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2024-10-29 19:42:56It turns out that the migraine and the immense disorientation it came with was the least of my problems. Because of the light sensitivity, I left the lights off in the bathroom, only moonlight came through the small window adjacent to the shower. Barely able to see, I cranked the hot knob to maximum heat and waited the brief seconds it took for the water to turn into clear lava.
Entering slowly, careful not to slip, I lowered my body to the ground, sitting on my knees allowing the molten hot water to batter my head and neck. The pain from the migraine was replaced with rushes of air flowing through my sinuses allowing me to breath and put out the internal fire consuming my skull.
At this moment, I was at peace. No pain, no trauma, just pure relaxation. The moon continued to gently illuminate my surroundings as the steam from show
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Oddly enough, the evening went well after my attempted murder by the demon boy. Jennifer and I compared notes for our Pre-Cal homework and talked about normal everyday teenage girl stuff. She asked me if I had a crush on anyone, I asked her if she had really kissed Jimmy Stills back in fifth grade. Normal 'transforming into young adults' type of talk."How's your neck feeling?" I asked.Jennifer looked at me as if I had just asked her to drop out of high-school and live on the streets with me. My attempt to judge her recollection regarding her death and the horrifying way she died had come and gone. She did not remember a thing, as if that time in her life did not ever click off her life clock.She said, "what are you talking about Naomi?"
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Considering how the start of my stealthy sneak attack began, my hopes for a full-on successful mission were as low as the dog poop I squished into the ground. Almost certainly, I had tweaked every muscle in my upper body in my fruitless attempt to regain my balance and maintain my secretive movements. All that aside, the fat bald man was still in a coma of sleep that one could only dream of; pure blissful sleep.You must keep in mind, my dear reader, that I was purely taking this stranger for his word or at least for the word he had scribbled on that sheet of paper, TANNELL. Most of the population knew of Mrs. Tannell, her reputation did not precede her. Any whack job with a sharpie could make a sketchy sign trying to lure a child into his windowless van.My life had been a rollercoaster of fear and despair for the last week, so I was willing to risk it all to see if this sleeping slob was able to help or protect me. If things went horribl
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Climbing into the windowless white van, my body rested on the front passenger seat with a crunching sound. The seat had been weathered by the sun and coated in random filth from snacks and sugar residue. My feet rested on the floorboard; I think. The floor of the front of the van was a sea of McDonald’s wrappers and Burger King french fry containers. It was almost a certain fact that I would probably have some sort of mold or grease covering my pants and shoes due to the sloppiness of the van.Todd, with his bald head and fat body, attempted to restart the van. This machine was tired and battered, years of mistreatment and abuse created a problem. The van was staging a silent protest with each turn of the key. The engine cried out and refused to fire off. This did not seem to be out of the ordinary as Todd smiled at me and held up a finger indicating that he had it under control.He said, “This old bird has be
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Acting as casual as possible, I entered the school with a saddened look on my face. My hope was that admin would lay off of me and let me slide with minimal excuses. The problem was Mr. Kell was running the front desk right now. Mr. Kell had been at the school almost as long as Mrs. Tannell and he was a crotchety old man. Rumor has it, he scolded a young girl for coming in late with a doctor’s note and a cast on both arms after she had been hit by a car. Poor girl went to the doctor, got her arms worked on, and still came to school on the same day. Mr. Kell was ruthless.I slowly crept into the school still working on my plan as I had no doctor’s note and really had not even settled on a story to tell this living dinosaur. Immediately, I could feel his laser beam eyes
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With the speed of the Flash, I took off down the sidewalk trying to get home as quickly as possible. The fear of not seeing Todd out front in his van was beginning to overtake my psyche. If he was not there, we had a problem, a life-or-death issue where everyone was at risk, even myself.Saving Jackson, Mom, and Dad still needed to happen but now my strongest ally against the demon boy was missing and it was imperative that she be found and rescued from whatever was causing her absence. Someone as spiritually knowledgeable as her was too big of an asset for me to lose at this point in my life.My house was just around the corner, I would soon know if Todd was waiting for me and watching over my haunted home or if there was going to be trouble, gore filled terrifying trouble.
