Chapter 7: Getaway
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Angel
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I looked in my rearview mirrors and saw my messy blonde hair and quivering face. I turned away in disgust at myself. I screw up and what do I do-- I run away?! Never in my life have I experienced the physical and emotional demands that were required of me today. Never have I felt so weak before. I had to leave Roger, I had to. I knew I started the trouble but there was nothing I could do. My presence would have done nothing to stop the monster. At the riverside, as soon as I saw the black eel present itself, I knew it was too late. Roger was busy looking at the monster rising out of the water so I quickly grabbed the small walkie talkie out of my pocket. I tried to contact or page the HQ but there was so much interference due to the static in the air. I had to get out of there. If I was going to try anything I had to get out. Maybe if I could find some spot on top of a hill away from the dam I could get the right wavelength, I thought...And that's how I ended up right where I was, leaving the dam, driving along the walkway. Relieved to get out of that place.
A shadow on my right side interrupted short-lived hope. I pulled the brakes... It was the monster, as if I hadn't even left at all! It was chasing me! Its horrible, horrible face looked like it was grinning at me with its razor-sharp teeth. I started panicking. My car swerved as I lost control, making a deafening screeching noise. I saw it open his mouth, his hellhole mouth, revealing a circle set of pearly whites. It started gathering electricity in its mouth. The ball became bigger and bigger... pain ripping through every fiber of my body. A pain so unbearable licking my every bone, a pain I've never felt before. Seeing nothing but the color of blood red in front of me, wanting to move but having an external force doing it violently without my say. My God, I was going to die burnt with my hands welded onto the steering wheel. It was going to end like this, a final bloodcurdling scream for help that was no one was going to answer and a death that I hoped was no less than instant. The smell of burnt hair, my tragic life flashing before my very eyes. The old house in the snow, the face of my mother as she told me about my scars, swinging in the playground, my first kiss and first love, graduating, driving in Paradigm, undergoing training, the first time I laid my eyes on the ever-handsome Roger, Roger's angry yells echoing in the tunnel... I was just so tired of it all. Everything numbing away. No more pain. I was just want to sleep and forget everything, forget this damned life. The floor beneath me stops just like my surroundings. The sound of crackling electricity and sputtering motor fading away. Tunnel... Black tunnel... Quiet and a pleasant funny numbness moving throughout me. Awareness. Nothing but my own heartbeat and panicked breathing.I opened my eyes, welcoming myself to the after life. I found no devil or white gate but a familiar round silver circle.
I fought my body's stiffness and sat up groggily. The center of the driving wheel of my car. I was still alive. Dammit.
I heard a noise and turned right. I yelled to see that dreaded monster worse than the devil himself. I turned left and desperately tried to open the door. The handle moved but there was no open door. Blast it, the electricity must've shut everything off! I stared at my fate, back at the monster which seemed to stare at me amusedly like a dinosaur from Jurassic Park. I wasn't going to be electrocuted to death, I was going to get eaten, get torn apart limb by limb. And then the door budged without warning. I fell backwards onto the concrete, head first, then toppled over. I cried out in pain; the numbness from before no longer lingered. There was a hissing above. I looked up and met my expectations. The whale with a massive overbite followed my every move, the small side fins near its face fanned out, dripping water on my body. It didn't want to eat me first; it wanted to chase me, corner me, have fun with its prey before finishing off. The lion enjoyed inflicting fear into the rest of the animal kingdom.I froze, staring into its many eyes. Waiting for my reflection to be engulfed. The monster jerked upwards, growling, announcing its pitiful next meal proudly.I heard something below me. A terrifying rumbling sound, the bubbling of an angry lake, the movement of many gears. The monster seemed to cock its head to one side, its hidden ears sensing the strange sound as well. I captured the opportunity to flee right on time, picking myself up in a record swift movement. My legs felt a burning sensation as I fought my tiredness and fear away from the car and monster.
GLRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
I wheeled around, feeling the walkway move from beneath my feet. I watched in amazement as the walkway crumbled in half in front of me, my car sliding along with it. "Oh no! Not my car!"
Something red rose up replacing the walkway, groaning. I thought it was yet another monster, but it was something even better, far greater. It was the Chromebuster of the Megadeus! Roger! I'd almost forgotten for a minute!