Tweedle Dee...
By: Mav
Jason waited silently, not daring to move, not even to breathe. He crouched behind the door, curling himself into the smallest shape possible, hoping he would not be found. Outside his hiding spot, the floorboards groaned in protest as the creature stalked ever closer towards him. Jason swallowed a huge lump in his throat, which was threatening to choke him. Jason waited.
Suddenly, it happened. With an unearthly screech, the beast lunged at the door, its claws leaving large gouges in the door. Suddenly, however, it stopped. Jason listened, hoping vainly for a sign that my attacker was gone. After what seem ages, Jason dared to venture out. He slowly opened the door, which let out a creak. He stopped and waited. With still no sigh Jason squeezed out and worked my way slowly down the hallway.
He managed to make it to the kitchen, where the phone was kept. I dialed and waited for the dispatcher to pick up.
â9-1-1 dispatcher here. What is your emergency?â
âUmâ¦yea Iâm trapped in my house andâ¦unhhh...â
Jason slumped over and fell to the floor, a gaping hole in his chest where the beastâs claws had been. The beast howled, alerting its partner of the kill.
âSir...Are you there? The police are on there way.â said the dispatcher.
With a crunch, the beast stepped on the phone as its partner walked in. Police sirens wailed as they pulled up into the driveway.
The police burst in, quickly analyzing the situation.
â10-24, 10-24!â roared the police officer into his radio while pulling out his gun.
â10-4, S.W.A.T team en route.â replied the dispatcher.
Shots rang out as the beasts lunged at the two officers. The officers managed to shoot one beast in the eye, killing it, before being killed themselves.
The S.W.A.T. team soon arrived. Dressed in black, they were almost invisible against the dark night. They crouched in the doorframe, looking for signs. Suddenly, a sniper on an adjacent roof reported a large animal moving in the backyard. Splitting up into to groups the team went around each side of the house, hoping to end the situation quickly. As they rounded the corner, each group saw a large, human like form about seven feet tall and covered in greasy, matted hair. Quietly fanning out, the team flanked the beast. Suddenly, the best sped towards the one spot with no S.W.A.T. team members, jumped the fence and ran through an adjacent yard.
The team ran back towards there van, hoping to still have a chance at pursuit.
âHelicopter requestedâ¦all units on standbyâ¦target heading south-boundâ¦considered armed and dangerousâ¦use of deadly force allowed⦠evacuation requested.â spoke the S.W.A.T. captain into his radio.
Choppers roared through the air, search lights scanning the streets and yards as large groups of cars poured out of the area like sand in an hour glass. Flashing lights and sirens cut through the once quiet night as police officers patrolled the streets. No one travelled alone incase they were ambushed. It would be several hours before the beast killed again.
In a nearby county, word had just gotten out to evacuate the neighborhood. Most families thought it was a convict that had broken out of jail. The families that had listened to the rest of the report would learn that it was a human-like monster that had the capability of killing a person. Thus, these families went out prepared to face it incase they saw it and brought food, water, and occasionally guns. The families who didnât watch the rest of the report, however, had no idea what was in store for them.
Andrew Florien was just leaving his suburbia home in his Jeep Wrangler, headlights off to avoid attracting the âconvictâ, when something hit his car. Thinking he had hit a deer, Andrew stepped out and went to the ditch, where a large body was lying in the stagnant water.
âHey, what theâ¦â Andrew stammered as the shape rose.
The body loomed through the early morning mist, as the beast rose into a seven-foot tall monster. Its claws gleaming with a sticky, gelled, liquid, it lunged at Andrew.
Andrew had enough time to run around the Jeep and open the door before he felt the claws slice into his back. Falling, onto his knees, the beast delivered the fatal blow before clambering over the vehicle and running of into the woods. The police didnât find Andrews body until the afternoon.
The beast headed for a nearby hill, before pulling out a transmitter from a sash hidden under all the hair.
âI killed as many of them as I could, we lost Grishnak though. But, unlike we thought, there are more humans then we thoughtâ garbled the beast in a strange tongue. âI hope we kill all of these monsters before they build ships capable of coming to our planetâ
Meanwhile, somewhere in the asteroid belt, doors slide open in a large ship, revealing smaller ships in a hangar. These ships lifted off, heading towards Earth with their own load of beasts.
-FIN-
