The placewas giving a ghastly sensation. Even when the girls were together, all started to feel lonely. Samantha put her phone on her bag while doubting all.
"This place had more people here quite before. Where...where are they...?" she said, while trying to avoid panicking.
"Why do you care about customers right now? Where the fuck we are?", yelled Val while rubbing her arms.
"I...I...I don't know..."Samantha tried to answer, "All seems...unnatural..."
"The place ins't the same", noted Ayaka while pointing. "Things look out of place and had small differences".
"Colors are slightly darker. All seems darker...",the bleached haired girl said while getting up and looking the place carefully, went straight to the entrance. It was locked. She looked out as far as the transparent door left her. "Even outside looks...empty. It's 8 pm, on weekend, in the crowdiest part of the town...Rheagan, do the honors, gonna be here, watching if something happens"
The goth girl sighed while getting up, the she cleared her throat to get attention.
"Even when Samantha would say anything to refuse this, I believe we are trapped. You know what that means. It's moving toward us".
The girl with glasses didn't said a word. Just noded while looking all the girls. Her face shown her disbelief about everything. Yet, she immediately noted Valentina taking a handgun from the cash machine area.
"Okay...calm down, I won't use it to shoot any of you. I trust Ayaka, and you all look pretty fucked up, like me. So, tell me what the fuck is happening...", the waitress said while placing the gun over the cash machine.
The back door on the kitchen area opened. A young man, with a lumberjack shirt entered sweating, while looking Val, and immediately hugging her. Moments later an older man entered, with a black t-shirt and a thick beard, joining the hug.
"Dad! Bro! The fuck is happening?", Valentina said while taking distance.
" We were taking out the trash, talking about you're quitting smoke. We heard you screaming but can't move somehow....this girls are your friends, mija?"
"I guess they are...", Val sighed. "Seems this day was a bad day to quit smoking..."
"For you everyday is a bad day to do anything", the young man said, while messing the waitress' pink hair "They're from your AA meeting or sorta?"
"They're Ayaka's friends, Mauri. And ain't AA meeting. It's a trans support group...to handle all the shit we endure, pendejo", replied Val while looking the place. "Not all, sadly...Hey! Goth girl...Rheagan? You were saying somethin' about being trapped?"
The traditional goth girl just noded while looking how the group was getting bigger.
"I did. I suppose you three are also involved on this. Lons sotry short, there's something hungry out there, and we are its menu...", she lied down to the floor then, with her eyes looking the ceiling. "Now we must see how to deal with this...I was hoping to die old, with someone to hug..."
Ayaka then lie close to Rheagan, making eye contact.
"I can be someone to hug", the green haired said, making the goth simply smiling.
Samantha sat on the table then, covered her face with her bag and screamed. After that, she just cleaned her bag, and yelled:
"I won't be something's dinner, and I won't let that shit to simply eat you all as a fucking appetizer. Can't say if we gonna survive or not, but I'm gonna try at least to make that shit regret eating me for the rest of his fucking life! I'm done, and we must start moving soon. Maybe to see if there's more peop-"
Renata ran to hush Samantha. Her hand was covering her mouth while she started to point out the cristal door.
"My love, I need you to silently come with me and help me to have any fucking idea on how to deal with something.", Renata said while making the silence sign. The she made Samantha to go there quietly, to join her and look outdoor.
There was a humanoid silhoutte, with its face covered with dark, thick hair. Vertebrae were visible due its skinny, famished complexion. It was moving like an animal, wandering, smelling. On a moment he passed close to a street light, exposing its black feet and hands, as well it had no robes on it. Started to rise up, to get a human like posture. Suddenly it screamed, echoing on all the place. For a glimpse both girls looked a blank eyed face, with no lips, just teeth and something red dripping from the mouth.
Renata and Samantha were scared. Both knew what was that, yet the black haired one murmured the name:
"Hauntsmen".
