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The Tool Man
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Ch4: Fighting Back
Erin moved slowly to tie the rope securely around Leigh. She signalled for her to sit on the edge. "Right. I'm going to attach this on to the door as it is pretty sturdy and then I will let more rope down gradually. So off you go!" instructed Erin. Leigh moved her body off the ledge and lowered herself down. She kicked off the wall and felt herself begin to descend.
Surprisingly the cliff was not that high. She had reached the bottom in less that 3minutes. When she was on her two feet she untied herself and yanked on the rope and shouted up to Erin, "Eri! Your turn! Be careful though the rocks are all jagged. I have some more scratches now to act to my growing collection!"
Erin turned round so her front was facing the rocks and took a deep breath. She use to go rock climbing as a hobby but never had done it like this and with no equipment. She jumped a few times to lower herself abit but then suddenly lost her footing. She gasped, she was leaning against something but it seemed to be moving. She could not see what it was as it was pitch black. She turned slightly round and yelled to Leigh, "Leigh! I'm stuck and something is up here!"
Leigh panicked. Why was Erin telling her this? It wasn't like she could do anything. She squinted up trying to see what was up there. She saw Erin legs lodged on something which was brown. She stood on her tip toes and saw it seemed to bulge in and out. It was breathing! She had never saw anything like that before. What was it? What if Erin got hurt? She had to do something and quick.
"Look Eri I can see what you are standing on but I don't know what it is. It doesn't seem to be moving too much so try to ignore it for now and just listen to my voice. I'm going to give you directions on how to get down. Ok?" hollered Leigh. Erin waited for instructions.
Leigh told her the directions where to go when suddenly she heard a twig snap. She dropped down on the floor behind a bush and dragged Erin who had reached the bottom into it with her. They stayed quiet and after a minute or so Erin popped her head out of the bush. She was confronted by the mans looming face. He grinned and laughed. He reached out with his long white fingers and scraped a finger nail along Erin's cheek.
Erin screamed as her cheek split slightly and blood slithered out. She put her hand to the cut and got up rapidly. Leigh was already running the other way when she bashed into a body. She screamed and began beating it. Suddenly the body spoke, "Leigh! Calm down! What's wrong?" Leigh looked up and could then identify it was Troy and next to him was Kemper. She was so relieved.
"Erin! She's still back there! The guy! He's there too!" gasped Leigh. Kemper's eyes flared. He began to run at top speed to the where-about's of Erin's voice. Leigh was about to shout not to go back but she was couldn't as she burst into tears. She leant against Troy and just cried. She wanted to go home and be fine.
"Leigh I'm so glad we found you. Are you ok now? How's your rib? We need to get out of here!" Troy told Leigh. He was so happy they were all back together and they could escape. "We need to go and help…" Leigh was cut short when there was a sickening thud and then a scream from Erin. They both ran to their friend's aid.
"Oh my god! Troy help him! Please!" screamed Erin. Kemper was being held around the neck raised of the ground. The thud had been when he had been slammed against a tree. He was writhing around trying to breathe but he couldn't manage no matter how hard he tried to loosen the grip of the things hands. Troy ran to his brother's side and hit the man. The man didn't even move. It seemed it didn't even notice the attack.
Troy looked around for a weapon. It was hopeless there was nothing at all. Then suddenly he heard a whistle and he turned to see Leigh holding one of the butcher nails that the girls had seen in the room of dead bodies. She had picked it up just as she had left the room she wanted to be able to defend herself next time. She threw it across the grass. He bent down and picked it up. He raised it above his head and stuck the point into the mans fleshy back.
He did not expect this attack and dropped Kemper. He made a high pitched shriek and bent over. Kemper dropped down to the ground and rubbed his neck with his hands. Erin rushed over and helped him up. "What happened to you Erin? Your cheek? Oh my god!" He reached out and touched the cut. It had now stopped bleeding but her cheek was covered with the blood which had dried. He saw that the cut did not go through the cheek but was reasonable deep.
Leigh ran behind the man with a broken off tree branch and slammed it against his skull. The man screamed again and clutched his head. He tried to stagger off but Troy ran up and turned him around and punched him. He fell flat on his back. Kemper came up behind Troy carrying the butcher nail. He raged, "This is for all of us!" He plunged the end into the things chest hard.
Blood squirted onto the boy's clothes and the girls screeched. The man squirmed and writhed on the floor until he stopped moving at all. Leigh and Erin took steps forward. "Is he dead? Please, god let him be dead!" whispered Leigh. Erin knelt down to check. She leaned over the things face and looked at it. It was deformed and brown. Dirt and blood covered the surface of it. She put a hand out to feel its face when its eyes opened up. She screamed and fell backwards. The man closed it eyes again and Kemper went and kicked it. It made no further movements.
"We just killed someone…….god…….." muttered Leigh. They all looked at one another and all fell to the floor. They were finally free. They were no longer being followed or chased by a crazed mad man. "We need to leave now! We have to! We all need to get to the hospital and we need to tell the police!"
The group agreed and they all supported one another and began to walk back to the first clearing in the woods. When they were finally were there Erin said, "When I was being dragged off I thought you guys would just go and call the police and leave them to find us but you didn't. You just came and ran in after us not caring for you own safety. So what I wanted to say was thanks guys from me and Leigh. You're definitely our best mates." Leigh smiled and they continued onto the street.
They were greeted by the sound of sirens and flashing lights. The all sighed in relief. Paramedics rushed forwards and took them onto an ambulance. Police came round to ask questions while they were being examined. The services had turned up when Old Mrs Hog had seen the man drag the girls off into the woods and the boys run after and she at once had alerted Leigh's parents telling them that the children were in trouble.
In the ambulance the gang sat. Kemper declared, "I think next time I might just let the police handle it. Don't really think I should let my good looks get ruined." Troy chuckled and Erin threw a bandage at him. "Hey, you weren't in his den. Mind you it stunk just like yours room does!" With that comment everyone burst out laughing. All of a sudden a screech sounded. A number of round faces protruded around the van door and then a number of voices exploded. "Oh darling!...Your alive!...Thank god!...Are you ok?" The gang all hugged their parents and left altogether safely home where they told their friends about the most frightening day of their lives.