The Smell and Color Of Blood

Chapter 6

Loz was dust…literally. Now it was the other 3 that had to be defeated. "So which one of you is going to be the next one to die?" asked Laurie now walking back and forth.

Kadaj stepped forward. "Listen you bitch, just because you killed one of us, doesn't mean that you're 'all that'," he said pointing his index finger at her. Laurie smiled. "Fine," it's your funeral," she said turning around. She snapped her fingers.

A bucket of holy water fell on Kadaj. Father Laughlin had the bucket in his hands. He was standing on the balcony overlooking the scene below.

Kadaj clutched his face with his hands while he screamed. The skin on his face was all ripped and burnt. Sephiroth and Yazoo had backed up careful not to even step in the water. "Damn she's good," said Yazoo. Sephiroth sniffed the air and then looked up at the balcony. Father Laughlin saw him and hid. "Not clever enough," said Sephiroth.

Sephiroth jumped onto the balcony and grabbed the Father by the front of his shirt. "Please don't hurt me," Laughlin said very scared. "I'm not going to hurt you, just kill you. Say hello to God for me," said Sephiroth as he threw the Father off the balcony. He fell to the pews below. There was a deafening crunch. Father Laughlin had broken his neck and was now dead.

Laurie witnessed this. It happened in slow motion in front of her eyes. "NO!" she screamed dropping the cross she still had in her hand. She ran past Kadaj who was kneeling and clenching his fists from the pain. He grabbed her wrist as she tried to run by him. "Not so fast," he said to her. Laurie saw his face. It was so much scarier than before.

She tried to get this creature off of her. Yazoo stepped up and punched her in the stomach. Laurie doubled over in pain. She couched and heaved trying to breathe.

Sephiroth walked over, Masamune in hand. Laurie was starting to cry. "Don't bother shedding tears. you'll be joining him right now," said Sephiroth. He nodded to Yazoo and Kadaj. The 2 vampires held Laurie by her arms. Sephiroth placed Masamune up in the air, ready to take her head off, but before that could happen;

"Hey Vampires!" called a male voice. Sephiroth, Kadaj, and Yazoo looked over to where the voice came from. A teenager stood in the front of the church pews. "Let her go," he said. Sephiroth stepped forward. Yazoo and Kadaj who still had Laurie backed up. "Who the fuck are you?" asked Sephiroth. The teen unsheathed his huge sword.

"My name is Cloud Strife."