And you thought I was dead… Well, NO SUCH LUCK FOR YOU! Here it is, my monstrosity!
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"God Damn it Jimmy, this is worse than the time you pissed your pants in public… and that was BAD!" Yelled Spike as he, Jake and Jimmy walked through the trees, their shadows casting monsters upon the underbrush.
"It wasn't my fault, something weird happened, I don't know what."
"You said the same thing with the pants. But we all know THAT wasn't true… now don't we?" Sneered Jake, pulling himself free of a bush.
"But… but…"
"But we don't care… so kindly insert your foot in your mouth and shut up." Snapped Spike, clearly not in the mood.
"God, and I thought I was out of the evil monkey catching business… but no." Mumbled Spike under his breath.
"Will you three stop your griping? We're all stuck out here, so shut up!" Screeched Natalie, coming out from behind a thicket to the threesome's left.
"So, painstress almighty, did you find anything?" Sneered Jake, hacking off a pine bough that was in his way.
"No, I did not…. And where on Earth did you get that knife?"
Jake held up the two-foot long, curved and gleaming blade,
"What, this? I knicked it."
Natalie sighed as they continued. In their minds, they all thought the same thing….
This was going to be a very long day.
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A twig snapped.
Specter's eyes flew open. He stayed perfectly still, only his ears twitching in search of another sound. But there was nothing. He glanced quickly in all directions minus in back of him, but there was no movement. But there was this breathing… He stared with a jolt as he realized that Pinta was no longer there…
"Okay Pinta… this isn't funny… stop now." Whispered Specter… Even though he knew it wasn't her.
Snap
Every muscle in Specter's back tensed. He kept searching the energy waves… there was something… but he couldn't seem to enter its mind…
Crunch, snap
It wasn't human then… it had to be something of low intelligence…
"Okay, so it could be Jimmy…." Thought Specter…
The breathing grew louder… in, out, in, out, inhale, and exhale… Specter could almost make a rhythm from it.
"Specter!" Shouted Pinta, leaping out from the bushes just in front of him…
"Specter…. Specter…. Are you alright?"
He had been about ready to yell at her for scaring him like that… but now his only interest was the ominous shadow crouching in the trees just behind Pinta…
A shadow with eyes….
Big, yellow, gleaming eyes…
It twitched… Specter knew that twitch.
"BEHIND YOU!" Specter screamed, jumping up from the ground and pushing himself as hard off the soil as he could. His body collided with the shadow in midair, leaving Pinta wide-eyed from shock…
She whipped around to see something that clearly made her blood run cold…
Bwhahahahahahaha! Weeeee, cliffhangers are fun! R&R and I might just scurry my little butt to get the next Chapter up faster.