Chapter 21 is out now. 4 more chapters to go Contains: yelling, insults, mention of death Chapter 21. Monsters (Eclipse) I slid across the floor and bumped into the wall. I saw Cooki get thrown across the room. She slammed into the wall. I waited for her to get up but she never did. Next was Zion he flew halfway through the room then banged into the concrete. I looked up towards the door to check if the monster was still there. They had disappeared no doubt that they’d be back. I groaned as I crawled towards Cooki. “Cooki… get up.” I whispered, she didn’t say anything. She must have been knocked out, I thought. I shakily stood up using the wall for support. “What the hell was that thing?” Zion said, he was sitting upright with one hand over his nose. “I don’t know… what happened to your nose?” He lowered his hand to reveal his nose bleeding. “Ouch,” I said. Cooki groaned then she slowly sat up, “What happened?” “Honestly I don’t really know…” Zion said, “All I know is that that monster is gonna come back and eat us alive but, you know that's no big deal.” Cooki stared at him. “Ok so how are we gonna get out of here?” I said. “Is the door unlocked?” Cooki asked. ”No,” Zion said. ”Well, did you check?” Zion stood up and walked towards the door. He struggled with the door handle for a minute before giving up. “Does that answer your question?” He said sarcastically, Cooki rolled her eyes. “So how are we going to get out then?” Cooki asked. “I don't know…” Zion answered. Suddenly an idea formed in my head, “Guys I have a plan.” They looked at me then smiled, “So when that… thing? Come back two of us will distract it then one of us will sneak out through the door it came through! Whoever escapes will get Wonder, Ash, Xander, and Trevor. Then they will come back with everyone and, cross your fingers, the two that stayed behind are still in er… living condition. Then we all escape and lock that thing up in this room and barricade the door. Sounds like a plan,”. They put their thumbs up, “Ok so who’s gonna be the runaway?” “ME!” They both yelled and shot their hands in the air. Then they scowled at each other. It should be me because I'm the least likely to get caught.” Said Cooki. ”I wouldn’t get caught either, and I would probably be quicker than a turtle over here.” Zion motioned to Cooki. ”Ok Bigfoot you wanna do this?” Cooki said, cracking her knuckles. “Woah no need to get feisty there polka-dot.” Zion said, his hands raised in surrender. ”EXCUSE ME! POLKA-DOT?” Cooki screamed at Zion, “REALLY MR. MONEYWEATHER REALLY?” ”Ok now that’s uncalled for.” Zion said, glaring at her. They started arguing about who should be able to get the others. They were throwing lame insults at each other left and right. I slapped my forehead with my palm. Another minute had passed and I got tired of the arguing. ”OK COOKI’S GOING TO GO GRAB THE OTHERS AND THAT'S FINAL!” I yelled over their screaming. They stopped, Cooki grinned at me and stuck her tongue out at Zion. Zion looked at me with curious eyes. ”What about if Eclipse go’s. We didn’t take that into consideration.” Zion said. “Yeah… do you wanna go,” Cooki asked me, “I mean you can talk to Trevor so that will be helpful.” “I have to say here.” ”Why?” Zion asked. I shrugged,”Because if we ever write a book about this I have to be able to tell what happens with the creature while the other’s gone. I mean whoever escapes is just gonna get the rest of the group and then come back. It would be more interesting to see what happens with the creature,” they stared at me, their faces blank, “You never know.” ”Ok so im still going? Ok cool.” Cooki said. ”What do we do now?” Zion asked. ”We wait.” I said. We leaned against the wall and waited. We didn’t have to wait long. Soon something banged into the door with a tremendous amount of force. Then there was an irritating scratching noise. Finally the door opened and the monster walked in. One of its claw-like hands was resting on the door handle. ”Woah, it's just like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park.” Zion whispered astonished. Cooki side eyed him then rolled her eyes.
Then our plan was in action. Me and Zion slowly walked to the right corner of the room. Making sure the monster’s eyes were on us the whole time. Once we were in the corner I stomped my foot on the ground. The monster took three steps forward. It provided a big enough space for Cooki to fit through. She slowly moved to the left and slipped behind the monster and through the door. Once she was through the door the monster suddenly ran at us full force. I jumped to the side, so did Zion, the monster slammed into the wall. I watched it pull its head out of the way and shake off the debris. I slowly walked backwards. Zion mimicked each of my steps. The monster spun around to face us. I froze -so did Zion- from the look of pure rage and anger on its face. This time we didn’t have a side to run to when the monster came at us in a sprint. Zion ran to the wall to his left by the door. I tried to run to the right but I was scooped off the ground before I reached it. I screamed as the ground got farther away. FOOL! FOOL! THIS GIRL IS FOOL! Wait… is this the girl that is always with pohor ni mwkhang? That TRAITOR! WE SWORE TO KEEP HUMANS AWAY NOW THE IDIOT HAS BEFRIENDED ONE! I have to get rid of it for the rest of the himnario sake. “You're going to kill me!?” I said. GOOD GRACIOUS IT SPEAKS “What did you think I’d do? Growl?” Can you hear me? “Yes, I can hear all of you.” No wonder pohor ni mwkhang keep the human. She’s gifted! “Who is pohor ni mwkhang? And what is himnario?” It is strange having a conversation with a human. It’s kind of refreshing in a weird way. Anyway ok so pohor ni mwkhang is the himnario you hangout with. And himnario I believe in your language is a trecker or treckers. “So pohori na mwkhang is Trevor? I thought he didn’t have a name.” What in bloody hell is a Trevor? I didn’t answer his question, “So are you still going to kill me?” Hmm I think not today. I mean a talent such as yours should not be wasted. “Umm thanks, can you please set me down now?” OH yes of course. He slowly set me down. I dusted off my jeans then looked back up at him. Also what is your name? “Eclipse, and that’s Zion.” I motioned to the corner of the room where Zion was. Does he have any gifts? “No, but my other friends do.” Splendid. I didn’t think before I asked, “Would you like to stay with me and my friends?” That would be lovely. But alas I can't, Mr. Morningstar would beat me dry. But if ever you and your friends run into any trouble just holler and I’ll be there. “Thank you, umm can I give you a name?” Yes I would love that! “Ok what about… Jaxtyn?” Perfect! “Ok and what do I say for you to be able to come?” Just yell himnario and I’ll be there! “Ok got it. Alright come on Zion lets go.” Zion slowly crept over to me and looked worriedly up at Jaxtyn. ”So we are friends with another one.. cool!” He said, “ Also, did you notice that Cooki never came back?” ”No I guess I didn’t…” I hesitated then opened the door. Jaxtyn smiled wider then trotted away. Me and Zion turned to the left. We froze. Mr. Morningstar had Wonder, Cooki, Ash, and Xander all being cornered by employees with the electric staffs. Trevor had about four employees surrounding him. Mr, Morningstar had Liz next to him. Behind the employees guarding our friends were more employees. All of them were there, he was smiling warmly at us. ”You came!” He exclaimed. ”We are so screwed…” Zion whispered. ”We are so dead.” I whispered back.
