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Chapter 11: Star-Crossed Lovers
Jesse grabbed Stephen by the hand and yanked him away from the carnage. Sara and Miles
ran but Dan was frozen in his place. He looked up at Michael who slowly walked towards
him. Dan instantly remembered the events of that fateful nights eight years ago.
October 31st 1995
Smith's Grove Sanitarium
Kara was slowly regaining consciousness and realized she was being dragged
down a dripping cold hallway. She opened her eyes and saw two men in black hooded
robes holding her up by her arms. A man in a black over coat and hat walked in front of
them. Kara's whole body ached from her fall. "Wynn…" She spat as they continued down
the hall.
They arrived in a cellar-like room deep under the facility. Kara looked around in
awe as she saw the massive room. Candles littered the room, their flames casting the place
under a yellow glow. Dozens of people stood in similar dark robes. Kara was thrown
down on a stone alter. Wynn turned and leaned in to her ear, "Hush sweet child, it will be
over soon."
He turned around and two more robed men entered the basement. One was
holding baby Stephen, the other led Danny by the hand down to the alter with Kara.
Danny was in some sort of trance and wasn't aware of his mother's presence. Wynn
walked over to a stone table and picked up a chalice filled with blood. "This cursed blood
will be the carrier unto the next vessel." The cloaked figures bowed as Wynn carried the
chalice over to Kara. He tilted it open and held it up to her lips. "Drink child and become
the first sacrifice of the new one." Kara looked up in terror as Wynn held her nose shut
and poured the blood down her throat.
She coughed and gagged until he was done. The chalice was empty and Kara had
blood running down her lips. Wynn walked over to the hooded figure holding Stephen,
"Give him to me." They obliged and handed over the innocent. Wynn took Stephen and
sat him down on the stone table where he took a dagger out of his pocket. He ran the
blade up and down the child's chest, "This child will be Michael's final sacrifice. With the
blood he sheds, the curse shall pass on to our new vessel."
Danny was led up to Wynn by the second robed man. Kara realized what was
going on, "Oh god no….Wynn, you bastard! You cant have my baby!" Wynn looked at
the pleading woman, tied down like a trapped animal, "And you shall be his first victim."
Wynn took the dagger and gently pricked Stephen's finger. A tiny drop of Myers' blood
dripped on the blade. Wynn led Danny over to his mother and gave him the blade. "Do it
Danny. Stab her, don't kill her, just deep enough to draw blood."
Without hesitation Daniel slid the blade across Kara's chest. He slowly cut into her
chest and she screamed. Daniel gave the knife back to Wynn who signaled for a cult
member to come over. The cloaked figure walked over to Kara and pulled out a test tube.
He placed the test tube near her wound and pushed down on her chest, causing blood to
ooze out of her and drip into the test tube.
Wynn smiled, "It is done. Now we can transfer the curse." Kara passed out from
the pain. Wynn snapped his fingers and two cloaked men walked over to untie her, "Take
her back to her cell, and get those children up to the operating room. We must proceed
with the blood transfusion immediately." The men carried Kara away.
October 31st 2004
Ridgemont Sanitarium
Kara had a quick flash of her kidnapping. Old memories that she had blocked out
years ago began to re-emerge. When Thom had rescued her from her cell all those years
ago, she had only recently awoken. Who knows what had been done to her before that.
She had a quick memory of being in a room filled with candles. Then it was gone. "Kara?
Are you ok babe?" Kara blinked and looked over at Thom who was patting her shoulder.
Lindsay and John were looking at her as well, "What?" she asked. Lindsay
coughed, "You sort of zoned out Kara." Kara looked at Thom and smiled, "I'm fine."
Lindsay opened a door labeled 'ARCHIVES' and they walked in. The room was dark and
smelled mucky, like it hadn't been opened in years. Lindsay found the light switch and the
room buzzed with a slight electrical charge.
The lights came on dimly and John walked over to a shelf, "What's in all of these?"