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Todd woke up with quite the startle, I suppose my panicked state did not help in the slightest. I tugged on his arm with a franticness that would scare the living daylights out of any unsuspecting person. No surprise to me, Todd was yet again covered in a variety of sugary remnants and slathered in mucus mixed drool. His eyes were glazed over just like the pack of half-eaten donuts in the passenger seat. Once he realized I was not a goblin that was going to rip his heart out while it was still beating, he reverted back to the calm.and collected Todd of old.I said, "I just left school, Mrs. Tannell is not there. We have a substitute. She hasn't missed a day of school in over a decade."Todd leaned back and pulled off theater data from his fancy equipment in the back of the van. After analyzing it for what seemed like an
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I assumed Wayne, my Uber driver, felt he had to escort me into Mrs. Tannell’s terrifying house because I was a minor and he was an adult. Running through his head must have been thoughts of liability and a dead little kid that he had just dropped off at a horrifying black house. There was no way he was going to leave my side now. That kind of made me more comfortable but as soon as the shit hit the fan, he would run, that was absolutely certain.Pushing the door open resulted in the creepiest creaking sound you could imagine. The sound seemed to last for hours until we refocused on the muffled moaning coming from the upstairs. If there was even the slightest shard of light anywhere in the area, we could not see it. Wayne was shuffling his feet, careful not to trip over anything or kick something that he would have to replace.Latest Chapter
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Todd, with his leg wound, would have to wait just a bit longer while we investigated what we thought was the man I killed as he ran into the light. Obviously, if I killed him, he would not be able to make moaning noises or anything like that, so it was fairly easy to discern that the dead man had been turned into a demon and he would certainly be looking for some sweet, delicious revenge. I mean, who would be alright with getting killed out of the blue? Jennifer and Jackson had taken the lead as I made a fine attempt at catching up to them as we headed towards the corner of the abandoned K-Mart. The moaning was like a mating call, this was not the typical ‘I am in pain’ moan. It resonated incessantly, calling us to come and see what was happening. Judging by previous experience, I had no clue about what may be around the corner, all I knew was that we were walking towards danger, and we had to be ready. I said, “Slow down, guys. Le
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The slaughtered body of the homeless drug addict that I split in two with a hellacious laser beam from my inscripted hand before we entered the darkness had disappeared. It was clearly splayed out for all to see and showed no obvious logical signs of going anywhere anytime soon. How it had magically disappeared was beyond me, there was not even a sign of blood or fragments of flesh lying about. It truly baffled my mind as to how a body that had been split into two distinct halves could have disappeared along with all the splattered pieces that went along with it. We had finally broken free from the darkness of the abandoned, decrepit K-Mart and had made our way into the light of the outside world. Todd’s van was still where we had left it, everything was still in place just as it was before we entered the darkness to save Todd and defeat the Haunting Naomi
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The giant wolf had been struck one time by the now deceased mimicking demon that had taken Todd into the darkness of the abandoned K-Mart. Shining the spotlight on the wolf’s body, the attack by the demon had contacted its torso. Ribs and blood, internal organs and shredded flash all filled my line of sight when inspecting the giant wolf that had saved the day and eliminated the mimicking demon. As usual, our mission’s objective had been modified on the fly. We had to get to Todd, he was hunched over in the corner, we were still not sure if he was alright or if he was in need of some rejuvenation. Now, I felt we were obligated to take care of the giant wolf, the one that formerly was possessed and under control of demon Mrs. Williams. It was the least we could do considering the fact that the wolf had single handedly taken care of the demon and saved us a lot of heartache and potential damages. I said, “Jennifer, go to Todd. Make s
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