Old 10-28-2005, 02:13 PM   #1
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Default The Creeps (Part 2)

That's part 1 for all you latecomers.

http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...wtopic&t=37493

Part 2:

It was dark outside when Eric woke up. He could hardly see around the building, but he heard something rustling and was immediately put on edge. There were no flash lights or sources of illumination except for the sun, and it was hiding just as Eric was.

He sat with gun drawn pointed at the noise for three hours until the morning light began to creep through the window. The open window, above the door. Too small for any creep he had seen to come through, but the right size for a breeze to sweep through a rustle the paper.

But around the paper sat five or six large caterpillars of varying colors and sizes, the largest one the size of a CD case. They were crawling around, tiny feelers brushing against everything they saw.

The foot came down on them, and they didn’t see anything else.

Sticky, stretchy insect intestines left a trail as Eric went to the back room to wait.

Three days passed, and he had almost given up hope when someone slammed into the door to the print-store. Eric slowly made is way through the front room, now thoroughly stench-filled by the dead insects, and drew the blind. On the other side of the door stood a man about Eric’s size, but wiry and wearing coke-bottle glasses. A fairly attractive female stood by his side, with her thumbs pushed through her belt loop, blowing a bubble.

The lock turned and they walked in.

“We got these flie-Holy shit, what is that smell?!” The wiry young man covered his nose.

“The caterpillars,” Eric said, motioning. “It’s not so bad in the back room. Come with me.”

They followed and took a seat around the square table as Eric fixed a cup of cold, three day old coffee. He took some of the blue gel and set a small fire on the counter, heating the mug before taking a seat.

“So, did you bring guns?”

“We don’t have any guns.”

Eric heard the thumping against the front door first, but they all heard the door shatter at the same time.

“Well, good,” he said over his shoulder, drawing his pistol and running to the front.

A man six and a half feet tall stood outside, his fist bleeding. He stepped through the doorway, and began to gag.

“Oh, what is that SMELL!?”

“It’s a human, don’t worry,” Eric called back over his shoulder.

Once they were all situated, Eric drinking his stale coffee, the big man applying bandages, they got down to the niceties of introductions.

“I’m Gina,” the girl began, “And this is my brother B-“

“Ignatious,” he cried, cutting her off.

“You’re name isn’t Ignatious. It’s Bert.”

“But Ignatious is such a cool name,” he began, “Totally out of a fantasy book, too. Is something burning?”

“What? No. How about I call you Biggy. Or Iggy?” Eric questioned.

“Iggy. I like that. This is my sister Angelina.”

“No, I’m not taking a retarded name like ‘Iggy’. Just call me Gina. It’s my Christian name.”

“Gina and Iggy, I got it. And what about you, big guy?”

“Eh? Oh, my name is Tom. Pleasure to meet you,” he said, extending his poorly bandaged hand towards Eric.

“You know, let me wrap that for you,” Eric offered. He began to bandage the torn up hand and question at the same time.

“So… If you all didn’t bring weapons of any kind, then what can I do with you, really?”

“Well, I could be a level seven mage!” Iggy cried out, jumping to his feet.

“Yeah, none of this ‘Final Fantasy’ bullshit. That’s just not going to cut it. You’re not going to save my ass with an imaginary fireball if I’m fighting one of these things, now are you? No, you’re not.”

Iggy slumped back down into his chair.

“I can see where I could use someone like you, Tom. You’re fairly strong.”
“Please, now that we’re friends, call me Gopher.”

“Alright. I could see where I could use someone like you, Gopher. You’re fairly strong. Breaking down doors and the such, you’d be a great asset to my grand scheme of hiding and surviving. You got anything worth keeping,” he said, motioning to Gina.

She stood up from her chair, her long brown curls contouring her face. She slowly walked over to Eric and began to whisper in his ear. His face grew three shades more red as she drew her face away from his.

“Alright. She stays. She’s your sister, Iggy?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright. You can stay, too. I’ve got a cot set up in the toner room, if you all would like to do the same? Iggy, let me ask you a question.”

Gina and Gopher made their way to the toner room and Iggy stood there.

“Iggy, does your sister keep good on promises?”