Lindsay walked past him down the seemingly never ending room, "This is where we keep
all of our patients medical records. We have files dating back to the early fifties."
Thom looked at the endless array of shelves, "Why are we here Linz?" Lindsay
found the shelf she was looking for and got out a pair of keys. She unlocked the shelf and
opened it, "I was told that Myers' file would be in here. I want to show you guys the
records of his time at Ridgemont from 1978 to 1988." She found the folder and opened it,
"What the hell.." She looked at the others in surprise, "It's empty. He took it."
John looked at her in surprise, "Who took it?" Kara had another flash of memory,
she remembered Danny cutting her and a figure collecting her blood. She remembered
Wynn in the operating room with the other doctors. She realized why Danny and Stephen
had been in there, they were going to have a blood transfusion so Stephen's blood would
be mixed in with Danny's. She understood now, all the confusion that night. Loomis,
disappearance after they left. He figured it out to, so they killed him. John asked Lindsay
again, "Dr. Wallace, who took the file?" Kara answered loudly, "Wynn!"
Haddonfield High School
Daniel was pulled back suddenly just as Myers was nearly on top of him. He
looked up and saw Miles yanking him to his feet, "Get up man! Let's go!" Dan snapped
out of it and leapt up. The fire alarm rang loudly, echoing down the school hallways.
Outside, Officer Starks had fallen asleep. He quickly awoke however when he heard the
alarm.
Michael walked back over to the blood spattered fire alarm and pushed his hand up
against it, it broke under his push and the alarm stopped. He stepped over Ms. Harris'
dead body and walked down the hall after the others.
Dan and Miles were close behind Sara, Jesse and Stephen when they heard the
alarm stop. Dan stopped suddenly and Miles ran back to grab him, "What's wrong, hurry
up!" Dan yelled to the others, "Keep going!" Miles looked at Dan who ducked behind a
corner. Miles could hear the Shape's footsteps coming closer, "Are you nuts?" Miles
whispered. Dan looked at Miles and whispered back, "Go on, I'll be right behind you."
Miles hesitated and Dan shoved him back, "Go!" Miles ran off and Dan stood waiting. He
saw a fire extinguisher hanging nearby and grabbed it.
The empty hallway darkened as the stretching shadow of the Shape came closer to
where Dan was hiding. Dan heard Michael's breathing and quickly jumped out in front of
him. Dan bashed Michael in the shoulder with the fire extinguisher and was about to bash
him again when Michael's hand shot out and choked Dan. Dan clawed at the massive hand
wrapped around his neck. Michael lifted Dan off the ground Dan could see white spots as
his air supply was cut off.
"Leave him alone!" Michael looked down to the end of the hallway and saw
Stephen standing there. He dropped Dan and started towards the young boy. Jesse ran
over to Stephen and picked him up. They backed up against a wall, "Leave us alone!"
Jesse screamed. Dan managed to stand up and with a shaky hand, picked up the fire
extinguisher. He ran up to Michael and smashed the extinguisher over his head. Michael
fell to his knees and Dan ran past him to grab Jesse and Stephen, "C'mon!" They ran past
Michael who shook off his injury and stood back up. He watched Stephen and the others
run off but turned his sights on the other two who had escaped.
Jesse was running out of breathe as Dan continued to run, yanking her arm along
with him, "Wait Dan I, uh, hold on." Dan stopped and hugged them both, "Are you two
ok?" They nodded and Dan looked back past them, "Where did Miles and Sara go?" Jesse
turned around, "When we left you, Miles went back to get you but when he came back
with out you, I ran back. They kept going, I think they were heading for the roof." Dan
looked at her, "They probably didn't realize we separated."
Sara and Miles were running up a second flight of stairs and finally burst through
the door a the end. They found themselves on the roof and Miles looked around, "Where
are the others?" Sara was catching her breath. She ran over and slammed the door shut,
"They probably went another way. We have to hide Miles." Sara ran over to the edge of
the roof and peered down, it was a long way. She noticed a police car parked next to a
black van. She was about to shout for help when Miles ran behind her and clasped his
hand over her mouth, "Shush, we have to get out of here!"
