CHAPTER FOUR

They stayed at the bar for a couple hours, laughing and listening to a poser Metal band play (quite horribly). They walked out and headed to Tom's car.

"Nice ride, Tom!" Annie exclaimed, staring at the stitched skin on the hood of the truck. Don and Allen hopped into the back and Annie in the front. Tom turned the key and Lynyrd Skynyrd blasted into their ears. Tom struggled to turn it down, laughing. Annie squealed and Don laughed. Allen smiled and looked out the window. They were heading back to Eastwood when Annie turned around in her seat. Her mouth dropped open and she grabbed Tom's sleeve.

"What?" Tom asked. Annie pointed behind her, the group following her finger to find a truck, flashing it's high beams. The occupants were hanging out of the windows, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"We've got company!" Annie yelled as the truck rammed them from behind. They all yelled as they rocked forward.

Tom looked out the window, catching sight of the familiar scraggly blond hair of Dallas. Tom snarled and hunched over the wheel. "Hang on to you're asses, we're gonna have a bumpy ride." Dallas and his gang rammed them again and came around to Tom's side of the truck.

"Hey, Shitface!" Tom heard Dallas roar as he rammed them again. "What's the matter? Can't fend for yourself?" He and his gang laughed. Tom snarled, eyes wild, hair in his face.

"How bout you TRY MY FUCKING CHAINSAW ON FOR SIZE!" He roared, pulling another chainsaw from under the back seat. He pulled the cord with his teeth and ordered Annie to take the wheel. Timidly, she switched seats with him and he climbed onto the roof of the truck. He jumped onto the other roof and Dallas screamed. He withdrew his head just as the chainsaw burst through the aluminum roof and whirred between him and his thug, Andy. The chainsaw withdrew, then plunged back in, sawing through Andy's head with incredible ease. Blood and gore splattered the group and the inside of the truck as it swirved, sending it flipping over, once, twice, three times until it was stopped on its side by a large oak tree. Tom flew off and hit the ground ten feet away. He looked up and saw Dallas and his gang struggling to get out. With one loud roar of rage, which sounded incredibly similar to a bear, and hurled himself at them, chainsaw roaring like a rabid beast. Dallas screamed and ran, his gang following him.

Tom grabbed one by the back of his shirt, but the kid slipped out of it. Tom whirled the chainsaw around and cut the kid in half. He growled and went to the body, ripping out the intestines and biting into them. He shoveled the raw meat into his mouth, blood dripping from his chin, gore hanging from his mouth. Dallas stared at Tom in horror.

"Oh... my god! You're eating him! You're EATING HIM!" He screamed. Tom laughed maniacally and ripped open the corpses chest, digging out the heart, liver, and stomach. Dallas, horrified beyond his capacity, ran as fast as he could. Tom watched him and smiled. He rose from the mangled corpse just as Annie pulled over by Dallas' car, watching the poor kid run, screaming his head off. She stared at Tom, frightened. Tom's maniac laugh turned into mad screams as he retched and writhed, losing complete control of himself. She, with the help of Don and Allen, dragged him into his truck just as the police came, sirens wailing through the countryside.

The next morning, the students stared at Thomas Hewitt with fear. Only Annie, Don, and Allen stood by his side. They headed to their first Anatomy class. Dallas already spread the news of Tom's little cannibalism fiasco to half of the campus.

"Seriously, I saw him ripping poor Rodny's organs out! It was like he did it before!" Tom heard Dallas whisper. He grimaced and returned to the lesson. Annie put a hand on his shoulder.

"Don't listen to that bastard! He just wants attention." She hissed, but Tom shook his head.

"No... he's telling the truth... I did eat a kid... din't I?" He asked solemnly. Annie looked down.

"Ummm..." Tom suddenly got up, grabbed his bags, and left the classroom. He packed his stuff quickly and loaded them into the truck. He stared at the chainsaw case for a while, then put it into the truck also. He got in, turned the key, and pulled out of the campus' parking lot. He knew he didn't belong. He knew he shouldn't have come to this damned place, especially after he lost control on those two boys in grade school. He ate them too... ate them like he did that one boy. Tom sobbed and pulled into his parents' driveway. They welcomed him with open arms, but stopped when they spotted his face.

"Tom?" Luda May asked. "What's wrong?" Tom pushed past her and ran up to his room, slamming the door. He looked at his face in the mirror and roared, picking up a chair and throwing it at it. The mirror shattered and fell. He sobbed, dropping to his knees. His mother came in.

"Thomas... tell me what happened." She said, sitting down next to him and wrapping her arms around him. He told her everything. Luda May gave her son a big hug.

"Tom, hun, you were doing so well! You shouldn't have left." She said. Tom looked at her.

"Mom... I ATE someone." He said flatly. She smiled.

"Is that wrong?" She laughed. "Tom, you've been eating people for the past eighteen years!" She said. Tom smiled. "You can stay for a while, but, when things calm down, you are wheeling your butt back into college." Tom smiled.

"Thanks mom..." He hugged her, but could not stop thinking about Annie... what is she doing now?

Yeah... sorry for not updating sooner. and mrkrueger, it will get more gory! hopefully all yous can give me more ideas! Over and out!

Nani Coen