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Chapter 11

Running With the Devil

Kim was wrapping a makeshift bandage around Ron's stomach, it was only after careful checking did she actually realize that Ron was telling the truth, and wasn't trying to make her not worry.

The cut was a long sideways mark that just barely pierced Ron's skin.

"Are you sure you're ok Ron?"

"Yes Kim, I keep telling you that. It's just a scratch"

Ron winced as Kim pulled the cloth tight around the wound.

"Then why are you whimpering?"

"Because, it's like a really big paper-cut, it hurts more than being away from you"

Kim pulled it tighter around his midsection, causing him to yelp.

"Now's not the time Mr. Romance, we have to get Christine."

Kim pulled Ron to his feet; Rufus scurried back to the two after he retrieved the fallen Lotus Blade, giving it to Ron.

"Thanks buddy"

The two headed towards the far exit of the exhibit, where they believed Christine pursued Fist, at least that's what the debris and tire marks said anyway.

Kim held up her hand as she heard the Roar from the Car's engine.

"It's in here?" Ron panicked

Rufus dove into Ron's pocket, pulling the cover flap tightly over his head.

The engine roared as they witnessed The Car shoot by the opening, past them.

Then another great crash was heard as the Car blew threw the far wall, back out of the Museum. It was quickly followed by screeching tires and the unmistakable howl of Christine as she pursued The Car out the hole.

When everything became quiet again, Kim motioned for them to move forward. Ron complied, but he looked around nervously, expecting anything.

They came into the hall, which was thoroughly destroyed by the two vehicles. Paintings, vases, tables and pedestals were all lying on the floor in a broken heap. On the far wall, to their left they saw what they presumed was The Car's entry way. Across the damaged wall was the one where the two left.

"They could have been subtle and left through the way they came in you know" Kim mused, while Ron looked around.

"I am so glad I don't have to clean this up"

"Ditto, I wonder what happ-EEEKKK!"

Kim's shriek caused Ron to rush to her immediately; he got into a fighting stance with Rufus, who was no longer frightened on his shoulder.

Ron's eyes darted around the destroyed hallway, ready for anything…………Accept what he now saw.

"Oh, God"

He dropped his stance and put both hands on his knees as he hunched over, taking deep breaths.

Rufus made a wrenching sound at the same image.

They were looking at Monkey Fist, or more precisely what was left of him. The wall was spattered in his blood, bone and brain matter, the wall itself had large chunks missing from it, possibly from where the Car rammed into Fist. Fist himself lay on the floor in front of the gruesome display, his chest crushed nearly flat as his ribs protruded from his gi, his head was a mush of bloody black hair. A small pool of blood started to form around his body.

Ron turned his back on the awful sight, glancing to his right he saw Kim. Her back was also facing Fist's remains, but she was leaning against one of the walls. She slowly slid down its length and brought her knees to her chin, burying her face with her Auburn hair.

He made his way over to her, dropping against the wall with her on his right. He wrapped his arm around her and started to stroke her hair, it was all he could do. Neither of them had been prepared for something this gruesome, so all he could do was comfort her.

She raised her head and looked at Ron.

"You going to be ok Kim?"

She just nodded yes. "I should probably contact Wade and tell him what's happening"

Ron nodded.

She brought the blue device from her pocket. "Wade, The Car's gone. It killed Monkey Fist and then fled, Christine is after him"

"He killed Monkey Fist?"

She nodded, taking a large gulp "Quite gruesomely too"

She turned the device over to where Fist lay; all she heard was "Waugh!" come from Wade.

"You ok Wade?"

"Um, yeah….I think. GJ should be there any minute, they'll provide you two transportation. I'll track Christine."

"Thanks Wade, you Rock"

Christine wasn't sure of where she was going, all she knew was that Trinity wanted her to follow him. It made sense; killing Kim now was going to nullify their arrangement as it would happen with Ron in plane view. She wanted to be with him, but she was willing to wait for the right time.

I waited 30 years; I can wait a few hours.

The two cars sped through the quiet town before Trinity skidded to a halt, forcing Christine to swerve around him to avoid an accident. She skidded to a stop right next to him.

"Why'd you stop?"

"Because we've reached our first stop"

Trinity rolled ahead some more before turning into a lightly wooded area on the left of the road, he positioned himself so he faced across the road. Christine did the same and pulled alongside, both facing across the road at their target.

Middleton High School

"Their high school?"

"Today is a school day you know"

"Oooh, right"

"Here's the plan, I'll enter from the Cafeteria. Most of the students should be getting their lunch and head towards the closest exit, which is the front doors"

"The front doors? Isn't that a little far for them, I mean, isn't the gym doors closer?"