They turned back and headed for the door when a loud bang rang from the other
side, "Shit, he's here." Sara cursed. She and Miles ran to the other side of the roof, and
hid behind a chimney stack. Michael burst through the doorway and walked out onto the
roof. His heavy breathing was all Sara and Miles could hear as the Shape slowly walked
around. Sara and Miles were slowly walking around to try and get to the doorway without
Michael seeing them.
They made their way around and saw the Shape had vanished, "He must have
gone back down." Miles gave a sigh of relief. Sara walked over to the edge one more
time, just to check. Miles went over to open the door, "C'mon Sara, we have to find the
others." He opened the door while looking at Sara. Sara turned to look back at him and
saw Michael standing in the doorway, behind Miles, "Miles! Watch out, he's right behind
you!"
Miles turned pale and slowly turned around. He was face to face with Michael
Myers for the first time. Miles stepped back as Michael walked towards him. Before Miles
could even blink, he felt a hot searing pain shoot up his body as Michael slid his knife
between the young man's ribs. Miles felt his hands moisten with blood as he felt the
wound. Michael pushed forward, the knife going deeper into Mile's side. Miles groaned in
agony and Sara clasped her hands over her mouth. This couldn't be happening, not now.
Not like this, after they had finally come together.
Sara watched in horror as Michael grabbed Mile's shoulder with his free hand. He
whirled the boy around so he was facing Sara. Sara cried as Michael walked towards her.
She fell to her knees and crawled back out of his way. Miles was on the verge of passing
out. Blood was leaking from his side, staining his sweater and pants. His hands were warm
with his own blood and his legs were now numb. Michael lifted the boy off his feet and
walked forward, Miles' legs dragging. Miles coughed up some blood and turned to look at
his love with glossy eyes. "Sara…." He whispered as Michael held him at the edge of the
roof.
Sara worked up the strength to reach her arm out. Miles used what little strength
he had left to gently stretch his arm out. Their fingers momentarily brushed past each
other. Sara had tears streaming down her face as Miles turned paler. Michael pulled the
knife out of Miles and used his other arm to throw the bleeding boy of the four story
building. Sara screamed and ran to the edge as she watched her love fall.
Officer Starks was on the radio with the Sheriff, "Mark? Come in Sheriff, we've
got trouble. A moment ago the alarm went off and now it's stopped." Starks got his keys
in the ignition and was about to start the car when a huge crash knocked him from his
seat. Miles' body, broken and bloody had crashed through Starks' car windshield.
Starks was shaking as he looked up to the roof. He jumped out of the car and fell
to the ground covered in shards of glass. He grabbed his radio and tried to get a signal but
the boy's impact had destroyed the dashboard as well. The radio was covered in blood and
glass and Starks saw the blank expression on Miles' face. He climbed up to his feet and
with a shaky hand, got out his walkie talkie, "We have trouble! I need immediate back up.
We have a body, it's uh, one of the kids. I need back up now!"
Sara crawled back and looked at the pale face in front of her, "You…bastard!"
She lunged forward and the Shape merely smacked her with the arm he had just thrown
her love to his death with. Sara flew across the roof and landed on her side. She got up
and clutched her arm in pain. Michael held up his bloody knife as if to let her know she
was it's next target. With a meek cry, she ran through the doorway and started down the
stairs.
Dan and Jesse were running to the first floor staircase with Stephen. They flew
down the stairs and crashed into the front doors. They were locked. Jesse shrieked and
shook the doors, "Somebody let us out!" Dan grabbed her, "Ms. Harris had the keys
around her neck, we have to go back for them." Jesse backed up shaking her head, "No,
please. We can't, I cant go back. I cant stand to see that…..all that blood." Dan held her,
"I'll go then." Jesse sighed and tried to stop crying, "No, we'll go together but Stephen
has to-" Dan turned around, "Stephen? Stephen!" Dan saw Stephen heading back up the
stairs and the two teens ran after him.