“Oh, she’s a true Christian.”

“Excellent,” Eric said, putting his arm around Iggy’s shoulders as they made their way back, “Very excellent.”

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Iggy smelled the fire first, and woke everyone.

“Is something burning?” he cried out.

Plumes of smoke made their way under the door and into their makeshift boudoirs.

“Everybody, up to the roof NOW,” Eric commanded, “There’s a fire escape.”

They ran up three flights and Eric kicked the door open. The edges of the roof were ablaze, and one Creep stood in the middle, with a hideous looking scar traversing his chest.

“You again!”

Eric didn’t hesitate. The thing ran at him, but Eric drew and fired, knocking one of it’s legs back. He scooped it up in his arms, and walked over to the edge of the roof. The fire escape was a torrent of flames, their sole means of evacuation now deadly. He tossed the Creep’s unconscious body into the flames and turned to address the group.

“Thank you all for joining me, but this looks to be the end of the road.”

“Not if I have anything to say about it.” Gopher walked towards Eric.

“Alright, what are you doing. Okay, you can let me down. Put me down, Gopher. I mean it. Put me-“ Eric was cut off as Gopher threw him across the street, onto the fire escape of the adjacent building. He landed with a definitive thud, rolled and cracked his back on the stairs.

“Ow. Ow, shit. Ow, shit, shit, shit.” He could see Gopher readying to throw Iggy.

“WAIT, GOPHER, LET ME MOVE FIR-“ Iggy’s body slammed into Eric, cushioning the blow for the young man.

“You’re not going to throw me,” Gina began, “I’ll scream.”

“Well, alright. I’m not supposed to touch girls if they say no, so good luck,” Gopher cried back over his shoulder as he ran, stepped up onto the burning ledge and flung himself onto the fire escape.

“Gopher, where’s Gina?” Eric said, standing up.

He saw her slim figure running at the ledge. He saw her foot go up, and her jump. He watched as she slammed into the railing of the fire escape and fell to the ground below, wheezing after the impact.

“I’m okay, guys. Just lower the ladder and I can climb up.”

Eric climbed down, but by the time he had reached the ladder, the Creeps were on her. She screamed as they began to carry her away, poking and stabbing her as she cried out.

The three remained silent until her screams had died, and solemnly, Eric climbed back up the ladder to Gopher and Iggy.

“I’m sorry, this is my fault,” Gopher began, “She didn’t want me to throw her and if I did she woulda made it… I’m so sorry, Iggy.”

Iggy stood motionless before swinging a fist at Eric, which connected with his jaw.

“Safety? Group together? Fuck you. My sister’s dead now, fuck you. I can’t…” Iggy broke down into tears.
“Iggy, we don’t have a whole lot of time for this. If they saw us on this escape, there’s a good chance they’ll be after you next. Do you really want Gina’s passing to be in vain?” Eric questioned.

“She was hot, Iggy. She was very hot and we probably would have gotten married, so don’t think this is any less of a blow for me, alright? You’re kind of my brother in that respect, and I can’t just let you freeze up like this. We have to keep moving.”

Iggy nodded, not quite understanding what exactly Eric was talking about, but in a matter of seconds they climbed to the roof.

“You all can’t hide here,” a tiny voice cried out from the shadows.

“This is mah hiding place, and you call can go to hell if you think you’re going to take it from me.” The voice emerged from the shadows, crunching over the gravel on the roof with its two wheels.

“They haven’t come for me yet, and don’t you bring them here,” the young man in the wheelchair called.
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Old 10-28-2005, 04:06 PM   #2
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Default RE: The Creeps (Part 2)

Wow, a death so early in the plot (at least from the appearance of it)?

At first, I thought it was going to turn into a "ragtag band" type of story with characters that seem to be forcefully placed into it. The current cast of characters seem to look bland, with a strong-type of person, a kid appearing to be a comic relief, and a beautiful female character. But, with the unexpected elimination of a character, things seem to be turned upside down, leaving new possibilities. Nice.
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Old 10-28-2005, 05:36 PM   #3
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Came out better than I thought it would when you originally told me about it, good job.
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