And now for some suspense.

Warning: May contain bloody images, gory violence, repetitive foul language, and other content not suitable for kids under 18.

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Get back here, Fangs…

~10~

Lamone and Riffraff both stopped abruptly, the Nobody's ear twitching while the vampire's pupils dilated a bit. "What is it?" Samantha asked.

"Something is coming…" Riffraff began.

"This way." Lamone finished, throwing a knife the moment he did, and impaled something in the tall grass. It shot up into the air, with leathery wings, and he saw his knife had stuck in its shoulder. "Oh… fuck."

"Alright… what IS that thing?!" Samantha demanded, knowing Lamone never swore unless a situation was futile.

"It's called The Creeper," Edwin replied. "It's a demon that hunts for 23 three days every 23 years, choosing victims so it can devour certain parts of their bodies."

"And if it chooses you… you're dead," Chase answered, drawing his gun and shooting fire-bullets at the creature as it came overhead. It screeched and swerved downward, diving back into the grass and running.

"Apparently, it hasn't chosen any of us," Drista pointed out.

"That doesn't mean it could be after the others." Riffraff said. "Edwin, Sam, both of you go make sure Gin, Hardy, Drew, Chance, Nightclaw, and Shadowslasher are alright. We'll go after the kids,"

"Oh, I hope they're alright…" Samantha said. Taking precaution, she looked up at the moon and turned into Storm, and she and Edwin took off to go check on the others.

"C'mon, lets stop that creep before he takes a bite out of my kid!" Drista ordered, pulling out a large katana and taking off with the others.

~10~

Nessie paused, her ear twitching. "Hold it… something's following us," she whispered to the others, just as a rustling sound came from the bushes.

"Don't worry, babe, I've got this," Norm told her confidently, walking over to the bushes, Sirius at his side. They looked over, seeing something dark…

A couple crows squawked and shot out of the bushes, flying up into the sky. "Ah, it was just a couple of birds," Sirius scoffed. "Nothing-"

"AUGH!" Jo cried as a clawed hand grabbed her shoulder, yanking her into the tall grass. She took out a dagger and sliced the hand, freeing herself, but the creature lunged out and tackled her.

*ZAP!*

"Get away from my sister!" Kiff growled after blasting the Creeper via laser-fist. It snarled and took off into the air.

"C'mon, lets get it!" Fikk said, spreading his wings, as well as Nessie, and they shot off into the air with Kiff.

The Creeper growled, launching itself at Nessie first, who slammed her fist into its face. It used its talons to grab onto her waist, digging its claws into her skin and drawing blood, and threw her at Kiff. He caught her, then blasted at the creature again, this time grazing its shoulder, while Fikk attacked from behind and clawed at its neck. It reached behind and grabbed him by the air, and head-butted him, knocking him out, and held him like a shield.

"What now, Wherever Boy?" Nessie asked, but noticed Kiff was only glaring at the creature. "Hey! Wherever Boy! I'm talking to you!"

"Shush!" Kiff hissed, concentrating on the creature.

What is it that you want? Kiff was thinking.

Eyes for eyes… teeth for teeth… skin for skin… came a mental response with a demonic voice. I want his heart… I want his arms… I want her hair… I want her skin… I want his blood… and I want your mind…

The fuck I'm going to let you have any of that! Kiff then blasted the creature in its left wing, making a hole in it and altering its balance.

"Nessie, grab Fikk!" he ordered and let go of Nessie and shot toward the creature, punching it in its face and making it drop Fikk.

Nessie dove and caught Fikk, but blood was still seeping out her sides, the pain causing her to swerve downward.

Norm had changed into his kretin-half, Stud, and caught them both. "Might want to sit this one out," he told her.

Sirius had his wand out while Jo had a gun, both of them blasting/shooting at the creature… occasionally nearly hitting Kiff. "Whoa! HEY! WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON?!" Kiff shouted down at them.

"Sorry!" Sirius called, trying to aim better.

Fangpuss dug into his hat, pulling out a crossbow. "Where did you get that?!" Claw demanded.

"Remember when Mom and Dad were part of that werewolf-hunting group with the foreign-sounding name that the author forgot about?" Fangpuss asked. "Well, lets just say, they brought home some of their equipment… Tattle, and you'll be my next target."

"You don't even know how to shoot that thing!" Claw grabbed the crossbow, trying to take it from her brother, but he kept tugging it back.

"I do too-"

*twing!*

He accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting an arrow upward. "Whoops…"

And it didn't help that the arrow hit Kiff in the side, near the ribs actually, just when he had the creature in a headlock. "GAH! DAMN FUCK- WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS…!" he screamed in pain.

The Creeper squirmed out of his grasp, then bit him in the throat, chewing at his neck.

*ZAP!*

Another blast caught it in the back of its head, and everyone looked to see Blackrose in a tree, her fists glowing pink. "Let go of my cousin, asshole!" the she-wolf growled, and blasted the creature again, making it release Kiff, who fell to the ground.

The creature screeched and dove downward toward Kiff, biting his shoulder and dragging him through the tall grass. "KIFF!" The others screamed, and ran after it.

Kiff groaned in pain, conscious enough to realize his position, and weakly raised his fist. The creature stopped then pinned both of his arms to the ground, its face above his, and it opened its mouth, preparing to feast…

In a screech of pain, it was pried off, and Lamone slammed its head on a rock, ripping off its injured wing as he did, and viciously clawed at its abdomen. The creature growled and lunged, scratching Lamone's face, cutting his eye, blinding the vampire. It prepared to attack, until Chase tackled it, stabbing his claws into its chest to rip out its heart… only to find it didn't have one. The creature jabbed hits talons into his gut and threw him off, standing up and screeching…

Which came to an abrubt halt when Drista swung her katana, cutting off its head. The body, still alive, shot off into the grass. "Thing doesn't give up, does it?" Riffraff asked.

"Kiff! Are you alright?" Blackrose gasped once she and the others returned.

"Well… considering I have a pain in my neck- other than Nessie- I think I'm able to keep from blacking out… for the next twenty seconds…" Kiff grunted, blood trickling out of his mouth.

"He's alright, alright." Nessie sneered, supported by Jo, while Stud carried Fikk.

The others ran forward, out of breath. "Oh, dear g… Kiff!" Hardy cried, rushing to his son with Drew.

"C'mon, we've got to get out of here," Riffraff said.

"What about that… thing? Shouldn't we go after it?" Gin questioned.

"It can't hunt without a head, now can it?" Drista said, holding up the Creeper's head. "Ought to set fire to it after what it's done to my kid,"

"YOUR kid?! What about mine?!" Drew argued. "Yours only has a bruise on his forehead- mine nearly got his throat ripped out!"

"Hey! We can argue over whose kid got it worse. Right now, I say we listen to Riffraff and get the fuck out of here," Nightclaw snapped. "…And Drista, get rid of that head. It might still bite,"

Drista shrugged, then chucked the head into the distance… and Chase shot another fire-bullet at it while it was still in the air, igniting it and setting it aflame. "…Can't be too careful," he said with a shrug.

Lamone used his wand to open a portal, letting Hardy carry Kiff through. "…Any reason why there's an arrow jutting from Kiff's side?" the vampire questioned.

"Uh… Claw shot him." Fangpuss said quickly.

"WHAT?!" Claw shouted.

~10~

And that's just the beginning of the gore. Next chapter, we get a quick view of our meddlers… and perhaps one of our missing authors ;)

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