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Outgoth the Goth.
Chapter 10 – Complicated.
Jade's POV
Seeing the latest means of my destruction, snarling viciously at me, I took off without another thought. As I fully expected, the creature took off right after me. While big and mean looking, it wasn't too horribly fast so I initially managed to keep head of the snarling beast.
I did have a sinking feeling that I would tire out long before that creature. Not even thinking of direction Ijust ran in-between my and the neighbor's house.
Behind me I could hear the thing as it growled, barked and snarled. It sounded like no dog I've ever heard. After a short while I came out behind my subdivision, into the wooded hills behind it.
I just ran and ran, trying to ignore the growing pain in my side and legs. I also had to ignore the fact that I was scared half out of my mind.
I ran up the hills which quickly sapped my strength somewhat causing me to slow just a tad. As I slowed, the beast grew ever closer. I then realized that the creature was just now a bit faster than me and was gradually closing the distance between its fangs and my leg's. I just ran like a crazy person, again not thinking of an direction.
"Why in the hell did I run this way? Into the friggen woods. " I thought. Fortunately there was a full moon so there was a lot of light for me to see a least.
It made no sense for me to run away from civilization, where I would be alone and helpless. Still I ran and still the creature got ever closer and closer. It kept making these low guttural growl's.
As it did could feel my fear level rise.. It was like that terrible B movie where those teens got stalked and killed by that animal creature. It was an Ok, movie, but the lead actress was downright terrible, her name was Liz something or other. I could have acted circles around her, they picked the wrong actress.
As I ran through the woods , now with creature now only 5 feet behind me, I realized I could hear the sound of running water.
"FUCK! I'M FINISHED!" I cursed.
In the hills behind my house was a small gorge with a river running through it. It eventually led out into the pacific Ocean. But in the direction I was running I was headed towards the top of the gorge above the river. In about 100 yards, I would come to a cliff that dropped down 80 feet into the river.
I had stupidly run right into a trap, a cliff with nowhere else to go. I was finished and my thoughts sudden shifted towards Tori and all the things I never got to say to her. I was just about to stop and let the thing finish me when I managed to spot something in the distance.
It was a tire swing.
I knew this tire swing, as it was hanging from a huge oak tree right next to the top of the gorge. Some teens had put it there years ago and all the neighborhood kids knew of it. All the parents did too and warned their children to stay away. You see, the tire swing was on branch at the very edge. If you swung out you would actually swing out over the gorge. The parents were terrified that some kid would swing out and the cable used to attach it would break, sending the kid plunging down into the river below.
The swing was the subject of a multitude of dares by various neighborhood kids. Swing out and hope the rope doesn't break. I thought it was stupid and never did. I was also a little scared as well, but I never told anyone.
Seeing the swing an idea came thundering through my head. That tire swing was my life line and I felt a wash of relief. I had run directly towards it without even remembering it was there.
It was like that strange danger sense somehow cause me to go this way.
Coming ever closer to the edge, I knew I couldn't slow down as the demon dog was now right at my heels. I could in fact now feel it's hot breath on the back of my legs.
30 feet from the edge..
20 feet from the edge…
10 feet from the edge and I readied herself to jump.
Just as the creature was about to pounce, I reached edge and leapt. I sailed through the air and caught the tire swing. My momentum quickly swung me several feet out above the gorge.
The evil dog, who was concentrating solely on me didn't notice its cliff until it was too late. It made an attempt to stop but was not able to and sailed right over the edge.
"Watch that last step, it's a doozy." I taunted.
I watched as the dog plunged down 80 feet, flailing wildly and yelping helplessly. A few second slater it landed head first on a big rock, only to bounce off an and bounce off an even bigger rock. From there, the creature which stopped flailing and yelping, landed in the water and promptly sank like a stone.
For a few moments I swung back and forth watching the water for some sign of the evil thing. It never surfaced again. Finally swinging back I jumped back onto the cliff and sat down. My heart was pounding and nearly out of breath, I just needed to sit and recover.
I would sit there for almost an hour, until the moon vanished behind a cloud making the river impossible to see, waiting for some sign of the dog.
There was nothing, the creature was gone. Again I had cheated death.
No one's pov.
