this action and quickly formulated a place. He knew the creature was incredibly angry with him for doing the damage against it. He needed to figure a way to use that to his advantage.
"Jessica," Jacob whispered, keeping his eyes on the monster in front of him. "We've got to get the creature into the reach of the cage monsters. We might be able to escape if we can lure it in range of those monsters."
"How on earth do you expect to do that?" she said, incredulous.
"I don't know, but this thing is pretty ticked off at me." Jacob watched as the creature continued to try and intimidate him. "Maybe if we rush it, it will do the same. If we move fast enough we can jump out of its path."
Jessica looked behind her and noticed the empty wall at their backs. She whispered, "We should move a bit. Get those monsters behind us." Jacob nodded and they shuffled slowly into the right position. The creature followed them with its eyeless, hateful stare. Jacob nodded at Jessica who prepped herself for the bold move. With a shout, she and Jacob ran towards the Sister. The creature was a bit surprised by this gambit, but let out a loud roar and rushed for the oncoming pair. When Jacob felt that significant distance had been made, he shouted for Jessica to move away from him. As she bolted to her side, Jacob did the same, praying his plan would work.
For a brief instant, it appeared that the gamble had paid off. The creature ran through the gap created by the two students. However, instead of running completely to the wall, it stopped dead in its tracks, a few feet away from the range of a cage monster's arms. Jacob cursed under his breath and stared at the monster. Now what, genius? He thought to himself. He tried to think of another plan, but was startled by a shout coming from Jessica. Before he could react, Jacob saw the creature's long tongue fly towards him and wrap around his neck. Jacob tried to grip the disgusting appendage, but the texture was too slippery and too smooth to take a firm grip. He gasped as he felt the tongue squeeze his neck, slowly cutting off the air from his lungs. He felt his knees buckled as he tried to breathe, the vice like grip of the tongue around his neck squeeze more and more. Jacob's vision started to blur, his ears flooded with screams from Jessica and the monsters. Jessica. He wanted to help her, his death could be useful to her. He tried to shout out, the tongue gripping and squeezing out! Run while you...can!"
Jessica stood there frantically, she couldn't bear to see Jacob die, not so horribly. She looked around the room to try and find something useful. She looked to where the monster appeared from the front desk and spotted a familiar object. She scurried over to the spot and pick up the steel rod Jacob hand pried off from the bed frame. Gripping the object in her hands, she quickly made her way back to the monster. With a yell, she swung the rod as hard as she could. Because it was so focused on killing Jacob, the monster didn't notice the weapon swinging towards the side of its head. Jessica's blow was a fierce one, the rod jarring loose from her grip as the piece of steel smashed against the creature's head. The tongue around Jacob's neck loosened as the creature staggered backwards. Jessica ran over to Jacob and held him in her arms, trying to pull him up to his feet. Jessica looked up and saw the monster realign itself. She closed her eyes and braced for what was most definitely to come, trying to steel herself as the monster let loose a blood curling scream.
In between his loud heaves, Jacob whispered. "Jessica...you did it...."
The girl opened her eyes and saw that the Sister was caught up in the arms of three cage monsters, each one frantically pulling at the monster's limbs. Jessica knew why the monster was making such horrible noises. The cage monsters were trying to tear it apart. Jessica didn't want to see such a foul thing and neither did Jacob, who was trying to scoot away. She pulled him up to his feet, taking his right arm over her shoulder and wrapping her arm around his waist for support. They moved back towards the classroom door as the monster's cries grew louder, the sounds of tearing filling up the room. The three cage monsters that held the Sister were frantically pulling, gripping the arms and legs as tight as they could. The creature tried to whip at the monsters, but one of them managed to grip the tongue, pulling the appendage as much as the limbs. With a sickening sound, the cage monster managed to rip the tongue away from the mouth, spewing a black substance on the floor and onto nearby monsters. Just as the tongue was pulled away, the Sister's left arm gave way along with its right leg. The screaming grew more and more terrible and too much for the students to bear. They quickly staggered out of the room and walked down the hall just before a cage monster wrapped its arms around the Sister's head and twisted it off, sending more black fluid all over the room. When the Sister grew limp, the cage monsters dropped the body on the floor and returned to their silent positions.