Miraculous Horror - Google
Author's Note: Thanks for all the encouragement guys! Here's the next chapter, enjoy!
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Flashback of previous chapter:
The group shoved their way into the hall, hoping that now since they had gotten out of the room, the hooded creature would leave them alone. Instead, it growled and got into a pouncing position, launching itself at the door. The teens got a good view of the creature's thin face and blue eyes, the pupils so contracted they were merely a speck. It grinned, displaying a mouthful of white, pointed teeth, when it was nearly inches from the group. It reached out its hand to grab someone.
"Close the door, CLOSE THE DOOR!" Nino screamed.
Adrien grabbed the doorknob and slammed the door shut so hard, the doorframe shook. The sound reverberated through the hall, nearly deafening them all.
Suddenly, there was a smack as the creature crashed head first into the closed door.
"RAAAAAAH!" it screamed in rage, slicing the door in attempt to get out.
"Go, GO, GO!" Adrien commanded, pushing everyone down the hall.
"If I can't get them, Google will! GOOGLE!" it bellowed.
The teens booked it down the hallway, turning into the double doors of a GYM and pushing them shut with all their might.
"Okay... I think we're safe," Nino panted, leaning against the doors.
Marinette was mentally taking a head count of the group.
Excluding Ivan and Sabrina, there are... one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven- wait...
She counted again to make sure.
Oh no
Oh no no no no
"Where's Mylene?!" Marinette demanded anxiously.
Everyone froze.
Marinette visibly deflated. "This can't be happening. Not another person." She pulled on her face in worry.
"Marinette's so stressed out, how about you go calm her down," Alya suggested mischievously to Adrien, knowing full well it would take her friend's attention off of their current situation.
Concerned about his shy friend and oblivious to the grinning face Alya was making, Adrien agreed to calm her down. He went over and started rubbing her shoulders comforting.
"It'll be okay, just take a deep breath," he soothed.
Marinette internally freaked out (because her crush was rubbing her shoulders), thinking she was going to combust. Then she spotted Alya grinning in the background, and Marinette didn't know whether to thank her or shake her.
Marinette blew out a long, slow breath like Adrien had instructed, feeling more relaxed afterward.
"So, should we be worried about this 'Google'?" Nino inquired, sliding into a lying position on the GYM floor.
"Probably. Maybe? What kind of name is Google anyway?"
Nino mumbled something that sounded like 'I don't know', shutting his eyes in relaxation.
Click, clack, click, clack
A noise akin to soft scratching was coming from a nearby GYM closet.
"Who's there?" Marinette called out.
Nino lifted an eyelid, saw nothing, and shut it again.
"It's probably just a rat."
Marinette, Max, and a handful of other people looked at Alya doubtfully.
Max adjusted his glasses. "If I've learned anything from this experience, it's that you should never underestimate mysterious nois-"
"CAAAAAW!" a large, hulking shadow shrieked.
Google emerged from the closet, letting the GYM's LED lighting shine apon it. The monster resembled a black, neon green, and yellow feathered bird, except for it was extremely large -nearly nine feet- , muscular, and had razor sharp teeth poking out from its beak. A scar rippled from Google's neck to the left wing, and its eyes were completely blank and void of color.
The bird lumbered towards them with frightening speed, swiveling its head from side to side as it took in the group. Everyone stood stock still, not wanting to upset the creature. It pulled its head back, completely stopping as its eyes emitted a white glow. Google snapped out of its transfixed, glowy eyed state after a couple seconds, and wandered even closer to the teens. The monster made clacking noises with its long, serpent-like tongue, cocking its head as if observing them carefully.
Then it caught sight of Chloe.
Google gave such a loud screech, the floor trembled. It swiped furiously at the girl, seeming to lose every shred of its sanity.
"CHLOEEE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ANGER THIS THING?!" Marinette screamed, dodging a massive talon.
"NOTHING! EVERYBODY LOVES ME!" Chloe pulled out one of her favorite and most used speeches.
Google proved her wrong by smacking her in the back with its talons.
"OW! HOW DARE YOU, YOU GLORIFIED PARROT!"
Chloe squealed in terror as Google snapped at her with a beak full of deadly teeth. Marinette grabbed Chloe by the collar and dragged her into a closet with everyone else.
"CLOSE THE DOOR!" Nino screamed for the second time today.
The door was closed, and the teens quickly barricaded it. The bird's angry hissing was getting louder and louder, until it completely stopped.
"That can't be good," Alya whispered.
They didn't know what was scarier, the monster screaming its lungs out, or being deadly silent.
Adrien and Nino discovered a small crack in the wall paneling when they were searching for things to barricade the door. Adrien peeked through to see what was happening.
"The hooded creature is back!" he hissed quietly, turning away from the wall.
The group squeaked nervously.
"Wait, its doing something..." Nino watched and waited. "The creature is... petting the bird?"
"Move aside," Kim commanded, pushing Nino out of the way. He stuck an eye to the wall.
"Yup,"' Kim confirmed after a minute. "Those two look pretty chummy with each other."
There were groans of frustration and annoyance.
"How are we going to get pass them now?!"
"We could just offer Chloe to Google. That seemed to be what it wanted anyway," Alya said with a smirk.
"HEY!"
"Are they leaving yet, Kim?" Marinette asked, ignoring Alya and Chloe's squabbles.
He once again pressed his eye against the crack, and immediately yanked back when he saw an eye looking back at him. A thin, sharp finger wiggled into the crack.
"Can I come in?" it whispered.
"No!" almost everyone answered at once.
"Ugh, of course not. Your pet parrot rumpled my hair and clothes! Do you know how long it takes me to look this gorgeous? Hours! And now your pet ruined it!" Chloe exclaimed, in no way helping the situation.
"Wait..." the creature looked through crack again. "Chloe Bourgeois?"
The teens were surprised at how the voice sounded surprisingly... sane.
"Do I know you?"
"YES!" it howled, confusion becoming fury in a instant. "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT STARTED ALL OF THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!"
The teens shot her shocked glares of disbelief. Chloe usually angers people, but nobody knew she was capable of doing that to someone.
"How dare you accuse me! Everybody loves me!"
The eye peering through the crack gave her a death glare.
"I'm getting really tired of hearing her say that," Alya grumbled.
The cloaked figure paused. Then it ripped its hand into the crack, using its claw-like fingers to tear a hole in the wall big enough for someone to pass through.
"You're coming with me, there are some questions that need to be answered." it said, grabbing her arm and dragging her out of the hole.
The creature handed Chloe to Google, who picked her up by the jacket.
"Till next time," it grinned at the rest of the group, hopping on top of Google's back and vanishing through the doorway with a screaming Chloe dangling from the bird's beak.
Author's Note: There's more to these monsters that meets the eye ;) And Google is the name of the bird-monster because it is the name of my sister's pet parakeet (heh heh)