"Okay, everyone...keep calm," I advised, realising I was the only one who had experience of dealing with suckers. Well, kind of, if you counted seeing someone kill one as experience. I took a deep breath in, regretting it instantly when the foul smell crept down my throat and threatened to make me vomit.
It snarled, and Kelly and Ali shrieked. "Shush," I almost snapped, trying to keep my voice low and drawing my eyebrows close together as I wondered how the hell we were gonna get past this. "Don't give it an excuse to attack us."
"It'll hit you," Ross coughed weakly. "No matter what you do."
"Okay. Fine," I risked a glance back, realising I was probably the only one who could get us out of this alive. Ross was in no shape to do anything but sit there, he was that badly injured. "Ali, Kelly, get up. We're gonna hit it before it gets us."
With their legs wobbly and their eyes wide and frightened, they did as I asked. "What the hell is that?" Ali asked, disgust and horror evident in his tone with his voice rather shaky.
"We'll ask it questions later when it's not trying to kill us, shall we?" I snipped, failing to keep the sarcasm out of my voice. Without warning and on an impulse, I threw my torch at it, giving power behind my throw. It hit the sucker squarely in the face and it staggered back. I moved forward, knowing I would have to kill it. As I punched it, my fist was met by little resistance, as it's nose skidded sharply to the side before moving back into place. "Holy crap."
"I think I'm gonna puke." Kelly retched dryly from behind me.
The sucker came at me, it's mouth in an angry snarl with spit flying and disgusting fangs bared. "A little help would be mighty appreciated right now, guys." A torch came flying past, barely missing me and widely missing the sucker, landing in a bush.
I blinked; what the hell!
"Sorry!" Kelly squeaked.
"I have a knife ...in - in my bag," Ross coughed, groaning once before going silent.
"He's fainted! What should we do?!"
"Ali!" I snapped, dodging the sucker's grab, and trying and failing to land a kick. "We have a bigger problem here! Get the knife. Kelly, get the torches. I'll lead it away just in case." Not wanting to I pushed the sucker, watching it's shoulders get thrown back before they moved back into place. "Christ. What the hell are you? Some self-repairing creep?!"
It swiped at me and I was too slow to dodge the move; my cheek burned and I fell back. I touched my cheek, seeing the blood cover my hand and I exclaimed in disbelief. "You little bastard... How the hell am I going to explain this to my mum?"
"I've got it!" Ali shouted, and I turned in time for him to throw me the knife; miraculously I caught it and I twirled, the knife's sharp blade slicing clean against the sucker's face. When I swiped it legs out from under it, it fell and I jumped on top, my knees digging into it's ribs. "I'm really sorry, but..." I stabbed one of its hands into the ground, leaving the knife there and trapping it. "Call that payback for the little nick on my cheek."
"Let's run away now! While it's down!" Kelly shouted, almost running away.
"No, I need you to help! Hold down it's other arm, Kelly! Ali, hold it's head." I was lucky they were quickly responsive - although Kelly with a reluctant look- this time otherwise the sucker would've threw me off regardless of the fact one of its hand was stabbed into the ground.
"She stinks!" Kelly turned her head away, scrunching her face up. It thrashed and Kelly almost lost her grip, and I pushed it's shoulders down.
"When I tell you to, let go and quickly jump back, alright?" I ordered as I struggled to grasp for skin under its chin. As I pulled, I grimaced and gritted my teeth together; it was stretchy and extremely tough, almost impossible to rip.
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BEAUTIFUL MONSTER
Humor"It was then my mother was set on fire." When Beatrice stumbles upon a crazed man in the forest she barely gets away with her life. Unable to convince anyone of his presence, she tries not to go anywhere near him again but that seems impossible whe...
