Chapter 3: Frozen Moment

Even in the darkness, Rouge could feel everyone looking at her. The ringtone was suddenly drowned out by loud banging on the door, the sound of wood cracking and howls from the animal.

"Gimme the phone!" Exclaimed Vitico, scooting as fast as he could towards Rouge. Kimberly had crawled towards Westly and now were holding each other tightly. Rouge frantically searched her pockets and took out the phone, holding it out to Vitico. He snatched the phone, and was about to smash it.

"Wait!" Yelled Kimberly. She untangled herself from Westly, who was looking at her as though she were crazy, and grabbed the vibrating phone from her father's hand. When the animal started scratching at the bottom of the door, breaking loose pieces of wood, Kimberly threw the phone at the small window like she was throwing a baseball. She threw it with so much force that it went through the window and flew across the hall. It hit the wall with a big smack and landed on the floor noisely. The big black bat raised its head quickly and turned towards the end of the hallway. A couple minutes of silence passed, with only the sound of RRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGGG from Rouge's phone. Nobody wanted to move for fear of the animal coming to attack them.

The bat growled and seemed to smile as it ran on all fours towards the phone.

"This gives up a chance to get away." Vitico whispered.

"Yeah, lets." Westly agreed.

Kimberly, nor Rouge, said nothing. Vitico laid his hand on doornob and turned it, but as soon as he touched the door it fell to the otherside with a big splat. Everyone froze. The bat at the end of the hallway once again raised it's head. Rouge looked up at Vitico. His face was twisted with fear, as he watched the animal's ear twitch. A second later it went back to investigating the phone, probing it with its muzzle and hissing in anger, like it was personally offending it.

Everyone quietly slipped out and got up against the wall, making their bodies as flat as they could. Tip-toeing down the hall they all stopped at a corner, and looked around. Rouge's heart was racing, like it did when she knew something bad was going to happen. But nothing was going to happen. She was only trapped in the hospital, with a killer bat that couldn't see but hear very well. It wasn't that bad, was it? Who was she kidding. She let out a sigh and followed the rest of the passengers. Something didn't feel right. She scanned her body, and found nothing out of place. She stopped and the three people ahead of her paused to see what was wrong, they only saw her face that was filling with curiousness.

"Can they they smell our scent?" Rouge mouthed.

"Why?" Vitico responded in a whisper.

"Cause...I left my shoes...in that room we were in." Rouge whispered hesitantly.

"You have foot odor?" Westly asked. Rouge shot him a look.

"I...haven't thought of that." Vitico responded, scrunching his eyebrows together.

"Can they?" Kimberly asked quietly. Vitico didn't answer. There was only silence.

"No, they can't." Westly finally said. Everyone stared at him.

"How do you know?" Kimberly snapped all knowingly.

"They don't have noses, duh." Westly replied in a way that made it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yeah, they do!" Vitico exclaimed.

Kimberly pretended she didn't hear them. She looked at Rouge and then looked down the hall for any doors or stairways.

"Daddy! Look!" Kim pointed down the hall. She was pointing a a stairway, that had no door. Or used to have one. The wooden door that was once up, was ripped off the hinges and tossed on the floor.

"That's weird." Vitico whispered to himself. "All the doors should be locked and sealed shut. Ya think people were in here before us?"

"No that's not possible, we checked everywhere before that demonic piece of shit chased us." Westly commented. After that sentence a horrorifing scream filled the air, vibrating off the white walls and making everyone cover their ears. After the screaming stopped Kimberly snickered and whispered, "I think it heard you."

Westly smirked.

"We should get going, try to figure a way out." Vitico said to the others, making his way towards the door.

"Gurrk?" A small black figure moved up the stairs like a spider running away from getting a scare. It moved into the light and it crouched on the floor. It was a miniture verison of the black bat they had seen earlier, except with a friendlier expression. It's black fur shined in the light and it was was munching something while smiling. It looked evil since it also had no pupils.

"Ahk?" The baby bat said, some of the stuff he was eating slid down the side of his mouth. It was chewed up flesh.

"Ewww..." Rouge muttered under her breath. The baby bat's ears perked to the sound of her voice. Rouge expected it to come up to her and maybe sniff her, because it looked so nice. Vitico was backing away slowly, looking terrified at the same moment while Kimberly was behind Vitico clutching his waist. Westly was still standing where he was only minutes ago, with eyes wide and eyesbrows raised. Rouge couldn't help but wonder.

"It doesn't look so bad-" Rouge was cut off by the baby whining and screeching it's lungs out, flesh flying out at the same moment. It's teeth bared and it growled like a little dog. Rouge turned to face Vitico only to see him mouth to her.

"Don't make sounds." He widened his eyes and tilted his head to the side that was behind Rouge. She turned slowly and saw that the screaming that the baby made had attracted the older bat to where they were. It was on all fours, its hairs raised and hissing like a cat. She didn't have to look around for Westly since he was now right next to her. The look on his face was one that anyone could read easily.

It said, Shit...we're screwed.