More Creepiness in the continuation of...
All Tricks and No Treat pt.2
"Man,
what a great party!" Odd said, tapping his foot to the
music.
They were at Kadic, enjoying the annual Halloween Bash the
school was having.
"They really outdid themselves this year"
Jeremy said. He was dressed like Einstein, white hair standing up all
over his head. A laser light show and fog surrounded the dance floor
and he smiled as he saw Ulrich and Yumi dancing. He felt a hand on
his shoulder and turned around. "Yes Aelita?"
"Remember
Jeremy" she smiled, "You promised to show me how to
dance"
Odd choked on his cake and looked away, shaking.
Jeremy blushed slightly.
"Are you allright Odd?" Aelita
asked, patting him on the back.
Odd just nodded, unable to look
Jeremy in the eyes.
"Hey guys! great costumes!" Milly
said. She and Tamiya were dressed like Sherlock Holmes and Watson,
complete with a big white mustache for Tamiya.
"Thanks. Yours
aren't to bad either" Jeremy said.
"We got them from the
costume store yesterday" Milly said.
"Well, have fun.
We'll be back later" she said, walking away.
Ulrich and Yumi
walked up to the table, glasses in hand. "So Jeremy, when are
you and Aelita going to dance?" Yumi asked, smiling.
"Yeah,
I didn't teach you all those moves for nothing did I?" Ulrich
asked, teasing him.
"Well, uh, I" Jeremy stuttered. All
four of them stared at him until he sighed, held up his hands and
said "All right, you win. Come on Aelita". He offered her
his hand.
She took it and walked with him to the dance floor,
Jeremy's face practically glowing. "Do you think he'll make it?"
Ulrich asked.
"Naw, but it'll be fun to watch" Odd said,
trying hard not too laugh.
Jeremy put his hand on Aelita's side,
her hand in his and her other on his shoulder.
"Ready
Aelita?" He asked, blushing hard.
She nodded.
The clock
struck 21:00.
And people started to glow.
The sounds of the clocks chiming 9
o'clock rang out thru the air.
And people started to glow all
other the school hall.
"Jeremy?" Aelita asked, staring
in shock at him.
He stood there, mouth hanging open, eyes almost
rolled back into his head.
She watched in horror as black lines,
like circuitry spread out all along his face and body from his
costume, pulsing like living veins. A large black eye formed on his
head.
"XANA!"
With a growl Jeremy lunged at her.
"No!" she gasped, holding her arms up.
"Back off!"
Ulrich slammed into Jeremy, knocking him away.
Screams filled the
hall as other people noticed their friends' transformation.
As one
the glowing possessed people centered on Ulrich, Odd, Aelita and
Yumi.
"As far as tricks go, Xana's outdone himself this time"
Yumi said as she and the rest of the gang went back to back. "Rawr!"
Sissi roared, swinging her fork at Yumi. She grabbed the handled and
kicked Sissi in the gut, flinging her back into the slowly advancing
mob.
"Well, at least you got a good treat!" Odd said,
fighting off Nick.
"We've got to get out of here!"
Ulrich said, hitting another student away.
Aelita punched a girl
out of her way and pointed. "The door's unblocked. Let's
go!"
They rushed towards the exit, pushing away anyone who
tried to stop them.
"Hiss!" two small figures dropped
in front of them. Milly and Tamiya snarled at them, blocking their
way. Aelita hesitated, unable to bring herself to hurting them.
"Move
Aelita!" Yumi said, stepping around her. Milly and Tamiya sprang
up, hissing. Yumi grabbed Tamiya mid air, spun and tossed her into
Milly, knocked them away. They burst out of the hall and ran as fast
as they could, the mass group of people following behind them
slowly.
"Quick, to the supplies room!" Ulrich said. They
quickly outran the shuffling hoard and headed for the school's
maintenance department.
"We should be safe here for a while"
he said, locking the door.
They took a few minutes to catch their
breath, and then Odd asked the question on everyone's mind: "Ok,
how did Xana possess all of them?"
"It was the
costumes." Aelita said. "I saw as it took over Jeremy's
body."
"But why not us?" Odd asked. "We bought
ours from the same store as he did"
"Xana must have
inserted himself into the costumes only recently" Yumi said.
"That's how you two escaped. And Aelita and I made ours, so
we're safe"
"At least they're not fast" Ulrich
said. He opened the door a crack and peered out.
"All clear.
Let's head for the factory"
They walked out of the supplies
room, armed with broom and mop handles for weapons, and made their
way outside, ready for anything.
Or were they?
