Dark Blood

Chapter 12: of Monsters and Children

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Trigger Warning! This Chapter Contains depictions of Child death, body horror, grotesque horror, Racism, Ableism, Homophobia slur usage, and violence. Reader's discretion is highly advised!

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The kids on Frost's bus were driving down the road north road away from Elkins. At first, they were cheering for escaping the school and destroying the tree wall. However, they stopped after remembering all that they had lost their most of their comrades, their buses, and their leader who had died to some kind of advanced darkling, which is what they called the freaks.

"Well, that could have been worse"

"Tch! It could have been much, MUCH better."

"... Well, we still have-"

"WHAT?! WHAT DO WE HAVE?! FROST IS DEAD! MOST OF OUR FRIENDS AND SOLDIERS ARE DEAD! AND THE OTHERS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE ARE EITHER IN THIS BUS OR AT THE ELKINS SCHOOL AND LIVING WITH THEM!"

"Traitors..."

"*sigh* Ok you know what, this is bad, but Andrew is right that really could have been worse, so right now let's be glad for what we still have and try to rebuild... hey Megan! Are there any nearby settlements?!" Megan was the girl with the purple jacket and ponytail she was looking down with sorrow on her face but then looked to the boy who talked to her, in response she closed her eyes.

"Hmm... oh! There's a group of kids ahead of the road near a gas station! About 9 of the total, we should be able to take them-" Megan suddenly opened her eyes and her face was consumed with fear.

"Megan?"

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"I- I can't feel them anymore... t- their dead."

"What?! That's impossible! How could they all have died so fast?"

"Maybe they were killed by a hoard of black bloods."

"That wouldn't make any sense! black bloods can't kill kids that fast! Even in a hoard!"

"HEY GUYS! WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT BECAUSE WE'RE COMING UP ON DOLLAR STORE RIGHT NOW SO-" the kid driving was then hit by a metal pipe that shot right at the driver seat and stabbed through his head, killing him instantly. A grey tentacle latched into the pipe and quickly pulled the pipe and the dead body out of the bus. Before anyone had a chance to react the bus went off course and crashed into the ditch near the gas station. Megan woke up after an unknown amount of time and found that the bus was now sideways.

"Megan? Megan! Are you ok?" Andrew quickly helped Megan up, her head was bleeding, but she was an EVO, so she was able to heal quickly.

"Ughhh... yeah I'm fine... what happened? Is everyone alright?"

"No, some kids are badly hurt, and others are-" Before Andrew could finish talking the emergency hatch on the roof of the bus was suddenly ripped open and a grey tentacle quickly came in the bus and punctured Andrews's leg. Before he could react, the tentacle hooked on his bones and quickly pulled him outside the bus with great force, but he held on to the rig of the opened hatch.

"AHHH! SOMEONE HELP ME!" Megan ran to Andrew to help him then two other kids, a boy and a girl ran to help him. Megan grabbed one hand, the boy, grabbed the other, and the girl grabbed his waist. At the same time Andrew was trying to hold onto them for dear life he and the other kids could hear a strange creature screech outside the bus.

"DON'T LET GO!"

"WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO DUMBASS?!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS EVEN GRABBING YOU!"