Their victory turned out to be short-lived. Trouble was back.
Carl collapsed slowly to
the ground with blood spurting through his back wound. Linda broke free from
his dying body to run into Todd’s waiting arms.
David ran over to Louise.
“I’ve been so worried about you. I called you every day. I checked on both your
store and your apartment, but I couldn’t find you anywhere.”
“I became paranoid after
the hanging—trusting no one. I began to pay closer attention to what was going
on in town. Then I finally remembered the face that I’d glimpsed that evening
at the gazebo: it was Shirley’s face under one of the black hoods. I then began
to follow Shirley and her group around town. One night I found them meeting
with Wolf and Carl on the beach. I didn’t know whom to tell, so I just followed
Carl here tonight. I hope I made the right choice by killing Carl,” Louise said
as she wrung her hands together.
“You mean that you’ve been
running around town, following demons, with only a kitchen knife for protection?”
David was stunned. “I can’t believe how courageous you’ve been!”
“You must admit that the knife
came in handy. And now I’m here to help.”
“That just means that I have
another human to dispose of.” Shirley was marching toward them with a crazed
look of naked hunger in her eyes that Todd had seen before only in newly turned
vampires, who were desperately starving for their next human meal to ease the intense hunger racking
through their bodies. Her eyes were glowing red and her fangs were prominently
exposed, protruding from her other teeth.
Todd saw that Hank and
Frank were creeping closer behind Shirley.
He commanded his group, “Run through the tunnel while Sam and I hold
them off!”
Sam pushed Shana toward
the dark tunnel. “Run as quickly as you can! Todd and I will follow as soon as
we finish up here.”
“No! I won’t leave you!”
“You must bring your
friends to safety while we vanquish these creatures!”
Shana nodded her head and
quickly turned to lead Linda, Louise, Mike, and David farther down the deep, dark tunnel.
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