Hey! Chapter 3 is now up! Thank you to Phantom's Ange for reviewing, and yes your theory is right, however its not going to be one of those 'creeper kidnaps girl, creeper doesn't kill girl for whatever reason and is nice to girl, creeper and girl fall in love and so on' I have got a little more than that planned out, despite the fact that I'm not entirely sure how the story is going to go…
Anyway, on with chapter 3!
Last time: She could faintly hear Danny shouting from somewhere below them but didn't't dare turn to look. She had never exactly been a fan of heights. Her small hands subconsciously gripped at the creatures coat so that she wouldn't fall while at the same time she could feel the shock getting to her. Danny's shouts and screams faded into nothing as Kat's eyes became heavy, her vision hazy as everything around her fell into darkness…
Chapter 3
The first thing Kat noticed when she finally awoke was that she was laying of a hard, flat and slightly cold surface. She didn't bother to open her eyes as she reached her hand up to rub her aching head. However her hand only moved a few inches away from her side, confused, tried to tug her arm up again by soon realised that something was holding her arms in place, she tried to move her legs but found that something was holding her ankles tightly in place. She opened her eyes and found herself in a dimly lit room, the only light coming from a dull bulb above her.
Suddenly all the events from before came flooding back to her and she finally began to panic, pulling at the restraints that prevented her any movement from her arms or legs. She heard a sound somewhere to her right and froze, she recognised that sound anywhere… the creature from before came out of the shadows sniffing the air as he walked slowly towards her.
Kat started struggling franticly, pulling at the course ropes that strapped her to what she had just realised was a wooden table. Is he planning to dissect me or something!? she thought to herself as she continued tugging on the ropes that held her.
When the creature reached her it put a clawed hand on her head and moved it to the side, exposing her neck to him while the other hand rested on the table next to her. The creature lowered his head and pressed his face against her neck, breathing deeply though the nose as he sniffed down her neck towards her chest. He lingered for a moment over the centre of her chest but then continued sniffing his way down her body and then back up to her neck.
He growled as if annoyed by something and licked her cheek before sniffing down towards her arms. Kat winced as his nose grazed over the shallow cuts on her upper arm and the creature paused, taking in a big breath and then raising his head to look at her face. He grinned at her, showing those sharp teeth once again and then lowering his face down to her arm making Kat panic even more.
The creature licked her arm over the cuts, removing the dried blood from them and she heard a rumbling growl from him. He grasped at her arm tightly in his clawed hands and started licking more urgently at the wound. Kat winched when she felt sharp teeth graze over her skin, re-opening the semi-healed cuts.
Right, don't panic… if this is all he wants then that's not too bad, just relax, I mustn't panic… her thoughts of relaxation were short lived as immediately after that she gasped and yelled in pain as she felt something sharp sink into her skin. She turned her head and felt herself start to feel faint, the creature had opened his jaws and bitten her. His teeth had sunk deeply into the skin and he was lapping up the blood pouring from the wound he had caused. Kat felt herself go feeling weak as she drifted into darkness.
Creeper POV (starts from beginning of the chapter)
I watched from the shadows as the unconscious girl finally began to stir awake at last. Now, finally I would be able to feed. If I had been able to work out what exactly it was that smelled so good I would have done it while the girl was sleeping, I was that hungry, but because I couldn't I had to wait until she was awake and scared before the scent would intensify.
I watched as the girl tried to move her arm but the ropes I had put in place prevented any movement. She tried to move her legs and found that she couldn't. From where I was standing I saw a pair of blue eyes open slowly and the panicked expression on the girls face. I sniffed the air and closed my eyes briefly enjoying the scent, I hadn't come across anyone who smelled this appetising for a long time. The girl must of heard me because she tuned her head towards me and I walked out of the shadows towards her, all the while sniffing at the air trying to catch her scent.
I reached forwards and forcefully pulled her head to the side so I had full access to her neck, I kept my hand where it was too make sure she kept still as my other hand rested next to her. I leaned forward and pressed my face into her neck, sniffing deeply. An intoxicating smell filled my nostrils but I couldn't place quite where the smell was coming from. I moved down, towards her chest and sniffed again, the scent seemed to be ever so slightly stronger here but no enough to keep my interest as I moved down.
This was so strange, normally I could easily identify the area of my desired body part, an arm, a leg, the heart, but there was no way for me to pinpoint what I was looking for. The scent seemed to be coming from all of her. Did this mean that I could enjoy consuming her whole body with no worries about eating something I didn't like? I highly doubted that. Most people only had one thing appealing for my appetite, two things at most.
