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The Horror of Popularity
ERROR: In Chapter 8 I had written that the Elite Popular kids were in the Boarding House. It was really the barn. I corrected it and hope people weren't too confused.
Please Note: Also someone told me that I mixed up the characters Tad and Chad. Sorry but I've reached too far to change that now. I've told readers in Chapter 1 that I guessed Tad was the blonde one and Chad the African American. So they'll know which is which for this story (plus reviewers have already mentioned Chad burning alive. If I changed it to Tad now it'll only cause confusion).
Also there are only three to five chapters left for this story. No more. But I'm considering doing a Prequel, which will show how Joseph and the other now undead children became known as demon children and eventually met their demise.
lucyrocks73: You asked for more action and I'm gonna give it to you.
Chapter 10: Renegades to the Rescue.
(One minute later in the Barn)
Trixie coughed heavily as she pushed past several dead bodies to get to the closed wooden door. Earlier the guards had them (elite popular kids) stand along the sides of the barn as they emptied out the barn of every item, even the fresh hay. Only bits of old hay were left in the barn. Then the guards ordered them to stand in the middle of the barn and wait further instructions and the guards exited the barn. But suddenly the barn doors slammed shut. Metal doors covered the small side exits (doors) and only the two large opposing doors were made of wood. But so far it seemed just as hard as the metal when she watched several children run to the door and bang and scratched at it until their hands bled.
Suddenly large rubber looking pipes blocked the only four high windows to the barn and even though she and no one else could see or smell anything, children suddenly started to drop dead and others like her started to cough heavily and felt as if their lungs were on fire.
Trixie finally reached the door but noticed that none of the kids towards the top were struggling anymore, in fact they were either lying on the floor or against the door. Pale and gray looking bodies lying stiller than silence and death itself. Some had their eyes closed others had their eyes opened, but there was on thing in common with all of them. No life what so ever. Trixie stifled a sob and started to beat against the door despite the coughs that were almost racking her body to convulsions and her slowly blurring vision.
Suddenly she felt something prick her. She hissed in pain and looked down to see what is was. Stuck into one of her fingers was a fingernail. She looked down fearfully to see that many of the bodies around her were not only bleeding from the hands, but also had severely chipped fingernails or none at all at the fingers. Trixie looked up again at the door to see many more fingernails etched into the blood covered wood. Trixie then released a blood-curling scream.
(Meanwhile close to the Barn)
Mary and Vicky ran quickly towards the barn. Both knowing that there was little time left and it was possible that none the children would be left alive by the time they reached the barn. But they both knew that they had to try and as teenage redhead and undead second grade looking blonde - who was really a pre-teen - ran towards the barn they both mentally prayed that one child would be left alive.
"Hold it!" a male voice cried suddenly and the two girls stopped when they realized that their way was blocked by several males and some wore security uniforms, "just where do you think you're going?" he demanded.
"They're children dying in there!" Vicky cried and pointed at the barn, which was not very far off, "we have to save them!"
"That missy," another male said snidely and he was wearing a security guard uniform, "is going to be a problem," he said with a chuckle and started to take out his pistol, "AHHHH!" he screamed when a chain suddenly wrapped around his hand so tightly that he had to let go of his weapon.
Vicky and Mary turned around to see a green haired adult clutching to the other end of the chain. They watched in shock as he suddenly pulled it forward and as soon as the security guard reached him, the man used one arm and broke the guard's neck.
"You weren't just going to kill two innocent girls were you?" the green haired man asked softly but his voice was chilling, "big strong men like you don't need to resort to such violence," he said simply and looked at them with emotionless green eyes.
"I'll show you!" another security guard cried and pulled out his pistol but suddenly the green haired man waved his hand and every weapon on the men flew from them and landed so far along the path that they couldn't be seen, "what are you?" he demanded and stepped back.
Vicky looked at the man more closely. For some reason she believed that she saw his eyes before. Even though she remembered them to be more vibrant and cherry looking.
"Who are you?" Mary asked, "and how can you use powers here?"
"I can barely do it," the green haired man responded, "call me Cos," he told them, "and since I can't do more any magic we have to kick their asses the old way," he said seriously and clenched his fists.
"I'm all for that!" Vicky cried menacingly and her pinkish red eyes glowed as she looked at the men and cracked her knuckles, "my favourite past time," she added.
"I'm game," Mary said with a laugh and gave the men an almost flirtatious look.
"Gentlemen!" Cos cried, "how about settling this like real fighters," he said with a grin, "no weapons or magic," he told them, "just fist versus fist and leg versus leg," he said and moved his neck in a such a way it made loud cracking noise, "how about it?" he asked as the fearful men looked less fearful and he dropped the chain to his feet, "it will be nice like corn," he said to them.
"Don't tell me one man, a teenager and little ol' me scare you?" Mary asked loudly in a teasing voice and laughed, "aren't you supposed to be men?" she teased, "or are you just waiting for a fitting of your chicken costumes?"
"No magic right?" a man asked in a fearful voice.
"No magic," Cos confirmed.
"We can take him!" one of the men in a plaid red shirt, burgundy slacks and black boots declared, "Farmer Red aint gonna be taken down by no bony wuss like you!" he shouted pointing at Cos.
"Want to try corn boy?" Cos challenged, "I'm not your size but I'm older than you can even fathom," he said staring at the large brown haired man who was bigger than Jorgen Von Strangle.
The men came down on them and the fight began.