Sara was half running, half limping down the stairs. She kept turning back to see if
Michael was behind her but he was nowhere in sight. She brushed her hair from her eyes
and wiped the stinging tears from her face. Miles was dead. Sara was numb inside. She
looked up once more and saw Michael at the top of the stairs heading down towards her.
She picked up her pace and tried to run through the pain shooting up her leg and arm.
Michael was close behind her and she turned back to see him raising his gleaming
blade. She turned and dived for the ground and barely missed having her back slashed. She
landed at the bottom of the stairs with a thud that took her breath away. She let out a cry
for help but her voice was gone. She crawled for the door and headed out into the English
hallway.
She slowly got up and started limping down the dark hall. She closed her eyes and
stifled another cry as she limped past Ms. Harris' lifeless body and the bloody wall she had
been thrown against. She turned and started limping backwards so she could keep an eye
on the hall, to see if Michael was still coming. He had vanished again and Sara continued
to limp.
She bumped right into Stephen and they both screamed. Stephen looked up at her
with his pale face and she grabbed him, "We have to get out of here, where are the
others?" Stephen wrestled free from her grasp and ran over to Ms. Harris' body, "We cant
get out without the keys." He grabbed the keys from around the dead woman's neck and
gasped as he saw the blood now on his hands.
Sara looked back to the stairs Stephen had come up and saw Dan and Jesse
running up them, "Let's go Stephen, now!" Stephen got up and ran over to Jesse who had
just gotten to the top of the stairs. "Sara watch out!" Sara looked in surprise and turned
around. Michael was at the other end of the hall walking towards her. She turned and
started limping forward. Dan and Jesse shouted for her to hurry and Stephen looked
behind her and screamed. Michael picked up his knife and threw it down the hallway. It
flew threw the air about ten feet and pierced Sara in the lower back.
Sara screamed and fell to the ground. Jesse and Dan screamed and Stephen ran
over to Sara. She looked at him with tear stained eyes and whispered, "Pull it out, please
pull it out…" Stephen yanked the knife out of Sara's back and she screamed again.
Michael continued to walk towards them and Stephen tossed the knife aside. It slid across
the floor and landed at Jesse's feet.
She ran over to Stephen and pulled him away from Sara who was desperately
trying to get up. The stab wound had penetrated her spine, "I can't walk! Go without
me!" Stephen shrieked, "No! We're not leaving you." But Jesse pulled him back. He
kicked and screamed and cried but she kept pulling until Dan was close enough to pick
Stephen up. The three of them ran down the stairs and left Sara behind.
Sara clawed at the ground and tried pulling herself along, like a worm. Her legs
were dead weight now and it took all of her upper strength to reach the first step. She
started pulling herself forward and saw the others frantically trying to unlock the front
doors, "Get out of here!" They looked up at her and screamed, "Go!"
Her cry was cut off as Michael walked past her and in a swift motion snapped her
neck around with his hands. She fell to the ground, her head twisted the other way,
Michael didn't even make a break in his stride, he just kept walking down the stairs
towards the others.
Jesse screamed as she watched Michael twist Sara's head around. Stephen tugged
on Dan's pant leg and cried. Dan wiped some white make up off his sweaty brow and tried
to concentrate on getting the doors unlocked. He didn't dare look back for fear of losing
his focus. He could here Jesse and Stephen screaming and knew the Shape was getting
closer. His hands were so shaky that he couldn't get the key to go into the lock.
"Goddamnit hurry the fuck up!" Jesse screamed. She watched hysterically as Michael
reached the ground floor, he was only twenty or so feet away from them and he was
moving closer.
TBC
Author Note: Well….what a rush. I just cranked out two chapters in one day. Hope you guys are liking it! More coming soon!