As Jade walked back, she reflected on the fact that she ran directly towards the tire swing and best possible method of disposing of the creature without any thought at all. It was very strange and once again she had cheated death for reasons she didn't understand.
The next morning she walked in the school and turned the corner to see Wednesday coming down the hallway. Her normal dour expression, grew hard and angry upon seeing Jade coming towards her.
Jade instead walked up to Wednesday and hissed. "You're going to need a new dog. It was very nice, but had one small problem."
"WHAT!" Raged Wednesday, looking as if she was on the verge of tears.
"It couldn't fly. You'll find it at the bottom of the San Gabriel River."
Wednesday's whole body tensed up. "YOU KILLED SNOOPY. WHY WON'T YOU DIE!"
Jade went eye to eye with Wednesday. "I will win Tori's heart, no matter how many times you fail miserably to kill me. You call yourself a Goth, you can't even bump off one 17 year old girl. Just give up, you're pathetic."
Jade didn't even wait for a response, as she turned on her heel and walked off.
The rest of the day, the normally dour Wednesday looked visibly irritated. Tori just seemed, irritated at both Jade and Wednesday and avoided both of them. While she knew why Tori was ticked at her, she had no idea why.
The next day was Wednesday and in 1st period class, Jade noticed that Tori was absent. Jade asked Andre, Beck, Cat and Robbie if they knew about why Tori wasn't in school, but they didn't.
She was would have asked the talentless wonder, Trina, but her parents took her out of town for an audition.
After 3rd period Jade began to worry and called and texted Tori several times. By lunch with no answer, Jade went to the Vega home.
Tori was not there, but her purse and phone were, not to mention the front door was cracked open.
Jade then promptly went back to school, found Wednesday and tossed her against a wall.
"What did you do with TORI! She's missing!"
"I know she's missing she won't respond to my texts, she didn't even call in sick to school, I didn't do anything. What did you do with her?"
"I will find out and I will nail you to the wall!" Jade huffed angrily, before leaving. Not in the mood for school she decided to go home, clean up and begin a search for Tori.
Jade instead returned home to find her parents had come home from their trip.
"Hello Jade. I see you didn't burn the house down. I got you a, my parents went to Brazil and all I got was this T shirt. It's in your room." Said her mother cheerfully, who was making cookies in the kitchen. Her father was also there, reading the sports page at the kitchen table.
"You know I hate those shirts. Must you always mock me by bringing me useless touristy crap."
Jade's mother simply shrugged and kept stirring the batter in a large mixing bowl. "Next time I'll bring you nothing."
"Personally I don't care about the T-shirt. Something odd is going on. The new girl in the school is trying to kill me and now she's kidnapped Tori. It was bad enough when she stole Tori out from under me, now she's kidnapped her." Ranted Jade in utter frustration.
Carolyn West laughed in her daughters face. "I think you're the one that needs a vacation. Besides you've been watching too many of those terrible horror movies."
"Mom, that little psycho has been trying to off me for the last 3 weeks. She even got Mr. Olson from next door. He got eaten by a giant python."
Carolyn who just kept stirring cookie batter, gave Jade a doubting look. "Jade stop being so melodramatic. The thing with Mr. Olson was just a freak thing. As I said you've been watching too many of those scissoring movies."
Her father who was reading the paper nodded in agreement. "I'm sure you're imagining things."
Jade, very excited paced back and forth. "NO! I'm not. There was the falling light, the garbage truck, the devil dog that nearly got me. My car suddenly has a black widow spider in it., I switch house number plates with that old crank next door and he's eaten by a snake."
Caroline West looked to her husband. "I think we need to call Dr. Bamwell and made an appointment."
Turning to Jade, Caroline said. "You remember Dr. Bamwell. You liked him when you used to see him."
"I hated him, I don't need a shrink. Someone is really out to kill me!"
"Jade you're being paranoid." Replied Caroline in condescending voice.
Furious at her mother's condescending and dismissive attitude, Jade exploded. "I'M NOT BEING PARANOID, WEDNESDAY ADDAMS IS TRYING TO KILL ME. I'LL BET HER MOTHER MORTICIA AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY IS IN ON IT TOO. AND NOW THEY HAVE TORI!"