Cos was dealing with Red who seemed to have decided to fight him alone and despite being a farmer seemed to really know not just regular fighting but karate as well. Cos quickly dived another kick from a foot that could crush at least half of his body and delivered a punch right into Red's stomach. But Red grabbed his hand and flipped him over flat on his back them punched him in to stomach so hard that Cos could feel his ribs crack under the pressure. Cos spat up blood but his eyes flared with anger and he punched Red in the face as Red's dark brown eyes widened in shock at the fact that the wiry man was still conscious after such a hard blow.
Mary dived another kick and kicked one of the men that she was fighting and in the balls and turned to the next one. Seven men coming at her at once wasn't very easy but she was managing. She quickly looked at Vicky who seemed to be relishing the moment of fighting twelve at once. She barely dodged a stone as one of the decided to cheat and use her distracted stance to knock her out.
"That's cheating," Mary snarled and the man laughed, "cheating is wrong!" she cried angrily and jumped in the air, "and punishable by death!" she shouted as her foot impacted with the man's head so hard that his head spun all the way around and you didn't have to hear the crunching of neck to know that he fell to the ground dead.
One down, six to go. (Mary's thoughts)
Vicky meanwhile used all her martial art moves and brute fighting skills to deal with her twelve. Three already lay dead and she planned to make it twelve bodies in the next few minutes if not seconds. She dodged a burly man and quickly used a knife that she kept concealed and gutted his stomach quickly then replaced the knife in her black jeans pocket.
I never said I'd play fair. (Vicky's thoughts)
Vicky ensured that the man fell on his stomach so that the others wouldn't know that she was armed. Plus he was the only one she planned to use a weapon on anyway. The others were just too easy. She quickly did a back flip kick and managed to knock another man unconscious. She karate chopped another in the face, kicked him in the balls and when he fell to the ground she crushed his balls under her foot and relished his screams.
Now for the rest of you despicable losers. (Vicky's thoughts)
Cos flipped out of Red's way painfully. Despite his boast he wasn't a very great fighter and Red was proving to be a real opponent. He struggled not to always show signs of pain despite the fact that his ribs were crushed, both of his eyes were so swollen that he could barely see, one of his ankles felt like it was practically broken, he had bruises everywhere and all Red had was a few bruises, a sprained kneecap and one swollen eye.
Red grinned. He knew that he was wearing the little man down. He felt a bit sad since the guy was the best opponent that he had in years, but he wasn't going to let this bony guy get those kids out alive. He got kicked in the face again by Cos but grabbed Cos's other leg and flipped Cos onto his stomach. Red saw Cos try to rise and quickly stepped hard into the middle of Cos's back and grinned when he finally got to hear the brazen fellow scream out loud in pain. Even though he could only see through on one eye since this guy kicked him so hard in the other that it was swollen shut, he could see the green-haired guy in pain well enough and he was enjoying it.
Suddenly Red's head disappeared. Well was blown off to be exact. Everyone else stopped fighting and turned (except Cos who was now crushed by Red's huge leg) to see a pink haired adult female who looked extremely fierce and was armed with a shotgun.
"Let them pass or die," the female snarled.
"But he said..." one of them started to complain but was stopped when the female blew off his head too.
"Move," the female commanded and the other men (four ran from Mary while only two -the third had his head blown off by the pink haired woman- ran from Vicky) ran off into the tall grass, "go get the children," she told the two girls.
"What about Cos?" Vicky asked seriously.
"He's my problem," the female said coldly.
"What's he to you?" Mary demanded.
"My husband," the female responded coldly as her pink eyes grew small and her fingers tighten on the trigger of the gun that was now pointed at the ground.
"Let's go," Vicky told Mary and pulled the girl along as they hurried towards the barn leaving the pink haired woman to tend to her green haired husband
(Five Minutes Later in the Barn)
Lorna coughs and lies weakly against the front barn door (Trixie's at the back one). Most of her fingernails were chipped to a frazzle. She knew that she was going to die and this was to be her last moments of life. She couldn't even see now and every time she coughed she felt pain. She had lost Ian long before, but she was certain that he was dead. He was the worst for wear in the pack and it would be almost miraculous if Trixie were still alive.
Suddenly the back door was forced open. Lorna could barely hear two voices but was too weak to respond; she could barely even hear them.
Lorna coughed and could feel blood come out of her mouth. Her lungs suddenly felt still and she knew that she wasn't breathing anymore. She lost consciousness.
Vicky and Mary ran around the room quickly searching for any living bodies. So far they'd found only dead. Including Trixie Tang. Vicky hurried to the other side of the barn and while searching through the dead bodies saw a black skinned blue haired girl that she didn't know but from the girl's blank open eyes Vicky could tell that she was dead. Vicky checked her pulse anyway and it only proved her assumption.
"I found someone!" Mary cried suddenly and pulled out a boy from under a pile of gray skinned dead bodies and Vicky turned in time to see a boy she recognized as Richard Richton's son, "he probably didn't die yet because of all the bodies on him," she suggested, "he must have fainted earlier on and got covered quickly by the sickest of the bunch," she theorized, "it reeks let's go," she stated bluntly sickened by the stench of the dead bodies, "come on Vicky you can't take Carbon Monoxide much longer before getting sick," she said and saw Vicky turn around with two first grade twin looking blonde girls in her hands and tears in her eyes.
"They were four of then (meaning they were quadruplets) down there," Vicky told Mary, "I had to pry these two away from their already dead sisters," she whispered.
"Let's go," Mary said in a more commanding voice and Vicky nodded and quickly followed Mary out of the barn.
Done.
Death's Soulmate: Tragic. Nauseating. Review.
Death's Soulmate: Just to let everyone know. I actually completed this story yesterday Nov. 4th, 2004. But thanks to the idiotic computer that I got stuck with, I didn't get to upload the story before today.