~Liz
Chapter 11: Star-Crossed Lovers
Jesse grabbed Stephen by the hand and yanked him away from the carnage. Sara and Miles
ran but Dan was frozen in his place. He looked up at Michael who slowly walked towards
him. Dan instantly remembered the events of that fateful nights eight years ago.
October 31st 1995
Smith's Grove Sanitarium
Kara was slowly regaining consciousness and realized she was being dragged
down a dripping cold hallway. She opened her eyes and saw two men in black hooded
robes holding her up by her arms. A man in a black over coat and hat walked in front of
them. Kara's whole body ached from her fall. "Wynn…" She spat as they continued down
the hall.
They arrived in a cellar-like room deep under the facility. Kara looked around in
awe as she saw the massive room. Candles littered the room, their flames casting the place
under a yellow glow. Dozens of people stood in similar dark robes. Kara was thrown
down on a stone alter. Wynn turned and leaned in to her ear, "Hush sweet child, it will be
over soon."
He turned around and two more robed men entered the basement. One was
holding baby Stephen, the other led Danny by the hand down to the alter with Kara.
Danny was in some sort of trance and wasn't aware of his mother's presence. Wynn
walked over to a stone table and picked up a chalice filled with blood. "This cursed blood
will be the carrier unto the next vessel." The cloaked figures bowed as Wynn carried the
chalice over to Kara. He tilted it open and held it up to her lips. "Drink child and become
the first sacrifice of the new one." Kara looked up in terror as Wynn held her nose shut
and poured the blood down her throat.
She coughed and gagged until he was done. The chalice was empty and Kara had
blood running down her lips. Wynn walked over to the hooded figure holding Stephen,
"Give him to me." They obliged and handed over the innocent. Wynn took Stephen and
sat him down on the stone table where he took a dagger out of his pocket. He ran the
blade up and down the child's chest, "This child will be Michael's final sacrifice. With the
blood he sheds, the curse shall pass on to our new vessel."
Danny was led up to Wynn by the second robed man. Kara realized what was
going on, "Oh god no….Wynn, you bastard! You cant have my baby!" Wynn looked at
the pleading woman, tied down like a trapped animal, "And you shall be his first victim."
Wynn took the dagger and gently pricked Stephen's finger. A tiny drop of Myers' blood
dripped on the blade. Wynn led Danny over to his mother and gave him the blade. "Do it
Danny. Stab her, don't kill her, just deep enough to draw blood."
Without hesitation Daniel slid the blade across Kara's chest. He slowly cut into her
chest and she screamed. Daniel gave the knife back to Wynn who signaled for a cult
member to come over. The cloaked figure walked over to Kara and pulled out a test tube.
He placed the test tube near her wound and pushed down on her chest, causing blood to
ooze out of her and drip into the test tube.
Wynn smiled, "It is done. Now we can transfer the curse." Kara passed out from
the pain. Wynn snapped his fingers and two cloaked men walked over to untie her, "Take
her back to her cell, and get those children up to the operating room. We must proceed
with the blood transfusion immediately." The men carried Kara away.
October 31st 2004
Ridgemont Sanitarium
Kara had a quick flash of her kidnapping. Old memories that she had blocked out
years ago began to re-emerge. When Thom had rescued her from her cell all those years
ago, she had only recently awoken. Who knows what had been done to her before that.
She had a quick memory of being in a room filled with candles. Then it was gone. "Kara?
Are you ok babe?" Kara blinked and looked over at Thom who was patting her shoulder.
Lindsay and John were looking at her as well, "What?" she asked. Lindsay
coughed, "You sort of zoned out Kara." Kara looked at Thom and smiled, "I'm fine."
Lindsay opened a door labeled 'ARCHIVES' and they walked in. The room was dark and
smelled mucky, like it hadn't been opened in years. Lindsay found the light switch and the
room buzzed with a slight electrical charge.
The lights came on dimly and John walked over to a shelf, "What's in all of these?"