CRASH!
Looking towards the sound, Jade turned to her extremely shocked looking mother, Carolyn West standing over the shattered remains of the glass mixing bowl. It had seemingly just dropped out of her hands.
"Morticia?" Said Carolyn, in an utterly chilling voice , with a tilt of her head.
"Yeah, Mortica Addams. Why?"
Jade looked to her father who had suddenly turned pale. A second later, Brad West looked at his wrist, which didn't even have a watch on it.
He not only looked pale but somewhat panic stricken as well. "Ooohh…Look at the time, I have a Tee time at the golf club in 10 minutes. I've…I've…I've gotta go or I'll be late…late…yes late….late for my tennis lesson. Love you bye….."
Mr. West then bolted from the kitchen, grabbed his keys off the table by the front door and ran out the door, not bothering even to close it. A few seconds she could hear the squealing of tires as he drove way at great speed. Jade of course couldn't help but notice, he neither changed into his golf clothes or even got his golf clubs out of the garage, before fleeing the house.
"What's going on Mom?" Jade said as she turned back to her mother, whose eye was now twitching.
Carolyn spoke but haltingly. "You're telling me, Mortica's daughter is taking away the girl you like and now you're nearly getting killed every few days? Now Tori is missing?"
Suddenly feeling a bit nervous, Jade nodded.
Carolyn West started to laugh as she picked up a large carving knife, The laugh was not a type of laugh that put Jade's nerves at ease. It was sort of a maniacal laugh. Kind of like one you'd hear someone give in a mental institution.
"But Mom, you said I was paranoid." Jade now wished, she was.
Carolyn's eye twitched again and in one quick move, she buried the carving knife deep into the wall.
Jade, her eyes as big as saucers, was now starting to freak out.
With a crazed in her eyes, Carolyn smiled. "No my dear. My beautiful daughter, someone is trying to kill you. The Addams live In Los Angeles, do they? How quaint."
Backing up slightly towards the door. "Yeah, that big place on Hillsdale.
Carolyn West, walked forward, grabbed her daughter by the wrist and headed for the front door.
"Come on Jade! Mommy has business to attend to."
Without saying another word, Carolyn West took Jade to the car, put her in, got in herself and began to drive.
Jade did ask what was going on or why the name Morticia Addams was so important, but her mother totally ignored her. All Carolyn West did was grip the steering wheel as her life depended on it and kept mumbled herself.
After driving like a maniac, Carolyn arrived at the Addams home in minutes. The large mansion now looked like a stereotypical haunted house, but Carolyn paid it no attention. She grabbed her daughter by the wrist and dragged her to the front door.
After pounding on the door, it opened to reveal a very tall pale man. "Yes!" He said, in deep voice.
"OUT OF MY WAY LURCH!" Bellowed Carolyn.
Surprisingly the tall man did just that, backing away from the door.
Jade was pulled inside a large entry hall. It was dark, dusty and filled with furniture, strange looking object and a number of medieval looking weapons.
"MORTICIA! YOU COME OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!" Screamed Carolyn West, as she pulled a longsword off the wall.
A few moments later, a pale, very thin, raven haired woman in a long black dress, seemed to glide into the room. Wednesday was directly behind her.
As the two women glared at each other, Jade noticed the tension in the room seemed to rise a hundred fold. It seemed to chock the atmosphere of the room.
"The face is a bit different, but that angry rage filled scream hasn't changed a bit." Said Morticia rather callously.
"Morticia!" Growled Carolyn.
Morticia looked at Carolyn West then to Jade and back again with a look of amusement. "So Jade is your daughter, How horribly ironic."
Jade was now utterly confused, strangely she noticed that Wednesday looked equally as confused.
"Do you know her?" Jade asked.
Carolyn didn't answer; instead she just kept glaring at Morticia.
"Jade my dear! Such a pleasure to meet you. Said Morticia with a ghoulish smile, as she casually pulled a sword off the wall.
"Jade, the reason your mother is so upset as it seems, events of old have somewhat repeated themselves. Of course your mother knows me. After all, her and I did spend 9 months in the womb attempting to strangle each other. Your mother never told you she had a twin didn't she."
Jade couldn't respond, as her mouth simply fell open.