"You're giving them too much credit Christine, they'll be panicking and will run blindly towards the exit they are most familiar with, and in this case that means the front doors"

"Ok, then what do I do, just mow them down?"

"Of course not, that would be brutish and uncivilized"

"I guess you're- Wait, what?" Christine was clearly baffled

"Just knock the overhang over and prevent their escape, trapping them like rats in a sinking ship"

"And that isn't brutish and uncivilized?"

"It is, but its more fun watching them beg for their lives"

"You are so Whack"

"Moving on, after you knock the overhang down, find a way in and we'll slaughter them"

"Ok, that part I like. Let's get to it!"

Mr. Steve Barkin was leaving the light cheer practice and heading back to his office.

Light, as in nearly half the squad has been killed by some kind of Car.

Ever since word about the 'supposedly' possessed car came about, the entire city has been on lockdown, the fact that the remaining cheerleaders and students were even allowed to go to school was a miracle.

He entered his office and stat at his desk, lockdown or not he had a mountain of papers to grade, which he started when the building began to shake. Chunks of plaster fell onto the paper he was currently reading.

"What the?"

Then all he heard was the screams of the students as they frantically ran past his office.

He quickly opened the door and watched as the crowd of students rushed passed him, he spotted one particular student and called out to him, hoping for an explanation.

"RENTON!"

The wheelchair bound student stopped and turned towards his booming voice.

"Explanation, Now!"

"It's the Car Mr. B! It's in the school!"

Steve went rigid as he heard the rumble of an engine coming from the cafeteria.

"EVACUATE PEOPLE! LET'S MOVE!"

Steve didn't have to tell anyone twice as the crowd of students rushed from the cafeteria towards the front doors of the school. He watched as the crowd ran, like rats trying to escape a sinking ship.

This feels like a trap

Steve Barkin was out of the army for a number of years, but when his army voice spoke he listened. He also noticed that the Renton kid was still in the same spot.

"Renton! You come with me, NOW!"

Steve grabbed the kids hand and started fighting the crowd as he pulled the wheelchair bound teen towards the cafeteria.

By now most of the students had passed by the two, leaving the hallways empty as they stopped just before the cafeteria, the sound of an engine was all they heard.

"Yes, run children, right into my trap….Mwahahahahaaa!"

"Mr. Barkin, did you just hear what I did?" Felix whispered.

"Affirmative, it appears the vehicle has a voice….and a plan"

"But that means that all those students will be killed!"

"We have to evacuate the premises"

"But they'll be slaughtered!"

"It's too risky, we have to go now!"

Before Felix could argue with Mr. Barkin the school shook again, followed by the muffled cries of the students down the hall.

"Showtime!"

The pair heard the engine as it roared towards the cafeteria doors, Steve did his best to shield Felix as the Car smashed through the closed doors with tremendous force, sending one right at Steve's back.

The Car skidded to a halt in the hallway, facing the direction that the students would be coming now that the door is blocked, but because of the broken cafeteria door it missed seeing Felix and the now unconscious Mr. Barkin as it roared down the hallway,

Baaaaaaa BABABaaaaaa!

Felix hefted Mr. Barkin across his chair as he engaged the thrusters on his wheelchair; he flew towards the other exit.

Christine sat by the now blocked doors for a minute or two as she heard the thuds of the trapped students inside, part of her felt bad about what she was doing, but she constantly reminded herself that she would get Ron after this.

She sped around the school when she stopped by the back doors.

Two figures came out of the doors, well flew out of the doors.

Is that a flying wheelchair?

Christine watched as the two figures, one of them obviously unconscious stayed by the back doors, when the boy in the wheelchair spotted Christine.

Christine never felt so conflicted in her life, her older self would have mercilessly ran them both down if in the same situation, but now she just sat there.

They stared at each other for a good 50 seconds, neither knowing what was going to happen next.

I just can't bring myself down that low...

"Go on, get out of here!" Christine finally shouted.

Hesitantly the kid started flying away from the school as she watched.

She sighed inwardly,

Demon from hell, what kind of demon am I?

"Wade to Christine, you there?"

She growled at the voice that interrupted her thought.

"Go Wade"

"I've located your position, are you still after the Car?"

She suddenly remembered that no one on their side knows that she is a defector, her mind went blank.

"Um, a yeah. Copy that Wade, the Car is in the High School. Repeat, the Car is in the High School"

"Got it! GJ are on their way, try to stop him!"

"Roger that Wade, Christine out"

She couldn't take much more of this, even though she just started back on her evil path it just wasn't the same as before. Something was, different. And whatever it was, it just wasn't making her feel right about her choice.