Lindsay walked past him down the seemingly never ending room, "This is where we keep
all of our patients medical records. We have files dating back to the early fifties."
Thom looked at the endless array of shelves, "Why are we here Linz?" Lindsay
found the shelf she was looking for and got out a pair of keys. She unlocked the shelf and
opened it, "I was told that Myers' file would be in here. I want to show you guys the
records of his time at Ridgemont from 1978 to 1988." She found the folder and opened it,
"What the hell.." She looked at the others in surprise, "It's empty. He took it."
John looked at her in surprise, "Who took it?" Kara had another flash of memory,
she remembered Danny cutting her and a figure collecting her blood. She remembered
Wynn in the operating room with the other doctors. She realized why Danny and Stephen
had been in there, they were going to have a blood transfusion so Stephen's blood would
be mixed in with Danny's. She understood now, all the confusion that night. Loomis,
disappearance after they left. He figured it out to, so they killed him. John asked Lindsay
again, "Dr. Wallace, who took the file?" Kara answered loudly, "Wynn!"
Haddonfield High School
Daniel was pulled back suddenly just as Myers was nearly on top of him. He
looked up and saw Miles yanking him to his feet, "Get up man! Let's go!" Dan snapped
out of it and leapt up. The fire alarm rang loudly, echoing down the school hallways.
Outside, Officer Starks had fallen asleep. He quickly awoke however when he heard the
alarm.
Michael walked back over to the blood spattered fire alarm and pushed his hand up
against it, it broke under his push and the alarm stopped. He stepped over Ms. Harris'
dead body and walked down the hall after the others.
Dan and Miles were close behind Sara, Jesse and Stephen when they heard the
alarm stop. Dan stopped suddenly and Miles ran back to grab him, "What's wrong, hurry
up!" Dan yelled to the others, "Keep going!" Miles looked at Dan who ducked behind a
corner. Miles could hear the Shape's footsteps coming closer, "Are you nuts?" Miles
whispered. Dan looked at Miles and whispered back, "Go on, I'll be right behind you."
Miles hesitated and Dan shoved him back, "Go!" Miles ran off and Dan stood waiting. He
saw a fire extinguisher hanging nearby and grabbed it.
The empty hallway darkened as the stretching shadow of the Shape came closer to
where Dan was hiding. Dan heard Michael's breathing and quickly jumped out in front of
him. Dan bashed Michael in the shoulder with the fire extinguisher and was about to bash
him again when Michael's hand shot out and choked Dan. Dan clawed at the massive hand
wrapped around his neck. Michael lifted Dan off the ground Dan could see white spots as
his air supply was cut off.
"Leave him alone!" Michael looked down to the end of the hallway and saw
Stephen standing there. He dropped Dan and started towards the young boy. Jesse ran
over to Stephen and picked him up. They backed up against a wall, "Leave us alone!"
Jesse screamed. Dan managed to stand up and with a shaky hand, picked up the fire
extinguisher. He ran up to Michael and smashed the extinguisher over his head. Michael
fell to his knees and Dan ran past him to grab Jesse and Stephen, "C'mon!" They ran past
Michael who shook off his injury and stood back up. He watched Stephen and the others
run off but turned his sights on the other two who had escaped.
Jesse was running out of breathe as Dan continued to run, yanking her arm along
with him, "Wait Dan I, uh, hold on." Dan stopped and hugged them both, "Are you two
ok?" They nodded and Dan looked back past them, "Where did Miles and Sara go?" Jesse
turned around, "When we left you, Miles went back to get you but when he came back
with out you, I ran back. They kept going, I think they were heading for the roof." Dan
looked at her, "They probably didn't realize we separated."
Sara and Miles were running up a second flight of stairs and finally burst through
the door a the end. They found themselves on the roof and Miles looked around, "Where
are the others?" Sara was catching her breath. She ran over and slammed the door shut,
"They probably went another way. We have to hide Miles." Sara ran over to the edge of
the roof and peered down, it was a long way. She noticed a police car parked next to a
black van. She was about to shout for help when Miles ran behind her and clasped his
hand over her mouth, "Shush, we have to get out of here!"
