HALLOWEEN - INFERNO

Chapter Fifteen

Karen had never run this fast in her life. Her legs were carrying her down the street and away from the Myers house where Allyson was left in the doorway with Cameron who she held onto while crying out for help. Karen looked back, he was coming after her in steady, unhurried steps, knife bared as if daring the world to stop him. Anyone looking out at the scene would see a Halloween mime presented by a couple of clever youngsters. She held onto the mask in her hand as she crossed over the street and ran down towards the centre of town. She looked back again and saw him walking across the street, the shadows hiding his face as he moved onwards. Karen ran into the middle of the street and stopped at the large intersection and turned and watched as he approached her.

"Come on, Michael! Come and get it!"

He watched her closely. The lights of the intersection changed and the green glow revealed the side of his face, the skin was terribly burnt and had melted halfway down his face. Karen turned again and hurried off down the street, droplets of blood followed behind Michael as he stalked Karen. He never took his eyes off her. She ran up onto the curb and down the side of a house and went into the backyard. She ducked underneath the sheets that blew in the wind and approached the shed and ran to it and ducked behind it. Michael was close behind, he walked into the backyard and stopped and looked around and searched for the girl who had her hand clamped over her mouth. Karen held the revolver in her other hand and got ready to jump out and fire.

Michael approached the shed and tore the door open and looked inside and then reached for the light switch. Karen's eyes widened, the separations in the wooden wall lit her face up. She didn't move and she prayed he didn't notice. She heard rustling in the shed, objects were being moved and she even heard a loud crash as several items slammed down onto the floor. The light inside the house turned out and she heard the back door open and someone step outside.

"Hey! Who's out there?"

Michael turned his head and then turned the light off and turned his body so he was facing the open door. Karen jumped out and waved the revolver around. "No, get away! Get inside!" She called out. He turned and looked at Karen and went to speak but Michael lunged out from the darkness, grabbed his his head and twisted as hard as he could. Karen heard the man cry out as his neck snapped to the side and his throat opened up. His spin stuck up into the air and sprayed blood outwards and Karen began screaming as Michael turned and looked at her and released the man from his grasp.

Karen held onto the mask and then lifted the weapon again and fired. She couldn't see much due to the darkness, but Michael hit the ground and she ran around him but he tripped her down where she landed with a heavy thud on the ground as he got up. She slid back towards the sheets that were blowing in the wind and she crawled under them and looked over her shoulder as he yanked one down and stalked towards her. She looked up at him. She could now see his full face. She watched him as he lifted the knife and came towards her. She turned, crawled away from him then kicked herself up and ran across the yard and pulled a sheet down of her own and chucked it at him which got tangled in his hand as he went to stab at her.

Karen ran back onto the street and looked around. Sirens could be heard in the distance and she ran back towards the main street. A police cruiser went flying through the intersection and she cried out for them. Another car came through and she waved it down and it came to a screeching halt. She ran around to the side of the car and began pounding on the window, it came down and a young man looked up at her with a shocked expression. His passenger looked over at Karen like she was crazy.

"He's coming! Please help me!"

"Who?"

Karen let out a scream as Michael smashed through the passenger side window and grabbed the girl who began screaming and thrashing as glass rained down on her. The man turned in his seat and undone his belt and fell out of the car as he opened the door. Michael dragged the knife across her throat and then climbed on through. Karen raised the revolver as she backed up and fired. It shattered the drivers side window and just missed him as he looked over at her. He then opened the door and stepped out the driver scurried away bit Michael grabbed him, pulled him back onto the blade then shoved him to the ground and stalked after Karen.