I moved back up to her neck and sniffed deeply. Maybe it was her skin? I hadn't found a human whose skin I wanted for a great many years now, I licked her cheek. No, not her skin, but I knew I was close. I followed the scent towards her left upper arm where the smell seemed slightly stronger. My eyes were closed, as a way to heighten my other senses as I sniffed my way towards her arm. I felt the girl wince as I reached it and opened my eyes to see shallow cuts there. I lifted my head and looked at her face, it was a picture of pure terror. I grinned at her before lowering my head back down to her arm and licked experimentally along the wound. I growled in satisfaction as the wonderful taste fell upon my tongue. So that was it! No wonder the smell seemed to come from all of her…
I continued licking the blood from her arm as I held her head still with one hand and I could feel my restraint slipping. Not that I was trying to keep it in the first place. I grabbed her arm with both my hands pulling it further towards my mouth, I opened my jaws and bit down into the flesh of her arm and felt her jolt and yell in both shock and pain. I lapped greedily at the blood that poured from the bite and the shaking girl turned her head towards me. I kept my mouth where it was and glanced up to see that she had gone very pale.
I felt her body go limp in my grip, she must have passed out. I continued on with my meal and soon began feeling the affects of it. It wasn't like when I ate a single body part… it was so much better. If I were to eat a persons arm mine would come back stronger, and would feel rejuvenated for a while. But drinking this girls blood… it was improving everything! Everywhere my own blood flowed was getting stronger by the second, I had never felt so alive! So… refreshed. Old wounds that still caused pain healed quickly and I felt stronger than I ever had before. I bit into her arm again and lapped at the new blood pouring into my mouth. I lifted my head after a while, blood dripping down my chin and looked down at the unconscious girl. I could so very easily kill her now, drain her of all her blood, or… I could keep her alive for a while and have a meal around for whenever I was hungry, after all she was one of the first people I had found since waking up. Normally I got loads within a few days, but not this time for some reason.
There were just a few negative points to keeping her around… one, I'd have to keep her alive, I'd have to make sure I didn't drink too much blood in one go as well as feed her, keep her somewhere warm etc, two, now that I had consumed part of her the bond was now formed. Those I consume don't just become a part of me physically by replacing parts on me that I have taken from them, but also mentally. After I have eaten, if my victim is still alive we can then communicate with each other through our thoughts. I normally use it to torment them before they die but I've never had to put up with listening to them for too long. Plus I guess if I'm going to keep her I'm going to have to communicate with her at some point or another. Then there's always the problem with making sure she doesn't escape.
I ran the claw of one of my fingers along the wounds I had given her and licked the blood from it looking down at her still form. I had made up my mind. I was going to keep her, at least until more food came along. I knew that if I could eat enough in the 23 days I am awake that my sleeping pattern can be altered. If I can eat enough I can stay awake longer, but I've not been able to consume enough to keep me from my forced hibernation. I need to find more people.
I turned away from the girl and walked out of the room of my new hideout. I'd had to burn down the church where my original hideout had been and was now staying in an old abandoned factory. I didn't like it as much as my old home, I couldn't hang the bodies of my victims up because the walls weren't strong enough to hold the weight. I had to dump them a few miles away which was just annoying. There were too many rooms here too. My original home had two large rooms, one for the bodies and one for me to stay in, that was it. Here there were hundreds of rooms, I would have to keep a close eye on the girl, she could easily hide in one and it would take me hours to find her. If she were to escape and lead help back here I would have to move again.
I returned a few minutes later with a first aid box in my hand, if I was going to keep her alive I didn't want her arm to get infected. I quickly cleaned and bandaged the wound before I cut the ropes that bound her. It was far to cold in here for her, she would die if left here too long. Humans are just so fragile. I put one arm under her knees and the other behind her shoulders and lifted her easily from the table. I walked through the halls carrying the unconscious girl and walked into one of the rooms that I had claimed for myself.
I placed her onto the old bed that I had found and brought back here and threw a thin blanket over her, that should keep her warm enough while I went out to hunt. I turned and left the room locking the door behind me and made my way to one of the large windows as I started to unfurl my wings. I leapt from the building through the window and spread my large wings, speeding off into the night I went in search of more sustenance.
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Hope you liked it! I probably wont do another Creeper POV, I only did it here to make sure things were explained as much as possible. The whole 'speaking through thoughts' idea was so that Kat and the Creeper would have some way to communicate without the Creeper actually speaking as he doesn't in the film. I'm not sure if I should give the Creeper an actual name or not, and if I do I have no idea what it will be so suggestions are very welcome!
Next chapter should be up fairly soon! Remember to review!