They turned back and headed for the door when a loud bang rang from the other
side, "Shit, he's here." Sara cursed. She and Miles ran to the other side of the roof, and
hid behind a chimney stack. Michael burst through the doorway and walked out onto the
roof. His heavy breathing was all Sara and Miles could hear as the Shape slowly walked
around. Sara and Miles were slowly walking around to try and get to the doorway without
Michael seeing them.
They made their way around and saw the Shape had vanished, "He must have
gone back down." Miles gave a sigh of relief. Sara walked over to the edge one more
time, just to check. Miles went over to open the door, "C'mon Sara, we have to find the
others." He opened the door while looking at Sara. Sara turned to look back at him and
saw Michael standing in the doorway, behind Miles, "Miles! Watch out, he's right behind
you!"
Miles turned pale and slowly turned around. He was face to face with Michael
Myers for the first time. Miles stepped back as Michael walked towards him. Before Miles
could even blink, he felt a hot searing pain shoot up his body as Michael slid his knife
between the young man's ribs. Miles felt his hands moisten with blood as he felt the
wound. Michael pushed forward, the knife going deeper into Mile's side. Miles groaned in
agony and Sara clasped her hands over her mouth. This couldn't be happening, not now.
Not like this, after they had finally come together.
Sara watched in horror as Michael grabbed Mile's shoulder with his free hand. He
whirled the boy around so he was facing Sara. Sara cried as Michael walked towards her.
She fell to her knees and crawled back out of his way. Miles was on the verge of passing
out. Blood was leaking from his side, staining his sweater and pants. His hands were warm
with his own blood and his legs were now numb. Michael lifted the boy off his feet and
walked forward, Miles' legs dragging. Miles coughed up some blood and turned to look at
his love with glossy eyes. "Sara…." He whispered as Michael held him at the edge of the
roof.
Sara worked up the strength to reach her arm out. Miles used what little strength
he had left to gently stretch his arm out. Their fingers momentarily brushed past each
other. Sara had tears streaming down her face as Miles turned paler. Michael pulled the
knife out of Miles and used his other arm to throw the bleeding boy of the four story
building. Sara screamed and ran to the edge as she watched her love fall.
Officer Starks was on the radio with the Sheriff, "Mark? Come in Sheriff, we've
got trouble. A moment ago the alarm went off and now it's stopped." Starks got his keys
in the ignition and was about to start the car when a huge crash knocked him from his
seat. Miles' body, broken and bloody had crashed through Starks' car windshield.
Starks was shaking as he looked up to the roof. He jumped out of the car and fell
to the ground covered in shards of glass. He grabbed his radio and tried to get a signal but
the boy's impact had destroyed the dashboard as well. The radio was covered in blood and
glass and Starks saw the blank expression on Miles' face. He climbed up to his feet and
with a shaky hand, got out his walkie talkie, "We have trouble! I need immediate back up.
We have a body, it's uh, one of the kids. I need back up now!"
Sara crawled back and looked at the pale face in front of her, "You…bastard!"
She lunged forward and the Shape merely smacked her with the arm he had just thrown
her love to his death with. Sara flew across the roof and landed on her side. She got up
and clutched her arm in pain. Michael held up his bloody knife as if to let her know she
was it's next target. With a meek cry, she ran through the doorway and started down the
stairs.
Dan and Jesse were running to the first floor staircase with Stephen. They flew
down the stairs and crashed into the front doors. They were locked. Jesse shrieked and
shook the doors, "Somebody let us out!" Dan grabbed her, "Ms. Harris had the keys
around her neck, we have to go back for them." Jesse backed up shaking her head, "No,
please. We can't, I cant go back. I cant stand to see that…..all that blood." Dan held her,
"I'll go then." Jesse sighed and tried to stop crying, "No, we'll go together but Stephen
has to-" Dan turned around, "Stephen? Stephen!" Dan saw Stephen heading back up the
stairs and the two teens ran after him.