But, duty calls…

Christine spun around, kicking up globs of wet grass as she headed for the one flat wall facing her, figuring she'd rather make a grand entrance to the place.

Here we go

Her accelerator went to the floor as she aimed for the wall, hitting it at top speed causing it to shatter around her.

After the initial shock of running into a brick wall wore off, she realized that she ran into something else.

Still dazed she noticed it was metal, big and had an army green hue to it.

"Where the hell am I?" she pondered out loud.

As if on cue, a plate from the object fell onto her windshield, shattering it instantly with its weight.

Christine soon realized that she ran through the boiler room wall, and that she was now actually partway in a boiler, which started to shake violently.

"Oh, Shit"

Dr. Director drove the patrol car towards the school, in the back seat Kim and Ron sat. Ron was still holding his newly bandaged side as the large fireball erupted from the general vicinity of the school.

"Oh my God" Betty muttered as the shockwave hit the car.

The deafening boom shook through the entire car as the radio chatter picked up from all units in the vicinity.

The two teens watched in silent horror as they pulled up to the school, which was engulfed in flames.

Additional units were already on the scene when the car stopped in front of the school. Kim immediately jumped out of the car and started towards the school when she realized that something was holding her back.

That something was Ron.

"Let me go! We have to save them!" Kim pleaded, practically in tears.

"We can't do anything Kim!"

"NO! We have to do something! We could help!"

"Help what? Help in burning to death! Use your head, we can't do a thing!"

Kim still struggled against Ron's surprisingly strong grip around her waist until she finally collapsed to the ground with the tears rolling down her face, watching as the school burned.

Dr. Director approached one of the other agents as she looked back towards the two teens, both in tears kneeling on the asphalt in front of the school.

"Get a perimeter set up, start rescue attempts and get the damned fire marshal's out here!"

"Yes ma'm! We have two survivors so far and are trying for more" The agent said.

"Did the survivors have anything to say?"

"One of them had a bad concussion but he and the wheelchair kid said that it was some kind of trap set up to trap the students"

"Hm, a trap. Where'd they escape from?"

"Back door, by the gym, but that was before the blast ma'm"

"Get four armed agents together to accompany me to the back door."

"Yes Ma'm"

"And get someone to keep an eye on those two" Betty said, motioning over to Kim and Ron, who were still watching the school.

When the agent ran off, Betty received an unexpected surprise in the form of General Simms showing up, complete with three armed HUMVEEs.

"Simms, didn't expect you here"

"Neither did I Director, but me and the boys are itching' for some payback since our last encounter with that black demon"

"We could use your extra support, keep up the con while I head around searching for survivors"

"You really think there are any Betty?"

"It's not looking to promising, and we believe that the Car might still be in there."

"What about Kim and Ron?"

Betty motioned over her shoulder as Simms now saw Kim and Ron, who were still unmoving from their positions.

"I'll keep an eye on them for you" Simms said as he saluted.

"Thank you General, I'll be back shortly"

Betty went off with the small squad of men towards the back doors of the school as Simms went over to Kim and Ron.

The back of the school wasn't as bad as the front made it appear, but the screams of the dying from inside hung above the crackling of the flames.

The flames were not as fierce as they were from the front, allowing them limited access into the school. It was risky, but the chance at saving someone was too great for Betty Director's judgment to get the better of her. She motioned for them to head in.

The hallways were burnt as flames flickered all around them as they advanced cautiously into the depths of the school.

Suddenly a wall exploded from behind them, catching one of the agents in the rubble as the Car appeared from the hole, with fire dancing all around it.

The remaining agents started firing at the Car when the opposite wall exploded in a burst of flame as a giant mass of fire cut through the three agents.

Now the flames seemed to get a second wind as they picked up all around Betty as she realized she was now trapped, and face to face with the Car.

Flames were all around the Car, but none of them ever touched its glossy finish. The flames just twirled around it, like a force-field of fire, protecting the demonic creature.

"Nice subtle entrance huh?"

Betty was about to speak when another, hauntingly familiar voice spoke from behind her.

"Shut it, at least I made your job easier"

Betty narrowed her eye as she spun around; already knowing who the voice belonged to.

"Christine"

"Gee, how'd you guess?" Christine mussed.

Betty realized that while the flames made a shield around the Car, Christine was completely enveloped in fire; the flames covered her entire form creating a haunting image that scared Betty to her core.

"Christine, I'll let you do the honors here"

"My pleasure"

Christine started rolling towards Betty, slowly.

"All I want to know is why? Why did you turn on us?"

Christine grunted as she stopped.

"Because, I got offered a better deal."

