Chapter 5 is finally here! It would have been here sooner but my dentist went drilling for gold in the mouth of the patient before me.
A large portion of this chapter is a flashback.
It was the next day Rocky and Cece waited outside their apartment building for Toby to show up. The red head had filled Rocky in on some details about him such as his artistic abilities and him being home schooled.
Cece looked down at her watch and sighed. He was late. He was supposed to be out here at 5:00 and it was just past 5:15.
What could be taking him so long?
Toby was currently standing on the roof of the school with a makeshift weapon in hand, not that he wanted to be there but it seemed that he had no say in the matter. He'd left to go to his hotel room to get changed before meeting Rocky and Cece however it appeared that the universe had other ideas.
(Flashback)
As he'd stepped out of the art room at 4:30, he found himself flying face first into some lockers. He stood and winced, the back of his leg hurt like hell and he could feel blood flowing from his nose. He pinched his nose to try stem the bleeding and turned around to see who had managed to catch him off guard.
A hooded figure seemingly appeared from no where and stood a few feet from him. Toby narrowed his eyes, Vampire. . . he thought as his hand dropped from his nose. He looked around at the lockers and occasional water fountain. He couldn't let anything get damaged in this upcoming fight. He turned and ran down the empty corridor, if his memory was correct then the stairs were close by. The vampire was taking its time to catch up to. Toby instead choosing to jog while Toby sprinted.
As Toby made his way up the stairs he hoped the sun was still out and not behind the clouds like the weather forecast said it would be. It would be vital to his survival since he'd been careless and had none of his usual equipment when dealing with supernatural being trying to kill him. Contrary to common misconceptions, vampires don't burn the moment they step in the sunlight however they do become weaker before starting to burn after an extended period in the sunlight and Toby planned on using this to his advantage.
His injured leg screamed in pain and he bit his tongue to stop him crying out. Once he reached the top floor he ran towards the nearest window and skidded to a stop when he saw a janitors closet.
Opening the door, Toby saw a mop with a wooden stick. He smiled and grabbed it. After closing the door, he limped over to the window and pulled it open. He saw a pipe leading to the very top of the roof and, after carefully aiming and throwing the mop up there, climbed up like a monkey.
Once he reached the top he picked up the broom and held each end horizontally. After making sure one end was further to the side than the other he lifted the knee of his uninjured leg brought the mop down on it, effectively snapping it. He threw the mop head to the side and looked at the jagged end of the stick where it had snapped. This would do some real damage.
(End Flashback)
Despite the rays on sun beating down on him, his previous hopes had proven effective, he felt a chill down his spine. He counted to three in his head and spun around, swinging the broom with as much force as he could muster at the vampire. The vampire ducked to avoid the blow and sprang up, trying to sink its teeth into Toby's neck and quickly found itself being knocked to the floor with a swift punch. Toby then swung the mop down onto the vampire's chest and possibly broke a few ribs. The vampire roared in pain and leaped up, tackling Toby in the process.
As Toby was pinned to the floor, the broom flew from his hand and could barely move. The vampire snarled and in an act of desperation, Toby head butted it and managed to escape its grip.
Toby ran towards the mop before the vampire could grab him and turned to face it as he reached down to get it. The sun was blocked as the vampire stood before Toby, who was bent over, and grabbed him by the hair. Toby hissed in pain and brought the broom up,thrusting the jagged end of the it into the vampire's chest. He made sure not to pierce the heart as he needed answers from the creature. It fell to its knees and slumped to the side, gasping in pain. Toby panted and stood over the vampire, placing his hand on the mop's handle. "Does anyone else know where I live and/or work?" he asked monotonously.
"No one" it hissed.
"Good" Toby said, slowly pulling the handle out of the vampire's chest "In that case I might have mercy on you." The vampire was shocked. He had under estimated this young man. Resourceful and merciful. It's a shame it was planning on telling all the other scouts the location of the hunter's hotel as soon as he returned. "But then again" Toby continued, "How do I know you're not gonna screw me over as soon as you leave? So I'm afraid this was your last battle, Leech"
"But Damien will come looking for you once he realises one of his most experienced employees have gone missing along with one of his scouts!"
"Damien can search all he wants but it'll only bring him closer to his death."
The last thing the vampire saw was Toby bringing the jagged end of the mop down from behind his head.
Toby looked down at the corpse at his feet. Another misconception about vampires is that the don't turn to ashes once they are slain. They only turn to ashes once they are set alight. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a broken match. So I wasn't so careless after all. He struck the match against the handle that the vampire was still by and dropped it onto said vampire's corpse.
As Toby walked away from the school, the only signs of the scuffle taking place was half of a broken mop and a pile of ashes blowing away in the breeze.
At 5:18 Cece received a text from Toby. Can't make it 2nite, something came up. Sorry :-( it said. Cece sighed again and looked at Rocky. "He can't make it" she informed the girl next to her "Let's head to the pizza place Deuce works at and get something to eat?"
"Sure, let's go" Rocky answered.
As the two girls headed down the road, Cece couldn't help but think this was kind of like a date.
And done! This took me so long 'cause my annoying cousins kept bugging me while I was trying to type. *Le sigh*
Two fun facts about this chapter:
This is the first fight scene I've ever written! I hope it's not too bad. (I skimmed through it to check it was ok and part of it seemed so perverted if you miss out a few key words like I did)
Part of this chapter was written while watching The Butterfly Effect and Cloverfield. If you havn't seen one or both of those movies then you should! They're very good :D
Final note: Reviews make me giddier than a chipmunk on drugs! They are much appreciated.