Sara was half running, half limping down the stairs. She kept turning back to see if
Michael was behind her but he was nowhere in sight. She brushed her hair from her eyes
and wiped the stinging tears from her face. Miles was dead. Sara was numb inside. She
looked up once more and saw Michael at the top of the stairs heading down towards her.
She picked up her pace and tried to run through the pain shooting up her leg and arm.
Michael was close behind her and she turned back to see him raising his gleaming
blade. She turned and dived for the ground and barely missed having her back slashed. She
landed at the bottom of the stairs with a thud that took her breath away. She let out a cry
for help but her voice was gone. She crawled for the door and headed out into the English
hallway.
She slowly got up and started limping down the dark hall. She closed her eyes and
stifled another cry as she limped past Ms. Harris' lifeless body and the bloody wall she had
been thrown against. She turned and started limping backwards so she could keep an eye
on the hall, to see if Michael was still coming. He had vanished again and Sara continued
to limp.
She bumped right into Stephen and they both screamed. Stephen looked up at her
with his pale face and she grabbed him, "We have to get out of here, where are the
others?" Stephen wrestled free from her grasp and ran over to Ms. Harris' body, "We cant
get out without the keys." He grabbed the keys from around the dead woman's neck and
gasped as he saw the blood now on his hands.
Sara looked back to the stairs Stephen had come up and saw Dan and Jesse
running up them, "Let's go Stephen, now!" Stephen got up and ran over to Jesse who had
just gotten to the top of the stairs. "Sara watch out!" Sara looked in surprise and turned
around. Michael was at the other end of the hall walking towards her. She turned and
started limping forward. Dan and Jesse shouted for her to hurry and Stephen looked
behind her and screamed. Michael picked up his knife and threw it down the hallway. It
flew threw the air about ten feet and pierced Sara in the lower back.
Sara screamed and fell to the ground. Jesse and Dan screamed and Stephen ran
over to Sara. She looked at him with tear stained eyes and whispered, "Pull it out, please
pull it out…" Stephen yanked the knife out of Sara's back and she screamed again.
Michael continued to walk towards them and Stephen tossed the knife aside. It slid across
the floor and landed at Jesse's feet.
She ran over to Stephen and pulled him away from Sara who was desperately
trying to get up. The stab wound had penetrated her spine, "I can't walk! Go without
me!" Stephen shrieked, "No! We're not leaving you." But Jesse pulled him back. He
kicked and screamed and cried but she kept pulling until Dan was close enough to pick
Stephen up. The three of them ran down the stairs and left Sara behind.
Sara clawed at the ground and tried pulling herself along, like a worm. Her legs
were dead weight now and it took all of her upper strength to reach the first step. She
started pulling herself forward and saw the others frantically trying to unlock the front
doors, "Get out of here!" They looked up at her and screamed, "Go!"
Her cry was cut off as Michael walked past her and in a swift motion snapped her
neck around with his hands. She fell to the ground, her head twisted the other way,
Michael didn't even make a break in his stride, he just kept walking down the stairs
towards the others.
Jesse screamed as she watched Michael twist Sara's head around. Stephen tugged
on Dan's pant leg and cried. Dan wiped some white make up off his sweaty brow and tried
to concentrate on getting the doors unlocked. He didn't dare look back for fear of losing
his focus. He could here Jesse and Stephen screaming and knew the Shape was getting
closer. His hands were so shaky that he couldn't get the key to go into the lock.
"Goddamnit hurry the fuck up!" Jesse screamed. She watched hysterically as Michael
reached the ground floor, he was only twenty or so feet away from them and he was
moving closer.
TBC
Author Note: Well….what a rush. I just cranked out two chapters in one day. Hope you guys are liking it! More coming soon!
~Liz