Betty gritted her teeth as she watched Christine rear back as she accelerated towards her, yet she didn't scream, she wouldn't give them the satisfaction of hearing her scream.

Out front Kim and Ron had calmed down from the initial shock, and had perked up a bit when they found out Mr. Barkin and Felix escaped the school. But when they turned back, all they could think about was the hundreds of others that wouldn't be as fortunate.

"Sir, we've lost contact with the squad!" A marine shouted from one of the HUMVEEs.

"Damn, alright this is a code Red alert! Man your guns boys!" Simms yelled out. He was met by a volley of cheers from the marines.

The two teens looked towards the front of the school again as the front doors flew open.

Assorted gunfire was heard as The Car emerged from the school, skidding to a stop in front of the teens.

Everything went silent again as Kim, Ron and The Car had a stand off, neither knowing what the other was going to do.

"You two are on borrowed time, you will all join me in the depths of hell"

Kim clenched her fists as she gave the Car a deadly glare.

"You are the one who is on short time, we haven't been defeated. Unlike you" Ron said, wrapping his arm around Kim's neck.

"Is that a threat Stoppable? If it wasn't for my arrangement I'd kill you right now"

"Arrangement?" Ron asked.

Before he could answer Christine appeared from the front of the school, the flames dancing off of her as she caught air.

Ron immediately pulled Kim to the side as Christine slammed into the back of the Car.

They watched as The Car turned and sped off down the road, with the burning Christine right on his trail.

4 hours later

Kim and Ron were back at Ron's house, Rufus was in the kitchen gorging himself with cheese. The two collapsed on the couch, they spent the time after the Car left helping with the rescue and cleanup attempts till General Simms sent them home.

It was during their rescue attempt when they realized that the ambulances weren't needed. Bodies of their charred and crushed classmates littered the hallways, most of them near the front door which was blocked for some reason.

Kim lay across the couch, her face buried in a pillow and her legs resting over Ron who was sitting upright on the couch.

"I don't know how much more of this I could take Kim"

"This has to stop, and soon. At least Wade is tracking Christine, who's still chasing him"

"True, but something about that didn't sit right with me"

Kim turned over to face Ron "What do you mean?"

"I'm not sure, but something about Christine seemed, you know…..different"

"Wades on it Ron, nothing to worry about. He'll take care of this part, we'll pick up from where he says"

"Well, I guess…."

"Ron, he'll take care of this. Don't worry, since when has Wade let us down?"

Later that Night

Wade was exhausted; he spent the entire day tracking Christine with her tracking device and still hasn't heard from her since before the she went after the Car in the school. He wasn't sure, but something about her didn't seem right.

It was a hunch Wade had, and it wasn't one he was willing to check up.

It's still a hunch that may provide some answers,

Reluctantly, Wade brought up the security cameras from the school. He scanned them over, checking for anything that didn't fit when he stumbled upon it.

"No, no way"

Wade rewound the tape and played it again, it was the security camera over the front doors of the school.

The scene played again, and again it stayed the same. Panicking Wade replayed it in slow motion to be certain. Sure enough, he saw the Red 58 Plymouth smash into the front doors of the school just before the screen went to static.

"Ok, maybe she realized that wasn't the right way to go and accidentally hit the doors. Yeah, that's it"

Wades attempt to convince himself wasn't flying with his brain. He hunted for and brought up another scene from the Museum earlier that day. The camera was overlooking the hallway where The Car came from and 'supposedly' killed Monkey Fist, but when he played the scene, the only one who was in any position to kill Fist was Christine.

Wade finally was able to piece it all together; he brought up the kimmunicator frequency praying that they answered.

"What's up Wade?"

"Kim! It's Christine; she's working with the Car!"

But Kim never heard the second half as all the screens around Wade went black. He began to sweat nervously as his eyes darted around the now dark room.

An image came back in front of him, it was a video.

He watched as video transmitted to him, he realized that it was an in car camera, and what was worse was it was heading right for Wade's house.

He frantically began typing at his keyboards, trying to bring up all the defensive systems he installed around his house. But every time he typed, the vehicle that had the camera increased speed as it bore down on the house.

Wade saw the image get closer and closer until it came within inches of the front door before it went blank. The house shook violently as Wade's door became ajar; allowing him to hear the distinctive rumble coming from down stairs, then the ominous voice broadcast itself up through Wade's speakers.

"Knock, Knock"

Cliffhangered again! Hah!

This chapter is longer than most, but I figured it was worth it. My chapters might increase a bit in size as we near the end.

I figure we have a good 3 or so more chapters left till this story is actually done. Then it's a short break before I wrap this up with one last Story in the KP/Car-Christine Universe that I created.

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